Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word() for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can't remember$\underline{\quad1\quad}$we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain$\underline{\quad2\quad}$, we refer to these occurrences as "senior moments."$\underline{\quad3\quad}$seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have an$\underline{\quad4\quad}$impact on our professional, social, and personal$\underline{\quad5\quad}$.

Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there's actually a lot that can be done. It$\underline{\quad6\quad}$out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental$\underline{\quad7\quad}$can significantly improve our basic cognitive$\underline{\quad8\quad}$. Thinking is essentially a$\underline{\quad9\quad}$of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to$\underline{\quad10\quad}$in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited.$\underline{\quad11\quad}$, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate$\underline{\quad12\quad}$mental effort.

Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step$\underline{\quad13\quad}$and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve their mental$\underline{\quad14\quad}$.

The Web-based program$\underline{\quad15\quad}$you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps$\underline{\quad16\quad}$of your progress and provides detailed feedback$\underline{\quad17\quad}$your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it$\underline{\quad18\quad}$modifies and enhances the games you play to$\underline{\quad19\quad}$on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n)$\underline{\quad20\quad}$exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

1. We suddenly can't remember$\underline{\quad1\quad}$we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.

[A] where [B] when [C] that [D] why

2. As the brain$\underline{\quad2\quad}$, we refer to these occurrences as "senior moments."

[A] improves [B] fades [C] recovers [D] collapses

3.$\underline{\quad3\quad}$seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have an$\underline{\quad4\quad}$impact on our professional, social, and personal$\underline{\quad5\quad}$.

[A] If [B] Unless [C] Once [D] While

4.$\underline{\quad3\quad}$seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have an$\underline{\quad4\quad}$impact on our professional, social, and personal$\underline{\quad5\quad}$.

[A] uneven [B] limited [C] damaging [D] obscure

5.$\underline{\quad3\quad}$seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have an$\underline{\quad4\quad}$impact on our professional, social, and personal$\underline{\quad5\quad}$.

[A] wellbeing [B] environment [C] relationship [D] outlook

6. It$\underline{\quad6\quad}$out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental$\underline{\quad7\quad}$can significantly improve our basic cognitive$\underline{\quad8\quad}$.

[A] turns [B] finds [C] points [D] figures

7. It$\underline{\quad6\quad}$out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental$\underline{\quad7\quad}$can significantly improve our basic cognitive$\underline{\quad8\quad}$.

[A] roundabouts [B] responses [C] workouts [D] associations

8. It$\underline{\quad6\quad}$out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental$\underline{\quad7\quad}$can significantly improve our basic cognitive$\underline{\quad8\quad}$.

[A] genre [B] functions [C] circumstances [D] criterion

9. Thinking is essentially a$\underline{\quad9\quad}$of making connections in the brain.

[A] channel [B] condition [C] sequence [D] process

10. To a certain extent, our ability to$\underline{\quad10\quad}$in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited.

[A] persist [B] believe [C] excel [D] feature

11.$\underline{\quad11\quad}$, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate$\underline{\quad12\quad}$mental effort.

[A] Therefore [B] Moreover [C] Otherwise [D] However

12.$\underline{\quad11\quad}$, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate$\underline{\quad12\quad}$mental effort.

[A] according to [B] regardless of [C] apart from [D] instead of

13. Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step$\underline{\quad13\quad}$and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve their mental$\underline{\quad14\quad}$.

[A] back [B] further [C] aside [D] around

14. Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step$\underline{\quad13\quad}$and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve their mental$\underline{\quad14\quad}$.

[A] sharpness [B] stability [C] framework [D] flexibility

15. The Web-based program$\underline{\quad15\quad}$you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills.

[A] forces [B] reminds [C] hurries [D] allows

16. The program keeps$\underline{\quad16\quad}$of your progress and provides detailed feedback$\underline{\quad17\quad}$your performance and improvement.

[A] hold [B] track [C] order [D] pace

17. The program keeps$\underline{\quad16\quad}$of your progress and provides detailed feedback$\underline{\quad17\quad}$your performance and improvement.

[A] to [B] with [C] for [D] on

18. Most importantly, it$\underline{\quad18\quad}$modifies and enhances the games you play to$\underline{\quad19\quad}$on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n)$\underline{\quad20\quad}$exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

[A] irregularly [B] habitually [C] constantly [D] unusually

19. Most importantly, it$\underline{\quad18\quad}$modifies and enhances the games you play to$\underline{\quad19\quad}$on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n)$\underline{\quad20\quad}$exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

[A] carry [B] put [C] build [D] take

20. Most importantly, it$\underline{\quad18\quad}$modifies and enhances the games you play to$\underline{\quad19\quad}$on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n)$\underline{\quad20\quad}$exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

[A] risky [B] effective [C] idle [D] familiar

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)

Text 1

In order to "change lives for the bette" and reduce "dependency," George Osbome,Chancellor of the Excheque, introduced the "upfront work search' scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV register for nin o sarh, an sat toing f or w te h e e n n h h u r weekly rather than fortnightly, What could be more reasonable?

