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◇Part-time Laboratory Assistant Wanted Required by busy electronics company to help with development of computer．Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory．Hours 9：30a．m．-1：00p．m．Mon．-Fri．Fourteen days paid leave．Salary￥6598-10230 dependent on experience．Letter of application to：Mrs．GChan，NOVA ELECTRONICS，45 Gordon Rd，Hung Hom Kowloon．

47．The one who put on the first ad probably wants toB．
A．rent a beautiful flat of her own in Happy Valley
B．find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat
C．share her room in a flat with who ever has no pet
D．take on a maid to look after herself and the flat
48．According to the ads，you mayA       
A．buy an old picture for 150 
B．call at 25720836 and see a beautiful park
C．buy two armchairs for 400     
D．hire a maid by paying 6，800
49．If you want to buy some old future，you shouldD．
A．get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS
B．call at 2524-5867 any day except Monday
C．do it before you move to another place
D．call at either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday
50．Once you can get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS，C．
A．you have to work at least 4 hours a day
B．you should write a letter to Mrs．G Chan
C．you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends
D．you will get no more than $ 6，598 each month．

9．The winter vacation is just around the corner．With such a long holiday to spend，have you decided where to get yourself relaxed from the great pressure of school study？Our company specializes in civil tours．We take pride in offering you the best services and in providing you with a vacation that will be fondly remembered．The following places can be your unforgettable destinations in our country．
A．The Australian Museum
The Australian Museum has an international reputation in the fields of natural history and indigenous studies research and exhibitions．The museum was established in 1827 and is Australia's first museum of natural science and cultural artifacts．
B．Sydney Olympic Park
Home of the Best Games Ever and 2003 Rugby World，Sydney Olympic Park is a gold medal attraction and continues to serve as a major sport and social venue．
Apart from its ultra-modern sport venues，Sydney Olympic Park is set in extensive parklands．Bicentennial Park，one of Sydney's most popular recreational areas，is criss-crossed with walking and bicycle tracks．
C．Art Gallery of New South Wales
Located within a short walking distance from Sydney's CBD，the Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of Australia's foremost art museums housing some of the finest works of art in the country．
The Gallery has a rich and diverse collection including key works of the Heidelberg School and favorite modern Australian artists including Brett Whiteley and Margaret Preston，as well as permanent Australian，European，Asian，contemporary and photographic galleries．
D．Koalas Park Sanctuary
Koalas are on show every day．Shows are at 10：20 A．M．，11：20 A．M．，2：00 P．M．，3：00 P．M．where you can cuddle，feed，pat and have your photo taken with the Koalas．See free roaming Koalas as well，10 acres of rainforest．Walk in and pat our kangaroos．

31．How long has the Australian Museum been built？B
A．Around 220 years．
B．Around 190 years．
C．Around 140 years．
D．Around 100 years．
32．Which of the following might be more inviting to a sports fan？D
A．Koalas Park Sanctuary．
B．Art Gallery of New South Wales．
C．The Australian Museum．
D．Sydney Olympic Park
33．You can watch Koalas Show atC．
A.10：20 P．M．
B.11：20 P．M．
C.2：00 P．M．
D.3：00 A．M
34．Who is this passage intended for？A
A．School students．
B．Parents．
C．Foreign tourists．
D．Teachers．

8．[1]Stamp collectors usually collect stamps only from certain countries or regions．The traditional method of stamp collecting is to organize stamp collection according to the issue dates．
[2]Of course，there are many        ．You can collect stamps relating to a particular theme．For example，sport lovers may choose the Olympic theme．They try their best to find Olympic stamps issued by various parts of the world every four years．Some of them may want to concentrate on even more specific sport activities like ball games，gymnasium，swimming，etc．
[3]If you like astronomy，you may be keen on collecting stamps describing the stars，planets，spacecraft，spacemen，etc．once you have fixed the topic，you no longer need to bother about stamps other than the theme you selected．Then，you can put all your effort to collect the stamps around it．
[4]China issues zodiac animal stamps （十二生肖郵票） every year to celebrate the Lunar New Year．They are extremely popular and a lot of collectors wait patiently for 12years to collect a full set of them．Hong Kong's Lunar New Year special stamp series began in 2000with the Year of Dragon and the twelfth and final set was issued in 2011，the Year of Rabbit．Recently some Western countries have issued zodiac animal stamps，which attract a lot of attention as well．
[5]You may choose any theme you like．However，you should bear in mind an essential point．The topic you choose should not be too narrow．Otherwise，it is very difficult to accumulate stamps around the topic．You will be depressed and even lose your interest in collecting stamps．
[6]Collecting stamps with themes is especially popular among teenagers because there is a wide range of choices for them．The main challenge is how you organize and expand your collection around your theme．

