填空题A. When is it taking place? B. Is Alan attending? C. That"ll be interesting. Alice: We"re having a meeting tomorrow. Can you make it? Kevin: 1 Alice: We"re planning at 10 o"clock. Is that OK? Kevin: Yes, that"ll be fine. Alice: We"re going to go over last quarter"s sales figures. Kevin: Good. I have some input I"d like to make. Alice: Frank is also going to make some suggestions on improving the bottom line. Kevin: 2 He"s got keen insights. Alice: Yes, he"s going to outline some new sales strategies. Kevin: 3 Alice: No, he"s flying to San Francisco and won"t be able to make it. Kevin: Oh well, maybe he"ll phone in.

填空题 rather　　make　　to A. 1 than for a single job B. others stick 2 work C. many young people have to 3 career plans Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an occupation should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, however, most people make several job choices during their working lives, partly because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should therefore enter into a broad flexible training program that will fit them for a field of work 4 . Unfortunately 5 without benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing little about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss basis. Some drift from job to job. 6 in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

填空题 managed　　between　　as A. e-mail should be carefully 1 to avoid unclear and inappropriate communication. B. is known 2 spamming. C. This topic is hotly debated 3 experienced Internet users and newcomers. Electronic mail has been in widespread use for more than a decade, simplifying the flow of ideas, connecting people from distant offices and eliminating the need for meetings, but 4 . As time goes on and more people surf the Net, the amount of unsolicited e-mail grows. Some folks reasonably assume that cyberspace mirrors many aspects of other forms of communications. It would seem that since telemarketing and direct mail are successfully used as marketing techniques for many businesses, it should follow that direct e-mail or unsolicited e-mail should also work. 5 . Unlike receiving promotional materials through the mail or over the phone, e-mail does carry a cost to the recipient. "Bandwidth" is used every time when an e-mail message is sent and places a load on existing resources. The process of sending unsolicited e-mail to large, untargeted lists, or through mailing list discussion groups or Usenet newsgroups, 6 . Spamming wastes bandwidth. Imagine if it became common practice for businesses to market this way. Not only would it be annoying for many, the load on the system would translate to higher access fees. Unlike regular mail where the sender pays the cost of delivering the mail, e-mail is cheap to send, and in some cases, expensive to receive.

填空题 A.wanted? B.brand? C.as well as A. 1 playing music and videos B. As the 2 grew C. what is the most 3 high-tech Do you know 4 for teenagers in the U.S.? It is the iPod. The small cigarette—box-shaped player provides hours of music, videos and audio books, disc, videos and audio books years ago, users found it was very different from just a simple MP3. 5 , more and more new features were introduced. The iPod, 6 , can also store address book, keep your appointments, hold text notes, and display your photo albums. It is big enough for you to take a whole library of music in your pocket.

填空题 how pupils are treated in schools　　with young peoplefar from　　look at A. we must 1 the insecurity that parents have for their children B. having fewer relationships 2 C. it is not 3 the truth to say D. changed the way society is policed, 4 and how insecure adults relate to children on their estates There are increasingly fraught relationships that adults are having with children-in all walks of life, from the police and politicians, within the public sector and within communities themselves. The fear of young people has 5 . Rather than children and young people becoming more violent and anti-social, it is adults who have changed, 6 and becoming less confident in their dealings with them. We must explore the role that crime and safety initiatives have on the outlook of the public. The attempt by government, council departments, the police and many others to reduce the fear within communities by developing safety initiatives is having the opposite effect, resulting in the institutionalization of this fear. Curfews have increased adults" fear of young people and reduced the amount of time young children are allowed out to play. They have raised the level of insecurity amongst parents about the safety of their children and ultimately reduced the contact between generations within this community. 7 that "youth" no longer exists-if by youth we mean the freedom loving rebelliousness. The outcome of this process is breeding a generation of young people who are if anything more fragile and fearful than their grandparents. Finally, as well as exploring the fear of young people, 8 . There has been a reduction in play, and specifically in "free play", and the effect of this more regulated environment on children"s lives is yet to be determined and not something we can continually ignore in our rush to protect society from children.

