12．我从未在其他任何地方品尝过如此精美的菜肴．Nowhere else have I tasted such delicious dishes．．——青夏教育精英家教网——

12．我从未在其他任何地方品尝过如此精美的菜肴．（Nowhere）Nowhere else have I tasted such delicious dishes．．

11．Ice Hockey is a game played between two teams，____with six players on the ice．（　　）

10．Charles Dickens was one of the most beloved storytellers in the English language．His novels made him famous in his own time，and continue as classics in ours．
Dickens began his literary career with almost no formal education．He was born in Landport，on Feb.7，1812，the second of eight children．When he was 12，his father was sent to debtor's prison．Dickens was forced to quit school and work in a London blacking factory．He would rework that terrible experience into his fiction for the rest of his life．
"He was a social reformer，"says actor Simon Callow，author of a new biography called Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World．"He knew what poverty was．He knew what it was to be rejected，to be cast aside，to live in squalor （悲惨）．"
And so Dickens wrote with great sympathy for the suffering of innocent and vulnerable （易受攻击的） children-characters like David Copperfield，Little Dorrit and the orphan，Oliver Twist：
With his slice of bread in his hand，and his little brown parish cap on his head，Oliver was now led away from the wretched home，where one kind word or look never lighted the gloom of his infant （幼儿） days．
Yet he burst into an agony of childish grief as the cottage gate closed after him．Wretched as were the little panions in，misery he was now leaving behind him，they were the only friends he had ever had．
His first book Sketches by Boz came out in 1836．With the appearance of Oliver Twist in London periodicals in 1837，the 25-year-old Dickens became the most popular writer in England．But his first love was theater，and he considered being an actor．
"When he was actually writing，he became his characters，"says Peter Ackroyd，author of Dickens：Public Life and Private Passion．"He would get up from his desk，go over to the mirror and mouth the words-do the expressions，grimaces （嵬脸），whatever，and then laugh，chuckle to himself，then go back to his desk and write it down．"
Dickens created 989named characters，which increased his popularity．Every one of his major works has been adapted for either stage or screen．A Christmas Carol inspired more than a dozen films，from Alistair Sims'Scrooge in 1951to Jim Carrey's voicing of the same character in Disney's 2009，3-D animated film．
The original 1843manuscript（手稿） of A Christmas Carolis on display at the Morgan Library．Dickens wrote everything by hand，in tiny script，with a quill pen．Remarkably，the manuscript is both the first and the final draft，says Kiely，the curator．You can see where Dickens has changed the name of the first chapter from"Old Marley's Ghost"to"Marley's Ghost"．Further down the page，he has canceled an entire section．
"He realizes he's not writing a novel，and he only has a very short time in which to write this，"Kiely explains．"He's got to keep it tight，in order for it to be published in time for Christmas．"
Dickens wrote all the time．He traveled with a portable inkwell and a supply of quill pens．He was working on his last novel，Our Mutual Friend，en route from France to London when the train he was on crashed．
Dickens died five years later in 1870，after a stroke at age 58．As a ic talent and a social reformer，Dickens'achievement was extraordinary，says novelist T．C．Boyle，who eamed a doctorate in Victorian literature．
"He achieved what any great artist achieves-a body of work that has entertained and delighted and instructed people down through the ages．That's what we all hope for，"says Boyle．But Dickens'greatest fiction was his own character，says Callow，the biographer："People think of him as a cheerful man…but he was increasingly suffering from depression and a sense of hopelessness．And that's worth knowing．I think it's always good to know that great creative individuals have their struggle，their drama．"

66．What can probably be reflected in Dickens'works？B
A．His love for his family．
B．His childhood sufferings．
C．His desire for formal education．
D．His reason to choose literary career．
67．The author quotes Dickens'description of Oliver Twist mainly to showA．
A．that Dickens was full of pity for poor children
B．that Dickens knew well about poor children
C．what real poverty was like in his days
D．what kind of life Oliver Twist lived
68．It can be inferred from the passage thatC
A．Sketches by Boz is nothing but a plete failure
B．Oliver Twist made Dickens first known to the public
C．A Christrwas Carol proved Dickens an efficient writer
D．Our Mutual Friend came into being on a train
69．We can learn from the passage thatC
A．all the characters created by Dickens are popular
B．people prefer films based on Dickens'novels to his works
C．Dickens were more interested in performing than in writing
D．the films and plays based on Dickens'novels raise his popularity
70．What did Dickens intend to do by telling his stories？A
A．To amuse his readers and change society．
B．To analyze the nature of society he was m．
C．To make an attack on the upper class of the time．
D．To get rid of his depression and sense of hopelessness．

9．I managed to solve the quarrel between Michael and Allen without hurting the feelings of ．（　　）

