Best Companies

Shine United (Madison,Wisconsin)

In the past five years,this Wisconsin-based advertising agency has shared more than $500,000 in profits with its employees through the company's ShineShares program.The agency partnered with the University of Wisconsin's oncology department to develop the Ride,a biking event that benefits cancer research.Employees also get snacks every day,"Beer Thirty"on Thursdays,and Summer Fridays,a program that lets employees leave at noon.

GroundFloor Media (Denver,Colorado)

The key for workers at this midsize public relations firm in Denver is that employees work anytime,anywhere. Headquarters are in a former warehouse downtown,near Coors Field.The offices are spread around the central space that doubles as a wet bar every Thursday when the company's "bear club" brings in a new brew.

Ergodyne (St.Paul,Minnesota)

The St.Paul-based company has grown to operating out of a retired storehouse with plenty of natural light. Rules about dressing?"Wear something."Its purpose?To create cool,comfortable,and tough safety workwear for those who need it to get the job done.Ergodyne has around 50 employees,who enjoy hot dish cook-offs,tickets to sporting events,and at least one happy hour every quarter.

Southwest Michigan First (Kalamazoo,Michigan)

It's family first at this Michigan economic development advising agency.CEO Ron Kitchens says that in the past year,the company has made a push to go green,initially started by the millennial employees who make up half the agency's workforce.A new staff position was created for the purpose of making sure every employee is able to balance working and cheering at their kids' sporting events or going fishing.

21.What's the purpose of the ShineShares program?

A.To raise money for a research.                                B.To let employees leave earlier.

C.To share the company's benefits.                            D.To partner with a local university.

22.What does Southwest Michigan First encourage their employees to do?

A.To accompany their families.                        B.To create new staff positions.

C.To join in cooking competitions.               D.To enjoy themselves in sporting events.

23.Which company allows its staff a flexible working time?

A.Shine United.                                                     B.GroundFloor Media.             

C.Southwest Michigan First.                                        D.Ergodyne.

24.What can we know about the companies mentioned in the text?

A.They offer employees financial support.                 B.They care about employees' happiness.

C.They have strict rules about dressing.                    D.They have training programs.

Which of the following choices can’t be put in the blank of the below sentence?

He has written a book ______ I have forgotten.

  A. of which the name  B. the name of which  C. whose name  D. which name

As her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course, Alison Thompson，a full-time mum，is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him.”    says Alison.

It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Cameron’s ability didn’t become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers (负数). He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades.

Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.

Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her successes too.

“The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says.

Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary (纪录片) to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives don’t have to be that different. Cameron is an example.

8. What does Paragraph 1 indicate?

A. Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks.

B. Teachers at school ignored Emma’s problems.

C. Both Cameron and Emma need parental support.

D. The couple often have fights because of Cameron.

9. What does the underlined phrase “having sailed through his GCSE” probably mean?

A. Having passed his GCSE easily.      B. Having taken his GCSE seriously.

C. Having worked hard at his GCSE.    D. Having suffered a lot from his GCSE

10. There are at least         people in Mrs. Thompson’s family.

A. three    B. four

C. five    D. six

11. What can be known from the passage?

A. Emma has learned to take good care of herself.

B. Cameron showed his gift before primary school.

C. The children of the family are bright and gifted.

D. Gifted kids are not so different as people expect.

“In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”

“Two full inches in the first three days！”

These are the kinds of statements used in magazine，newspaper，radio and television ads，promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs，slim the face，smooth wrinkles，or in some other way to add to beauty or desirability.

Often such products are nothing more than money­making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable，and some are dangerous to health.

To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public，it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug，FDA(Food and Drug Administration)can require proof under the Food，Drug，and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device，FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health，FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily，or it can take legal action，including seizure(查封)of the product.

One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor，which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.

Obviously，most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律诉讼)，and new devices appear continually. Before buying，it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.

64．It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are________.

A．objective  B．costly             C．unreliable  D．illegal

65.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.

B．New products are more likely to be questionable.

C．The production of a device must be approved by FDA.

D．The promoters usually just care about profits.

66．FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product________.

A．if it is a drug                                B．if it is a device

C．if its consumers make complaints   D．if its distributors challenge FDA's authority

67．The Relaxacisor is mentioned as________.

A．a product which was designed to produce electricity

B．a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case

C．a successful advertisement of a beauty product

D．an example of a quality beauty product

—He is good at a lot of things but it doesn’t mean he is perfect.

— ___________ Actually no one is.

A. What’s going on?    B. Let’s get going.

    C. Thank goodness.  D. I’m with you on that.

______________ (在老师不在的时候)，Wei Minzhi is in charge, looking after students. (absence)

___________ in making for 4As in the academic proficiency test, which most classmates had not  expected, made her parents very upset.

A. Wang Qiang was defeated

B. Wang Qiang being defeated

C. Wang Qiang’s been defeated

D. Wang Qiang’s being defeated

 With international ______ and education exchanges increasing every year, the number of Chinese students studying abroad has increased rapidly.

       A. cooperation         B. competition        C. construction       D. conflict

If he had started at nine o’clock, he _____ have been in London by eleven o’clock．

A．must             B．may              C．would   D．has to

   Not until David came up to me，＿．

      A.  I noticed him                B.  I did notice him

      C.  did I notice him             D.  had I noticed him

I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors and it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that they were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans.

One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.

That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.

I’ve heard of it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.

It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did.

1．What made the author angry?

A. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.

B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.

C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.

D. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.

2．Why did the couple come to the author’s home?

A. To return the documents to the author.

B. To get to know each other better.

C. To introduce themselves to the author.

D. To borrow some money from the author.

3．Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.

B. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.

C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.

D. The neighbors had to move from place to place.

Have you complained ___41___ your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴), ___42___ (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with ___43___ master. After warning him ___44___ he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards，the ass found that he had ___45___ (heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field,and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be ___46___ last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工).The ass found that he ___47___ (fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation， he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner ___48___ to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,___49___ will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful.”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not ___50___ (like) to find happiness in another.

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter对你不久前参加的第一届全国青运会志愿者活动很感兴趣，希望了解你的活动情况。请你根据以下信息给他写信。　　

内容包括：　　

1.       时间：10月份每星期五、六、日下午3点至5点；　　

2.     地点：火车站出站口；　　

3.       活动：指导旅客如何出站、乘车；提供有关住宿、旅游景点等信息；　　

4.       感想。　　

注意：　　

1.       词数100左右；　　

2.       可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；　　

3.       开头语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,　　

I’d like to tell you something about my volunteering activities during the First National Youth Games held in our province last October.                                        

Yours,

Li Hua

Many of my students, __________ Zhang Hua and Li Yong, are working very hard, and we should learn from them.

A. for example              B. such as             C. that is               D. as well

          in a top-lever key university is what many students long for.

       A．Educated             B．Being educated     C．To educate          D．Educating

The Stone Age is a very early period of human history _______people used tools and weapons made of stone, not metal.

A. in which     B. whose     C. which     D. with which

At present, business is not good in these skiing resorts, but I’m sure things will start

to     in winter.

      A．rise up      B．hang up    C．take up     D．pick up