填空题 A.badly? ? ? ? B. be coined after C. refuse to? ? D. from 1782 to 1792 A. He treated his poor tenants very 1 B. who lived 2 C. means to 3 have anything to do with somebody or something D. a new word may 4 the inventor or scientist About three hundred words in the English language come form the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, 5 . It is interesting to observe how many common English words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich 6 used to sit at the gambling table eating slices of bread in that way, so his friends began to call the bread "sandwich" for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language. The word "boycott" 7 . It comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. But the captain was a very harsh man. 8 . His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word "boycott" became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.

填空题A. It"s been paining me all night. B. Let"s have a look and see what they"ve done to you. C. Do I take these Sofradex as they"re prescribed here, Doctor? Doctor: Well, what can we do for you today? Patient: Oh, I"ve an infection in my gum, Doctor. Doctor: In your gum? Patient: Up here. I"ve some tablets and, er, I don"t know. Doctor: 1 Aye, the Sofradex is not doing very much for that, is it? Patient: I"ve never taken them. I"ve just, I stopped taking them. Doctor: Aye, I don"t think they"re doing very much to you. Patient: 2 Doctor. Doctor: Aye. Patient: I"m just wondering if it"s my teeth or that it"s just my blood that"s doing it. Doctor: I think it might be the teeth. It"d be worth getting the dentist to have a look at your plate. Patient: 3 Doctor: Yes, yes. Keep on with those just now. Patient: Yes. Aye, two four, one or two four times a day. Doctor: Yes, one four times a day. Patient: Fine, yeah.

填空题 A.Ordinary? ? B.were buried? C.them A. where pyramid builders 1 B. who actually built 2 C. 3 Egyptians built them For centuries, the pyramids of Giza have been timeless symbols of Egyptian culture. But 4 ? For years, we did not know for sure. But archeologists (考古学家) recently discovered an ancient village near the pyramids. Close by, there was also a cemetery 5 . From studying these places, archeologists can now confirm that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners 6 .

填空题A. I"d like to know your health benefit and pay scale B. you want an experienced software engineer C. I have designed some programs for the network with Visual C++ D. I am quite familiar with database programming, Visual C++ and Java language Zheng Hai: Excuse me. I have an appointment with Ms. Wang. May I come in? Ms. Wang: Yes, come in please. I am Ms. Wang. You must be Zheng Hai, right? I"d like to start this interview with some questions. Why do you think you are qualified for this position? Zheng Hal: According to your advertisement, 1 . I think my background meets the requirement of this position. Ms. Wang: Then tell me something about your background. Zheng Hal: My major was computer science when I was in Wuhan University, and 2 . Ms. Wang: Have you ever designed any programs concerning network? Zheng Hai: Yes, 3 and I have passed the test for programmers MCSE. Ms. Wang: Well, your background and qualifications are impressive. Do you have any questions? Zheng Hai: 4 . Ms. Wang: Certainly. We can provide health and medical benefit. Our pay scale to computer engineer is from five thousand to eight thousand. Employees in our company also enjoy a two-week vocation with pay every year.

填空题 A.watch? ? B.information? ? C.with A. associated 1 a 22-minute reduction in their life expectancy B. lived an average 4.8 years less than those who didn"t 2 any television C. when they collected TV viewing 3 Sitting in front of the television may be relaxing, but spending too much time in front of the TV may take years off your life. That"s what Australian researchers found, 4 from more than 11,000 people older than 25 years. The study found that people who watched an average six hours of TV a day 5 . Also, every hour of TV that participants watched after age 25 was 6 . The more TV you watch, the less physically active you are. And the less exercise you get, the more likely you are to develop diseases such as diabetes or heart problems.

