People nowadays buy a second home for different purposes. If you want to enjoy your vacation in a second home, then you should buy a second home where your family wants to stay during their vacation. And a second home is becoming very important from the real estate (房地产) point of view. It is one of the largest parts of the real estate business. If you want to invest (投资) in a second home, then you should buy one in a great location. When buying a second home, you should select a location where there are great attractions for tourists.
Investing in a second home is becoming very popular now that people have realized the great profit (利润) that can come from second homes. Also you can use your second home as your vacation home until you feel like selling it for a great profit. The price of the second home will always increase as the demand for second homes keeps increasing. Also you can use the second home for rent by buying a second home at a location where there are many attractions for tourists.
If you want to buy or sell second homes, you should contact GMAC Real Estate as it is offering different types of real estate services that will help you to buy and sell your second homes.
1.How many reasons for buying a second home are mentioned in Paragragh1?
A.One       B.Two       C.Three     D.Four
2. According to the author, the price of second homes will always go up because _________.
A.the number of second homes is going down
B.more people use the second homes for rent
C.most second homes are near great attracions      
D.the demand for second homes is increasing
3. The passage is most probably taken from ______.
A.an advertisement    B.a news report
C.a survey report     D.a government report

Luo Gaoqi hopes to join the increasing number of Chinese students in the United States because he wants the experience of studying in a foreign land as it will help his future job at home. “I want to try Western education because people there think differently,” said the 21-year-old who is in his final year of undergraduate studies. “I also hope to meet friends from different cultures. The social connections may help in the future.”
The latest report from the US-based institute of International Education said China, for the first time, has become the top country of origin for international students in the United States.
For Yang Fan, a journalism student, said studying in the United States is a way to escape the competition for places in China’s top universities.
“Due to limited education resources, only about 60 percent of high school graduates in China enter college, and a much lower rate enters the top-level ones. “A foreign degree will definitely help when I seek a job in China,” Yang said.
Both Yang’s and Luo’s parents are supportive of them studying abroad. Neither of them is thinking of settling down in the United States after graduation.
“It is not realistic to do so. As a journalism student, there would be no advantage for me to work in the United States,” Yang said. “But in China, with a US degree and good English, I may stand out against other students who have only studied in China.”
China still needs to improve its environment for scientists and high-level talents, said Xiao Mingzheng, director of the Center for Human Resource Development and Management Research of Peking University, adding that, in particular, the country needs to improve its policies relating to research environments.
In June, the Chinese government published a plan concerning talent development for the next 10 years. In it, it has improved policies and increased budgets to attract talented students back home.
【小题1】Why does Luo Gaoqi wants to study in a foreign land according to his words?

A.Because the people there are more intelligent.
B.Because the foreign countries are more developed.
C.Because he can make more friends there.
D.Because the culture there is different from that in China.
【小题2】What do Guo Gaoqi and Yang Fan have in common?
A.Their major is the same, which is journalism.
B.Both of them want to go back to China after graduation.
C.Their parents are against their decision.
D.They are forced to study in a foreign land by their parents.
【小题3】From the passage, we can infer that _______.
A.scientists and high-level talents need a better environment in China
B.the students abroad are unwilling to go back to China
C.China doesn’t need those people to come back to our country at all
D.we all need to go abroad to study and then serve our own country

Dear Victor:

I am a college student. Nowadays games on the net are very popular with college students. Some of my roommates are very interested in them. They not only play games in their free time, but also keep talking about them at night when lights are off, and they regard games as part of life. I’ve begged(乞求) them to give it up, but they wouldn’t listen to me. It has become a rather big problem. Should I report it to our teachers or do something else?

Ted,

Dear Ted:

Drop it. Your roommates, as grown-ups, can do whatever they want with their time so long as it doesn’t break school rules or violate(防碍) other people’s interests.

Playing perhaps gives these students relaxation(放松) from hard study. If they play too often, have little time to study, and they will reap what they have sown, but you will not. Reporting to the teachers would only harm your good name in your dormitory(宿舍). However you have rights to ask your roommates to be quiet when you need sleep. If they aren’t angry with you, they will stop talking. But be polite and friendly. Perhaps, in return, join them in a game or two.

Victor.

1.According to the first letter, many college students enjoy__________.

A.playing computer games                  B.searching information on the Internet

C.sending e-mails                         D.buying things online

2.Ted wants his roommates to___________.

A.break their computers                   B.sell their computers to teachers

C.stop playing computer games              D.play games in the day, not at night

3.According to the second letter, some college students____________.

A.can violate school rules or other people’s interests

B.have their rights to quarrel with Ted

C.can relax themselves while playing games on the net

D.can study even better if they play games on the net

4.Victor asks Ted to__________.

A.report to the teachers                   B.harm his good name in the dormitory

C.quarrel with his roommates                D.learn how to get on well with others

5.In the second letter, the underlined part(划线部分) means__________.

A.自食其果         B.随心所欲地做事    C.回家种庄稼        D.逃避责任

 

People nowadays buy a second home for different purposes. If you want to enjoy your vacation in a second home, then you should buy a second home where your family wants to stay during their vacation. And a second home is becoming very important from the real estate (房地产) point of view. It is one of the largest parts of the real estate business. If you want to invest (投资) in a second home, then you should buy one in a great location. When buying a second home, you should select a location where there are great attractions for tourists.

Investing in a second home is becoming very popular now that people have realized the great profit (利润) that can come from second homes. Also you can use your second home as your vacation home until you feel like selling it for a great profit. The price of the second home will always increase as the demand for second homes keeps increasing. Also you can use the second home for rent by buying a second home at a location where there are many attractions for tourists.

If you want to buy or sell second homes, you should contact GMAC Real Estate as it is offering different types of real estate services that will help you to buy and sell your second homes.

1.How many reasons for buying a second home are mentioned in Paragragh1?

A.One       B.Two       C.Three     D.Four

2. According to the author, the price of second homes will always go up because _________.

A.the number of second homes is going down

B.more people use the second homes for rent

C.most second homes are near great attracions      

D.the demand for second homes is increasing

3. The passage is most probably taken from ______.

A.an advertisement    B.a news report

C.a survey report     D.a government report

 

第三部分 阅读(共两节,满分40分)

第一节   阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper. "Last week," he said, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella.. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street."

"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one."

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known."

This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1. What is an advertisement?

A. A news item.                                 B. public opinions.

C. One way to voice one's view.    D. A public announcement on papers, TV, etc.

2. The result of the first advertisement was that _________________________.

A. the man got his umbrella back

B. the man wasted some money advertising

C. nobody found the missing umbrella

D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

3. The merchant suggested that the man should ________________________.

A. buy a new umbrella                           B. go on looking for his umbrella

C. write another and better advertisement     D. report the police

4. "If it fails, I'll buy you a new one," suggested that the merchant ________________________.

A. was quite sure of success                        B. wanted to buy him a new umbrella

C. didn't know what to do                                 D. was rich enough to buy one

5. The story is mainly about ________________________.

A. a useless advertisement        

B. how to make an effective advertisement

C. how the man lost and found his umbrella

D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

 

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