单选题Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills _____ people each year than automobile accidents.

单选题Mrs. Morris’s daughter is pretty and _____, and many girls envy her.

单选题He always did well at school _____ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.

单选题There isn’t much in the ways of _____ in this town—just the cinema and a couple of pubs.

单选题My boss has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _________on what he promises.

单选题For many patients, institutional care is the most ________ and beneficial form of care.

单选题He gave them a lovely bookcase in _____ for their kindness.

单选题Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to _____ it.

单选题I know I shouldn’t eat chocolate cake when I’m dieting, but I find it hard to resist _____.

单选题Students or teachers can participate in excursions to lovely beaches around the island at regular _____.

单选题Everything you have heard indicates that the situation is serious. _____, we are facing a crisis.

单选题Fool _____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.

单选题It was not until midnight _____ the snowcapped peak.

单选题She was deeply _____ by the amount of criticism her play received.

单选题The tone of the article _____ the writer’s mood at the time.

单选题I went along thinking of nothing _____, only looking at things around me.

问答题Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Companies wishing to perform better and cut their risk of bankruptcy should have more female directors on their board of directors. Women’s abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. A survey of more than 600 board directors showed that women are more likely to consider the rights of others and take a cooperative approach to decision-making. This approach translates into better performance for their companies. The study, published this week in the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, also found that male directors prefer to make decisions using rules, regulations and traditional ways of doing business. Female directors, on the other hand, are less constrained by these parameters and more prepared to use initiative than male colleagues. In addition, female directors—who, globally, make up around nine percent of corporate boards—are significantly more inclined to make decisions by taking the interests of multiple stakeholders into account in order to arrive at a fair decision. They also tend to use cooperation, collaboration and consensus-building more often—and more effectively—in order to make sound decisions. The findings show that having women on the board is no longer just the right thing but also the smart thing to do. Companies with few female directors may actually be shortchanging their investors. 

问答题Directions: Translate the following Chinese text into English.一项研究发现，晚婚在财政上对女性有利，但对男性却不利。美国弗吉尼亚大学发布了一篇研究报告称，受过大学教育的女性如果在三十多岁时结婚，收入平均比那些在二十多岁时就结婚的女性高出56%。与此相反，二十多岁就结婚的男性比那些到三十岁后才结婚的男性收入更高，无论受教育程度如何。研究指出，美国人平均结婚年龄达到了史上最高——女性27岁，男性29岁。相比之下，1990年的平均结婚年龄为女性23岁，男性26岁。尽管女性确实能从晚婚中得到经济利益，但早婚的男性通常日后会更成功。

问答题Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic: Should We Restore Ruins? You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1. 越来越多的地方开始修复一些遗迹；2. 对此人们有不同的看法；3. 你的看法是。

问答题Directions: For this part, you are required to write a short essay on the topic Is It Farewell to the Printed Book? You should write at least 140 words and you should base your composition on the outline given (in Chinese) below.1.电子图书悄然问世， 带来巨大的市场潜力， 并对出版业造成一定的冲击；2.电子图书的优势和弊端；3.电子图书和纸质图书的前景。