“Leaves are to plants ___ lungs are to human beings,” the biology teacher said to the students.

A．that   B．which       C．what        D．whose

While crossing the mountain area, you’d better carry a stick in case you ____ by wild animals.

A．should be attacked                                       B．might be attacked

C．must be attacked                                        D．would be attacked

---What are the Blacks?

---Mr. Black is a teacher, and his wife is _____.

A．the other B．the rest     C．a(chǎn)nother            D．other

It is the prevention of disease ____ the successful treatment that has led to the rapid increase of the world’s population.

A．less than   B．rather than       C．more than        D．better than

With the development of modern electrical engineering, we can send power to ___ it is needed.

A．however   B．whenever  C．wherever         D．whichever

---Was Tom in the chemistry lab when you arrived there?

---Yes, but he _____ soon afterwards.

A．had left     B．left    C．would leave             D．has left

       My parents fixed in me the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (愛國(guó)主義) when I was young. 1  we struggled to make ends meet, they  2  to me and my four brothers and sisters how  3  we were to live in a great country with  4  opportunities.

       I got my first real  5  when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be  6  as a hairstylist. The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n)  7  on his rent for cleaning the parking lot (停車場(chǎng)) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little  8  that looked like a lawn mower (割草機(jī)). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and  9  waste by hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I’d __10   in the car on the way home because of tiredness.

       I did this for two years, but the  11  I learned have lasted a lifetime. I  _12__ discipline and a strong work ethic (道德準(zhǔn)則), and learned at a(n)  13  age the importance of balancing life’s _ 14_ interests -– in my case, school, homework and a job．This really  15__during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking college-prep  _16_ .

       The hard work  17 . I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in  18  and business from Harvard． 19_ , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (會(huì)議). In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those  20  in the parking lot.

1．A．Now that              B．If only                 C．Even                D．Even though

2．A．stressed                B．a(chǎn)nnounced           C．suggested            D．a(chǎn)dmitted

4．A．several                  B．limitless               C．fewer                  D．instant

5．A．chance                  B．dream                 C．success               D．job

6．A．retrained               B．regarded              C．considered           D．respected

7．A．increase                B．order                   C．discount              D．explanation

8．A．bag                       B．machine              C．knife                   D．stick

9．A．brought up            B．gave up               C．made up              D．picked up

10．A．sleep                   B．talk                     C．study                  D．sing

11．A．knowledge           B．information          C．lessons                D．skills

12．A．cancelled             B．a(chǎn)cquired              C．evaluated             D．forgot

13．A．common             B．legal                    C．old                      D．early

14．A．competing           B．developing           C．supporting           D．increasing

15．A．turned                 B．changed              C．helped                 D．improved

16．A．measures             B．courses               C．messages            D．tours

17．A．came true            B．took off               C．went ahead          D．paid off

18．A．law                     B．medicine              C．science               D．a(chǎn)rts

19．A．However             B．Indeed                 C．Later                   D．Before

20．A．people               B．nights                  C．cars                  D．opportunities

       The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”

       Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

       Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

       The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude (天資）test.

       According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. “When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”

       This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma (窘境). Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer.

1．What is the purpose of the passage?

       A．To give a piece of advice for job interviewees.

       B．To tell you how to deal with job interviews.

       C．To describe an aptitude test.

       D．To advise you how to find a good job.

2．Now employers want to hire workers _____.

      A．who know much more than others        B．who are better educated than others

       C．who are able to solve the problems        D．who will work harder than others

3．According to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should _____.

      A．not tell the truth                                   B．offer a complete answer

       C．learn to tell what they really think          D．find out what the examiner wants to know

4．From the passage we know that _____.

      A．job applicants are always asked such questions

       B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

       C．a(chǎn)pplicants should not act as cleverly as possible

       D．a(chǎn)ptitude test is becoming world-wide popular

       It has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made me want to say it again: a smile can cross all language barriers.

       I recently moved from Canada to a small city on the south coast of South Korea to work as an English teacher. My first few weeks in Chinhae were challenging. I knew only one fluent English speaker other than myself---my employer. So, having left my family and friends far away on a different continent and having moved to a city in which I was the only foreign English teacher, I felt a bit shaken.

       At the grocery stores, I could not read the food packages and certainly did not know how to ask for help. _____________. Such little frustrations began to add up and I soon felt homesick and tired．I longed for some familiar food, familiar sounds, anything familiar!

