Directions: Read the following passage and the statements that follow. Choose the best answer for each statement from the four choices marked A, B，C and D.

第1题

根据以下材料，回答下列各题： Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks

. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Nearly a third of women are the main breadwinners in their household in Britain, according to a major survey.Researchers said that in many relationships it was no longer assumed that the man would bring in the bigger income，47 in a time of widespread redundancies(裁员)． In a 48 shift in attitudes, four out of ten women said that the career of whichever partner had the highest income would take 49 in the relationship. In one in ten families, a house husband looks after the children and does the 50 while their female partner works full time. Ten percent of women admitted this role 51 had put strains on their relationship and some said it had even led to them 52 company． The Women and Work Survey 2010，commissioned(受……委托)by Grazia magazine，found that almost half of full-time mothers 53 not earning their own money. And two thirds of the mothers among the 2,000 women in the survey said they wanted to keep working in some way after having children. A 54 higher number of those with children under three said they would prefer to work--preferably part-time----rather than stay at home. Victoria Harper of Grazia said,"Women are getting good jobs when they graduate, and working up the career 55 faster than they have ever done." This means that there has to be more 56 between the roles of men and women in a relationship and when they have children. A．precedence I．especially B．connection J．parting C．prospect K．opposite D．slightly L．chores E．ladder M．disliked F．favored N．fluidity G．plan Ｏ．significant H．reversal 47.__________

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第2题

Directions: Read the following passage and the statements that follow. Choose the best

answer for each statement from the four choices marked A, B，C and D.

“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good.” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon·Klompus who says of her students—“so passive”—and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’s for their own good. It’s time to start telling them no again.

1.Children are becoming more inactive in study because__________.

A.they watch TV too often

B.they have done too much homework

C.they have to fulfil too many duties

D.teachers are too strict with them

2.According to historic books, women in the Song Dynasty used paper cut as headdress.()

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Doesn’t say

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第3题

The key to any successful garage sale (家庭旧物出售)is to get the word out.The best me

The key to any successful garage sale （家庭旧物出售)is to get the word out.The best me

ans of advertising your sale is to place an ad in the local newspaper.If you have a city and neighborhood paper, make sure you advertise in both.The ad should be large enough that it stands out.It should also include information on where the sale is located with directions, the "hot" items you're selling and the time the sale will start and end.An ad should be placed at least two days before the sale and run until the day of your event.That way people can plan their route (路线)to the sale in advance.

Sig ns are another great way to inform. your community.Post them in places where people gather, such as stores and community centers.Some businesses have a central bulletin board (布告栏), which is the best place to advertise.Other places to post are at the loc al college or university campus.This is especially helpful if your sale is happening in August or early September when students have returned to school and are looking for cheap finds.

Post signs around your neighborhood.You should also place both ads a nd direction signs, especially if you're located on a side street without a major presence.Signs will attract and direct people.Just make sure you print in bold letters and use large direction signs so people can read the information from the front seat of their car.

1.The best way of getting out the news of your garage sale is to ().

A.publish the news online

B.visit people door-to-door

C.advertise in the local newspaper

D.make phone calls to your neighbors

2.You should place an ad at least two days before the sale so that people can ().

A.get enough cash for the sale

B.compare prices of the items

C.select the items they will buy

D.decide on their route in advance

3.Why should signs be po sted in a community center？()

A.Schools are nearby

B.There are many stores

C.Students often meet there

D.More people gather there

4.What advice is given for printing the signs according to the last paragraph？()

A.Colored signs are preferred

B.Bold letters should be used

C.Large pictures should be included

D.Phone numbers should be provided

5.The best title for the passage might be ().

A.Advertising Garage Sales

B.Advanta ges of Garage Sales

C.Importance of Garage Sales

D.Printing Ads for Garage Sales

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第4题

Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by som

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Many now have been breathing hot flames at our industry and so I thought it would be time to say my piece this week, after all, we in the business cannot deny that it has been a rough spring for newspaper editors and reporters. Ethical scandals great and small have soiled news- rooms from coast to coast. Everyone knows about the profound deceits of Jayson Blair at The New York Times, and the "Writergate" controversy involving Rick Bragg, which led to the departure of the two top editors at the paper. Other misdeeds have ranged from two reporters at The Salt Lake Tribune selling information to The National Enquirer, to a food writer for The Hartford Courant fired for plagiarizing recipes. Are newspaper standards going to pot？

Some say ethics are worse than ever—or are they？ The past is filled with people running photos of wrestlers in the sports section in exchange for money. In fact, ethical breaches may be less of a problem than 20 years ago. A lot of newspapers are cutting corners, but the standards in the business have improved. There were things going on in the past such as reporters writing speeches for politicians they covered and taking bribes from lobbyists but people back then were quietly moved out or they left on their own. There was no public display.

The industry as a whole is in trouble because, due to media concentration, people at the top are taking out too much money and driving the profits up. The perception is that the real customers are not those who read the paper but those who buy the stock, which damages the profession. Some of this is about resource pressure. Copydesks are overloaded and there is not enough time and more reporters are having to report by phone. The larger the size of news- papers, the less communication between divisions there tends to be. Reporters don't climb the Stairs anymore, they are highly trained people who sit in their offices and write term papers and won't sully themselves going to a greasy housing project or stand out in the rain for a few hours. The economics of journalism along with technological changes has created an atmosphere of trying to get enormous amounts of information as rapidly as possible. The important thing is to make sure the ownership understands the value of a news organization with integrity and every paper needs to slow down and remind ourselves that we have nothing to sell if the readers don't believe us.

The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.

A．newsrooms are suffering from a decline in standards

B．there a. re too many ethical scandals going on in newspapers

C．there is a perception that newspapers should do more to correct mistakes

D．this has been a rough time for newspapers and many are wondering what is wrong

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第5题

She gave（)directions about the way the rug should

She gave________ directions about the way the rug should be cleaned.

A) explicit C)transient

B) brisk D)opaque

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