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If you compare food costs today ______ of a year ago, you will find the difference.

A.
to that
B.
to them
C.
with that
D.
with those

C
compare…to 比喻， compare…with 比较；that为避免重复代指cost。句意：如果你把食品的成本与一年前相比的话你会发现不同之处。

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Today, ultrasonic(超声的) waves are being put to work in laboratories and factories. If an ultrasound generator is placed in a liquid, the waves move the liquid back and forth hundreds of thousands of times each second. This causes materials to mix quickly or to dissolve(使分解，使溶解) in liquids. Paint manufacturers(制造商) use ultrasound to do a better job of blending colors. The companies that make film for your camera find that mixing chemicals by the use of sound waves will produce a more sensitive film.

The new lightweight(轻量的) type of washing machine uses ultrasonic waves to get clothes clean. Its special ultrasound generator is put into a pail of soapy water containing the soiled clothes. The sound waves drive the soapy water back and forth through the cloth so fast that everything is soon clean. There is also a new kind of dishwasher that works in much the same way.

Ultrasonic waves can shake a liquid so fast that tiny holes form all through it. The liquid is actually torn apart by this action. Almost as soon as these holes are made, they fall together again. The result is a powerful pounding action. In the dairy industry this is used for the double purpose of making homogenized(使均匀，使匀质) milk and sterilizing(使无菌) it at the same time. If you look at some raw milk with a microscope, you find that it is made up of little drops of butter fat floating around in a watery liquid. In order to make milk easier to digest, these fat droplets(微粒) may be broken up by forcing the milk through very small openings. The result is called homogenized milk. When the ultrasonic method is used, the sound waves not only break up the droplets but also kill the germs in the milk by pounding them to pieces. (from www.nmet168.com)

1. Why does a paint manufacturer use ultrasound to do a better job of blending colors?

A. Because it is cheap to use ultrasound to blend colors.

B. Because the waves move the liquid so quickly that it can make materials mix quickly or dissolve in liquids.

C. Because they can mix chemicals by the use of sound waves.

D. Because the waves can clean the paint.

2. What properties does ultrasound wave have?

A. Homogenizes and sterilizes the milk. B. Mix materials and break droplets.

C. Kill germs and sterilize milk. D. Move liquids quickly.

3. What exists in the raw milk?

A. Little drops of butter fat. B. Small holes.

C. Fat droplets and germs. D. Chemicals.

4. Where is ultrasound wave not used?

A. In the paint manufacture. B. In the shop mixing bread flour.

C. In the film-making company. D. In the dairy industry.

FreeRice.com is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP). It aims to provide education to everyone for free and help end world hunger. Join us and have fun with our vocabulary game. For each vocabulary word you get right, we donate free rice through UNWFP to those hungry people.

How do you play the vocabulary game?

Click on the answer that is closest in meaning to the word. If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word. For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to UNWFP.

How does the vocabulary game help you?

This game may make you smarter. While learning new vocabulary, it can help you:

★Present your ideas better

★Write better papers, e-mails and business letters

★Speak more accurately and influentially

★Read faster because you understand better

★Get better grades in high school and college

★Perform better at job interviews

★Be more effective and successful at your job

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice a phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work?

FreeRice has a database containing thousands of words at different levels of difficulty. There are words proper for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most learned professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, doctors, truck drivers… everyone!

FreeRice adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, designs a proper starting level for you. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. There are 60 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above Level 50.

1.According to the passage, the purpose of the vocabulary game is to ______.

A．combine English learning with helping hungry people

B．make it popular in English-speaking countries

C．encourage people to produce more rice

D．provide English learning for poor areas

2.Playing the vocabulary game enables you to ______.

A．develop some new ideas

B．increase chances of job interview

C．be admitted to a university

D．perform better in a speech competition

3.People of different vocabulary levels can play the game because ______.

A．it is free of charge

B．it offers fair chances to everyone

C．it changes levels with their performance

D．it meets the needs of people in different fields

DU Lala is the hottest career coach in the country. The fictional character in the acclaimed novel Du La La’s Promotion shows others how to take the high road to success in a multinational company. But does her story describe a real or distorted picture of work life? The answer is as complicated as office life itself.

Over one million copies of the book have been sold since its release in 2007. Go Lala Go!, a movie adaptation of the novel set to hit cinemas next weekend, has stirred up even more interest in the story. The film stars Xu Jinglei and Stanley Huang, but fans seem to be more excited about seeing the story unfold on the big screen.

According to a recent sina.com survey, 45 percent of the 6,810 netizens polled said they have drawn career pointers from the novel. Other office novels, such as In and Out of the Loop, Win and Lose and Drowning and Floating, seem to have been received with similar interest.

“These books show me the life of white collars, and they teach me career rules and jargon that are not offered in class,” said Zhang Shanshan, a 22-year-old senior at Beijing Forestry University. Zhang says the competition, humor and office gossip in the book intrigued her. “I can’t wait to embark on my own career,” she said.

