Last week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.

Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.

“Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied.

I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.

One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it re-grows, you can get at least 5 cm taller!”

At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!

It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost.

In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.

1.We can know from the passage that the author works as ________.

A. a doctor B. a model C. a teacher D. a reporter

2.Many graduates today turn to cosmetic s surgery to ________.

A. marry a better man\woman B. become a model

C. get an advantage over others in job-hunt D. attract more admirers

3.According to the passage, the author believes that ________.

A. everyone should purchase perfection, whatever the cost

B. it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs

C. it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career

D. media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery

4.The best title for the passage should be “________”.

A. Young Graduates Have Higher Expectation

B. Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs

C. Young Graduates’ Opinion About Cosmetic Surgery

D. Young Graduates Face a Different Situation in Job-hunt

To Friend or Not To Friend

We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?

In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to education themselves about social networking sites.

These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.

It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.

A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request, “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.”

Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list.

1.From Paragraph 2, we learn that _______.

A. parents feel secure about their privacy online

B. social networks successfully fill the generation gap

C. parents have realized the importance of social networks

D. social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate

2.Teenagers may refuse a parent’s friend request because _______.

A. they hide something from their parents

B. they are unwilling to be watched by parents

C. their parents tend to fall behind in technology

D. their parents make negative comments on them

3.The passage is mainly about _______.

A. privacy online B. social networks

C. the generation gap D. parents’ friend requests

4.The passage is written mainly for _______.

A. parents B. teenagers C. teachers D. researchers

根据短文内容，选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Everyone hopes to live a long life. But how can you make your long life happy and meaningful? You can read on to find answers.

1.Go traveling wherever you want and go to see one part of the world you’ve never seen before. You will not regret it. Traveling has less to do with seeing things, as it does with experiencing them. It has less to do with discovering something, as it does with discovering yourself. You run into all the good things and bad things about yourself on a daily basis if you travel to new places, and you are provided with the opportunity to grow far beyond your years.

2.You can go through life and make new friends anytime, but no one can take the place of those persons who truly improve you. They are the most important people you will ever meet because they tear down the invisible walls you have built in your mind. In other words, they come into your life and help you develop your potential that you would never have been aware of without them.

3.The road to greatness is far from easy. You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are getting weaker from struggle, you are in fact growing stronger than you ever have been before. The more difficulties you meet and solve on your lifelong journey, the more meaningful your life story will be.

4.One of the great secrets of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is doing the best you can with what it done to you. It’s all about how you choose to respond to different situations. This simple choice makes a world of difference. If you find your situations tolerable, by all means tolerate them; if you find them intolerable, break through them. Eventually you are free because you alone are responsible for your thoughts and how you use them to improve your growth.

5.The best way to get ahead in this world is not to complete with others, but to serve them. If you want to get a promotion at work, be good to your boss. If you want to build a successful business, be of service to your potential customers. Provide unmistakable value. Value is what makes relationships, businesses, and personal efforts grow. At any age, in any situation, for every possible life path, there is value you can provide. Success and happiness will come when you choose to work for the world.

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

1.My English teacher told me that my handwriting needed _______.（提高）

2.Many _______ （科学家）from Beijing visited our school last Monday.

3.It is _______ （宣布）that new Paris fashions will be introduced into Xi’an.

4.Mrs. Smith led the lonely boy into the _______ （温暖）of the house.

5.Are you _______（乐观的）if you are facing the life of future?

6.The cut on my arm _______（流血）a lot when I was hurt yesterday.

7.We have a mild _______（气候）in Vancouver.

8.The _______（顶）of the cars were broken in the accident.

9.Walking in the hot weather, I was _______（流汗）heavily.

10.Mr. Jones is sitting _______（舒服地）in the sofa, watching TV.

I am angry about the behavior of dishonest in exams. I’m not saying that I’m a good student and that I’ve never cheated. I once write the answers on my hand for a history test but, unluckily, caught by my teacher. Because she was one of my most favorites, there were no words to describe how sorry I felt at once. I thought cheat would help me keep my straight A’s. Little I know that I was hurting not only herself but also my teacher. From this lesson I know our teachers want their students to succeed by learning with their own and do the best they can, not by cheating.

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike想了解你校开设的新课程《通用技术》的情况，你向他作如下的介绍：

这门课旨在提高学生的实际运用能力；

通过这门课的学习，你已经学会了修理、设计和制作一些物品；

你的感受。

注意：1、词数不少于100；2、开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；

可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；4、通用技术--- General Technology

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your letter asking about the General Technology, a new course that

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

______________

Yours,

Li Hua

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1.palace

A. many B. parent C. plastic D. famous

2.trunk

A. stranger B. danger C. singer D. boundary

3.weight

A. height B. seize C. ceiling D. neighbor

4.cushion

A. reduce B. sugar C.button D. supply

5.tomatoes

A. coaches B.cakes C. knives D.bridges

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Librarian: Good morning, Northwest College Library. How can I help you?

Man: 1. .

Librarian: Are you a student at Northwest College?

Man: No, I’m not. 2.

Librarian: That’s right, it is. 3.

Man: Yes, I am.

Librarian: That’s no problem then.

Man: 4.

Librarian: Well, you’ll need to come in to the library and fill out some forms.

Man: Okay. 5. . Thanks. Bye.

Librarian: Goodbye.

A. Do you want to join our library?

B. What do I have to do to join?

C. I’ll be along later this week to join the library.

D. Someone told me it was possible to join, even if I wasn’t.

E. I’ve got a current student card from another college.

F. I was wondering if it was possible to join the library.

G. Are you 18? That’s our minimum joining age.

We at the airport; otherwise we would have arrived home by lunch time.

A. had delayed B. were delayed C. had been delayed D. have delayed

—I heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.

—It true because there was little snow there.

A. may be not B. won’t be C. couldn’t be D. mustn’t be