Failure is never pleasurable, but it can make a positive contribution to your life ________ you learn to use it．


  1. A.
    since
  2. B.
    once
  3. C.
    until
  4. D.
    unless

________ in thought, he almost knocked into a passing car．


  1. A.
    Lost
  2. B.
    Having lost
  3. C.
    Lost himself
  4. D.
    Losing

Do what you are told and don't ________ me.


  1. A.
    argue with
  2. B.
    argue against
  3. C.
    argue for
  4. D.
    argue into

We have ten players already, but we need one more to ________ a team．


  1. A.
    consist of
  2. B.
    set up
  3. C.
    join in
  4. D.
    make up

After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really a mazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!
The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly（组装）line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.

  1. 1.

    The shirts from Mr. Hobbs’ factory can be described as ____.

    1. A.
      of low quality
    2. B.
      of high quality
    3. C.
      fashionable
    4. D.
      unfashionable
  2. 2.

    Why did Mr. Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?

    1. A.
      The factory was too big.
    2. B.
      The factory was not producing fast enough.
    3. C.
      The factory was not big enough.
    4. D.
      The writer was a college graduate.
  3. 3.

    Which is not likely to happen in the factory?

    1. A.
      The workers will have more rest in the day.
    2. B.
      Someone will examine the final product.
    3. C.
      New machines will be bought.
    4. D.
      The factory will be repainted.
  4. 4.

    Big Jim may get fired mainly because ____.

    1. A.
      he was slow
    2. B.
      he wasted much time
    3. C.
      he was absent-minded
    4. D.
      the work flow was irregular

In Vietnam(越南), Tet-trung-Thu, or Mid- autumn Festival, is one of the most popular holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month in lunar calendar
Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese story, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the childen playing by themselves.  To make up for the lost time, parents would use the Aid-Autumn Festival as a chance to show their love and than for their children.
As a result, the Mid- autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival.  In the USA, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese- American families.  Tet-trung-Thu, activities are often centered on Children and education.  Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can take part in a lantern parade at dawn.  Lanterns mean brightness, while the parade means success in school.  Vietnamese markets sell different kinds of lanterns, but the most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s activities includes arts and crafts(手工艺) in which children make face mas and lanterns.  Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances for grown-ups and take part in contests for prizes and scholarships. Unicorn(麒麟) dancers are also very popular at Tet-trung-Thu festivities.
Like the Chinese, Vietnamese parents tell their children folk stories and serve moon-cakes and other special treats under the bright moon. A favorite folk story is about a carp(鲤鱼) that wanted to bee a dragon.  The carp worked hard and finally changed itself into a dragon. Parents use this story to encourage their children to work hard so that they can bee whatever they want to be.

  1. 1.

    The Tet-trung-Thu Festival is held ________.

    1. A.
      in China and other Asian countries.          
    2. B.
      in Vietnamese-American families.
    3. C.
      all over the world, except Vietnam.           
    4. D.
      Across the United States.
  2. 2.

    In Both Vietnam and China, on Mid-autumn Festival people would ___________.

    1. A.
      eat moon-cakes      
    2. B.
      buy lanterns for children.
    3. C.
      take part in contests.  
    4. D.
      buy a carp
  3. 3.

    What is the center of the Mid-Autumn festival in Vietnam?

    1. A.
      Family get-together.                          
    2. B.
      Children on education.
    3. C.
      Relaxation and fun in the middle of the year.
    4. D.
      parents having more time with their children.
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, parents tell their children folk stories, because __________.

    1. A.
      children like listening to folk stories in the evening.
    2. B.
      parents want to show their love for their children.
    3. C.
      parents want to teach the children to work hard.
    4. D.
      parents want to make up for the lost time.

CHINA
Coal mines claim (使…失踪) more lives
A COAL mine blast (爆炸) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的)  mines in the country that do not meet safety standards(标准).
MIDDLE EAST 
Bombers continues to kill
PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attac between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing (自杀性爆炸) and a militant (武装的) attack on Jewish settlement. They led to one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人数)  in such a short period over the last two years.
CHINA
Young people stand tall
The average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters pared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超过)  the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(调研组) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.
CANADA
Talking about world issue (援助)
The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit(峰会)on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis, Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.

  1. 1.

    Thousands of mines have been shut because ______.

    1. A.
      they have blast                    
    2. B.
      they produced less coal  
    3. C.
      they are very small and illegal        
    4. D.
      they don’t meet the safety standards
  2. 2.

    In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by _______.

    1. A.
      1 cm                    
    2. B.
      4 cm            
    3. C.
      5 cm      
    4. D.
      6 cm
  3. 3.

    What’s the purpose of the Summit ? 

    1. A.
      to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries.
    2. B.
      To make these eight countries much more powerful.
    3. C.
      To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth.
    4. D.
      Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues.

The students went to the mountain, the disabled one ________．


  1. A.
    included
  2. B.
    including
  3. C.
    to include
  4. D.
    being included

I rely on you to remind me ________ Jack for the books he bought me．


  1. A.
    of paying
  2. B.
    of being paid
  3. C.
    to pay
  4. D.
    to be paid

We'll get ________ by train if we leave tonight．


  1. A.
    fast enough there
  2. B.
    there enough fast
  3. C.
    enough fast there
  4. D.
    there fast enough
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