(   ) 8. We’ve decided to hold a football match next week. Will you ________?

A.take part in     B. attend us     C. join     D. play a part

18. When Tom woke up, he found himself_______in bed, with his bag         beside him.

   A. lying; laid      B. lying; lay     C. lie; lying    D. lied; lied

SECTION B (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

The worst US economic recession (蕭條) in 70 years is forcing senior citizens out of retirement, leaving them fighting for jobs in a weak labor market or risking homelessness.

A study by Experience Works, released on Tuesday, showed 46 percent of the 2,000 low income people over 55 years who participated needed to find work to keep their homes. Nearly half of them had been searching for work for more than a year.

“These people are at the age where they understandably thought their job-searching years were behind them,” said Cynthia Metzler, president and CEO of Experience Works.

“But here they are, many in their 60s, 70s and beyond, desperate to find work so they can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.”

According to the study, many of the participants had no intention of working past their 60th birthday, but had to change plans after being dismissed or following the death of the partner. Over a third of the participants had retired.

Ninety percent of respondents 76 years and older planned to continue working for the next five years.

Huge medical bills due to a personal illness or that of a spouse(配偶) were also reasons for coming out of retirement, the survey found. The longest and deepest economic slump since the 1930s is making finding a job for the low-income elderly workers a difficult challenge.

The Experience Works study found that 46 percent of the elderly jobseekers were sometimes forced to choose between paying rent, buying food or medication. Almost three-quarters believed their age made it harder to compete for jobs with younger workers.

“This study underscores calls for the need to create policies that remove barriers to employment for older workers and provide additional programs and services specifically aimed at helping older people re-enter the work force or remain working,” said Metzler.

81.What has caused the American retired senior citizens back to work?  (No more than 8 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

82.Why is it hard for the elderly job seekers to find a job?  (No more than 13 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

83.Use several words to describe the possible feelings of the elderly job seekers? (No more than 4 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

84.What might be the solution to the problem according to the study?  (No more than 15 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

22. To all the famous artists’ surprise, the unknown woman’s two____paintings are also on show in the art exhibition. 

A. little blue oil　       B. blue little oil      　  C. oil blue little      D. little oil blue

25. Welcome to the Historical Museum, everyone! This stone knife _______ in South Africa and experts can’t be exactly sure about its use.

A. had been found       B. was found  C. has been found  D. would be found

28．With so much work  _____  with , I doubt if I shall have time to visit you.

       A．to deal       B．dealing     C．dealt        D．having dealt

31. —I dare say you will definitely miss your flight if you don’t hurry.

   —Oh, _____. It’s almost the time.

     A. so will I              B. I do so                 C. so I will            D. so will you

34. The CCTV Spring Festival Evening Party is a big stage, ________ many new actors or actresses are to become famous.

A. where         B. when            C. that              D. Which

第三部分  閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。   

A

It u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?

    Lots of people go to college so they have a chance to get a better job, but if you won $ 50 million, would you still pursue（追求）a higher education?

    Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?

    I would surely still go to college if I had that much money, but I would not be competing for a scholarship on collegenet. com. I would probably still discuss things here and I would create other scholarships to help other people to go to college as well.

With $ 50 million, I would not have to worry about getting a loan（貸款）from Chase Bank or finding scholarships to study abroad. I would have published several books by now as well, but I would still pursue my education. Going to undergraduate school is something that I really want to do because I want to become a Pediatrician. Money may buy a lot of things, but it does not necessarily give you knowledge and knowledge is what I am hunting for now.

I am not just going to school to get a better job; I am going to school to realize all of my dreams. $ 50 million is a lot of money, but no amount of money can keep me from my dreams.

Veggie thought: “Money may make things easier, but it is not everything. ”

    Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?

    Would I still go? UMM , YES YES YES YES YES! ! ! ! !

    I still want to teach... I don’t care if I have more money than Bill Gates... I still want to be in a classroom teaching! ! And I need a degree to do that! Teaching is my dream job, and it would make me really happy.

    I would pay off my loans as well as my boyfriend’s loans and help out a couple of friends who are having trouble with money.

    Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?

    I would still go to college. The only difference is with that much money to go to college I probably would stay in college longer and pursue a few extra degrees while I am there. I am looking for knowledge not money. The only problem is I need money to pursue knowledge.

    Also I could set up scholarship funds and I could save some more for additional dreams that I have.

56. According to the answers, what do they have in common?

A. They all prefer money to education.

    B. They all want to get a better job.

    C. They will continue to pursue knowledge.

    D. They will give up jobs.

57. From the first answer, we know the person is ________.

    A. patient         B. ambitious        C. mean            D. selfish

58. In the following statements, which is true according to the passage?

    A. They all have something they want to do.

    B. They think money is more important than knowledge.

    C. The first person is rich.

    D. The second person doesn’t want to get other scholarship.

59. The underlined phrase “pay off” means ________.

    A. give back      B. cost              C. ask for           D. get

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下框的A—F選項(xiàng)中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

A. Why American corporations made workers work longer

B. Americans have spent more time at work

C. The government tries to find ways to reduce working hours

D. The government and workers hope to work more hours

E. American industrial employees work the second longest hours

F. Workers have to add work hours to preserve their income

61.              

Americans suffer from overwork. Regardless of who they are or what they do. Americans spend more time at work than that any time since World War ll. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country.

62.             

Today, it exceeds(超過(guò))every country but Japan where industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules.

63.              

The workweek has remained above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay time off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrink (減少) by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced serious competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer.

64.              

Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced. Workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards.

65.             

The government estimates that 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.