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　　Directions：Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit．

　　I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice boom from across the aisle．

　　“Mom, come here! There's this lady here my size!”

　　The mother rushed to a boy she called Mickey; then she turned to me to apologize．

　　I smiled and told her, “It's okay．” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, Mickey, I'm Darry Kramer．How are you?”

　　He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”

　　“Yes, I have a son．” I answered．

　　“Why are you so little?” he asked．

　　“．．．It is the way I was born．” I said．“Some people are little．Some are tall．I'm just not going to grow any bigger．” After about five more minutes of answering questions, I shook Mickey's hand, and he turned to his mother．

　　My life as a little person is filled with stories like that．I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents．It has taken many years to develop my confidence to be able to do that．

　　It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness．I stand three feet, nine inches tall．I was born an achondroplasia dwarf(侏儒)．Despite this, my parents encouraged me to do all the things the kids around me did when I was growing up．When my neighbors got two－wheel bikes, I got a two－ wheel bike．When they roller－skated, I roller－skated．

　　I didn't realize how short I was until I started school．There, a few kids picked on me, calling me names．Then I knew．After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year．I didn't know who was new and would stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs．

　　As time went on, I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life．I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage．What I lacked in height, I made up for it in personality．

　　I'm 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older．People look in disbelief when they see me get out of my car off the driver's side．During those times, I try to keep a good attitude．When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have－a great family．Nice friends．”

　　And it's the children's questions that make my life special．When I talk with children, they leave content that their questions have been answered．My hope is that in taking time with them, I will encourage them to accept their peers whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect．

1．How was the author brought up?(no more than 9 words)

2．Why does the author enjoy talking to children?(no more than 12 words)

3．When did the author realize that she was short?(no more than 4 words)

4．Please use several words to describe the author's personalities．(at least 3 words)

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　　[1]Interviewing is a skill that can be learned and the key lies in the “three-Ps” of planning, practice and preparation．Here are some tips on making a successful interview．

　　[2]Prepare as well as you possibly can, search the web and research the background of the company and the people who you think are going to be interviewing you．Learn exactly what it is they do and exactly how you would fit in with the company．Most important try to understand the “culture” of the company．You need to communicate in a way that mirrors their company standards; this will show you can fit in that organization．Understand a little of what their competitors are doing．This will show you've bothered to find out where their position in the market is．

　　[3]Just as important is your own personal preparation．Think about the key things you want to communicate and why you would be ideal for the job．Think about you can sound enthusiastic, without sounding desperate; now you can sell yourself．If they ask you a question, such as “tell me about your CV”, and you can't do it fluently, you will find the interviewers will lose interest and you won't get the job．

　　[4]During the interview, be a very good listener and if you can find some common ground with your interviewers, you will have a big advantage over your competitors．The interview is basically an interaction between two people, so how you come across as a person is of upmost importance．As soon as you enter the company building, make sure everyone you meet is left with the impression that you are a pleasant person．Sometimes an interview question might seem very simple but, don't be deceived, there is always a reason for them asking that question．

　　[5]Generally wear a suit and tie, but it does depend on the job you are going for．You should have discovered ,when you studied the company culture, what is expected．For media companies, for example, being smart but casual might be the style they want．They are looking for someone who is comfortable with himself or herself．In this case you should dress for who you are．

　　[6]It is natural if you are nervous, in fact it is a good sign; it shows you are taking the interview seriously．However try to avoid nervous mannerisms, such as tapping your foot or playing with your hair．Positive body language is important, so adopt a good posture．If you slouch in your chair the interviewer will think you could be sloppy in your work as well．Positivity is essential in all aspects of your interview．

1．What is the main idea of the passage?(no more than 8 words)

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2．Give the subtitle for the third paragraph．(no more than 6 words)

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3．What makes you have a big advantage over your competitors?(no more than 20 words)

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4．If you want to apply for a media company, you should wear ________．(no more than 7 words)

5．“it” in the paragraph 6 refers to ________．(no more than 5 words)

阅读下面的短文，请根据文后的要求答题

　　[1]For thousands of young people everywhere, college means taking their first big step into adult life．What you do in your first year of college can have a big effect on the rest of your college years．Here are some tips of mine for you．

　　[2]Plan ahead．By the end of your first week, you'll know when you should finish each of your study tasks．Put those on your list．More importantly, you need to finish them on time．Start making good use of your time at the beginning of the semester and approach your due dates calm and relaxed．

　　[3]Eat right．College students often gain weight in their first year．Without Mom and Dad planning your meals, it's easy to lose track of just how many calories you're taking in．Try to limit the fast food and keep a varied diet．

　　[4]Talk to your professors．College students tend to be afraid of their professors．Don't be．They're there to help you．Visit a professor during his or her office hours just to chat now and again．Tell them about a book you have read , or ask for advice．And, of course, ask for help, whether with a tricky point in your readings or with big life issues(资源)．If nothing of these, a professor can point you in the right direction to find the resources you need．

　　[5]Speak up in class．Ask questions, answer the professor's questions, and share your opinion as much as possible．there are no points for sitting quietly anymore．

