Attend the Next Forum!

           For the last twelve years CPSB has had the pleasure of hosting a learning event we call a Forum. We started offering programs in Sarasota in February in 1991 and our first Forum was held in 1992 as a small group meeting .Being from the Northern USA, this was a particularly good time to go south for the warmth of our friendships with DR.     Treffinger and Dr .Noller and to keep away from the cold winter.

           The Forum is the only chance to learn about various topics of the creativity and innovation（革新）and from those who have rich experience and interest in the field .The theme of the 2004 Forum includes searching for a few new methods ,sharing lessons from experience, and learning and exchanging ideas on cutting-edge research. Space is limited, so early registration（登记，注册） is welcome.

Meeting the Innovation Challenge

February 6 and 7,2004 The Lido Holiday Inn

Sarasota ,Florida

$ 750 (registration includes some meals and materials)

Interested in becoming qualified to use the VIEW assessment （评估）of Problem Solving Style? The two days just before our Forum provides you just that chance .For more information on VIEW see pages 24-25.

VIEW Qualification Course

February 4and 5,2004 The Lido Holiday Inn

Sarasota ,Florida

$ 650 (registration includes lunch and course materials

Special Offer If you would like to attend the VIEW qualification course and the Forum , you can register for both events for $ 1050.  

29．If you register both the VIEW qualification course and the Forum at the same time ,you will save          .

      A．$100        B．$350          C．$400         D．$300

30．“Space is limited ,so early registration is welcome” means       .

         A．you’ll lose the good chance if you don’t register soon

B．space is limited ,so you can’t register now

    C．space is too limited for you to register

         D．you’ll be given a special offer if you register now

31．The main purpose of this advertisement is to ________.          .

    A．promise everyone can pay less money to attend the Forum

    B．encourage more people to attend the Forum in time

C．call on the people in the north of the USA to go south for holidays

         D．introduce some new activities and topics of the Forum  

 Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. "I was a clothes addict," he jokes. "I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled." Today David wears casual clothes-khaki pants and sports shirt-to the office. He hardly ever wears necktie. "I'm working harder than ever," David says, "and I need to feel comfortable."

More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work in the United States. The change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual. In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday (but only on Friday). This became known as "dress-down Friday" or "casual Friday." "What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing," said business consultant Maisly Jones.

Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it's easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code. "A lot of young people don't want to dress up for work," says the owner of a software company, "so it's hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code." Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study conducted by Levi Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale. Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productive. Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money. "Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day," one person said.

"For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes."

29. David Smith refers to himself as having been "a clothes addict" because _____.

A. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt

B. he couldn't stand a clean appearance

C. he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time

D. he didn't want to spend much money on clothes

30. David Smith wears casual clothes now, because _____.

A. they make him feel at ease when working

B. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes

C. he looks handsome in casual clothes

D. he no longer works for any company

31. In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned EXCEPT _____.

A. saving employees' money

B. making employees more attractive

C. improving employees' motivation

D. making employees happier

 I have a younger brother. To me , he is a fourteen-year-old kid named Joe, with blond hair and blue eyes. To others, he is different. Where I see a kid who just needs a lot more attention, others see a mentally disabled boy, a kid who cannot walk or talk or think for himself. I see someone who just makes daily routine a bit less routine. Others see an annoyance, a bother.

 This is not to say that I have never felt resentful(怨恨的) toward Joe. He is my brother, and with that comes responsibility. “Gina, could you stay in tonight and watch your brother?” “Gina, do me a favor and feed him dinner and change his diaper(尿布) later, please?”“Could you come home right after school today and get Joe off the bus?”

These are phrases that I have heard since I was twelve. And sure, they have made me resent my brother to a certain extent. I would think: that’s not fair! Everyone else can stay after and be a member of this club, or get extra help from that teacher. Or, all my friends are going out tonight, why can’t I?  And, how come I have to feed him? He is not my son!

However, the small amount of resentment I feel toward my brother is erased a thousand times over by what I have learned from him. Besides making me responsible from a young age, and helping me be more accepting  of all kinds of people, he has taught me to be thankful for what I have.

I know that there are moment in my life that I should cherish and that Joe will never experience. He will never laugh so hard that he cries. He will never feel the glory of a straight-A report card. He will never comfort a  best friend crying on his shoulder. And he will never know how much his family love him. 

Because he will never know, it is up to me to know, every second , how lucky I am. It is up to me to realize that life should be lived to its fullest, and that you should always, always be grateful that God, or whoever are the powers that be, gave you the ability to live your life the way you were meant to live it.

