John,an academically excellent young man,went to apply for a management position in a big company.The director did the last  36 
The director asked,“Who paid for your school fees?” John answered.“My  37 did.When I was young,my father  38 .”Then he continued.“  39 was your mother?” John answered,“My mother worked as a  40 cleaner.”Hearing this, the director asked John to  41  his hands.John reached out his hands that were  42 and perfect.The director said,“I have a  43 .when you go home,clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”
John felt  44 but did it.His tears fell  45 he cleaned his mother’s hands.He noticed  for the first time that her hands were so  46 .Also John  47 that it was this pair of hands  that washed clothes every day to  48 him.After cleaning his mother’s hands,John  49 washed all the remaining clothes for her.
Next day,John went to the director’s office. Tears in eyes,John was asked to  50 his  feelings.“Now I know what is  51 .Without my mother,there wouldn’t be the  52 me today.By helping my mother,I see how  53 it is to get something done.I have also come to know the value of family relationship.”
The director smiled,This is what I am  54 .I want a person who can appreciate the help of others,a person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who  55 put money as his only goal in life.You are hired.”

【小题1】
A.farewellB.job C.interviewD.try
【小题2】
A.tutorsB.fatherC.parentsD.mother
【小题3】
A.died awayB.passed awayC.died outD.passed by
【小题4】
A.WhatB.HowC.WhoD.Where
【小题5】
A.carpetB.floorC.clothesD.window
【小题6】
A.turnB.showC.waveD.shake
【小题7】
A.clumsyB.dirtyC.strongD.smooth
【小题8】
A.requestB.questionC.wishD.choice
【小题9】
A.embarrassedB.frightenedC.confusedD.inspired
【小题10】
A.beforeB.asC.sinceD.until
【小题11】
A.slimB.warmC.softD.rough
【小题12】
A.realizedB.believedC.insistedD.wondered
【小题13】
A.sacrificeB.serveC.satisfyD.support
【小题14】
A.modestlyB.secretlyC.quietlyD.gently
【小题15】
A.improveB.describeC.awakenD.hide
【小题16】
A.appreciationB.cooperationC.qualificationD.communication
【小题17】
A.wealthyB.famousC.successfulD.humorous
【小题18】
A.firmB.excitingC.crazyD.tough
【小题19】
A.looking throughB.looking forC.looking atD.looking into
【小题20】
A.shan’tB.needn’tC.won’tD.can’t

John, an academically(学术上) excellent young man, went to apply for a management position in a big company. The director did the last   26 .
The director asked, “Who paid for your school fees?” John answered, “My   27  did. When I was young, my father   28 .”   Then he continued, “  29 was your mother?” John answered, “My mother worked as a   30  cleaner.” Hearing this, the director asked John to  31 his hands. John reached out his hands that were   32  and perfect. The director said, “I have a   33 . When you go home, clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”
John felt   34  but did it. His tears fell   35  he cleaned his mother’s hands. He noticed for the first time that her hands were so   36 . Also John   37  that it was this pair of hands that washed clothes every day to   38  him. After cleaning his mother’s hands, John   39  washed all the remaining clothes for her.
Next day, John went to the director’s office. Tears in eyes, John was asked to   40  his feelings. “Now I know what is   41 .Without my mother, there wouldn’t be the   42  me today. By helping my mother, I see how   43  it is to get something done. I have also come to know the value of family relationship.”
The director smiled, “This is what I am   44 . I want a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who   45  put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.”

【小题1】
A.farewell(再见)B.jobC.interviewD.try
【小题2】
A.tutors(家庭教师)B.fatherC.parents D.mother
【小题3】
A.died awayB.diedC.died outD.passed by
【小题4】
A.WhatB.HowC.WhoD.Where
【小题5】
A.carpetB.floorC.clothesD.window
【小题6】
A.turnB.showC.waveD.shake
【小题7】
A.clumsyB.dirtyC.strongD.smooth
【小题8】
A.requestB.questionC.wishD.choice
【小题9】
A.embarrassedB.frightenedC.confused(困惑的)D.inspired
【小题10】
A.beforeB.asC.sinceD.until
【小题11】
A.slimB.warmC.softD.rough
【小题12】
A.realizedB.believedC.insistedD.wondered
【小题13】
A.sacrifice(牺牲;)B.serveC.satisfyD.support
【小题14】
A.modestlyB.secretlyC.quietlyD.gently
【小题15】
A.improveB.describeC.awakenD.hide
【小题16】
A.appreciationB.cooperationC.qualification(资格)D.communication
【小题17】
A.wealthyB.famousC.successfulD.humorous
【小题18】
A.firmB.excitingC.crazyD.tough
【小题19】
A.looking throughB.looking forC.looking atD.looking into
【小题20】
A.shan’tB.needn’tC.won’tD.can’t