More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker's allowance "Thos first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on" he camed."We're doing these things becarse we know hey help people say off beneris and help those on benefis get ino work faste" Help? Really? on first hearing, this was th socaly oncmed chancello rying te change ivse orthe teecoplte with reform"to an obviously indulgentsystem that demands too fiil fto to th ewy uvemployed o find work, and subsides laziness, What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for "findamental faimes"pccing th tapayer,contoling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving laimants received their benefits.

Losing a job is huring: you don't skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart,delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. t is isancal/ylttfin y caca/y/bpsgsg and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills hs disppared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.

But in Osbormcland, your first instinet is to fal intn dependeny- permanent dependeney if you can get i-supported by a state ony to ready to induige your falsehood. t is sthuh 2 yers ofever tugher rfrormsof the job search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Even the very phrase jobseeker's allowance -invented in 1996- is about redefining the unemployed as a "jobseeker"who had no mandatory right to a benefit he or she has earmed through making national insurance contrbutions. Instead, the claimant receivs a iome imie"' alwane" ondtioa o ativey seina o, o entitlement and no insurance, at 71.70 a week, one of the least generous in the EU.

21.George Osbome's scheme was intended to

[A]provide the nemployed with easier accesst bnets.

[B)encourage jobseekers active engagement in job sking.

[C]motivate the unemployed to report voluntarily.

[D]guarantee jobseekers' legitimate right to benefits.

22. The phrase "to sign on"(Line 3,Para.2) most probably means

[A]o check on the avalabilit of josat the bentre.

[B]to accept the government's restrictions on the allowance.

[C]o register for an alowane fom the goverment.

[D]to attend a governmental job-training program.

23. What promoted the hanelo clrcrp isschce?e?

[A] A desire to secure a better life for all.

[B] An eagerness to protect the unemployed.

[C] An urge to be generous to the claimants.

[D] A passion to ensure faimess for tapayers.

24. According to Paragraph 3,being unemployed makes one feel

[A]uneasy.

[B]enraged.

[C]insulted.

[DJguilty.

25.To which of the following would the author most probably agree?

[A]The British welfare system indulges jobseekers' laziness.

[B]Osbome's reforms will eauce t it f eplyoent..

[C]The jobseckers'a llowance has met thei atual edas.

[D]Unemployment benefits should not be made conditional.

Text 2

All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession---wih the possible exception of jourmalism.But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.

During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation. The best lawyers made skyscrapers-fall of money, tempting ever more students to pile int law schools. But most law graduates never get a big-fim job. Many of them instead become the kind of muisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.

There are many reasons for this. one is the ecsie cots o eal ecation. Threis just oe pp torr lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduate degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the bar exam. This leaves today's average law-school graduate with S100,000 of debt on top of undergraduate debts. Law-school debt means that they have to work fearsomely hard.

Reforming the system would help both lawyers and their customers. Sensible ideas have been around for a long time,but the state-level bodis that govem the proression have ben to onervative to iplement them.One idea is to allow people to sudy law as an undergraduate degree,Another is to tet tadens tfrte bar atr onlf two years of law school. f the bar exam is truly astm enough test for a would-be lawyer,those who can sit it earlier should be allowed to do so. Students who do not need the extra training could cut their debt mountain by a third.

The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business, Exccp in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm. This keeps fees high and inovtion slow.There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services t customers,by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving fims'eficieny. Afer all ther contris, such as Australia and Briain,have started liberalizing their legal professions. America should follow.

26.A lot of students take up law as their profession due to

[A]the growing demand fom chients.

[B]the increasing pressur of inflation.

[C]the prospect of workin in big fims..

[D]the attraction of financial rewards.

27. Which of the following adds to the costs of legal education in most American states?

[A]Higher tuition fees for undergraduate studies.

[B]Admissions approval from the bar association.

[C]Pursuing a bachelor's degree in another major.

[D]Receiving training by professional assciations.

28.Hindrance to the reform of the legal system originates from

[A]lawyers'and clients' strong resistance.

[B)herigid bodies goveming the profession.

[C]the stem exam for would-be lawyers.

[D]non-professionals' sharp criticism.

29. The guild-ik onershi srcre s onsed r rt

[A]bans outsiders' involvement in the profession.

