{{B}}PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.{{/B}}

Just months after entering politics, he finds he has been under_______ by a dogged justice system.

Which of the following italicized parts is INCORRECT?

Which of the following tag questions is INCORRECT?

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Televisions enable us to see things occur almost the moment ______.

Vice-President Lyndon Johnson became President of the United States following the death of John F. Kennedy and was______elected to a full term in 1964.

______ the boss says, it is unreasonable to ask me to work overtime without pay.

Read carefully the following excerpt on the trend of people having a mid-career break, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then give your comment on mid-career break. You should support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. The Surprising Benefits of a Mid-Career Break Once considered career suicide, sabbaticals are now not only accepted—but encouraged—by some employers. Here's how to take one and still get ahead. When Winston Chen told his friends that he had quit his job as chief technology officer at a software company to move to a small island in Arctic Norway with his family for a year, few people called him crazy. Instead, most people simply replied: "I wish I had the guts to do that." At first, he said he was concerned that time away from the industry might hurt his career. "That's the main reason that keeps people from doing this, and I was no different," he said in an email. "But you have to create the urgency for living the life you want." While many people dream of taking time off mid-career, few actually do it. But the number of people taking lengthy sabbaticals later in life is increasing, according to experts. That's in part due to companies becoming more open to the idea and the higher rate at which people are changing jobs. And depending on how you play your cards, you can return with a better job than when you left. Of course, not all employers will be open to the idea of a gap year. "Many employers are not so keen to see someone take off for a year because of the need for business continuity and consistency." said Reboot Partners' Smith.

I have an itch to go fishing this summer. The underlined word means ______.

It may be one of the world's great shopping destinations, but London's Regent Street is failing the fashion test, according to the Crown Estate, which holds the lease on shops in the famous thoroughfare. And for some of its most venerable tenants that means one thing: eviction. A retail renaissance is needed in the capital, the owners believe, and are looking to top U. S. brands and the hip labels of European fashion to stem a tide of shoppers flooding towards the super-malls dotted around the M25. That means the end of the road for Regent Street legends such as Dickens & Jones and Laura Ashley, while the arrival of Apple computers and U. S. surfwear giant Quiksilver signals the area's new image. With rents rocketing as ￡500m is spent upgrading buildings, it is expected that more stalwarts of "old Regent Street" will be forced out. Yet, despite the price hikes, emerging giants of global retailing are being lined up to replace stores your grandparents might have frequented. The sought-after swanky new image is represented by the likes of Nike, the U. S. sportswear manufacturer, which set the tone with its Niketown store. House of Fraser recently announced that it would close the 170-year-old Dickens & Jones department store with the loss of 500 jobs. The rent had been fixed in 1957 at ￡250, 000 a year. But following a review it soared to ￡4. 5m. Planning permission is about to be submitted to turn the space into a modern location for three flagship stores. On top will perch luxury residential apartments. Last week Laura Ashley, famed for its floral skirts and wall coverings, announced it would also leave the street. Its site is said to have been snapped up by the upmarket nursery brand Mamas & Papas, a favourite with thirty something professional parents. The wind of change is being blown by the Crown Estate, the Queen's ￡4. 5bn property portfolio which owns swathes of prime freehold across the country, including Regent Street. It has realised that to remain a leading shopping destination. Regent Street has to work with the brands being talked about in cappuccino bars and Internet chatrooms. A spokesman for the Crown Estate said, "It wasn't quite a world-class environment. That's what we're trying to work towards. " The spokesman said the Crown Estate's catchwords for the area are "quality, heritage, success and style. Our guys use that when assessing retailers. " He added that prospective leaseholders had been turned away for not meeting the new criteria. The next phase in the redevelopment of Regent Street will focus on the lower part, known as the Quadrant. Retailers currently in situ include McDonald's and various cut-price luggage companies. The Crown Estate hopes to pedestrianise some of the streets leading off the Quadrant and to completely rebuild the block that houses the Atlantic Bar & Grill. The spokesman said the restaurant and its Art Deco fittings would not be affected. Income from the Crown Estate goes to the Treasury, under the terms of a deal struck in the 18th century. In return, the government agreed to pay the sovereign an annual fee—now known as the Civil List.

The woman worked off the fat around her______ by doing exercise every morning.

It is said that more than one organization ______ in this well-known criminal case.

{{B}}PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION{{/B}}

A. knowing B. source C. knowledge D. consult E. help F. latest G. unnecessary H. vital I. qualities J. switch K. acquaintance L. features M. advantage N. inquiring O. last The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his【C1】______ languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual use, and a knowledge and understanding of the【C2】______ subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it were, his professional equipment. In addition to this, it is desirable that he should have a(n)【C3】______ mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work on his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to【C4】______ others should his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding【C5】______ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to【C6】______ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently required of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator's work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking,【C7】______ that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is a(n)【C8】______ rather than a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can do away with. It is, however, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to【C9】______ how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same applies to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not matter. There are many other skills and【C10】______ that are desirable in a translator.

