1、请简要阐述为什么学生们渴望上大学。

　　Students long to attend colleges or universities for various reasons. In my opinion, the most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have new experiences and learn to be independent.

　　Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, this is the primary reason to go to college. They know that the job market is competitive and in order to be employed in the future they have to be well equipped with knowledge and skills.

　　Also, students go to colleges or universities to have experiences and learn to live on their own. Going to colleges often means having the opportunity to meet with different people from different parts of the country. They learn to communicate and co-operate with each other. For most students, we guess, it is the first time that they have been away from home. They are faced with many new situations and have to learn to solve them independently, making decisions on their own and dealing with various things themselves. So colleges and universities help them grow up.

　　Surely, colleges and universities become their first choice.

2、简要描述图片内容，就图片的主题谈谈自己的感想。

　　In the picture, a girl is riding a bicycle but her father is on her left showing the direction, her mother on her right with a first-aid box and behind her is her granny, who is already out of breath. They are all running as they are holding the bicycle. Sweat is falling down their foreheads. The girl is shouting, “Leave me alone. I can manage.”

　　Today parents and grandparents tend to worry too much about their children. As an only child in the family, I am too much looked after by my parents. But is it necessary for them to do so? No. Indeed, they love me, but I don’t want this kind of love. I need independence more, because independence is important in modern society. Without is, we’ll not be able to meet challenges in the future. Certainly, I don’t mean that I don’t need my parents’ help, but I want them to help me gain my independence.

　　Dear parents, please understand what we need.