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1、ModelTest2PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteaShortessayentitledOnCollegeStudents’CareerPlanning.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1.近年来，各地高校日益重视大学生职业生涯规划教育2.分析这种现象产生的原意3.大学生应该如何规划好自己的职业生涯PartIIReadingComprehension(Skimm
2、ingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.5Questions
3、ontheOriginsofChristmasThetraditionsweassociatewithChristmashaveevolvedoverthecenturies.Hereareanswerstofivequestionsaboutthesetraditions,fromthedatewechoosetocelebratetotheoriginofSanta.1.WhydowecelebrateonDecember25th?TheBiblemakesnomentionofJesusbeingbornonDecember25thand,asmoretha
4、nonehistorianhaspointedout,whywouldshepherdsbetendingtotheirflockinthemiddleofwinter?Sowhyisthatthedaywecelebrate?Well,eitherChristianholidaysmiraculouslyfallonthesamedaysaspaganonesortheChristianhavebeencraftyinconvertingpaganpopulationstoreligionbyplacingimportantChristianholidayson
5、thesamedaysaspaganones.AndpeoplehadbeencelebratingonDecember25th(andthesurroundingweeks)forcenturiesbythetimeJesusshowedup.TheWinterSolstice,fallingonoraroundDecember21st,wasandiscelebratedaroundtheworldasthebeginningoftheendofwinter.Itistheshortestdayandlongestnightanditspassingsigni
6、fiesthatspringisontheway.InScandinaviancountries,theycelebratedthesolsticewithaholidaycalledYulelastfromthe21stuntilJanuaryandburnedaYulelogthewholetime.InRome,Saturnalia---acelebrationofSaturn,theGodofagriculture---lastedtheentireendoftheyearandwasmarkedbymassintoxication.Inthemiddle
7、ofthis,theRomanscelebratedthebirthodanotherGod,Mithra(achildGod),whoseholidaycelebratedthechildrenofRome.WhentheChristianitybecametheofficialreligionofRome,therewasnoChristmas.Itwasnotuntilthe4thcenturythatPopeJuliusIdeclaredthebirthofJesustobeaholidayandpickedDecember25thasthecelebra
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