1.The government has promised to do ______lies in its power to ease the hardships of the homeless.

2.When we walk through the city,we,all experience a kind of information overload(超载）。but we pay attention only to those that are,important to us.We don't stop,we keepour faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead,and in doing so,we are not just protecting ourselves, but are,avoiding overloading other people as well.We make use of stereotypes(刻板的模式）as convenient ways to make quick judgmentsabout situations and people around us.They may not always be accurate(精确的），andthey can often be dangerously wrong,but they are used regularly.The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict(限制）experience.,By using limited clues(线索）to provide us with a rapid opinion of other people on places we may choose to limit our communication.We may decide not to go to certain places because we believe.they will not offer something weenjoy.In the city ,styles of dress are particularly important with regard to （关于）self-presentation,Different groups often use clearly identifiable(可辨认的）styles of clothes so thatthey can be easily recognized.It is becoming increasingly.common for brand names to beplaced on the outside of clothes,and this labeling(标签）makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly(马上）lets other tell at a distance whether n individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to associatewithIn England,where social grouping or classcontinues to make social distinctions(区分），clothes,hairstyles,people's pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues toour social group.Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed,although in the citywhere greater variety is permitted.they are more likely to he secondary determining factorsfriendship and association.people walking in cities ignore(忽略）the surroundings because（）

3.On television all over the world there are programmes about the work of the police．They are popular because they are usually very exciting．In London there is a television programme called"Police Five "--because it is on for five minutes once a week．A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes in the London area．He asks for public help．The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police. 　　Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewellery (珠宝) and other things which thieves stole during the week．Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in．When people see men or things on the television programme which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them．With their help the police may catch more criminals. 　　Sometimes the police find a car or some money．Shaw Taylor shows them on television．The owners sometimes see them．Then they can telephone the police and say, "Thank you very much-- that's mine!" [单选题] When people see things stolen on the programme which they may remember, __.

4.It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servantto it. E?mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new vehicle. The averagebusinessperson is getting about 80 e?mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messagesin their “In Box” are of little or no value.So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Easing E?mail”.1.Get off the lists. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lotof unwanted e?mails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusionin unwanted “cc” lists(抄送名单).2.“Unlisted address”.Just like getting an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only withthose whom you want to give direct access, you might want to get a separate e?mail address onlyfor the important communications you wish to receive.3.Check it once or twice per day.Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server,monitoring incoming email on a continuous basis. Maybe this is because e?mail creates its ownsense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them acouple of times per day.4.Deal with it. As you open each e?mail do one of the following:a.If it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.b.If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.c.If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your DayPlanner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.I personally receive approximately 250 e?mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above, Ican handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not beingcontrolled by it to the distraction(分心)of more important tasks in my day.If you get unwanted e?mails, the best you can do is to .

5.What information is provided about distance communication?

6.The Saturday Evening Post "became symbolic of the reading fare of middle-class America". In 1897 Curtis began to revive (重振) the Post on the proposition that a man's chief interest in life is the fight for livelihood -- business. Fiction and articles about romantic business and successful businessmen filled its pages, and products backed by its advertisements directed at the needs and desires of the business world. The general interest weekly reached new audiences. Its conservative viewpoint and strong admiration for material success appealed to the tastes of the millions who settled in an easy chair with it each Thursday evening. As a more commercial, mass-circulation magazine than The New Yorker, the widely readable Post set out to interpret America to itself.As a national and international institution, The Saturday Evening Post made its mark in the lives of massive numbers of men and women, and served society as a stabilizing influence. Its editorial matter addressed the problems and interests of the readers as never before. Neither highbrow nor lowbrow, the Post set out to interpret average middle-class America, for that was its audience.However, this magazine lost touch with the mood of the American people in the 1930s. The Post's editor Lorimer, opposed Roosevelt and the New Deal and changed his magazine from an organ of entertainment and enlightenment into a weapon of political warfare. He believed that in opposing the New Deal he had spoken for the majority of voters, but the 1936 election proved him wrong.His conservatism extended beyond politics, it dominated the magazine's content and style causing a decline in reputation and authority. The Post met its greatest success when it went beyond the tastes of the masses, challenging its readers to acknowledge the genius of contributors such as F.Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner. It was later reformed in an effort to fulfill its responsibility to awaken lethargic (昏昏欲睡的)America, however, The Saturday Evening Post seemed to play to conventions while The New Yorker took off to redefine the character of American Humor.According to Paragraph 1, who are primarily the readers of the Post?

