Britain's most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using “sorry I had no signal" when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found.

Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1500 every year. Almost one in six men admitted they were most likely to lie to their wife or girlfriend, on average at least twice a day. The most popular lie was saying you had no mobile phone signal, with one in four people admitting regularly using the little white lie. It usually came after they hit the “ignore" button when their mobile rang.

Three quarters of people think women are better liars. The research found 46 per cent of girls have been caught lying, compared to 58 of men.

The second most common fib（无关紧要的谎言） is “I haven't got any cash on me” when asked for money by tramps (流浪者), beggars and Big Issue sellers. “Nothing's wrong – I'm fine” came third followed by “You look lovely” and “Nice to see you”. 

Modern technology turned out to have contributed to many lies with “I didn't get your text” in 18th, “Our server was down” in 20th and “My battery died” in 26th place.

Other lies to make the top ten included “I'll give you a ring”, “We're just good friends” and “We'll have to meet up soon”. “I'm on my way” and “No, your bum doesn't look big in that” completed the top ten.

Men tell the most fibs, coming out with five every day compared to women who lie just three times.

In many cases perhaps it is better to flatter with a fib than destroy someone with the truth, according to a spokesman for OnePoll, which carried out the research of 4,300 adults.

1.Whether the person being called has pushed the “ignore” button or ______, the caller at the other end hears the same tone.

    A. really has no signal                 B. can’t get the text

    C. has a battery failure                D. answers the call

2.Most people think women are better liars because ______.

    A. there’re more women liars               B. fewer women liars are found out

    C. women tell less harmful lies         D. women are harder to convince

3.“Our server was down” is perhaps a lie told as an excuse for not ______.

    A. inviting a friend to dinner              B. responding to an e-mail

    C. coming to a party on time                D. cleaning one’s room

4.“You look lovely” and “I’m on my way” rank _____ on the popular-lie list.

    A. 3rd and 8th        B. 5th and 10th       C. 4th and 9th   D. 5th and 12th

5.The OnePoll spokesman seems to think it’s ______ for the British to lie so much.

    A. puzzling       B. disgusting     C. impossible         D. reasonable

Section One

The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher (哲学家) Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin (拉丁语的) word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.

Section Two

The emblem, showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which showcases the various urban cultures of the world.

Section Three

Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.

The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.

Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”

1.Section One mainly tells about ______.

    A. the part cities play in human civilization   B. the development of the word “city”

    C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai     D. where human civilization originated

2.The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

    A. the civilization B. the philosopher      C. the word         D. the city

3.Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures they describe?

4.In Section Three, the second paragraph explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of the Chinese word “人”.

    A. story               B. meaning       C. shape           D. usage

5.The underlined word “stroke” in the second paragraph of Section Three means ______.

    A. one of the ideas a word has          B. a line made by a writing tool

    C. a member of a family or the society      D. a person who has met with trouble

    阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

[1] My daughter did an experiment for me two summers ago. She applied to job openings she’d found on a couple of big online job boards.    She mailed the applications and waited. And waited. After sending out 100 resumes(履历表), specially addressed to each organization’s human resources(HR) manager, fewer than five HR departments took the time to reply, or acknowledged receipt.

    [2] What happened?

    [3] Maybe in the thirty seconds or so of attention that her resume received, each HR person made a snap decision. It seemed that 95 of them were unimpressioned.

    [4] Or, maybe, out of the 300 other resumes HR had received that morning, they had already scheduled a requisite（必要的） number of interviews. Or, maybe HR simply forwarded her resume to the hiring manager who was supposed to call her for an interview.

    [5] Or, maybe they thought her resume was fairly generic（一般的） and they didn’t have time to figure out if she might be a good fit, with the necessary skills, attitudes, and the desire to do the job.

    [6] Most likely, the real reason why she didn’t get an interview was the last one. HR didn’t have time to figure out how she would work in their company.

    [7] This happens all the time. I think most job seekers make the serious mistake of thinking that all they need to do is tell the HR department what they did in the past.

    [8] That might be OK for some hiring managers, but most want to know the answer to one question: How can this applicant help us right now? If your resume does not answer that question, or sufficiently tell a story about how you may be able to help, you won’t have a shot at the job in this market.

    [9] Before you can answer that question, however, you need to do some research on the company. Find out everything you can about the company, including the departments, the people, the products, markets, and the plans for the future.

    [10] Information is power, and it is available quite easily. Don’t expect HR to figure out how you might fit into their organization. You _________ instead. This is the surest way to get the interview.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?(within 20 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

You should tell the HR what you can do for them in your resume and then you may be able to find a job.

____________________________________________________________________________

3.Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words.(within 8 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

4.List two of the reasons why most HR managers even didn’t give the girl a reply.

(each within 10 words)

①__________________________________________________________________________

②__________________________________________________________________________

5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese.

____________________________________________________________________________

南非世界杯将于2010年6月举行。组委会定于5月底在旅游城市威海举行宣传活动，邀请各国朋友到南非看球赛。现招聘义务宣传员。假如你叫李华，有意应聘，请根据以下要点给组委会写一封信：

1. 你英语口语好，在山东省英语口语比赛中获一等奖，能承担翻译工作；

2. 喜欢体育运动；

3. 组织主题班会活动，邀请其他同学参加。

注意：1. 词数120－150；

    　 2. 可适当增加细节。

 —Would you mind if my friend came along?

           .

    A．Sorry, I don't                  B．Yes, go ahead

    C．No, please don't                D．It's fine with me

 progress you have made. Congratulations to you!

    A．What great     B．How great      C．What a great   D．How great a

 Millions of pounds' worth of damage _____ by a storm which swept across the southeast of China last month.

A. has been caused               B. had been caused  

C. will be caused                D. will have been caused

 —Was it there ______ you were away to see your friend off?

—I’m not sure. But when I got back, it was gone.

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

 The flowers        sweet in the garden attracted the visitors to the beauty of nature.

    A．smell          B．smelt          C．smelling       D．to be smelt

 —May I see your ticket, please? I think you ________ in my seat.   

—Oh, you’re right. My seat is upstairs. I’m terribly sorry.

A. are sitting     B. sit             C. sat             D. have sat