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历年真题 1998Directions: Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay in no less than 150 words. Your essay must be written clearly on the ANSWER SHEET II. Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the requirements below: Write out the messages conveyed by the cartoon. Give your comments. 【高分范文】 As is symbolically and apparently conveyed in the drawing above, a proud hen is making a promise that eggs she laid are round without any angles and corners and have shells, egg whites and yolks. We are informed that a variety of promises have been arising from all walks of life, however, quite a lot of promises are sheer nonsense. The idea conveyed by the cartoon is apparent that some people put their duties as their promises in order to acquire immoral benefits. First of all, with the accelerated development of the market economy, some businessmen have to make such false promises for surviving in the fierce competitive surroundings. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that the moral level is declining steeply because the fair competition environment has not been established after the setting of reform and opening policy. For example, manufacturing units guarantee to turn out products of good quality. As a consequence, the intention to make such commitments is nothing but to put on civilized outer clothing to deceive the public. Personally, I advocate that special care must be taken to ensure an honest competition system. On the one hand, the regulations should be adopted by the authorities to punish the false promise makers. On the other hand, the businessmen should remember the old saying, “Honesty is the best policy”. Only through these attempts can our nation have an honest market system. 【参考译文】 正如上图象征性地、明显地传达的那样，一只骄傲的母鸡正在承诺：她下的蛋确保是圆的，没有棱角，并且有蛋壳、蛋白和蛋黄。我们被告知，各行各业出现了各种各样的承诺，然而，很多承诺是完全没有意义的，是空话。 这幅漫画所表达的观点显而易见：很多人为了得到不道德的利益，而把自己的职责作为承诺。首先，随着市场经济的飞速发展，一些商人为了在残酷的竞争中生存而做出很多虚假的承诺。此外，被人们广泛接受的是，因为改革开放政策制定以后，公平的竞争环境还没有建立，所以道德水平在急剧下降。例如，