--I got a rise in salary!

  -- ________.

A. Yes, I think so.    B. You did?       C. Are you?                D. My pleasure.

 Is this museum ___ you visited a few days ago?

A. where               B. the one               C. on which         D. that

These ten-dollar shirts are now       for five.

  A. for sale                    B. at sale                          C. on sale                          D. in sale

He used the small room ___ a lab.

A. like    B. as    C. to      D. about

---How many eggs are still there in the fridge, Bill? --_____.

A. No one    B.No      C. Not      D.None

---Have you called Mr Johnson’s office?

---Yes. He ____back before tomorrow noon. So he can attend our meeting on time.

A.expected             B. is expected          C. is expecting         D. is to expect

To tell the truth, I would rather that I ____ the pain instead of you. You don’t know how worried I was.

   A. took      B. had taken      C. have taken    D. should have taken

   What does it mean to day that we live in world of persuasion? It means that we live among

competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam take priority（優(yōu)先）over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices.

  In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view. When we persuade, we want to influence what others believe and how they behave. We may not always prevail（占優(yōu)勢）--other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.

Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome approach to their lives or as a control. In contrast, we believe that persuasion is inevitable--to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be moral or immoral, selfless or selfish, inspiring or discouraging. Persuaders may enlighten our minds or make us hurt. Moral persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, an essential part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.

  Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is a need to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the basic principle of the American political system.

60．What’s the author’s attitude towards persuasion?

       A．Critical.    B．Uninterested.    C．Supportive.      D．Neutral.

61．The passage states that some people are against persuasion because they think it is       .

       A．a(chǎn)n unwelcome influence  B．difficult to do well

       C．not trustworthy at all       D．never successful

62．We can conclude from the passage that persuasion means         .

       A．getting people to act according to your will

       B．exercising power over other people

       C．making use of your past wise experience

       D．getting other people to consider your reasonable points of view.

63．According to the passage, we can infer that            .

      A．we can learn how to persuade in school

       B．only society can benefit from persuasion

       C．persuasion plays an important role in America

       D．persuas

ion is considered to be an inborn ability

An early invention by Albert Einstein has been rebuilt by scientists at Oxford University. They are trying to develop an environmentally friendly refrigerator that runs without electricity.

We all know that modern fridges cause damage to the environment. They work by using a kind of man-made greenhouse gas called Freon (氟里昂), which is far more damaging than carbon dioxide.

Now Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer at Oxford, is leading a three-year project to develop appliances that can be used in places without electricity.

His team has completed a prototype (樣機(jī)) of a fridge patented in 1930 by Einstein. It used only pressurized gases to keep things cold. The design was partly used in the first refrigerators, but the technology was dropped when more efficient compressors (壓縮機(jī)) became popular in the 1950s. That meant a switch to using Freon.

Einstein’s idea uses butane (丁烷) and water and takes advantage of the fact that liquids boil at lower temperatures, when the air pressure around them is lower.

“If you go to the top of Mount Qomolangma, water boils at a much lower temperature than it does when you’re at sea level and that’s because the pressure is much lower up there,” said McCulloch.At one side is the evaporator (蒸發(fā)器), a bottle that contains liquid butane. “If you introduce a new vapor above the butane, the liquid boiling temperature decreases and, as it boils off, it takes energy from the surroundings to do so,” says McCulloch. “That’s what makes it cold.”

The gas fridges based on Einstein’s design were replaced by Freon-compressor fridges partly because Einstein’s design was not very efficient. But McCulloch thinks that by changing the design and replacing the types of gases used it will be possible to quadruple (翻兩番) the efficiency.

However, McCulloch’s fridge is still in its early stages. “It’s very much a prototype,” he said. “Give us another month and we'll have it working.”

72．According to the passage, an early invention by Albert Einstein _______.

A．has been rediscovered because it costs much less and works more efficiently

B．is being redesigned because it could be used in places without electricity

C．has just been found to be energy-saving and environmentally friendly

D．will be fully made use of and become the fridge of the future

73．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Freon was used in fridges long before the 1950s.

B．Freon is what makes current fridges big polluters.

C．McCulloch thinks he could improve Einstein's design by using other types of vapors.

D．The fridge Malcolm McCulloch and his team designed will be put into production soon.

74．We can learn from the text that the prototype completed _______.

A．changed the air pressure around it

B．was tested on the top of Mount Everest

C．increased the liquid boiling temperature

D．used only pressurized gases to keep things cold

75．McCulloch’s words in Paragraph 6 _____.

A．serve as an explanation for the principle behind Einstein’s fridge

B．give you the reason why Einstein’s fridge was not efficient

C．tell you how to take advantage of low air pressure

D．show you how Einstein’s fridge works

The boss wanted an assistant with ___knowledge of French and ____work experience.

A．a(chǎn)；不填         B．the；he         C．a(chǎn)；the                  D．the；不填