       One night, after a long day at work, I was feeling particularly weary ---My legs were aching and I wasn’t looking forward to cooking dinner. Just as I was about to push the key into the door, the old woman who was the landlady called to me and signed me into her apartment. I didn’t understand a word she said, but I understood her smile. I followed her into her kitchen, which smelled like the wonderful Korean foods I was coming to love. After she had put many dishes of food on the table and had set me up with a glass of cola, she sat down across from me. We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inability to communicate in words. We did manage to have a small conversation, though. It went something like this:

       “Canada?” She asked slowly, pointing at my chest.

       “Yes,” I answered.

      “Korea?” I said, pointing at her. We both laughed.

       When it was time to leave, I said “thank you” in Korean, using some of the few words I had learned．I went home to my apartment feeling less alone than I had expected to feel that evening. Chinhae felt less like a strange and frightening place, and more like a home. I don’t think the old landlady knew how much her smile and her wonderful food meant to me that evening, but perhaps someday I will be able to tell her.

1．Why did the author feel challenged during the first few weeks in Chinhae?

       A．Chinhae is a small city.

B．Only her boss was kind to her.

       C．Few people could communicate with her.                             

D．She had difficulty in teaching English in Korea.

2．Which of the following sentences can be put in the blank?

       A．Nobody could help me.

       B．I thought I’d better learn Korean.

       C．The food at the grocery stores made me homesick.

       D．Once I bought sugar, which I thought was salt.

3．The underlined word “weary” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means “______”

       A．excited                B．lonely                  C．homesick            D．tired

4．From the passage we can infer that_____.

      A．the author will soon move back home

       B．the author was deeply moved by the old lady

       C．the author learned more Korean after the dinner

       D．the old lady was very lonely because she had no children

       Most of us want to be greener, and all of us want to be richer. Although the only way to be an environment-friendly motorist is to change your car for a bike, if you are addicted to your wheels, going green could save you cash. As petrol prices rise, greener drivers can also be richer.

       Petrol is unlikely to become any cheaper. Oil prices, already at record levels, were put under more pressure this week after President Morales of Bolivia nationalized his country’s oil and gas reserves. Turning to a more environmentally friendly car could make a big decline in motoring costs. About one in six drivers has considered following the example of Leonardo DiCaprio and David Cameron by turning to a hybrid car.

       Hybrid cars run on petrol and batteries, making them more economical and less harmful to the environment than petrol-run vehicles. A driver who travels an average of 10,000 miles a year could save nearly￡300 a year on petrol by driving the Honda Civic Hybrid rather than the petrol-run version, and would release (釋放) only about two thirds of the carbon dioxide. But those who are more interested in their wallet than the environment may be put off by the price: the Hybrid is about ￡3000 more expensive than its petrol counterpart (對(duì)應(yīng)物).

       Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association (ETA), a motor breakdown company, says that the key to cutting fuel costs is to reduce engine size. “Those who don’t want to go for a ‘green’ car can cut down on environmental effect and fuel costs by reducing the size of their car.” A Citroen C1 is not a hybrid car, but its low carbon dioxide releases rival (競(jìng)爭(zhēng)) the Honda and Toyota hybrids.

       Another way to cut costs is to change a car to run on liquid petroleum gas (LPG). Ingram Legge, director of the Greenfuel Company, which changes cars to LPG, says that there has been a rise in the number of motorists changing their cars.

1．The purpose of the writer’s writing the passage is _____.

       A．to call on us to save as much petrol as possible

       B．to warn us of the lack of petrol due to vehicles

       C．to tell us the differences between hybrid cars and petrol-run cars

       D．to point out that we can save more if we are greener

2．We can learn from the passage that hybrid cars______.

      A．a(chǎn)re cheaper to buy and smaller in size

       B．a(chǎn)re ones that no longer use petrol

       C．travel at a higher speed and produce less waste air

       D．a(chǎn)re more environmentally friendly and can help us become richer

3. Which of the following does the writer probably agree with?

       A．As a result of the high price of oil, all people will turn to a hybrid car.

       B．In order to save money, you’d better change your car for a bike.

       C．The best way to solve the lack of petrol is to develop new resources.

       D．Reducing the size of a car is also a way to cut cost and be environmentally friendly.

4．What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and 5?

       A．Citroen C1 is more environmentally friendly.

       B．More and more people will turn to LPG.

       C．The ways for drivers to cut costs.

       D．Andrew Davis thinks highly of hybrids.