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(A)
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1．Which of the following advertising rates is the lowest?
A．Services B．Legal & General notices
C．Education D．Recruitment
2．If someone wants to advertise his trade goods in the newspaper, the least fee he’ll pay is RMB _______ yuan．
A．140 B．170 C．360 D．510
3．Which of the following statement is right?
A．The smaller the size is, the lower the advertising rate is．
B．The larger the size is, the lower the advertising rate is．
C．The size has nothing to do with the advertising rate．
D．The advertising fee is decided only by the size．
4．China Daily refuses to accept the advertising that________．
A．contains any illustrations B．is put in after the deadline
C．contains anything false D．is too long to read
(B)
The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well．Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”
Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．
Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are．In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality．
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter．It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know．This is often called aptitude (天资）test．
According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult．“When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see．”
This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma (窘境)．Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for．Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer．
1．What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To give a piece of advice for job interviewees．
B．To tell you how to deal with job interviews．
C．To advise you how to find a good job．
D．To describe an aptitude test．
2．Now employers want to hire workers ________．
A．who know much more than others
B．who will work harder than others
C．who are able to solve the problems
D．who are better educated than others
3．According to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should ________．
A．not tell the truth B．offer a complete answer
C．learn to tell what they really think D．find out what the examiner wants to know
4．From the passage we know that ________．
A．job applicants are always asked such questions
B．applicants should not act as cleverly as possible
C．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job
D．aptitude test is becoming world-wide popular
(C)
People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental condition that can be cured．I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability．It’s something we are born with and something we carry with us in our entire lives．There are too many people, however, who seem to be determined to find some way of doing away with their shyness．In my opinion, it’s a waste of time．I don’t mean that we should do nothing about it; quite the contrary, I think we need to separate the basic fact of our shyness from our ability to take part in a social environment．
Look at one of the most famous shy people of them all, Johnny Carson．This man is painfully shy, yet for decades he made a living talking and associating with different people every night, in front of a national audience．Carson has never done away with his shyness, but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be, not just a talk show host, but a legend among talk show hosts．Look also at Sally Fields, who has recently admitted her problem with shyness．This is a woman who has appeared in many films, TV shows and interviews, yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her．
I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do．As we grow up and become adults, we allow our social skills to grow and develop．But we are still stuck in kindergarten or elementary school or wherever it was when our shyness took root in our soul．
1．In the author’s view, shyness can be explained as ________．
A．a not very normal mental condition
B．a disease that can be easily cured
C．something we pick up after birth
D．a kind of emotional disability
2．Which of the following is TRUE about Johnny Carson?
A．He has dealt with shyness very successfully．
B．He has done away with his shyness carefully．
C．He is described as a hero in some legend books．
D．He failed to become a good talk show host．
3．The passage tells us that Sally Fields was ________．
A．proud all the time B．close to Jane Fonda
C．shy in her early years D．impolite when young
4．The author thinks that our shyness is there because ________．
A．we are not open enough
B．we don’t feel secure at heart
C．we try to reach out to others all the time
D．we lack some social skills
(D)
Recently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman．
I once read a saying: “If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don’t, you may be treated as coldly as winter．” You may consider this an exaggeration (夸张), but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct．
You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman．You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you needn’t worry about being refused time after time; you needn’t always keep patience and a smile; you needn’t repeat the same sentences over and over again; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike…
I did this work for a month, then I decided to give it up．Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time．The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse．
Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities．Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job．Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing for even though I was earning money it came at great cost．
Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also keeping high scores in class．But according to my experience, part-time work can have some strong negative influences on study．
Most students don’t view the relationship between study and work correctly．In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be careful about taking up a part-time job．
1．From the text, we can tell that the writer is _____．
A．an unemployed man B．a middle-school student
C．a college student D．a door-to-door salesman
2．Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”?
