My first job was at a local diner, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress.

Helen was in her 60s and had extraordinary self-respect, something I was really lacking. I looked up to Helen  1   she was doing what she loved—  2   people--and nobody did it     3  . She always made everyone, customers and co-workers,   4   and feel good.

     Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  5  customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him  6  , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.

     Thanks to the newfound confidence I  7  from Helen, I dreamed of having my own

 8 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（貸款）, they said, "We just don't have the

 9  ."

    The next day, Fred saw me and asked, "What's up? You're not smiling today”. I  10  my dream with him and said, "Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have  11  in me."

     Before long he handed me checks totaling $ 50,000--along with a  12  that read, "The only collateral（抵押） on this loan is my trust in your  13  as a person. Good people with a dream should have the  14  to realize that dream."

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I  15   working at the diner, making  16  for the restaurant I would open. My plans failed,  17 , and I lost the money.

Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was

 18  and ended up becoming a pretty good agent.  19  I paid back Fred the $ 50,000, plus 14 percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to  20  my own firm.

1. A．because           B．though               C．while                 D．unless

2. A．helping            B．respecting             C．serving                D．praising

3. A．faster             B．better                C．harder                 D．later

4. A．drink             B．digest                C．smile                  D．sing

5. A．regular            B．favorite               C．tough                  D．fresh

6. A．eating             B．greeting              C．ordering               D coming

7. A．found out          B．picked up            C．got back               D．took away

8. A．restaurant         B．confidence           C．house                 D．work

9. A．choice            B．way                  C．idea                   D．money

10. A．exchanged        B．discussed              C．shared                D．a(chǎn)nalyzed

11. A．patience           B．pride                      C．faith                       D．interest

12. A．letter            B．sign                  C．notice                 D．note

13. A．honesty         B．responsibility         C．devotion              D．motivation

14. A．a(chǎn)bility             B．luck                C．time                 D．chance

15. A．loved            B．practiced            C．continued          D．enjoyed

16. A．a(chǎn)djustments      B．plans                C．decisions            D．suggestions

17. A．instead           B．therefore            C．though                     D．meanwhile

18. A．hired             B．rejected              C．encouraged          D．determined

19. A．Fortunately       B．Excitedly              C．Personally           D．Eventually

20. A．design           B．open                C．restart                D．expand

The policeman on the beat moved around as it was his turn to patrol the avenue. The time was about ten at night, but freezing wind with a taste of rain had almost emptied the streets. Trying doors as he went, swinging his club（棒） with many clever movements, he turned now and then to set his watchful eyes down the peaceful street. When about midway of a certain block, he suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a closed store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him, the man spoke up quickly.

    “It’s all right, officer,” he said, confidently. “I’m just waiting for a frienD．It’s an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn’t it? Well, I’ll explain. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands―‘Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.”

“Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”

The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. “I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it’s worthy,” said the man, “Twenty years ago tonight, I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jimmy Wells, my best frienD．He and I were brought up here in New York, just like two brothers together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”

1. The underlined part “on the beat” most probably means ______.

       A．walking down the street on duty            B．moving his club following a beat

       C．on the point of beating a wrong doer      D．experiencing a fast heart-beating

2. The writer described the weather at the beginning of the story to ______.

       A．sing high praise for the greatness of friendship

       B．create an atmosphere for the coming appointment

       C．praise the officer for his willing awareness of his duty

       D．inform us of the situations of the appointment made 20 years ago

3. Which of the following can be a most reasonable guess?

A．The man may have been to “Big Joe” several times in the past year.

       B．Jimmy must have broken the appointment they had arranged.

       C．The man from the west might have made a large fortune.

       D．The policeman must have been Jimmy Wells himself.

4. We can learn from the story the man from the West was “ ______”.

  A．proud                 B．loyal              C．easy-going             D．optimistic

What a great Paralympic Games this has been. An outstanding Opening Ceremony, splendid athletic performances in perfect stadiums, the best-ever Paralympic Villages, amazing high definition （高清晰度） television coverage, a never ending and self-generating （自生的） supply of passion and emotion, superb organization, wonderful volunteers, millions of new Paralympic sports lovers both here in China and around the world．These are the greatest Paralympic Games ever.

—Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee

It was another spectacular show. Perhaps it’s not quite as sublimely（高尚地） beautiful as the opening, but a fitting end to what has been a memorable 12 days in the Chinese capital.

The Paralympics were inspiring. Not only the Paralympians themselves, but also the warmth of people in Beijing and the sense of self-respect among the disabled in China that these Games seem to have inspired, as well as a new attitude in general from the government and form Chinese society as a whole.

— Jeff Z. Klein, New York Times

It doesn’t get any better for disabled persons living in Beijing than September 2008, with increased access for them in public areas.

But there are still problems. Some taxi drivers are not willing to pick up wheelchair users. Some companies deliberately break employment laws that ask them to employ a percentage of disabled persons. Many schools haven’t opened their door to disabled students.

During the past Paralympics, Chinese society has witnessed firsthand the abilities of disabled persons in sporting. And the next step will be for the abilities of disabled people on the Paralympics to be translated into a realization of their abilities to study, work and go about daily life in a barrier-free society.

