________ the fierce competition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are trying their fortune in medium-sized ones.

A. Regardless of   　B. Apart from      　C. Thanks to                 　　D. Due to 

He had a great desire to have a home of his own, ________ he had always lived with his grandmother.

A. or  B. and  C. so  D. for

Get confident.

Do you hold your head high when you walk through the halls? Do you make eye contact, smile and say hi to people you don’t even know?                       36     

Show your style.

Stop following the fashion and start making it. There’s no law that says your hair, clothes and shoes have to be exactly the same as everyone else’s.                     37     

Show off.

No matter how great, talented or nice you are, nobody’s going to know that until you take the risk and step into the spotlight of public opinion. Use every opportunity to show your hidden talents.                  38     

Be you.

Stand up for what you believe.     39     Forget trying to make yourself into some unrealistic icon. Stick to your own interest and personality. They’re what makes you a popular individual. Accept and love yourself and others will, too.

     40     

No matter how socially successful you become or how many new friends you make, it’s the old friends who have been there all along that matter most. Be true to your friends and they’ll do the same for you.

A.  Treasure old friends.

B.  Make many good friends.

C.  Put on an air of friendliness and confidence.

D.  Since popularity is all about who knows you, why not actively get to know everybody?

E.  Why not throw a little individuality into your appearance?

F. Some people are born with certain skills that make them popular.

G.    Speak  up  in  class,  organize  an  animal  rights  protest,  and  defend  an  old  friend  when  others  start bad-mouthing him/ her….

 People suffering the earthquake will remain in danger if food and ____ are not provided immediately.

      A. shelter      B. reserve   C. protection             D. attempt

 Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional _____

A. consequence        B. independence      C. competence            D. intelligence

If you’re looking for the place that has everything, there’s only one place to visit, and that’s New York. It’s a whole world in a city.

The World of Theatre: All of New York is a stage. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York!

The Worm of Music: Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance sports found anywhere.

The World of Art: From Rembrandt to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indian teepees. Whatever kind of art you like, you’ll find it in New York.

The World of Fine Dining: Whether it’s a roast Beijing duck ( 北京烤鸭  ) in Chinatown, lasagna in Little Italy, or the finest French coqauvin found anywhere, there’s a world of great taste waiting for you in New York.

The World of Sights: What other city has a Statue of Liberty (  自由女神像 )? A Rockefeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park? Only in New York!

34Which of the following programmes can a visitor have only in New York?

A.     To enjoy roast Beijing duck.

B.     To taste the finest French coqauvin.

C.    To spend an evening with Beethoven.

D.    To see the Statue of Liberty.

35What the writer really wanted to do is to ________________.

A.     try to persuade readers to pay a visit to New York.

B.     give readers some information about New York.

C.    supply readers with some wonderful programmes in New York.

D.    help readers to get a better understanding of New York.

 ----The housework is too much for me, Jack.

  ----Sorry, but I can’t help_______. Joan, I’ve got something important to do, you know.

   A. do   B. doing   C. to be doing   D. having done

1.     由于大雾，我们看不清山上的那座雕像。（visible）

2.     鲍勃说过要加入我们俱乐部，可是他并没有加入。他一定是变卦了。（must）

3.     现代画家一看到这些宋代的栩栩如生的国画，就获得许多灵感。（Hardly）

4.她对植物的兴趣可以追溯到童年时代，那时她经常看着爷爷在自家的小花园里劳作。（date）

       An interpersonal communication class is one of those courses similar to health or physical education that students often brush off as just another one of those school required classes that are easy to pass. Well, should these interpersonal communication classes be required for all high school students?

       After having such a subject as part of the curriculum (课程) in my Communications College major, I believe that this course should be required. Even though it is true that much of the material is common sense to most, there is likely a handful of students who do not know the standard guidelines for communicating interpersonally, either because their family never raised them with the knowledge or they had no place to practice the rules.

       To be interpersonally effective in communicating, one must know how to behave confidently in certain situations, how to settle a conflict, and how to moderate behavior and choice of speech among different people or places. If schools required this course in high school, I firmly believe that the graduation as well as college entry percentages of each class would rise rapidly.

       My interpersonal communication classes required myself and the other students in my class to team up in groups of two or three on various occasions and practice certain verbal exchanges. The professor would give us scenarios (剧本) and we would have to act out what we would do and say if that situation happened. We performed exercises where we had to read back and forth with our partner practicing different tones of voices and analyze the change in impression each made on the receiving party.

