The lady tried on all the dresses in the stop but found _____ that satisfied her．

     A．nothing        B．none            C．no one              D．some

--- I’m not good at singing, you know.

   ---       . It’s just for fun.

A. All right            B. No problem              C. Come on           D. Cheer up

My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job，so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards，not drivers．This suited me．I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train，and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations．The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors．T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company．I’d be a subway guard．I could see myself being cheerful，useful，a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be over qualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges-those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre．

The next day I sat down，with almost a hundred other candidates，for the intelligence test．I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test．This time there were only about fifty candidates．The interviewer sat at a desk．Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed，after a greater or shorter time．Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones．Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes．Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half．

I can remember the questions now：“Why did you leave your last job?”“Why did you leave your job before that?”“And the one before that?”I can’t recall my answers，except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter．His closing statement，I thought，evealed(揭示)a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist，he had risen no higher than the underground railway．“You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position．”

Failing to get that job was my low point．Or so I thought，believing that the work was easy．Actually，such jobs—being a postman is another one I still desire—demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give．But I was still far short of full self-understanding．I was also short of cash．

【小题1】The writer applied for the job chiefly because         .

       A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

       B．he could no longer afford to live without one

       C．he was not interested in any other available job

       D．he had received some suitable training

【小题2】The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because         .

       A．he often traveled underground

       B．he had written many poems

       C．he could deal with difficult situations

       D．he had worked in a company

【小题3】The length of his interview meant that         .

       A．he was not going to be offered the job

       B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

       C．he did not like the interviewer at all

       D．he had little work experience to talk about

【小题4】What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

       A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be

   B．How difficult it is to be a poet

       C．How unsuitable he was for the job

       D．How badly he did in the interview

【小题5】What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

       A．He was very aggressive

       B．He was unhappy with his job

       C．He was quite inefficient

       D．He was rather unsympathetic

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词或首字母，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

Just be p________ for a while. These things take time.        

When did you get ___________(订婚) ?                   

He was____________(好奇的) to know what was happening in the office.

The little girl is a _______(有天赋的) dancer.                   

The photo will r________ me of the days when we were together  

They father bought some new f_____ last week, such as a sofa and a table. 

I can’t remember__________(精确地) what she said.             

J_______ from her letter, Mother seems to be feeling a lot better.   

We should keep a balanced diet and exercise_________ (规律地)to keep fit.

The little girl hopes to meet a handsome prince, just like a princess in a fairy t__. 

First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get___ second chance to make___ first impression.

A. a; the         B. the; the        C. a; a           D. the; a

       If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations! You’re a survivor. According to statistics，you’re more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman，and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term，about 78 years for men in Australia，you’ll die on average five years before a woman.

       There're many reasons for this--typically，men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.

       “Men aren't seeing doctors as often as they should，” says Dr. Gullotta.“This is particularly so

for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike. According to a recent survey, 95％of women aged between 15 and early 49s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70％of men in the same age group.

       “A lot of men think they’re unbeatable，”Gullotta says．“They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, Geez, if it could happen to him …”

       Then there’s the ostrich（鸵鸟）approach．“Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.

       “Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.

“Prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases．Besides, the final cost is far greater，it’s called premature death.”

Why does the author congratulate male readers at the beginning of the passage?

       A．They can live longer than they expected．

       B．They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

       C．They have lived long enough to read this article.

       D．They are more likely to survive serious diseases now．

Which of the author’s statements is the most important reason that men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage?

       A．Men drink and smoke much more than women.

       B．Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.

       C．Men are more likely to suffer from deadly diseases.

       D．Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger.

Which of the following best completes the underlined sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him…” （in Para 4） ?

       A．it could happen to me，too.

       B．it would be a big misfortune.

       C．I should avoid playing golf.

       D．I should consider myself lucky.

What does Dr．Ross Cartmill mean by“the ostrich approach”（in Para 5）?

       A．A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.

       B．A new treatment for certain psychological problems．

       C．Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.

       D．Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear.

假设你是校报小记者，上周进行了一次采访。以下是这次采访的情况:

根据以上情况写一篇采访报道，100字左右，内容如下：1.采访对象和主题；2.基本信息；3.专家解读；4.建议。

___Last weekend, I______________________________________________________________________

—Thank goodness, you are here! What _____ you?

—Traffic jam..

A. kept                 B. is keeping           C. keeps                    D. had kept

How do you like the cake?  It’s quite different from ________ I had last month..

A. this         B. which    C.  one        D what

The Group of Eight ________ the eight richest countries in the world.

A. is consisted of          B. is made up                      C. consists of                      D. consists in