This book is dedicated (献给)to the students of the Social Intensive English Course conducted at Mingde University in Saskatoon between October, 2000 and July, 2001. It was at their suggestion that this book came into being, and it was their hard work and serious attention to every detail of each until as it was being written which made the book possible. We sincerely hope that both teachers and students will take seriously the task of sending us comments on your teaching and learning experiences and criticism of those aspects of the test that are good and useful, and those that fail to meet the stated purpose of the book and need to be revised for a second edition. We should also like to express our thanks to our editor, Liu Huamin, for his patience and his careful editing and design work, and Song Lihui who patiently sat through our endless discussions of every line of the test. Special thanks go to Helen Armstrong for her criticisms of the form content and language and for contributing some of the exercises in the book. David Smith Li Hongyuan Mingde University Saskatoon July, 2001 Why does the author write this bookBecause of the ______ of the students of Mingde University.