It is believed that the tight employment market has forced job seekers to_______whatever work is available.

A．take up

B．take down

C．take off

D．take on

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
小题1:Have you ever had a case ____________________________________ making a mistake? (accuse)
你有没有过这样的情况：有人因为你犯了错误而指责你？
小题2:It is David as well as his wife _______________________________ for their son’s bad performance at school. (blame)
David 和他的妻子应该为他们的儿子在学校的不良表现而受到责备。
小题3:With _________________________, I am afraid I can’t go to the party tonight. (handle)[&X&X&K]
有这么多的问题要处理，我恐怕今天不能去参加晚会了。
小题4:Mr. Smith demanded that the problem worthy of attention__________________ at the meeting. (discuss)
史密斯先生要求在会上讨论那个值得关注的问题。
小题5:Be careful! The machine starts ______________________________ the button. (instant)
小心点！你一按按钮机器就启动了。
小题6:The fact __________________________________ four countries makes Mary surprised. (consist)
英国由四个国家组成的事实令Mary大吃一惊。
小题7: ___________________ strong sunlight for too long, his shoulders were badly sunburned. (expose)
长时间地暴露在强烈的阳光下，他的肩膀被严重地晒伤了。
小题8:Don’t worry! Mom _________________________________ a car to meet her at the airport. (arrange)
不要担心！妈妈一定已经安排车去机场接她了。
小题9:Only if people of all countries are united _________________________________ to environmental protection. (difference)
只有在所有国家的人民都联合起来的条件下我们才能使环境保护有效果。
小题10:How can I believe! This is the third time that _____________________________ in a month. (fall)
真不敢相信！这已经是他一个月内第三次生病了。

Mrs Taylor has an 8­year­old daughter who has a(n) ______ for painting — she has won two national prizes.

A．gift

B．interest

C．present

D．ability

------I didn't mean ______ my mother.
------But talking to her like that meant ______ her.

A．hurting; hurting

B．to hurt; hurting

C．hurting; to hurt

D．to hurt; to hurt

Young people are definitely less courageous (勇敢的) than they were 30 years ago. Why is this? It’s because they are spoiled, and take for granted everything that they have or are given.
Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. At that time, young people were taught that to get anything or get anywhere in life, they’d have to work for it and earn it.
If young people aren’t being taught the basics of respecting others, and aren’t being taught that they need to work to make a living, then where are they to learn courage?
Courage isn’t necessarily about risking your life, for whatever reason. It is about being able to face any kind of hardship, and to make decisions and face the consequences of those decisions.
Courage means being able to learn from hard times, and to take those lessons with you through life. It means having the resourcefulness (足智多谋) to find ways to deal with your problems yourself, and not being afraid to do so.
Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life. Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.
If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them, and teach them the skills necessary to make basic life decisions on their own.
Once these basic principles are instilled (灌输) in our young people, I think we’ll find that they are more courageous than we could have dreamed, and more like the young people of thirty years ago than we had ever imagined.
It’s time to go back to older values and ideas, and to bring courage back into our young people and society.

Theme	小题1:_____with young people 30 years ago, those are less courageous.
The behavior of young people today	*They generally show 小题2:_____for elders and other people. *They take for granted whatever they have or receive. *Many of them are too小题3:_____ on their parents or other relatives to get them through life.
小题4:______	*They are not小题5:_____ of the basics of respecting others. *They are not taught to work hard to 小题6:____ their dreams    *They don’t have the 小题7:______ to make wise decisions and overcome difficulties independently. *They tend to expect others, such as their parents or siblings, to help them out when they are in小题8:____.
Tips	*Never 小题9:____ them; only help them when necessary. *Teach them the skills they need to make basic life decisions by themselves.
Conclusion	It’s time we went back to older values and ideas, and小题10:____ courage back into our young people and society.

Before the war broke out, many people       in safe places possessions they could not take with them.

A．threw away

B．put away

C．gave away

D．carried away

Come and see me whenever _______.

A．you are convenient	B．it is convenient for you
C．you will be convenient	D．it will be convenient for you

阅读下面的短文，根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。
【1】Entering a study abroad program was a personal program for myself. College had not been fun up until that point. I was looking for excitement. After meeting a guy who loved to travel, he convinced me that studying abroad was one of the best decisions he had ever made and that I should try it. Immediately I visited my study abroad office and discovered many choices. I only spoke Spanish, but not fluently enough to feel comfortable in a program that was based in Spain or Mexico. This meant I needed a country that spoke English. Finally I chose the University of Central London.
【2】Many people hesitate before studying abroad because they think they__________. I went to college on loans(贷款), so a semester abroad would be no different. The additional expenses, such as food and travel, were the most expensive part of the trip. Any student travelling abroad received part of a grant donated to our school. This took almost $ 2,000 off the cost of my trip.
【3】Looking back on my experience years later, I am grateful that I took the chance and studied in London. I made a number of friends in London with locals, who are willing to help me anytime. I never felt unsafe because they would show me how to live in London, where to go and how to get anywhere I needed to go.
【4】My favorite memories in London is turn around my classwork. When studying abroad I took an English class that focused on British humor. During this class we watched British films and went to live performances. Before this class, I never understood British humor, and now I enjoy it more than American humor. My favorite class was art history. I cannot express to anyone how interesting it was to take art history in London.
【5】When people ask me if I would study abroad again, I exclaim, “yes!” You will never learn any lessons or information like you do when travelling abroad to a foreign country. As a person you will grow independent from everything. You will learn how to make friends and survive alone on your own. You will also learn to respect and understand other cultures.  
小题1: What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)
____________________________________________________________________
小题2:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
___________________________________________________________________
小题3:What does the author think of his English local friends? (no more than 6 words)
___________________________________________________________________
小题4:What did the author do during his English class? (no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________
小题5:What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5? (no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的词数要求）。
My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I had finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA (美国宇航局) was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover (火星探测器). Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind, Curiosity.
I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind…”
Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.
On August 5, 2012, at 10: 31pm, the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.
Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She would tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them. That’s what I love so much about space.
People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.
小题1:How did the author get the news about the essay contest? (within 7 words)
        
小题2:In which year was the author born according to the passage? (within 2 words)
       
小题3:Why did author have a front-row seat in NASA? (within 10 words)
       
小题4:What does the author remember about the time spent with Grandma? (within 15 words)[
       
小题5:What does the underlined phrase “hole up” in the last paragraph probably mean? (1 word)
       

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（∧），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。
As a child I dreamed of become a movie star, while my best friend Jim wants to be a director. One day he asked me that I wanted to star in a movie he was making. It based on the story of another friend of ours, Kate. She once gets lost in a forest, but managed to find his way home. It was an interesting story, so the movie never got off the ground because of we didn’t even have a camera. In fact, we just wanted to playing games in the forest. However, it is one of the most unforgettable childhood memory I have.