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  In the United States, most children begin attending school when they are five years old.Public education is free and most children go to school near their homes.School in these early years is fun.The children learn to read and write.But they also play games and go on trips.There is no reason at such an early age for them to hit the books.

  The situation changes as children become older.The subjects become more difficult.Students must learn about world history, algebra(代数), and the life sciences.Tests become more common.Pressure is growing to hit the books, study hard, and advance.However, most serious students only really begin hitting the books for long hours when they reach high school.

  High school students who hope to continue their education at a college or university must take a special test called the S-A-T.The test has two parts.The first part tests the student’s ability with numbers and mathematical skills.The second part tests the student’s ability with the English language.

  The S-A-T test is very important.A high school student who gets a high score on the two parts of the test has a good chance to enter a top American college.For this reason, many students hit the books for months to prepare for the S-A-T.

(1)

From the test, we can see“hitting the books”means ________.

[  ]

A.

working hard for the future

B.

studying a subject carefully

C.

reading books in a hurry

D.

reading books with great effort

(2)

Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of the text?

[  ]

A.

The S-A-T is the most important test.

B.

Education is not easy in the United States.

C.

“Hitting the books”is very important for the students who want to have a bright future.

D.

The more you want to learn, the more tests you have to pass.

(3)

The students in high schools ________.

[  ]

A.

have to take the S-A-T

B.

are free and happy

C.

have to hit the books if they want to go on to college

D.

don’t hit the books until they pass the S-A-T

(4)

Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

[  ]

A.

In America the students have to pass certain tests to continue their education.

B.

Those who fail in the S-A-T cannot go to college.

C.

Young children needn’t work hard at their lessons because education is free.

D.

The students must spend a lot of time preparing for the S-A-T.

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  Traditional Chinese culture places much emphasis on food.Considered to be an important part of each day, eating is far beyond simply   1  (meet)a need.However, people are living in a fast-paced society now, so they hardly have time to enjoy their food.They need fast food.That is   2   China’s fast-food market expands.

  A foreign fast-food restaurant   3  (call)KFC arrived in China first, quickly followed by   4   such as Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.  5   the development of China, foreign fast-food chains are realizing high-speed growth in china.However, these “junk foods”   6  (criticize)by health experts for long because they can’t provide balanced nutrition.The experts also show that some foreign fast food contains   7   food coloring, Sudan 1,   8   can cause cancer.

  In fact, China has many of its own traditional fast-food dishes.mong them, dumplings, soybean milk and noodles are the most popular.  9  (compare)with foreign fast food, those traditional ones are   10  (health).But many Chinese still enjoy the special taste and the good environment in the foreign fast-food chains even though there exist some potential risks.

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  根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
  The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to "sell" yourself. 71 It should be simple,human,personal and brief without leaving out any necessary facts.
  In writing a letter of application,keep in mind that the things a possible employer is most likely to want to know about are your qualifications(条件),your achievements and your aims. 72 If the first few sentences fail to win the reader's attention,the rest of the letter may not be read at all.Try to focus your opening remarks on the needs or interests of the employer not on your own need or desires.For example,instead of beginning with "I saw your advertisement in today's newspaper,"you might say " 73 "or "I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives use your product and why they like it."
   74 Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now aplying.College graduates looking for their first positions often ask "Which can I provide in a letter? Employers want experience - which,naturally,no beginner has." The answer is that everything you have ever done is experience.
  It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.Make a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect.At excellent idea is to enclose(内附)a stamped,self - addressed envelope with your letter. 75   

A.I have made a careful study of your advertising during the past six months.
B.Don't be late for an interview.
C.It should state clearly the job you want,and should tell what your abilities are and what you have done.
D.Try to avoid generalities.
  E.The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.
  F.That makes it easier for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
G.At the end of the letter,you should sign your name nicely.

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Our quarrel with efficiency is not that it gets things done, but that it is a thief of time when it leaves us no leisure to enjoy ourselves, and that it strains our nerves when we try to get things done perfectly. In building bridges, American engineers calculate so finely and exactly as to make the two ends come together within one-tenth of an inch. But when two Chinese begin to dig a tunnel from both sides of a mountain both come out on the other side. --The Chinese’s firm belief is that it doesn’t matter so long as a tunnel is dug through, and if we have two instead of one, why, we have a double track to boot.

  The pace of modern industrial life forbids this kind of glorious and magnificent idling. But, worse than that, it imposes upon us a different conception of time as measured by the clock and eventually turns the human being into a clock himself. (This sort of thing is bound to come to China, as is evident, for instance, in the case of a factory of twenty thousand workers. The luxurious prospect of twenty thousand workers coming in at their own sweet pleasure at all hours is, of course, somewhat terrifying.)Nevertheless, such efficiency is what makes life so hard and full of excitement. A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o’clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already. Every American adult is arranging his time on the pattern of the schoolboy - three o’clock for this, five o’clock for that, six-thirty for change of dress, six-fifty for entering the taxi, and seven o’clock for arriving at the destination. It just makes life not worth living.

1.The writer objects to efficiency mainly on the grounds that it ____.

   A. gives us rights to have too much leisure time

   B. urges us to get things done punctually

   C. robs us of leisure time

   D. imposes on us a perfect concept of time

2. In the eyes of the author, the introduction of industrial life gives rise to ____.

   A. the excitement of life

   B. magnificent idling of time

   C. more emphasis on efficiency

   D. terrifying schoolboy

3.The passage tells us ____.

   A. Chinese workers come to work when it is convenient

   B. all Americans are forced to be efficient against their will

   C. Chinese engineers are on better terms with the management

   D. Americans ought not to work so hard for efficiency

4. The author believes that relaxing the rule of punctuality in factories would lead to ____.

   A. great trouble                       B. increased production

   C. a hard and exciting life                D. successful completion of a tunnel

 

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That“Monday morning feeling”could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.

 The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2, 600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.

 Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.

 A study of 11, 000 Italians proved 8 a. m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both countries.

 The finding could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol(胆固醇)but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them, ”he said.

 Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.

 “When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal(内分泌)changes in their bodies, ”Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot(血凝块)which will cause a heart attack.”

 “When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activities,”said Willich.

1.Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, ________.

A.is not as serious as people thought 

B.is the first killer in Germany and Italy

C.is created by researchers in Germany and Italy

D.is harmful to working people in developed countries

2.To protect people from a heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to ________.

A.people’s working time

B.people’s living place

C.people’s diet and lifestyle

D.people’s nationalities

3.It can be learned from this passage that the heart attack has something to do with all the following EXCEPT ________.

A.blood pressure

B.heart rate

C.hormonal changes

D.blood type

4.If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?

A.Improve working conditions.

B.Never go to work on Mondays.

C.Stay with a doctor on Mondays.

D.Get up late on Monday mornings.

 

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