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According to a report by the China News Weekly, Chinese white collars are becoming fully occupied in the office. They pursue many of their activities in the office building, eating, doing exercise, resting, playing games or even dating.

In large cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, where economy is developing at a fast speed, office workers face an increasing work pressure day by day and many of them have begun to make office their home.

As the young generation in society, most of them are aged between 25 and 45. In the eyes of outsiders, they enjoy a comfortable life: they lead the fashion trend in the city and earn a high salary; they enjoy a flexible working schedule and a very good working environment; having a good education background, they don’t have to worry that one day they will lose their jobs.

However, only the white collars themselves know what others see as a good life is in fact a boring life. They often work extra hours, suffer from loss of creative ability and have little time to make friends. When they go off from work late at night, somethimes they might think of asking for a leave the next day and having a holiday somewhere. However, when a new day begins, they find everything back to normal and themselves pushed by new tasks.

In fact, even if they don’t work extra hours in the office, they have no place to go. Many of the young people are fresh from college, or have come to work in large cities from their hometowns. As newcomers, they haven’t established （建立）a social network. They have few friends to go dating. Meanwhile, many of them face a great pressure for earning money to buy a house or a car. If they cannot afford to buy these, they still have to work to pay for high apartment rents and communication fares.

The underlined sentence probably means _______

A. Chinese white collars are not allowed to get out of the office

B. The office is crowded with Chinese white collars

C. Chinese white collars make the office filled with odds and ends

D. Chinese white collars spend most of their time in the office

The followings are all reasons why white collars want to have a rest EXCEPT that _______

A. They have to continue to stay at office after work

B. They feel more and more difficult to think up a good idea

C. They have no interest in anything

D. They have little time to make friends

The main idea of the third paragraph is that_______

A. white collars are admired by other people

B. white collars needn’t worry about losing jobs

C. white collars can earn high salary and work freely

D. white collars are in the lead in the way of behaving

From the passage , we can infer that _______

A. white collars are all workaholics who regard the office as home

B. white collars suffer from material and mental pressure in life

C. white collars are the models of young people in society

D. people have a good understanding of what white collars’ life is

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned 36 the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his __37 was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She 38 to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out 39_ . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested 40 the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the 41 _. Yet he knew that if all else 42 there would be no other alternative.

So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more 43 . Open your hand and stretch your 44 out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “ 45 Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll 46 my penny!”

The boy had had a coin in his hand 47 and was holding it 48 in his little fist(拳头). And he wasn’t 49 to open his hand and lose it. But 50 he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.

The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be 51 to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite 52 to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and 53 earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists 54 and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to 55 hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

A. in B. at C. from D. on

A. foot B. hair C. hand D. head

A. tried B. refused C. completed D. separated

A. in fun B. in general C. with fear D. in pain

A. throwing B. selling C. burning D. breaking

A. time B. state C. process D. record

A. failed B. lost C. impressed D. tried

A. chance B. choice C. try D. force

A. lips B. fingers C. nails D. thumb

A. But B. And C. Though D. When

A. touch B. hit C. employ D. lose

A. all the time B. in time C. at one time D. for some time

A. obviously B. tightly C. stupidly D. normally

A. hesitated B. accepted C. excited D. prepared

A. yet B. since C. once D. although

A. seemed B. compared C. looked D. related

A. difficult B. safe C. easy D. quiet

A. allow B. admit C. forbid D. make

A. open B. clean C. closed D. dirty

A. bring B. take C. have D. come

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

D

Around the globe, the tourist trade is booming and you are promised to enjoy all the comfort and convenience of modern tourism. The first-class systems of communication by air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other’s countries at a moderate cost. What was once the ‘grand tour’, reserved for only the very rich, is now within most people’s grasp. The package tour and chartered flights (包机) are quite popular to us. Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which those on grand tours in the old days couldn’t have dreamed of. With all this coming and going, you would expect greater understanding to develop between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it! So what’s the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other? So there is a great misdirection in tourist business, especially in conducted tour items.

Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They purposely set out to “protect” their passengers from too much contact with the local population. Modern tourists lead a protected and separated life. They live at international hotels, where they eats their international food and sips their international drink while gazing at the natives from a distance. Designed tours to places of interest are carefully arranged. The tourists are allowed to see only what the organizers want them to see and no more. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourists to wander off on their own; and anyway, language is always a barrier, so they might only be too happy to be protected in this way.

