A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).

A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67  1. the list. In the final stage she had an i  68   2.together with another girl. B  69   3.of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.

The girl was s  70  4.in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .5.At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72   6.Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73   7.

at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74  8. you are ready.”

The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75  9. to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76  10. try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”

That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.

Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife   1  two teenage children did something we haven’t    2  for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all   3  it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was   4  when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the   5  of communicating face-to-face. We all know  6  young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time   7  their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to   8  communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually   9  to them.
If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our   10 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

单词拼写。根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】One of the rules is that all the students must pay a________ to their teachers in class.
【小题2】A k________ person is a person who knows a lot about everything.
【小题3】My mother p________ coffee to tea. But I like tea a lot.
【小题4】I won’t go to his birthday party u________ I am invited.
【小题5】The old man lives alone and aren’t happy these days. Let’s go to see him and c________ him up.
【小题6】He told his mother he needed a mobile phone, but she gave a d________ ear.
【小题7】When he got to school, he found the classroom was e________. He realized it was Sunday.
【小题8】There are many a________ and modern things on display in the museum.
【小题9】---W________ backpack is it?
--- I don’t know. Let’s ask them and find the owner.
【小题10】My bike is broken. I’ll get it r________ this weekend.

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).

A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67  1. the list. In the final stage she had an i  68   2.together with another girl. B  69   3.of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.

The girl was s  70  4.in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .5.At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72   6.Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73   7.

at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74  8. you are ready.”

The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75  9. to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76  10. try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”

That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.