Michael Jordan is a household name in the world. The superstar is thought by many to be the greatest basketball player. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who used to be a famous body-builder, is the
governor of state California.
1.Michael Jordan is a household name in America. The superstar is thought by many to be basketball’s greatest player.（名人）
2.Can a computer think? That depends on what you mean by “think”. If solving a mathematic problem is thinking, then a computer can “think” and do so much faster than a man.（可用于人与机器的比较）
3.Nothing can prevent you from fully realizing your creative potential if you don’t lose heart. A good example is Stephen Hawking, a victim of the fatal disease ALS but is considered one of the greatest minds of our time. （努力类）
4.One of the most important factors to success is a firm resolution. A great man is always one who has a firm resolution and an unbreakable spirit. One will never succeed in his life without a firm to get the final victory.（努力类）
5.There are various reasons for student’s absence from class. One common case is the lack of interest in the course.（学生与课堂类）
6.Music does not only exist to please the ear; it provides us with spiritual food which makes our lives more meaningful and more complete. Take, for example, Nie Er’s “March of the volunteers”. In the early twentieth century, it aroused the Chinese people’s will to fight against
foreign invaders.（艺术类）
7.All statistical evidence points to the fact that more men and women are waiting longer to get married, which is believe to be one of the key reason for the rapid drop in the world’s birth rate in the past ten years.（社会类）
8.Praise is more effective than criticism. It is especially true of the teacher-student relationship. As a university teacher, personal experience has taught me that praise sometimes can even work wonder.（批评与赞扬）
9.Arguments are not always harmful. A good argument is creative because it involves both parties fully expressing their opinions to reach a new area of understanding. Productive arguing keeps a couple powerfully in touch with each other’s thoughts and feelings. According to a recent survey, wedlock where couples argue once in a while usually lasts for a longer period.（意见相同还是不同好？）
10.There are two primary causes for the increase in the number of people who take a second job. Firstly, economic reforms create many job opportunities. Secondly, under the financial pressure, the cost of people’ s living has grown much faster than wages.（社会类）
11.Fake advertising may cause a series of problems. First, some enterprises take the advantage of fake advertising to push sales of their inferior or fake product. Second, many newspapers, magazines and other media take the advertising in order to earn money. （表面与本质）
12.To get a better understanding of how advertises persuade us to buy their products, we’d better have a bird’s eye view of human nature. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us like to get something for nothing. An advertisement which begins with the magic word Free can rarely go wrong.（表面与本质）
13.As a result of the open policy, tourism is developing rapidly in China. An increasing number of foreigners are crowding into China, eager to see this mysterious land with a splendid culture and civilization of more than 5,000 years. （有关地区发展）
14.One may say that tourism has now become a booming industry in our country. As creates many job opportunities for local people and accelerates economic development of the region. It probably does. But I doubt that it also brings above many problems. First, to some degree,tourism has become a burden on transportation system. Second, the exploitation of tourism has destroyed some natural resources and scenic areas.（有关地区发展）
15.The Dragon-Boat Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. Its origin may trace back to thousands of years ago. People celebrate it to commemorate the death of QuYuan, an official of Chu, who drowned himself in the river Mi-lo on this day.（文化类）
16.To understand the seriousness of pollution, it is necessary to analyze the cause of pollution. The population of the world is increasing so rapidly that the world has become too crowded. The overuse of our natural resource has influenced ecological balance. The gases released from the car engines are very poisonous. And water from factories and houses, which is
poured into soil and rivers, also pollutes the environment.（科技发展对生活的影响）
17.No one can deny the fact that smoking is harmful to people’s health. Smoking can not only dull our brains and weaken our body, but even causes premature death, cancer and heart disease.（习惯与健康）
18.There is no doubt that unless all the countries of the world take united action to deal with the population explosion, these will be more people fighting for the smaller supply of food and fuel, and the future will bring poverty, misery and war to the mankind.（国际合作类）
19.People acquire knowledge just like climbing a ladder. The higher you climb, the more you obtain, the clever you can become.（哲理类）
20.Economic reforms not only improved people’s living conditions, but also enriched people’s spiritual life.（经济发展类）
21.Arnold Schwarzenegger who used to be a famous body-builder is now the governor of the state California
22.Niccolo Machiavelli (1469～1527)
23.According to game theory (博弈论), the results of entire individual are irrational, while each of the individual desire is rational. (哲理类)
