Nowadays people are becoming more and more marterialistic and realistic andoften claim m

第1题

How can people avoid food contamination nowadays?()

A.People should have balanced food to get different nutrients they need.

B.The government should set strict rules to standardize the production of food.

C.I agree with you on this point,and we should pay more to attention to food safety.

第2题

HOW TO EMPLOY AND APPLY When a company needs to employ new people, it may advertise t

he job in a newspaper or on a website. However nowadays, people more often find such advertisements on a website. Then people, who are interested, can apply for the job. They send in a letter (or an email) and also a resume (or CV) as well. The two parts are very important in job-hunting. The former is used to apply for a certain position. The latter is used to introduce his or her education background and work experiences. But more and more companies may often ask people to fill out a standard form. The company’s Human Resources Department will then select the most suitable people to attend an interview.

1.According to the passage, where can we find job advertisements more often nowadays ().

A.In a magazine.

B.In a newspaper.

C.On a website.

2.How do people apply for a job ().

A.By phone.

B.By email.

C.Go to visit the company.

3. Besides the application letter, what else is also important()

A.A resume.

B.A picture.

C.A certificate.

4.What do companies provide to job applicants nowadays before they apply for jobs()

A.A standard form.

B.An invitation letter.

C.An email address.

5.Who is in charge of selecting the applicants for the coming interview().

A.The manager of the company.

B.The Human Resources Department.

C.The secretary of the manager.

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第3题

Environmental protection is a hot topic nowadays as more and more people realize the deter

ioration of environment,but to most of them,the environmental protection is just a slogan. We should understand that environmental protection needs our action. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Environmental Protection Is More an Action than a Word

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第4题

听力原文：A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy. Very few people ha

听力原文： A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy. Very few people have enough money of their own to buy a home, so they have to borrow money from a bank. Borrowing money from a bank to buy a house is called taking a mortgage. The hank usually lends money or gives a mortgage for 25 years. This means that the person who borrows has 25 years to pay back the money. The bank lends this money with interest, and the borrower makes equal monthly payments to the hank until he has paid the mortgage. Houses are so expensive that many people nowadays have to borrow as much as $50,000. In other words, they will have a $50,000 mortgage.

How can you get a mortgage？ When you find a house you like, you go to a bank, sometimes it is necessary to go to a few banks, before applying for a mortgage at once. The bank will investigate your financial history and decide if they think you axe a good risk. They will want to know what kind of job you have. In addition, the banks will require a down payment. Depending on which state you live in, the bank may require as much as 30% of the price of the house as a down payment. The bank will then lend you the rest of the money to buy the house. Many people are never able to buy a house because they cannot save enough money for the down payment.

(30)

A．It means to rent a house for 25 years.

B．It means to buy an old house at a low price.

C．It means to borrow money from a bank to buy a house.

D．It means to borrow money from a friend to buy a house.

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第5题

It seems certain that cities in the future will have to change.They cannot go on devel

oping as they are at present.Because the world's population is increasing, there will be more people in the cities of tomorrow.It may not be possible for any family to live in a house with land around it.There will not be enough space for this.An answer to this problem of space may be the skyscraper city.A plan for a city like this has been made by an engineer called Wilem Frischmann.His idea is to build great skyscrapers.Each building would be three kilometers high.In this skyscraper city about 250 000 people would live.They would work and spend their free time in it.They would not need to leave the city unless they wanted to.They would be about to move about in the city by a transport system controlled by computers.Each skyscraper city would be joined to other skyscraper cities by underground tunnels.One of the highest buildings in the world nowadays is the Empire State Building in New York.It is about 450 meters high.The skyscraper cities would be about seven times as high as it.

31.The skyscraper city means().

A.a city in the sky

B.a city made up of very tall buildmgs

C.a city made up of glass houses

D.a very tall and huge building

32.What causes Wilem Frischmann to plan his skyscraper cities？（）

A.People living in cities want to live more comfortably.

B.People in the future will want skyscraper cities.

C.Soon there will not be enough space for cities like those of today.

D.This is the modern idea of buildings.

33.About()people could live in each skyscraper city.

A.250000

B.a million

C.25000

D.450000

34.The skyscraper would be().

A.450 meters high

B.36000 meters high

C.3150 meters high

D.250 000 meters high

35.Which of the following statements is true？ ()

A.The world's population is decreasing.

B.Skyscraper cities would be joined by underground tunnels.

C.People in such cities couldn't leave.

D.Wilem's tall building would be 8 kilometers high.

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第6题

Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being normal one and to praise or

criticize others as they are similar to or different from it.And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.Here is a great argument in favor of traveling abroad and learning foreign languages.It is only by traveling or living in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are like.And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all.Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist.The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs.With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the increasing standardization this brings about, plus the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem some truth in this—at least as far as Europe is concerned.However this may be, at lest the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different animal from themselves.

1.The passage is mostly concerned with the issue of ____.

A.advantages of the EEC

B.attitudes towards other countries

C.learning foreign languages

D.differences among people

2.According to the author, ____.

A.our knowledge of other cultures are always wrong

B.reading books about other countries is the safest way of understanding their peoples

C.there are more similarities than differences among different people

D.there are more differences than similarities among different people

3.Some people think that European peoples are identifying themselves with each other because of the following EXCEPT _____.