UrbanDevelopmentintheUnitedStatesDuringtheNineteenthCenturyP1:Urbanizedsocieties,inwhichahighproportionofthepopulationlivesincities,developedonlyinthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.Theprocessofurbanizationhasmovedrapidlyintheentireworldsince1800,andthepeakisnotyetinsight.IntheUnitedStates,earlyNewEnglandtowns,formallydisposedalongwideelm-linedcentralroadwaysorcommons,exhibitaconsciousplanning.IndiscussingthegrowthofcitiesintheUnitedStatesinthenineteenthcentury,onecannotreallyusetheterm"urbanplanning",asitsuggestsmodernconcernsforspatialandserviceorganizationwhich,inmostinstances,didnotexistbeforetheplanningrevolutioncalledtheCityBeautifulMovementthatbeganinthe1890s.Whiletherecertainlywereurbanareasthatwere"planned"inthecomprehensivecontemporarysenseofthewordbeforethatdate,mostnotablyWashington,D.C.,theseweretheexception.Most"planned"inthenineteenthcenturywaslimitedtoareasmuchsmallerthanacityandwascloselyassociatedwithdeveloperstryingtomakeaprofitfromapieceofland.P2:Threeforcesparticularlyaffectedtheconfigurationofurbanandsuburbanareasinthenineteenthcentury:economics,transportationtechnology,anddemographics.AddedtothesewasthecharacteristicAmericanpreferenceforindependentliving,includingseparateneighborhoodsforthemselvesbybuildingmansionsonlargeplotsoflandattheedgesofthecitiesorinthecountryside.EconomicdevelopmentstemmedfromtheIndustrialRevolutionofthe19thcenturiestransformedurbanlifeandgavepeoplehigherexpectationsforimprovingtheirstandardofliving.Theincreasednumberofjobs,alongwithtechnologicalinnovationsintransportationandhousingconstruction,encouragedmigrationtocities.Peoplenolongerhadtolivewithinwalkingdistanceoftheirjobs.Commutingintothecitytoworkbecameeasierandcheaperwithconstanttransportationsystemimprovementsandincreasedridership.P3:Demographicpatternsalsoaccountedfortheurbanization.Urbanpopulationsgrewsteadilyduetoruralimmigrantsgravitatedtothecheaphousingandtothepromiseofworkinornearthecenterofcitiesoraroundfactoriesandemigrationfromaroundtheglobe.Asthe19thcenturydrewtoaclose,therapiddevelopmentofcitiesservedasbothaunitinganddividingfactorinAmericansocial,economic,andpoliticallife.Citiesattractedarichcross-sectionoftheworld'spopulation,creatingavarious,metropolitanatmosphere.Atthesametime,citiesforcedpeoplefromentirelydifferentbackgroundstoliveandworktogetherincloseproximityforthefirsttime,whichcontributedtodiverseurbanproblems.P4:Manynineteenth-centuryurbanproblemscontinuetoplaguecitiestoday,especiallythoseassociatedwithsanitationandmega-firesresultedfromlackofplanningandregulation.Thegrowthofcitiesoutpacedtheabilityoflocalgovernmentstoextendcleanwater,garbagecollection,andsewagesystemsintopoorerareas,soconditionsincitiesdeteriorated.Sanitarysewersatthattimefailedtostopthespreadoftyphoid,increaseditsinfectionratesdownstreamofseweroutlets,andthemiasmaticgassestheyweredesignedtomitigateturnedouttonotexist.Itwasnotuntilthe1860sthatanyserious,concertedeffortwasmadetodeveloppropersystemsforwaterdeliveryandsewageremoval,whichcausedwatercontaminationandthespreadofdiseasebyrodentsandinsects.Duringthe19thcentury,theUnitedStateswasafflictedwithmanyurbanconflagrationsandwildfiresastacticalfirefightingandpreventionpracticeswereunderdeveloped.Constructionwithcombustiblematerialscoupledwithcloseplacementofbuildingsandtheuseofopenflamesinheating,cooking,andlightingmeantthatthepotentialforragingfireswaseverpresent.P5:Citiesinthelate19thcenturywerelarge,compacted,andimpersonalplacesdevotedtomakingmoney.Typically,developmentwasbothunplannedandunrestricted,withlandownersmakingallchoicesoflotsize,services,andstreetarrangementbasedonlyontheirindividualneedsinthemarketplace.Notsurprisingly,corruptionwasrampantincitygovernmentandcityservices,intheconstructionindustry,andamonglandlordsandemployers.Highrents,lowwages,andpoorservicesproducedmiseryinthemidstofabrupteconomicgrowth.P2:Threeforcesparticularlyaffectedtheconfigurationofurbanandsuburbanareasinthenineteenthcentury:economics,transportationtechnology,anddemographics.AddedtothesewasthecharacteristicAmericanpreferencebothforindependentliving,includingseparateneighborhoodsforthemselvesbybuildingmansionsonlargeplotsoflandattheedgesofthecitiesorinthecountryside.■EconomicdevelopmentstemmedfromtheIndustrialRevolutionofthe19thcenturiestransformedurbanlifeandgavepeoplehigherexpectationsforimprovingtheirstandardofliving.■Theincreasednumberofjobs,alongwithtechnologicalinnovationsintransportationandhousingconstruction,encouragedmigrationtocities.■Peoplenolongerhadtolivewithinwalkingdistanceoftheirjobs.■Commutingintothecitytoworkbecameeasierandcheaperwithconstantsystemimprovementsandincreasedridership.

Do you agree or disagree that change is always good? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Is Change Always Good? Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

In " When she goes to work is her own decision", the underlined part is _______.

5 Ways to Just Enjoy Retirement1. The purpose of this speechTo help retirees find【T1】______ in retirement2. TravelA【T2】______ of retired peopleReasons why people took fewer trips after retirement【T3】______Lack of money3.【T4】______Working for some goal larger than themselvesA part-time job【T5】______4. Try something newFilling your timeDoing【T6】______thingsProviding a sense of【T7】______5. Find new friendsReason: Easy to get【T8】______ in retirementHow to make new friendsTraveling, volunteering or taking exercise classesMake yourself feel【T9】______ with new friends6. It's OK to do【T10】______The chance to quiet down and enjoy life

Summer School and Online Classes In the United States,【T1】______for high school students【T2】______. But【T3】______.【T4】______ so【T5】______during the school year. Another choice for many students【T6】______.However,【T7】______. Students may also【T8】______. And there may be【T9】______each day. Yet there may also be【T10】______, day or night.