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 I prefer a company ________ people have to work as a team, instead of fighting against each other.

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

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It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants.

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

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Man’s shopping can be and often is completed in five minutes，which is less than a quanrter

 ________。

    A．that of a woman                     B．of that of a woman

    C．of a woman’s                      D．that of a woman’s

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Even today I still remember the great fun we had ________ games on the beach on

those happy days.

A. play                       B. to play             C. playing                   D. played 

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Ⅲ. 完形填空

  Around 5:30 p.m., I was on the bus one day and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just   36   from work, students had just finished their last   37   and everybody was a little tired from a long day. It wasn’t a particularly good day for me     38   as I was feeling quite tired. I was just looking outside of the   39   without any specific thought in my mind. It was the same   40   I had seen many times before, people hurrying home.

  In front of me, there was a guy sitting in the seat who didn’t look too clean.   41   he was looking out of the window, the guy suddenly   42   to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look.” He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the   43   he was pointing to and there it was ---- the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful   44  . The mountains were coated with bright pink light and shadows. He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He   45 “ Wow” and “ It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus   46   the views indeed.

  The   47   view also helped me to end my long   48   day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more   49  , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to   50   the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, total strangers. His   51   act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me   52   that I had lost the feelings and the   53   I used to have everyday. In my daily life, many things had   54  their color and movement. But he   55   me that things are still there ---- they never get lost.

36. A. gone by       B. given up     C. got off       D. taken up

37. A book      B. class   C. lesson D. experiment

38. A. also      B. too     C. either  D. instead

39. A. window       B. classroom   C. mountain    D. city

40. A. people  B. bus     C. trouble      D. view

41. A. Though B. Once   C. If       D. As

42. A. turned  B. attended     C. referred      D. objected

43. A. finger   B. direction    C. driver D. sky

44. A. journey B. memory     C. sunrise       D. sunset.

45. A. wrote   B. followed    C. repeated     D. discussed

46. A. described     B. impressed   C. enjoyed      D. recorded

47. A. full      B. amazing     C. same   D. simple

48. A. unlucky      B. worrying    C. tiring  D. exciting

49. A. importantly  B. naturally    C. beautifully  D. fortunately

50. A. comment     B. connect      C. compare     D. share

51. A. final     B. kind    C. violent       D. direct

52. A. decide  B. believe       C. realize D. learn

53. A. excitement   B. determination    C. concern      D. puzzle

54. A. increased     B. showed      C. lost     D. faded

55. A. warned B. reminded    C. advised      D. persuaded

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That little “a” with a circle curling around it that is found in E – mail addresses is most commonly referred to as the “at” symbol.

Surprisingly though, there is no official, universal name for this sign. There are dozens of strange terms to describe the "@" symbol.

Before it became the standard symbol for electronic mail, the "@" symbol was used to represent the cost of something or how heavy something is. For instance, if you purchased 6 apples, you might write it as 6 apples "@" $1.10 each.

With the introduction of e-mail came the popularity of the "@" symbol. The "@" symbol or the "at sign" separates a person's online user name from his mail server(服務器) address. For instance, joe@uselessknowledge.com. Its widespread use on the Internet made it necessary to put this symbol on keyboards in other countries that have never seen or used the symbol before. As a result, there is really no official name for this symbol.

The actual origin of the symbol remains a mystery. History tells us that the @ symbol came from the tired hands of the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages before the invention of printing machines, every letter of a word had to be copied with great efforts by hand for each copy of a published book. The monks that performed these long, boring coping duties looked for ways to reduce the number of individual strokes (筆畫) per word for common words. Although the word “at” is quite short to begin with, it was a common enough word in text and documents so that those monks thought it would be quicker and easier to shorten the word “at” even more. As a result, the monks changed the shape of “t” into a circle to surround “a”, thus leaving out two strokes in the spelling “t”. 

58．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

       A．How “at” developed into @.   B．How @ came into being.

       C．How monks invented @. D．How people wrote the cost of something.

59．Which is NOT the reason for the monks to spell “at” as @?

       A．Though “at” is short, it was used very often.

       B．The monks wanted to be quicker and easier with their copying.

       C．The monks wanted to invent a new word.

       D．Copying work was long and boring for them.

60．According to paragraph 5, which is TRUE about the symbol of @ today?

       A．When you are online, you must use the @ symbol.

       B．Kittly 163.com@is an email address.

       C．In countries where @ is used, governments have given it an official name.

       D．It is likely to find the @ symbol on computer keyboards worldwide.

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------ Excuse me, is the shop open around the clock?

-------_____________. Only from 8:00 am. to 4:00 pm..

A．I’m not sure     B．Well, it depends       C．That’s right      D．I’m afraid not

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Jane has been working for three months without going on holiday . . 

     She should have taken a vacation ,but she couldn’t ____the time. 

 A.  afford      B. spend        C. take          D. waste

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 –Can we borrow books form the library when it is completed?

   --Of course. It is ____ to every citizen only if you get a special card.

A. acceptable  B. accessible          C. reasonable  D. available

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Don’t you think ti is unfair for about two thirds of the population to have no_____ to health care?

A. access    B. basis   C. entrance   D. guarantee