14、The boy we all considered to be honest was ______ of cheating in the exam.

A. approved         B. warned        C. accused          D. informed

13、Only _____ as a secretary ______ how important it is to have a good knowledge of English.

A. after did I work; I realized            B. after I worked; I realized

C. after did I work; did I realize         D. after I worked; did I realize

12、You’d better have your camera ready, just _____ you see something that would make a good picture.

A. even if          B. in case           C. as if        D. in order that

11、My classmates and I will go hiking tomorrow and it doesn’t make any _______ whether it will rain or not.

A. difference       B. difficulty       C. meaning       D. problem

10、It must be a ______ question, as can be seen from the _______ expression on the physics teacher’s face.

A. puzzled, puzzling                        B. puzzling; puzzled

C. puzzling; puzzling                       D. puzzled; puzzled

9、One summer morning, I was walking in the street when I ran into a stranger passing by. “I am    1 ! “ was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me, too! I even didn’t notice you.” We were very  2   , this stranger and I . Then we went on our  3   after saying goodbye.

But at home,  4  story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen,  5    I cooked our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned around, I nearly    6   her down. “get out of the   7   !” I shouted with a frown. She stepped away    8   , with her little heart broken. I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.

That night, when I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While  9   with a stranger, you are    10    and polite, but with those you love, you are quick to get   11   and look around the   12   floor, you will find some flowers she brought for you. She   13   them herself ----- pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly, and you   14   saw the tears in her eyes.”

By this time my   15   had begun to fall. I quietly went and knelt by her bed, “    16  , my dear,” I said, “ Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I   17   them in a napkin(紙巾)just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the     18   ,” I said, “I am sorry that I    19   them today ---- and I     20  have shouted at you that way.”

1. A. angry                 B. sorry                 C. excited                     D. surprised

2. A. calm                     B. happy                C. polite                D. careful

3. A. road                            B. talk                C. argument          D. way

4. A. a different             B. the same         C. a surprising       D. a moving

5. A. after                    B. as                 C. before              D. if

6. A. put                             B. turned           C. knocked           D. threw

7. A. way                     B. line                   C. place                D. road

8. A. hurriedly              B. silently              C. angrily              D. excitedly

9. A. going             B. fighting             C. speaking        D. meeting

10. A. excited              B. calm              C. quiet                 D. pleased

11. A. moved                B. angry                C. puzzled             D. surprised

12. A. bedroom          B. dining room      C. sitting room              D. kitchen

13. A. bought                      B. picked           C. stole                 D. made

14. A. almost            B. hardly               C. seldom             D. even

15 A. hair                   B. flowers          C. tears          D. daughter

16. A. Get up             B. Stand up        C. Wake up           D. Sit up

17. A. put                    B. wrapped        C. tied               D. found

18. A. red                    B. pink                 C. blue                  D. yellow

19. A. destroyed           B. forgot               C. noticed             D. missed

20. A. shouldn’t            B. couldn’t         C. mustn’t            D. needn’t

7、Job stress knows no boundaries

STRESS ----- that tense feeling from having too much to do, too many bills to pay, or not enough time or money ----- is an emotion that recognizes no borders.

About three-fourths of people in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Britain say they experience stress on a daily basis, (1)     a recent survey (2)___ (conduct) by the Associated Press and Ipsos, an international research company. And the anxious (3)    (feel) get more intense during holidays.

The poll（民意測驗(yàn)）, (4)     covered about 1,000 people in each of the 10 countries, showed that the causes of stress are growing in the modern world. They include finances, jobs, long commutes and (5)    (increase) complex technology.

(6)     (Germany) feel stress more intensely than those in other countries polled. People in the US said (7)    (finance) pressure was their top worry. About half the people in Britain said they frequently or sometimes felt that life was (8)_____ their control, the highest level in the 10 countries surveyed.

"The idea (9)_____we French lead the good life is totally Utopian（空想主義）," said Pascale Mongay, a counsellor at a private Paris tutoring firm. "We are as stressed as anyone."

People use various ways to deal with all the pressure bearing down on them. Many say they turn (10)_____ friends. Mongay says he has started taking weekly piano and swimming lessons.

6、     In the last 500 years, nothing about people----not their clothes, ideas, or languages- -----has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.

     The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine” of 1845~1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.

     There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.

     According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

1．According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

     A．Food.               B．Clothing.           C．Ideology.           D．Language.

2．“Some” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ____.

     A．some cocoa trees                          B．some chocolate drinks

     C．some shops                              D．some South American Indians

3．Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because _______.

A．they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else

B．they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America

C．the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes

D．the potato harvest was bad

4．Which country is the largest coffee producer?

A．Brazil.                 B．Colombia.            C．Ethiopia.            D．Egypt.

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

     A．One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.

     B．Coffee is native to Colombia.

     C．Coffee can keep one awake.

     D．Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

5、One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw (取出 ) or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the “cashless society” is not on the horizon---- it is already here.

While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to recorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel（職員）and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customer for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.

     Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities（功用）to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.

1．According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to _____.

A．withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes

B．obtain more convenient services than other people do

C．enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper

D．cash money where he wishes to

2．From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that _______.

A．in the future all the Americans will use credit cards

B．credit cards are mainly used in the United States today

C．nowadays many Americans did not pay in cash

D．it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before

3．The phrase “ring up sales” (Lines 2-3, Para. 2) most probably means _______.

A．make an order of goods

B．record sales on a cash register

C．call the sales manager

D．keep track of the goods in stock

4．It can be inferred that _______.

A．computers will bring disaster

B．computer industry will not develop faster

C．computers will bring about more convenience to people’s life

D．computer can analyze marketing reports

5．What is this passage mainly about?

A．Approaches to the commercial use of computers.

B．Conveniences brought about by computers in business.

C．Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.

       D．Advantage of credit cards in business.