1.Have you ever argued with your loved ones over simple misunderstandings(误解)? Little wonder. We often believe we’re more skillful in getting our point across than we actually are, according to Boza Keysar, a professor at the University of Chicago. In his recent study, speakers tried to express their meanings using unclear sentences. Speakers who thought listeners understood were wrong nearly half the time. Here’s some good advice to reduce misunderstanding:　　(1)Don’t trust what you see from the listener. Listeners often nod, look at you or say “uhhuh” to be polite or move the conversation along. But it’s easy to consider these as signs of understanding.　　(2)Train the editor(编辑) in your head. If you say, “Beth discusses her problems with her husband,” it’s not clear whether she’s talking to her husband or about him. Try instead, “Beth talks to her husband about her problems.” or “Beth talks to others about the problems with her husband.”　　(3)Ask listeners to repeat your message. Introduce your request by saying “I want to be sure I said that right.” Questions like “How does that sound?” or “Does that make sense?” may also work.(4)Listen well. When on the receiving end, ask questions to be sure you’re on the same page. After all, it isn’t just the speaker’s job to make his speech understood.

The writer suggests that when talking to others, the speaker should .

2.They had to walk here,___they?

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Passage TwoTom was aged four but he was talking like a two-year-old baby. He was saying such things as“kick ball" and “want car”，and using lots of one-word sentences. He should have been saying some really long sentences and telling stories with them. He wasn' t. Something had gone trribly wrong.Quite a few children have what is called a“language delay". For some reason they don't learn to speak as quickly as they should. Their friends shoot ahead and they’re left behind. As a result, they get very lonely. Nobody wants to talk to you if you can' t talk back.Can anything be done to help these children? Yes. They can go to see a speech therapist- -a person who's specially trained to work out what' s wrong and who knows how to teach language to children.This is what happened to Tom. The speeh therpist played some games with him and heard how he talked. She made a recording of his speech, and chatted to his mom and dad about his background.They’d taken Tom to see a doctor,but the doctor hadn’t found anything wrong with him.He seemed peretly normal in every way- except he just wasn talking.Afer Tom and his parents had gone home, the therapist listened carefully to the recording she' d made .Then she looked at a chart which showed how language developed in children aged two,three,and four. She could see Tom was a long way behind.The next step, she deided, was to teach Tom how to say some new sentences like”kick a red ball,”and”the clown is kicking a ball.”Tom didn’t get the new sentences right straight away.But therapist was very patient,and after a few more visit he started to make progress.What is the best title for the passage?

4.In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievements andconfident that their degree would help them to find a good job.However, in the past four year the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s collegegraduates are facing one of the worst job markets. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of SanJose State University, got a degree working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s evenharder for new college graduates to find jobs.Four years ago, the future looked bright for his class of 2006. T here were many high-tech(“dotcom”)job opportunities, graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with highsalaries and benefits such as health insurance and paid vacations. However,“Times have changed.it’s a new market,” according to an officer of the university.The officer says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked duringsummer vacations, they have had several short-time jobs, and they majored in fields that are stillpaying well, such as accounting or nursing.Even teaching is not a secure profession now. Ryan Stewart wanted to be a teacher, but instead hewill probably go back to school in order to become a college teacher. He thinks college teachingcould be a good career even in a bad economy.In conclusion, these days a college degree does not automatically lead to a good job with a highsalary. Some students can only hope that the value of their degree will increase in the future.According to the passage, ( ) had the best job prospects in 2002.

5.It is___（necessary)for you to walk the little dog once a week to the park.

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Nasredain was a poor man,so he tried to grow1he could in his own garden,sothat he would not have to buy so many in the market.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window.A white oxhad got into the garden and2his vegetables.Nasreddin at once took his stick,ran outand chased the ox,but heas too old to catch it.When he got back to his garden,hefound that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.

3,while he4in the street near his house,he saw a cart with two white oxenwhich looked very much like the one that5his vegetables.He was carrying his stickwith him,6he at once began to beat the two oxen with it.As neither of them lookedmore like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other,he beat both of them equallyhard.

The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a7coffee house.When hesaw8Nasreddin was doing9his animals,he ran out and shouted,"What are youdoing?What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?"＂You keep out this!"Nasreddin shouted back."This is a matter between me and oneof these two oxen.He knows very well10,I am beating him!”4.

7.Amnesty (大赦) Interational is a world-wide volunteer organization funded entirely by subscriptions and donations．It is totally independent of any government, political faction, ideology, economic interest or religious creed. 　　The organization works for the release of "Prisoners of Conscience" -men, women and children imprisoned anywhere for their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language or religion．It also seeks fair and immediate trial for all political prisoners detained (拘留) without charge, and opposes torture and the degrading treatment of prisoners．It is also against the death penalty for all types of crime. 　　Amnesty works by collecting information．When it has proof that a person is a " Prisoner of Conscience" , that person's case is handed over to a local group．The local groups are ordinary individuals who believe in Amnesty's work．They send letters to governments, embassies, leading newspapers and the prisoner's family and friends．They also collect signatures and raise money to send medicine, food and clothing to the prisoners and their families．These volunteers use their freedom of speech to win the same freedom for their adopted prisoner. 　　Paradoxically, Amnesty International is an organization that will only be satisfied when it has become redundant (多余的) .The local groups are composed of__.

