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Stock prices tumbled on Wall Street and across much of the rest of the world yesterday. They were driven sharply lower by worries over slowing economic growth in the United States and worsening borrowing conditions that could make everything from huge corporate buyouts to buying a new home more difficult. Major stock market gauges -- including the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index -- were down more than 2 percent.

It was the worst one-day decline on Wall Street since markets plunged worldwide in late February after an investing scare in Shanghai, and it occurred amid the biggest volume of trading on the New York Stock Exchange in five years. Losses were comparable throughout Europe, and larger in many developing countries. ''The preconditions for a shock are in place,'' said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com. ''Until very recently investors were very nonchalant about risks.''

Stock markets have been volatile in recent weeks. Continued strong profits for many companies and an economic boom in Asia have helped push oil prices higher. Meanwhile, however, there are various signs of weakness in the American economy and new difficulties in borrowing for many homeowners and companies that are highly leveraged or have poor credit.

The plunge came a day after the private equity firm buying Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler said it would complete the transaction for the automaker despite an inability to borrow the money in credit markets, as had been planned. Banks will hold those loans, as they will for a similar deal involving Alliance Boots, a British pharmacy chain. Shares of DaimlerChrysler fell $4.11, to $88.91.'' There is fear, but not a fear of recession,'' said Bill Gross, chief investment officer of the Pacific Investment Management Company, known as Pimco, a large bond management firm. ''The fear is directed toward the question of who will be willing to lend $200 billion to provide takeout financing for previously announced private equity deals.''

Yesterday, the Dow industrials plunged 311.50 points, or 2.3 percent, to 13,473.57, while the S.& P. 500 dropped 35.43 points, or 2.3 percent, to 1,482.66. The Nasdaq composite index was down 48.83 points, or 1.8 percent, to 2,599.34. The S.& P. is still up 4.5 percent for the year, while the Dow is 8.1 percent higher. But the S.& P. has fallen 4.5 percent since reaching a record last week. In the last hour or so of trading, the major Wall Street indexes recovered about a third of their steepest losses for the day. Losses of more than 2 percent were recorded in Spain, France and Germany, while Britain, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil fell more than 3 percent. Asian markets fell less yesterday, closing before the worst selling began, but opened down sharply on Friday.

注（1）：本文选自New York Times，07/27/2007

注（2）：本文习题命题模仿对象：第1、2题分别模仿2000年真题Text 3第1题和Text 4第3题，第3题模仿2004年真题Text 4第1题，第4题模仿2001年真题Text 1第2题，第5题模仿1999年真题Text 1第4题。

1． The passage is mainly_______.

  [A] a review of the current condition of the American and world stock market

    [B] an introduction of the world stock market

    [C] a survey of the stock deal of DaimlerChrysler

    [D] about the ups and downs of stock prices

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经典告示背诵

写作“三步走”：

写明相关信息，如时间、地点等—>简单说明活动内容或背景—>署名

Tips:

一般告示类文体都需要写标题，如Notice或者Announcement。

告示类文体主要用于说明或者传达某件事情、某项活动等，重在言简意赅。

如果是关于活动的通知，需要说明活动的内容、时间、地点、参加人员范围以及其它必要细节。

在告示结尾一般需要写上贴出告示的单位或者个人。

（1）Directions:

  Suppose you are an secretary of the English Department of X University. Write a notice to inform the teachers and students of this department of a lecture on crosscultural studies.

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

  Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

范文：

Notice

  There is going to be a lecture, titled “Across Cultures: Digital Media and Literate Activity”, in the meeting room of the English Department from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 11th. The lecture will be given by Professor Robert Johnson, who is from the Department of Englsih Literature of University of Pennsylvania. Professor Johnson is known for his unique probing of the many connections between literate activity and new information technologies. He will present, in his humorous style, the relation he found between culture and technological development, which you surely will enjoy very much.

  All the teachers and students are welcome to attend this lecture.

