填空题It doesn"t seem very ______ that John has left for the show. (like)

填空题You will hear two telephone conversations. Write down one word or number in each of the numbered spaces on the forms below.CONVERSATION 1(Questions 1-4) Improving Brand's ImageSusan is discussing new marketing strategy with George who is working with【L1】______; suggesting expanding market share in the【L2】______adult market, improving brand image and keeping competitive edge in【L3】______; proposing a meeting earlier than【L4】______p.m.

填空题The ______ was sent to prison for eight years. (crime)

填空题A. give a friend a ride B. adopt a new hobby C. feel less out of control D. learn a new set of skills E. need each other to survive F. take some time to exercise G. weigh down hard on one's family life

填空题The man ______ shamefully towards his friends. (behavior)

填空题Part 1 ·Read the following passages, eight sentences have been removed from the article. ·Choose.from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. ·For each gap (1-8) mark one letter (A-H) on the Answer Sheet. ·Do not mark any letter twice. Today's career assumptions are you can get a lot of development, challenge and job satisfaction and not necessarily be in a management role. A new malady is running rampantly in corporate America: management phobia. (1) " I hated all the meetings," says a 10-year award-winning manager, "and I found the more you did for people who worked for you, the more they expected." (2) With technology changing in a wink, you can never slack off these days if you're on the technical side. (3) In addition, the Dilbert factor is at work. With Scott Adams's popular cartoon character— as well as many television sitcoms — routinely portraying managers as morons or enemies, they just don't get much respect anymore. Supervising others was always a tough task, but in the past that stress was offset by hopes for career mobility and financial rewards. (4) But in today's global, more competitive arena, a manager sits on an insecure perch. (5) There are far fewer rungs on the corporate ladder for managers to climb. In addition, managerial jobs demand more hours and headaches than ever before but offer slim, if any, financial paybacks and perks. Furthermore, managers now must supervise many people who are spread over different locations, even over different continents. (6) In an age of entrepreneurship, when the most praised people in business are those launching something new, management seems like an invisible, thankless role. (7) Management layoffs have done much to erode interest in managerial jobs, of course. (8) A. Many people don't want to be a manager — and many people who are managers are, frankly, itching to jump off the management track — or have already.B. It's a rare person who can manage to keep up on the technical side and handle a management job, too.C. Restructuring have eliminated layer after layer of management as companies came to view their organizations as collections of competencies rather than hierarchies.D. They must manage across functions with, say, design, finance, marketing and technical people reporting to them.E. I was a counselor, motivator, financial adviser and psychologist.F. Employers are looking for people who can do things, not for people who make other people do things.G. American Management Association surveys say three middle managers are laid off for every one being hired.H. Along with a sizable pay raise, people chosen as managers would begin a nearly automatic climb up the career ladder to lucrative executive perks: stock options, company cars, club memberships, plus the key to the executive washroom.

填空题1. More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his purpose can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment. 2. It's easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a growing recommendation from his former employers. Of course, we have no statistics on crime that go undetected. But it's disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck. 3. For example, a certain keypunch operator complained of having to stay overtime to punch extra cards. Investigation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off the company that was being robbed. 4. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. 5. All too often, their demands have been met. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled the most confidential records right under the noses of the company's executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-6)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. the fear of company executives B. the present situation about the computer crime C. an example of computer crime D. computer crime often go undetected E. computer criminals easily escape punishment F. computer criminals continue his crimes elsewhere G. the reason why computer criminals are easy to escape punishment

填空题Questions 14-18 ·Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18, with a word or phrase from the list below. ·For each sentence (14-18), mark one letter (A-G) on the Answer Sheet. ·Do not mark any letter twice.A. best preserved in the wordB. completely ForbiddenC. Palace MuseumD. all over the countryE. 961m longF. 8704m longG. unknown

填空题1. Ancient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself. 2. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique. 3. The potter uses one of the Earth's most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. Most North American artisan potters now purchase commercially processed clay, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work. The most important tools potters use are wooden modeling tools, plain wire and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its base on the potter's wheel. 4. After a finished pot is dried of all its moisture in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, and it is then ready to be glazed and fired again. 5. For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later burn off the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making a kind of decorative pattern that they want. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. The firing of pot B. The decoration of pot C. Different kinds of pot D. The training of pottery E. Pottery in ancient time F. Pottery in North America G Clay and tools used in pottery

