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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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It is Saturday afternoon．You and your friends are planning to go to the movies and then spend the night together. Just as you start to get ready, your dad reminds you it is your aunt's birthday and the whole family is going out to dinner to celebrate．How can this possibly end without a huge argument?
One of the greatest sources of tension(紧张情绪)between teenagers and their families is the struggle to balance personal desires with family expectations．As you are getting older，you are becoming more independent and more interested in being with your friends．
However，at the same time，your family is trying to figure out how to deal with these changes． While you once spent most of your free time with your family，you are now often absent from home．Parents may get their feelings hurt．Or they might feel that they are losing control of their family during this period．You might feel angry that so many family demands are placed on you．
There are a few things you can try to make it a little easier to ease(缓解)the tension．
* Make your plans in advance．Ask your parents if there is anything else planned at that time．
* When something with your friends interferes(干扰；冲突)with a family event，try to figure
out if there is any way you can do both．
* Suggest something you would really like to do with your family．Sometimes parents feel better just knowing their teenager wants to spend time with them．
Some of the time you won’t be happy with the outcome(结果)．You might either have to disappoint your parents or have to miss out being with your friends．However，if you show consideration(体谅)for the feelings of both your family and your friends，you can solve the problem in a tender way．
41．The purpose of the first paragraph is to _________.
A．show a disagreement of views
B．serve as a description of teenager trouble
C．serve as an introduction to the discussion
D．show the popularity of teenager problem
42．The tension between teenagers and their families is caused by the fact that____________.
A．teenagers don’t like to take family demands
B．parents want to keep their family under control
C．parents feel unhappy that their children make so many friends
D．both parents and teenagers don’t pay attention to each other’s feeling much
43．Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the passage?
A．Don’t feel angry if your parents ask you to do something．
B．Try to think of ways to balance family event with friend event．
C．Tell your parents before you decide to spend time with your friends．
D．Advise your parents to do something that you are interested in with you．
44．What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To inform us of parent and teenager tension．
B．To tell us about a common teenager problem．
C．To persuade parents to show consideration for teenagers．
D．To advise teenagers how to deal with their tension with their family．[来
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B
How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations indicate that there are several keys to success that successful people share．
First of all，successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to go ahead．They realize that their future lies in their own hands．They understand that they cannot control things in life，such as nature，the past and other people．But in the meantime，they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions．They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do．
Perhaps what most separate successful people from others is that they live life “on purpose”——they are doing what they believe they are put here to do．In their opinion，having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to become fully functioning people．They hold that when they live their life on purpose，their main concern is to do the job right．They love what they do—and it shows．People want to do business with them because of their commitment(投身；献身)．To live their life on purpose，successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it．Besides，they never easily give up．Once they have set up goals in their life，they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals．Rather than seeing it negative or depressing they use the knowledge to spur themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately．
45．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．How People Live Their Life on Purpose
B．How People Can Be Successful
C．How People Can Do Their Own Things
D．How People Do Business
46．By living life “on purpose”，successful people can __________.
A．do a lot of work B．concentrate on their jobs
C．do business with many people D．do all of the above mentioned
47．The underlined word “it’’ in the second paragraph refers to __________.
A．the main concern of successful people
B．the job that successful people do
C．the commitment with which successful people do their job
D．the business that successful people do with other people
48．The underlined word “spur” in the last sentence most probably means .
A．encourage B．excite C．relieve D．force
C
Traditional rubbish collection is dirty, smelly and labor-intensive, and rubbish can pile up in basements or wooden bins. This new system does away with all that and with lots of expensive bin lorries.
"Nobody sees anything happening, there's no bins, there's no trucks on street, there's no curbs like boxes, there is no kids on the bikes trying to fight with dust cars going up on the street. It's safe, it's clean, and it's healthy for everybody."
This is how it works: you sort your rubbish into special containers in your kitchen, then take the bags to one of these. They drop down into the building's basement. Twice a day, a powerful vacuum sucks them away to a collection centre down a single pipe. First, the food waste, then general rubbish, then stuff for recycling, like paper and cans.
In the past thirty years, the system's been installed around the world, from Stockholm to Barcelona, Disneyland to Dubai, but never in the UK. One problem : it's expensive. Local councils make big savings on refuge collection, but they don't pay the cost of installation. The developer here next to? Wembley Stadium, says it makes sense partly because this development is the size of a small town.
"We own the entire site, the 85 acres and all the roads. And that's the fundamental that we control the public ground. And we take a benefit of that 'cause our public ground's going be great as a consequence of this system."
