There is a simple economic principle (原则，法则，原理)used to determine prices．It is called the law of supply and demand．Supply means the amounts of or access to certain goods．Demand represents the number of people who want those goods．If there are more goods than wanted, the price of them fails．On the other hand, if the demand for those goods is much greater than the supply, then the price rises of course．Manufactures prefer to see more goods at increased prices.

    Which of the following titles best express the ideas of the passage?

A．Economic Principles

B．Law of Supply and Prices

C．More Goods, Lower Prices

D．Fewer Gods, Hitcher Prices

 

    There is a simple economic principle (原则，法则，原理)used to determine prices．It is called the law of supply and demand．Supply means the amounts of or access to certain goods．Demand represents the number of people who want those goods．If there are more goods than wanted, the price of them fails．On the other hand, if the demand for those goods is much greater than the supply, then the price rises of course．Manufactures prefer to see more goods at increased prices.

    Which of the following titles best express the ideas of the passage?

A．Economic Principles

B．Law of Supply and Prices

C．More Goods, Lower Prices

D．Fewer Gods, Hitcher Prices

 

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　　American's latest strategy （对策）for single persons who don't want to be single any longer has many names: speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

　　The principle （原则） is the same: Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 You realize after only the first few minutes that you can't 3 the person?

　　The solution （解决办法）: The man and woman sit down 4 each other. A bell is sounded , and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 persons. When the bell 6 off a second time , the men stand up and move 7 to the next female.

　　At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces, in two long 10 apposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away.

　　Richard Cosse, 12 of “American Singles”, says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment “ 13 ” way to search for a partner. Minute-dates have become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

　　His 16 : Don't talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams , desires and hobbies.

　　Most speed-dating meeting cost about $ 25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance.

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I.词语识别（本题30小题，每小题0.5分，满分15分)，

1） 下列有六组英语词组，请根据所给的英语单词或短语，选择其最合适的汉语解释，并将答案号码填涂在答题卡上。

Group 1

1.  negative       A.原则  2.  reserve        B.巧合 3.  principle       C.消极的 4.  coincident      D.提倡 5.  advocate       E.保护区                  F.积极的

Group 2

6.  drought       A.灭绝  7.  threat         B.物种 8.  extinct        C.干旱 9.  species        D.威胁 10. habitat        E.栖息地                  F.习惯

Group 3

11. considerate    A.  社区 12. conflict       B.  订阅 13. community    C.  冲突 14. adolescence    D. 体贴的 15. subscribe      E. 青少年时期                  F. 考虑

Group 4

16. nutrition     A. 产生 17. evolution    B. 进程 18. fortnight     C.营养 19. possession   D.（生物）进化 20. come about   E.两周                F. 所有物

Group 5

21. by and by    A. 为了…的利益 22. all in all      B. 转眼间 23. in a flash     C. 不久之后 24. for good      D. 总之                 E.永远

2） 下列每小题A、B、C、D选项中，有其中一个选项的某个单词语法拼写不正确，或某个句子或短语的语法不正确，请将该项答案号码填涂在答题卡上。 

25.  A.an X-ray machine, an honest man, an 11-year-old school

     B.a university,a useful tool, an unexplored area

     C.an orange, an MP4 player, an one-legged table

     D.an uncle, a boxer, a European, a UFO 

26. A.healthier,friendlier,lonelier             

B.cleverer, narrower,heavier

C. sadder, redder, fitter, thinner         

D.bigger,hotter, more badly

27. A. They found him was knocked down. B.My dream has come true.

     C. He’s working there.            D.Mother cooked meals for them.

28. A.regretted, admitted, omitted   B. preferred, occurred, referred

C. writting, trapping, slipping   D.forgotten,fled,hidden

29. A. Never shall I forget it.              

B. Had I known it,I would have told you.

C..No sooner had he arrived than the bell rang.

D.Seldom does he comes here.

30. A. with our lessons over     

B.with his mother ill

C.with a strong wind blowing  

D.with her head bent