8．When Kerry and Sam met again two years later，each was pleased to see ____．（　　）

7．We all waited for a reply from our boss，but _____came in the end．（　　）

6．-What are you two whispering about over there？
-Oh，______．Just small talk．（　　）

5．When I first got an email account ten years ago，I received communications only from family，friends，and colleagues．Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest the at all．If we want e-mail to continue to be useful，we need special laws that make spamming（发送垃圾邮件） a crime．
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam，the problem will certainly get much worse．Computer programs allow spammers to spend hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly．As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual（个人的）e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails．Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time？
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well．Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company．Companies rely on e-mail on for their employees to communicate with each other．Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks，and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively．Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks．These computer problems raise production costs of companies，which are，in the end，passed on to the consumer．
For these reasons，I believe that lawmakers need to legislate （立法） against spam．Spammers should be fined，and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people．E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently，but spam is destroying this convenience．

57．What does the underlined word"correspondence"in the Paragraph 1probably mean？A
A．messages
B．ideas
C．connections
D．programs
58．According to the text，what is the major cause of the flooding spam？D
A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications．
B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail．
C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail．
D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam．
59．According to Paragraph 3，who is the final victim of spam？D
A．The business
B．The advertiser
C．The employee
D．The consumer
60．What is the purpose of the text？C
A．To inform
B．To educate
C．To persuade
D．To instruct．

4．China produces 58，000 tons of silk each year．Yet one of the most popular silk companies in the world is Jim Thompson，a brand based in Thailand．
   Thompson，a Delaware native，was trained to be an architect in the mid-1920s，but joined the United States army in the early 1940s in response to the rise of World War II． He was soon appointed to the Office of Strategic Services （ which eventually became the CIA） and traveled around the world，including Thailand，where he fell in love with the people and their country．
   There were few hotels that accommodated international travelers in the capital of Bangkok，and Thompson thought that with the rise of leisure travel，the Far East would make an appealing destination for Westerners． Upon his discharge from the military in 1946，he returned to Thailand to start his own silk business．
   At the time，silk was main y being produced in the northeast of Thailand，but due to the dullness of the collection process，silk production was on the decline． Thompson was determined to revive（振兴） the business，so in 1947，he took a variety of silk thread～back to New York City to see if the product would be marketable to foreign consumers． He received a positive response9 so the Jim Thompson Silk Company was founded in 1948．
   Jim Thompson is credited for reviving the silk industry．After the establishment of his company，silk costumes soon-appeared in Broadway plays and popular films such as Ben Hur，and Thai royalty，such as Her Majesty Queen Sirikit，began wearing silk often． Many also think his work contributed greatly to the Thai economy，since the silk industry continues to employ thousands of Thai citizens even today．
   Jim Thompson's success is no mystery．'However，his disappearance on March 26，1967 certainly is one． Thompson made a trip to Malaysia to visit friends and one day，ventured into the jungle on an afternoon walk． He was never seen again despite search parties sent out by the Royal Army Air Corps and British troops． Many have their own theories on his disappearance，but none have been completely confirmed．

43． What conclusion can you make about silk since the Jim Thompson Silk Company's establishment？C
A． Siik has only been worn by royalty．
B． Silk has become harder to get．
C． Silk has become more popular．
D． Silk has become more expensive．
44．According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true about Thompson？D
A． His military service ended after World WarⅡ．
B． His disappearance remains a mystery．
C． He is the founder of Jim．Thompson．
D． He is a Thai American．
45．Which one of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word"credited"in paragraph 5？A
A． Honoured．
B． Sorry．
C． Accounted．
D． Blamed．
46．What is this passage mostly about？A
A． The revival of the silk industry．
B． The mysterious disappearance of Jim Thompson．
C． How the silk industry improved the Thai economy．
D． How Jim Thompson Silk Company came into being．

3．Q&A
Question：I have recently got a serious position within my company．One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials．During my first meeting，I presented and then opened the floor to questions．（71）D．My first reaction was to answer defensively．Later，I realized that I shouldn't have felt that way．But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings？
Answer：Congratulations on your new position!Presenting in front of your peers（同事）is a hard task in itself，and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required．Question-and-answer periods as a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points，（72）C●（73）AWhen a person is asking a question，show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification．
●Buy time．
When facing a hard question，most people can't give an answer immediately．Buy time by repeating the question in your own words．（74）F．These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．
●Suggest a private meeting．
A one-on-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers．（75）E

A．Show your true interest．
B．Restate the question with respect．
C．Some ideas can be quite concrete．
D．There were many difficult questions．
E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas．
F．You many also ask for clarification on the question．
G．Here are some ideas that can help you prepare for your next meeting．

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