Collecting information about application (申請(qǐng)表)are closely connected, However, filling out an appheation fornt is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.

That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or lerms and conditions, you can make some changes  before signing (簽約)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers.Each word is important, or it would not be there;and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.

I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything, If anyone questiones them. We would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both siders.

So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position(立場(chǎng)),of course, and that is something only you can determine.

1.Filling out application forms is much “easier” because              .

A.everything connected with application forms is easier

B.it is easier to collect information about pre-employment

C.you can plan and have control of the needed time

D.you can control the form filling with enough time

2.We can learn from the underlined part“Each word is important”that     

A.everything in a form must be read carefully

B.questions in a form must be answered

C.the conditions that interest you are changeable

D.something of your interests is most important

3.The writer points out with an example that the side who will sign a form           .

A.it depends on your position to settle everything in a form

B.questions in a form are more important than your position

C.you have little right to determine the conditions you like most

D.you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed

Important change took place in the lives of women 19^th century. When men went out from their farms to cities to in industry. Over the sowing, growing, and harvesting of the fields as When women also moved to the cities in search of work, they found that it was increasingly. Separated by sex and that employment opportunities for women were limited to the lower-paid jobs. Later in the century, women in industry gathered maninly in cloth-mking factories, though some worked in mining or took similarly difficult and tiring jobs.

In the 1800s, service work also absorbed(吸納) a great number of women who arrived in the cities from the country. Young women especially took jobs as servants in middle-class and upper-class homes; and as more and more men were drawn into industry, homesick service(家庭服務(wù)) because increasingly a famale job. In the second half of the century, however, chances of other service work also opened up to women, from sales jobs in shops to teaching and nursing. These jobs came to be done mainly by women and low paid.

For thousands of years, when almost all work was done on the family farm or in the family firm(家庭作坊)，home and workplace had been the same, In these cases, women could do farm work or hand work, and perform home duties such as child care and preparation of meals at the same time, Along with the development of industry, the central workplace, however, such as the factory and the department store, separated home from work, Faced with the necessity for women to choose between home and workplace, Western society began to give particular attention to the role of women as homemakers with more energy than ever before.

1.We learn from the first paragraph that             had been done chiefly by men before they went to cities to seek jobs.

A.mining, teaching, and nursing

B.sewing clothes and mining

C.soeing, growing, nd harvesting

D.caring for cattle and growing crops

2.Domestic service because a female job mainly because          .

A. women took care of children

B. women took jobs as servants

C. men were employee in industry

D. men seldom worked in industry

3. We knows from the passage that in the 1800s          .

A.   more and more women began to work in domestic service

B.    women mainly worked as servants, nurses, and miners

C.   service and industrial jobs absorbed more women than men

D.   women enjoyed working as sellers, teachers, and miners

4.This passage is about            in the 19th century.

A.service and industry                                        B.female and male jobs

C.women and their work                                     D.female jobs and the pay

For him ____ stage is just ___ means of making a living.

A. a; a     B.the; a      C. the ; the     D. a; the

How did you find your visit to Qingdao, Joanna?

A. Oh, wonderful indeed             B. I went the alone  

C. First by train and then by ship       D. A guide showed me the way

FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Back to the Future

With the help of a local inventor’s time machine, Marty travels back to the 1950s. There his 80s hipness stands out, and he inadvertently interferes with the fledgling romance of his parents-to-be. Can Marty keep them together? He’d better, or his own future will fade away. Featuring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J.Fox. A universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 55 min.

Beethoven’s 2nd

In this sequel to the popular Beethoven, our canine hero falls for Missy, who soon has puppies. Missy’s greedy owner, Regina, who sees only money in the little purebreds, separates mom and pups from Beethoven. His owners rescue the puppies, but Regina still has Missy. Featuring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 26 min.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Despite the popularity of his treats, candy maker Willy Wonka shuts himself inside his factory. But then Willy holds a contest, offering five lucky children the chance to see his company. Poor but pleasant Charlie Bucket finds a ticket, as do four less-deserving children. Featuring:

Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore. A Warner Bros. Release, 1 hr. 56 min.

