6．He has been working very hard in these days in order that he can successfullyapply for a good job（申請一份好的工作）．

5．The history of fireworkcan date back to（可以追溯到）over 2，000years ago．

4．So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves，regardless of/in spite of/despite the cold（不顧嚴寒）．

3．Before I spoke to his school，Matt was waiting for me．He sat in his wheelchair （11）A to move．As soon as he saw me，he started（12）C．He could not talk，（13）D his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by．
One of the teachers told me he was actually very smart．He just lost （14）B of his muscles due to a childhood disease．He was （15）D and very popular at his school-his parents'love and encouragement made all the difference．（16）A，at a book signing session，I met a girl （17）B the name of Anne．She walked up with her mom with a（18）C smile．Anne asked about my book with difficulty in her speech （19）B a slight head-injury．I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to （20）A one for her．I did．
Five minutes later，I heard a voice from Anne's father，"You know you will not understand the book．You can't （21）C well．"He said it so（22）D that people were staring in their direction．Her confidence was absolutely （23）A and her bright smile was now replaced with a（24）B of total disappointment．He （25）C the book from her，brought it back to me and asked me to take it back．I asked him if he would allow me to buy the book for Anne．He said no with a （26）C response．
I thought back to Matt．He could not speak，walk，or play but was actually very happy and（27）D doing well in school because of the love and （28）D of his parents．Anne，on the other hand，had a slight（29）B problem and may never know happiness or success because of a cold-hearted father．The truth is that whatever you are telling your （30）C makes the difference between their success and failure in life．

11．A．unable	B．unwilling	C．uncomfortable	D．unexcited
12．A．running	B．speaking	C．smiling	D．suspecting
13．A．a(chǎn)nd	B．so	C．or	D．but
14．A．possession	B．control	C．hope	D．right
15．A．lucky	B．friendly	C．funny	D．happy
16．A．On the contrary	B．By the way	C．In other words	D．As a result
17．A．in	B．by	C．for	D．under
18．A．shy	B．tight	C．big	D．strange
19．A．pretending	B．indicating	C．resembling	D．spreading
20．A．sign	B．buy	C．choose	D．provide
21．A．write	B．recite	C．read	D．reflect
22．A．quietly	B．quickly	C．calmly	D．loudly
23．A．destroyed	B．declined	C．doubted	D．inspired
24．A．mind	B．look	C．decision	D．choice
25．A．stole	B．prevented	C．seized	D．protected
26．A．kind	B．cruel	C．cold	D．sudden
27．A．a(chǎn)lmost	B．rather	C．ever	D．even
28．A．contribution	B．devotion	C．sacrifice	D．support
29．A．behavior	B．learning	C．education	D．finance
30．A．parents	B．teachers	C．kids	D．readers．

2．As you are probably aware，the latest job markets news isn't good：Unemployment is still more than 9percent，and new job growth has fallen close to zero．That's bad for the economy，of course．And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now．But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think．
That's because job growth numbers don't matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data．After all，existing jobs open up every day due to promotions，resignations，terminations （終止） and retirements．In both good times and bad，turnover creates more openings than economic growth does．Even in June of 2007，when the economy was still  humming along，job growth was only 132，000，while turnover was 4.7million!
And as it turns out，even today-with job growth near zero-over 4million job hunters are being hired every month．
I don't mean to imply that overall job growth doesn't have an impact on one's ability to land a job．It's true that if total employment were higher，it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from （and compete for）．
But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated．They're willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills； be creative about where and how to look； learn how to present themselves to potential employers； and keep going，even after repeated rejections．
So don't let the headlines fool you into giving up．Four million people get hired every month in the U．S．You can be one of them．

41．The author tends to believe that high unemployment rateA．
A．should not stop people from looking for a job
B．prevents many people from changing careers
C．deprives（剝奪）many people of job opportunities
D．does not mean the U．S．economy is worsening
42．Most job openings come fromB．
A．job growth 
B．job turnover
C．improved economy
D．business expansion
43．The underlined word"humming"in Paragraph 2probably meansD．
A．falling      B．satisfying     C．disappointing      D．growing
44．What does the author say about overall job growthC？
A．It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed．
B．It increases people's confidence in the economy．
C．It doesn't have much effect on individual job seekers．
D．It doesn't mean greater job security for the employed．
45．What is the key to landing a job according to the authorA？
A．Persistence （堅持）．B．Intelligence．
C．Education．D．Experience．