　　[6]________．There are so many resources available in the library – magazines, videos, and of course, the books you need for your papers．Learn as much as you can about your library．Talk with the librarians about the resources available in your field．

1．Complete the following sentence according to Paragraph5．(no more than 5 words)

It's useless and meaningless for you to ________ in class．

2．What does the underlined word “those” in Paragraph 2 refer to?(no more than 5 words)

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3．What's the author's advice on eating right?(no more than 10 words)

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4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 6 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

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5．What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 10 words)

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阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

　　[1]It is now possible to watch live sport on television on any day of the week, and the current amount of reporting will undoubtedly increase further in years to come．This is certainly having an influence on the live sports events themselves, and there are both benefits and shortcomings to this．

　　[2]Why has there been such growth in televised sport? For one thing, with digital broadcasting, there are now many more TV channels than there were even ten years ago．Moreover, sport has become an important form of entertainment, appealing to both men and women．

　　[3]When are the benefits of this state of affairs? One obvious advantage to the profession is the addition of money provided by television companies．Large football clubs benefit financially from TV income and the top players can command very large salaries．Less popular sports also receive money that can be used in training and awareness－raising．What's more, there is a health benefit to some of the population, because through televised sport, more people have become interested in actually playing sport．

　　[4]However, ________ if so much sport is on television．Considering football again, many small clubs have suffered financial losses recently, as they cannot compete with the large ones．There has been a general falling in ticket sales, especially among smaller clubs．Fewer people attend live matches nowadays, preferring to watch from the comfort of their living room．And ticket prices have risen greatly．

　　[5]To sum up, while televised sport has created many opportunities and benefited certain people and clubs very much, it has also been responsible for changing the nature of live sports events for ever．

1．What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 8 words)

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2．Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 2．(no more than 3 words)

There has been a great increase in TV channels in the past few years with the help of ________________

3．Point out the advantage of televised sport which does not concern money in Paragraph3．(no more than 3 words)

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4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(no more than 6 words)

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5．What does the word "it"(Line2, Paragraph5)probably refer to?(no more than 3 words)

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DDiretions：Read the folloning passage．Answer the questions accoeding to the information givan in the passage．

　　Two weeks ago, I had a quareel with my husband, After he had driven off in anger, I realizeed that I wasn't going to feel any better just sitting there．Feeling abandoned and guilty,

　　I put on my gym shoes to get some fresh air．

　　Our driveway has a slope(斜坡)that is easier just to jog down if you are lazy, taking advantage of gravity．Instead of stopping at the and of the slope．I decidcd to see if I could just jog to the end of the street．I had tried a few months ago and failed miserably．Since that first attempt I had been jogging regularly and was significantly fitter, but still very lazy．However this time around I Mangaged to reach the stop sign with ease and I figured I would go a little further．

　　After about one kilometer, however, I notice that my upper body was tense．To make the movement easier Ihad to to relax m body, and tricd to take deep breaths of air．

　　I kept giving myself the escuse to syou．No one would be disappointed．No one would even know．But I didn't stop．I wanted to stop going harder, better, stronger．To my great surprise, I ran 4.9 km in 31 minutes．When I got back, I had tears in my eyes．I did something I thought I could never do．

　　It was the first long run of my life．Since I have improved my stride(步幅)and time.After every run I feel fitter, happier and motivated to keep progressing．I love the runner's high, I normally jog beasuse I want to look good．I want to run because it makes me feel good．

1．Why did the author feel guitty?(No more than 9 words)

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2．What did the author fail to do miserably few months ago?(no more than 11 words)

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3．What excuses did the author keep giving herself to stop?(no more than 9 words)

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4．How is running different from jogging to the author?(no more than 14 words)

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正计划选一个景点去过周末．阅读以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中六个景点的介绍，选出符合个人个性特长的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

1．Now Obama has been President of the USA．Rodney is very excited because his grandfather used to be a friend of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and devoted himself to the struggle of civil rights for black people in the USA．He wants very much to find a museum where he can learn more about their struggle．

2．Noticing Sandra has been very tired from weeks of hard work at her lessons, her father decides to take her for a relaxation visit to an entertainment place．Now Sandra is asked to pick out an attraction where her father can see some wonderful exhibits, while she herself can enjoy some splendid music．

3．As a hard－working student who will head for the major that has a lot to do with botany after he graduates from high school, Rachel hopes to find an attraction which offers him the knowledge of plants and the connection between plants and nature．

4．As an active and energetic student, Duane has a special interest in the great athletes, great champions and their achievements of his state．Therefore, he has a strong desire that he should find a wonderful place where he can feast his eyes by using the coming weekend．

5．Maybe greatly affected by his father who is a well－known scientist, Horace has shown a great gift for science．Now he has come up with an idea：Why not try to find a science centre where he himself can do some real scientific actions?

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　　[1]Ashley Power's mother bought a computer for her when she was eight．When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn't find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk．And one day she thought, “If I had my own website, I'd make it a really interesting site for teenagers．”

　　[2]So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called Goosehead．She had no idea how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees．

　　[3]After a few years, the website closed down．Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life．The book is about how to design a website and start a business．It begins with a section called “All About Ashley,” where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen．“ I was so happy．But it was crazy in a lot of ways．I got very stressed．I mean, I was only sixteen-I didn't even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you'd be stressed, too!“

　　[4]In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them．And don't listen when ________, because I heard ‘no' a lot．Just keep going until you hear ‘yes'!”