填空题Part 1 ·Read the following passages. Eight sentences have been removed from the article. ·Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. ·For each gap (1-8) mark one letter (A-H) on the Answer Sheet. ·Do not mark any letter twice. A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn't much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. (1) The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter. It can be nothing more than a penny. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores the sound of it. (2) We are besieged by so many sounds that attract our attention. (3) When I'm in New York, I'm a New Yorker. I don't turn either. (4) I hardly hear a siren there. At home in my little town in Connecticut, it's different. (5) It's the quietest sounds that have most effect on us, not the loudest. (6) I've been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imagination turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime? I'm quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are. I've turned against whistling, for instance, (7) The "tap, tap, tap" of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me. (8) A. It got me thinking about sounds again.B. Like the natives.C. The distant wail of a police car, an emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I'm seated and brings me to the window if I'm in bed.D. I often like the sound when I write better than the looks of it.E. I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I've been associating the whistler with a nervous person making compulsive noises.F. In the middle of the night, l can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away through three closed doors.G. People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine, a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street.H. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dim

填空题Read the article below and choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A-H)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Paris Hotel Wars For nearly a hundred years, the Hotel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels — the Crillon, George V. Meurice, Plaza Athenee and Ritz — have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service.【R1】______They're also very expensive. Five-star properties in Paris have average room rates of $350 to $700 per night, but rooms at the palaces start at $1,000 and climb all the way to $31.000. 【R2】______ The luxury oligopoly, however, is facing its first significant challenge.【R3】______In October, the Singapore-based Raffles Group reopened Le Royal Monceau, which dates from 1928, after spending more than $140 million to gut and refurbish it. In December, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La unveiled its offering inside the former residence of Napoleon's grandnephew.【R4】______The hotel will blend "French services with Oriental flair," meaning yoga mats in the rooms, massage parlors in the suites and dim sum on the room-service menu. In early 2013 the Peninsula Group will debut its first European hotel on the swanky Avenue Kleber. 【R5】______ The target clientele is a growing emerging-market elite. The number of millionaire households rose 14% worldwide in 2009 to include 11.2 million people, according to the Boston Consulting Group, and China alone saw a spike of 31%.【R6】______The Asian chains will feature top-notch plumbing and state-of-the-art technology, which have often been missing from the palace hotels in the past. The new competition has prompted the old guard to renovate its properties and dust off their history.【R7】______At the Bristol, managers recount how during World War II. their predecessors erased a suite from the floor plan and harbored a Jewish architect, who later thanked them by building the elegant wrought-iron elevator at the hotel's center.【R8】______But what's clear is this: for luxury travelers headed to Paris this spring and summer, the choice of accommodations just got a whole lot better. A. In June, Mandarin Oriental will welcome guests to its 130-room property near the Louvre, built at a cost of more than $16 million per room. B. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries. C. Together these openings will boost the number of luxury rooms in the city by 40%. D. Asian hotel groups are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in lavish new properties in historic buildings throughout Paris — all with rooms at the palaces' price point. E. Luxury today needs to have a story, so the Crillon emphasizes that Marie Antoinette took piano lessons in its drawing rooms, and the Ritz honors Coco Chanel's 30-year residency there. F. Whether or not historical tales can preserve the allure of Parisian tourism is still unknown. G. But the new properties will appeal to any traveler who simply wants to stay in a less fusty yet still luxurious environment. H. Their iconic status kept their rooms filled through most of the recession, even at those prices.