60. We know from the first paragraph that Gina's brother ＿＿＿＿＿.

A. causes trouble to neighbors

B. pays more attention to others

C. lives with mental disability

D. considers daily routine a bother

61. If Mother asks Gina to look after her brother now, what will she probably answer?

A. I'm afraid not.     B. No problem！     C. It depends.     D. It's not fair！

62. The passage intends to tell us that we should ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.

A. value the glory of success                              

B. appreciate what life gives us

C. comfort unfortunate people                            

D. treasure meaningful moments

It was __________ he took off his dark glasses __________ I realized he was a famous singer.

A. until，that      B. not until，that      C. not until，when     D. when，then

 — I will go to the party if I don’t have to dress up.   

—Well, actually, it doesn’t matter _______ you’re dressed.

A. what                           B. whether                    C. how                  D. when  

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The old saying “The early bird catches the worm.” show us the importance of planning,working hard and trying constant.To achieve outstanding results,the most people must plan ahead and work diligently to overcome all kind of difficulties.

That has been my own experience,either.When I first started at high school,I seldom passed my exams,so I never prepared well.Later,my teacher,Mr.Black,advised me plan everything in advance.She asked me to study hard as well.After a year of putting his advice onto practice,I can now easily pass all my exams.

There are no shortcuts to succeed.

 On account of personality ________, the two colleagues never got on well in work.

A. contradiction       B. conflict  C. character       D. competence

假定你是李华，是一名高三学生。上周你的英国笔友Paul来信，向你询问即将面临高中毕业有什么感想。请你用英文给他回一封信。内容包括：

  1．收获与感悟；

  2．叙述离别之情；

  3．对未来的展望。

注意：1．词数100左右；

      2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

      3．开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Paul,

   How is everything going?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply.

                                                                                Yours,

                                                      Li Hua

On the third Sunday in June, Americans take time to recognize and thank a special person in the family --father. Father's Day celebrates the__46__ (important) of fathers, young and old, and the men thought of as father figures（人物）．

“Like father, like son” is __47__(probable) the most common father expression. It means a boy is very much like his father, and he often does ___48__ his father did before him. This can be a good thing or a bad thing. Harry Chapin's song “Cat's in the Cradle” __49__ (be) popular in the 1970s. He sang about a father __50___ did not spend time___51___(play) with his son. His son grew up and did not have time to ___52_____(care)for his aging father. “Like father, like son.”

The expression “daddy's little girl" is ___53___(understand) to mean that in a father's eyes, his daughter can't do anything wrong. There is usually not a dry eye at a wedding during the__54__(tradition) father-and-daughter dance, especially if they are dancing ___55__ a song like Michael Buble ' s Daddy 's Little Girl.

 Please come whenever you want, and you can have ______  you like here.

A. whenever            B. however                C. whatever              D. wherever

71.Our school is e             with modern facilities.

72. I was totally c            , not knowing what to do.

73.All the students p         at the lecture were deeply touched by his success story.

74. With the Internet, we have easy a            to almost any information we need.

75. The power f　　　　　 caused by Typhoon Meranti brought great inconvenience to people’s life.

76. He is intelligent and likes ________________（挑战性）tasks.

77. The students must wear school _____________（制服）from Monday to Friday.

78. Without knowledge, it’s not easy to survive in such a highly           （竞争）society.

79.With winter _________________（到来）, leaves of trees turn yellow and begin to fall.

80. You have to weigh your strengths and weaknesses before ________________（申请）for the position.

  When Joan gave birth to the first boy in her family in three generations, she and her husband were overjoyed. So were her parents. Joan expected her elder sister, Sally, to be just as delighted as them. Joan had always admired Sally--the beauty and the star of the family--and felt happy about her achievements.

   But since the baby's arrival, the sisters have become distant. Joan feels hurt for Sally seems completely uninterested in her baby. Sally, who has no children, claims that her younger sister "acts as if no one ever had a baby before."

   Neither Sally nor Joan understands that the real cause of the current coldness is that their family roles have suddenly changed to the opposite. Finally Joan seems to be better than her elder sister--and Sally doesn't like it! Their distance may be temporary, but it shows that childhood competition don't fade easily as ages grow. It can remain powerful in relationships throughout life.

   In a study of the University of Cincinnati, 65 men and women between ages 25 and 93 were asked how they felt about their brothers and sisters. Nearly 75 percent admitted having hidden competitive feelings. In a few cases, these emotions were so strong as to have affected their entire lives.

