Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Looking Forward to the Twenty-First Century. Your composition should be bused on your answers to the following questions written in Chinese: 1．新世纪科技发展的前景如何? 2．新的科学技术会给社会带来什么好处? 3．新的科学技术会带来什么问题? 4．你怎样对待新世纪的挑战? Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Looking Forward to the Twenty-first Century Everybody is longing for the arrival of the twenty first century, because the new century promises exciting new developments in science and technology, which will certainly benefit human beings enormously. At that time, communications will go one big step forward, making people＇s life even more convenient. More progress will be made in medicine, enabling people to live a longer and happy life. Possible solutions to all kinds of pollution will be worked out, making our environment clean and beautiful. The development in computer technology will allow more people to have access to the Internet... However, the new science and technology will also bring some problems. People may be more dependent on various kinds of machines, which will be harmful to their physical and mental abilities. Besides, more people will be faced with the problem of unemployment, which will resulted from the wide use of machines. In spite of this, I am still confident and optimistic about the future. Now, I have to study cleverly so as to prepare myself for the oncoming of the new century.
