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
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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 C my air-conditioner turned off because of a power failure midnight.
With the rapidly developing industry and the ever
