The swinging single lifestyle of the stereotype is most possible for urban,
educated professional and technical people. Only they can afford the high rents
and the lavish entertainment. Blue - collar and many white - collar people find
few excitement in living singly in rundown apartments or crowding into a more [1] ______
desirable spot with several people sharing expenses.
Several studies have shown that single people is not very different from mar- [2] ______
tied people in either social or personality characteristics. The same applies for [3] ______
personal happiness. Some single people, like some married people, are relative-
ly happy with themselves and their lives. Others range from merely satisfied to
quite unhappy.
Even in the best of circumstances, single living has its share of problems.
Most of singles for example, manage their finances quite well, but seldom make [4] ______
investments for future as married couples are more likely to do. Income tax [5] ______
laws, adoption and credit regulations, housing rules, or advertisements, con- [6] ______
stantty remind the single person whose marriage is the only socially acceptable [7] ______
state.
Most singles either devote an inordinate amount of time and energy cultivating [8] ______
heterosexual relationships, and experience loneliness. Most often it is both. The
passing years bring a need for deep emotional relationships in that there is lasting[9] ______
security, even among prosperous young people. Most favor marriage in principal and [10] ______
gradually move toward it as a personal alternative. Ironically, their determination to
avoid early, hasty marriage may result in their experiencing more satisfying marital
relationships later in life, as old, more mature, independent, and realistic adults.

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问答题My guess is that English will retain its currency in the world for the next 50 or so, but it is difficult to see it retaining it beyond then. If the Chinese could establish some reasonable way of writing their language by forming some sort of alphabeticisation, then given the exponential population growth among Chinese communities, their language would rapidly gain in importance. And let’s not forget Spanish; some predict that there will be a Spanish majority in the United States within twenty years. So it is not impossible to conceive that another language might come to dominate besides English one day. An equally important trend will be the fragmentation of English. Many countries are now using English so much that they are starting to teach their own particular brand of the language with different forms of sentence construction, for example. They no longer want native speakers to teach English, but locals whose version of English contains the same forms as the local use of the language. This is not just true in colonial countries, it’s happening as far apart as Germany and the Pacific Rim. It’s a strongly democratic move and I think we will see a lot more local publishing as a result. Yet while forms of English become increasingly localized, the information explosion is also making our use of language more global. A quite new form of language is evolving on the internet. The E - mail is a new form of message: it’s not a letter, not a postcard. And it has its own casual style, often without complete sentences. English is especially well adapted to this style, as it can easily be shortened. So I suspect English will continue to be more advanced than other languages on the worldwide web--it will remain the language of science and technology.

问答题Nowadays the telephone plays a very important role in our life. It makes our life more convenient. However, it has its disadvantages. You are to write an essay of approximately 400 words on both the positive and negative effects of the telephone on modern life. Support your ideas with reasons and examples. In the first part of your letter you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

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