A.the establishment of the EEC

B.the greater rapidity and ease of travel

C.the increasing standardization

D.the rapid industrialization

4.The clause “However this may be” suggests that ____.

A.the author is going to introduce a new idea

B.the author is about to avoid any conclusion

C.the author is about to give up his own point of view

D.the author will stick to his own point of view

5.The passage seems to attach importance to ____.

A.the greater ease of travel nowadays than before

B.the uncontrollable tendency to identification

C.the similarities in terms of way of life between different cultures

D.the differences between European peoples and other nations

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第7题

Nowadays, a standard for measuring power has changed. These changes foretell a new standar

d for measuring power. No longer will a nation's political influence be based solely on the strength of its military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary measure of power. But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It's often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard of power and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world.

America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess(威力)over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic(有讽刺性的) that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership.

The competitiveness of America's industrial base is an issue bigger than the department of defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society, government, industry, and education. That is not to say that the defense department will not be a strong force in the process. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, looked upon by others as the savior(救星) of American industry.

Now a nation's political influence depends on______.

A．the strength of its military forces

B．its ability to compete in industry

C．economic markets

D．both A and B

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第8题

Nowadays most people decide quite【61】what kind of work they would do. When I was at school

, we had to choose【62】when we were fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. "【63】, scientists will earn a lot of money," my parents said.【64】I tried to learn physics and chemistry, but in the【65】I decided that I【66】a scientist. It was a long time【67】I told my parents that I wasn't happy at school. " I didn't think you were," said my mother. "【68】," said my father. "Well, the best thing to do now is to look for a job. "

I【69】about it with my friends Frank and Lesley.【70】of them【71】suggest anything, but they promised that they would ask their friends. A few days later【72】I was still in bed,【73】telephoned. "Is that Miss Jenkins？" a man' s voice asked. "I【74】your hobby is photography and I've got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr. Thomson. " He seemed pleasant on the phone【75】I went to see him. I was so excited that I almost forgot【76】goodbye. "Good luck!" my mother said to me.

I arrived【77】early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if I【78】waiting a long time. "No, not long. " I replied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he【79】me a job —not as a photographer,【80】a model!

(61)

A．early

B．presently

C．soon

D．quickly

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第9题

Michael, a typical American, stays at home on workdays. He plugs into his personal com

puter terminal in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesn’t talk to any other human beings, and he doesn’t see any people except the ones on television. Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle. is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off form. contact with our fellow human being. The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they’re dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers’ salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take our money from their accounts. Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.

(1)After work, Michael likes to ().

A、listen to music at the concert hall

B、watch a movie in his living room

C、run a program on his computer in his office

D、play baseball with his workmates

(2)The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle. is very possible” means ().

A、Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams come true

B、Michael is not a real person but probably the lifestyle. does exist

C、Michael has ambitions but he can’t make his dreams come true

D、Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle. is common nowadays

(3)In the modern world, people will ().

A、stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks

B、see the people they’re dealing with

C、listen to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings

D、watch movies in their own living rooms

(4)What is the main idea of the passage？()

A、We may no longer need to communicate with other human being.

B、Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.

C、We may no longer need to work in the office.

D、Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.

(5)What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph？()

A、Games and sports.

B、Personal banking.

C、Music and films.

D、International business.

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第10题

阅读理解判断给出的语句是否正确，正确的在括号内写（T)不符的在括号内写（F) It is amazing to note that the Internet is still such a new device, and

阅读理解判断给出的语句是否正确，正确的在括号内写(T)不符的在括号内写(F)

It is amazing to note that the Internet is still such a new device, and yet it is one of the fastest and most powerful media tools. But think about it for a moment. On the Internet, a big online company can be run by only two guys in their garage. So it is only reasonable then, that people shopping online would be a little leery of the security levels.

Internet giants such as Microsoft knew consumer confidence was the key to getting virtual (虚拟的) shopping off the ground, and they work hard to make people feel safe to shop online.

Credit card companies, too, quickly saw the potential For online shopping, and have installed things like online shopping insurance for people. If you ever have a problem with your online credit purchases, many credit card companies will happily refund (退还) your money and then set their claws on the company that wronged you。 Now that’s buying power!

There are other bonuses for online shoppers, of course. No line-ups,for one. No annoying mall shopping carts with broken wheels and kids crying because their parents won’t get them what they want.

When shopping on1ine, consumers can sit down, have a coffee, and wear their slippers, not having to worry about their hair or parking, and just clicking through sale after sale.

Comparison shopping couldn’t be any easier. And thanks to courier companies (快递公司) getting in on the act you never need to wait longer than a day or two to get those all important purchases delivered right to your door.

No wonder so many companies are shaking their heads at traditional retailing and instead looking to the “virtual” world to attract online shoppers.

() 26、 The underlined word “leery” in the first paragraph means being very sure.

() 27、 Consumer confidence in online shopping mainly relies on security in shopping.

() 28、 Internet giants, traditional retailers, courier companies and credit card companies have made contributions to the popularity of online shopping.

() 29、 The author think of the current online shopping as safe, convenient and fast.

() 30、 Nowadays many companies are trying to cooperate with the online shoppers instead of traditional retailers.

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