Chris is in charge of purchasing (采购) and maintaining (维修) equipment in his division at Tax Along Company. He is soon going to have an evaluation(评价) interview with his manager and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past year. Salary, promotion(提升) and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting. Chris has made several changes for his division in the past year. First, he bought new equipment for one of the departments. He has been particularly happy about the new equipment because many of the employees have told him how much it has helped them. Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance (保养) themselves. The training saved time for the employees and money for the company.

       Unfortunately, one serious problem developed during the year. Two employees that Chris hired were stealing, and he had to fire (解雇) them. Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for the whole company will be open in a few months, and he would like to be promoted to the jobs. Chris knows, however, that someone else wants the new jobs, too. Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another division of the company. She has also made several changes over the year. Chris knows that his boss likes Kim’s work, and he expects that his work will be compared with hers.

61.  What is Chris’s main responsibility(义务) at Tax Along Company?

       A. Buying and maintaining equipment.                B. Directing personnel evaluation.

       C. Drawing up plans for in-service training.          D. Interviewing with employees.

62.  What problem did Chris encounter (面对) in his division?

       A. Some of his equipment was damaged in a fire.

       B. The training program he ran was a failure.

       C. Two of his employees stole things.

       D. Two of his workers were injured at work.

63.  What does Chris hope for in the near future?

       A. Improvement in the company’s management.

       B. A better-paying job in another company.

       C. Advancement to a high position.

       D. A better relationship with his boss.

64.  What do we learn about Kim from the passage?

       A. She has more self-confidence than Chris.

       B. She works with Chris in the same division.

       C. She is competing with Chris for the new job.

       D. She has more management experience than Chris.

65.  Which of the following is True according to the passage?

       A. Chris invented the new equipment for the company.

       B. Kim didn’t want to be the manager of the purchasing and maintenance.

       C. Chris didn’t know how to deal with the two employees.

       D. Kim was in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another division.

       The world has almost seven billion people, at least two billion of whom are expected to be on the Internet. New growth is mostly from developing countries, though only 20% of their population is online, a new report says. A group called the World Wide Web Foundation is working to make the Web more usable to more of the world. Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web, announced the launch of the Web Foundation last November. The group says many people can access  the Web but are unable to use it. The biggest reason is illiteracy. The latest United Nations report says about 800 million adults are unable to read or write. Even for those who can read, much of the information that is available on the Web is not in a language they can understand.

       Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web as a way to help people share information. He says the World Wide Web Foundation wants everyone to be able to use this information. It’s focusing on (concentrating ) the Web not just as a technology, but as one of the most powerful means for connecting people to knowledge and people to each other. World Wide Web Foundation’s cooperation with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide Web Consortium aims to creat applications that make the Web more user-friendly. Steve Bratt says mobile technology is an important part of that work, as more and more people use their phones to go online. One of the challenges (挑战) the Foundation has now is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones.

56.  What does the speaker say about Net users?

       A. The number of Net users is growing fast in developing countries.

       B. Most people in developed world are Net users.

       C. Net users are more active in developing countries.

       D. There are more Net users in developing countries.

57.  Why can’t many people use the Internet?

       A. They don’t have access to Internet.

       B. They can’t understand any foreign language.

       C. They can’t read and write.

       D. They don’t know how to search information.

58.  What’s Tim Berners-Lee’s main purpose of creating the World Wide Web?

       A. To develop the information technology.

       B. To provide ways of communication and study.

       C. To help Net users with their own problems.

       D. To make the Web more user-friendly.

59.  What challenge does World Wide Web Foundation face now?

       A. Making the illiterate have access to Internet.

       B. Creating simplier language for its users.

       C. Attracting more phone users to join its networks.

       D. Making it easier to use the Web.

60.  What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 mean?

       A. Unable to pay.                                                  B. Unble to read or write.

       C. Unable to use together.                                          D. Unable to use.

              For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping---watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some  36  countries, people can turn on their  37  and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and  38  things.

              Teleshopping is becoming  39  in Sweden.  40,  the biggest Swedish company  41  different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping   42, and the French  43  about $20 million a year in buying things through those channels.

              In Germany,  44  last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can  45  for telebusiness,   46  the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German  47  are hoping these will help them sell more things.

              Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without  48.  With all the  49  problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans  50  like this new way of buying things. They call teleshopping “ junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually  51  the quality of the things  52  on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things   53.

              The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be  54  the American companies. They will have to be more careful about  55  of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers can’t touch or see by themselves.

       36.  A. European                B. American         C. African                    D. Asian

       37.  A. radios                            B. switches          C. TVs                         D. lights

       38.  A. some else                                           B. the other

              C. another many                                     D. many other

       39.  A. relaxed                   B. popular            C. disappointing         D. surprising

       40.  A. Such as                   B. For example     C. Therefore               D. In other words

       41.  A. buy                         B. admit               C. sell                          D. organize

       42.  A. websites                B. exhibitions             C. posters                   D. channels

       43.  A. take                        B. cost                 C. spend                            D. pay

       44.  A. until                       B. to                    C. unless                            D. by

       45.  A. make                      B. leave                C. turn on                   D. open

       46.  A. including                B. except                    C. adding                    D. exchanging

       47.  A. people                    B. businessmen    C. women                   D. officials

       48.  A. going out                B. buying things   C. money                    D. time

       49.  A. equipment                    B. traffic                     C. substance               D. lifestyle

       50.  A. still                         B. don’t               C. even                       D. won’t

       51.  A. relate to                 B. give up            C. pick up                   D. worry about

       52.  A. selling                            B. having sold      C. sold                         D. to sell

       53.  A. in the shop                    B. on TV               C. they bought           D. by this way

       54.  A. the same as            B. different from C. as big as                  D. larger than

       55.  A. the quality                    B. the places        C. the number            D. the time

       John was given the same suitcase his father and grandfather ________ with them to school.

       A. took                B. were taking     C. would take                    D. had taken

       Please tell us when your next novel will ________.

       A. come out         B. publish             C. take out                 D. carry out

       She observed an old lady ________ some flowers in the street.

       A. carried             B. to carry            C. carrying                  D. to be carrying

       Tigers ________ meat-eating animals feed on meat.

       A. belonged to                                 B. belonging to

       C. were belonged to                        D. belong to

       ---Why are they pulling down the houses?

       ---________ a new office building.

       A. Making room for                          B. To make room for

       C. Make room for                             D. Having made room for

       ________ everybody is here, let’s begin our meeting ahead of schedule(日程表).

       A. Since               B. When               C. After                       D. Although

       Many people often ________ Germany ________ beer.

       A. connect;through                         B. join;to

       C. join;up                                        D. connect;with