Australia has passed regulations that will enable more international students to further their education in the country.
The new measures were released by the Australian Department of Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations in September and will take effect in mid-2012.
As a result, the student visa(签证) application process for overseas students has been simplified, and the deposit(押金) required to study in Australia has been reduced. Language requirements for overseas students have also been eased.
Also, overseas students receiving a higher education in Australia will be given a working visa lasting from two to four years after graduation, as long as they meet the basic IELTS requirement.
“This change will definitely make Australia a more attractive destination for Chinese students planning to study overseas,” says Wang Lan, an expert from Education International Cooperation Group(EIC), a Beijing-based company that provides services to students wishing to study overseas.
However, in the past few years, many of Wang's student clients(客户) could not start studies in Australia because they did not meet the language requirements, visa processing took a long time and deposit regulations were difficult. The change in policy is good news for the parents of students wishing to study in Australia, Wang says.
A 22-year-old female student surnamed Li, in Beijing, who is planning to do her postgraduate studies in Australia, learned about the policy change several weeks ago.
“According to the previous deposit requirement for my student visa, my family was required to put down 550,000 yuan($86,850). Now we only need to prepare 410,000 yuan. This is a relief for my parents,” Li says.
She also says that the two to four years working visa makes her feel much clearer about her study plans.
“I believe several years of working experience abroad will strengthen my competitiveness when I return to China,” she says.
Gaining a competitive advantage is the major reason for Chinese students to study abroad, according to the report by EIC.
【小题1】What’s the main idea of the passage?

假如你是某校高中学生李华，暑假应邀到新西兰参加国际学生联谊活动，现已回国。请你给在国外的教师Mr. Smith写一封信。内容主要包括：
1.      表达感激之情
2.      难忘的印象：人格魅力----- 严格，关爱
3.      授课方式----- 幽默, 生动；寓教于乐
4.      感受：开阔视野，增进友谊，收获很大
注意：1. 词数100左右。  2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。  3. 开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear Smith,
How time flies! It’s about two weeks since I returned home. ____________________________
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Best,
Li Hua

Ⅶ.书面表达（满分15分）

五月四日，高三年级一班和二班之间将进行一次有关环保问题的演讲比赛（a talk show on environment protection）。在这之前，二班将邀请清华大学的Dr Li做相关内容的报告。

假定你是二班的班长，请你草拟一个有关报告会的口头通知。

注意：1.内容应包括提示及表格内的全部要点；

2.词数在100左右；  3.开头已为你写好。

As China becomes increasingly urbanized (城市化), it has to find space for its urban and
rural citizens as both groups become increasingly integrated. Experts suggest a possible model
way may be “re-inventing” a “garden city”.
China’s mega-cities are bursting at the borders and the country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind. It is estimated that by 2025, China will have 400 million more people living in its cities, raising its urban population to 900 million. Besides, new satellite towns are mushrooming on the urban fringes while city ring roads are rippling outwards into the countryside at amazing speed. Satellite maps collected by Professor Joshua Bolchover at the University of Hong Kong bring the problem sharply into focus. They track the changing rural-urban framework in the past 30 years, and suggest that cities are cruelly destroying surrounding rural land and rapidly reducing the amount of arable（可耕种的）land, which gives way to new residential blocks, new industrial zones, new financial centers and the other inevitable signs and signatures of economic growth.
This, however, is not sustainable growth pattern, especially when China has the world’s largest population to feed. So concerned urban planners are starting to note the social and physical effects of diaspora（大移居）when replaced rural communities are forced into the cities.
On the other hand, a trend of thought is gradually taking shape and this is the concept of the “garden city”, a combination of country and city that is being proposed by architects and city planners. Hua Li, from Tao Architects, is among the many professionals with such a voice. His argument is supported by a long-term study on this subject. As Hua says, the answer is to preserve patches of productive farmland within urban boundaries. Less transportation means we have fresh agricultural products at lower costs and less carbon emission in the city. And urban farmland can also be showcased for agricultural tourism and education.
The concept is already practiced at the grassroot level. Agriculture has gone into the air, up to roof and balcony in some communities in the cities. It’s common to see organic “hanging garden” on the roof of some traditional courtyard home. According to some people, the rooftop project translate to tangible (=" practical)" benefits, such as safe, nutritious vegetables, a cooler home in summer. Some say thanks to the tomatoes they plant that are natural insect killers, there’re fewer mosquitoes. Apart from these, it also contributes to better bonding with neighbors. Zhang, a doctor in Beijing, began creating his hanging garden five years ago. Since his garden became home to 30 kinds of vegetables and fruit --- all enough to feed his family, neighbors have enjoyed dropping by for a relaxing chat or just to see how well the lovely vegetables and fruit are doing.
Although people like Zhang are still rare and the greening of roof space with vegetables and fruit takes skill and energy, with more positive media exposure and advanced technology there is the prospect that garden city will become common practice in the near future. By then, cities will no longer look so gray when seen from the satellites.
【小题1】What is the purpose of paragraph 2?

第二节书面表达（满分25分）
注意：请从以下两篇作文中任选一篇作答，满分均为25分。
（一）
假设你是李华，你的一位美国笔友Robert写E-mail问及你高考后暑假的安排，请根据以下要点，写一封E-mail回复他。
内容要点：1. 学开车                 2. 读名著，开拓视野
3. 强身健体               4. 帮父母做家务
5．可能的话，参加社会实践，勤工俭学　　
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
2. 词数：100个左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Robert,
　　How time flies! ____________________________________________________________
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Looking forward to hearing from you, telling me about your arrangements of vacation.
Best wishes!
Yours,                                                                    Li Hua