Chinese girl looking for language exchanger
Posted Feb 10, 2010 16:25     by Sophia    
Tag: Seeking Language partners    Guangzhou     Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Chinese
I am a Chinese girl in my 20’s, can speak and write in English, but I’d like to make some improvement. People always look for making it better, right?
Meanwhile, I also like to meet more friends if we really have some topics to share.
And if you are in Guangzhou or visit here, I am more than willing to show you around in my spare time.
Reply to happycora@hotmail.com or call 15015704625
Tianhe nice apartment for share
Posted Feb 24, 2010 16:47     by Vivian  
Tag: Seeking roommates     Guangzhou  Tianhe District     Up to 2000 RMB
I have a room available for rent in a shared apartment in Central Tianhe district.
The room has a big window with a nice view. The apartment itself is on the 22th floor of a new secure building on Tianhe Bei Lu, about 10 minutes walk from metro stations(地铁站) on lines 1 and 3, as well as buses and other transportation methods very close.
If you are interested, please feel free to phone me (Vivian) on 13145751201 (message preferred), or email me on vivian_liu2003@hotmail.com.
Business Interpreter/Guide
Posted Feb 26, 2010 08:46     by Sony   
Tag: Business Services    Guangzhou  Baiyun District    
Dear Foreign Friends, I am a professional interpreter, now looking for a Freelance interpreter job urgently. Please read my CV at below:
Name: Sony Song
Gender: Male
Age: 22 years old
Education: Studied English in Da Shan Foreign Language College
Birth: 9th Oct 1987, Luohe city, Henan province, China.
Ability: Speak fluent English, know Guangzhou city very well, can also guide you to Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Shunde, Macao, Hongkong, etc.
Contact Detail: E-mail/MSN: sonysong4@hotmail.com; cell phone: 15112015812
Looking for flat
Posted Mar 11, 2010 14:03     by Lucy    
Tag: Apartments wanted     Guangzhou         
Hello,
This is Lucy coming from Peru and looking for a short term flat, from 15th April until 4th May 2010. If somebody can give some information, send me pictures, price and address.
Email: lucitamaron@hotmail.com; cell phone: 13800013900
Thanks a lot in advance!
【小题1】If foreigner wants to learn some Chinese and make friends; he / she can call _________.

A.15015704625B.13800013900C.13145751201D.15112015812
【小题2】To share a department where the traffic is quite convenient, you may send text message to ________.
A.SophiaB.VivianC.LucyD.Sony
【小题3】What do the four advisers have in common?
A.All of them speak both Chinese and English.
B.All of them are in their twenties.
C.All of them are Guangzhou citizens.
D.All of them are hotmail users.
【小题4】The information above can be probably found_________.
A.in a magazineB.in a newspaper
C.at a websiteD.in a guidebook

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40分)

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。

    One winter evening, a storekeeper was going to close up  his shop. Suddenly he saw Seth, a lazy, good – for – nothing fellow grasp a pound of fresh butter and hid it in his hat. No sooner had the storekeeper seen the act than he hit upon exactly the right revenge(报复). He would punish the thief, and satisfy his own appetite for fun.     

Seth had his hat on his head, and the butter in his hat. He was anxious to leave. However, the rightful owner of the butter offered him a cup of hot drink, took him by the shoulders and planted him in a seat close to the stove. The grocer filled in the stove as many sticks of wood as he could. Seth already could feel the butter settling down closer to his hair, so he jumped up, declaring that he must go. “Sit down; don’t be in such a hurry,” replied the grocer, pushing him back into the chair again.      

Streak after streak of the butter came pouring from under the poor man’s hat. The fun-loving grocer kept on putting wood into the stove. Then, as if surprised, he remarked, “You seem to be sweating as if you were warm! Let me put your hat away for you.”     

“No! ” exclaimed poor Seth at last, unable to stand it a moment longer. “ No, I must go; let me out.” A greasy (油腻的) waterfall of butter was now pouring down the poor man’s face and neck, dipping into his clothes, and trickling down his body into his boots. He was bathed in oil from head to toe. Just as Seth rushed out of the door, the grocer said , “ I believe the fun I’ve had out of you is worth the money, so I shan’t charge you for that pound of butter in your hat.”

