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In 1910．Henry Van Dyke wrote a book called The Spimt of America，which opened with this sentenee：“The Spirit of America is best known in Europe by one of its qualities—energy．”This has always been true．Americans have always been known for thelr mamc dvnamism．Some condemned this ambition as a scrambling after money.Others saw it in loftier terms．But energy has always been the country’s saving feature.

So Americans should be especially alert to signs that the country is becoming less vital and assiduous．One of those signs comes to us from the labor market. According to figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development，the United States has a smailer share of prime age men in the work force than any other G-7 nation.

Part of the problem has to do with human capital．More American men lack the

emotional and professional skills they would need to contribute．According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics，35 percent of those without a high school diploma are out of the labor force．compared with less than lo percent of those with a college degree．Part of the Droblem has to do with structural changes in the economy．Sectors like government，health care and high．tech have been growing，generating jobs for collegegrads. Sectors like manufacturing，agriculture and energy have been getting more productive，but they have not been generating more jobs．Instead，companies are using machines or foreign workers.

The resuIt is this：There are probably more idle men now than at any time slnce the Great Depression. and this time the problem is mostly structural，not cyclical．This is a big Droblem．It can’t be addressed through the sort of short—term Keynesian stimulus some on the left are still fantasizing about．It can’t be solved by simply reducing the size of government，as some on the right imagine．

It will．probably require a broad menu of policies attacking the problem all at once： expanding community colleges and online learning；changing the corporate tax code and labor market rules to stimulate investment；adopting German-style. labor market practices like apprenticeship programs，wage subsidies and programs that extend benefits to the unemployed for six months as they start small businesses．

Reinvigorating the missing fifth--bringing them back into the labor market and using their capabilities-will certainly require money．If this were a smart country．we’d be having a debate about how to shift money from programs that provide comfort and toward programs that spark reinvigoration．

But，of course，that’S not what is happening．Discretionary spending，which might be used to instigate dynamism，is declining．Health care spending，which mostly provides comfort to those beyond working years，is expanding．Attempts to take money from health care to open it up for other uses are being crushed．We’re locking in the nation’S wealth into the Medicare program and closing off any possibility that we might do something significant to reinvigorate the missing fifth．Next time you see a politician demagoguing Medicare，ask this：Should we be using our resources in the manner of a nation in decline or one still committed to stoking the energy of its people and continuing its rise?

The loss of American dynamism concerned by the author is mainly manifested in the fact that_______．

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Directions：

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese．Your translation should be written clearly on the ANSWER SHEET．(10 points)

A chilling feature of the suicide video left by Mohammad Sidique Khan。the leader of the band that killed more than 50 people in London in July，2005，was the homely Yorkshire accent in which he told his countrymen that“your”government is at war with“my people”．What makes a Muslim in Britain or America wake up and decide that he is no longer a Briton 0r American but an Islamic “soldier”fighting a holy war against the infidel? Part of it must be pull，part is presumably push．

George Bush has repeated like a scratched gramophone record that Americans were at war with the terrorists who had attacked them on 9／1 1，not at war with Islam．(46)Barack 0bama has followed suit：the White House national security strategy published in May says that one way to guard against radicalisation at home is to stress that“diversity is part of our strength--not a source of division or insecurity．”This is hardly rocket science．(47)And that reminding Americans of the difference--a real one，by the way，not one fabricated for the purposes of political correctness--between Islam．a religion with a billion adherents．And AI Qaeda．a terrorist outfit that claims to speak in Islam’s name but has absolutely no right to do so．

Why would any responsible American politician want to erase that vital distinction?Good question．(48)Ask Sarah Palin，or Newt Gingrich，or the many others who have lately clamored about the offensive campaign to stop Cordoba House，a proposed community centre and mosque，from being built in New York two blocks from the site of the twin towers．

In a tweet last mortth from Alaska．Ms Palin called on“peaceful Muslims”to “repudiate ”he“ground zero mosque ”because it would“stab”American hearts．But why should it? Cordoba House is not being built by Al Qaeda．To the contrary．it is the brainchild of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf，a well meaning American cleric who has spent years trying to promote interfaith understanding．He is modelling his project on New York’s 92nd Street Y．a Jewish community centre that reaches out to other religions．The site was selected precisely so that it might heal some of the wounds opened by the felling of the twin towers and all that followed．True．some relatives of 9／11 victims are hurt by the idea of a mosque going up near the site．(49)But that feeling of hurt makes sense only if they too buy the false idea that Muslims in general were perpetrators of the crime．Besides，what about the feelings．and fo that matter the rights，of America’s Muslims-some of whom also perished in the atrocity?

(50)It is impossible to excuse the mean spirit and scrambled logic of Mr Ginger’s assertion that “there should be no mosoue near ground zero so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia”． To Mr Gingrich，it seems，all American Muslim is a Muslim first and an American second．Al Qaeda would doubtless concur．Mr Gingrich also objects to the centre’s name．Imam Feisal says he chose“Cordoba”in recollection of a time when the rest of Europe had sunk into the Dark Ages but Muslims，Jews and Christians created an oasis of art，culture and science．Mr Gingrich sees only a“deliberate insult”．a reminder of a period when Muslim conquerors ruled Spain．Like Mr bin Laden，Mr Gingrich is apparently still reiterating the victories and defeats of religious wars fought in Europe and the Middle East centuries ago．He should rejoin the modem world，before he does real harm．

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Directions：

Write an essay of 160—200 words based on the following drawing．In your essay，you should

1)describe the drawing briefly，

2)explain its intended meaning，and then

3)give your comments．

You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET．(20 points)

Directions：

One of your friends wants to apply for a job involving working with foreign teenagers．

Write a letter：

1)recommend him／her，and describe his／her past experience，

2)explain the reasons．

You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET．Do not sign your own name

at the end of the letter．Use“Zhang Wei”instead．Do not write your address．(10 points)

根据以下资料，回答下列各题：Directions：

The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order．For Questions 41-45，you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-G to fill in each numbered box．The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes．Mark your answers Oil the ANSWER SHEET．(10 points)

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More people’s inclination to rent rather than buy a house will not_______．