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　　Martin Luther King, the son of a minister in the church, was born in 1929 in the southeast of the United States. When he was a boy, he 　1　making friends and disliked 　2　in any form. At the age of fifteen, he 　3　an entrance prize to a college in one of the 　4　states, where black people have equal 　5　and were free to live, study and work 　6　they wished. But, at this 　7　,the southern states 　8　their laws to continue the 　9　of blacks and whites, though slavery was 　10　early in 1865.

　　In the southern states 　11　were passed to forbid(禁止) whites to marry blacks. There 　12　shops, restaurants. Hospitals, buses, trains and schools for blacks. Blacks were not 　13　to vote(选举) in the southern states 　14　they passed a reading test.

　　King thought it was 　15　and necessary for blacks to win 　16　civil(国内的) rights by 　17　revolution, not by fighting and killing. He 　18　the government so set blacks free and give them 　19　.

　　In 1964, he got the Nobel Prize for 　20　and gave the whole of the $ 54,600 prize to the 　21　movement. In the same year a new Civil Rights Act was passed to 　22　blacks equally. In 1965 a new Voting Rights Bill became law. 　23　, all blacks had the rights to vote.

　　King was 　24　on April 4th, 1968, because he made many 　25　in the black liberation movement. He was considered as an important leader in the black liberation movement.

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A．started　　　B．hated　　　C．continued　　　D．liked

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A．speaking　　　B．playing　　　C．fighting　　　D．working

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A．brought　　　B．won　　　C．caught　　　D．stole

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A．free　　　B．other　　　C．southern　　　D．northern

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A．life　　　B．conditions　　　C．rights　　　D．education

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A．as　　　B．so　　　C．when　　　D．as

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A．college　　　B．time　　　C．end　　　D．beginning

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A．planned　　　B．broke　　　C．passed　　　D．improved

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A．relations　　　B．separation　　　C．fights　　　D．opinions

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A．on　　　B．over　　　C．refused　　　D．ended

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A．rules　　　B．orders　　　C．laws　　　D．suggestions

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A．separated　　　B．newly-built　　　C．special　　　D．cheap

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A．allowed　　　B．asked　　　C．hoped　　　D．invited

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A．so that　　　B．because　　　C．if　　　D．unless

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A．valuable　　　B．right　　　C．possible　　　D．useful

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A．a few　　　B．equal　　　C．a great many　　　D．simple

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A．hard　　　B．peaceful　　　C．fighting　　　D．public

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A．forced　　　B．ordered　　　C．agreed　　　D．organized

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A．truth　　　B．everything　　　C．rights　　　D．food

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A．Physics　　　B．Politics　　　C．Science　　　D．Peace

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A．slave　　　B．peace　　　C．progress　　　D．freedom

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A．receive　　　B．help　　　C．treat　　　D．educate

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A．Also　　　B．However　　　C．Once　　　D．From then on

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A．murdered　　　B．destroyed　　　C．forbidden　　　D．finished

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A．decisions　　　B．changes　　　C．plans　　　D．enemies

Employers fear they will be unable to recruit (招募) students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey ___21___.

Nearly half of the organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find ___22___ with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), ___23___ even more companies expect to experience ___24___ of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.

The Confederation of British Industry___25___694 businesses and organizations across the public and ___26___sectors , which together employ 2.4 million people.

Half are ___27___ they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to ___28___ enough employees with the right A-level skills.

　　“___29___ we move further role recovery and businesses plan ___30___ growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will ___31___.” said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. “Firms say it is already hard to find people with the right ___32___ or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top ___33___ to encourage more young people to study science-related ___34___.”

　　The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects (预期) ___35___ they studied business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers ___36___least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don’t insist on a ___37___ degree subject . A third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.

The research ___38___ worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK ___39___. Half of the employer expressed worries about employees’ basic literacy and numeracy（计算) skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, ___40___ two-thirds reported concerns.

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When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.
Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored(发起) “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
【小题1】“Talk of the town” means　　　.

A．the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom was dancing

B．it made Tom look taller

C．the eight–foot–tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted

D．the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller

A．Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.

B．People are always disappointed during war time.

C．Entertainment can serve an important purpose.

D．People should be married when they are small children.

We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as much as "regular" coffee and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a slight decline when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline).
　　The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Do you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military?
　　Market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections.
　　Another product extension strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture（夺回） world markets. Note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.
46. According to the passage, when people grow accustomed to one particular brand of a product, its            sales will ______.                       
A. decrease gradually                                 B. become unstable
C. improve enormously                            D. remain at the same level
47. The first paragraph tells us that a new product is _____ .
　A. usually introduced to satisfy different tastes
　B. often more expensive than old ones
　C. often inferior to old ones at first
　D. not easily accepted by the public
48. Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to _____ .
　A. work out marketing policies                   B. promote its production
　 C. increase its popularity                                      D. speed up its life cycle
49. The author mentions the example of "backpacks"(Line 4, Para.2 ) to show the importance of             _______ .
　 A. increasing usage among students       B. pleasing the young as well as the old
　 C. exploring new market sections             D. serving both military and civil needs
50. In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are _______ .
　 A. improving product feature                     B. making their products better
C. modernizing product style                    D. increasing product quantity