完形填空Fill in the blanks in the following passage with proper words.According to a recent study, the same worldwide drought could have been【A1】______for the decline of two ancient civilizations on opposite sides of the globe.A research team, 【A2】______by Germany National Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam， found a【A3】______caused by weaker summer monsoon rains might have【A4】______to the downfall of the Tang Dynasty in China and the Mayan civilization in Mexico.The scientists【A5】______sediments from Huguangyan Lake in Zhanjiang of South China’ s Guangdong Province and found that Asian summer monsoon rains were【A6】______during the 8thand 9th【A7】______, during which the Tang Dynasty faded from glory.The hypothesis stemming from geological analysis are【A8】______by some of China’ s【A9】______documents, which record a sudden drop in temperature in middle-late Dynasty, according to Fang Xiuqi, a researcher of China’ s disaster history at the Beijing Normal 【A10】______.Fang said Chinese history of the past 2, 000【A11】______records three extremely frigid periods， one of which【A12】______in the late 8th century. “There is some interesting evidence about stronger winds at that time in literature, ” he said. For example, most of the【A13】______written during the early periods of the【A14】______were about plum blossoms, an indicator of warm【A15】______, while those completed later were mainly odes to the cold. “Journals about cold weather also increased after around AD 750, during which a big【A16】______began, ” Fang saidHistorians【A17】______the rebellion as a turning point in the Tang era a prime period of China’ s civilization which suffered more insurrections before finally dying out.The German researchers have also found the【A18】______pattern in sediments from the Cariaco basin off the Venezuelan coast, indicating a similar drought might have hit nearby Mexico and【A19】______about the downfall of the【A20】______civilization in the late 8th century.

完形填空Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.As health insurance open season heats up for businesses, many employees will discover that participating in their company’ s wellness program includes rolling up their sleeves for blood tests.Across the country, half of large employers offering health benefits have wellness programs that ask workers to【A1】______ to medical tests, often 【A2】______biometrics. that can involve a【A3】______to a doctor s office, lab or workplace health fair.While【A4】______at uncovering potential health【A5】______early to head off serious and【A6】______problems, the programs that involve those biometrics are also【A7】______. Will the screening exams actually improve health, or merely add to a culture of overtesting that is helping【A8】______up the cost of health care?So far, research is mixed on whether workplace wellness offerings【A9】______save employers money. The Rand Corp. says most don’t, with the 　 【A10】______of programs targeted at managing【A11】______diseases，such as diabetes. Still， Rand found that programs can help【A12】______employees to quit smoking, get more exercise and lose a bit of weight.The debate hasn t slowed growth in workplace wellness, now【A13】______by Rand as a $6 billion a year industry, with most employers offering some kind of program, which must be【A4】______. Many link financial incentives to employee【A15】______, with a small percentage actually【A16】______the rewards or penalties to【A17】______specific health targets.【A18】______say workplace programs provide valuable information.【A19】______employees are screened, the programs often make individual recommendations and most provide resources, such as nutrition【A20】______, health coaching, online classes or stop-smoking programs.

完形填空Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choice marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter On the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are they better or worse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivated and 　【A1】______ than male managers?Some research【A2】______ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater【A3】______ , an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and 【A4】______ to carry emotional factors to bea【A5】______ making workplace decisions. These differences are【A6】______ to carry advantages for companies, 【A7】______ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to【A8】______ the company manage its workforce【A9】______ .A study commissioned by the International Women’ s Forum 【A10】______ a management style used by some women managers(and also by some men) that【A11】______ from the command-and-control style【A12】______ used by male managers. Using this “interactive leadership” approach, “women【A13】______ participation, share power and information【A14】______ other people’ s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these【A15】______ reflect their belief that allowing【A16】______ to contribute and feel【A17】______ and important is a win-win【A18】______ good for the employee and the organization. ” The study’ s director 　 【A19】______ that“ interactive leadership may emerge【A20】______ the management style of choice for many organizations. ”

完形填空Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the【A1】______ of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their【A2】______ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 【A3】______ visitors. The truth is, this idea is an unfortunate myth—an【A4】______ story. In fact, family members provide over 80% of the care【A5】______ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, a sociologist, studied【A6】______ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the【A7】______ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children.【A8】______ Because people today live longer after an illness than people did years【A9】______ , family members must provide long term care. More psychologists have found that all caregivers【A10】______ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best 【A11】______ for the job. In other words, they all feel that they【A12】______ do the job better than anyone else. Social workers【A13】______ caregivers to find out why they took【A14】______ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed that they had【A15】______ to help their relative. Some stated that helping others【A16】______ them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping【A17】______ now, they would deserve care when they became old and【A18】______ Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a【A19】______ satisfying experience for everyone who might be【A20】______.

