阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Several days ago, a Beijing-based If company fired about 400 people over night. No one has expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 people were fired, they all received from their boss a gift—the book“Who moved my cheese?”

　　The book, a bestseller in the US, is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca Cola, Kodak, and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards Cheese is something related to (与……有关联) everyone's livelihood—our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.

　　With China's official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges (挑战). So what should we do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?

　　“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely.”Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant (公务员) said after reading the book.

　　Professor Yang in Renmin University of China agrees.“We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”

1．The whole passage is mainly about ________.

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A．what people think about China's entry into the WTO

B．people's attitudes toward changes and challenges

C．what effect a book can have on the Chinese workers

D．a bestseller in the United States

2．The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of“Who moved my cheese?”to ________.

[　　]

A．encourage the fired workers

B．be more competitive with foreign firms

C．research on how the workers can make a living on their own

D．find an excuse for their job cuts

3．The word“cheese” in the passage refers to ________.

[　　]

A．a most important kind of food

B．a way of life

C．a change or challenge we meet

D．something we depend on for a living

4．From what the professor and the civil servant said, we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

B．they have different opinions on changes and challenges

C．the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D．they are both greatly encouraged by the book

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第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Survey Studies Internet Use in China

A typical  (典型的) Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, seldom makes online purchases and favors news, music and games sites．According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants (参与者) use the Internet for news — often entertainment-related — or for online games．About half download music and movies.

They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China．Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month．Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software.

“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday．“If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back.”

The survey (调查) was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha．Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities．Guo describes the typical netizen (网民) in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated．Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24．Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online.

China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States.

56．A typical Chinese Internet user will be the one who _________.

 A．likes to send e-mails                  B．likes to buy goods online

 C．likes to pay for entertainment       D．likes the games sites

57．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because _________.

 A．it is more difficult for sales returns    B．people haven’t computers

 C．people can’t have a look at the goods   D．goods bought online are of low quality

58．Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities?

A．well educated        B．richer      C．female          D．young

59．According to the text, which of the following shows the right relation between online people and their ages?

        A．         B．

C．         D．

第二部分：语言知识与应用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节：完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 - 30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words---though they mean ___21___ at the time to the people who say them --- can have great power.
I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional ___22___ for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.
As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and ___23___. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would ___24___ the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what ___25___ Mrs. Brauch gave him. ___26___, what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Thanks to the four words, his life has been ___27___ greatly.
“ Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “ After reading her ___28___, I went home and wrote a short story, ___29___ I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories, and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was ___30___, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said.
21.     A. much                     B. little                      C. well                       D. ill
22.     A. report            B. designer                C. writer                    D. teacher
23.     A. weak                     B. independent            C. troublesome            D. helpless
24.     A. follow                   B. change                   C. connect                  D. explain
25.     A. help                       B. encouragement        C. grade                     D. words
26.     A. Therefore               B. However                C. Meanwhile             D. Besides
27.     A. improved               B. developed               C. changed                 D. enriched
28.     A. chapter                  B. novel                     C. note                       D. explanation
29.     A. everything              B. something              C. nothing                  D. anything
30.     A. encouraging           B. careful                   C. strict                      D. effective

第二部分：语言知识与应用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节：完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 - 30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words---though they mean ___21___ at the time to the people who say them --- can have great power.

I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional ___22___ for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.

As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and ___23___. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would ___24___ the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what ___25___ Mrs. Brauch gave him. ___26___, what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Thanks to the four words, his life has been ___27___ greatly.

“ Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “ After reading her ___28___, I went home and wrote a short story, ___29___ I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”

Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories, and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was ___30___, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said.

21.     A. much                     B. little                      C. well                       D. ill

22.     A. report            B. designer                C. writer                    D. teacher

23.     A. weak                     B. independent            C. troublesome            D. helpless

24.     A. follow                   B. change                   C. connect                  D. explain

25.     A. help                       B. encouragement        C. grade                     D. words

26.     A. Therefore               B. However                C. Meanwhile             D. Besides

27.     A. improved               B. developed               C. changed                 D. enriched

28.     A. chapter                  B. novel                     C. note                       D. explanation

29.     A. everything              B. something              C. nothing                  D. anything

30.     A. encouraging           B. careful                   C. strict                      D. effective