“Can you work outdoors in any weather?” “How would you like a job working with children?” Before this year, US public school students rarely（极少的）had to answer such questions about their possible future careers （职业）.

   But now, public schools in 24 states are developing new learning plans for each student, according to the US Education Commission （教育部）. The learning plans will help students discover their own strengths and weaknesses. （A） They will also give parents and teachers a more complete（完整的）report besides grades.

   Linwood Middle School, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, is one of these schools. Students there take an online test （B） called Matchmaker to make learning plans for their future careers. This online test uses some information about students’ （C） learning styles, personal interests, skills and career goals.

   （D） “If you don’t know yourself and want to be scientist, you may realize in college you don’t like science,” said Mercedes Arias, a Linwood language arts teacher. “The learning plans can （E）________ ________ better prepare students for college _______ _______ encourage students to work harder.”

   Daniella Martins, 14, a Linwood ninth grader, dreams of （F） _________ （be） a singer or an actress. （G）“Nobody likes to take tests,” she said before the career test. But she was pleased with the results, which listed her top career as the arts, followed by education and human services.
   “The results show that I have a great possibility to be a singer,” said Martins. “But I know I’ll still have to work hard to （H） make it.”

任务一：根据短文内容，回答下面两个问题。

1. What do students in Linwood Middle School take an online test for? __________

2. According to Daniella’s test result, what is she most likely to become? _________

任务二：将（A）、（D）、（G）处划线句子翻译成汉语。

（A）3. ____________________________________________________

（D）4. ____________________________________________________

（G）5. ____________________________________________________

任务三：写出（C）处划线短语的汉语意思：

  （C）6. ______________________

任务四：写出（B）处和（H）处划线单词和短语的同义词：

7. （B）__________   （H）___________

任务五：在 （E） 处句子中的空白处填入合适的单词：

8. ________________________________

任务六：在（F）处用所给单词的适当形式填空：

9. ___________________

任务七：在文中找出能概括主题的句子。

10. _____________________________________________

George Wilson had a shop where he sold and repaired watches．

    One day his daughter got married and her husband，James，soon came to work for him．

   “I’ll teach you everything I know about watches．”George told them．

    For the first few weeks，James served the customers，dusted the shelves and learned where everything was in the shop．George was very pleased with him．He worked hard and was polite and helpful to the customers．

    After about six months，James said，“Is there any thing else you want to teach me?”

    “Yes，James，there is，”George said：“It’s time I teach you the secret of our success．”

    “I think I know that，”James said．“You buy watches at one price，and sell them at a higher price．The difference in price is our profit．”

    “That is true，but it is not where we make most of our profit．”George said．

     He picked up a watch from the counter．“What do you think of this watch?”He asked James．

    “That is a cheap watch，”the young man replied．“We don’t make much profit from selling those，perhaps a few dollars each．”

    “That is where you are wrong，young boy．”George said，“Those cheap watches make more profit than any other watch in the shop．”

    “I don’t understand，”James said．

    “Because they are really cheap，they are always breaking，”George told him，“We make our profit from repairing them．”

任务一：根据所给的英语解释，从文章中找出相应的单词。

1．people who buy things from shops                       

2．Something that most people don’t know                   

3．things that people wear on their wrists to tell the time                  

任务二：用短文中出现的单词或短语完成下列句子。

4．The father will           when he knows about his son’s progress．

5．Who can tell me the      between the two words“funny”and“interesting”．

词语运用。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）根据句意，用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。（每词或短语只限使用一次）

1.It is raining. You must take your                          .

2.They go to the movies                              a month.

3.I think she speaks                           than Lisa.

4.What's the                           for the winner?

5.We must                           who broke the desk.

阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后第 62~71小题的空格里填入最恰当的单词或短语，并将答案填写在标号为 62~71 的相应位置上。注意：每个空格只填写1个单词

Much meaning can be carried, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he notices that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same in daily life! If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others’ stare（盯着）with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite or even rude. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man look at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away from his looking, his purpose is obvious, that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.

However, the normal eye contact for two people during a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what his friend is speaking, to tell him that he is interested.

If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uncomfortable. We usually find a poor liar（说谎者）looking too long at the victim, because he believes that it is a sign of honest communication to look straight in the eye. Totally wrong!

In fact, continuous eye contact only happens between lovers, who will enjoy looking at each other gently for a long time, to show feelings that words cannot express. Obviously, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the proper situation.