完形填空Wild Bill Donovan【A1】______the Internet. The Americanspymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services inWorld War II and later laid the【A2】______for the CIA wasfascinated with information. Donovan believed in usingwhatever tools【A3】______to hand in the great game ofespionage—spying as a profession. These days the Netwhich has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buyingbooks and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’ s vocationas well.The latest【A4】______isn’ t simply a matter ofgentlemen【A5】______other gentlemen’ s e-mail. That kind ofelectronic spying【A6】______on for decades. In the past threeor four years, the World Wide Web has【A7】______a wholeindustry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call itopen source intelligence, and as the Net grows, it isbecoming【A8】______influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contestto see who could【A9】______the most data about Burundi. Thewinner, by a large【A10】______, was a tiny Virginia companycalled Open Source Solutions, whose clear advantage wasits【A11】______ofthe electronic world.Among these firms making the biggest splash in the newworld【A12】______Straitford, Inc. , a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makesmoney by selling the results of spying(covering nationsfrom Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-servicesfirm McDermott International. Many of its predictions areavailable online.Straitford president George Friedman says he【A13】______theonline world as a kind of mutually【A14】______tool for bothinformation collection and distribution, a spymaster’s,dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bitsfrom the far corners of the world and【A15】______a crisis inUkraine. As soon as thatreport【A16】______, we’ll suddenly get500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine, says Friedman, aformer political science professor. And we’ ll hear backfrom some of them. Open-source spying does have itsrisks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell goodinformation from bad. That’ s where Straitford earnsits【A17】______. Friedman relies on a【A18】______staff of 20 inAustin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm’ s outsiderstatus as the key to its success. Straitford’s briefsdon’ t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, 【A19】______agencies avoid dramatic declarations onthe【A20】______they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman,takes pride in its independent voice.

完形填空One major reason for Germany’ s high unemployment and theevident weakness of business investment is the nature ofthe tax system, which tends to 【A1】_____ both individualeffort and investment. 【A2】_____ corporate tax rates are,in fact, very high and it is these rates that potentialinvestors primarily look at. However, the actual burden【A3】_____ by companies is not as great as it might seem,because the tax base is fairly narrow. This combination initself tends to encourage tax 【A4】_____ at both thepersonal and 【A5】_____ levels. Moreover, by internationalstandards, firms in Germany are still taxed quite heavily.A reform of corporate taxation, therefore, should start by【A6】_____ tax rates, cutting 【A7】_____and broadening thetaxable base. The resulting positive impact on growthwould be reinforced if there were also a substantial【A8】_____ of the net burden.How do the current plans for a reform of corporatetaxation 【A9】_____ these goals？ The overall tax burden oncompanies is to be brought down significantly, with the【A10】_____ of 35% being set. To this 【A11】_____, a dramaticreduction in the corporate tax on 【A12】_____ earnings isplanned. The related drop in revenues is to be 【A13】_____bychanges in the rules governing tax breaks.An approach incorporating these basic features would, be awelcome step. If realized in its present form, it shouldensure that the objective of making tax rates moreattractive for businesses is achieved. At the same time,however, it would be 【A14】_____ if an excessive broadeningof the taxable base made it impossible to attain theequally important goal of providing relief.Comprehensive tax reform is needed in Germany to【A15】_____investment and to create new jobs, thus putting theeconomy on a higher growth path. The drop in revenuescaused by the tax relief granted to both companies and【A16】_____ would, 【A17】_____, be at least partially offsetby the larger volume of tax 【A18】_____ produced by economicgrowth. The gaps that remained should primarily be closedthrough spending cuts. If measure of this sort provedinadequate, then, as a last【A19】_____, an increase in【A20】_____ taxes could perhaps be considered.

写作题Write a composition of 400 words on the following topic on your answer sheet:【】Chinese scholar Gu Yanwu (1613-1682) insisted that a sense of shame is of the utmost importance, one will know what is right and what should be abstained from, and that without the cultivation of moral norms and ethics, we can hardly expect a society to be nice enough for people to lead a harmonious life.【】Discuss these views and give your own opinions.【】Marks will be given for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

写作题Directions：Write an essay of about 400 words. In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. And you should supply an appropriate title for your essay. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Recently newspapers have reported that officials in a little-known mountainous area near Guiyang, Guizhou Province wanted to turn the area into a central business district for Guiyang and invited a foreign design company to give it an entirely new look. The design company came up with a blueprint for unconventional, super-futuristic buildings. This triggered off different responses. Some appreciated the bold innovation of the design, but others held that it failed to reflect regional characteristics or local cultural heritage. What is your view on this? 

写作题Many people claim that an honest man should always tell the truth; just as the old saying goes, “honesty is the best policy. ” What do you think? Write a composition of about 400 words on your view of the topic. 

写作题Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar, vocabulary and appropriateness.

写作题In this part of the test, your writing ability will be tested. Read the following excerpts carefully and then write a comment of approximately 400 English words about the following excerpts: 

写作题present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. " 

写作题The American humorist and journalist Don Marquis said “What man calls civilization always results in deserts. Man is never on the square - he uses up the fat and greenery of the earth. Each generation wastes a little more of the future with greed and lust for riches. ” With our modern awareness of ecology are we likely to make sufficient progress in conservation, or are-we sti11 in danger of damaging the earth beyond repair? Plan your response, and then write an essay of about 400 words on your view of the topic. 

写作题Write an essay about 400 words to state your view on the following topic: Gender Discrimination.【】 In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. 【】Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on the ANSWER SHEET.

写作题半亩方塘一鉴开，天光云影共徘徊。问渠那得清如许，为有源头活水来。 

写作题Drawing on your own experiences and observations, use examples to show that you agree or disagree with the following observation: “When life throws you lemons, make lemonade. ” Write an essay of about 400 words on your view of the topic.

写作题attorney-general in Maryland, an all-party-consent state, wrote in 2010 that few interactions with police could be considered private. 

写作题to produce a clean fair copy. 

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写作题Write an essay about 400 words to state your view on the following topic: Good Manners【】 In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details’ . In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. 【】Write your essay on the ANSWER SHEET.