Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of doing small things before undertaking something big. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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We can see from the cartoon that there is a father talking with his son. Havingheard his son’s words that “ Dad, I am a bit worried about disposing of nuclearweapon.” The father replies that “ If you can empty the dustbin here, you cando anything” and points the garbage can beside him.Funny and common as the conversation sounds, it reflects that the father intends to advise his son to do small things beforeundertaking big. Definitely, doing small things is the first step of success and will lay root for doing something big. By doing something small, we are able to accumulate experience, master skills and train ourselves to be more patient. In other words, we can be well prepared for further challenges in the course of fulfilling small things. By contrast, those who desire to do something big at once will constantly be haunted by disappointment, frustrations or even failures, as with opportunities-“something big”- showing up , they can hardly seize them because of the lack of experience and confidence stems from doing small things. Taking the picture presented above as a case in point, how can the little boy succeed in disposing of nuclear weapons if he even doesn’t know how to empty the dustbin?From my perspective, under no circumstances should we undervalue the power of doing small things. Instead, we should regard small things as the source of experience, skills and the prerequisite of success. “Great achievement only belongs to those who can do small things perfectly.” Aristotle also used to say.
There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and (36) ＿＿ away in a file cabinet. It could remain there for years and, often (37) ＿＿ , never reach the outside world. Things have done a complete about-face since then. (38) ＿＿ for the change has been the astonishingly (39) ＿＿ development in recent years of the computer. Today, any data that is (40) ＿＿ about us in one place or another — and for one reason or another — can be stored in a computer bank. It can then be easily passed to other computer banks. They are owned by (41) ＿＿ and by private businesses and corporations, lending (42) ＿＿ ，direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government (43) ＿＿ at the local, state, and federal level. A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy. (44) ＿＿ as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain. In 1970, a national survey showed that (45) ＿＿ 。Seven years later, 47 percent expressed the same worry. (46) ＿＿ 。
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locked
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individuals
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Survey shows that the number of the worriedAmericans has been steadily growing over the years
37% of the people questioned failed thatprivacy was being invaded
A recent survey by a credit bureau reviewedthat the number of alarm citizens have shocked up to 76%
Walking, if you do it vigorously enough, is the overall best exercise for regular physical activity. It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the 47 ＿＿ risk of injury. The human body is designed to walk. You can walk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood. To get 48 ＿＿ benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week. Strength training is another important 49 ＿＿ of physical activity. Its purpose is to build and 50 ＿＿ bone and muscle mass, both of which shrink with age. In general, you will want to do strength training two or three days a week, 51 ＿＿ recovery days between sessions. Finally, flexibility and balance training are 52 ＿＿ important as the body ages. Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age. The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints, many of them are 53 ＿＿ , and simple flexibility training can 54 ＿＿ these by making muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated (润滑 ). Some of this you do whenever you stretch. If you watch dogs and cats, you’ll get an idea of how natural it is. The general 55 ＿＿ is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to 56 ＿＿ stretch it in an opposite position. A) allowing F) helping K) prevent B) avoidable G) increasingly L) principle C) briefly H) lowest M) provoke D) component I) maintain N) seriously E) determined J) maximum O) topic