   Many adult brothers and sisters are close, supportive--yet still tend to compete. Two brothers I know turn into killers when on opposite sides of a tennis net. Off the court, they are the best of friends. My own younger sister can't wait to tell me when I've put on weight. However, she's a terrible cook and that pleases me; I tease her when she comes to dinner. Happily, despite these small failings, we have been an important resource for each other.

   In between the very competitive and the generally supportive children lie those who say that no friendship should survive. Some brothers and sisters stay at arm's length, hut never give up competition completely. Why do these puzzling, unproductive, often painful relationships continue to exist?

32. When Joan's son was born, Sally        .

A. felt very happy    B. felt not delighted    C. moved away     D. admired her a lot  

33. What happens to children's desire to compete with their brothers and sisters?

   A. It sometimes will disappear when they grow up.

   B. It will never disappear throughout life.

   C. It will improve their relationships when they grow up.

   D. It will never harm their relationships when they grow up.

34. Why does the author's sister often tell her when she's put on weight?

   A. Because she wants the author to go on a diet.

   B. Because she wants the author to stop calling her a bad cook.

   C. Because she wants to make fun of the author's weight.

   D. Because she wants to be honest with the author.

35. The underlined sentence means that although some brothers and sisters        .

   A. live near each other, they still have competitions

   B. live away from each other, they stop their competitions

   C. live together, they often think of ending their competitions

   D. live within a big family, they often try to end their competitions

—Would you like to have a picnic with us this Saturday?

—Sorry, but I         to visit Granny with Mom.

       A．had offered          B．offered                C．offer                   D．will offer

The children ran out _______ after they finished their homework.

A. of playing      B. playing      C. to play      D. play

1. The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has               all over the country. (分支，分行）

2. Reaching the top of the tower, he was out of            . 到了塔顶他就上气不接下气了。

3. They held a party in                of his promotion.（庆祝）

4. Good                  skills include learning body language.（交流）

5. The program reminds me of many things from my own               (童年）

6. Taking exercise helps us                                      and keep a clear mind. (增强体质）

7. Success               (需要）hard work.

8. They just                 (执行）the order as they were told.

9. He succeeded                       his health. (以...为代价cost）

10.                           （和...一样）other students, Tom is seldom late for school.

I climbed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was  41  and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad  42  a step and fell, sending my new suitcases  43   down the stairs. “Damn!” he screamed, his face turning red. I knew  44_  was ahead. Whenever Dad’s face turns red, look out!

How could I ever get him to finish unloading the car  45  screaming at me and making a scene( 出洋相 ) in front of the other girls, girls I would have to spend the  46  of the year with? Doors were opening and faces peers out ( 探出 ), as Dad walked  47  close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a(n)  48   start.

“  49  the room quickly,” I thought, “ Get him into a chair and calmed down.” But then again, would there be a chair in Room 316? Or would it be a(n)  50   room?

Finally I turned the key in the lock and  51  the door open, with Dad  52 complaining about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in, expecting the  53  . But to my  54  , the room wasn’t empty at all! It had furniture, curtains, a TV, and even paintings on the walls.

And there on a well-made bed sat Amy, my new  55  , dressed neatly. Greeting me with a nod, she said in a soft voice, “Hi, you must be Gori,” Then, she  56   the music and looked over at  57  . “ And of course, you’re Mr. Faber, “ she said,  58  . “ Would you like a glass of iced tea?” Dad’s face turned decidedly  59   before he could bring out a “yes”.

I knew then that Amy and I would be  60   and my first year of college would be a success.

41. A. lazy            B. anxious         C. tired           D. helpless

42. A. missed          B. took            C. minded        D. picked

43. A. dropping        B. rolling          C. passing         D. turning

44. A. difficulty        B. suffering        C. trouble         D. danger

45. A. while           B. after            C. without        D. besides

46. A. best            B. beginning        C. end           D. rest

47. A. with firm steps   B. with difficulty    C. in a hurry       D. in wonder     

48. A. bad            B. fresh            C. available       D. unfair

49. A. Find           B. Search          C. Order          D. Book

50. A. neat           B. small           C. empty          D. new         

51. A. tried           B. knocked        C. forced          D. pushed       

52. A. still            B. yet             C. only           D. even        

53. A. tea             B. worst           C. chair           D. best        

54. A. knowledge      B. regret           C. disappointment   D. surprise     

55. A companion       B. roommate        C. classmate       D. neighbour     

56. A. enjoyed         B. turned on        C. turned down      D. played       

57. A. the floor        B. Dad             C. me             D. the door      

58. A. guessing        B. questioning       C. wondering       D. smiling       

59. A. pale            B. red             C. less pale         D. less red     

60. A. colleagues       B. sisters           C. friends          D. students