76．What is the main idea of the passage？（no more than 5words）Collecting stamps with themes
77．Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 2with proper words． （no more than 5words）
Of course，there are manyother methods of collecting stamps．
78．What should you do if you want to collect a full set of zodiac animal stamps？（no more than 7words）We should wait for 12 years．
79．List the three general themes in collecting stamps mentioned in the passage． （3words）sport（s）； astronomy；animal（s）
80．What does the word"them"（Line2，Paragraph6）probably refer to？（1word）
Teenagers．

7．EDGEWOOD-Every morning at Dixie Heights High School，customers pour into a special experiment：the district's first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs．
   Well before classes start，students and teachers order Lattes，Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates．Then，during the first period，teachers call in orders on their room phones，and students make deliveries．
   By closing time at 9.20 a．m．，the shop usually sells 90 drinks．
"Whoever made the chi tea，Ms．Schatzman says it was good，"Christy McKinley，a second year student，announced recently，after hanging up with the teacher．
  The shop is called the Dixie PIT，which stands for Power in Transition．Although some of the students are not disabled，many are，and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school．
   They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs．They keep a timecard and receive paychecks，which they keep in check regis ters．
  Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia．
  Not that it was easy．Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related．Should schools be selling coffee？What about sugar content？
  Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped．She made sure all the drinks，which use non-fat milk，fell within nutrition （營養(yǎng)） guidelines．
  The whole school has joined in to help．
  Teachers agreed to give up their lounge （休息室） in the mornings．Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall．Business students designed the paychecks．The basketball team helped pay for cups．

59．What is the text mainly about？B
A．A best-selling coffee．
B．A special educational program．
C．Government support for schools．
D．A new type of teacher-student relationship．
60．The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order toC．
A．raise money for school affairs  
B．do some research on nutrition
C．develop students'practical skills   
D．supply teachers with drinks
61．We know from the text that Ginger GrayB．
A．manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County
B．sees that the drinks meet health standards
C．teaches at Dixie Height s High School
D．owns the school's coffee shop．

6．Everything comes with       price； there is no such      thing as free lunch in the world．D
A．a(chǎn)，a                       B．the，/C．the，a               D．a(chǎn)，/

5．In business，there is a speed difference：It's the difference between how important a firm's leaders say speed is to their competitive （競爭的） strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves．The difference is important regardless of industry and company size．Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed．
In our study of 343businesses，the companies that chose to go，go，go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track．What's more，the firms that"slowed down to speed up"improved their top and bottom lines，averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating income over a three-year period．
How did they disobey the laws of business physics，taking more time than competitors yet performing better？They thought differently about what"slower"and"faster"mean．Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed （moving quickly） and strategic speed （reducing the time it takes to deliver value）．Simply increasing the speed of production，for example，may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference．But that often leads to reduced value over time，in the form of lower-quality products and services．
In our study，higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary．They became and discussion．They encouraged new ways of thinking．And they allowed time to look and learn．By contrast （相比而言），performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time，paid too much attention to improving efficiency，stuck to tested methods，didn't develop team spirit among their employees，and had little time thinking about changes．
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership．Teams that regularly take time to get things right，rather than plough ahead full bore，are more successful in meeting their business goals．That kind of strategy must come from the top．

57．What does the underlined part"gain an edge"in Paragraph 2mean？B
A．Increase the speed．
B．Get an advantage．
C．Reach the limit．
D．Set a goal．
58．The underlined part"the laws of business physics"in Paragraph 3meansD．
A．spending more time and performing worse．
B．spending more time and performing better
C．spending less time and performing worse
D．spending less time and performing better
59．What can we learn from the text？C
A．How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is．
B．How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces．
C．Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes．
D．Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit．
60．Where could be the last title for the text？D
A．Improve quality？Serve better．
B．Deliver value？Plough ahead．
C．Reduce time？Move faster．
D．Need speed？Slow down．

4．There is        in his words．We should have a try．（　　）

A．

something

B．

anything

C．

nothing

D．

everything

3．My husband，Tom，has always been good with animals，but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse （松雞）．It's （11）D for a grouse to have any contact （接觸） with people．In fact，they're hard to spot，（12）B they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching．
    This grouse came into our lives in （13）ATom was working out in the field when he （14）Cher walking around at the edge of the fiel   d．She was （15）D unafraid and seemed to be（16）Babout what he was doing．
    Tom saw the（17）C bird several times，and she got more comfortable around him．We quickly grew（18）C of the bird and decided to call her Mildre   d．
    One day，as Tom was working，Mildred camc within a few feet of him to watch．Tom（19）Dhe didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next．
Apparently，she didn't like to be （20）A．She'd run up and peck （啄） at Tom's hands，then（21）B off to see what he would do．This went on for about 20minutes，until Mildred became tired of the（22）A and left．
    As spring went and summer came，Mildred started to （23）B more and more often．（24）AMildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a （25）C of the two of them together．This friendly grouse soon felt （26）A not just with our family，but with anybody who walked or drove by．
When hunting season opened，we put a （27）B at the end of our driveway asking （28）Cnot to shoot our pet grouse．My father，who lived down the road，（29）Dwarned people not to shoot her．（30）A．hunters would stop and take pictures，because they had never seen anything like her．

