Today, it is a big problem for young graduates (畢業(yè)生) to get satisfying jobs. It is said that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one itself is not easy. “Finding a job” is not ______ as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job ______ they are not suitable (適合) for it. Sometimes “chance” may ______ a more important part than “decision”. Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university. First, it is important ______ what kind of person you are, which special qualities ______ you outstanding (出色的) among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference ______ an interest and a skill. If you like ______ and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a ______.Then ask yourself a question, “In the following three areas—skills with people, skills with information and skills with things, which are your best skills?” After ______ best your skills, the next step is research. To ______as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends what they think of the work they do. Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life; just find the job you really enjoy doing.

1.A. same B. as same C. so good D. the same

2.A. because B. so C. until D. though

3.A. take B. play C. have D. choose

4.A. feel B. realize C. to feel D. to realize

5.A. helps B. makes C. make D. help

6.A. both B. between C. from D. either

7.A. art B. music C. sports D. acting

8.A. success B. skill C. hobby D. fact

9.A. examine B. have examined C. examining D. examined

10.A. find out B. look out C. find D. look at

Can you remember the day when you spoke your first words? If you can, you are unusual. Try to think what the first few months of your life were like. I’m sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people make some sounds to go with some things.

Then you began to cry to make sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.

On that day you came to understand the secret of the language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is not as good as a word unless everyone agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, they can understand each other, so these people have a language.

After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as books, chairs and shops. Some of the words meant actions such as go and swim. And other words described things such as good or dirty. Soon you learned to put words together to express one’s idea, such as“I want to go out and play with my friends.”This is language. By the way of language people can communicate. So we say languages mean communication.

1.________ can remember the day when we spoke our first words.

A. Few of us B. No one C. Most people D. Someone

2.When you were a little baby, you ________.

A. made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat

B. spent most of your time eating, playing and sleeping

C. could not hear any sounds around you

D. spent most of your time playing with your parents

3.The secret of language is that ________.

A. one sound might be as good as another B. a certain sound is for a certain thing

C. people can understand each other D. there is a special sound for each other

4.You could learn words ________.

A. before you knew what language was B. when you were a baby

C. if you knew what language was D. after you knew what language was

5.The use of language is ________.

A. to get everything one wants from another

B. to say what one wants to know

C. to make oneself understood by others

D. to share ideas，opinions，news，etc. with one another

Ask any student which subject he or she hates most. 9 out of 10 students will answer “maths”. No matter which country you visit, no matter which grade you are in, you may not learn art, geography, chemistry or Chinese, but you always learn maths. Why is this so? How come so many students hate maths, and yet cannot avoid learning it in school?

Jenny Sanders, a high school student in California, asks, “What good do we get from learning maths? We can use computers to compute numbers, and we can use computers to store information. I think learning maths at school is a waste of time.”

However, there is much more to maths than just learning to add and subtract (減) numbers. In fact, maths is not so much about calculation (計(jì)算) as it is about learning to think logically (邏輯地) and solving problems. Of course, Jenny was right that we can use computers to do calculations, but how would we even know how to use the computer if we can’t think logically? In short, computers are only tools when solving problems.

For example, imagine you are a cook and must serve dinner to 100 guests. How should you divide your resources so that you can get the job done most efficiently? In situations like this, the ability to think logically will get you to a reasonable answer and solve your problem.

1.According to the passage, which subject do students always learn in different grades at school?

A. Chinese. B. Maths. C. Geography. D. Art.

2.What does Jenny Sanders think of learning maths?

A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Useless. D. Difficult.

3.Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?

A. 90﹪of the students hate learning maths.

B. Students can learn maths well with computers.

C. Maths can do calculations and store information.

D. Maths helps students learn all the other subjects well.

4.What does the underlined word “resources” mean in the passage?

A. 科目 B. 效率 C. 信息 D. 資源

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Maths is just learning to add and subtract numbers.