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Passage Four

Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and

his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.

To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving( 进化 ) as Cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting fielD、（84）Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed ：They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attack.

Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting the food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life was put to a new use --that of controlling and domesticating ( 驯养 ) their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.

(85)The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences( 后果 ), but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that was no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten, but there were other purposes, much simpler of obtaining a meaty meal.According to the author, sporting activities _____.

9.He got well-prepared for the job interview,for he couldn't risk.___the good opportunity.

10.-Have you seen the film Return of the King?--___I going to see it tonight.

11.根据读音，选择合适的答案( )

12.完形填空Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you21do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks(网络) have become a22for many people to shop without23having to leave their home.　　Some shoppers are24of department stores and supermarkets—fighting the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight25of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product26a model shows it. And they can shop around the clock, buying something27by making a phone call.　　Department stores and even mail order companies are28to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy29their own TV channels(频道) to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place30, all through their TV sets.　　Will shopping by television31take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so.32many people find shopping at a real store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to33or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s34specialists say that in the future, home shopping will35together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
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13. It is a small country, yet has a lot of__________resources.

14.It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servantto it. E?mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new vehicle. The averagebusinessperson is getting about 80 e?mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messagesin their “In Box” are of little or no value.So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Easing E?mail”.1.Get off the lists. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lotof unwanted e?mails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusionin unwanted “cc” lists(抄送名单).2.“Unlisted address”.Just like getting an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only withthose whom you want to give direct access, you might want to get a separate e?mail address onlyfor the important communications you wish to receive.3.Check it once or twice per day.Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server,monitoring incoming email on a continuous basis. Maybe this is because e?mail creates its ownsense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them acouple of times per day.4.Deal with it. As you open each e?mail do one of the following:a.If it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.b.If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.c.If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your DayPlanner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.I personally receive approximately 250 e?mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above, Ican handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not beingcontrolled by it to the distraction(分心)of more important tasks in my day.If you get unwanted e?mails, the best you can do is to .

15.This sound doesn’t ( ) in Chinese, so it’s difficult for the students to pronounce.

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Last Friday,after doing all the family shopping in the town.I wanted to have a restbefore catching the train.I1 a newspaper and some chocolate and2into the station coffee shop.It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to3at.I put myheavy bag down on the floor,4the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and thenwent to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee.there was someone5in the next seat.6

was a boy,with dark glasses and old clothes,and7bright red at the front.He had

started to cat my chocolate!Naturally,I was rather uneasy about him.but I didn't want to have any8.I justread the newspaper,tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate.The boy looked at me in9.Then he took a10piece of my chocolate.I could hardly believe it.Still I didn'tsay anything to him.When he took a third piece,I felt more angry than uneasy.Ithought,"Well,I shall have the last piece,"And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look,then11up.As he left,he shouted out.

＂There's something.12with that woman!”Everyone looked at me,13I didn't

Want to quarrel with the boy,so I kept quiet.I did not realize that I had14a mistakeuntil I finished my coffee and was ready to15.My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper.The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!15.单选

17. Let’s go to the airport a little earlier __________ we can choose better seats．

18.If it is fine tomorrow.we___a football match.

19.The basketball team was___（luck)to lose in the final minute of the game.

20.Mark Twain is one of America's much-beloved authors, creating imaginative and humorous classics for children and adults alike, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain passed away in 1910, leaving behind a treasure of great literature. But now, 100 years after his death,he'll have a brand-new book on the shelves: a three-volume autobiography.Twain hasn't been keeping busy in his tomb: it was his wish that publishers wait until 100 years after his death to publish his memoirs（自传）, which he spent the last decade of his life working on.The autobiography totals more than 5,000 pages, and likely won't be all sunshine and roses. It seems that Twain harbored some bitterness against former girlfriends and ex-friends. He also writes negatively about politicians of his day, such as Teddy Roosevelt. It's likely that he requested such a long lead time for the memoirs because he didn't want to hurt the feelings of anyone mentioned in this work.Although small sections of the memoirs have been previously published, the autobiography has never been available in full, and should provide great insights into the man behind the classic books. The first volume of the set will be available in November, and the trilogy is being published by the University of California, Berkeley."There are so many biographies of Twain, and many of them have used bits and pieces of the autobiography," editor Robert Hirst told The Independent. "But biographers pick and choose what bits to quote. By publishing Twain's book in full, we hope that people will be able to come to their own complete conclusions about what sort of a man he was.What does the underlined word "trilogy" in Paragraph 4 mean?