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     Have you ever heard the old saying, "Never judge a book by its cover."? This is a good rule to
follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in
certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless before a
pretty girl when he speaks. He may not be able to find the right words. But don't make the mistake
of thinking him stupid. With a pen and paper, he can express himself better than anybody else.
    Other people may fool you into overestimating(过高估计) their intelligence by putting up a good
front. A student who listens attentively and takes notes in class is bound to (一定会) make a favorable
impression on his teachers. But when it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class.
    In a word, you can't judge someone by appearance. The only way to determine a person's intelligence
is to get to know him. Then you can see how he reacts to different situations. The more situations you
see, the better your judgment is likely to be. So take your time. Don't judge a book by its cover.
1. The passage suggests that ______.   
A. a good writer may not be a good speaker    
B. a good writer is always a good speaker 
C. a speechless person always writes well    
D. a good writer will find himself speechless
3. According to this passage, a student who listens attentively and takes notes in class ________.            
A. is an intelligent student 
B. may not be an intelligent student 
C. will score better in exams 
D. will not be a good student
3. The passage suggests that we should judge a person's intelligence through ______. 
A. his teachers                      
B. his deeds in the classroom 
C. his appearance                    
D. his reactions to different situations
4.  The writer of this passage wants to tell us not to______.    
A. judge a book by its cover 
B. make the mistake of thinking a young man stupid 
C. overestimate a student's intelligence 
D. judge a person's intelligence by his appearance
阅读理解。
                                                                How Much to Tip
     You're out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why?
The answer may not be as simple as you think.
     Tipping, psychologists have found,is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can
be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter's choice of words, to
how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bill's total. Even how much waiters remind customers
of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.
     "Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker," wrote
Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. "These studies show that people who are being mimicked
become more generous toward the person who mimicks them."
     So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such
as, "Coming up!" Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the
customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home pay. The results were clear-it pays to mimic your
customer. The copycat (模仿者) waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
     Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity
of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists,
they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers' bills went up. In fact, tip percentages
appear to plateau (稳定期) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger
percentage tip than a bill for $100.
     "That's also a point of tipping," Green says. "You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there
to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren't there, you'd never get
any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there."
1. Apart from service, how many other factors affecting the customers'tipping are mentioned in the passage?
[     ]
A. 1.　　　
B. 2.　　　
C. 3.　　　
D. 4.
2. These studies show that _____.
[     ]
A. tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiters
B. people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them
C. the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as those who don't mimick others
D. mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad
3. According to the passage,which of the following will be likely to show the right change of the tip
    percentages?
[     ]
A.
B.
C.
D.
阅读理解。

    Although there are many ways in which people communicate through speech, public speaking
has probably received more study and attracted more attention than any other. Politicians winning
an election, salespeople presenting products and etc. All depend upon this form of public
communication. Even people who do not make speaking a part of their daily work are often asked
to make public speeches: students at graduation, for instance, or members of churches, clubs or
other organizations. Nearly everyone speaks in public at some time or other, and those who perform
the task well often become leaders.
    There are many reasons for speaking in public. A public speaker may hope to teach an audience
about new ideas, or provide information about some topic. Creating a good feeling or entertaining
an audience may be another purpose.  Public speakers, however, most often seek to persuade an
audience to accept new opinions, to take certain actions, or to see the world in a new way.
    Public speakers usually know well in advance when they are scheduled to make a speech.
Consequently, they are able to prepare their message before they deliver it.  Sometimes, though,
speakers must deliver the message unprepared, or off the cuff, such as when they are asked to
speak at a wedding reception or to participate in an interview.
    When they do not have to speak unprepared, most speakers write their own speeches. Politicians
and business managers sometimes employ professional writers who prepare their speeches for them.
These professional writers may work alone or in small teams. Although the speaker may have some
ideas into the contents of the speech, the writers sometimes have a great influence over the opinions
expressed by their employers. Regardless of how a speech is prepared, the person who delivers it is 
given credit for its effect upon its hearers.

