单选题 Metals we found in the earth ______ iron, lead and copper.

单选题 There are many kinds of metals, ______ its special properties.

单选题 All the following sentences have an appositive EXCEPT ______.

单选题 SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are four passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. Passage One If you are running a Windows computer, you must install an array of security software to prevent an international collection of crooks, hackers, vandals and sleazy business people who aim to invade your PC through the Internet. You need a good antivirus program, a strong firewall program, an effective antispam program, and a program that specializes in stopping spyware and adware. But the fastest-growing computer security problem isn't viruses or other traditional malicious programs, and it can't be entirely defeated by using security software. It's called 'social engineering', and it consists of tactics that try to fool users into giving up sensitive financial data that criminals can use to steal their money and even their identities. Here are a few tips to help you avoid these schemes: 1. Don't trust email from financial institutions. Email is so easily manipulated by crooks that you simply should never, ever consider any email from a financial institution as legitimate. The message may bear a bank's or a broker's logo, but you should never respond to such an email, and never click on any link it contains. 2. Never respond to unsolicited commercial email, or spam, or even click on a link in an unsolicited commercial email. In the old days, responding to spam just got you on more spam email lists. Today, it might also result in the secret installation of a key logger or other malicious software. Besides, any company that has to resort to spam as a sales tool isn't likely to have a very good product to offer. Do you really think that if someone had invented a pill that enlarged breasts, he would be selling it through spam? He would have sold it to a big drug company for billions. The only safe response to spam is to ignore it and delete it. 3. Don't download or use free software unless you are sure it's legitimate. Sites offering free cursors, for instance, can secretly install all sorts of bad stuff on your PC. This is especially true of free security software, which is sometimes just malicious software posing as a security program. There are many legitimate free programs, but check them out before downloading. Look them up on the CNET or PC Magazine websites, which review most software. If they are not covered there, assume they are not legitimate. There are some new security programs aimed directly at social-engineering cheats. A new add-on for the Firefox web browser, called Shazou, can tell you where a website's server is located. If you think you are on the Bank of America website, but Shazou tells you the server is in Russia, that is a clue that you are being cheated. And Symantec plans a new product called Norton Confidential that will tell you if a website appears to be a fake. The best defense against social engineering, however, is to be smart and careful. Passage Two Credit card rewards programs have traditionally featured airline miles, gift certificates, and cash back for customers who spend enough on their cards to rack up points. But recently, credit card companies have started offering a different kind of gift: They're handing out lower interest rates, refunding interest payments, and using other strategies to provide incentives for cardholders to pay down their debt and make on-time payments. The deals, however, don't always work in consumers' favor. The new Citi Forward card gives cardholders points and reduces their annual interest rate for making on-time payments and for staying under their credit limit. TD Bank's Simply Flexible card changes customers' interest rates depending on how much of their balance they pay off. If they pay off 10 percent or more of their balance, then they get the lowest available interest rate; paying between the minimum payment and 5 percent of the balance gets them the highest interest rate. And Discover's Motiva card gives cardholders one month's worth of interest back after six consecutive on-time payments. Card companies say the idea behind the new rewards is to help customers get on top of their finances. 'It's all about promoting financial fitness and giving customers the choices they need to help them manage their debt,' says Michael Copley, senior vice president of retail lending for TD Bank. He says he thinks the Simply Flexible card motivates cardholders to pay off more of their debt and attributes the company's relatively low delinquency rate to the product. Because of the continuing recession, companies have an incentive to keep their customers from sliding further under water. 'This is in response to recognition on the part of issuers that they have to help their cardholders do a better job of managing their money so customers keep those cards for a long time,' says Ron Shevlin, senior analyst at Aite Group, a research and advisory firm. The challenge for companies, he says, is to balance the profitability of consumers who maintain a balance, and therefore pay interest fees each month, against the increased risk that those cardholders pose because they are more likely to default on their debt. Rewards programs that encourage customers to maintain a balance while paying on time, such as the Motiva card, may help them strike that balance. According to consumer advocates and credit card experts, consumers who carry a balance may be better off selecting a card with the lowest interest rate rather than participating in one of these rewards programs, although they can help consumers improve their credit. 