Many people went to the southern parts of China to ________their fortune.

A. find　　　

B. search　　　　

C. make　　　

D. receive

—Can children swim in this pool?

    —Yes. However, at no time _____ they do so by themselves.

    A. dare             B. should        C. need           　 D. could

He has always insisted on his 　　 Dr Turner instead of Mr Turner.

A、been called　 B、called　　 C、having called　　 D、being called

She seems to be acting strangely, but she is a nice girl. She is ___ than unfriendly.

A. shyer　　　 B. shier　　　　　　 C. more shy rather than D. more shy

The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive both as a job and as an industry.

　 Sources at the Beijing People’s Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the city’s laid-off workers. The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal(市政的) centers which supervise(監(jiān)督) property management, household mending and installation, and house keeping services. Modern city life is creating a need for industrialization home services. This will create job opportunities for laid-off workers, said vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.

　 Beijing residents have long desired a home service industry. The demand is expected to drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.

　 In the past, few laid-off workers in Beijing desired to work as home helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city residents have not felt safe trusting rural girls with modern household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laid-off workers.

　 By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 40’s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics(準則) shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades. They never imagined being laid off by state owned enterprises; they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector(部門) meant taking risks; house-keeping implied lower social status. Gao Yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice. She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month. So she no longer worries about her daughter’s tuition at a university in Shanghai.

1. What is talked about in the passage?

　 A. Home service.　　 B. Modern city life.　　 C. Laid-off workers. D. Social status.

2. What does the word “ laid-off” in the passage mean?

　 A. Heavily-burdened. 　 B. Old　　　　　 C. Inexperienced.　 D. Jobless.

3. Why didn’t the laid-off workers like to do home services in the past?

　 A. Low salary.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Lower social status.

C. Dirty working condition.　　　　　　　 D. Too much extra work.

4. Why were many laid-off workers at a loss?

　 A. Because they didn’t get used to the new way of life.　

　 B. Because they are too old to find a new job.

　 C. Because they dislike being laid off.　

D. Because they think they lost their social status.

She s _______（偷偷摸摸地）out of the house once her parents were asleep.

The bell ______ the end of the period ______, ______ our heated discussion.

A. indicating; rang; interrupting　 B. indicating; ring; interrupting

C. indicated; ringing; interrupting D. indicating; rang; interrupted

You are the team star! Working with _________ is really your cup of tea.

A. both　　　　　 B. either　　　　　　 C. others　　　　 D. the other

Was it in this very room ____ he made up his mind ____ he should break away from his family?

A. that; which　　 B. which; that　　 C. which; which　　 D. that; that

周筆暢宣布退出“超女”演唱會的巡演，重返校園。對此你和同學(xué)們展開了激烈的討論。一部分同學(xué)不贊成“超女”重返學(xué)校。認為這是對她的一次鍛煉，可以獲得更多的演出機會，而且可以更早地實現(xiàn)當(dāng)歌星的夢想。但也有一部分同學(xué)贊同“超女”的做法。認為學(xué)校的學(xué)習(xí)比演出更重要，這樣可以使聲樂基礎(chǔ)更加牢固，而且，頻繁的演出也是一件很勞累的事情。如果你是她，你會選擇退出還是留下？說明你的理由。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)：100左右；

2. 參考詞匯：過多的excessive；

3. 內(nèi)容要點可用不同方式表達；

4. 對緊扣主題的適當(dāng)發(fā)揮不予扣分。