单选题Max: I never knew Nick is so fault-finding. Scott: You didn't? ______ A. I've known him for some time. B. What a shame. C. Bless you. D. I'm fed up with his complaints.

单选题When he awoke, he found himself ______ after by an old woman. A. looking B. looked C. being looked D. be looked

单选题Bob: Don’t you like to eat Korean food? 　　John: ________.

单选题Speaker A: ______?Speaker B: Yes. I'd like to open a savings account.

单选题Only under special circumstances ______ to take make-up tests. A. are freshmen permitted B. freshmen are permitted C. permitted are freshmen D. are permitted freshmen

单选题I'm sure he is up to the job ______ he would give his mind to it. A. if only B. in case C. until D. unless

单选题It is the director, and not the members of the board, ______ the most.

单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}Directions : Read the following four passages. Answer the questions blow each passage by choosing A, B, C and D． {{B}}Text 1{{/B}} Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by computation(计算机自动化). Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own memos and carry their "secretaries" in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks, whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68, 000． And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are being replaced with computerized systems. But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growing positions within their own companies. When new technologies shook up the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a communications technician, earning about $64, 000 per year. Of course, if you've been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced by an E-ZPass machine, it may be of little consolation(安慰) to know that the telecomm field is booming. And that's just it : The service economy is fading ; welcome to the expertise (专门知识) economy. To succeed in the new job market, you must be able to handle complex problems. Indeed, all but one of the 50 highest-paying occupations-air-traffic controller-demand at least a bachelor's degree. For those with just a high school diploma(毕业证书), it's going to get tougher to find a well-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available, what's left will be the jobs that computation can't kill: Computers can't clean offices, or care for Alzheimer's patients (老年痴呆病人). But, since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfully low, meaning computation could drive an even deeper wedge(楔子) between the rich and poor. The best advice now: Never stop learning, and keep up with new technology. For busy adults, of course, that can be tough. The good news is that the very technology that's reducing so many jobs is also making it easier to go back to school-without having to sit in a classroom. So-called Internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled, and it's gaining credibility with employers. Are you at risk of losing your job to a computer? Check the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is available online at bls. gov.

单选题The government is laying to do something to ______ better understanding between the two countries.

单选题A: I just can't stand this class any more! B: ______ It's required, and you have to sit in it in order to graduate. A. Why, you can say that again! B. Well, why not just drop out of it? C. Why, I couldn't agree more! D. Well, you might as well get used to it.

单选题Recruiting (招募) the right candidate to fill a vacancy can be a difficult and costly task. 21 the wrong person could be an expensive mistake which could cause personal problems for the whole department. And, as every HR (Human Resource) manager knows, it is much more difficult to get rid of someone than it is to 22 them. The HR manager"s first decision is 23 to recruit internal applicants or advertise the vacancy outside the company. 24 applicants are easy to recruit by memo, e-mail, or newsletter. Furthermore, they are easy to assess and know the company well. 25 , they rarely bring fresh ideas to a position. Moreover, a rejected internal candidate might become unhappy and leave the company. Recruiting outside the company means either advertising the vacancy directly or 26 an employment agency. If the company decides to advertise the vacancy directly, it has to decide where to place the 27 . Traditionally this has meant newspapers and professional journals but now the Internet is also very popular. The decision normally depends on the vacancy. Companies advertise blue-collar or clerical jobs in local newspapers and senior management 28 in national papers or professional journals, 29 the Internet is one of the best ways of advertising IT vacancies or recruiting abroad. However, with the Internet there is a risk 30 receiving unsuitable applications from all over the world.

单选题A: I have a last favor to ask of you. Could you drive my daughter to the airport? B: ______ A. Shall I get the ticket for her? B. Yeah. I like that. C. You bet I will. D. Sure it'd be a pleasure.

单选题Cathleen: Let's take a coffee break, shall we? Yolanda: ______, but I can't. A. We shall B. Yes, let's C. You will D. ! wish I could

单选题Text 2 Probably the hardest part of setting goals is the first step of actually deciding to take action! The first barrier facing most people is the incorrect assumption that goals are only for business people. The reality is everyone sets goals mentally throughout the day. There are always occasions where something has to be done at a particular time or in a particular place. Simple examples could be getting up at a certain time in order to be at work, or to meet with a friend for a leisure activity. The beauty of having goal s is the uniqueness of each one to the goal setter. Whether is personal, financial, business or spiritual, they are all specific to that person and their circumstances. The most important part initially is to write them down. Having goals written down gives you incredible power while helping you to focus on this area. Aim for something that will stretch you while remaining achievable. If you achieve your goal too easily, it is not high enough to make any significant change in your life and needs to be adjusted. On the other hand, if you consistently miss the goals, re-evaluate, and consider setting them a little lower as you will only get discouraged and probably give up. The aim is to keep growing, and moving into a more satisfactory position for your particular circumstances. As you obtain the levels that you have set for yourself, always include a small reward at each point. This might only be a small thing in the early days like a meal out or a weekend vacation. Remember that these changes will not happen overnight and there will be a period of time when nothing seems to be happening. This is why the goals need to be detailed and as specific as possible with a consequence and benefit. Allow some time on a daily basis to educate yourself on how to make the necessary adjustments in your life. This could include listening to a CD, or reading a book on motivation etc. A simple method to start with could be one goal in the main areas of lire to be achieved in one month, six months, twelve months or five years. Back that down further into a daily, weekly and monthly system. Stay focused and disciplined to achieve all that you desire.

单选题Shop assistant: What do you have in mind? Customer: I"m thinking about jewelry or something valuable. Shop assistant: We"ve got beautiful jewelry here. If you"re interested, ______.

单选题That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but ______ the police. A. to call in B. call in C. calling in D. called in

单选题They Upurchased/U a car last week.

单选题The police searched the building ______ but failed to find out where the bomb was. A. throughout B. fully C. altogether D. thoroughly

单选题We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G.I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus. But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more. During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the futrue, made small, efficient housing positively stylish. Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living. The phrase "less is more" was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architectrue schools. These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architectrue, but none more so that Mies. Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration, properly organized, has more impact that a lot. Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance. Like other modern architects, he employed metal, glass and laminated wood-materials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the futrue. Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty. The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, for example, were smaller-two-bedroom units under 1,000 square feet-than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast. But they were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings' details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time. The trend toward "less" was not entirely foreign. In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses-usually around 1,200 square feet-than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century. The "Case Study Houses" commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts ＆ Architectrue magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the "less is more" trend. Aesthetic effect came from the landscape, new materials and forthright detailing. In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life - few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers - but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.