Question

第二節 讀寫任務（共1小題，滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

Beijing is set to lift its12-year-old ban on fireworks for the traditional Spring Festival holidays, probably starting from next Chinese Lunar New Year in January 2006.

Zhou Jidong, director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the Beijing municipal government(市政府), told a press conference last Thursday that his office has completed the draft(草案) regulations on firework safety supervision.

Under the draft regulations , setting off fireworks will be allowed in the capital city’s eight downtown districts from the Eve of the Lunar New Year to Lantern Festival 15 days later. When the draft regulations were posted on the municipal government’s website for suggestions, local residents gave a total of 969 pieces of advice, with 70 per cent in favour of lifting the ban. Related surveys suggest local people who want to light fireworks during Spring Festival range from 50.4 per cent to 86.3 per cent.

In fact, the voice of opposition and criticism has never ended since the municipal government introduced the ban in 1993, considering pollution, noise, fire worries and personal injuries caused by letting off fireworks.

Opponents accused the government of introducing the ban only for the sake of facilitating its management role while disregarding the will of the people. Worse, they say, the ban threatened to break down the age—old traditions of celebrating Spring Festival among Chinese people.

Partly due to this endless objection, about 106 out of a total 282 Chinese cities that had followed Beijing’s lead in banning fireworks have already dropped the ban.

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1．概括短文的內容要點，該部分的字數大約30詞左右；

2．就“should the ban be lifted”這個主題發表你的看法，至少包含以下的內容要點，該部分的字數大約120詞左右；

1）解禁的利弊；

2）你的看法如何；

3）你有什么建議？

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Answer 1

【答案】

This passage mainly introduces Beijing’s draft regulations to lift its ban on fireworks for the Spring Festival holidays due to more and more objection from people.

As a fact, setting off fireworks can cause serious damage. First ,it can easily cause fire, which threatens people’s property and lives. The dropping of fire caused by fireworks in cities has proved the benefit of the ban itself. Second, fireworks can be a threat to people’s health and the environment, because they cause noise pollution and air pollution. On the other hand, the ban makes the traditional festival less attractive, which in long term does harm to the relationship between family members and people’s value on the Chinese tradition. The fact that more and more people, especially the younger generation, turn to celebrate foreign festivals is really worrying.

In my opinion, to let people experience more fun, to let more people hold on to the Chinese tradition and value, we should lift the ban , but only during the Spring Festival. Meanwhile, we should urge all citizens to be on alert during the period, and departments involved should get prepared for emergency.

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