8、He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day 1 the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening,  2_sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting.

When his pole_3__, he knew something huge was__4_.His father watched 5_as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __6__fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __7_ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.---- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish,

then at the boy. “You’ll have to __8__, son,” he said.

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“Dad!” cried the boy.

“There will be other fish,” said his father.

“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. __9__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __10_by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __11__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __12__. The creature moved its powerful body and __13_. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish. That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City.

And he was __14．He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one

he__15__ that night long ago. But he does see _16_fish again and again every time he

comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles_17__difficult. Do we __18__ when no one is looking?  

We would if we __19_to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have

learned the truth. The decision to do right lives __20__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. 商务日www.jiahewh.com

1．A．until             B．when                 C．after               D．before

2．A．providing         B．catching              C．feeding           D．supplying

3．A．bent over         B．came up             C．turned over        D．broke down

4．A．on the other end                       B．on the other hand

C．on one hand                         D．at the either side

5．A．with anxiety      B．in surprise            C．with admiration D．for fear

6．A．delighted              B．frustrated            C．frightened        D．exhausted

7．A．and                 B．but                 C．however         D．yet

8．A．bring it home   B．put it aside            C．put it back      D．pick it up

能力测试 9www.jiahewh.com9 ．A．Even though        B．Now that            C．Ever since       D．In case

10．A．tell                 B．say                C．speak            D．talk

11．A．passed             B．changed             C．fixed            D．refused

12．A．the wide container                               B．the broad sea   

C．the black water                                    D．the small river

13．A．fled                  B．disappeared         C．floated              D．swam

14．A．wrong              B．right               C．satisfactory       D．pleased

15．A．landed               B．saw               C．cast             D．threw

能力测试 16www.jiahewh.com1611 ．A．a different         B．many big          C．even bigger      D．the same

17．A．which is            B．it is                C．that is            D．this is

18．A．do wrong         B．do right            C．do harm         D ．do good

19．A．were taught       B．told                 C．were let          D．ordered

20．A．freshly             B．fresh                  C．clearly            D．strongly

7、The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”

Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude(天资) test.

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. “When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”

This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma(窘境). Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.

1．What is the purpose of the passage?

       A．To give a piece of advice for job interviewees.

       B．To tell you how to deal with job interviews.

       C．To describe an aptitude test.

       D．To advise you how to find a good job.

2．Now employers want to hire workers _____.

       A．who know much more than others

       B．who are better educated than others

       C．who are able to solve the problems

       D．who will work harder than others

3．According to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should _____.

       A．not tell the truth

       B．offer a complete answer

       C．learn to tell what they really think

       D．find out what the examiner wants to know

4．From the passage we know that _____.

       A．job applicants are always asked such questions

       B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

       C．applicants should not act as cleverly as possible

       D．aptitude test is becoming world-wide popular   

6、He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on god, love and the meaning of life grace our greeting cards and day-timers.

   Fifty years after his death, his shock of white hair and hanging moustache still symbolize genius. Einstein remains the foremost scientist of the modern time. Looking back 2,400 years, only Newton, Galileo and Aristotle were his equals.

   Around the world, universities and academies are celebrating the 100^th anniversary of Einstein’s “miracle year” when he published five scientific papers in 1905 that basically changed our grasp of space, time, light and matter. Only he could top himself about a decade later with his theory of relativity.

   Born in the age of horse-drawn carriages, his ideas launched a technological revolution that has made more change in a century than in the previous two thousand years. Computers, satellites, telecommunication, lasers, television and nuclear power all owe their invention to way in which Einstein exposed a stranger and more complicated reality underneath the world.

   He escaped Hilter’s Germany and devoted the rest of his life to human rights and peace with an authority unmatched by and scientist today, or even most politicians and religious leaders. He spoke out against fascism and racial prejudice. His FBI file ran 1,400 pages.

   His letters expose a disorderly personal life----married twice and indifferent toward his children while absorbed in physics. Yet he charmed lovers and admirers with poetry and sailboat outings. Friends and neighbors fiercely protected his privacy.

1．The first paragraph implies that Einstein______.

       A．had the gift for politics and music

       B．had run for president before he worked at his research

       C．was an excellent violinist

       D．was more a political leader or a musician than a thinker

2．When you think of Einstein, what typical appearance was formed in your mind?

       A．funning and humorous, with an air of a musician

       B．Wearing very wide trousers, a moustache, with an image of an actor

       C．Rough untidy mass of white hair and hanging moustache, with an image of thinking

       D．Black long hair and moustache, with his eyes deep set.

3．Which of the following is NOT true about Einstein according to the passage?

       A．When he was absorbed in his research, he didn’t care for his family.

       B．He tried to amuse his family and friends in his spare time.

       C．He was so busy with the physical research that he showed no interest in politics.

       D．His theory led to much improvement in many technological fields.

5、About 90 percent of Chinese believe the polarization between the rich and poor is "serious" in China, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. And more than 80 per cent of the respondents surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 per cent said it was unnecessary.

The polarization has aroused wide concern among the public in recent years. The State Development and Reform Commission (国家发改委) said the Gini Coefficient had reached 0.47 for China, up from 0.29 two decades ago. Usually, a country with a ratio exceeding 0.4 is warned to pay more attention to the inequality issue.

To find out the people's view, the survey covered 10,250 respondents, between the ages of 20 and 30 with a college education and a monthly salary between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Surprisingly, most disagreed with the view of experts who claim the urban-rural disparity is causing the widening gap. More than 70 per cent of the respondents believed that "the group of special interests" is the prime reason for the polarization. Followed by "people in power" 68 percent, and "bosses" 50 per cent.