At its very worst, this merely leads to a new and terrible kind of colonization. The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of certain old ideas of other nations and countries. We don’t see the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe what they are, even staying along with that from text books during our schooling.

You can test this for yourself. Take five nationalities, say, French, German, English, American and Italian. Now in your mind, match them with these five adjectives: musical, emotional, cold, pedantic (爱追究的), native. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned, these adjectives just actually act as barriers, for we can’t do the job with certainty. So, frequently, when you set out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm what you have already obtained as the first conceptions in your mind. And you get home only with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression, such as the saying, “Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites (伪君子)” and “Latin peoples shout a lot ”. However, to gain the real understanding, you only have to make a few foreign friends and you will know how ridiculousridiculous ridiculous ridiculous and harmful some old conceptions of other nations are. But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you?

Being carried to an extreme, stereotypes can be positively dangerous. A very wild and limited outlook may stir up racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact — how reasonless it sounds! – that all people are human. We are all similar to each other, while at the same time all unique.

What does “grand tour” bring people now?

A. It only offers us reasonable cost. B. It is the best way of modern tourism.

C. It is not liked by rich people. D. It is available for the majority to enjoy it.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. By travelling abroad, one can know a certain country well.

B. Making friends is impossible for anyone staying abroad.

C. The tourist organizations have the best way to do their duty.

D. Traveling conditions are much more improved than before.

Which word in the following is the best to summarize “Latin people shout a lot”?

A. Silent. B. Noisy. C. Lively. D. Active.

The purpose of the author’s writing is to point out ______.

A. conducted tour should be stopped B. the way of touring should be changed

C. gained knowledge can’t be renewed D. some nations stay the same as before

What is the author’s attitude toward the present tourism?

A. Objective B. Negative. C. Critical. D. Appreciative.

The main idea for this passage is that ______.

A. tourism does little to increase understanding between nations

B. tourism is terrible without the work of the tourist organizations

C. conducted tour is so dull that nobody wants to accept it now

D. tourism really does something wonderful to many countries

In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no 36 for stillness.

And when we are 37 to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often 38 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re 39 .

This comes at a 40 : we lose that time for 41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.

And 42 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get 43 done.

Take a moment to think about 44 you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering 45 or checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always 46 through your schedule?

Is this how you want to spend your 47 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be 48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. 49 be in the moment.

Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d 50 it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more 51 .

Then be that vision.

It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. 52 you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too 53 . Slow down. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of 54 for it.

55 the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.

A. place B. chance C. freedom D. time

A. forced B. ordered C. invited D. told

A. have B. find C. buy D. get

A. familiar with B. curios about C. used to D. interested in

A. cost B. risk C. loss D. danger

A. play B. food C. sleep D. consideration

A. further B. worse C. farther D. deeper

A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

A. how B. where C. why D. whether

A. questions B. problems C. phones D. messages

A. walking B. rushing C. stepping D. going

A. school B. youth C. work D. life

A. silent B. patient C. still D. quiet

A. Nearly B. Just C. Ever D. Already

A. like B. decide C. choose D. need

A. activity B. peace C. study D. research

A. Because B. Until C. Once D. Unless

A. frequently B. slowly C. fast D. quickly

A. asking B. sending C. calling D. waiting

A. Value B. Miss C. Owe D. Hold

How Long Can People Live?

She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121 st birthday.

When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s record holder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span（寿命）? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?

Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,” says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think,” he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher?”

The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number,” says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible（有弹性的）, but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,” he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.” Of course, if you became a new species （物种）, one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.

Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve （进化）their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about,” he says with a smile.

72. What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

A. People can live to 122. B. Old people are creative.

C. Women are sporty at 85. D. Women live longer than men.

73. According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______.

A. the average human life span could be 110

B. scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C. few people can expect to live to over 150

D. researchers are not sure how long people can live

74. Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

A. Jerry Shay. B. Steve Austad C. Rich Miller D. George Martin

75. What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

A. Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B. The average human life span cannot be doubled

C. Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D. New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species

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