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得分统计表： 题 号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总 分 得 分 PWriting. (30minutes) For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay entitled On College Students’ Career Planning. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below. 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因 3. 大学生应该如何规划好自己的职业生涯 Part Two. Reading Comprehension. (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Five Questions on the Origins of Christmas The traditions we associate with Christmas have evolved over the centuries. Here are answers to five questions about these traditions, from the date we choose to celebrate to the origin of Santa. 1. Why do we celebrate on December 25th? The bible makes no mention of Jesus being born on December 25th and, as more than one historian has pointed out, why would shepherds be tending to their flock in the middle of winter? So why is that the day we celebrate? Well, either Christian holidays miraculously fall on the same days as pagan ones or the Christians have been crafty in converting pagan populations to religion by placing important Christian holidays on the same days as pagan ones. And people had been celebrating on December 25th (and the surrounding weeks) for centuries by the time Jesus showed up. The Winter Solstice, falling on or around December 21st, was and is celebrated around the world as the beginning of the end of winter. It is the shortest day and longest night and its passing signifies that spring is on the way. In Scandinavian countries, they celebrated the solstice with a holiday called Yule last from the 21st until January and burned a Yule log the whole time. In Rome, Saturnalia—a celebration of Saturn, the God of agriculture—lasted the entire end of the year and was marked by mass intoxication. In the middle of this, the Romans celebrated the birth of another God, Mithra (a child God), whose holiday celebrated the children of Rome. When the Christianity became the official religion of Rome, there was no Ch