综合写作: 阅读
讲congestion pricing。说为了缓解交通拥堵,想要在city中的某个区域收费,这样就能缓解一下。
1. 这样做可以improve time(主要就是说节省时间)
2. 可以改善环境improve that area's environment
3. 收的fee可以用于revennue(这个单词没记住怎么拼大概就) the city 可以再修路,修桥什么的。
听力
1. 他认为这样做有些司机不愿意花钱走这个区域就得绕路,更浪费时间。举了个例子:送快递的,他们要省钱,所以送快递的时候会变长。
2. 在收费区里面环境可能会好点,但是周围的车相对就会增多,noise and air pollution就会多。所以不是整个city都能环境变好
3. 有的人不能afford这个费用了,就会去坐subway,政府就得出更多的钱维护subway,这样一来收的那点钱可能还不够维护的,所以也不能起到帮助修桥,修路什么的作用了。
独立写作:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is easier for more people now than in the past to get an education.
The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen the development and advancement of many fields and areas of society. Education is an area that has developed tremendously in the past hundred years. The rise of the middle class, the standardization of education, and the opening of many more schools has made it possible for more people now than in the past to get an education.
In China specifically, education reform began with the opening up and reform period of the 1980’s. During this time China also opened up its economy and changed from a state run economy to a market economy. A market economy in China has made it possible for the development of the middle class. Historically throughout the world, education belonged to the social elites. People from the lower class, which always ou...