56.Why did Seth put the butter in his hat?

       A.Because he didn’t want to pay for it.

       B.Because he just wanted to play a trick on the grocer.

       C.Because he wanted to revenge himself on the grocer.

       D.Because he had nowhere to put the butter but in the hat.

57.What is not the action that the grocer took as a revenge?

         A.The grocer offered Seth a cup of hot drink.

         B.The grocer offered to take off Seth’s hat.

         C.The grocer overcharged Seth for the butter.

         D.The grocer forced Seth to take a seat near the stove.

58.What was the purpose of the grocer’s hospitality(热情好客)?

         A.He wanted to be kind to him.

         B.He wanted to sell more of his goods.

         C.He wanted to make friends with Seth

         D.He wanted to take his revenge on Seth by making the butter in his hat melt.

59.What is the best title of the passage?

         A.Great Fun                          B.The Right Revenge

         C.A Fun-loving Grocer                 D.A Foolish Customer

 

There are still many things that Peter Cooke would like to try his hand at — paper-making and feather-work are on his list. For the moment, though, he will stick to the skill that he has been delighted to make perfect over the past ten years: making delicate and unusual objects out of shells.

As he leads me round his apartment showing me his work, he points to a pair of shell-covered ornaments(装饰品) above a fireplace. “I shan’t be at all bothered if people don’t buy them because I have got so used to them, and to me they’re lovely. I never meant to sell my work commercially. Some friends came to see me about five years ago and said, ‘You must have an exhibition — people ought to see these. We’ll talk to a man who owns an art gallery’”. The result was an exhibition in London, at which 70 per cent of the objects were sold. His second exhibition opened at the gallery yesterday. Considering the enormous prices the pieces command —around £2,000 for the ornaments — an empty space above the fireplace would seem a small sacrifice for Cooke to make.

There are 86 pieces in the exhibition, with prices starting at£225 for a shell-flower in a crystal vase. Cooke insists that he has nothing to do with the prices and is cheerily open about their level: he claims there is nobody else in the world who produces work like his, and, as the gallery-owner told him, “Well, you’re going to stop one day and everybody will want your pieces because there won’t be any more.”

“I do wish, though,” says Cooke, “that I’d taken this up a lot earlier, because then I would have been able to produce really wonderful things — at least the potential would have been there. Although the ideas are still there and I’m doing the best I can now, I’m more limited physically than I was when I started.” Still, the work that he has managed to produce is a long way from the common shell constructions that can be found in seaside shops. “I have a miniature(微型的) mind,” he says, and this has resulted in boxes covered in thousands of tiny shells, little shaded pictures made from shells and baskets of astonishingly realistic flowers.?

Cooke’s quest(追求) for beautiful, and especially tiny, shells has taken him further than his Norfolk shore: to France, Thailand, Mexico, South Africa and the Philippines, to name but a few of the beaches where he has lain on his stomach and looked for beauties to bring home. He is insistent that he only collects dead shells and defends himself against people who write him letters accusing him of stripping the world’s beaches. “When I am collecting shells, I hear people’s great fat feet crunching(嘎吱嘎吱地踩) them up far faster than I can collect them; and the ones that are left, the sea breaks up. I would not dream of collecting shells with living creatures in them or diving for them, but once their occupants have left, why should I not collect them?” If one bases this argument on the amount of luggage that can be carried home by one man, the beauty of whose work is often greater than its natural parts, it becomes very convincing indeed.

1.What does the reader learn about Peter Cooke in the first paragraph?

A. He has produced hand-made objects in different materials.?

B. He hopes to work with other materials in the future.?

C. He has written about his love of making shell objects.?

D. He was praised for his shell objects many years ago. 

2.When mentioning the cost of his shell objects, Cooke ____.

         A. cleverly changes the subject.

         B. defends the prices charged for his work.

         C. says he has no idea why the level is so high.

         D. notes that his work will not always be so popular.

3.The “small sacrifice” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.?

A. the loss of Cooke’s ornaments?            B. the display of Cooke’s ornaments?

C. the cost of keeping Cooke’s ornaments      D. the space required to store Cooke’s ornaments

4.What does Cooke regret about his work?

A. He is not as famous as he should have been.?B. He makes less money than he should make.

C. He is less imaginative than he used to be.?      D. He is not as skillful as he used to be. ?

5.What does the reader learn about Cooke's shell-collecting activities?

A. Not everyone approves of what he does.

B. Other methods might make his work easier.

C. Other tourists get in the way of his collecting.

D. Not all shells are the right size and shape for his work

 

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