'In general, I think these cards are great for people who don't have great credit and regularly carry a balance on their cards,' says Adam Jusko, founder of www. IndexCreditCards. com. 'Customers who only occasionally carry a balance, on the other hand, would be better off finding a card with a more appealing rewards program,' he adds. Passage Three Elizabeth I has been dead for more than 400 years, and Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded (砍头) 16 years earlier in 1587. Yet today's women still identify with these two powerful queens. Elizabeth is frequently mentioned in opinion polls about great leaders, and many successful women have been inspired by her. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's self-willed cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, also has legions of fans. She is often cited as the ultimate romantic heroine who followed her heart and was undone by love. Elizabeth and Mary were celebrity queens in their own lifetimes, and part of their enduring fascination is that they embody the female dilemma we all share — whether we should follow our head (Elizabeth) or our heart (Mary). Even today, we feel we have to choose between the two as it often seems impossible to reconcile demanding work and duty to others with expressing our needs for love and personal fulfillment. Elizabeth and Mary's lives as queens were rich, complex and dangerous, and the prize that divided them was nothing less than the English crown itself. Yet their opposing responses to love and loss, rivalry and danger, hope and frustration of desire still strike a chord with 21st-century women. Elizabeth was an intellectual and pragmatist (实用主义者) who was largely in control of her emotions, while Mary, a courageous woman of action, was a reckless romantic who followed her heart. Elizabeth made personal sacrifices in order to be a great queen and effective ruler. She never married, but often spoke about being 'mother and wife' of her people. Mary, on the other hand, married Bothwell against all advice and faced the subsequent wreckage of her reign. Mary was a reckless romantic but was by no means a fool. She was an intelligent, respected ruler, but her failing was her lack of insight into the consequences of her actions. Her rashness left her vulnerable and eventually led to her downfall. On the contrary, Elizabeth was far more politically adept and knew how to play the game. Mary's primary concern was her own immediate desire. Of course, it is possible that there's a bit of both Mary and Elizabeth in every woman. Similarly, the queens' public images were not always so clear-cut. Until the scandal following her second husband's murder, Mary was considered the 'good' queen, the woman who had done what was expected of her by marrying and producing a son. Elizabeth was generally considered wanton (放荡的人), with her bold flirtation (调情) with Lord Dudley, her refusal to marry and her resistance to being managed by the men who surrounded her. Mary, though the tragedy of her death, became a Catholic martyr, while Elizabeth, leading her people against Spain's great Armada, became England's greatest queen. Just as Mary and Elizabeth's public images could be overturned by a murder and a marriage, or an execution and a naval victory, so we can be deceived about ourselves and others. Passage Four Police Officer Tidwell left the station just after 8 a. m. on Sunday June 4. He had spent an uneventful night on duty and was looking forward to his day of rest. By habit he took a short cut down the path behind Dugby Hall road and after a minute or two he saw a man climbing down a drainpipe from an open bedroom window of number 29. In silence Tidwell crept into the garden. The man reached the ground and was dusting himself down when he felt his arm gripped. 'It's 8:15 on a Sunday morning,' said the officer, 'and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure at such a time. Would you mind explaining?' The man was obviously startled but kept calm. He said, 'I know what you're thinking, Officer, but it isn't true. This is a funny mistake.' 'It's part of my job to take an interest in unusual events. I think you've just left this house in a manner other than the customary one. That may be quite innocent, but I'd like to make sure. ' Tidwell took out his notebook and a pen. 'Name, address and occupation and then, please, tell me your story.' 'Charlie Crane, lorry driver, from Nottingham, 51 Breton Street. My story...' 'Yes. What were you doing like a fly on that wall, Mr. Crane? Well, I had a breakdown yesterday and had to stay the night here. Bed and breakfast. The landlady's name is Mrs. Fern. She gave me breakfast at seven, and I was out of here in the fight way and down at the lorry by half past seven. Only when I felt around for a cigarette, did I realize I'd left $80 in my envelope under the pillow here at Number 29. I always put it under my pillow at night. It's a habit I've got into. I even do it at home...' 'I see. Why didn't you miss it when you went to pay Mrs... What's her name?' 'I'd paid her last night. You've got to pay when you take the room, see? So I came rushing back, but it's Sunday, and she'd gone back to bed, and could I wake her? I rang the bell and banged on the front door for ten minutes before I came round here to the back and spotted my bedroom window still open. Up I went, then, up this pipe. It's a trick I learnt in the army. She didn't make the bed, and the money was still there. You know the rest, and I hope you believe it because...' 'Mr. Crane, whatever are you doing here? I thought you'd gone an hour ago.' It was Mrs. Fern, speaking from the kitchen window at the corner of the house.