填空题International trade is the exchange of goods and services produced in one country for goods and services produced in another country. There are several reasons for it.【R1】______: some nations possess natural deposits in excess of their own requirements while other nations have none. For example, Britain has large reserves of coal but lacks many minerals such as nickel, copper, aluminum etc. whereas the Arab states have vast oil deposits but little else.【R2】______Some products will only grow in tropical climates whereas others, such as citrus fruits, require a Mediterranean climate. Moreover, some nations are unable to produce sufficient of a particular product to satisfy a large home demand, for example, Britain and wheat. 【R3】______ 【R4】______It was found that it made economic sense for a nation to specialize in certain activities and produce goods for which it had the most advantages, and to exchange those goods for the products of other nations which had advantages in different fields. 【R5】______ This theory points out that trade between countries can be profitable for all, even if one of the countries can produce every commodity more cheaply.【R6】______The paradox is best illustrated by this traditional example: the best lawyer in town is also the best typist in town. Since this lawyer cannot afford to give up precious time from legal affairs, a typist is hired who may be less efficient than the lawyer in both legal and typing matters. But the typist's disadvantage is least in typing. Therefore, the typist has a relative comparative advantage in typing. In addition to visible trade, which involves the import and export of goods and merchandise, there is also invisible trade, which involves the exchange of services between nations. Nations such as Greece and Norway have large maritime fleets and provide transportation service.【R7】______When an exporter arranges shipment, he rents space in cargo compartment of a ship. The prudent exporter purchases insurance for his cargo's voyage. While at sea, a cargo is vulnerable to many dangers. Thus, insurance is another service in which some nations specialize. Some nations possess little in the way of exportable commodities or manufactured goods, but they have a mild and sunny climate. During the winter, the Bahamas attract large numbers of tourists, who spend money for hotel accommodations, meals, taxis, and so on. 【R8】______ Invisible trade can be as important to some nation as the export of raw materials or commodities is to others. In both cases, the nations earn money to buy necessities. A. With the development of manufacturing and technology, there arose another incentive for nations to exchange their products. B. In the cultivation of natural products climate plays a decisive role. C. These are the reasons why international trade first began. D. The distribution of natural resources around the world is somewhat haphazard. E. This is a kind of invisible trade. F. This trade is based on the principle of comparative advantage. G. Tourism, therefore, is another form of invisible trade. H. As long as there are minor, relative differences in the efficiency of producing a commodity even the poor country can have a comparative advantage in producing it.

填空题1. There is an alarming possibility that our American economy is moving in the direction of what some people call a two-tier society — a large population of people with middle-class or higher incomes and values, with a considerable increase at the top, and a large number of people who have been economically and culturally uncoupled from the main society. 2. What is most alarming is that the ladder that has connected the bottom to the top is now missing some important crossbars. There were certain industries, like the steel and auto industries, that provided more or less continuous ladders of jobs from the bottom to the top. You could enter as an unskilled person, acquire new skills, and move up the ladder into secure, unionized, better-paying jobs. But now these industries have been seriously put in danger, and their place as employers has been replaced by what I call the McDonald's employers. More people work for McDonald's than work for U S Steel, but McDonald's has no ladder. The problem is serious. 3. A great many economists, myself included, feel uneasy about the fact that 70 percent of the economy does what is called service work and only 30 percent does what is called goods-related work. New technology keeps entering the economy and bringing employment into disorder. When you look back at how the American economy developed, you see a migration off the farm into the factory and out of the factory into the office. The main push has come from technology. There has been relatively little new machinery to push people out of the office, but that's changing now. If the computer creates jobs in the office, the service sector will increase and there will be no squeezing of employment. But if technology presses service people out of work, I don't know where they are going to go. 4. Personally, I think American optimism is in for a very severe challenge. We have always considered ourselves virtually to have a right to be number one in the world. But of course we don't have any such right of assurance. And we have to be patiently prepared for unsettling fact that we are number two, or three, or four in many ways. In terms of health, for instance, we have fallen seriously behind, and that's a big blow to our self-image. 5. In the next 20 years the government will have to take active steps in providing work and income for the bottom one third of the population. The government unwillingly provides some sort of income, but it doesn't provide work. And work is essential for people's self-respect and also for the building of many kinds of basic frameworks that are needed in the country. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(2-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet, fro not mark any letter twice. A. Imbalance of service and goods-related work B. America as a polarized society C. Missing of ladders to the good jobs D. Technology policy of America E. Unemployment problems in America F. Necessity of providing work for the poor G. American optimism in challenge

填空题Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. snowflakes B. underwater pressure C. they can turn over suddenly D. the nature and origin of iceberg E. the size and shape of iceberg F. they are located in remote regions of the world G. snowflakes lost feathery points after evaporation and melting

填空题Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A~G)on the Answer Sheet Do not mark any letter twice.A. build a sand damB. fetch waterC. maintain themD. drink contaminated waterE. install the pumpF. have a tap with safe water G. do other meaningful things

填空题The secretary of the company dealt with the ______ from their customers. (complain)