1．Public speaking is well known to average people because ________.   
A. most of them have been trained as public speakers
B. most of them have been audience of such activities
C. most of them have to do it when they study at college
D. the passage does not mention the reason
2．Which of the following is rarely the purpose of public    speaking?
A. To influence people's ideas and behaviour.
B. To persuade the audience to accept an idea.
C. To enjoy the satisfaction from one's own speech.
D. To develop public interest.
3．No matter who writes a speech, the audience ________.
A. do not believe what the speaker says  
B. know very well whom the speaker is
C. know whose idea the speech really expresses
D. believe it expresses the speaker's idea
阅读理解。
     People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines.
Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their picture taken in front of famous
places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
     Northern European are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences
for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and
Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much
of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted
them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resort and beaches
for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!
     The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's
30,000 hotels are booked solid every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French
beaches, parks and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere
else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or_one_tourist_for_every_person_living_in_Spain.
     But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean
is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it's getting worse.
The French can't figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez.
And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.
     None of this, however, is spoiling anyone's fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every
year with tourists. Obviously, they don't go there for clean water and solitude. They tolerate traffic
jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty
the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than
sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.
1．The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that ________.
A．they want to see historic remains or religious spots
B．they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs
C．they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites
D．they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home
2．In Paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned________.
A．to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate
B．to tell us how wealthy their residents are
C．to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty
D．to prove that they have got more tourism than they handle

3．The latter half of the last sentence in Paragraph 3, "or one tourist for every person living in Spain"
means ________.

A．all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourist
B．every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country
C．every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist
D．every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year
4．According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists' fun at Mediterranean
resorts and beaches?
A．Polluted water.  
B．Crowded buses.
C．Traffic jams.  
D．Rainy weather.
阅读理解。
Dear mommy and daddy,
      I write this letter to you in hopes that you should consider your method of parenting me before I arrive.
I am a joyous child. I expect love and respect, order and discipline. When I arrive, I will seem very small to
you. Even though I don't look like an adult, please understand that I am a human being.
      Even though I will not speak words to you, I will know you with my heart. I will feel all your feelings,
absorb your thoughts. I will come to know you more than you may know yourself. Do not be misled (误导)
by my silence. I am open, growing and learning more rapidly than you can imagine.
      I will keep in heart all that I see, so please give me sweet music and language that tells me how much I
am loved. Give me silence to rest my ears. I will absorb all that I feel, so please wrap life in love.
      I am waiting patiently to be with you. I am so happy to have the opportunity to be alive. Maybe when
you see me you will remember how precious life is too!
                                                                                                                              Your joyous child
1. According to the letter, why did the child write this letter?
[     ]
A. Because the child wanted to apologize to its parents.
B. Because the child wanted the parents to consider the method of being parents.
C. Because the child expressed the happiness of having such parents.
D. Because the child wanted to show how much it understood its parents.
2. According to the text, we can infer the "child" is in fact ______.
[     ]
A. a lovely boy
B. a joyous child
C. an unborn baby
D. a lovely girl
3. The child in the text required all the following EXCEPT that ______.
[     ]
A. it should be looked on as a human being
B. it would like to be loved by its parents
C. it wanted to be with the parents an soon as possible
D. it wanted a place full of beautiful music and love language
4. The letter is likely to be printed in the part of ______ in a magazine.
[     ]
A. "Baby's world"
B. "Current news"
C. "Young parent center"
D. "Science and our life"
阅读理解。
                                      Career Choices - Keep Your Powder Dry
     Anywhere you look, it is apparent there is a wide and  deep selection of choices of a career.
Whether it's a hand on position in construction or sitting behind the  desk working on a computer,
everyone has some idea of what is an attractive career. However, while  making a career choice is
not simply a matter of following a dream for some, for the majority it means a  lot of research and
soul searching. Choosing and growing into the right career become one of the most important decisions
of an individual's life.
     It used to be that one followed in the footsteps of their father or grandfather or took over the family
business when it came to making a career choice. These days, a career path can start anywhere and
with a few years veer off into something totally different.
     At the same time, career choices must be  realistic a nd well thought out. It is  not uncommon for
individuals to start down a career path and realize they have  made a  terrible mistake,   feeling as if it
may be too late to turn around. Not only does a career choice put a person's strongest skills and interests
to use, it is also something that they will be doing on a consistent basis to bring in income. This is why a
career choice can be such a personal decision. Formerly it used to be unusual for someone to change
occupations or careers more than once or twice in a lifetime, it is now even more unusual to keep the
same career during someone's working life.
     However, having a career that fits your interests and personality has been found to be important to
an individual's well being. A person's career is something they will closely identify with, maybe even
forming somewhat of an attachment.
      There are a great many resources for helping individuals with choosing the right profession. A number of websites offering tools such as career tests and information, educational resources and resume services can be found throughout the web. It is important to research one vocation and career, in this dynamic
  and changing economy and market place, choose the best from several related career choices.
1. What should you consider when you want to get an ideal job? ________
A. Your special skills and pay
B. Your position and experience
C. Your future income and working hours
D. Your interest and friends' suggestions
2. The underlined phrase "veer off" in the second paragraph is close to _______ in meaning. 

