PART VI   WRITING (45 MIN)

Through his famous character Hamlet Shakespeare said, “To be or not to be, that is a question.” For hundreds of years, people have never stopped giving explanations and definitions to the saying. There seems to have had no consensus on the interpretation of the saying. Write an essay of about 400 words entitled: Six Famous Words giving your own understanding of the saying and stating whether you agree or disagree with him.

Six Famous Words

In the first part of your writing you should state your opinion in respond to Shakespeare’s view, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details (or examples). In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

ANSWER SHEET ONE

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS

GRADE EIGHT

PART I   LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35MIN)

SECTION A   MINI-LECTURE (10MIN)

Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your note.

The effectiveness of a person

1. believe there is no such thing as (1) ________,                        (1) ___________

so the solution is (2)________ when it is optimum                         (2) ___________

or close to the best.

2. believe (3)____________ of life, the universe,                         (3) ___________

people, etc, is relatively good

If we believe that people are evil, we may react to them

(4)___________________.                         (4) ___________

When we believe they do (5)_________, from a good intention,                        (5) ___________

then we begin to understand them better.

3. seek only obtaining a result, a decision,

a change, not to (6)____________.                        (6) ___________

Losing is the (7) _____________.                         (7) ___________

Therefore, it cannot be good or bad, it's where we start off from.

4. believe there is no failure or success,

only (8)__________________.                        (8) ___________

The Effective person obtain feedback not failure or success.

5. act with integrity and honesty.

And sometimes telling the truth is (9)____________,                         (9) ___________

as when this causes great upset in the other person for no good reason.

By putting aside our childish definitions, we can understand

and live (10)______________and reap all the benefits.                        (10) __________