       Many people, again, blow interpersonal communication classes off as just a filler class to keep kids in school for an entire day, but I don’t think these people realize how important effective communication skills are when entering into the grown-up, independent, college or employment world. Being able to communicate well has a huge effect on one’s self-esteem (自尊), ability to make friends, competence in an employment position, and the healthiness of a romantic relationship.

33. The underlined part “students often brush off” can be replaced by “_____”.

A. students are really fond of

B. students don’t take seriously

C. students feel confused about

D. students have never heard of

34. What were the author’s interpersonal communication classes like?

A. Students showed no interest and played games.

B. Students performed exercises in small groups.

C. Students were too shy to play out scenarios.

D. Students were often asked to watch videos.

35. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to _____.

A. advertise               B. entertain

C. persuade                   D. instruct

It was a quarter past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she would be working. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She decided she would start out half an hour earlier the next day. Once inside the building, she had to stand at the lifts and wait several minutes before one arrived. When she finally reached the office marked “King Enterprises(公司)”, she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no answer. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no reply. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went in. Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had had the interview with Mr. King, it looked quite different now. In fact, it hardly looked like an office at all. The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking. At the far end of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in. For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her. Then one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one paid any mind to Marie. Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office. Hardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. King, who would arrive at any moment. Then Marie realised that the day’s work in the office began just before Mr. King arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35, so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.

24. Marie felt nervous when she knocked at the door because       .

A. she had never met the boss once before

B. there was no answer from inside the office

C. she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place

D. she was a little bit late for work

25. The people in the office suddenly started working because       .

A. they saw a stranger in the office           B. the boss was about to arrive

C. no one wanted to talk to Marie                     D. they had finished their morning break

26. We can infer from the passage that the employees of the enterprise       .

A. would start their work day by listening to a joke

B. were considerate to newcomers

C. lacked devotion to the company

D. were always punctual for work

27. What is probably the best title for the passage?

 A.  A Cold Welcome                                B. Punctual Like a Clock

 C. An Unpunctual Manager                D. Better Late Than Never

  When you’re on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.

Trip It

Your Personal Travel Agent

     Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accommodating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.

Weather Free

Your Go-To Meteorologist (气象学者）

     Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations, ft features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.

Goby

Your Event Guru

When you're  in a   city,   you sometimes  look  around and ask:Where are all the

people? Goby  has the answer. This app  pinpoints (定位）the neighborhood hot sports

(include museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in  your  neighborhood. But its true  value comes  in  findmg nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the  corner.

21. What is the advantage ofusing travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?

 A.They can solve any problem you come across.

 B.They reduce your travel budget.

 C.They exercise your fingertips.

D. They are reliable and free of charge

22. With the help of the travel 叩ps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT______.

A. rent a car                           B.  decide what to wear

C. look for a friend while traveling    D.  find the nearby museums

23. Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?

A.In a geography textbook.  B.  In a science and technology magazine.

C.On a popular website.     D.  In a business report.

You are _  (61)  _ (mistake) if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen a person from Shanghai try talking to someone from Guangzhou? It is quite likely that both of them may feel _  (62)  _ (puzzle)! The Chinese language, as a whole, _  (63)  _ (use) the same set of characters, but even the same characters can have different pronunciations. That is _  (64)  _ it is difficult for people to understand each other. _  (65)  _ (Fortunate), the widespread use of Putonghua in China has made great _  (66)  _ (contribute) to people’s communication, though people from different areas tend _  (67)  _ (speak) with various accents.

People in Northern Europe are much luckier. Even though people from Sweden, Denmark and Norway have their own _  (68)  _ (office) languages, it is very convenient for them to communicate with one _  (69)  _. Do you know why? _  (70)  _ their languages are quite similar, though not without small distinctions. Therefore, they can communicate easily in their mother tongues.

You _______ my peace of mind since divorce.

       A. have been violating  B. were violating      C. had violated      D. has been violated

 No one is beyond the law, so it is _______ that the young talented university student was sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with poison.

A. avoidable                    B. reasonable                C. surprising                 D. astonishing

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place. Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before.

Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university. The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”. Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.

4．Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.

A.they hope their children may easily find a job there

B.all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

C.the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries

D.the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends

5．“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.