填空题Living on the moon is ______, but not very likely to happen soon. (imagine)

填空题Facts about Aging The overall difference in life expectancy at birth in the United States is about 7 years (i.e.72 for men vs. 79 for women); and at every age women, on average, can expect to live longer than men. Interestingly, older women are more likely to suffer from debilitating illnesses than men. However, this difference seems to reflect the fact that women typically have less wealth and education than men - two factors that are associated with shorter life expectancies for both sexes. When the effects of poverty and education are removed in the relevant statistical analyses, these sex differences in rates of disability disappear. The elderly generally show very high interest in associating with friends and close family members. What they show less interest in than younger adults is the expansion of their social networks to make new friends. About one-third of problem drinkers develop their alcohol abuse problem late in life, and this problem of alcoholism among the aged is indeed more acute for women than men. Overuse of drugs may result from the tendency of some doctors to automatically prescribe drugs rather than search for underlying physical or psychological causes of symptoms, especially when the patients are elderly women. It may also reflect the fact that women are more likely to be facing the loneliness and stress associated with the loss of a spouse than men, and are generally more likely to seek help from a doctor. Alzheimer's disease, the much-dreaded form of dementia associated with profound memory loss and other increasingly devastating symptoms, is a condition that strikes a significant number of elderly people. Nevertheless, most elderly people will never suffer such memory loss. In fact, contemporary estimates suggest that moderate to severe memory loss is found in only 4 to 6 percent of adults over age 65. The most important point to be aware of is that while memory (especially short term memory) does deteriorate somewhat as we get older, profound memory loss is not a "natural" consequence of the aging process. It is a product of disease. Evidence of profound memory loss should prompt a visit to a physician who specializes in such problems. after age 80 the ratio of widows to widowers in the U.S. is about 5 to 1. This statistic reflects the fact that women have a longer life expectancy than men, and the fact that women typically marry men older than themselves. Differences in wealth may also make it easier for marriage-minded widowers to find mates than widows, since elderly women are more likely to be living in poverty than elderly men. The stereotype of depressed lonely old people is a pervasive one, but it is not supported by the facts. While social isolation is a problem for many older people, it is also a problem for many young people as well. Surveys consistently show that, in the absence of serious illness, older people generally report higher levels of happiness or life satisfaction than young people. One reason for this is that as people age they seem to devote increasing attention to the task of managing their affective states and avoiding sadness or anxiety. Although there is considerable variability in the degree of loss, sensory decline is fairly inevitable. These losses, it should be noted, have important implications for environmental design in the care of the elderly. For example, greater use of acoustical tile to absorb background noise, use of non-slippery floor surfaces to provide additional traction, and use of non-glare surfaces and clearly marked boundaries can all increase comfort and safety.

填空题Less education, income linked to obesity in women, not men Women who are better educated and live in households that are middle-income or above are less likely to be obese than women who are less educated and live in the lowest income households, new government research shows. Among men, there is not a statistically significant (26) in obesity based on income and very (27) difference based on education, the data show. (28) , about one in three U.S. adults-almost 73 million people-are obese, which is (29) 30 or more pounds over a (30) weight. Extra weight raises the (31) of diabetes, heart disease, some types of cancer and other (32) . "There is a relationship between obesity and income, but it's not a (33) story," says Cynthia Ogden, an epidemiologist with the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "When looking at these two (34) of socioeconomic status-income and education-their (35) is greater on women than men," she says. Jennifer Lovejoy, president of the Obesity Society, says that (36) -income women may be more likely to become obese because of environmental (37) such as lack of access to safe places to do physical activity and easy access to fast food. Among the findings: ·29% of women who live in households with an annual income of $77,000 or more for a family of four are obese in opposition (38) 42% of women who live in households with an annual income below $29,000 for a family of four. ·23% of women with a college degree are obese, significantly less than the 42% of women with (39) than a high school education. ·33% of men who live in households with an annual income of $77,000 or more for a family of four are obese, (40) 29% of men who live in households with an annual income below $29,000 for a family of four are obese. This difference is not considered statistically (41) . The analysis is based on (42) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is considered the gold (43) for evaluating obesity because it is a(an) (44) survey of people whose weight and height are actually (45) rather than being self-reported.

填空题When she was young, she was really a ______. (beautiful)