— Eric Roeder, China Daily

1. During the last Paralympics, Philip Craven has been deeply impressed with all the following except _______.

   A．the shocking athletic performances              B．the endless food supply  

   C．the people’s great enthusiasm                         D．the perfect sports facilities

2. Eric Roeder thinks ______.

   A．the warmth of people in Beijing was inspiring

B．it was inconvenient to live in Beijing during the last Olympics

   C．greater efforts should be made to make the life of the disabled easier

   D．the past Paralympics was a great success except for the poor services

3. What is highly praised in all the three comments?

   A．The past Paralympics.                                   B．The Paralympian’s self-respect.

   C．The voluntary work.                     D．The public services.

4. The passage is probably taken from a（n） ______.

  A．newspaper         B．a(chǎn)dvertisement          C．story            D．research report

Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer（鎖止器）, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.

　　The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro- processor and memory, and a GPS （全球定位系統(tǒng)） satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted．

　　In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

　　Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won't allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition （點火） key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.

　　But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner's keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.

　　If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal.

　　Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicle's movements via the car's GPS unit.

1. The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to ______.

A．prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner

B．help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief

C．prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops

D．a(chǎn)llow the car to lock automatically when stolen

2. By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed”, Martyn Randall suggests that ______.

A．it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing

B．self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft

C．the thief has to make use of computer technology

D．the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old

3. _______ is essential in making a modern car tougher to steal.

A．A coded ignition key                  B．A unique ID card

C．A special cellphone signal        D．A GPS satellite positioning receiver

4. Why does the tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before sending an alarm to the operations centre?

A．To leave time for the operations centre to give an alarm.

B．To give the driver time to contact the operations centre.

C．To keep police informed of the car's movements.

　　D．To allow for possible errors in the GPS system.

5. The operations centre will first ______ after receiving an alarm.

A．start the tracking system.                     B．contact the car owner.

C．block the car engine.                            D．locate the missing car.

Educating girls quite possibly provides a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world．Women's education may be unusual territory for economists, but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives （激勵）, provides guideposts（路標） that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school —the prophecy （預言） becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious（惡性的） circle of neglect.

　　An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus changed into a virtuous circle.

　　Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.

1. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ______.

A．troublesome           B．labor-saving            C．rewarding               D．expensive

2. What does the underlined phrase “deprived of” mean?

A．supplied with                B．prevented from receiving 

C．relieved of                D．worried about having

3. What does the author say about women's education?

A．It deserves greater attention than other social issues.

B．It is now given top priority in many developing countries.

C．It will provide greater returns than other known investments.

D．It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.

4. The passage mainly discusses _______.

A．unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

B．the potential earning power of well-educated women

C．the major contributions of educated women to society

D．the economic and social benefits of educating women

Hu Min:   Thank you for talking to me today, Mr. Rivera．First of all, what is UNESCO?

Mr. Rivera: UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It was founded on 16 November 1945, shortly after the United Nation was founded．Today, 191 nations are members of UNESCO.

Hu Min:  What does UNESCO do?

Mr. Rivera: Well, we are a kind of laboratory for new ideas. We imagine a better world and we encourage governments to carry out plans to improve their countries.

Hu Min:  From its name, it seems that UNESCO is concerned about many different things.

Mr. Rivera: You’re right. But I think our biggest concern is education. Our goal is free education for all children all over the world．We are especially concerned about educational opportunities for girls. UNESCO just started a program called GET EQUAL. By 2015, we want all girls to have equal access to education. We also want everyone to get training for jobs. And we want to help more adults learn how to read and write.

Hu Min:   How is UNESCO involved in culture?

Mr. Rivera: Probably our most important cultural program is World Heritage. We have chosen important natural and historic places in many countries that need protection. In fact, China has 30 World Heritage sites, including Mount Taishan, Mount Emei, Summer Palace and the tomb of the First Qin Emperor.

Hu Min:   Is UNESCO concerned about the environment?

Mr. Rivera: Of course! In 2005 ,we started a 10-year program called ‘Water for Life’. We want people everywhere to have enough clean water. So many children around the world die every year because they do not have clean water to drink. In some countries, women have to walk long distances to carry water to their homes.

Hu Min:  Well, time flies! It is as if we had only talked for a minute! Well, Mr. Rivera, it has been very interesting talking to you!

1. How will girls possibly benefit from the GET EQUAL program by 2015? （回答詞數(shù)不超過7個） 

2. How have the 30 World Heritage sites of China benefited from UNESCO’s work? （回答詞數(shù)不超過10個）

3. In what ways is UNESCO’s work mainly discussed in the interview? （回答詞數(shù)不超過4個）    

假設(shè)你的英文名為Jack，是英國諾丁漢大學的中國留學生。你負責為在該校就讀的32名中國學生籌劃暑假期間的蘇格蘭之行，為期7天，請你給諾丁漢的STA（Students’Travel Agency）經(jīng)理Phil發(fā)一封電子郵件，聯(lián)系有關(guān)事宜。要點如下：

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Hi, Phil,

Yours truly,

                                                                                                           Jack

__________ latest news from Nanjing is that _____ old people can get on a public bus without paying the fare.

A．The; 不填           B．The; the          C．不填; the        D．不填； 不填

—So far _____________.

—That's too bad.

A．we received no letter from him               B．he won't send us any message

C．nothing from him has been received             D．we won't hear from him

Doctors say it will be many years ___________ scientists develop an effective treatment for AIDS.

A．when         B．since          C．before           D．a(chǎn)s