A. dream of getting an easy job
B. set out to do the same job
C. compare two different things
D. change the former cours

3. Nowadays it is common for one to _______.
A. do the same job all his life.
B. change his job frequently
C. find a few good jobs at a time
D. live without a job for many years
4. All of the following are the tools on profession offered by website EXCEPT ________.  
A. tests and information
B. training courses
C. employers' phone numbers
D. instructions on resume
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     Ask savvy investors(投资者) how they learned their first lessons about money, and they'll probably
tell you lessons their parents taught them.
     The money values we learn as children stay with us the rest of our lives. If you are a parent, teaching
your children the value of saving and investing will benefit them the rest of their lives. Here's what you can
do:
     Help your child begin to save. Open savings accounts for your children, and teach them how the bank
adds interest to their savings that makes their money grow. Encourage your children to save a little from
every bit of money they receive, such as allowances, birthday gifts, etc. You may even want to set up a
matching program, contributing fifty cents for each dollar your child saves.
     Teach your child about stocks(股票). A child in elementary school can start learning about how
businesses work. Once your child understands the basics, ask him or her to think about some of the
businesses that might be good stock investments. Then use Morningstar Mutual Fund Guide(available
at your library)to find a quality mutual fund that holds some of these companies, or a mutual fund that
caters to children such as the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund. Many funds accept regular monthly
investments as low as $50 a month, so these funds can be a good way to teach children about the stock
market while saving for their college education.
     Encourage early IRA(个人退休金账户)saving. The new Roth IRA is a great way for children who
are working in summers or after school to begin saving for their future. Imagine how much money you'd
have today if you had saved $3,000 a year since you were a teenager!
      Let your kids handle their own money. We all learn by doing, so letting your kids manage a segment
of their budget(预算)will let them earn valuable financial lessons.They may make mistakes, but they will
be small mistakes that may help them avoid larger mistakes as adults.

1. Which would be the best title for this passage?
A. Why to Teach Your Children to Save
B. How to Teach Your Children to Save
C. Tips for Saving for Children
D. Start Good Saving Habits Early

2. A matching program means ________.
A. that you should set a good example to your children
B. that you should provide enough money for children so that they can save some
C. that you encourage your children to compete with each other in saving
D. that you encourage your children by giving some extra money for them to save

3. According to the author, you should teach your children about investment when he/she is ________.
A. in the kindergarten  
B. in primary school
C. in middle school  
D. in college

4. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund?
A. It is usually with high benefits.
B. It accepts regular monthly investments.
C. It accepts small investments as low as $50 a month.
D. It caters to children who can afford small investments.

5. The advantage of letting your kids manage their budget lies in ________.
A. that they will make great businessmen in the future
B. that they will know the difficulty of managing a budget
C. that they will avoid making bigger mistakes in the future
D. that they will share happiness of managing their own budget
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     Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big,
noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the
countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural(乡下
的) areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
     In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two
large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area
begins to grow. There is usually a_residential_area nearby, too. The families of these workers need
schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a
city grows.
      In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main
offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see
many huge skyscrapers(摩天大楼)and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way
to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the
city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks
for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
     But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not.
Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day
we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.

1. The underlined phrase "a residential area" means an area________.
A. where people can buy things
B. which is suitable for living in
C. where people can do business
D. which is near a city center

2. Why do people move to live in cities or towns?
A. Because they can live more comfortably there.
B. Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.
C. Because they mainly want to find work there.
D. Because they are sure of having a better life there.

3. Which of the following statement is NOT true about the business district?
A.Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district.
B. People usually work and live in the business district.
C. A business district usually lies in the city center downtown.
D. Nearly every major city has its own business district.