Cinderella Man

Based on actual events, this film follows the life of Jim Braddock, a boxer in New York City during the Great Depression. After a series of losses, Braddock is forced into retirement. But he never gives up his boxing dream, and neither does his manager. Featuring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger. A Universal Pictures release, 2 hr. 14 min.

Liar Liar

Lawyer Fletcher Reede has never told the truth in his life. Then his son makes a birthday wish that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours. Suddenly, Fletcher’s mouth spouts everything he thinks. His compulsion brings disaster to courtroom, where he must defend a client whose case was built on lies. Featuring: Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 25 min.

1. Which of the following is probably the name of a dog?

A. Marty.    B. Missy.    C. Fletcher.    D. Charlie

2. Willy Wonka is _______.

A.   a boxer who suffers a series of losses

B.   a lawyer who has never told the truth

C.   a man who runs a chocolate factory

D.   a man who invents a time machine

3. Which film is about the life of a real person?

A. Beethoven’s 2nd       B. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

C. Cinderella Man        D. Liar Liar

Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(藥店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game.
    Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers - most of them aren’t nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn’t. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.

The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative(權(quán)威的), so it’d hard to know if what you’re reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.

1. According to the text, an increasing number of American _____.

A.   are suffering from mental disorders

B.   turn to Internet pharmacies for help

C.   like to play deadly games with doctors

D.   are skeptical about surfing medical websites

2. Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _____.

A.   find medical devices easy to operate

B.   prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors

C.   are afraid to face the truth of their health

D.   are afraid to misuse their health insurance

3. According to the study of Brown Medical School, ______.

A.   more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors

B.   only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit

C.   about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality

D.   72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts

4. Which of the following is the author’s main argument?

A.   It’s cheap to self-treat your own illness.

B.   It’s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits.

C.   It’s reasonable to put up a medical website.

D.   It’s dangerous to be your own doctor.

PITTSBURGH - For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening. But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives.

The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters or other emergencies.

Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, Mass.-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows. He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universities, but didn’t know of one that could climb pipes.

The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick(操縱桿). They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes.

Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of a human arm or smaller.They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added.

Sam Stover, a search term manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable roles.

“It just allows us to do something we’ve ot been able to do before,”Stover said, “We needed them yesterday.”

He said sniffer dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers, but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged building.

Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermath (后果) of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster.

Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years, depending on funding.

1. Which institution is responsible for the development of Choset’s robots?

A. Robotics Trends.                B. Pittsburgh City Council.

C. Carnegie Mellon University.       D. Federal Emergency Management Agency.

2. Choset believes that his invention ______.

A.   can be attached to an electronic arm

B.   can be used by hobbyists in model airplanes

C.   can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dog

D.   can sense its way no better than its operators

3. By saying “We needed them yesterday” (paragraph 7), Stover means that snake-like robots _____.

A.   could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

B.   would have been put to use in past rescue work

C.   helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterday

D.   were in greater need yesterday than today

4. What is the text mainly about?

A.   Snake-like robots used in industries.

B.   Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues.

C.   The development of snake-like robots.

D.   The working principles of snake-like robots.

Dear Ming,

It was very nice to hear from you for such a long time. I’m            1.______

Glad to learn that you’ve been settled down in Boston and are         2.______

Getting used to the local ways of life.                            3.______

As you know,I’m still buried in books at school you are              4­­­­.______

So familiar with. What may surprise you are that I’m going to         5.______

The US this July in a summer camp! Surely I’m expecting lots        6.______

Of sightseeing tours, parties and another exciting things. We must      7.______

Definitely meet when I’m over. As is planning, I’m coming           8.______

To Boston around the 15^th, and I wonder if you’ll free then so         9.______

We could chat about the good older day.                         10._____

Hope to see you soon.

                                       Yours,

                                       Xiao Lei

The house belongs to my aunt but she         here any more.

A.hasn’t lived     B.didn’t live     C.hadn’t lived       D.doesn’t live

We          the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi, so we had to walk home.

A.reached           B.lost             C.missed             D.caught