English Department

译文：

通知

    7月11日周一上午9点至11点将在英语系会议室举办一场题为“跨越文化：数码媒体和文化活动”的讲座。主讲人为罗伯特.约翰逊教授，来自宾西法尼亚大学的英语文学系。约翰逊教授对文化活动和新的信息技术之间的关系做了非常独到的研究，并因此而闻名。他将以幽默的风格展示他在文化和技术发展之间关系上的研究成果，相信你们都会很感兴趣。

    欢迎广大师生来参加本次讲座。

英语系

闪光词汇及词组：

title: v. 以……为标题

literate: adj. 有文化的，都读写能力的

probe: v. 探查、探明

humorous: adj. 幽默的

万能句型：

There is going to be a lecture, titled… in the meeting room of …fromom 10:00 to 12:00 on Monday, July 11th.

…which you surely will enjoy very much.

All the teachers and students are welcome to attend this lecture.

（2）Directions:

  The famous opera “Cat” will be presented the theatre of your university

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

  Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

范文：

Notice

  Due to bad weather condition, the badminton competition, organized by the College Badminton Club, will not be held in the “May Fouth” Field as it was scheduled. Instead, it will be moved to the Haidian Gymnasium, which is about ten mininutes’ walk from the university. All club members, competitors, and audience students will meet in front of the West Gate of the university at 9:00 a.m., June 5^th, to go there togehter. For those who will go by themselves, please refer to the map in below. The event will be last from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a. m. Cold drinks and snacks will be provided in the gymnasium.

College Badminton Club

译文：

通知

    由于天气状况不佳，学院羽毛球俱乐部举办的羽毛球比赛原定于在五四运动场的计划将取消。活动将转移到距离学校10分钟路程的海淀体育馆举办。所有的俱乐部成员、参赛者、学生观众将于6月5日上午9点在学校的西门集合，一起前往体育馆。单独前往的同学，请参考下面的地图。活动时间为9：30到11：30。我们将在体育馆中提供冷饮和零食。

学院羽毛球俱乐部

闪光词汇及词组：

badminton: n. 羽毛球

field: n. 运动场

schedule: v. 确定时间

gymnasium: n. 体育馆

snack: n. 零食，小吃

经典便笺背诵

写作“三步走”：

日期—>说明事由和目的—>直接署名

Tips:

日期通常写在便笺的右上角。

由于便笺提及的事情通常都是发生在近期的事情，所以日期写明年月即可。

开头的称呼通常直接写名字，省略Dear。称呼和最后的署名都比较简单随意。

（1）Directions:

  You want to borrow a book from your classmates Kate. Leave her a note which contains the name of the book in need, the time you hope to keep the book, as well as your gratitude.

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

  Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

范文：

                                                    Mar. 8th

Kate,

    I wonder if you can lend me your MLA Handbook for Academic Writing. I am in the process of writing my graduation thesis, and need to consult the book now and then for standard formatting. Thus I might need to keep the book for about a month and a half, and I hope that would not bring any inconvenience to you. I assure you that I will maintain the book in good condition. If possible, please give me a call and I will come by your house to pick up the book.

    With many thanks,

                                      Li Ming

译文：

凯特：

    不知你是否可以借我你的那本《MLA学术写作手册》一用呢？我现在正在准备写我的毕业论文，需要不时地参考那本书中的标准格式。因此，我需要这本书大约一个半月的时间，我希望不会因此给你带来麻烦。我保证我会好好保护这本书，不让其受损。如果可能的话，请给我一个电话，我可以来你家取书。

    非常感谢。

                                            李明

闪光词汇及词组：

in the process of: 在……的过程中

consult: v. 参考，请教，商议，咨询

now and then: 不时地

standard: 标准的

万能句型：

I wonder if you can…

I assure you that I will…

If possible, please give me a call and I will come by your house to pick up…

With many thanks,

（2）Directions:

  You are going to attend a concert with your friend Peter. Write a note to tell him what the concert is about. Please also specify the time and place of the concert, the price of the ticket, and where you put the ticket.

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

  Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

范文：

                                                    Sep.20th

Peter,

    Do you remember I mentioned last week that the famous young Chinese pianist Lang Lang is going to hold a concert on our campus? Well, I succeeded in buying two cheapest tickets for both of us, that is, 20 yuan each. I hear that Lang Lang plans to present a diverse combination of works of classical musicians such as Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.,