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1、Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic To Restrain Spending. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1. 现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚。2. 有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了，大学生花钱多一些无可厚非。3. 你的看法。To Restrain SpendingPart I
2、IReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the question on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, markY (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO)if the st
3、atement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 810, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Protect Your Privacy When Jobhunting OnlineIdentity theft and identity fraud are terms used to
4、 refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another persons personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.The numbers associated with identity theft are beginning to add up fast these days. A recent General Accounting Office rep
5、ort estimates that as many as 750,000 Americans are victims of identity theft every year. And that number may be low, as many people choose not to report the crime even if they know they have been victimized.Identity theft is “an absolute epidemic,” states Robert Ellis Smith, a respected author and
6、advocate of privacy. “Its certainly picked up in the last four or five years. Its worldwide. It affects everybody, and theres very little you can do to prevent it and, worst of all, you cant detect it until its probably too late.”Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be given
7、to someone else for their use, your personal data, especially your social security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data, can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at your expense. In the Un
8、ited States and Canada, for example, many people have reported that unauthorized persons have taken funds out of their bank or financial accounts, or, in the worst cases, taken over their identities altogether, running up vast debts and committing crimes while using the victims name. In many cases,
9、a victims losses may include not only outofpocket financial losses, but substantial additional financial costs associated with trying to restore his reputation in the community and correcting erroneous information for which the criminal is responsible.According to the FBI, identity theft is the numb
10、er one fraud committed on the internet. So how do job seekers protect themselves while continuing to circulate their resumes online? The key to a successful online job search is learning to manage the risks. Here are some tips for staying safe while conducting a job on the internet.1.Check for a pri
11、vacy policy.If you are considering posting your resume online, make sure the job search site you are considering has a privacy policy, like CareerB. The policy should spell out how your information will be used, stored and whether or not it will be shared. You may want to think twice about posting y
12、our resume on a site that automatically shares your information with others. You could be opening yourself up to unwanted calls from solicitors(推销员)When reviewing the sites privacy policy, youll be able to delete your resume just as easily as you posted it. You wont necessarily want your remains pos
13、ted on a job board, the more exposure, both positive and notsopositive, it will receive.2.Take advantage of site features.Lawful job search sites offer levels of privacy protection. Before posting your resume, carefully consider your job search objectives and the level of risk you are willing to ass
14、ume.CareerB, for example, offers three levels of privacy from which job seekers can choose. The first is standard posting. This option gives job seekers who post their resumes the most visibility to the broadest employer audience possible.The second is anonymous (匿名的) posting. This allows job seeker
15、s the same visibility as those in the standard posting category without any of their contact information being displayed. Job seekers who wish to remain anonymous but want to share some other information may choose which pieces of contact information to display.The third is private posting. This opt
16、ion allows a job seeker to post resume without having it searched by employers. Private posting allows job seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs that appear on CareerB without retyping their information.3.Safeguard your identity.Career experts say that one of the ways job seekers can stay sage while using internet to search out jo
