I met him very late on Friday night, ______, early Saturday morning.

A. at the latest    B. on the whole     C.  in a word     D. or rather

I was in the baths , ______ I didn’t hear the telephone, which was ringing several times. 

A. as a result of             B. with the result that    C. resulting in        D. resulting from

Wily is it that students in less popular majors sometimes find it easier to get a job? Simple. It’s because they are out there in the “blue ocean"，a relatively untouched area.

The term was created by Chan Kim and Renee Manborgne, two professors

ho use it to describe less crowded parts of business and industry with little or not completion. It contrasts with the “red ocean", which is already saturated, competitive, and crowded with people or companies providing the same services or producing the same goods.

According to these two authors，the primary goal of business is to enter the “blue ocean" or create a new market. This is done by creating what no one else has. Business must come up with creative things that are useful and affordable and reduce unnecessary costs. So customers get what they want for less and sellers get a higher return on their investment. When these two are combined，it’s a catalyst(催化劑)for the blue ocean market.

McDonald’s is a popular example. Traditional restaurants have waiters，table settings，men us，and a certain type of service. McDonald’s，however，was different. It did away entirely with waiters and table service，and kept the menu limited.

But in its number of locations，speed，overall quality and child friendliness. McD0naid's did far better than traditional restaurants. In this sense，one can say that McDonald’s was a totally different concept in eating out. It met the blue ocean demand.

63. According to Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne，“blue ocean” means    .

A. crowded parts of business and industry with little competition

B. new markets which are full of competition    .

C. new companies offering different services from old ones

D. certain untouched markets with few competitors

64. The underlined word "saturated” in Para. 2 probably means“         ”.

A. carry out according to an unusual method      B. arrange in advance

C. be unable to take any more                 D. be different from the old market

65. McDonald’s success lies in         .

A. its being different from traditional restaurants

B. inventing a unique business with few competitors

C. its advanced operation and management

D. its best overall quality and services

66. For a website providing information and services for new mothers，finding the “blue ocean" means         . ·

A. offering something other websites don’t have

B. offering the best information and services

C. creating a new market to help the website stand out

D. looking for a unique position in the marketplace

Our English teacher devoted herself        to her teaching and it earned her a good

    reputation in our schgool．

A．strongly                  B．extremely               C．entirely                   D．freely

Failure is probably the most fatiguing (令人疲勞的)experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding, being blocked, not moving ahead. It is an evil circle. Failure causes fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue.

    We experience this tiredness in two main ways: start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up. Either because it is too boring or because it is too difficult, we avoid it. And the longer we put it off, the more tired we feel.

   Such start-up fatigue is very real, even not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The remedy (治療法) is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply: willpower exercise. The moment I find myself turning away from a job, or putting it under a pile of things I have to do, I clear my desk of everything else and attack the difficult item first. To prevent start-up fatigue, always treat the most difficult job first.

   Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Here we are willing to get started, but we can't seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again. The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can, then let the unconsciousness take over.

72.. Which of the following can be called an evil circle？

??   A. Success-zeal-success-zeal.

??   B. Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness.

??   C. Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness.

??   D. Success-tiredness-success-tiredness.

73.. According to the passage , when keeping putting off a task, we can experience _______.

??   A. tiredness    B. performance fatigue   C. start-up fatigue   D. unconsciousness

74.To overcome start-up fatigue, we need ________ .

??   A. toughness   B. prevention           C. muscles        D. strong willpower

75.. The underlined word "insurmountable" in the last paragraph probably means ________ .

??   A. that can not be overcome              B. that are known

??   C. that can not be imagined               D. that can not be objected

IV. 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分為40分）

第一節(jié)：基礎(chǔ)寫作（共1小題，滿分15分）

       【寫作內(nèi)容】

請按照下面6幅圖片的提示和所給的主題句，使用5個規(guī)范的英語句子，

寫一篇題為“Changes in Our Life” 的英語短文。

[寫作要求]

1. 標題：Changes in Our Life

2. 短文必須使用5個句子介紹包括以上六幅圖片的全部內(nèi)容，其中三個句子必須為復(fù)合句,可以適當增減細節(jié)，使內(nèi)容連貫；

3. 將5個句子組織成連貫的短文。

4．正文詞數(shù)在100左右。

【評分標準】 

 句子結(jié)構(gòu)準確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫

. Only in a few countries in the world _______ a reasonable standard of living.

A. enjoyed people have  B. people have enjoyed

C. people can enjoy      D. can people enjoy

___ the new policy, we are now having a happy life.

   A. Thanks to     B. Because to         C. For               D. Thanks for