The popularity of office novels does not surprise Chen Ning, a senior career consultant at Zhaopin.com. “Novels about office fights and struggles satisfy the psychological demands of an ordinary office worker,” Chen said. “The leading characters face great pressure, fierce competition and an uncertain future. This is what really happens in many readers’ daily life.”

Li Ke, the author of Du Lala’s Promotion, has been stressing the significance of her fiction. “I want to provide real and useful common sense, knowledge and experience to office workers,” Li told the Qianjiang Evening News last year.

Recent graduates say they have found the basic work principles highlighted in the novel to be instructive. “If these books had been published five years earlier, I might have avoided some problems,” said Xu Jun, an HR manager at Guangqi Honda Automobile Company. “They often discuss basic office principles, which are relevant for staff working under the middle management level. They also help readers to see the importance of basic problem solving and organizational skills.”

But some veteran employees warn that the novels are not always realistic. They say this is especially true of the characters. “The protagonists appear to be unbeatable,” said Hou Zhendong, an HR manager at General Electric. “Du Lala’s team leader quit in an irresponsible way; her boss is inept; and the staff around her is either stupid or overly-sophisticated. Du stands out in emergencies and makes all the right decisions. The truth is, real-life colleagues are not that polarized（截然对立）,” Hou said. “You seldom get to negotiate your salary with a big boss. And, most of the time, you make wrong decisions far more than you make correct ones.”

The career principles in the books are also of limited use. “Most of the stories happen in Fortune 500 companies with a long history. Their cultures are well-established, and their rules are scientific,” Hou said. “But if you work for a small foreign company, or a local enterprise, some principles are useless.”

Liu Rui, a project manager at IBM, suggests fans of these books focus on the little bits of wisdom they provide. “The novels give rookies（新手） some inspiration,” he said. “They emphasize the importance of observation, practice and self-examination. These tips are precious and universally true.”

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Recent graduates can learn a lot of useful career principles from the novel.

B．The best novel shows readers how to be promoted in various companies.

C．The book Go Lala Go! Sells very well.

D．The movie adaptation of the novel will be a massive hit at the box-office in China.

2.What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Du Lala’s story reflects the true office life.

B．Go Lala Go! Enjoys more popularity than other office novels, such as In and Out of the Loop, Win and Lose and Drowning and Floating.

C．Some people argue that the story is a bit polarized.

D．Both rookies and veteran employees are fond of Go Lala Go!.

3.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．The Life of White Collars

B．The Hottest Career Coach

C．How to Promote in Company

D．Go Lala Go! — Office Life Not All Fairytale Drama

A. You and Me, Baby

Reading level: Baby-Grade 1

Hardcover: 40 pages

Language: English

List Price: $15.95

Price: $12.44 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. You Save: $3.51 (22%)

Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 4 left in stock--order soon (more on the way). Want it delivered Thursday, September 27.

B. Ruff! Ruff! Where's Scruff?

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Hardcover: 16 pages

Language: English

Price: $11.16 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.

Availability: In Stock. Sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Thursday, September 2.

Book Description: It’s bath time for Scruff. But does anyone know where he’s hiding? Have the cows seen him? Moo-no! How about the pigs? Oink-no! Looking for that dog is just too tough! But not for toddlers. If they look carefully, they’ll find Scruff hiding on every pop-up page!

C. The Giving Tree

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 64 pages

Language: English

Price: $11.55

Availability: Sold all year round and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.

Book Description: Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy.

D. Where the Wild Things Are

Reading level: Ages 6-10

Hardcover Comic: 62 pages

Language: English

List Price: $16.95

Price: $11.53 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.

You Save: $5.42 (32%)

Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available. Want it delivered Thursday, September 12. Order it at once, and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.

64. Little Tom who likes to read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure will be likely to buy _____.

A. Ruff! Ruff! Where’s Scruff? B. You and Me, Baby

C. The Giving Tree D. Where the Wild Things Are

65. How much will you pay if you order three books named Where the Wild Things Are?

A. $16.26 B$ 75 C. $ 50.58 D. $34.59

66. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. The language of four kinds of books is English.

B. Four kinds of books are available at present.

C. The cover of four kinds of books is hardcover.

D. The reading level of four kinds of books are the same.

67. Where would this advertisement probably appear?

A. In a children’s story-book B. On the front page of a newspaper.

C. On the Internet. D. In a popular magazine..

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根据短文内容，从短文后的A—G的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（有两项多余）

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important present. 1.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. 2. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart broken, I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. 3. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

4. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!

5. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

A. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.

B. He’s living in Australia now and he loves it.[来源:]

C. It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.

D. It was a smile.

E. That smile changed my life.

F. It’s impossible to make friends here.

G. As a result, no one knew who I was.[来源:Z#xx#k.Com]

If you compare food costs today ______ of a year ago, you will find the difference.

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