6．What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Parents want better education for their kids

B.Parents feel lonely and miss their families

C.Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family

D.Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem

As a teacher, my daily activity involves driving to a new school almost every day.

On one particular day, I was teaching in a very   20 classroom. I was managing behavior all morning, and by lunchtime I knew I needed a coffee to     21 the afternoon. So during my lunch break, I drove to a nearby square to get a coffee. Upon returning to the     22 , I realized I had locked my phone and my     23 inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the     24 , which was a good five-minute drive. If I ran back really quickly, I could    25 it. But it was winter, and a sudden fall on the ice would only make the situation much    26 .

So I hurried into a McDonald’s in the same square, and     27 the man at the counter, who happened to be the     28 , to call a taxi for me. After I     29 explained my situation to him, he rushed inside to make the phone     30 I waited anxiously in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to     31 to my school at this point.

A moment later, the manager returned    32 to tell me that the line was     33 , and that he had not been able to     34 the taxi yet. I think both     35 and fear could be seen in my face.

Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and    36 to drive me to the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and got back to the classroom with two minutes to     37 before the bell rang!

This experience made me     38 that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to happen, which has a(n)     39 influence on those who receive them.

My suggestion is that the meeting ____(put) off till next Sunday

A new study says electronic toys are not helping babies learn.

"Even if companies are marketing them as educational, they're not teaching the babies anything at this time," said Anna Sosa the study's author.

Researchers listened to audio(声音的)recordings of parents playing with their babies aged 10 months to 16 months. The researchers compared the experiences when the children played with electronic toys, traditional toys such as blocks, or when the children looked at books. What they found is that parents talked less with their babies when the babies played with electronic toys.

Why is this important? Research shows that how quickly children develop language is often based on what they hear from parents. When the infants played with electronic toys, parents said little to their children. But with traditional toys, such as blocks, parents shared the names and descriptions of the animals, colors and shapes as their children played. There was even more information given by parents as their babies looked at the pictures in books.

Of course, there is no need for parents to throw out electronic toys, but they should look at their infants’ play with such toys as entertainment, not a learning experience.

Toy Industry Association spokeswoman Adrienne Appell responded to the study. She said it is important that parents make time to play with their children. "Playing is a way that kids can learn so much, not only cognitive(认知的) skills, but social and developmental skills," she said. She added that play should be balanced, including time for just "make believe" activities, as well as traditional and electronic toys.

32. What’s Anna Sosa’s attitude towards companies claiming that their toys are educational?

A. supportive               B. doubtful          C. uninterested          D. indifferent

33. We can learn from the text that babies in the research __________.

A. interact less with their parents when playing with electronic toys

B. liked traditional toys better than electronic toys

C. talked little with their parents when playing with electronic toys        

D. listened to audio recordings of their parents                                        

34. Children develop language more quickly when their parents __________.

A. buy them a lot of toys

B. teach them how to speak

C. read them picture books often

D. throw away their electronic toys

35. According to Adrienne Appell, playing __________.

A. can’t take the place of learning

B. shouldn’t take most of children’s time

C. can’t develop children’s cognitive skills

D. is good to children’s overall development

The teacher is enthusiastic woman _____ Ms Shen and her method of teaching is nothing like ___ of the teacher pf my Junior High School.

A. called; that    B. calling; that    C. is called; that              D. called; it

My best friend Eva and I are different in many ways, but we have one important thing in common — we love to travel. Whenever I want to visit a new place, I can always invite Eva to go with me.  28

 29  Eva is an artist who loves to take photographs and draw pictures of the interesting things she sees. I am a sales manager and spend most of my time calculating numbers. Eva is a very impulsive (冲动的) person, but I’m very organized. She’s very quiet, but I’m a very talkative person.

Eva and I both love traveling.   30  One day we were talking about vacations and we found we had both visited many of the same places. We immediately made a plan to go to a nearby historical city the following weekend.

Although we are quite different in many ways, Eva and I have become close over the years.  31  Every time we get together, we always have so much to talk about and have the best time.  32  The other reason is that our differences complement (补充) each other, so we always get along well whenever we travel together.

A. We always have different opinions.

B. Now we have a very special and deep friendship.

C. The differences between Eva and me are easy to see.

D. We soon forgot our differences and were friends again.

E. We discovered this shortly after we met several years ago.

F. One reason for this is that we share a love of travel and new things.

G. Our friendship shows that people who are very different can still have similar interests.