A good advertisement,people attach positive meanings, can contribute to the sales of a product．

— It is important for you to find               appropriate course at college．

—I can't agree more．It's         decision that affects the whole family．

Don't be so discouraged．If you         such feeling，you will do better next time．

Not having work out the problem,          leave the office．

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My wife was shouting at Sindu again．I threw the paper away and rushed to the scene．Mydaughter Sindu looked 36__．Her eyes were wet with tears．In front of her was a bowl 37___with bitter melon．Sindu particularly hated bitter melon, but my wife believed      38__ in the “cooling effects" of bitter melon. I tried to 39__ Sindu to take a fewmouthfuls．She   40__ down a bit and wiped her tears．Then she said she would eat the 41__bowl of bitter melon on condition that I gave her whatever she asked for．I agreed．Slowly and 42__ , she finished the whole bowl．After that, Sindu came to me with her eyeswide with 43__. To our surprise, she wanted to have her head   44__. "Impossible!"shouted my wife．However, I knew that if I   45__ on my promise, Sindu would neverlearn to  46  her own．So I decided to keep my promise．

On Monday morning, I 47__ her off at school．Just then，a boy shouted, "Sindu,wait for me!" What struck me was  48  hairless head．I was about to leave when a ladycame to me and said, "Sir, your   49__is great indeed!" I didn't 50__.She continued,“That boy is my son．He is   51__from Leukemia（白血病）．He lost all his hair_ 52__the side effects of the chemotherapy（化疗）? He   53__to come back to school because hewas afraid that the kids at school would make fun of him．Sindu visited him last week andpromised to help him, but I   54__imagined that she would sacrifice her lovely hair for thesake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a（n） 55__ soul for achild．”

I didn't know what to say．It was then that I knew what love really was．

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            Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, fundingcuts, and many other administrative chores and started to dream of retirement．Sitting in trafficon a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering．I would imagine spending time withmy grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books．Itold myself that I wouldn't sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anythingrequiring a schedule．

My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me,leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends．On thesecond day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper …On the third day, ...This is retirement? Itried to tell myself that it was just the transition, that those golden moments were right roundthe corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough．But something was missing．

A former colleague asked a favor．A group of students was going to Jamaica to work withchildren in the poorest neighbourhood．Would I interrupt my newfound "happiness" and returnto the students, just this once? One trip．That's all．My bags were packed and by the door．

The trip was very inspiring．I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by thesense of responsibility of the young people on the trip．When I returned home, I offered to workone day a week with a local youth organization．The experience was so positive that I was soonvolunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them intheir voluntary work．

Now，it seems, the tables have turned ．Some days I am the teacher, other days I am thestudent．These young people have reawakened my commitment to social justice issues bychallenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poorand suffer because of greed, corruption and war．Most importantly, they have given me theopportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions．In return, I help them do theircharitable projects overseas．I've gone from running one school to helping oversee theconstruction of schools in twenty-one countries!

1.What did the writer expect to do after he retired?

2.Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?

3.The underlined part "the tables have turned" （Paragraph 5 ） means that thewriter  ．

4.What does the writer think of his retired life now?

            People can be addicted to different things— e．g．alcohol, drug, certain foods，or eventelevision．People who have such an addiction are compulsive: they have a very powerfulpsychological need that they feel they must satisfy．According to psychologists, many peopleare compulsive spenders．They feel that they must spend money．This compulsion, like mostothers, is impossible to explain reasonably．For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, chargeaccounts are even more exciting than money．In other words, compulsive spenders feel thatwith credit, they can do anything．Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greaterthan the pleasure that they get from the things they buy．

There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting．To save money, of course, mostpeople look for sales, low prices, and discounts．Compulsive bargain hunters，however, oftenbuy things that they don't need just because they are cheap．They want to believe that they arehelping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game．When they can buysomething for less than other people, they feel that they are winners．Most people, expertsclaim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and thereal reason．

It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, butalso business people．Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business．They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs andopinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods．

Psychologists often use a method called "behavior therapy（疗法）"to help individuals solvetheir personality problems．In the same way, they can help people who feel that they haveproblems with money．

1.According to psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts ofmoney              ．

2.According to the passage, compulsive bargain hunters are often in search of the lowest possible prices                      .

3.The passage is mainly talking about．

4.From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargainhunters .

"But Ijust paid 1．69 for this bottle of wine last week．How is it that the price is 2.25?"

There are at least three things going on that have caused the price of wine to rise．All haveto do with the supply and demand factors of economics．

The first factor is that people are drinking more wine than ever before．This demand formore wine has increased wine sales in America at the rate of 15 percent a year．

The second factor is that the supply of wine has stayed relatively the same, which meansthat the same number of bottles is produced each year．Wine producers are trying to open upnew land to grow more grapes．But in at least three wine producing areas of the world-France,Germany, and California --- new vineyards（葡萄园）will not be useable in the near future．Wines are produced in other countries, such as Italy, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Argentine,Australia, Austria, and Chile．And these wines will be seen more often on the American market．But none of these countries will be able to fill the good wines．

The third factor is that costs of wine production are soaring．The workers who make wineare asking for more money, and the machinery needed to press the grapes is becoming moreexpensive．

When the demand for something is greater than the supply, prices go up．When productioncosts, meaning the price of labor and machinery rise, the producer adds this increase to theprice of the wine．For these reasons, that bottle of wine now costs 2．25 instead of 1．69．

1.What is the main idea of this passage?

2.This passage is written to      ．

3.Theunderlined word "soaring" means"___ .

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（答案涂在答题卡上E="AB" F="AC" G=AD）

No．1 Will the economic climate improve this year?

I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so．

No．2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?

I won't say a degree isn't important．一____1 ____．When I look at potential employees, I look atwhat they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow．

No．3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?

No job is safe．Never will it be．The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, fiveyears．And that's on the long side．  2__Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moralcompass and know what gives your life meaning．

No．4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a andidate?

Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history．Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able tofind something about him or her．Then develop an "outsider's view" of their key needs andopportunities．  3___

No．5 I'm graduating from business school this spring．  4___

If you haven't already secured an internship（职业院校证）within your chosen field, do sonow．Take any internship; forget about being paid．  5___ the experience in your field andthe opportunity to check out onto a possible employee．Your connections, and yourconnectionsconnections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews．

A．You are after two things．

B．Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem．

C．Will technology create more jobs?

D．Any job advice?

E．But nothing beats experience．

F．What will keep you alive?

G．Differentjobs needs different skills．

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

When Jack bowed to someone, he always did it much too quickly．They needn't to wait

any longer after he finished nodding his head．So he was blamed for no manner．Then a

warm-hearted man teaches him, "When you bow to somebody next time, you can count the

January, February, March, until December．Then you can lift your body．Thus, the ceremony

will almost perfect．The next day, he met his uncle, but he did as the man told him to．The bow

was too long that it made his uncle escape soon with a surprising look．When Jack looked

down, he found his uncle gone．So he asked a passer-by, "In which month did she go away?"