12、Research shows that people feel unhappy and worried when they have nothing to do.       , the happiest are those who are busy.

A．In short        B．In fact          C．As a result           D．For one thing

11、So far, scientists        about 1.8 million living species(物種), and that        just a small number of what probably exists on Earth.

A．had named; was         B．had named; is       C．have named; has been     D．have named; is

10、----Leave me alone. I’ve got to finish my homework..

----       Just one more thing. Could you give me a ride to school tomorrow?

A．Look!           B．Sorry.           C．Listen!          D．Really?

9、With too many construction projects        all the strength out of the economy, people of the small country complained a lot.

A．sucking        B．to suck         C．being sucked         D．being sucking

8、Having a mix of male and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere,       helps patients recover faster.

A．this       B．that       C．which           D．where

7、Unable to practice their traditions, many young Roma        illegal behavior, such as stealing, and were usually the main suspects when anything went missing.

A．took in          B．took on         C．took up         D．took to

6、20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ___1__ up at a building that was dark ___2___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80’s stood before me.

   “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ___3____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the ___4___ I would want my mother treated.”

“Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?”

“ It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said.“ I’m in no ____5__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___6___. “ I don’t have any family __7___.” She continued. “The __8___ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ___9___into the darkness, saying ___10___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___11___up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.

“How much do I ___12___you?’ she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___13____ onto me tightly, saying “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.

 Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___14__ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove ___15____, lost in thought.  ___16___ I had refused to take the run?  On a quick ___17___, I don’t think I have done anything more __18___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ___19__ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _20___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.

1．A．visit              B．pick              C．business         D．a(chǎn)ppointment

2．A．except for         B．but for            C．far from           D．instead of

3．A．take              B．bring              C．a(chǎn)ccompany     D．a(chǎn)ssist

4．A．a(chǎn)ttitude           B．manner            C．way           D．means

5．A．trouble             B．hurry             C．time            D．danger

6. A．puzzlement         B．excitement         C．eagerness        D．sadness

7．A．gone             B．stayed             C．left             D．remained

8．A．lawyer            B．doctor            C．neighbor         D．relative

9．A．stare             B．wander           C．disappeared      D．step

10．A．much           B．nothing           C．a(chǎn)nything         D．none

11．A came              B．a(chǎn)ppeared         C．showed          D．lit

12．A．charge          B．owe             C．give             D．cost

13．A．kept             B．held              C．caught          D．seized

14．A．beginning        B．symbol           C．sign             D．closing

15．A．a(chǎn)imlessly         B．deliberately        C．intentionally      D．carefully

16．A．How come       B．So what          C．What if        D．How about

17．A．review          B．pause           C．rest             D．memory

18．A．troublesome      B．important         C．enthusiastic      D．worthless

19．A．depend          B．rely             C．look           D．center

20．A．sudden              B．unaware            C．conscious         D．expected

5、When I graduated from Edinburgh University in 2004, I was unwilling to leave the city. The beautiful architecture, the Scottish countryside, friendly people—I was not short of reasons to stay. But along with the majority of my friends, both English and Scottish, I headed south to London to find a job.

This is a common pattern across the UK. About one in five graduates aged between 21 and 29 gets a job in London within six months of graduation, according to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit.

Emma Pollard, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies says, “There’s a real desire on the part of the students to stay on in a university town or city. They say the quality of life is good. But they get drawn away because they think that the opportunities are in big cities.” This trend is particularly strong in southern cities, with London not far away.

But although large cities such as Birmingham and Manchester are a major draw for financial jobs, graduates sometimes focus on them too much and miss opportunities elsewhere. “Some areas do have less of a lively financial services business—the East Midlands, for example. However, there are top-level manufacturing (制造業(yè)) jobs. Everywhere has top jobs in health and education, ” says Pollard.

However, people do not remain happy in the big cities forever. Later in their careers the UK’s middle class tend to change their opinions.

People traditionally look to move out of the big cities and travel to their workplace. This is especially true for families who want to buy more space for their money.

The increase in online communication also means more people can work from home or just go into the office a couple of times a week. With the comparatively small size of the UK, you can easily enjoy the best of both worlds, wherever you live.

1．Graduates leave university towns or cities because ______________ .

     A．the quality of life there is not good.

     B．they think there are more chances in big cities

     C．they want to follow the others

     D．the environment there is not satisfying

2．The underlined words “both worlds” in the last paragraph specifically refer to _____ .

     A．the west and the east                    B．the UK and a foreign country

     C．big cities and small places              D．work and home

3．What makes it possible to enjoy the best of both worlds easily?

     A．The change in people’s opinions.        B．The size of the UK.

     C．The development of minor cities.       D．People’s desire to buy more space.

4．According to the passage, Birmingham and Manchester __________ .

     A．a(chǎn)re two of the attractions to graduates         

       B．a(chǎn)re two less lively cities

     C．offer good manufacturing jobs      

       D．have lost their appeal to finance graduates

4、

1．The People’s Car is ___________ .

     A．cheap                                   B．expensive

     C．environmentally friendly               D．strongly built

2．Which of the products is made completely from environmentally friendly material?

     A．The People’s Car.                    B．The Air Jordan XX3.

     C．The HX car.                      D．The Fujitsu laptop.

3．According to scientists, which of the following opinions towards the new products is true?

     A．The People’s Car will bring a revolution to car materials.

     B．The Air Jordan shoe will contribute to global warming.

     C．The HX car has raised people’s environmental awareness.

     D．The Fujitsu laptop will not make a significant difference to the environment.

3、 

Autumn means different things to different people. It all depends on your personality, said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the reason,” he said. “ You may see it as a fading away, a packing up, or as a time of packing in another sense- the excited gathering of resources before a long journey.”

    If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19^th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees

November!

On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to open one of the greatest poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards, saying there was something comforting about autumn.

According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats’ “gathering swallows(燕子)” (in To Autumn) are leaving for America, millions of creatures from the frozen north are fleeing into Britain. Wild geese arrive from Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts. People might argue that it is the coloring of the leaves and their eventual falls that make people feel sad about autumn. But no one is sure why trees drop their leaves in the first place. It may be to rid the poisonous material trees collect over the summer. More likely, it is a way of reducing the loss of water, which tree roots find hard to take in from cold soil.

A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote:

Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn And suppose we could disintegrate(消逝) like autumn leaves

Would not our attitude towards death be different?

1．The best title of the passage would be________.

     A．Autumn’s many faces

     B．Poems about autumn

     C．Autumn-the only theme of poems

     D．Not a time of slowing down

2．Which of the following is more likely to make people sad?

     A．Swallows leaving for Africa            B．Wild geese arriving Britain

     C．The fall of tree leaves                 D．Their lack of knowledge of trees

3．Because of his personality, Keats felt?????????________ when autumn came.

     A．excited           B．comfortable       C．disappointed      D．sad

4．We can infer from the last paragraph that___________

     A．Loren Eiseley was also a botanist

     B．nobody can avoid death

     C．Loren Eiseley would like to be a maple leaf in autumn

       D．we should take a positive attitude towards death