Mr Smith said that he would delay introducing the scheme because of the demands ______ on teachers by other educational reforms.

         A. made                               B. making                            C. make                      D. to make

 I’ve heard that we will set out _________ the morning of March 25th .

    A. at               B. in                  C. on                D. over

 May 12th，2008 is a special day，____, I think，that will be remembered by the Chinese forever.

A. one            B. it              C. which        D. that

_______ I like Carter personally, I don't think ______ he's doing is right.

A. When, that        B. While, what       C. Because, what          D. If, that

They didn’t attend the discussion, although they _________.

A. should            B. would have to         C. should have to      D. should have

It was        the quality of life in the future         I took this training course，not just to make more money.

A. to improve; that  B. improving; when    C. to improve; when   D. improving; that

________ good use you have made of your time to work, there is still some room for improvement.

A. Whatever          B. However                        C. Though           D. Whether

SECTION B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working  36  for some time. If they didn’t pass, they would have to  37  the exams in September. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was   38  about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala  39  that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She  40  to wake her up in the morning.

     As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried that she might oversleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the  41  , she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn’t find  42  to write about. She kept looking at her watch.  43  was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences,  44  and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so  45  that she started  46 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still  47  and it had all been a(n) terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.

36. A. lazily                B. hard                    C. legally               D. smoothly

37. A. give up         B. pass                    C. quit            D. retake

38. A. worried       B. satisfied        C. enjoyed          D. afraid

39. A. argued         B. insisted          C. claimed          D. thought

40. A. refused        B. opposed        C. promised           D. hoped

41. A. herself         B. her sister                C. tiredness           D. pill  

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

43. A. Money         B. Food               C. Time              D. Water

44. A. looked up     B. gave up          C. put up            D. made up

45. A. happy           B. excited           C. surprised           D. upset

46. A. moving        B. laughing        C. crying             D. singing

47. A. in bed           B. in the hall           C. in school        D. in the classroom

SECTION C

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE word that best fits the context.

The Internet has become part of young people’s life. A 48._________ shows that 38% of the students often use the Internet. Most of them get 49.________ information on the Internet and use the Internet to help in their studies. 50.___________ many students don’t use it 51._________ a good way. Some play computer games too much; some visit websites they shouldn’t look at. Bad things may happen 52.________ students spend too much time on the Internet.

53._____ is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, 54._________ uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice.

Some students also make friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face meeting with your online friends, let your parents know and 55.________ at a proper place.

NEW YORK---One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.

    Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally. Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.

   The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13. Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

56. Harris Interactive made the survey to find out            .

     A. how U.S. workers spend their after-work time            

    B. what U.S. workers do at after-work drinks

     C. the relationships between U.S. workers        

    D. who are most likely to attend after-work drinks

57.         of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague. 

       A. 4 percent       B. 8 percent       C. 16 percent       D. 10 percent

58. According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks             .

A.benefited them a lot                B. could provide information  

C.only made them relaxed             D. was of no help to them

59. We can learn from the text that                 .

    A. workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all

    B. about 75% of  workers go more than once a month  

    C. 10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers

    D. about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker

60. After the survey, it can be inferred that                     .

     A. all the workers oppose after-work drinks

       B. the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks  

    C. all the workers support after-work drinks

       D. all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks