Ⅰ. 單詞拼寫

1. He went to his neighbor to ＿＿＿＿（乞求） for some milk to feed the motherless baby.

2. In his later years， he ＿＿＿＿（奉獻(xiàn)） all his time to a novel which proved to be a best-loved book.

3. He is a ＿＿＿＿（先驅(qū)） in modern medical practice.

4. The local farmers p against building the new hotel on their farm.

5. I find it so r to work with young people in this department. I always feel energetic.

Ⅱ. 單句改錯(cuò)

1. Devoted the career of education， he was respected by all of us.

＿＿＿

2. Louis Armstrong was one of the most influent artist in the world.＿＿＿

3. Because of lacking money， he didn’t begin play music until the age of 12.＿＿＿

4. Her elegance and beauty made an impression at everyone here.＿＿＿

Ⅲ. 句子翻譯

1. 廣告無(wú)處不在，誰(shuí)也不能避免受到它的影響。

2. 我們根據(jù)這套科學(xué)理論進(jìn)行實(shí)踐并建立了這項(xiàng)工程。

3. 四川作為“熊貓的故鄉(xiāng)”而被人熟知。

4. 雖然她和老人只見過(guò)一面，可他卻給她留下了很深的印象。

Ⅳ. 單項(xiàng)選擇

1. She started to study psychology and decided to ＿＿＿ her whole life to the science.

A. devoteB. ignore

C. leadD. prefer

2. If you ＿＿＿ that an event or person will change your life， nothing will happen.

A. respectB. accept

C. expectD. except

3. What exactly is the influence of the Internet ＿＿＿ children?

A. byB. with

C. onD. at

4. Computers， ＿＿＿ destroying jobs， can create employment.

A. other thanB. more than

C. far fromD. not far from

5. The retirement ＿＿＿ is not enough for the living expenses of the whole family.

A. allowanceB. salary

C. payD. pension

6. This brief article will let you know why you have bad habits ＿＿＿ how you can break those bad habits.

A. so well asB. as much as

C. as well as D. as soon as

7. It’s much easier to get into a habit than ＿＿＿ it， for example， smoking.

A. establishB. quit

C. leaveD. value

8. There were a lot of students in the administrative building， ＿＿＿ against discrimination of race.

A. protestB. protested

C. to protestD. protesting

9. His brilliant speech ＿＿＿ an impression on the President and people present.

A. gaveB. made

C. remainedD. got

10. San Francisco is generally ＿＿＿ the US “gateway to the East”.

A. known byB. known to

C. known asD. known for

Ⅴ. 完形填空

Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 1 is about Demeter， the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter， Persephone， whom she loved very much. Hades， god of the underworld， fell in love with Persephone， and he asked Zeus， the 2 of the gods， to give Persephone to him as his 3 . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter， so he said he would not agree to the marriage， but neither would he 4 it. Hades， therefore， decided to take the girl without 5 . When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden， he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter 6 what happened to Persephone， she became so 7 that she caused all plants to 8 . People were in 9 of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 10 her daughter， Persephone， was returned to her. 11 ， still not wanting to disappoint Hades， decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 12 . She could go back to her mother if she had not 13 anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter 14 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate（石榴）seeds in the underworld. When Zeus 15 this， he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 16 ， but he added that since she had eaten the seeds， she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it 17 that when Persephone is in the underworld， Demeter is sad and therefore 18 not let the crops grow. That is 19 we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns， Demeter is 20 ， it is spring， and plants begin to grow again.

1. A. periodsB. seasonsC. timeD. age

2. A. winnerB. rulerC. advisorD. fighter

3. A. wifeB. loverC. partnerD. daughter

4. A. forbidB. forgiveC. admitD. accept

5. A. arrangementB. warningC. reasonD. permission

6. A. let outB. worked out

C. thought outD. found out

7. A. excitedB. tiredC. angryD. serious

8. A. grow fastB. start growing

C. stop growingD. grow slowly

9. A. dangerB. hopeC. turnD. case

10. A. sinceB. untilC. afterD. when

11. A. PersephoneB. ZeusC. DemeterD. Hades

12. A. returnB. changeC. marriageD. journey

13. A. stolenB. foundC. eatenD. heard

14. A. understoodB. refusedC. doubtedD. accepted

15. A. discoveredB. studiedC. forgotD. prepared

16. A. daughter B. motherC. godD. ruler

17. A. worksB. remainsC. happensD. starts

18. A. shouldB. canC. dareD. will

19. A. whereB. becauseC. whyD. how

20. A. niceB. friendlyC. freshD. happy

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Many mobile phone and BlackBerry addicts report feeling shakes when there are none， or feeling as if they’re wearing a cell phone when they’re not.

The first time it happened to Jonathan Zaback， manager at the public relations company Burson-Marsteller， he was out with friends and showing off his new BlackBerry.

“While they were looking at it， I felt this shake on my side. I reached down to get it and realized there was no BlackBerry there.”

Zaback， who said he keeps his BlackBerry by his bed while he sleeps， checks it if he gets up in the middle of the night and wakes to an alarm on the BlackBerry each day， said this didn’t worry him.

“As long as it doesn’t mean a disease block is growing on my leg because of my BlackBerry， I’m fine with it，” he said. “Some people have biological clocks， I might have a biological BlackBerry.”

Some users compare the feeling to a phantom limb（幻肢痛）， which Merriam-Webster’s medical dictionary defines as “an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been cut off ”.

“Even when I don’t have the BlackBerry physically on my person， I do find myself adjusting my position when I sit to hold it，” said Dawn Mena， an independent technology consultant based Calif. “I also laugh at myself as I reach to take it and find out I don’t even have it on.”

Research in the area is short， but theories are rich about the phenomenon， which has been called “mobile phone disease” or “wrong ringing feel”. Some evidence suggests “people feel the phone is part of them” and “they’re not whole without their phones”.

“Since the phones connect them to the world，” said B.J. Fogg， director of research and design at Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab. “As human beings， we’re so tapped into our community and responsiveness to what’s going on. We’re so afraid of the threat of lonliness and rejection. We’d rather make a mistake than miss a call，” he said. “Our brain is going to be scanning to see if we have to respond socially to someone.”

1. According to Paragraph 1， the underlined word “addicts” may mean “＿＿＿”.

A. tired personsB. dependent persons

C. normal personsD. strange persons

2. From the passage， who said “Some people have biological clocks， I might have a biological BlackBerry”?

A. B.J. Fogg.B. The author.

C. Zaback.D. Dawn Mena.

3. From the passage， we know the research about “wrong ringing feel” is ＿＿＿ .

A. as rich as it can be

B. not that much

C. no clue

D. as much as the phenomenon

4. According to the last paragraph， the reason why we’d rather make a mistake than miss a call is ＿＿＿ .

A. disease

B. wrong ringing feel

C. phantom limb and shakes aren’t strong

D. we’re afraid of the loneliness and rejection

B

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3768min教育類議論文8

Education has gained a kind of super value in modern times. We are no longer content to be honest craftsmen（工匠）， skilled at our work through years of patient practice. Nowadays if we want to get a satisfactory job， we have to have a piece of paper. If we want promotion in even the worst job， we have to gain a certificate（證書）first. We know that we would be better at the job than the man with the paper qualifications（資格）， but our experience and practical skills are regarded as relatively unimportant.

“Johnson would have been a manager by now if he had taken the trouble to get a degree，” his workmates said. “He’s a clever man. He could have done anything if he had a proper education.”

I wonder if， as time goes on， we shall discover that many people， whose practical experience and ability would have been greatly useful to their employers， have been refused on the grounds that they are not qualified enough. Would it not be better to allow people to become experts in the way which most suits them， rather than force them to follow a set course of instruction which may offer no chance for them to develop skills?

5. According to the first sentence in Paragraph 1， the writer means that ＿＿＿

A. education is too high

B. education is valued in modern times

C. too much attention is paid to degrees in education

D. education becomes more important than before

6. According to the passage， what do we need to do first for promotion nowadays?

A. Prove that we are able.

B. Get a certificate.

C. Write a paper about our qualifications.

D. Ask for a qualification course.

7. From the passage we understand that Johnson’s workmates think that he ＿＿＿ .

A. would have been a manager if he had a degree

B. couldn’t do well because of his lack of education

C. should work harder to be a manager

D. should have been chosen as a manager

8. The author fears that without paper qualifications many people ＿＿＿ .

A. won’t be considered for jobs

B. won’t be useful to their employers

C. won’t get proper education

D. will be asked to leave their jobs