11．A．interesting	B．reasonable	C．impossible	D．unusual
12．A．though	B．because	C．unless	D．until
13．A．spring	B．summer	C．a(chǎn)utumn	D．winter
14．A．got	B．kept	C．noticed	D．imagined
15．A．naturally	B．certainly	C．normally	D．surprisingly
16．A．crazy	B．curious	C．concerned	D．cautious
17．A．shy	B．a(chǎn)wkward	C．friendly	D．elegant
18．A．careful	B．tired	C．fond	D．sick
19．A．supposed	B．realized	C．hoped	D．pretended
20．A．ignored	B．observed	C．a(chǎn)mazed	D．disturbed
21．A．put	B．back	C．set	D．take
22．A．game	B．work	C．place	D．man
23．A．give up	B．come out	C．turn over	D．fly by
24．A．Eventually	B．Suddenly	C．Constantly	D．Presently
25．A．chance	B．dream	C．picture	D．sense
26．A．comfortable	B．guilty	C．a(chǎn)nxious	D．familiar
27．A．lantern	B．sign	C．gun	D．loudspeaker
28．A．drivers	B．farmers	C．hunters	D．tourists
29．A．just	B．yet	C．thus	D．a(chǎn)lso
30．A．In fact	B．For long	C．On the contrary	D．By the way．

2．LONDON-A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake（假冒的） bomb detectors（探測器） to 10years in prison，saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences．
  It is believed that James McCormick got about 77.8millionfromthesalesofhisdetectors-whichwerebasedonakindofgolfballfinder-tocountriesincludingIraq，BelgiumandSaudiArabia．McCormick，57，wasconvicted（判罪）of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London．"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for hugepr of itpromoted a false of  security and  in  all  probability  materially  contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，""Judge Richard Hone told McCormick．"you have neither regret，norshame，nor any sense of guilt．"The detectors，sold for up to 42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air．But in fact they"lacked any grounding in science"and were of no use．
McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand．
"I never had any had results from customers，"he said．
39．Why was McCormick sentenced to prison？D
A．He sold bombs．B．He caused death of people．
C．He made detectors．D．He cheated in business．
40．According to the judge，what McCormick had doneB．
A．increased the cost of safeguarding  B．lowered people's guard against danger
C．changed people's idea of social securityD．caused innocent people to commit crimes
41．Which of the following is true of the detectors？D
A．They have not been sold to Africa．
B．They have caused many serious problems．
C．They can find dangerous objects in water．
D．They don't function on the basis of science．
42．It can be inferred from the passage that McCormickC．
A．sold the equipment at a low price
B．was well-known in most countries
C．did not think he had committed the crime
D．had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text．

1．閱讀下面短文并回答問題，然后將答案寫到答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上（請注意問題后的詞數(shù)要求）．
[1]Do you spend over an hour each day texting messages to your friends？Do you frequently ignore work，study，and other activities to check your phone for messages？Are you anxious and restless if you are separated from your mobile phone？Do you hardly ever use your phone to talk any more，and do your thumbs hurt from texting too much？
[2]Ifyou answer"yes"to any of the questions，then it is very possible that you are a textaholic．A textaholic can be defined as someone who is addicted to sending and receiving messages．The main symptoms are a strong desire to text messages，which takes precedence （優(yōu)先）over everything else，and bad moods，low spirits and a lack of self-confidence if messages fail to come in．The root of the problem，as with many addictions，is the desire to escape from emotional difficulties such as stress，anxiety and relationship problems．Experts warn that text addiction is likely to become the most common form of addiction in the future，especially among the young．
[3]So what can you do if you think you may be a textaholic？The key is to get your life back in balance．Make sure you resist the urge to answer every message you receive，and consider leaving your mobile phone behind occasionally when you go out．Most importantly，make a point of spending quality time with friends and family，and make time to re-learn the art of face-to-face conversation instead of conducting your relationships by means of text messages．Not only will you save time and money，but you may also rediscover the pleasure of true communication．
76．How does the author introduce the topic of the text？（no more than 5words）
By asking/raising questions．
77．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2with proper words．（no more than 8words）
you answer"yes"to any of the questions
78．What emotional difficulties may be the causes of text addiction？（no more than 5words）stress；anxiety；relationshipproblems
79．What do experts say about text addiction？（no more than 14words）It may become the most common form of addiction，especially among the young
80．What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？（no more than 8words）How to get rid of text addiction．