Mary's friends are looking forward with hope ______ from her.

A. of hearing                 B. to hearing                 C. to hear                     D. hearing

Everything he ______ away from him before he returned to his hometown.

A. had had was taken       B. had been taken          C. had taken           D. took

There's nothing to do, so I ______ as well go to bed.

A. must          B. should          C. may         D. need

Is that the old man, standing by the window, ______ they have treated badly for a long time?

A. which           B. where           C. that           D. who

— Is somebody taking care of you?

—______.

A. No. I've been waiting here for long.  

B. Your service is not good. Where's your manager?

C. No. I'd like a long-sleeved shirt in yellow, medium.

D. Where have you been?

The farm as well as its neighboring hills we once spent so much time______ on a new look as recently as this year.

A. has taken         B. on having taken        C. on has taken           D. having taken

No sooner ______ the news than they rushed out into the street.

A. they heard         B. they had heard         C. did they hear              D. had they heard

I was pleased to receive your letter, asking what advice I would give to members of your club. In my opinion,   1   field offers greater    2    than newspaper work for young people with   3   in writing.

    Of course I'm not speaking of  4   rewards. Anyone who wants to get rich should choose some other  5   . I can't even promise you excitement. A newspaper reporter might have to      6   the same duties day after day. But journalism pays a living wage, and it often makes a reporter feel more   7   than a bank president. Who can say that he is not?

    You have asked me  8  to become a journalist.

    First, learn how to  9  a computer. This is one thing you must be able to do. You can either learn the  10  in school or buy a book that  11  how to teach yourself.

At school you should learn how to read and write your own  12  well. You should also learn history, government, mathematics and  13   .Foreign languages are also good to know. The things that  14  every day are not simple, and a journalist has to know  15  in order to understand them.

If your school has a  16  , you should write for it. Editors like young people who have had experience  17  for school papers.

    There are many things you can do to prepare  18 for a newspaper job. Read everything you can,  19 newspapers and magazines. Discuss what you read and   20  your own opinions. If the members of your club have any questions that haven't been answered by this letter, please write again.

1. A. this                          B. no                            C. every                              D. each

2. A. awards                   B. rewards                     C. returns                    D. advantage

3. A. an interest                 B. excitement             C. curiosity                    D. a love

4. A. spiritual                   B. individual              C. collective                   D. material

5. A. position                   B. school                C. occupation                 D. business

6. A. face                     B. perform                     C. carry                      D. take

7. A wealthy                   B. excited               C. important                  D. burdened

8. A. how                     B. whether                    C. when                      D. where

9. A. fix                       B. find                  C. use                        D. get

10. A. subject                  B. ability                 C. knowledge                  D. skill

11. A. writes                  B. reads                 C. introduces                  D. explains

12. A. book                   B. language              C. homework                 D. notes

13. a. physics                 B. science               C. English                     D. biology

14. A. happen                  B. exist                  C. show                      D. appear

15. A. a lot                    B. many                 C. plenty of                   D. little

16. A. club                    B. textbook              C. newspaper                 D. library

17. A. editing                   B. printing               C. paying                       D. working

18. A. yourself                B. ourselves                    C. themselves                     D. itself

19. A. namely                  B. certainly              C. especially                   D. specially

20. A. organized                B. change                      C. form                       D. make

Zheng He made seven heroic voyages to Asia and Africa between 1405 and 1433, which predated the Westerners' Voyages of Discovery by almost a century.

    Despite Zheng He's remarkable maritime feats, with larger and matchless fleets until World War I, he is relatively unknown worldwide compared with his Western counterparts like Columbus and Vasco da Gama. Why?

    Sadly, much of the official Chinese records of these voyages were destroyed after his death, by order of his powerful enemies at Court. They were opposed to his expeditions, both on economic and other grounds.

    Further, the Ming History made only little mention of his exploits. Most surprisingly, not even his date of death and burial place were recorded. Therefore, his final resting place is still a matter of conjecture. So he became only a legend and folk hero in his life time.

    However, hardly any Chinese works on him have been translated into foreign languages. Ironically, it was due to a handful of famous Western researchers like Needham, ZLevathes and, most recently, Menzies that the world is now more familiar with his greatness.

    Zheng He's rightful place in Chinese history has been confirmed by none other than Deng Xiaoping in 1984, when he addressed the nation's People's Congress in Beijing: "... The Ming dynasty, under Yongle Emperor, did wisely pursue an open-door policy resulting in Zheng He's famous maritime expeditions overseas. However, after Yongle's death, China deserted this policy resulting in foreign intervention and China's final humiliation during the 19^th century. The open-door policy is therefore the way forward for China."

    Following a more realistic overall appraise by scholars East and West of Zheng He's achievements, his standing as one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time has at last been firmly recognized worldwide.

1. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. No one knew Zheng He's maritime achievements in history until World War I.

    B. The Westerners' Voyages of Discovery fell behind China until 1433.

    C. No other fleets in the world could be compared with those of China in size for almost over 500 years in history.

    D. Columbus was born in a western country, so he was more famous than Zheng He in the world.

2. From the passage, we can suppose __________.

   A. Zheng He had been to Africa for seven times from 1405 to 1433.

   B. Columbus and Vasco da Gama were relatively unknown in China compared with Zheng

He.

   C. the Ming government didn't know about Zheng He, so they made only little mention of

Zheng H's exploits.

   D. some government officials in the Ming dynasty were strongly against Zheng He's voyages

to Asia and Africa.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word "conjecture"?

    A. mistake        B. guess           C. coincidence                D. imagination

4. Zheng He's success in his maritime expeditions overseas mainly resulted from______.

    A. his braveness and perseverance                      B. Yongle Emperor's open-door policy

    C. his strong curiosity to know about Africa     D. the support from his friends and family

Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel opinion that they become "old" sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows.

A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination is not only common in the workplace, but is shot through with inconsistencies （矛盾）.

Six in ten managers reported being a victim of age discrimination - usually because they were turned down for a job for being too old or too young. Yet more than a fifth admitted that they used ages as an important standard.

Although the survey found widespread agreement that older workers were better than younger colleagues when it came to reliability, commitment, loyalty and customer service, these qualities were not necessarily considered to be worthy of advancement.

A large number of persons believed that workers between 30 and 39 had the best promotion chances, with only 2 percent giving example of 50-year-olds or above.

There was evidence that people were considered old at different ages in different jobs. A young man working in IT said he was considered too old by the age of 28.

In fact there was no evidence to suggest that older workers were less valuable to companies than younger workers, in fact the opposite was often true because older workers often brought experience.

The findings also suggested that the Government's ideas on age in the workforce may also be out of step with reality.

1 Which is the discrimination mentioned in this passage?

    A. The healthier women are, the sooner they will lose their job.

    B. Society knows women should be respected, but it doesn't offer them any jobs.

    C. Female managers respect male workers, but male mangers don't respect female workers.

    D. Victims of age discrimination consider age as an important standard.

2 Older workers are better than younger colleagues because they have many advantages except

that they are______.

   A. dependable             B. married          C. faithful            D. helpful

3 Why does the writer mention a young man working in IT?

   A. Because the writer thinks it a pity that this young man is old.

   B. Because it's an example of different age standards in different jobs.

   C. Because the IT industry is developing too fast.

   D. Because the writer doesn't think the young man is old.

4 Which statement is true according to the writer's attitude?

    A. The present age standard doesn't go with reality.

    B. The present age standard is reasonable.   

C. Women should work longer than men.

    D. Yong workers should learn from old workers.