1．For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead?(no more than 10 words)

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2．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?(no more than 6 words)

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3．According to paragraph 3, what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down?(no more than 10 words)

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4．How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company?(no more than 5 words)

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5．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．

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阅读下面短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的字数要求)

　　[1]Losing weight is hard enough．Keeping it off is even harder．Now a new study by researchers at Penn State suggests that the techniques that work for losing weight aren't necessarily the same as those that help keep you slim．

　　[2]First the researchers surveyed over 1, 100 people who had achieved significant weight loss and maintained(维持)it．The researchers identified 36 weight－loss and weight－maintenance practices that at least10％ of the group used．

　　[3]Then the researchers conducted a national telephone survey of overweight people who had tried to lose weight and keep it off with varying success： about 11％reported successfully losing weight, and 21％ were able to maintain that loss for at least a year．

　　[4]The survey found people who ________ did so by participating in weight loss programs, cutting back on sugar, eating healthy snacks, not skipping meals and participating in different types of exercise．

　　[5]Still．Say many nutrition and obesity experts．The basic principles of weight loss and maintenance are the same; you have to eat a healthy diet and increase your exercise．people who lose weight and keep it off tend to eat significantly healthier foods and do a lot more exercise than the average American．

　　[6]But what may maintain between weight－loss and maintenance is a person's attitude; rather than focusing on actively losing weight in the short term．People have to start focusing on long－term, permanent lifestyle changes and behaviors, if they want to maintain the weight that's been lost．The key to success, experts agree, is motivation, not necessarily the particulars of your weight－loss program．

1．How does the author introduce the topic of the text?(no more than 8words)

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2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph4 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

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3．What is the most important about keeping weight off successfully according to the experts?(no more than 3 words)

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4．What do experts say about weight loss and maintenance?(no more than 10 words)

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5．What is the main idea of the text?(no more t han 8 words)

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阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

　　[1]An e－book is a book in an electronic format．It is downloaded to a computer, PC, Mac, PDA or any other kind of computer, and is read on the screen．It can have numbered pages, table of contents, pictures and graphs, exactly like a printed book．Here are some advantages of e－books．

　　[2]One advantage of the e－book format is the widespread availability of free books with expired(到期的)copyrights．The complete works of authors like Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jane Austen are freely available for downloads online．

　　[3]Shifting(转换)to using e－books instead of regular books can save amounts of space．Replacing old physical books with electronic versions(版本)allows you to throw out old bookcases and simplifies moving．Even if you don't have any regular book in your house, you still can go through your own books and enjoy reading．

　　[4]Many people like to mark up their regular books to help them remember key passages or to record their thoughts as they read．Modern e－books allow you to do ________ thing, electronically underlining and recording notes．You may also search the complete text of the book for special words and phrases．

　　[5]E－books can be downloaded instantly, with no need to go to the store or wait for a book to arrive in the mail．The files (文件) that contain e－books are very small as well, meaning that they take very little time to download．E－books readers can download books directly to the unit without requiring an external Internet connection

　　[6]Most e－books are sold for ＄10 or less．It is much lower than the retail(零售)price from most retailers．Textbooks are for sale as e－books from many publishers at half price or lower．Even brand－new bestsellers are available as e－books at lower prices．

1．What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 5 words)

2．Complete the following statement with proper words to make it closest in meaning to the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5．(no more than 5 words)

3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

4．List the advantages of e－books according to Paragraphs 2－3．(no more than 10 words)

5．What does the word “It”(Line 1, Paragraph 6)probably refer to?(no more than 6 words)

阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后面的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)

　　Being able to connect with others through small talk can lead to big things, according to Debra Fine, author of "The Fine Art of Small Talk．"

　　Fine and her fellow authorities on making small talk offer the following tips for starting－and ending－conversations：

　　1．As you prepare for a conference, come up with three things to talk about as well as four generic questions that will get others talking．If you've met the host before, ________, such as her passion for a sport or a charity you're both involved in．

　　2．Be the first to say "Hello．" If you're not sure the other person will remember you, offer your name to ease the pressure．For example："Charles Bartlett? Lynn Schmidt－good to see you again．" Smile first and always shake hands when you meet someone．

　　3．Have something interesting to contribute．Keeping up with current events and culture will provide you with great conversation builders, leading with "What do you think of…? " "Have you heard…? " Stay away from negative or controversial topics．

　　4．Have a few exit lines ready so that you can both gracefully move on．For example, "I need to check in with a client over there, " "I skipped lunch today, so I need to visit the buffet, " or you can offer to refresh their drink．

　　When should you exit a conversation? According to Susan RoAne, author and speaker known as the "Mingling Maven, " your aim in all conversations should be to make a good impression and leave people wanting more．To do that, she advises："Be bright．Be brief．Be gone．"

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

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3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．What do you think the author do with in the last two paragraphs?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentences in the fourth paragraph into Chinese．

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