1.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.

2.______is mentioned in some of his stories, the author was brought up in a small village.

3.Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings. 　　They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things．Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film．If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward．The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get a reward for doing them. 　　Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and soldiers in both old and modem times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near．But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories．In Russia, for example, pigeons which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory．When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak．This turns on a light to warn people in the factory．At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward．It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can inspect 3 000 to 4 000 balls an hour. 　　Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists believe that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains.[单选题] What made scientists think animal can be made to work for us one day?

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Eating an apple a day doesn' t keep the doctor away, but it does reduce the amount of trips you make to the drug store per year. That ' s according to a new study that investigates whether there' s any truth in the old saying.A team of researchers led by Dr Matthew Davis, of the University of Michigan School of Nursing,asked 8,399 participants to answer survey questions about diet and health. A total of 753 were apple eaters, consuming at least 149g of raw apple per day. The remaining 7,646 were classed as non-apple eaters. When both groups answered questions on trips to the doctor and trips to the drug store per year,the apple eaters were found to be 27% less likely to visit the druggist for drugs.Trips to the doctor were not significantly affected by apple consumption, though. "Evidence does not support that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. However, the small number of US adults who eat an apple a day does appear to use fewer prescription medications," the study concludes.Apple eaters were also found to be less likely to smoke and be more likely to have a higher educational attainment than non-apple eaters. While apples do not compete with oranges, they docontain some immune (免疫的) system-increasing vitamin C, which may be why apple-eaters visit the druggist less. With over 8mg of vitamin C per medium-sized fruit, an apple can provide roughly 14% your daily recommended intake.Previous studies have also linked apple consumption to a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes (二型糖尿病) ,improved lung function and a lower risk of colon (结肠) cancer.45. What is the conclusion of the study?

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Food is very important.Everyone needsto1well if he or she wants to have astrong body.Our minds also need a kind of food.This kind of food is2.We begin toget knowledge even3we are very young.Small children are4in everythingaround them.They learn5while they are watching and listening.When they are getting older,they begin to6story books,science books....anything theyhike.Whenthey find something new,they love to ask questions and7to find out answers.Whatis the best8to get knowledge?ifwe learn by ourselves,we will get9knowledge,If we are10getting answers from others and do not ask why we will neverlearn well.When we study in the right way,we will learn more and understand better.5,

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7.I'd like to go with you ; __________, my hands are full at the moment.

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A.Whatdidyousay?

B.I'matotalstrangerhereC.Youcan 't missitD.Ibegyourpardon?E.ItsJustoppositetheNo5DepartmentStore.F.Idon'tthinkitisnecessaryG.It'snotveryfar.4.（对话）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（本题5分）----Excuseme,canyoutellmewherethenearestrestaurantis?----__1__----Whereisthenearestrestaurant,please?----Oh.therestaurant?ThenearestoneistheCityRestaurant.__2__----I'm-er-I'mafraidIdon'tquite..yousee.__3__----Isee.Simplywalktwoblocksstraightahead,thenturnleft,andtheCityRestaurantisabout10metersahead.__4__---CanItakeabus?----Ofcourseyoucan,but__5__It'sonlyafew minutes’ walk----Thankyouverymuch.----Notatall.

9.After the mine accident,the government sent a group of experts to__________the matter.

10.It was___fine day that they went to the park.

11.On television all over the world there are programmes about the work of the police．They are popular because they are usually very exciting．In London there is a television programme called"Police Five "--because it is on for five minutes once a week．A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes in the London area．He asks for public help．The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police. 　　Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewellery (珠宝) and other things which thieves stole during the week．Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in．When people see men or things on the television programme which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them．With their help the police may catch more criminals. 　　Sometimes the police find a car or some money．Shaw Taylor shows them on television．The owners sometimes see them．Then they can telephone the police and say, "Thank you very much-- that's mine!" [单选题] From the passage we know Shaw Taylor is __.

12.根据以下资料，回答103-106题。 　　The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday．Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is covering small island nations and threatening to destroy the low-lying, densely-populated low regions around the globe. 　　The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and consequences rising oceans．It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors. 　　Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice．Both processes are caused by global warming．The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven meters, which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai. 　　Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say．But up to now, there has been a puzzling gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans. 　　The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reunite the models with observed data．Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 meters from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC. 106 The rise in water levels is especially dangerous for small island nations and __.

13.No sooner had he entered the hall ________ the meeting started.

14.This time tomorrow，I_________0n the beach，enjoying the sunshine!

15.III. Cloze ( 30 points)Mary Anning( 1799 - 1874) was a British fossil hunter who began finding 21 as a child, and soon supported herself and her very 22 family by finding and selling fossils.Very 23 is known about her life, but her father was a cabinet maker and he also 24 local fossils.Mary 25 on the southern coast of England, in a town called Lyme Regis. Its famous 26 by the sea contain 27 fossil layers that 28 from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods(the 29 of the dinosaurs, other bizarre reptiles, large insects, sea creatures, 30 mammals, and 31 life forms).Mary Anning 32 and prepared the first fossilized plesiosaur( an ocean-dwelling reptile) and the first Ichthyosaurus (an ocean-dwelling reptile that 33 like a dolphin). She found many other important fossils, including Pterodactylus (a flying reptile), sharks (and other fish), and so on. 34 with her brother Joseph, Mary supplied prepared fossil specimens to 35 museums, scientists, and private collections.22（）A.poor B.rich C.famous D.unknown

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17.选出下面读音不同的选项()。

18.I________ raw fish，but I’ d like to try it one day.

19.Only when I began to do it ____________ that I had made a mistake.

20.根据以下资料，回答103-106题。 　　The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday．Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is covering small island nations and threatening to destroy the low-lying, densely-populated low regions around the globe. 　　The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and consequences rising oceans．It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors. 　　Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice．Both processes are caused by global warming．The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven meters, which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai. 　　Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say．But up to now, there has been a puzzling gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans. 　　The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reunite the models with observed data．Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 meters from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC. 104 Ultimately, the new study should help scientists to __.