14．You are busy filling out the application form for a position you really need； lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree．Isn't it tempting to lie just a little，to claim on the form that your diploma （文憑）represents a Harvard degree？Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University？
More and more people are turning to an utter deception （欺騙）like this to land their first job or to move ahead in their careers．For personnel officers'like most Americans'value degrees from famous schools．A job applicant may have a good education anyway，but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university．Registrars（學(xué)籍管 理員）at most well-known colleges say that they deal with dishonest claims like these at the rate of about one per week．
Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms．If it turns out that an applicant is lying，most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly．One Ivy League school refers to them as"special cases．"One well-known West Coast school，in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all，says these claims are made by"no such people．"
To avoid complete lies，some job seekers claim that they"attended"or"were associated with"a college or university．After careful checking，a personnel officer may discover that"attending"means being dismissed after one semester．It may be that"being associated with"a college means that the job～seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend．One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century that's when they began keeping records，anyhow．
If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth，there are companies that will sell you a fake diploma．One company，with offices in New York and on the West Coast，will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges．The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from"Smoot State University．"The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the"University of Purdue．"As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University，the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper．
68．The writer mainly wants to tell us thatC，
A．college degrees can now be purchased easily
B．nowadays it is very hard for people to find jobs
C．lying about college degrees is becoming a widespread problem
D．employers are no longer interested in applicants'actual performances
69．As used in the first line of the second paragraph，the word"utter"meansA
A．thorough B．careful C．incomplete D．spoken
70．Once finding applicants with false diplomas，most colleges would．C
A．keep the records of them
B．drive the them out of college
C．a(chǎn)void direct conflicts with them
D．a(chǎn)ccuse them of such behaviors
71•We can Ieam from the passage thatA．
A．US employers value their job applicants with a degree from top universities
B．University of Purdue and Purdue University are the same school
C．people with fake diplomas can get their first jobs in US easily
D．people pay the same price for a fake diploma from different universities．

分析 文章主要講了越來越多的人在求職時(shí)使用假學(xué)歷，結(jié)果使用假學(xué)歷已經(jīng)成為一種普遍的問題．

解答 68：C  主旨題．文章主要講了越來越多的人在求職時(shí)使用假學(xué)歷，因此使用假學(xué)歷已經(jīng)成為一種普遍的問題，所以C項(xiàng)正確．而A、B、D項(xiàng)均沒有提到假學(xué)歷的問題，所以A、B、D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．故正確答案為C．
69：A  由文章第一段可知偽造學(xué)歷是一種徹底的造假行為，即造假者從未接受過相應(yīng)程度的教育，由此可推斷第二段第一句中的"an utter deception"指的是徹底的欺騙，故正確答案為A．
70：C  細(xì)節(jié)題．由第三段第二句"If it turns out that an applicant is lying，most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly．"可知大學(xué)不愿意與造假者產(chǎn)生直接的沖突，故正確答案為C．
71：A  推斷題．由第二段第三句"A job applicant may have a good education anyway，but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university．"可知A項(xiàng)符合文意．B項(xiàng)，由最后一段最后一句"The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the'University of Purdue'．As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University，"可知B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．C項(xiàng)，文中沒有相關(guān)內(nèi)容，所以C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．D項(xiàng)，由最后一段最后兩句"The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the"University of Purdue"．As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University，the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper．"可知D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．故正確答案為A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解題測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對(duì)未說明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)．

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66．The underlined word"novel"in paragraph 2meansD．
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B．Danes expressed a low level of trust in their politicians．
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D．His trip is to cycle the Pan-American route．
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59．Dave Briggs's first tripD．
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6．Once upon a time，two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict （沖突）．It was the first serious one between them in 40years of farming peacefully side by side．In the end，they fell apart．
One morning，a man with a carpenter's toolbox came for some work．The elder brother said，"I just have a job for you．Look at the farm across the creek （河溝）．My younger brother lives there．It was he who used his bulldozer （推土機(jī)） to dig the creek last week to spite （刁難） me．So I want you to build me a fence，an 8foothigh fence，in order not to see his place any more．"The carpenter smiled and said，"I see．I'll try to do a job that satisfies you．"Then the elder brother went downtown．
At sunset when the farmer returned，the carpenter had just finished his job．The farmer's eyes opened wide!To his surprise，there was no fence there at all!Instead，there was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other!A fine piece of work!He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching．The brothers stood at each end of the bridge，and then they met in the middle，taking each other's hands．They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder．"No，wait!Stay a few days．I've a lot of other work for you，"said the elder brother．"I'd love to stay on，"the carpenter said，"but I have so many more bridges to build．"

63．What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict？B
A．They lived a poor life．
B．They lived in peace．
C．They never spoke to each other．
D．They lived on the same farm．
64．It can be learned that the carpenter wasD．
A．unwilling to obey the farmer    B．fond of building bridges
C．unable to build a fence         D．willing to help others
65．The best title for this passage isA．
A．A Fine Piece of Work              B．A Carpenter
C．A Conflict Between Two Brothers   D．Two Brothers
66．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek．
B．The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge．
C．The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter's work．
D．The carpenter planned to build an 8foothigh fence as asked to．

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：選擇題

3．-Is Pro．Smith giving the speech today？
-It ___________ be him．He is abroad right now．（　�。�
A．won'tB．needn'tC．can'tD．mustn't

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

4．Christian Eijkman，a Dutch doctor，left the Netherlands for the island of Java．Many people on the island had a disease called beriberi（腳氣�。瓾e was going there to try and find a cure．
   At first，Eijkman thought some kind of germ （細(xì)菌） caused beriberi．He raised some chickens．He didn't eat them，but made experiments on them．The local people were quite surprised at that．One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate-refined white rice （精煉米）．When he fed them with unrefined rice，also known as brown rice，they recovered．Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery-that some things in food could prevent disease．These things were named vitamins （維生素）．The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins．Later，other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person's food．
   Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat．If they don't，they can also take vitamin pills．
59．The underlined word"cure"in Paragragh1 probably meansA．
A．a(chǎn) medical treatment                    
B．a(chǎn) kind of vitamin
C．a(chǎn) kind of germ                        
D．a(chǎn) kind of rice
60．Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java toD．
A．spend his holiday                    
B．find ways to grow better crops
C．do some research about the island       
D．help the Javanese with their illness
61．Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens？B
A．To eat them
B．To carry out his experiments．
C．To give the Javanese a surprise．
D．To make money by selling them．
62．If a person doesn't get enough vitamins in his diet，he'd betterD．
A．eat more rice                         
B．eat more meat
C．eat some chicken                      
D．eat vitamin pills．

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