[Bjkecps lawyers from holding law-irm shares.

[C]aggravates the ethical situation in the trade.

[DJprevents lawyers from gaining due profits.

30.In ths tex,th tor an siusss

[A]tawed ownership of America's law frms and its causes.

[B]the factors that help make a successful lawyer in America.

[C]a problem in America's egal pofession an olutions to t.

[D]the role of undergraduate studies in America's legal education.

Text 3

The USS3-milion Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander olyakov sai when he accepted this year's award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses,a stingf f orarivceawars forearhes hav oned the Nobel Prizes in rcen yars. Many, like the Fundamental Physics Prize, are funded from the telephone-number-sized bank accounts of Intermnet entrepreneurs. These benefactors have suceeded in their chosen fieds, they ay,an they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have succeeded in science.

What's not to like? Quite a lot, according to a handful of scientists quoted in the News Feature.You canno buy class, as the old saying goes, and these upstart entrepreneurs cannot buy their prizes the prestige of the Nobels. The new awards are an exercise in self-promotion for those behind them,say scientists. They could distort the achievement-based system of peer-review-led research. They could cement the status quo of peer reviewed research. They do not fund peereviewed research. They perpetuate the myth of the lone genius.

The goals of the prize-givers seem as scattered as the criticism. Some want to shock, others to draw people into science,or to better reward those who have made their careers in research.

As Nature has pointed out before,there are some legtimate concerns about how science prizes both new and old-are distributed. The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, aunched this year, takes an unrepresentative view of what the life sciences include. But the Nobel Foundation's limit of three reipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modemn research- as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higs boson. The Nobels were, of course, themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money. Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.

As much as some scientists may complain about the new award, two things seem clear.First, most researchers would accept such a prie f the were ofred one. Seond, it is surlu go ting tath ny nd attention come to science rather than go elsewhere, It is fair to criticize and question the mechanism-that is the culture of research, after all but tisteprzeiei?' ony to o wihas he please. tis wis to take suah giftss with gratiude and grace.

31. The Fundamental Physical Prize is seen as

[A]a symbol of the entrepreneurs' wealth.

[B]a possible replacement of the Nobel Prize.

[C]an example of bankers' investment.

[D)Ja handsome reward for researchers.

32. The critics think that the new awards will most benefit

[A]the profit-oriented scientists.

[B]the founders of the new award.

[C]the achievement-based system.

[D]peer-review-led research.

33. The discovery of the Higgs boson is a typical case which involves

[A] controversies over the recipients' status.

[B] the joint effot of modern researchers.

[C] legitimate concerms over the new prizes.

[D] the demonstration of rearch findings.

34. Acording to Praph , which of th olwinis ts e lsee?

[A]Their endurance has done justice to them.

[B]Their legitimacy has long been in dispute.

[C]They are the most representative honor.

[D]History has never cast doubt on them.

35. The author believed that the new awards are

[A]acceptable despite the criticism.

[B]harmnful to the culure of research.

[C]subject to undesirable changes.

[Djunworthy of public attention.

Text 4

"The Heart of the Matte," te ustrelcased rpr by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences(AAAS), deserves praise for afiming the imprtance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regretabl, however,the report's failure to adress tht rue ature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions tha could be taken by "federal, state and local goverments,niversties, foundations, educatos, individual benefactors and other"to "'maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education."n response,the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences. Among the commission's 5 members are top-ticruniversity presidents, cholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as rominnt figures fom diplomacy,fimmaking, musi and joumalism

The goals identified in the report are generally admirable. Because representative govemnment presupposes an informed cizenry, the report supports full ieray stes ths shdy of history and government,paricularly American history and American goverment, and encourages the use of new digial technologies. To encourage inovation and competition, th repot al o crasad invetment in rearch, th rating of coherent curicula that improve students' ability to sove problems and communicate efecivey in the 21st centur, icnreased finding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learing to bear on the great challenges of the day. The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages,international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.

Unforunately, despite 2/s years in te mking,"The Heart of the Matte' never gets to te hat of the matter the iliberal nature of liberal etucatio at our leading colleges and univrsities,The commission ignores that for several decades America's colles and universties have produced graduates who don't know the content and character of liberal cducation and are thus deprived of is benefis, Sadly, the spirit of inguiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive" o lefiapna

Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas-such as free markets or selreliance as falling outside the boundaries of routine,and sometimes legitimate, ntelltua inestgation

The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education. Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

36. Acording to Pararaph 1, what is the autho's ttue toword h A's sporn??

[A] Critical

[B] Apprectaive

[C] Contemptuous

[D] Tolerant

37.Influential figures in the Congress rqured that th A A srpot on ow to

[A] retain people's interest in liberal education.

