In order to improve English, __________.

A. it is necessary to need a lot of practice.

B. a lot of practice is needed.

C. you need a lot of practice

D. it needs a lot of practice.

 --- How did you find your visit to Shangri-La?   

---I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _______ than I expected.

A. far more fascinated              B. even much fascinating

C. by far more fascinating           D. so more fascinated

 Lack of work experience puts college graduates at a huge disadvantage when ______ with laid -off workers.

A. competed                     B. having competed         C. competing      D. to compete

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  Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia(栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.  36  to the flower shop were always useless－it was a cash   37  . After a while I stopped trying to   38   who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never   39   imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   40   moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 41    kindness who might be showing   42  . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was  43  a car full of groceries (杂货). Or maybe it was the old man   44   the street whose mail I helped to get during the   45   so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager,   46  , I had more fun guessing that it might be a   47   who had noticed me   48   I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was   49   some of the most important events in my life. I became completely   50   in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I   51   the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t   52   if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   53   and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and   54   in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia－lovable,   55   and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died. (304)

36. A.Calls     B. Quarrels            C.Messages            D. Letters

37. A. service  B.deal            C.bargain              D.offer

38. A. recognize     B.imagine              C.wonder              D.discover

39. A.failed    B.stopped              C.succeeded           D.enjoyed

40. A.saddest  B.painful        C.happiest             D.loneliest

41. A .special  B.common             C.valuable             D.important

42. A .concern B.attitude              C.interest Dappreciation

43. A. repairing      B.washing      C.unloading           D.starting

44. A .across   B.through              C.from           D.onto

45. A .spring   B.summer       C.autumn              D.winter

46. A .though  B.anyway              C.therefore            D.indeed

47. A. friend   B.superman           C.teacher        D.boy

48. A.as if      B.even though C.in case        D.so that

49. A.considering   B.expecting           C.missing       D.preparing

50. A.disappointed  B.uninterested        C.discouraged        D.concentrated

51. A. forgot   B.lost             C.hated          D.expected

52. A.wonder  B.believe        C.care            D.know

53. A. contented     B.respected            C.thanked              D.loved

54. A.. trouble       B.beauty         C.difficulty            D.love

55. A.strong    B.beautiful            C.smell          D.lucky

Many of the employees think their career path and plans begin during their employment or when they already secured a job. But basically, if we look at what becomes of a person, you can root it from the upbringing of the person, to be more specific, from childhood.

    As parents, we usually groom our children’s future according to what we are or what we wanted to be. We buy them toys and educational materials according to what we dream our children would become someday. For example, we know that becoming a teacher means a lot of sacrifices and lots of time worked but the pay is not satisfying. Thus, if we see this profession not favorable financially, we discourage our children from becoming teachers. However, the earliest exposure of children is usually in the medical field profession (every time they visit the hospital for consultation or any medical requirements) and the education or teaching profession (by the time they start attending classes). Information other than the two professions mentioned came from the parents and later exposure or experiences when they grew up and learn of their interest according to their special skills.

    In career pathing, the parents’ role plays a major part for the individual’s success in identifying their chosen career. The best way is to support the child’s interest and not forcing them to take courses that the parents wanted for themselves. Support can be provided by helping them read materials on their field of interest, exposing them to the career and providing information as to the advantages and great efforts that one may take to accomplish their chosen field. This is not difficult nowadays. The internet and the publications are now very affordable and even the media provides the information for the different careers that our children may take. There are shows and programs that can provide a picture of the different field. But before you go to your television and change the channel of what your child is watching, check first if the program is fit for their age and maturity.

1. The underlined word “groom” in the second paragraph can be replaced by ___________.

  A. take care of         B. prepare         C. expect          D. feed

2. Why does the parents’ role play a major part for the individual’s success in identifying their chosen career?

  A. Because the best approach is to support the child’s interest.

  B. Because parents can help them read materials on their interest.

  C. Because parents can provide them with needed information.

  D. Because parents’ help and support is extremely important.

3. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

  A. The earlier, the better                     B. Work from childhood

  C. Career Path Begins During Childhood        D. Parent’s support in choosing a career

4. It can be inferred that __________.

A. parents play a major part in helping their children choose their career

B. parents have a great effect on their children’s life

C. one’s early education is very important

D. getting information about jobs is not difficult nowadays because of the internet

One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wage. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig(钻油机) in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and teacher have is many years of training in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years, when they were studying instead of earning money, should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must be highly paid for the risks they take.

Another factor we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is, regardless of the talents he may bring to it. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or teaching children is more important than, say, selling secondhand cars or improving the taste of toothpaste by adding a red stripe to it. Yet it is almost certain that the used car salesman earns more than the nurse, and that research chemist earns more than the school teacher.

Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward in the form of a so-called “psychic(精神的) wage”, and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying monotony(单调) of his work. It is significant that that those jobs which are traditionally regarded as “vocations” --- nursing, teaching and the Church, for example --- continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth.

Although the amount of money that people earn is in reality largely determined by market forces, this should not prevent us from seeking some way to decide what is the right pay for the job. A starting point for such an investigation would be to try to decide the ratio which ought to exist between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicate by two factors: firstly by the “social wage”, i.e, the welfare benefits which every citizen receives; and secondly, by the taxation system, which is often used as an instrument of social justice by taxing high incomes at a very high rate indeed. Allowing for these two things, most countries now regard a ratio of 7:1 as socially acceptable. If it is less, the highly-qualified people carrying heavy responsibilities become disillusioned, and might even end up by emigration(移民) (the so-called “brain-drain” is an evidence that this can happen). If it is more, the gap between rich and poor will be so great that it will lead social tensions and ultimately to violence.

1. The professional man, such as the doctor, should be well paid because ______.

A. he has spent several years learning how to do his job

B. his work involves much great intelligence than, say, a bus conductor’s

C. he has to work much harder than most other people

D. he knows more than other people about his subject

2. The “brain-drain” is an evidence that ______.

A. well-educated people are prepared to emigrate whenever they can get a better paid job

B. people with jobs or responsibility expect to be highly paid

C. high taxation is a useful and effective instrument of social justice

D. the poor are generally more patriotic(爱国的) than the rich

3. As far as rewarding people for their work is concerned, the writer, believes that ______.

A. we should pay for socially-useful work, regardless of the person’s talent

B. we should pay people according to their talents

C. market forces will determine how much a person is paid

D. qualified people should be the highest paid

4. The argument of the “psychic wage” is used to explain why ______.

A. people who do socially important work are not always well paid

B. people who do monotonous jobs are highly paid

C. you should not try to compare the pay of different professions

D. some professional people are paid more than others

第二节  书面表达(满分25分)  

    请你以“How to be popular”为题，写一篇英语短文。词数100左右，文章的题目和开头已给出，不计词数。   

    要点提示：1．衣着干净、整齐，保持微笑；   

              2．诚实，乐于助人；   

              3．懂得与他人合作；   

              4．其它。   

How to be popular

  Most people would like to be popular with others，but what is the secret to achieve popularity?In fact，it is very simple．   

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______________absent from competition for two seasons，Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo still had

the right feeling on the ice .

A.As long as    B.Even if   C.In case  D. No matter

. ---Can I smoke here?

   ---No. On no condition _____ in the museum.

       A .is smoking permitted         B. smoking is permitted      

C. was smoking permitted        D. smoking was permitted

      — Is it for two months ________ they have stayed here?

— No. It’s only three weeks ________ they arrived here.

       A. that; since  B. that; after   C. since; before      D. when; that