A．losing B．using C． wasting D．getting
3．In the writer’s opinion, ______．
A．part-time jobs had good effect upon students’study
B．part-time jobs would be good for every college student
C．it was hard to deal with the relationship between study and work correctly
D．to do a part-time job was unnecessary for most of the college students
4．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Part-time Jobs Are Useful
B．Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear
C．Students shouldn’t Take Part-time Jobs
D．Part-time Jobs Are Important to Many Students
(E)
BEUING (Associated Press 美联社) — China has a growing middle class, a tradition (传统) of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year．Selling educational toys should be easy．
While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported (出口)．Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys．It is said that the demand for educational toys is low．
A US company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China．
BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals．People who join the company’s “mother club” can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and childcare books．
“We want to build a seven-year relationship with those people,” said Matthew J．Estes, BabyCare’s president．“It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest．” BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis．Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six．
BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo．It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years．
It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in．
1．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A．Educational toys and foreign toy markets．
B．Problems with China’s toy market and education．
C．Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China．
D．Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China．
2．Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?
A．Club members buy BabyCare products for free child care advice．
B．Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products．
C．Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities．
D．BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost．
3．BabyCare is developing its business in China by ________．
A．opening stores in Beijing hospitals
B．setting up children’s education centers
C．offering 18-month courses on child care
D．forming close relationships with parents
4．Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?
A．Mothers’ Club in China． B．BabyCare and Doctors．
C．American Company Model． D．Educational Toys in China．
(F)
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep．He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle．
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly．He turned and turned．Then he had a dream．He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine．When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before．The thread kept getting caught around the needle．The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe．They came up towards him with their spears raised．But suddenly the inventor noticed something．There was a hole in the tip of each spear．The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem．Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle．This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine．
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way．
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams．So did the great physicist Albert Einstein．Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre．
To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep．Even then, a part of your mind is still working．This unconscious (无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day．It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed．It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake．However, the unconscious part acts in a special way．It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first．This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”．
1．According to the passage, Elias Howe was _______．
A．much more hard-working than other inventors
B．the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams
C．the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked
D．the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep
2．The problem Howe was trying to solve was _______．
A．where to put the needle
B．what kind of thread to use
C．how to design a needle which would not break
D．how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle
3．Thomas Edison is spoken of because _______．
A．he also tried to invent a sewing machine
B．he got some of his ideas from dreams
C．he also had difficulty in falling asleep
D．he was one of Howe’s best friends
4．Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _______．
A．strange images are used to communicate ideas
B．images which have no meaning are used
C．we can never understand the real meaning
D．only specially trained people can understand them
(G)
The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women．During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children．A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old．By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work．Today women marry younger and have fewer children．Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty．Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances（家用电器）and convenience foods．
This important change in women’s way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’ s economic position．Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job．However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it．Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born．Many more after wads, return to full or part-time work．Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them．
1．We are told that in an average family about 1990_______．
A．seven of eight children lived to be more than five
B．four or five children died when they were five
C．many children died before they were five
D．the youngest child would be fifteen
2．When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother_______．
A．would expect to work until she died
B．was usually expected to take up paid employment
C．was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely
D．would be healthy enough to take up paid employment
3．Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _______．
A．continue working until they are going to have a baby
B．give up their jobs for good after they are married
C．leave school as soon as they can
D．marry so that they can get a job
4．According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _______．
A．stay at home after leaving school
B．marry men younger than themselves
C．start working again later in life
D．marry while still at school
(H)
When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind of information overload but we pay attention only to those that are important to us．We don’t stop, we keep our 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 judgments about situations and people around us．They may not always be accurate, and they 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 or 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 we enjoy．
In the city, styles of dress are particularly important with regard to (关于) self-presentation．Different groups often use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be easily recognized．It is becoming increasingly common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling(标签) makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly, and lets other tell at a distance whether an individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to associate with．
In England, where social grouping or class continues to make social distinctions(区分), clothes, hairstyles, people’s pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social group．Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary determining factors of friendship and association．
1．People walking in cities ignore the surroundings because ．
A．they do not wish to talk to other people
B．everyone else is expressionless
C．the environment is already familiar to them
D．there is too much information to take in
2．According to the passage, the main disadvantage of using stereotypes is that they ．
A．are likely to lead us into dangerous situations
B．may make us miss some pleasant experience
C．can rarely be relied on
D．make us mentally lazy
3．From the passage we may conclude that ．
A．stereotypes can help to understand people fully
B．people are becoming more interested in fashion
C．dressing can send messages about individuals
D．stereotypes can do more harm than good to people
4．It would appear that in England, a person’s class ．
A．might be less important in making friends in a city
B．is mainly determined by his pronunciation
C．plays less of a role than it did in the past
D．is something that can be changed easily
