high speed.For those who earn less but are eager to own a decent and comfortable place of their own in a big city, the high housing price is a heavy burden that they cannot afford.For this reason, the government has taken a series of measures to prevent the housing price from rising too fast, including raising interest rates(利率)and increasing taxes on real estate(房产税)etc.Presently, these measures have achieved initial effects in some cities.
A.22%
B.2.2%
C.-22%
D.-2.2%
Dear Mr. Brown,
Thank you for your letter of 6 September regarding Mr. John Green who has been employed by this company for the past 10 years.
Mr. Green served his apprenticeship (学徒) with Vickers Tools Ltd. in Manchester, followed by a three-year course of engineering for Production Engineers. He is technically well—qualified and for the past five years has been our Assistant Works Manager responsible for production and related business in our Sheffield factory. In all his job duties he has shown himself to be hard-working, responsible and in every way a very dependable employee.
I can strongly recommend Mr. Green as I feel sure that if he were to be chosen to manage your factory in Nairobi he would bring to his work a true atmosphere of teamwork, which would be found necessary and helpful by all who would work with him.
Sincerely yours,
Tom Smith
1. How long has Mr. Green been employed by the writer's company?
For ().
2. What kind of course did Mr. Green take?
A three-year course in engineering for ().
3. What job position has Mr. Green held in the past five years?
4.What does the writer think of Mr. Green as an employee?
He is hard-working, () and dependable.
5.What is the purpose of this letter?
To () Mr. Green to manage a factory in Nairobi.
根据下列材料请回答 16~30 题:
Some years ago,Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags,new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started.Today,however,all have 16 If you still come back to school 17 0nly these things,you are out—of-date(过时的)。Students in big cities like to bring the latest high.tech things to school,and feel happy and 18 to show off(炫耀)these things to 19 .Mobile phones,MP3 players,CD players,electronic dictionaries,the list is endless.
Young people think that.1iving in the 21 st century,they must keep up with the 20 They don't want to fall 21 .Besides,they think 22 they need to keep in touch with their classmates.SO they need mobile phones.They also like to 23 the pop music,SO they need CD players.They explain that, 24 like electronic dictionarjes,these can be 25 in their study, 26 .They think that their parents should understand 27 they want these things-
Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they 28 to school at the beginning of a new term. 29 ,they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to 30 these high—tech things that they want.
第 16 题
A.changed
B.come
C.joined
D.stopped
It was strange to feel my past life almost __6__ away as I entered this brand-new phase of my life. I didn’t know how to __7__ myself during my first couple of months at Penn because everything that defined me was back in California. I felt __8__ from my college friends because they only knew the college me. How could they really know me without knowing what Mission Boulevard looked like late at night with the Niles hills in the background? How could they know me without knowing the friends who I had __9__ to Japan with or the friends I had gone to school with since kindergarten? How could they know me if they hadn’t met my family? How could they know me, or I them, if we didn’t know one another’s __10__ experiences?
A. drop B. journeyed C. unique D. define
E. complex F. realizing G. disconnected H. self-defining
I. drifted J. lying K. transition L. adjusted
M. fast-moving N. transported O. lack
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small 23 in the Indian Ocean.24 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer Mauritius was 25 the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.
Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius'Government House, and stamps were needed to 26 the invitations.A local printer was instructed to 27 the design for the stamps.He accidentally inscribed the words “Post Office” 28 “Post Paid” on the several hundred stamps that he printed.
Today 29 only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left, fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues.Because of the Two Penny Blue's rareness and age, collectors have paid 30 $16800 for it.
21.A.arrow
B.mistake
C.print
D.value
22.A.test
B.cause
C.course
D.worth
23.A.island
B.people
C.continent
D.land
24.A.Since
B.For
C.In
D.On
25.A.to appeal to
B.to become
C.to worry
D.to allow
26.A.deal in
B.deal with
C.send out
D.send for
27.A.decide
B.agree
C.steal
D.copy
28.A.instead of
B.instead for
C.in spite of
D.in need of
29.A.take out
B.there are
C.for example
D.X
30.A.as little as
B.as much as
C.so much
D.great deal
A.pKA-pH=log[A-]/[HA]
B.pH-pKA=log[A-]/[HA]
C.pKA-pH=log[A-][HA]/[HA]
D.pH-pK=log[A-]/[HA]
E.pKA-pH=log[HA]/[A-][HA]
A.for
B.on
C.at
D.about