B. Maths can be good for both our body and our mind.

C. Maths helps us think logically and solve problems.

D. Maths can help students find a good job in the future.

Let’s Explore (探究) The Nature!

Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your summer holiday and learn something interesting and useful?

Here comes your CHANCE! Youth Explore has prepared you with a THREE-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM! You can take part in many hands-on activities and meet with live animals- giraffes, pandas, tigers, and son on! More information about the program is as follows:

Age: Students aged 8~16

Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students.

Program cost: $230 for members; $250 for non-members

How to do: Simply come to our centre to get an application form (申請(qǐng)表). Send your completed form on or before 11th July, 2014(Friday).

Notes:

1. NO FREE LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED because of personal food differences. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

2. Both programs will start 1 DAY later if there is a warning of rainstorms.

COME AND JOIN US NOW!! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE!!

1.______ can join the three-day summer program.

A. A kid of 7 B. A boy of 14

C. A girl of 17 D. A man of 26

2.If there is a rainstorm on 14th July, program A will start on ______.

A. Sunday B. Monday

C. Tuesday D. Wednesday

3.Two members and one non-member should pay ______ for the program.

A. $690 B. $710 C. $730 D. $750

4.Free lunches aren’t provided because ______.

A. the lunches cost too much B. people have different tastes

C. there are many restaurants D. they may bring lunch-boxes

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. Youth Explorer is the name of the program.

B. More than 15 students are in each program.

C. We can see three kinds of animals in the program.

D. You need to hand in an application for the program.

閱讀下面短文，并按要求回答下列各題。

What will our world be like in 2020? Maybe no one knows. Because we never know what will happen in the future. But it’s very interesting to make some predictions. Here are some exciting predictions.

Languages

English should still be the most popular language, but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese A their second language.

Water

①Water will become as expensive as oil because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.

Education and Science

Students won’t go to school. They will stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together on the Internet. We may eat more genetically (轉(zhuǎn)基因) modified food. And more robots will be around us. ②Lots of danger housework will be done by them.

Living

People will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. Everyone will have telephones in the pockets, too, and they will be able to talk to their friends all over the world.

1.題判斷正誤（“T”表示正確，“F”表示錯(cuò)誤）；2.題完成句子；3.題將文中畫(huà)線句子譯成漢語(yǔ)；4.題改正文中畫(huà)線句子中的錯(cuò)誤；5.題簡(jiǎn)略回答問(wèn)題。

1.The passage is mainly talking about education and science.

2.Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese ________ their second language.

3.請(qǐng)將文中①處句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。

________________________________________________________

4.請(qǐng)將文中②處劃線句中的一個(gè)單詞的錯(cuò)誤用法找出，并改正在橫線上。

________________________________________________________

5.What is the passage mainly talking about?

________________________________________________________

根據(jù)所給單詞完成句子。要求符合語(yǔ)法，語(yǔ)句通順，大小寫(xiě)正確，單詞不得重復(fù)使用，標(biāo)點(diǎn)已給出。

1.do, you, much, spend, homework, how, time, on, your

_____________________________________________________________?

2.well, does, do, in, she painting

_____________________________________________________________?

3.eyes, her, brought, notes, tear, to, my

_____________________________________________________________.

4.touch, sure, stay, to, always, be, in

_____________________________________________________________.

5.memories, we, time, had, of, our, together, great

______________________________________________________________.

書(shū)面表達(dá)

規(guī)劃人生，成就未來(lái)。請(qǐng)以“My Dream”為題寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)短文，描述你夢(mèng)想的工作。

要求：1. 文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名和校名等相關(guān)信息；

2. 詞數(shù)：80—100。標(biāo)題和短文開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

I must______the letter______Amy at once.

A. send;for B. send;up

C. send;to D. send;off

Bob doesn’t know the meaning______the sentence,so he asks his teacher for help.

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

He tries______music well,so he practises______music every day.

A. to learn;to sing B. learning;singing

C. to learn;singing D. learning;to sing