[B] define the government's role in education.

[C] keep a leading position in liberal education.

[D]safeguard individuals rights to ducation.

38.Acording tO Pargrah, he rpot ugesss

[A] an exclusive study of American history.

[B] a greater emphasis on theoretical subjects..

[C] the application of emerging technologies.

[D] funding for the study of foreign languages.

39. The autho imples in Paragraph s that professo ar

[A] supportive of free markets.

[B]catious about inteleta inesigation.

[C] conservative about public policy.

[D] biased against classical liberal ideas.

40. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

[A] Ways to Grasp "The Heart of the Matter"

[B] lliberal Education and "The Heart of the Matter"

[C] The AAAS' Contribution to Liberal Education

[D] Progressive Policy vs. Liberal Education

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part B

Directions:

The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-G and fling them into the numbered boxes Paragraphs A and E have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

[A] Some archaeological sites have always been easily observable-for example, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece; the pyramids of Giza in Egypt; and the megaliths of Stonehenge in southern England. But these sites are exceptions to the norm. Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident. Olduvai Gorge, fell nioi e l/ 1osinis S tc fitcam o light during the digging of the Mexico City subway in the 1970s.

[B] In another case, American archaeologists Rene million and George Cowgill pat years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the valley of Mexico near what is now Mexico City at its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the word. The researchers mapped not only the city's vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

[C] How do archaeologists know where to find what they are looking for when there is nothing visible on the surface of the ground? Typically, they survey and sample (make test excavations on) large areas of terrain to determine where excavation will yed useful information, Surveys and test samples have also become important for understanding the larger Iandscapes that contain archaeological sites.

[D] Surveys can cover a single large settlement or ntire landscapes.in one cas, many recarchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small trl iag nd ndidlald eliny using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot. The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copan collapsed.

[E] To find their sites, archaeologists today rely heavily on systematic survey methods and a variety of high-technology tools and techniques. Airborne technologies, such as different types of radar and photographic equipment carried by airplanes or spacecraft, allow archaeologists to learn about what lies beneath the ground without digging. Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.

[F] Most archaeological site, howeve, are discovered by archaeologists who have set out to look for them.Such searches can take years. British archaeologist Howard Carter knew tha the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen existed from information found in other sites. Carter sifted through rubble in the Valley of the King for seven years before he located the tomb in 1922.In the late 1800s British archaeologist Sir Arthur Eyan combed antique dealers' stores in Athens, Greece, He was searching for thing engraved seals attributed to the ancient Mycenaean culture that dominated Greece from the 1400s to 1200s BC.Evas's interpretations of those engravings eventually led them to find the Minoan palace at Knossos on the island of Crete, in 1900.

[G] Ground surveys allow archaeologists to pinpint the placs where digs will be sccstu!. ost gron surveys involve a lot of walking, looking for surface clues such as small fragments of pottery, They ofien include a certain amounts of digging to test for buried materials at selected points across a landscape. Archaeologists also may locate buried remains by using such technologies as ground radar,magnetic-field recording,and metal detector. Archaeologists commonly use computers to map sites and the landscapes around sites. Two and three-dimensional maps are helpful tools in planning cxcavations, ilusraing how sites look, and presenting the results of archaeological research.

（41---A---42.--E--43--44---45，请将41-45题的答案填入下方的输入框，不区分大小写）

Part C

Directions:

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

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being. Hence it is metaphysical; but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound. I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.46) It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.

Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity.

The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the last piano sonata. In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. 47) By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.

This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven's music. His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics. 48) Beethoven's habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.49) Especially significant was his view of freedom, which, for him, was associated with the rights and responsibilities of the individual: he advocated freedom of thought and of personal expression.

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order as if order were an imperative of human existence. For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation. It is not by chance that the Funeral March is not the last movement of the Eroica Symphony, but the second, so that suffering does not have the last word. 50) One could interpret much of the work of Beethoven by saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to fight it renders life worth living.

Section III Writing

Part A

51. Directions:

Write a letter of about 100 words to the president of your university, suggesting how to improve students' physical condition.

You should include the details you think necessary.
You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead.
Do not write the address. (10 points)

Part B

52. Directions:

Write an essay of 160 - 200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) interpret its intended meaning, and
3) give your comments.
You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET (20 points)

(这幅漫画分为左右两部分，左侧标注“三十年前……”，画中一位年轻女子牵着一个小女孩的手，女子提着物品；右侧标注“现在……”，画中长大的女孩搀扶着已显苍老的女子。下方有“相携”二字，展现了母女（或亲人）之间跨越时光的相互陪伴与扶持。)