謝期繁
一、完形填空
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從1~10各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中, 選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations. The most recent student survey showed that just one-fifth of those who___1___jobs before graduation have one by now. This is compared to___2___of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago.
Still, NACE found no big___ 3___in graduates who plan to stay in school and avoid the job market. About twenty-seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school, ___4 ___to about twenty-four percent a year ago.
Engineering and accounting graduates were more___5___ to have started their job search already and to have accepted a job. These are among the best___6___ professions for people with just a college degree. On average, ___7 ___ majors expect to start at about sixty-two thousand dollars a year. Accounting majors expect about forty-five thousand.
So how can students increase their chances for a job? Mimi Collins at NACE says the most___8 ___tool is a schools career advising center. Advisers can help students with job applications and preparing for___9___ . They also let students know about job___10 ___and events like job recruitment fairs. They can also help first-year students decide what to study.
1. A. answered for B. sent for
C. waited for D. looked for
2. A. neither B. fewer
C. half D. none
3. A. decrease B. change
C. increase D. mistake
4. A. linked B. devoted
C. connected D. compared
5. A. likely B. hardly
C. friendly D. lively
6. A. paid B. cared
C. applied D. accepted
7. A. accounting B. engineering
C. advising D. marketing
8. A. advanced B. effective
C. creative D. comparative
9. A. graduations B. ceremonies
C. interviews D. receptions
10. A. opportunitiesB. tricks
C. differences D. degrees
二、語法填空
閱讀下面短文,按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填人一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語的正確形式填空。
A man walking in the night slipped from a rock. ___11___he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch ___12___was hanging over the rock, afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet. In the night all he could see was a___13___ (bottom) abyss(深淵). He shouted, and ___14 ___own shout reflected back-there was nobody to hear.
You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare. Every moment there was death, his hands___15___ (become) cold, and he was losing his firm hold.and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed. There was no abyss at all. Just six inches down there was___16 ___rock. He could have rested the whole night, slept well-the rock was big enough- ___17___the whole night was a terrible dream.
Fear is only six inches deep. Now it is up to you whether you want to go on holding the branch and turn your life into a terrible dream, or ___18___you would love to leave the branch and stand ___19___your feet.
There is nothing ___ 20___ (fear).
三、閱讀理解
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
KAOHSIUNG: The 7-year-old girl Lin Wai-ki had slept in a tent for four nights before being taken to a temporary shelter by helicopters.
Her hometown, Minzu village, in the mountains of Kaohsiung County in southern Taiwan, was engulfed by mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot, which has claimed 120 lives so far.“My house is filled with rocks, and the school disappear, but I want to go to school,” she said.
Morakot, which hit Taiwan since last weekend, has been the worst typhoon in the past 50 years. Small villages in mountain areas in southern Taiwan were hardesthit. A village of Kaohsiung named Hsiaolin reported an estimated 380 deaths. Minzu village lost 30 residents. More than 200 survivors were trapped in the mountain awaiting for help. They were rescued on Thursday afternoon and transferred to a shelter in Cishan township of Kaohsiung County.
A beautiful brook flowed through Lins village but turned to a relentless killer in the rainstorm five days ago. “The brook poured all of a sudden. The mudslide knocked down the primary school at the top of our village,”said Lin Su-yun, a middle-aged woman. “When my family and I crawled out of the second-floor window of my house, the ground floor had already been buried in mud.”
Her son Chiou Yi-cheng sat by her side, holding her hand tightly. This high school boy shouldered the responsibility of protecting his mother and younger brother in his fathers absence. He also joined other young men in rescuing their fellow villagers.“Without these young men, we were hopeless,” Lin Su-yun said. The survivors hurried up to a highland and camped in tents waiting for rescuers. In search for food, a dozen of young men in the village walked along the roads, and back to their village. They brought back food recovered from accessible houses and stores.
They encircled children and the elderly when strong winds and rainfall threatened their shabby tents. Of all survivors, only six had cell phones and soon survivors found communication was cut off by the typhoon. It was these young men again who hiked all the way to a nearby village where communication facility still worked.
One of them, Lin Nien-en, a college freshman, said, “Now, here we are, but nobody has any idea about future. No one wants to get back, because there buried our families and friends...”
21. Which of the following is NOT true about Typhoon Morakot?
A. It has been the worst typhoon in the past five decades.
B. Hsiaolin is one of the villages badly damaged by Morakot.
C. More than 200 survivors were rescued and transferred
D. It has caused 120 deaths in all so far.
22. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means______________.
A. a village B. a mudslide
C. a stream D. a rainstorm
23. Which of the following would be the best headline of the news?
A. Typhoonhit Taiwan village, destructive but recovering
B. Mainland inall-outeffort to help Taiwan typhoon help
C. Assistance work underway in typhoonhit Kaohsiung
D. More than 500 feared dead in typhoon
24. By mentioning the Lin Su-yuns story , the writer intended to ____________.
A. show mercy to her family
B. show the damage caused by Morako
C. show she was very determined
D. show she lost her husband
25. What can be inferred from the news?
A. All the survivors were the children and the elderly.
B. All the signals of the cell phones were cut off.
C. They had nothing to eat for several days.
D. The young men in the villages are worth praising.
四、基礎(chǔ)寫作
假定你是李華。在一個(gè)英文網(wǎng)絡(luò)論壇上, 你看到一個(gè)名叫Grown-up的中學(xué)生發(fā)帖(post)尋求幫助:
[寫作內(nèi)容]
請根據(jù)以上帖子內(nèi)容, 給Grow-up回貼,并包括以下要點(diǎn):
1. 你對這一問題的看法;
2. 告訴Grown-up要理解母親;
3. 給Grown-up提出解決問題的具體建議:多與母親交流;行動(dòng)上證明自己已成年。
[寫作要求]
1. 只能使用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部內(nèi)容。
2. 回帖的開頭已給出。
[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]
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Hi, Grown-up,