Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled Asking for Leave of Absence. You should write at least 120 words according to 

the following guidelines: 

Your name and role : Sam , a sophomore in English Class Two 

Your Foreign Teacher’s name : Ms.Riddle 

Incident: you cannot come to her class for some reason 

Task: write her a note , asking for leave of absence 

Asking for Leave of Absence 

To: Ms.Riddle , my dear Oral English teacher 

From: Sam , a respectful sophomore student of yours in Oral English Class Two 

Date : January 8,2005 

Subject: Asking for Leave of Absence 

Dear Ms.Riddle, 

I would like to know if I could ask for a casual leave of absence from your Oral English class this Wednesday morning. 

Yesterday evening I got a phone call from my cousin , who is now running a small firm in suburbs of this city . He needs an interpreter for two days but cannot find 

the most reliable person, so he wants me to have a try. Personally , I regard this as a golden opportunity to put what I have learned in your class into practice, but 

I need your permission of absence . If you think I may go and help him get over the difficulty, I am confident that I ‘ll do a good job and both of us will grateful. 

Earnestly yours, 

Sam 
二 
Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled On Power Failure. You should write at least 120 words according to the following 
guidelines(given in Chinese): 

1．很多城市缺电现象严重 

2．分析原因 

3．提出建议 

On Power Failure 


Recently, every morning when I wake up, I find my air-conditioner automatically turned off . I didn’t understand why at first , but soon I learned that there was a 

great shortage of electricity supply in our city – my air-conditioner turned off because of a power failure midnight. 

With the rapidly developing industry and the ever-increasing population, demand for electricity supply is soaring. Besides, summers in recent years are much hotter 

than before , so most working places and households are air-conditioned , which consumes additional electricity. 

Face with such a hard nut , we have to find ways to crack it . Above all , in western areas China , there is surplus of electricity supply. So , cities that are thirsty for 

electricity may ask for remote help. Then ,when we have electricity , we should remember to save it . Set your air-conditioners at 27C and you won’t feel less 

comfortable than when they are at 26C . In fact , some factories already shift their working hours to avoid the peak time of electricity consuming. My parents don’t

 work from Monday to Friday as before – they work form Saturday to Wednesday and have the following two days off instead. This is also a way out , isn’t it?