1．As we discussed last week，there have been a lot of reports that boys are in trouble in American education．Some people say efforts to improve education for girls，especially in math and science，have resulted in a crisis for boys．That belief has led to what a new report calls a growth industry of experts advising how to make schools more"boy friendly"．
Yet that report，released this week，suggests that the truth is far different from what people might think．It says American boys in most cases are doing better than ever．"But girls have just improved their performance on some measures even faster，"it says．As a result，girls have narrowed or closed differences with boys in some areas and moved farther ahead of them in others．
The report does agree that some groups of boys are in trouble．It says this is true especially of blacks and those from poor families．But it says closing racial and economic differences would help them more than reducing diff erences between boys and girls．
Another concern is the large number of boys with learning and emotional disabilities．Also，the report says policymakers now recognize the need to reform public high schools，which should help boys as well as girls．But the report questions what it calls"simplistic"proposals to fix problems for boys in American school．One example given is expanding single-sex schooling．Findings on the success of the idea have differed．
The Education Sector report calls for more study into the differences between boys and girls and into the culture of schools．It says the research will help better understand why gains for boys are not rising as fast as for girls．But the report also advises the public not to worry too much，and to be careful not to harm the gains that girls have made．

43．We can read this report most probably in aB．
A．magazine for boys              
B．well-known newspaper   
C．school announcement            
D．school advertisement
44．From Paragraph 1，we learn that in some people's opinionA．
A．efforts for American girls cause boys'trouble
B．American education does no good to boys．
C．American schools are more"girl friendly"
D．American boys are not really in tro uble
45．We can infer from the report thatD．
A．boys should be responsible for their crisis
B．some groups of boys are actually in trouble
C．policymakers disagree to reform public high schools
D．it's probably not good simply to expand single-sex schools．
46．The best title of the passage should beA
A．A report on a Boy Crisis in America         
B．A New Study on American Education．
C．Save American Boys in Trouble．
D．Why Are Girls Far Better Than Boys？

20．The government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean．The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds．The goal is to present all crops known to scientists．The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month．The structure will be designed to protect the world's food supply against nuclear war，climate change and other possible threats．It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen．The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole，the northernmost position on earth．
An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project．The director of the group，Cary Fowler，spoke to New Scientist．He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if，in his word，"the worst came to the worst"．Norway is expected to start work next year．The project is expected to cost three million dollars．Workers will drill（鉆孔） deep in the side of a sandston mountain．Temperatures in the area never rise above 0°C．The seeds will be protected behind walls a meter thick and high-security door．
The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming．Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa，Asia and Latin America．To last a long time，seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures．Workers will not be present all the time．But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter．Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0°C．The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced．
Mr．Fowler says the proposed structure will be the world's safest gene bank．He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason．Norway first put forward the idea in the 1980s．But safety concerns delayed the plan．At that time，the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization．
32．The project is meant toD．
A．increase the world's food output in the future
B．carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes
C．build an exhibition centre of the world's plant seeds
D．protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters
33．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage？D
A．The government of Norway will perform the project alone．
B．Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousand years ago．
C．Spitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the nuclear war forever．
D．Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place．
34．We can infer from the text thatA．
A．Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 20years before．
B．The storage center will greatly promote world agriculture
C．People will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year．
D．There haven't been any seed storage centers in the world before．
35．What is probably the best title of the passage？B
A．The Best Place to Store Seeds
B．Noah's Ark（諾亞方舟）of Plant Seeds in Plan
C．Concerns of World Food Supply
D．A New Way to Feed the World．

19．For us，the Silk Road Economic Belt is a（n ）______ important project．I am happy to hear that the Premier，Li Keqiang mentioned it twice in the report．We would like to participate in the project．（　　）

A．

especially

B．

specially

C．

regularly

D．

remarkably

18．After a ______ inspection，the repairman gave me a disappointing report that the reason why my car broke down was that the pipe had been damaged because of the freezing weather．（　　）

A．

tentative

B．

thorough

C．

temporary

D．

through

17．If you have been badly treated in a bank，make a complaint to the manager，either ______ or over the phone．（　�。�

A．

legally

B．

sincerely

C．

personally

D．

patiently