填空题A. Just my cameras, my clothes and some books B. Would you mind opening the bag for me C. What is the purpose of your visit to the United States Officer: May I see your passport please? Charles: Here is my passport. And this is the declaration form. Officer: 1 ? Charles: Business. I have a trade convention I"m attending in Chicago. Officer: This visa is good for two weeks. Do you intend to stay longer than that? Charles: No. I will fly back twelve days from now. Officer: What do you have in the bag? Charles: 2 . Officer: You"re not carrying any food with you today? Charles: No. Officer: Okay. 3 ? This is just a routine check. Charles: Alright. Officer: Okay, everything is fine. Enjoy your trip. Charles: Thank you.

填空题 concerned　　in　　contributes A. do their jobs 1 their own way B. as far as increasing productivity is 2 C. how much each worker 3 to the product he is making In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers" life more enjoyable, it does not actually make them work harder. 4 , the variety is not an important factor. Other experts feel that giving the workers freedom to 5 is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it. Another important consideration is 6 he is making. In most factories bosses are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production on his line. It would seem that not only is degree of the worker contribution an important factor, but it is also one we can do something about.

填空题A. You should hang on to the shares B. They took a hit last week. C. It"s nothing too serious. A: Have you made money from your stock recently? B: My stocks are losing a little bit, but 1 . How about you? A: It really sucks! I was bullish on the financial stocks. So I put all money on them, but 2 . B: Take it easy. The index will surely rebound above 5,000 points. 3 until their prices are higher. A: Yeah. I really wish the market can jump immediately thus to earn all back.

填空题A. I"ll drop by there on my way to class today. B. I thought you liked the apartment. C. I"ve decided to look for a new place. Roger: Hello. Ann: Hello Roger? This is Ann. Roger: Oh hi, Ann. How have you been? How"s your new apartment working out? Ann: Well, that"s what I"m calling about. You see, 4 Roger: Oh, what"s the problem with your place now? 5 Ann: Oh, I do, but it"s a little far from campus, and the commute is just killing me. Do you think you could help? I thought you might know more about the housing situation near the school. Roger: Well, I know there"s an apartment complex around the corner that seems to have a few vacancies. 6 Ann: Hey, thanks a lot. Roger: No problem.

填空题A. Maybe today is my lucky day. B. It will be so cool to win it. C. We can be the lucky winner. A: Hey, did you hear that? The lottery is up to 1 million Yuan this time. 1 . B: Come on. Don"t be silly. You are really daydreaming. A: I know the chances of winning the lottery are remote. But 2 . B: But you know many people buy the tickets every week and still haven"t won a cent. Don"t waste your money. A: I still would like to try my fortune and buy a lottery ticket. 3 .

填空题 disapproval　　that　　nor A. influence choices by voicing 1 of someone B. interclass marriages are neither rare 2 shocking C. the fact 3 they are restricted by fewer prejudices than their parents This is due in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 4 they consider unsuitable. However, marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater mobility of today"s youth and 5 . Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, or pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, they are more likely to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, 6 . Interfaith marriages are on the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and raise a family. Marriages between people of different national origin (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times.

填空题 A.brief? ? B.entries? ? C.into A. be classified 1 four types B. 2 form of web log C. 3 on a blog are organized The word "blog" is a 4 . There are a great number of blogs on the Internet today. Not only can they provide information to people but enable people to write and react all kinds of ideas to them. 5 in a time order with the latest one at the head of the rank. Bloggers are people who write on blogs. They can mainly 6 : personal bloggers, business bloggers, organizational bloggers and professional bloggers.

填空题 A.tend to? ? B. considered? ? C.arise? ? D.think of A. it my be 1 foolish B. misunderstandings 2 between people from cultures C. no one would 3 keeping a business friend D. guests 4 feel they are not highly regarded In social life, time plays a very important part. In the USA 5 if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But is is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world 6 to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning if time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, 7 that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the US, 8 waiting for an hour; it would be too impolite.