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Model Test One Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Health Problems. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 影响人们健康的问题； 2. 人们对解决问题的途径的看法； 3. 我的看法。 Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes) Guide Dogs For most dog owners, the expression “work like a dog” doesn’t make much sense. But some dogs happily perform very demanding jobs for much of their life, putting in a full day’s work just like the rest of us. Guide dogs, one of the most familiar sorts of working dog, provide an invaluable service to humans. Every day, they help their masters get from place to place more safely. What Guide Dogs Do Guide dogs help blind or visually impaired people get around in the world. In most countries, they are allowed to anyplace where the public is allowed, so they can help their handlers be in any place they might want to go to. To do this, a guide dog must know how to: Keep on a direct route, ignoring distractions such as smells, other animals and people Maintain a steady pace, to the left and just ahead of the handler Stop at all curbs until told to proceed Turn left and right, move forward and stop on command Recognize and avoid obstacles that the handler won’t be able to fit through (narrow passages and low overheads) Stop at the bottom and top of stairs until told to proceed Bring the handler to elevator buttons Lie quietly when the handler is sitting down Help the handler to board and move around buses, subways and other forms of public Vehicles Obey a number of verbal commands Additionally, a guide dog must know to disobey any command that would put the handler in danger. This ability, called selective disobedience, is perhaps the most amazing thing about guide dogs that they can balance obedience with their own assessment of the situation. This capacity is extremely important at crosswalks, where the handler and dog must w