We tried to persuade him to change his mind, but he insisted that he had no ________ of doing so.

A. intention                   B. preference                C. alternative                 D. trend

― I hear you are enjoying your new job.

― ________, I find it rather dull.

A. The other way around                                  B. On all sides

C. In general                                                    D. On the contrary

He kept talking all alone and wasn’t ________ of having hurt her feelings.

A. informed                  B. content                     C. conscious                 D. patient

Harry’s ________ to the problem is to make a list of all the pros and cons.

A. approach                  B. access                      C. response                  D. attitude

What you say is not important. It is what you do that really ________.

A. concerns                  B. counts                      C. affects                            D. matches

       假設(shè)這學(xué)期你的班主任為來自英國的交流老師Mary，因為你（Xiaohua）當天不能上學(xué)，請用英語寫張100字左右便條向她說明原因。

       要求：1．晨起不適：頭痛發(fā)燒，量體溫，高達39℃

2．病因：昨日上學(xué)未帶雨傘，回家路上淋雨

3．醫(yī)生建議：服藥，飲水，臥床休息

4．請2天假

Dear Miss Mary,

I’m sorry to say …________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                Yours Xiaohua

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74．This advertisement aims at calling on people to ________.

A. attend full-time universities

B. work part time to further their education

C. improve their education at home to get better jobs

D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them

75．Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement?

A. The way how you will get your degree.

B. Tuition price.

C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for.

D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.

76．What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?

A. To show that their training is widely used in the country.

B. To show that the training program is fully supported by famous companies in the US.

C. To prove the value of their training in every area.

D. To show the importance of getting recognized by the most famous companies.

77．It seems to the writer that the greatest attraction for people to take their training is ________.

A. its convenience

B. the degree’s nation-wide recognition

C. the economic benefit (利益) it will bring about

D. the hot fields the training will help people to enter

    Starting next month, people in Washington will be able to rent a bicycle day and night with a membership card. A new company called SmartBike will make 120 bicycles available at 10 spots in the city. “There’s a lot of stress on our transit systems,” said Jim Sebastian, who manages bicycle and pedestrian programs for Washington’s Transportation Department. Offering another choice, Mr Sebastian said, “It will help us reduce traffic jam and pollution, as well as parking problems.” In the deal, the company will have the advertising rights in the city’s bus shelters and it has reached a similar deal with San Erancisco. Chicago and Portland, Ore. , are also considering the program.

For a $40 annual membership fee, SmartBike users can check out three-speed bicycles for three hours at a time. The program will not provide helmets (頭盔) but does encourage their use. Similar programs have proved successful in Europe. The Vé1ib program in Paris and Bicing in Barcelona, Spain, both started around a year ago and already offer thousands of bicycles. Mr Sebastian, who started trying to bring bike-sharing to Washington even before its success in Paris and Barcelona, said he believed that the program could grow within a year and hoped that it would eventually offer 1 000 bicycles.

“But studies showed that many bikes would get stolen in a day, or within a few weeks,” said Paul DeMaio, a Washington-area bike-sharing consultant. Improved technology allows programs to better protect bicycles. In Washington, SmartBike users who keep bicycles longer than the three-hour maximum will receive demerits and could eventually lose renting privileges. Bicycles gone for more than 48 hours will be considered lost, with the last user charged a $200 replacement fee.

The low cost could be one of the program’s major selling points. At George Washington University in Foggy Bottom, one of the program’s 10 locations, students were unsure how often they would use SmartBike, but said its price made it worth a try.

70．The program can help the city in the following ways EXCEPT ________.

A. protecting the environment                            B. reducing the traffic jam

C. giving more traveling choices                        D. making more money

71．From the text, we can know ________.

A. the SmartBike company can only make money by renting the bikes

B. there are many other cities which show great interest in the program

C. the SmartBike company will be the first one to run bike-renting business

D. the SmartBike company will have 1 000 bicycles at the renting spots

72．What is the problem the SmartBike DC facing?

A. The bike technology should be improved.              B. Their bikes would get lost.

C. There are too few renting spots available.              D. There are too few bikes.

73．What will attract the customers most in the program?

A. Low price.        B. Great convenience.           C. New idea.          D. High quality.

When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him. Most other people will only get about half of your attention.

You may think that this is OK, because if you don’t really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don’t give him your full attention? Consider two things. First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation. If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander (走神) as you speak to him. But maybe you don’t realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you. Do you think he will do that if he feels you don’t really care about speaking to him? This doesn’t mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him. Five or ten minutes of real attentive (專心的) conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention.

Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation. You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100% attention. The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing. You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good.

65．The author’s opinion is made believable mainly by ________.

A. giving examples        B. using figures             C. asking questions        D. description

66．The second paragraph mainly tells you that ________.

A. you should focus on whoever you are talking to

B. you should be interested in everyone at a party

C. you can refuse to talk to someone you don’t like at a party

D. you should be patient with everyone at a party

67．A person who has a low-level job probably ________.

A. would like to talk to you                                       B. is the one you’re looking for

C. wants to make friends with you                            D. is well worth focusing on

68．If your wife wants to talk to you when you are busy, you should ________.

A. go on with what you are doing                      B. stop doing anything immediately

C. decide what to do according to the situation    D. finish what you are doing with her

69．What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Always be friendly to others at a party.

B. Improve your communication skills by focusing on others.

C. It is important for you to be active at a party.

D. You should respect your wife at any time.

It was Andria Baker’s high school graduation party, and the time had come for her father to make good on a promise that he had made her years ago, when she was a fourth-grader. “After you started on your first day of kindergarten and continue it through your last day of high school, and I’ll buy you a car.” Tim Baker had told the child.

  Through the years, Andria Baker kept up her end of the bargain, willing herself to go to school on those days even when she felt under the weather. She did carry out her 13th year of uninterrupted coming to the classroom with her final day at Constantine High Sehool even when she was ill.

At Sunday’s party, her father gave the young woman the keys to a new, $17 000 Pontiac G6. Tim Baker, who teaches seventh grade at Constantine Middle School, said he has no regrets about the deal. “Without a doubt, it was worth every penny I spent,” he said. The look on his daughter’s face when she saw the car was great. Baker said, “When she turned around after seeing the car, she did not know what to do. We got her into the car and she just sat there. Then she ran into the house to get her driver’s license, and she and her best friend got in the car and drove down the road.”

Andria Baker, 19, said she thinks she would have gone ahead with that even if a new car had not been promised her. “A lot of my friends thought I was crazy, but I just kept going.” she said. Baker plans to go after an education degree at Alma College.

“In my sophomore year I hurt my ankle in a basketball game, and it was really painful,” she said. “Also that day I caught a cold and the teacher looked at me and said, ‘I’m not the teacher who’s going to send you home.’”

61．What does the phrase “she felt under the weather” mean?

A. She felt that the weather was very cold.                B. She didn’t feel good.

C. Her body changed with the weather.                     D. She liked the weather very much.

62．When Andria Baker saw her present, she felt ________.

A. surprised and excited                                    B. sad and crazy

C. frightened and worried                                  D. upset and angry

63．From the text, we can know that ________.

A. both Andria Baker and her father stayed in the same school

B. her father made the promise from the day when she began her school

C. her father didn’t regret having bought her a new expensive car

D. Andria Baker is now studying at Alma College for a degree

64．Andria Baker could come to school every day because ________.

A. she was helped by all of her friends                B. she wanted to get a new car

C. she never got ill                                            D. she just wanted to keep on doing that