单选题 At the last place Gary worked, they ______ an annual company picnic. All the employees ______ bring their families along and spend the day at a nearby park. It was great.

单选题 Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?

单选题What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less 42 , intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 43 The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 44 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 45 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior. Any research that suggests that 46 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 47 based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how 48 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 49 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture, by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science indicates that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born 50 like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it 51 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning. is conclusion might be somewhat disappointing, for no matter how hard we try, we may not be able to change ourselves much. A. abilities B. achieve C. extent D. ease E. contributions F. raised G. essentially H. basically I. smart J. psychological K. grown L. bold M. level N. gain O. eventually

单选题 Just remember one thing that ______ decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

单选题 A rise in standard of living in a country seems to benefit cities more than rural areas. What problems might those differences cause? How can these problems be solved? You are to write your composition in four parts in about 200 words. In the first part, state the gap between the urban cities and rural countries. In the second part, explain why people in rural areas move to large cities and its influences on urban cities. In the third part, state the influences on migrants to large cities and on rural areas. In the last part, state the ways to solve the imbalance. 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.

单选题 Read carefully the following excerpt, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ● summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ● comment on whether science and art education should be divided in high school 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. Separating no science and arts education Since 2009, with the issue of the China's Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development, there ushered in the heated discussion of 'the necessity and the feasibility to abolish science and art division in high school'. It heralded 2015-2016's Gaokao Reform in many provinces to drop the previous rigorous division of science and art like Shanxi, Changsha, Tianjing, Fujian... etc. The main reasons are as follows: The NPC Standing Committee member Zhu Yongxin said in an interview with Southern Weekend, 'the severe of science and art does conspicuous damage to students' intelligence and knowledge.' He also said that the previous education strategy stifled the potential of students by restricting them too early in science or art and they should be given choices until maturity. The headmaster of Guangxi TVU He Zubing, 'there is definitive categorization in knowledge like science and art but life has no such categorization.' According to a poll done by Southern Weekend, there is a pervasive prejudice of art education. The students in science are endeared while those in art are often snuffed at in everyday society. It is early for students to receive art-science separate education; students should learn art or science separately in college but not high school.

单选题 Some experts believe that universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. Do you agree? Write a composition in NO LESS THAN 200 words on the following topic: Should Universities Accept Equal Numbers of Male and Female Students? You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is. In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

单选题 The ______ handcraft works will not bear rough handling.

单选题 She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ______ her long effort.

单选题 I'm very much obliged to you ______ the information.

单选题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage, except the first sentence, will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of fifteen seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE. The first sentence of the passage is already provided. Now, listen to the passage. AIDS When AIDS first emerged, no one could have predicted how the epidemic would spread across the world and how many millions of lives it would change. ______ ____________________________________

单选题 AI long ago mastered chess, the Chinese board game Go and even the Rubik's Cube, ______ in just 0.38 seconds.

单选题 Many tourists were ______ by the maze of streets in the city.

单选题 Poverty depresses most people; ______ my father it was otherwise.

单选题 There has not been a great response to the sale, ______?

单选题 Not until he left his home ______ to know how important the family was for him.