"And this is where it ends up, the central collection centre. That great big green pipe is the outlet from the underground network and laid in all the roads around here. These great big things are essentially enormous intensive? vacuum cleaner that will swirl?(使旋转) the rubbish around, the air, goes off to the top. The waste goes down to the bottom and then it (is) shifted to one of these containers where it can be put on to a lorry and taken away." Environmentally, it’s claimed the systems are great improvement, but it has a challenge.
49. Which of the following about the new collection system is WRONG according to the passage?
A. high price B. labor consumption C. big size D. good safety
50.Which is the right order when the new system works?
A. Sort rubbish –put rubbish bags in basement----suck rubbish by a vacuum----shift to containers
B. Put rubbish bags in basement----suck rubbish by a vacuum-- sort rubbish----shift to containers
C. Sort rubbish--- shift to containers--- suck rubbish by a vacuum--- put rubbish bags in basement
D. Suck rubbish by a vacuum---- sort rubbish---- shift to containers--- put rubbish bags in basement
51. According to the passage, the challenge of the new system is _________.
A. to work economically B. to take up the size of a small town
C. to equip itself in the UK D. to be environmentally friendly
D
Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows。 In a study of family photographs, psychologists Professor David Perrett and Elisabeth Cornwell - now at the University of Colorado have found that while both father and mother can influence the attractiveness of their daughters, the couple's good looks do not necessarily contribute to the attractiveness of their son as an adult。?Handsome men with masculine (阳刚的)looks are likely to pass on masculine features, but not facial attractiveness。 The theory suggests it is not unusual for attractive parents to produce a beautiful daughter while failing to pass on the same good looks to a son。 While many celebrity mothers produce stunning daughters - such as Goldie Hawn and her daughter Kate Hudson or Jerry Hall and her daughter Georgia - the same is not necessarily true of celebrity fathers。Sean Stewart, the son of Rod Stewart and his first wife Alana, would probably be judged less attractive than his model sister Kimberly。??"We can't see a strong relationship between the parents' attractiveness and the sons. If the parents are supermodels, the chances are the daughters will be lookers," Perrett said。
? ??? Prof Perrett said it has previously been suggested that a woman could increase her own reproductive success by choosing a good-looking mate whose genes would be passed on to male children.???But the new study, published in the current edition of the journal Animal Behaviour, disagrees with the theory。
? ? ??He said: " When we looked at women's faces, we found clear evidence that attractiveness passed from both father and mother to daughter. For the male line, we find that facial masculinity conforms to the rule 'like father - like son'. Masculine dads have masculine sons。"But we did not find any evidence that facial attractiveness is passed from father to son。 52.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A Father and mother can influence the attractiveness of their children
B.Handsome fathers with masculine looks will not pass on masculine features
C.There is a strong relationship between the parents’ attractiveness and the daughters.
D If the parents are supermodels,their sons will be good-looking.
53.What dose the word “lookers ” in the fourth paragraph most probably mean?
A On-lookers B Models C Beauties D Passers-by
54.How many celebrity families are mentioned in the passage?
A Three B.One C.Two D.Four
55.The passage is most likely to be found in a book about _________________.
A popular science B historical events C successful people D political systems
E
If you know exactly what you want, the best way to get a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.
That's especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the effect of a degree washes out after five years.
As further evidence of companies gradually losing faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz mentions a pattern in hiring practices. Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn’t constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,”says Scheetz. This sounds like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts (文科)graduates. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. David Birch,manager of the Boston Red Sox, claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch.
For a liberal-arts degree, students focus on some basic courses that include literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior—plus a computer course or two. With these useful and important courses, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.
56. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?
A) Students with a bachelor's degree in humanities.
B) People with an MBA degree from top universities.
C) People with formal schooling plus work experience.
D) People with special training in engineering
57. By saying “…but the effect of a degree washes out after five years” (Line 3, Para, 2), the author means ________.
A) most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation
B) an MBA degree does not help in the future promotion
C) MBA programs will not be as popular in five years' time as they are now
D) people will not forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got
58. According to Scheetz's statement (Lines 4-5. Para. 3), companies prefer ________.
A) people who have a strategic mind
B) people who are talented in fine arts
C) people who are ambitious and aggressive
D) people who have received training in mechanics
59. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ________.
A) they are more capable of handling changing situations
B) they can stick to established ways of solving problems
C) they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields
D) they have attended special programs in management
60. Which of the following statements does the author support?
A) Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.
B) Formal schooling is less important than job training.
C) On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly.
D) Generalists will do better than specialists in management.
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