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参考答案(1999) PART I WRITING SECTION A COMPOSITION A Major Disadvantage of Advertising on Television With the development of advertising, our television programs are flooded with numerous advertisements every day. In my opinion, advertising on television is a negative force in society because they create all kinds of impossible fantasies and they are often dishonest and offensive. In the first place, ads always show happy, rich people, and they make life look easy. However, life is not always easy; on the contrary, it is often very difficult. Not all people live in big and beautiful houses and dress in fashionable clothes. Advertising gives the audience an untruthful picture of reality; therefore, it acts as a distorted social mirror. Secondly, television programs are constantly interrupted by ads, which is annoying and offensive to the majority of audience. If TV stations need money, can’t they come up with better ways instead of advertising? All in all, advertisement on television is a form of pollution. They invade our visual space and they are a great nuisance. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING Dear Jimmy, 　　I am very sorry to hear that you are ill these days. How is your recent condition? I can easily imagine the pain of the disease you are having now, especially since the weather is gloomy and it rains from time to time. 　　Please take good care of yourself. One of these days I’d like to call on you in person to see how you are doing. I pay for your early recovery.? All the best, PART II DICTATION United Nations Day The 24th of October is celebrated as United Nations Day. It is a day that belongs to everyone. And it is celebrated in most countries of the world. Some countries celebrate for a week instead of a day. In many parts of the world, schools have special programs for the day. Boys and girls in some communities decorate a UN tree. In other communities, young people put on plays about the UN. Some libraries exhibit children’s art works from around the world. S