7.When you pat your pet dog, he wags (摆来摆去)his tail. That is his way of saying that he lovesyou.And, if you pay attention, you will see that he uses his tail to say so many things. Every move-ment of the tail means a different thing. If the dog is wagging its tail, it is a sign of friendliness ; if histail is straight, it means he is getting ready for a fight ; and if his tail is tucked (塞) behind his legs, itmeans he is giving up the fight.Unlike dogs, cats' tail language is not so expressive. When a cat feels threatened, he puffs him-self up to appear big and his tail shakes with tension. And when he is displeased with something, helashes out(甩动) his tail.The tail language of dogs and cats has a little story behind it. Earlier, when dogs and cats hadnot become friends with human beings, they were predators. They used to hunt other animals for theirfood. When dogs went out hunting with their friends, tail language came handy. When they were closeto each other, dogs could use facial expressions to talk. But, for long-distance c,o~mmunication, theyused their tails. Unlike dogs, cats liked to hunt alone. So, they did not need to use tail language toooften. As a result, their vocabulary in tail language is much smaller than that of dogs'.A cat tries to appear big when it is __________ .

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Why do I want to go to college?No one has ever asked me1a question.But manytimes I have asked myself.I have2 a whole variety of reasons.3important reasonthat I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different4or better than or even superior to animals

One of the most important things is5 .1f 1 fail to receive higher education.myeducation 6.As I want to be a fully7 man.I must getawell-rounded educationwhich good colleges and universities are supposed to8 I know one can get educatemany ways.but colleges and universities are9 the best places to teach me how to educate mysell.Only when I am well-educated.will I be a better human being and10 fitinto society.8

9.That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but_____ the police.（）

10._____she was living in Paris that she met her husband Terry.

11.__________he goes, she will go, and she never cares__________happens.

12.--Do you think Joshua is the right person for this job?--He is well-grounded in economic theory, but lacks ____________________ in productionmanagement.

13.根据以下材料，回答56-60题 A．I’ll say I did B．Wonderful C．Yes，it was D．That’s a good idea E．You’d better buy some fruit and sandwiches F．What kind of fruit do you like G．How about 6 0’clock in the morning H．I’u be tIIere Jane：How do you like the idea of having a picnic this Saturday? Michael： 56 ．But where shall we go? Jane：What about going to the Western Hill?It’s quite cool there． Michael： 57 ．Shall we invite John and his girlfriend to go with us? Jane：OK．And we can ask them to prepare some drinks． Michael：What should I do then? Jane：58． Michael：59? Jane：I like oranges，watermelons，grapes，and bananas． Michael：When shall we start off? Jane： 60 ?We call get there in an hour and a half． Michael：OK．I’11 call John and tell him about our plan．Jane：58．

14.If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research result of ProfessorFaulkner,who says that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we areageing unnecessarily soon.Professor Faulkner wanted to find out why healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losingtheir ability to think and to reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could beslowed down.He set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and occupations.Computer technology enabled him to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front andside sections of the brain, which relate to intelligence and emotion, and determine the humancharacter.Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed in some subjects in their thirties,but it was still not evident in some sixty?and seventy?year?olds.Faulkner concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to slow the contraction—using thehead.The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in thetowns.Those least at risk, says Faulkner,are lawyers,followed by university professors and doctors.White?collar workers doing routine work are,however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farmworker, bus driver and shop assistant.Faulkner’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulateproperly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need.“The best way to maintaingood blood circulation is through using the brain,”he says.“Think hard and engage inconversation.Don’t rely on pocket calculators.”The professor’s tests show that__________.

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There is nothing more possible than a new hip or knee that can put the spring back inyour step.Patients receiving joint implants(移植）often are able to resume many of thephysical activities they love,even those as vigorous as tennis and hiking.No wonder.then,that joint replacement is growing in popularity.

In the United States in 2007,surgeons performed about 806,000 hip and knee implants(the joints most commonly replaced),double the number performed a decade earlier.Though these procedures have become routine,they are not failure free.

implants must sometimes be replaced,said Dr.Henrik Malchau,an orthopedic surgeon(矫形外科医生）at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.A study published in2007 found that 7 percent of hips implanted in Medicare patients had to be replaced withinseven and a half years.

The percentage may sound low,but the finding suggests that thousands of hip patients eventually require a second operation,said Dr.Malchau.Those patients must endure additional recoveries,often painful,and increased medical expenses.

Thefailure rate should be lower,many experts agree.Sweden,for instance,has a failure rate estimated to be a third of that in the United States.Sweden also has a national jointreplacement registry,a database of information from which surgeons can learnhow andwhy certain procedures go wrongA registry also helps surgeons learn quickly whetheraspecifictype of implant is particularly problematic,"Every country that has developedaregistry has been able to reduce failure rates."

“Significantly,"said Dr.Daniel Berry,chief of orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinicin Rochester,Minn.

A newly formed American Joint Replacement Registry will begin gathering data fromhospitals in the next 12 to 18 months.It's good news for those who are considering replacing a knee or hip.3.The U.S.is trying to reduce joint replacement failure rate by（）

16.As a child I used to wash my parents' car to earn some__ money.

