After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.

I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really a mazed at what I saw.

Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!

The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.

Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly（组装）line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.

After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.

1.The shirts from Mr. Hobbs’ factory can be described as ____.

A．of low quality

B．of high quality

C．fashionable

D．unfashionable

2.Why did Mr. Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?

A．The factory was too big.

B．The factory was not producing fast enough.

C．The factory was not big enough.

D．The writer was a college graduate.

3.Which is not likely to happen in the factory?

A．The workers will have more rest in the day.

B．Someone will examine the final product.

C．New machines will be bought.

D．The factory will be repainted.

4.Big Jim may get fired mainly because ____.

A．he was slow

B．he wasted much time

C．he was absent-minded

D．the work flow was irregular

 

 

第三节  书面表达（15分）

假如你叫Jack，参加学校开展的“有困难向谁求助”（Whom do you turn to when in trouble?）的调查活动，调查结果如下表。请用英语给校报编辑写一封信反映相关内容。

求助对象	比例	理  由
同学、朋友	58％	年龄相仿，容易理解与交流
老师、家长	30％	有爱心、有经验，可以信任
无	12％	不愿与人交流，难以与人沟通

注意：1.内容要点全面，并表达出你的观点。为了使文章连贯，可适当增加内容。

2.词数：100词左右。

Dear editor,

I'm a student in Senior one. We have made a survey--"Who do you turn to when in trouble?" Here are the results._________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you. Best wishes

Yours

Jack

 

"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?" "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."

A. in          B. to              C. on          D. with

"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"

"Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."

　　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Miss Green was watching TV. Suddenly the program stopped . "Now we broadcast an important notice from the   36  : At about nine this evening , an old woman of 79 ,named Mrs Humney , was 37  and killed by a robber (抢劫犯)wearing a green coat . Those who can supply any clue (线索）are requested to  38   to the police ." The  39  news made the lonely girl filled with  40   .She couldn't help looking around .But she didn't  41  that a man was already behind the door.

    Suddenly the man  _42   before Miss Green . The girl didn't know what to __43  . " Just put your necklace on the table, then I’ll  44  whether I shall be safe to stay here for the night." said the robber. That made her even more terrified , but she tried to  45  herself.

    Just then there came the whistle of a police car .Then  46   the door bell. The man said with a pistol(手枪） 47  the girl's back, " Don't  48  the door. Never let him in." But the girl got a(n)  49  . She asked the man outside the door , " Who is it ?" "I'm Bull. Is there  50  unusual here ?" "No, there isn't ." Immediately she added  51   ," only 52   and I are here." "Good night, " Bull replied in the same loud voice.

    A few minutes later. The sound of the  53  died away. " It's well done, " the robber laughed. Almost at the same time the glass was  54  into pieces . The policemen  55  into the room and caught the robber.

    "Miss Green , what you said made us take action right away, " said Bull, " for we know that you have no brother."

36. A. police      B. government           C. army                     D. prison

A. hit               B. stolen                      C. robbed                    D. cheated

A .announce            B. know                    C. provide                 D. report

. A .terrible            B exciting                  C. strange                 D. funny

A. anger            B. fear                         C surprise                   D. sadness

A .feel               B. look                       C .hear                     D. notice

A. came                B .appeared                 C .walked                  D. ran

. A. say               B .make                      C. do                           D. deal

A. decide            B .consider                 C .hope                  D. doubt

A .protect            B .scare                        C. free                    D. calm

A .touched            B. hit                          C .rang                     D. struck

A .against            B .in                          C .to                     D .over

A .knock            B. shut                      C .lean                      D. open

A .belief               B. idea                         C .help                  D .voice

A. anything           B. something              C. anyone                  D. someone

. A .excited              B. anxiously             C .loudly                 D .bravely

. A .my friend        B. my neighbour            C .the robber          D. my brother

A. policeman       B. police car              C .robber                    D. footsteps

A .turned               B .brought                   C .broken                D. changed

A. slipped             B .went                       C .fell                         D. hurried