题目内容
Let’s hire a horse．
我们租一匹马吧。
If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those surrounding Christmas trees．One would certainly think otherwise；selecting and puRing up our trees have always been filled with risk．For example，one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain，a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house．Once we did，my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter to build a stand for it．Another December perhaps the very next one，we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before．We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable．We easily placed it in a stand，decorated it from top to bottom，and then self satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light．Two or three days passed and the truth could not be hidden；we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off．There was nothing to do but undecorate it，take it down，and begin tree shopping again．Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task．When we brought it home，once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors．I persuaded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand．Unfortunately，no one noticed the mud on our helpers’shoes，so only after removing several reddish brown spots from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments（装饰）were stored．Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these．I don’t care to hear them，as my family’s experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion：”Let’s forget the tree next Christmas．Let’s simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall．”
The darkest moments in the writer’s family were with the fact that ______．
A．the family bought big Christmas trees
B．they had problems decorating their Christmas trees
C．they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees
D．they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees
We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to ______．
A．forget about Christmas stories
B．get the neighbors to put up their trees
C．buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas
D．make other decorations rather than Christmas trees
When the writer said”my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain”，he means____．
A．she bought the tree at a low price
B．she didn’t really want to buy it
C．she had to bargain hard with the salesman
D．she couldn’t afford a more expensive one
Which of the following can be the best title for the passage ?
A．How to Select a Christmas Tree B．No More Christmas Trees for Us
C．Dark Moments of Life D．Christmas Without Trees
No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus, on doing one specific job.
Let’s take a man we'll call Mr. Fielder, for example. He did everything connected with fanning. He planted seeds, tended the fields» and harvested and sold his crops. At the same lime, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didn't make the bricks for his house, cut his trees into boards, make the plows (犁) , or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about fanning and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made fanning easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like fanning himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow far one of my plows.
How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why, he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the $hop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr, Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand yean; ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeeper« would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the product they had for sale.
A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell, were used to get people's attention.
A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such b person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today's world.
41. What probably led to the start of advertising?
A. The discovery of iron. B. The specialization of labor.
C. The appearance of new jobs. D. The development of fanning techniques.
42. To advertise his plows, Mr. Plowright ______.
A. praised his plows in public R. placed a sign outside the shop
C. hung an arrow pointing to the shop D. showed hut products to the customers
43. The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to ______.
A. explain the origin of advertising B. predict the future of advertising
C. expose problems in advertising D, provide suggestions for advertising
44. In ancient Egypt, a crier was probably someone who ______.
A. owned a ship
B. had the loudest voice
C. ran a shop selling goods to fanners
D. functioned like today's TV or radio commercial
45. The last two paragraphs are mainly about ______.
A. the history of advertising B. the benefits of advertising
C. the early forms of advertising D. the basic design of advertising
根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
1.The teacher tells us the harder we work, the _____(幸福) we feel.
2.All things ______ (考虑), I think we ought to give the job to George.
3.Since no one is ______ (反对) it, we’ll adopt the proposal.
4.If only I had _______ (听) to your advice! But I didn’t.[来源:]
5.It is dark and cold, so it is no good ______(等) here. Let’s go home.
6.My boss really _____(赏识)your talents, which impress him most.
7.The children ______ (惊慌失措) when they realized they were lost.
8.According to a new plan, many _____ (妇女) teachers will be sent abroad.
9.As he has mastered several ______ (语言), many universities want to hire him.
10.She sings _____ (极其) well. So she is popular with young girls.
根据对括号内容，从对话后的选项中选出最佳选项，并将答案标号填写在本题下面相应题号后的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Dialogue:
---- Please sit down. Let’s see, you are Mr Walsh. Are you looking for a job?
---- Yes, I am. 61 I’m majoring in architecture.
---- I see. Have you ever done any work in this field?
---- No, nothing. We did some practice work in class though.
---- _ 62
---- From what I’ve just read it seems that a starting salary would be around $12,000 a year.
---- Here you would start at $10,500 for the first year— a kind of training period. Then you would go to $15,000. After that our rises will depend on how well you work.
---- 63 What about other benefits, things like vacation?
---- Those are all explained in this introduction. You can take it along and read it at home.
---- What do you think the chances I’ll get a job are?
---- 64 We’ll hire two people.
---- 65 But I guess I’ll just have to go home and wait.
---- You’ll hear, sometime next month. Good luck and thanks for coming in today.
A , I’ll graduate from college next June.
B , Are you satisfied with your salary here?
C , That sounds fair enough.
D ,Well. I’m talking to three people today and four tomorrow.
E , I’ll get it.
F , I surely hope that I can work here.
G , Now what kind of salary are you hoping to get?
