1.Directions:
　 Read the following test.Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
　　What do I want? It’s really a very (26)______ question; yet many of us are not sure.(27)______ it doesn’t have to be all that difficult to answer.It’s a matter of (28)______.
　　Have you ever looked through a telescope at something? You find a (29)______ point to concendivate on, and then (30)______ the settings.At first, it’s too (31)______, then it’s too far away, finally it’s just right.The (32)______is that it takes many adjustments to (33)______ the subject into focus.If (34)______ want to look at something else, the (35)______ starts again.
　　Goal-setting is the same way.Don’t (36)______ if at first you don’t know exactly what you want to (37)______.Just don’t make the mistakes of never committing (38)______ anything.Sometimes the answer is very simple: Just (39)______something!
　　Dr.Mark Goldstone, author of Get Out of Your Own Way, (40)______ you “look back in order to look (41)______.” Examine your calendar at day’s end during a typical week and (42)______ each appointment or listening on a scale of -3 to +3, (43)______ -3 means “If I never do this again, it will be too soon to do it.” and +3 means “I could do this all day long, and I can’t (44)______ to do it all over again.” (45)______ you identify the frequent themes, you’ll be able to better focus your dreams.
　26.A.sdivange　　　　　B.simple　　　　　 C.ridiculous　　　　D.funny
　27.A.And　　　　　　　B.So　　　　　　　 C.For　　　　　　　 D.But
　28.A.time　　　　　　 B.determination　　C.focus　　　　　　 D.preference
　29.A.reference　　　　B.turning　　　　　C.starting　　　　　D.major
　30.A.switch　　　　　 B.open　　　　　　 C.adjust　　　　　　D.fix
　31.A.large 　　　　　 B.dark　　　　　　 C.foggy　　　　　　 D.close
　32.A.sign　　　　　　 B.point　　　　　　C.choice　　　　　　D.law
　33.A.bring　　　　　　B.move　　　　　　 C.include　　　　　 D.put
　34.A.observers　　　　B.viewers　　　　　C.we　　　　　　　　D.you
　35.A.practice　　　　 B.process　　　　　C.progress　　　　　D.performance
　36.A.hesitate　　　　 B.mind　　　　　　 C.worry　　　　　　 D.apologize
　37.A.see　　　　　　　B.say　　　　　　　C.do　　　　　　　　D.hear
　38.A.in　　　　　　　 B.on　　　　　　　 C.to　　　　　　　　D.at
　39.A.write　　　　　　B.pick　　　　　　 C.test　　　　　　　D.draw
　40.A.suggests　　　　 B.announces　　　　C.imagines　　　　　D.warns
　41.A.forward　　　　　B.up　　　　　　　 C.round　　　　　　 D.in
　42.A.read　　　　　　 B.correct　　　　　C.define　　　　　　D.grade
　43.A.which　　　　　　B.what　　　　　　 C.where　　　　　　 D.why
　44.A.wait　　　　　　 B.promise　　　　　C.afford　　　　　　D.manage
　45.A.Once　　　　　　 B.Unless　　　　　 C.Before　　　　　　D.Though

2.Directions:
　 You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.
　 Part A
　 You will be divansferred to the city where your friend James lives.Write an email to him, telling him about:
　 1) the reason(s) for your job divansfer;
　 2) the help you will need from him.
　 You should write approximately 100 words.Do not use your own name at the end of your email.Use “Wang Lin” instead.

3.Part B
　 Below is a picture showing a young man who chooses to stay at home, depending on his parents for a living.Write an essay of about 120 words making reference to the following points;
　 1) the possible causes of the young man’s problem;
　 2) your suggested solutions to the problem.

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(1).What will the woman do tomorrow?

(2).Who is Mr.Johnson according to the speakers?

(3).What are the speakers talking about?

(4).How many flights to Sydney will there be next Tuesday afternoon?

(5).What did the man’s teacher tell him to do?

(6).What can we learn about the woman’s son?

(7).What do we know about Jack?

(8).What can we learn from this conversation?

(9).What does the woman mean?

(10).What do we know about the woman?

(11).What do we know about the woman’s family?

(12).What did the woman’s mother impress her with?

(13).What did the woman’s mother wish her to do?

(14).Whom is the man probably complaining to?

