一、单项选择
1. ___________ the news, so far, has been good, there may be days ahead when it is bad.
A. While B. When C. As D. Since
2. Li Ping has decided to go abroad for further education ___________ improving his English and finding a better job when he returns.
A. on purpose of B. intending C. in order to D. with the intention of
3. This is the ___________ MP3 I lost last week.
A. very B. just C. right D. exactly
4. If he continues like this, he will ____________ a stone only to have it drop on his own foot, just as the old saying goes.
A. end up to lift B. end up lifting C. end up in lifting D. end up with lifting
5. The speech ____________ by Professor Smith was so interesting that the students talked about it all that day.
A. to be delivered B. to be given C. being delivered D. delivered
6. Much to my surprise, it ___________ that I was wrong.
A. found out B. went on C. turned out D. made out
7. If you have good reading strategies, what seems confusing at first __________ upon further reading.
A. makes sense B. works C. counts D. pays
8. ___________, we will succeed.
A. Follow in his steps B. Following in his steps
C. Follow in his step D. Following in his step
9. Don’t worry if the food ___________. I’m going shopping this afternoon.
A. runs out B. uses up C. is run out of D. is run out
10. It is ___________ that the library be kept open during the vacation.
A. wished B. expected C. urged D. hoped
11. Unfortunately, the research was limited __________ increasing economic profits, _________ protecting the environment.
A. to; other than B. by; rather than C. to; rather than D. by; more than
12. More and more scientists are afraid that the genes that make crops ___________ pests and disease could be harmful to humans.
A. to resist B. resistant to C. go against D. to go against
13. He walked in, ___________ a book in his hand, went to a table near the window and sat down in silence.
A. carrying B. carried C. to carry D. being carried
14. Can a school ___________ a policy prohibiting the use of mobile phones on campus
A. make B. adopt C. gibe D. pass
15. It is no wonder that the lack of rain could ____________ disaster for farmers.
A. reach to B. spell C. result from D. lie in
16. It was not until then that I realized putting the project in practice ___________ so much money and work.
A. involving B. to involve C. involves D. involved
二、完形填空
Trudy, an American girl, tried swimming across the English Channel. That was August 6,1992. Her father has __1__ her two things. One was not to pull her out of the water __2__ she asked. The other was to give her a red sports __3__ if she made it.
In gray sports Trudy __4__ out, swimming strongly. All the swimmers started at 7:09 in the morning. Her father and the trainer were __5__ along in a boat beside her.
At ten o’clock, rain began falling. At midday, Trudy trod (踩,踏) water while ___6__ and eating a chicken leg. Then she started swimming again. The wind was __7__ and the seas became tougher.
Late __8__ the wind became even worse. The trainer decided it was __9__ trying to finish. He called to Trudy to __10__.
“No human being could do it in this __11__.” He said. “It’s stupid to go on.”
However, her father shouted, “don’t grab her. Let her __12__.”
At seven o’clock the tides turned __13__ her. It was more difficult to move ahead. But Trudy still swam on. She __14__ victory(胜利) was possible now, for the __15__ coast was in sight.
It was getting dark. A sound could be heard over the __16__: hundreds of car horns were cheering her on. With the remaining __17__, she finished the last 200 yards.
At __18__ p.m. Trudy got out of water. She had swum some 35 miles in __19__ the 21-mile-Channel, __20__ a strong storm. But she made it in 14 hours and 30 minutes.
“Well, pop,” she said to her father. “I guess I get my car this time, don’t I ”
1. A. promised2. A. though3. A. car4. A. called5. A. swimming6. A. stopping7. A. disappearing8. A. afternoon9. A. necessary10. A. continue11. A. situation12. A. come out A. over14. A. knew15. A. English16. A. speaker17. A. drink18. A. 11:3519. A. flying20. A. in spite of B. askedB. whenB. shoesB. shouted B. goingB. divingB. stoppingB. morningB. possibleB. give upB. conditionB. go onB. againstB. doubledB. AmericanB. radio B. foodB. 10:35B. crossing B. all over C. allowedC. unlessC. suitC. went C. watchingC. restingC. increasingC. evening C. useless C. stopC. afternoonC. swimC. upC. wonderedC. AfricanC. wind C. courageC. 8:35 C. swimmingC. because of D. offeredD. ifD. bikeD. startedD. followingD. drinkingD. blowingD. nightD. impossibleD. go onD. weatherD. turn overD. toD. expectedD. European D. skyD. strengthD. 9:35D. passingD. during
三、阅读理解
Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for employment. Years of studying interviewing have made it clear that it is not a very objective(客观的) process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking good is no guarantee(保证) of doing the job well, however. Uglies or those who are aesthetically(审美地)challenged, lose heart.
To get a more objective view, many companies are also using psychological tests to hire both for relatively daily jobs and for positions at senior levels of management. It is impossible to say how many employers use tests, but estimates of test sales in the UK for 2004 were over £1.5 million.
The basic reason employers use tests is clear: tests claim(声称) to be scientific and objective. A large body of research has shown that interviews by themselves are not very reliable as a method of selection. People's judgements are often very subjective: whether they like the look of someone counts for more than almost anything else. But reliable and valid(有效的) effective tests can offer rapid and more objective information about a would be employee. If a candidate talks well in an interview but his test results suggest that he is a careless person who cannot concentrate, an employer is likely to think twice about hiring him.
Taking a serious test for a job is rather different from taking a game-like test. You can spend just a little in answering questions of that kind of test, and you deny the answers and say they are not accurate. But you cannot go to a serious test without enough preparation since you can not afford to be denied and removed again and again.
9. In the past, who would be sure to be employed after an interview
A. The person who was well educated.
B. The person who had great abilities.
C. The person who was physically attractive.
D. The person who was appreciated by the personnel officers.
10. According to the passage, the underlined part "those who are aesthetically challenged" in the first paragraph refers to those who are _________.
A. thought to be good—looking B. most likely to do the job well
C. not attractive for their appearances D. given the job of interviewing the candidate
11. Many companies use psychological tests ___________.
A. to take the place of interviews
B. to select senior level clerks
C. to make the employment difficult for candidates
D. to gel really reliable and fair information about candidates
12. From the last paragraph, we can conclude that while taking a serious test for a job, _______.
A. you can not treat it as a game B. you can deny the answers
C. you can say the answers are not accurate D. you needn't make much preparation
四、任务型阅读
Since the beginning of human evolution, men have migrated(迁移)across continents in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and overpopulation.
Three million migrants are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People are moving within the developing world for the same reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations. People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, fleeing wars and conflicts. They are also responding to population pressures because some countries are densely populated, and they often have high population growth. Those people need to go somewhere else.
There are three main reasons why people move. The basic categories and percentages are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys (CPS):
Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marital(婚姻的)status, establishing a household and other family reasons; work-related reasons 16.2%, including job transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons; the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of climate and health reasons.
Americans have been migrating south and west for decades in search of better job opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950, nearly a fifth of the population lived in the nation’s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. That’s why many American people say, “Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West.”
Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same country. Twenty percent were between counties but in the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went abroad.
Title: People on the 71
Lead-in Throughout human 72 , people have migrated across continents.
An 73 number of people from poor countries are moving to 74 countries, especially neighboring ones.
_75 for people’s migration According to the CPS, the 76 of people move to other places for reasons 77 to housing.
Americans have long been moving south and west, 78 a better job chance, a warmer 79 and a bigger yard, etc.
Conclusion Now every year more and more people move to other places, which seems to have become a global 80 .