17.HI． Cloze ( 30 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D． Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corres-ponding letter on the Answer Sheet．材料题，根据下面文章回答21-35题：Where do cars get their energy from? For most cars，the answer is petrol. 21_some cars use electricity.These cars have 22 motors that get their power from large batteries.In 23 ，there are even cars that have 24 an electric motor and a petrol motor.These types of cars are 25 hybrid(混合)cars.Most people tend to think of electric cars as a new 26 ，but they have been around for a long time.In the 27 19th and early 20th centuries electric cars were common because the technology for petrol engines was not very advanced.But 28 the petrol engine became easier to make and more powerful，this type of engines became the most 29 .Interest in electric cars was high in the l970s and 1980s because 30 became very expensive。Recently，electric cars have again become well-liked because people want cars that pollute 31 . Electric cars are better than petrol cars 32 several ways.The biggest benefit is reduced pollution.In areas 33 there is a high percentage of electric cars，pollution is not that serious.The second benefit of electric cars is a 34 in the dependence on foreign oil.Several countries don’t want to 35 on oil from other countries.Since electric cars can run on electricity from coal or nuclear power stations，there is less need to import oil.34.请填写最佳选项（ ）。

18.Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941．The United States was mad at the Japanese so they made many Japanese-Americans leave their homes．They were put in camps with barbed wire around the outside of the camps. 　　Many Japanese-American young men were called into the army．Some of them joined the US Military Intelligence Service or MIS．The MIS was a secret group that fought the Japanese soldiers．This secret group translated important maps and papers．They questioned Japanese prisoners．Another task they did was to translate diaries written in Japanese. 　　Sometimes Japanese soldiers hid in caves to hide from the Americans．The MIS would try to get the scared soldiers to leave the caves．This was known as "cave flushing." Some of the soldiers would give up and leave the caves. 　　Other Japanese would jump to their deaths. 　　The MIS never got awards for their efforts until the year 2000．Then they were rewarded for their brave acts in World War II．It took almost sixty years for them to be honored. 　　Gayle Yamada has made a film about the brave Japanese-American MIS．The film is called "Uncommon Courage" and is a true story．Hopefully, Yamada's film and the movie, "Pearl Harbor," will not cause people to hate Japanese-Americans or any other race.[单选题] The letters MIS stood for

19.Years ago, a cigarette commercial asked if you were smoking more, but enjoying it less．That describes the way many of us live today．We are doing more, but enjoying it less．And when that doesn't work, we get the problem．In our extremely hurried search for satisfaction, we try stuffing still more into our days, never realizing that we are taking the wrong approach. 　　The truth is simple; so simple it is hard to believe．Satisfaction lies with less, not with more．Yet, we pursue the myth that this thing, or that activity, will somehow provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek. 　　Arthur Lindman, in his very effective book, "The Harried Leisure Class," described the uselessness of pursuing more．His research focused on what people did with their leisure time．He found that as income rose, people bought more things to occupy their leisure time．But, ironically, the more things they bought, the less they valued any one of them．Carried to an extreme, he predicted massive boredom in the midst of tremendous variety．That was more than twenty years ago, and his prediction seems more accurate every year. Lindman of course, is not the first to discover this．The writer of Ecclesiastes expressed the same thought thousands of years ago．It is better, he wrote, to have less, but enjoy it more. 　　If you would like to enjoy life more, I challenge you to experiment with me．How could you simplify your life? What could you drop? What could you do without? What could you stop pursuing? What few things could you concentrate on? 　　The more I learn, the more I realize that fullness of life does not depend on things．The more I give up, the more I seem to gain．But words will never convince you．You must try it for yourself．[单选题] Lindman wrote his book __.

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Rosa liked making up stories.She was so1that her classmates believed herfrom time to time.in fact,the whole class believed her!At first she supposed it was2 Now,as she got up to3 before the class,she knew that make-believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.

Rosa's parents were separated,Nine months out of the year,Rosa lived with hermother in an apartment on Anderson Street.But when summer 4.she went to herfather's farm in Arizona.

The farm was great!Rosa rode horses and5 with some farm work.Her father.however,was so6 that he couldn't find time to go places with her.When she arrivedeach summer,her father would 7 her at the airport and take her out to eat.And theday she went back to the8he would always buy her a present.When summer came to a close,Rosa 9 to her mother.At school she heard lots ofstories her friends told about their family trips.Rosa wished she had a10to talkabout.

Not long after11began,Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the schoollibrary.They talked about many exciting12,like England and Germany.WhenRosa's friends asked what she had done that summer,she made up something that was not13.Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at,she told her classmates thatshe and her father had gone to14.When the class began studying England,Mr.Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the thingsshe could15 about her trip to England!7单选