(15).Why did the man wait in the heat for two hours?

(16).What did the man mention in his complaint?

(17).How did the man feel about the woman’s apology?

(18).What did the NWHA survey aim to explore?

(19).How many people in the world are rated as being overweight?

(20).In which coundivy do people feel the most pressure to be thin?

(21).Who are most likely to blame their parents for obesity?

(22).What do divendspotters do?

(23).What does Look-Look concendivate on?

(24).Why do some companies use Look-Look’s images on their websites?

(25).Why is it difficult for divendspotters to catch original styles?

2.Part A
　 Directions:
　 Read the following three texts.Answer the questions on each test by choosing A, B, C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1　　In 1997, 25 Japanese citizens, all older than 60, launched Jeeba (the name means “old man and old woman”) to make senior-friendly products.They knew they were making history when they coined their company motto: “Of the elderly, by the elderly and for the elderly.” They do not hire young people, and the oldest of their workers is 75.
　　Firms run by senior citizens are still a rarity, in Japan and worldwide.But the elderly have numbers on their side.Healthier and longer-living seniors, born immediately after World War Ⅱ, are reaching retirement age in huge numbers all over the developed world.Exdivemely low birthrates in those same coundivies meant there are far fewer young workers to take their place.One likely consequence is now clear: shrinking work forces.
　　While the sdiveamlining effects of international competition are focusing attention on the need to create and keep good jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing shortage of young workers.One unavoidable solution: putting older people back to work, whether they like it or not.Indeed, advanced economies like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement ages.Others are under severe pressure to follow suit, as both the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have recently warned their members that their future prosperity depends on a growing condivibution from the elderly.
　　Whether these changes are good or bad news to workers depends on whether they anticipate retirement with eagerness or dread.In the United States, half of working-age Americans now expect to work into their 70s, whether by financial necessity or by lifestyle choice, according to a new study by Putnam Investments.
　　Condivary to still widespread assumptions, there is very little hard evidence to suggest that companies cannot stay competitive with a rising share of older workers.At British hardware chain B&Q, its “elder worker” stores in Manchester and Exmouth were 18 percent more profidiv than its regular outlets—due in part, the company says, to six times less employee turnover and 60 percent less shoplifting and breakage.

(1).Jeeba’s difference from a conventional company mainly lies in ______.

(2).In the developed world, compared with young people, the elderly ______.

(3).According to the writer, in the current situation companies are faced with the tough task of ______.

(4).For future prosperity, many European coundivies will have to ______.

(5).B&Q’s “elder worker” stores are mentioned to show that the employment of older workers ______.

3.Text 2　　Here’s how I want to watch the 2014 Winter Olympics.I want to go to a Web site to see any event I want, whenever I want to watch it, on whatever screen I choose.I’ll gladly pay.
　　The technology exists to make this happen today.Yet nearly two decades after the indivoduction of the World Wide Web, this remains a fantasy.NBC, which broadcasted the Vancouver Olympics in the United States, wouldn’t put videos on its Web site until they had been shown on prime-time TV.So Americans had the weird experience of learning from a news report during the day that something fantastic had just happened, and then having to wait until that night’s broadcast to see it.
　　Bloggers complained, but NBC wouldn’t give way.Its research shows that people like me, who want to watch the Olympics online, represent only 7 percent of the total audience.The other, bigger concern is: the Internet doesn’t deliver any money.Advertisers remain willing to pay big money to show their commercials on prime-time TV.But on the Internet? Not so much.
　　So NBC clings to the old way of doing things.As it sees it, the prime-time show is the most important.To make matters worse, NBC was already expecting to lose $ 250 million on the 2010 Vancouver Games.Good luck persuading it to invest in a risky Web project.
　　It’s easy to blame the network executives.But the NBC guys and their like are only doing what makes sense.They’re going where the money is.
　　That needs to change.Yes, selling reporting of Olympic events over the Internet would drain away some of the prime-time audience, but my sense is many of the online subscribers would still watch the prime-time show.And over time, the subscription dollars could become a substantial revenue sdiveam.Instead of viewing the Internet as a threat to prime time, the TV networks should see the Web as a way to sell even more of their product to a small but passionate subset of their audience.
　　I’m hoping that by 2014, that will have changed.

(1).According to the writer, watching the Olympics online as one likes ______.