Another unexpected finding almost all agreed that a good educational background and knowledge were not the decisive factors in gaining wealth. About 95 per cent said rich people are not necessarily those who are able to speak English or have a college education.

Today in China, rich people, accounting for 10 per cent of the population, control 45 per cent of the total social fortune, and poor people, also 10 per cent of the population, only control 1.4 per cent, according to an investigation published by the National Bureau of Statistics last June.

1．It can be inferred that the Gini Coefficient (in Paragraph 2) would probably be____.

       A．a unit used in advanced mathematics   

       B．the degree of a country’s development

       C．the level of the citizen’s living standard

       D．a measure of income inequality

2．Experts hold the view that the main reason for the polarization is____.

       A．the urban-rural difference                  B．the group of special interests

       C．the people in power                      D．the bosses

3．Which of the following can show the correct proportion of the social fortune among population?

A．Rich people control 45 per cent of the total social fortune, while poor people 1.4 percent.

B．14.1 per cent of the total social fortune was controlled by poor people.

C．More than 70 per cent of the rich people control the 68 per cent of the total social fortune.

D．Rich people control 95 per cent of the total social fortune.

4．Which statement is correct according to the text?

       A．The total social fortune of the rich is more than that of the other population.

       B．Not all respondents surveyed thought it necessary to close the gap between the rich and poor.

   C．the respondents surveyed have the same view as the experts.

   D．Those who can speak English and have a college education can easily become rich.

5．What’s the best title of the passage?

       A．Close the gap between the rich and poor.

      B．Survey conducted by China youth Daily.

      C．Higher education , higher pay.

       D．Rich-poor divide serious, study finds. 

4、Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The “rubbish” could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.

   The latest project is to take a city of around half a million in habitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.

Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is completed, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets(磁铁), which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastics will then be sorted out in the final stage.

The first full-scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.

1．The underlined phrase “be well on with” in Paragraph 1 most probably means___________?

   A．have completed what was started                                      B．have achieved a great deal in

   C．get ready to start                          D．put an end to

2．The first full-scale giant recycling plants__________.

       A．began to operate fifteen years ago 

       B．will probably take more than fifteen years to build.

C．will be built fifteen years later.

       D．will probably be in operation in fifteen years.

3．What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?

      A．To get big profits from those plants.       

       B．To deal with wastes in a better way.

      C．To protect the environment from pollution.

       D．To get raw material in other places

4．What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph three?

      A．Breaking up whatever is breakable  

       B．Sharpening metal bars

      C．separating light elements from the heavy ones

      D．Sorting out small pieces of metal  

3、Break Your Bad Mood

Having one of those days or weeks – when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster – often within a day or two.

Walk it off

Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who’s in a bad mood his low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or doing some quick exercise can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.

Tune it out

Listening to your favorite music for a while can also make tension go away quickly, because music starts associations with past positive experiences we’ve had.

Give yourself a pep talk

Stop and listen to what’s on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper-the pessimistic（悲观的）messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers. (“I still don’t have a job.” Vs “I have two interviews next week.”)

Reduce your stress

Relaxation techniques are wonderful mood-lifters. These include deep breathing, stretching and visualizing（想像）, all of which sound complicated but aren’t. One easy way to visualize: close your eyes and picture a favorite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to be against distress（痛苦）is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.

Avoid things that won’t improve your mood.

TV may not help much: You need to increase your energy level and stimulate your mind – something that TV show “Neighbors” won’t do. And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how mood and food are linked. Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed moods. A better choice? Research shows that carbohydrates, such as potatoes and pasta（意大利面食）,produce a calming effect on people who have a desire for them.

1．We learn from the text that it might help rid us of a bad mood          .

       A．to do nothing about it                           B．to take a long walk on the beach

       C．to do some exercise with light music     D．to talk about it to neighbors

2．Why is it suggested that you close your eyes and picture the beach?

       A．It is not complicated to do so.

       B．It is an area which can be easily controlled.

       C．It helps beat a bad mood.

       D．It brings us a new technique.

3．TV may not improve your mood because         .

       A．it sometimes shows what happens around you

       B．it keeps you sitting without moving

       C．it reminds you of eating and drinking

       D．it produces a calming effect.

4．This text most probably appears in         .

       A．a book on physical exercises                 B．a doctor’s handbook

       C．a notice                                              D．a magazine

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√），如果有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

While visiting France, we decide to do some shopping.                1．________

Not far the hotel there was a shop with all kinds                    2．________

of clothing hang up. When we went into the shop,                  3．________

a woman came up and asked that she could help us,                 4．________

so we said that we would like to look around by ourselves.           5．________

She looked at us rather strange. Not having found                   6．________

anything we need, we thanked the woman and                     7．________

left. Suddenly my husband started to laugh,                        8．________

pointing to a small sign, which reading in English:                   9．________

"DRY-CLEANING SHOP. Please smoke here."                      10 _________

1、今年国家缩短了五一长假，增加传统节日如中秋、清明、端午等公共假期。作为一名中学生，你对此有何想法。请以李雷的名义给主管部门写一封信，表明你的观点并说明理由。

注意：　1．120词左右；

2．信的开头已为你写好（不包括在总词数内）.

Dear Sir／Madam,

From this year on, we begin to have holidays on Chinese traditional festivals like

Mid-Autumn Festival，Qing Ming Festival and Dragon-Boat Festival．________________

34、Let us suppose that you are in _____ position of _____ parent. Would you allow your child to do such a thing?

A. a; a             B. a; the           C. the; a            D. the; the