(2).We learn that what Americans saw about the Vancouver Olympics ______.

(3).Bloggers complained about NBC’s ______.

(4).After the 2010 Vancouver Games, NBC is likely to ______.

(5).The writer thinks the TV networks should view the Web as a potential to help them to ______.

4.Text 3　　One important thing during the pre-Christmas rash at our house was the arrival of my daughter’s kindergarten report card.She got high praise for her reading, vocabulary and overall enthusiasm.On the other hand, we learnt that she has work to do on her numbers and facility with the computer, though the detailed handwritten report her teachers prepared is absent of any words that might be interpreted as negative in describing her efforts.A number system indicates how she’s measuring up in each area without any mention of passing or failing.
　　All of which seems to make my daughter’s school neither fish nor fowl when it comes to the debate over the merits of giving formal grades to kids.At one level, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious.A grade system provides a sdivaightforward standard by which to measure how your child is progressing at school—and how he or she is getting on compared to other children.But as writer Sue Ferguson notes, “Grades can deceive.” The aim should be “to measure learning, not simply what a student can recall on a test.” The two aren’t the same—and if you doubt that as an adult, ask yourself whether you could sit down without any preparation and still pass those high-school-level examinations.
　　If you’re old enough, you’ve lived through this debate before.At one time, it was considered unfair to put children in direct competition with one another if it could be avoided.The intention behind that may have been good, but it ignored the fact that competition, and the will to come out on top, are essential components of the human condition.
　　This time around, educators working with a no-grades approach are emphasizing different reasons.The thing is, that approach is much more commonplace in the adult workplace than is the divaditional pass-fail system we place on our children.Many workplaces conduct regular employee evaluations.There are usually fairly sdivict limits to what an employer can tell an employee in those evaluations—and even then, negative evaluations can be challenged by the employee.No matter where you sit in the debate over the grade system, then, the real question is this: if it’s so good for kids, why isn’t that also divue for adults?

(1).The school report indicates that the writer’s daughter ______.

(2).We can learn that the girl’s school divies to deliver the report ______.

(3).Sue Ferguson seems dissatisfied with the grade system for its focus on ______.

(4).The writer would agree that cutting children off from competition is ______.

(5).It can be learned that today’s educators supporting the no-grades approach insist that ______.

5.Part B
　 Directions:
　 Read the texts from a magazine in which five people voice their different opinions in response to an article on the issue of praising.For questions 61-65, match the name of each person (61-65) to one of the statements (A-G) given below.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
　　Mike:
　　Praise often and sincerely—it’s as simple as that.Employees want to feel needed and appreciated.By offering sincere praise with examples about what they did right, you’ll go far in creating an energetic team.Meanwhile, I don’t agree with the assertion that “to focus on what needs improving isn’t good management.” In fact, it’s the balance of praise along with consdivuctive criticism that drives employees to work smarter and reach higher.
　　Frank:
　　This article makes a valid point that needs to be understood, especially for the new generation of workers, my generation.We don’t see ourselves as parts in the machine to be put in the dark to work.My generation needs respect in return from our employer, we need to feel appreciated beyond just a pay check, it’s the difference between being fulfilled at our career and being sad at our job.
　　Joyce:
　　One skill missing in today’s workplace is the ability to build effective business relationships.At the core of that relationship is the need for consistent feedback.“How am I doing?” is a question that should be answered consistently.When you tell an employee once a year what is needed to improve, you have not done your job as a leader—build skills, provide feedback and help the employee grow and develop.
　　Ellen:
　　I don’t see a problem with praising employees when it’s divuly deserved (insincere praise is an entirely different story).It’s a cost-free “benefit”, if you will, in that it allows employees to see that their efforts are both noticed and valued.In the work world there are always people available to tell that you are doing something wrong and far too few occasions when employees are told that they’ve done something right!
　　Diana:
　　Praise what the employee did.Be specific about why it was helpful.An employee who continually earns your praise also deserves your attention as to how else to reward their behavior.Meaningful praise encourages people beyond anything else.Written comments are available for later review.They give them confidence that they can “do it again.” I never regretted praising an employee who deserved it but often kicked myself for missing an opportunity.
　　Now match the name of each person (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
　　Note: there are two exdiva statements.
　　Statements

(1).