4. In the United States, many people work in the center of a big city________.
A. and live there
B. but live in the suburbs of the city
C. and live in another city
D. but live in rural areas

5. We can infer that this movement from rural to urban areas ________.
A. has been going on for more than 2,000 years
B. will surely continue in the future
C. may not continue in the future
D. has now stopped already
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     Facebook means never having to say goodbye.The social media website has earned a reputation for
reconnecting old friends.Last week,a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago
sent me a friend request.I accepted and waited for "Easy E" to send me a greeting of some kind.He had
sought me out,after all.
     I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son.However,I'm pretty sure we won't ever write walltowall,let alone email each other.But he'll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a
point of removing the other from his official list.
     My pool of friends consists of family members,college buddies,coworkers from past and  present,and
friends of friends.There are 35 in all.If I spent some time uploading old email addresses,I'm confident that
I could increase my friend count actually.
     A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends,former  classmates,distant
cousins, and those one would like to get to know better.And some people can even handle hundreds of
onscreen relationships,keeping up with the daily happenings of  their small army of companions.After all,
there are worse fates than having too many friends.
      Thanks to email,the inability to schedule facetoface meetings no longer means a  friendship must come
to a close.But even with email,people will lose touch if one or both  parties stop writing back.That's
normal.People move from school to school,job to job,city  to city.You never have to feel guilty for
breaking away.
      Every day,the masterminds of Web 2.0 find new ways of making human communication  easier.
However,convenience_can_be_a_crutch(拐杖). Some things shouldn't be simplified.When it comes to
friendship,there can be no shortcuts.

1. According to Paragraph 1,the website is famous because ________.
A. it has an interesting name of "Facebook"
B. it helps people get in touch with old friends
C. it can send people a greeting of some kind
D. it reminds people of events in the past

2. From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer ________.
A. would write to the friend quite often
B. asked the friend to email him
C. did get some information about the friend
D. would keep in touch with the friend forever

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now.
B. The author communicates with all the 35 friends by emails.
C. The list of 35 friends doesn't include the old email addresses.
D. It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.

4. What does the writer mean by saying "However,convenience can be a crutch(拐杖)"?
A. The masterminds of Web 2.0 also sell crutch online.
B. Taking a crutch is a new way of making friends online.
C. Convenience is dangerous for human communication.
D. Convenience is not really good for human communication.

5. What does the author think of the convenience of communicating online?
A. The technology could not keep true friendship forever.
B. The social website of Facebook means nothing at all.
C. There will be no ways of making real friends online.
D. People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.
信息匹配。
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.
请阅读下列交友信息,并按照要求匹配信息.
A. Piotrek Kowalski, 18, from Italy. Looking for a penfriend who is interested in discussing the current
(当前的)political situation in the world. Like jazz and playing tennis in my free time.
B. Olga, 32 years old, historian, from Warsaw, Poland. Looking for a penfriend to exchange(交流,交换)
views on the political problems in East European countries after the Second World War.
C. Jack, 27, from London. My favorite pastime(消遣)is learning foreign languages. I go to evening
language classes and use my computer to improve my language learning by visiting Internet sites.
D. Elle, 35 years old, from Paris. I like learning languages, but do not like using modern technology.
Need a penfriend who also enjoys learning languages in a traditional(传统的)way.
E.Petro, 42, businessman, from Argentina(阿根廷). Trying to get a penfriend with the same profession
(职业)and lives in North America. Married, with three children and like surfing the Internet.
F. Kim Lee, 18, high school student in Seoul, South Korea. I love traveling and hope to visit Great Britain
in the future. I would like a friend about the same age to get some information about the differences
between life in Europe and that in Asia.
以下是交友者的信息.请匹配交友者与他们所对应的信息.
1. Mary, 21, a university student on history, comes from Scotland and would like to find a penfriend
who comes from East Europe. She is interested in the things of the past in those countries.
2. Helga, 33, comes from Germany and speaks French, English and Russian. She prefers a penfriend
who is also fond of exchanging ideas about language learning by writing letters and she firmly believes
that language learning can only happen in a classroom.
3. Alessandro, 25, comes from Rome. He is interested in finding a penfriend who speaks English and
can exchange ideas on using the computer for learning purpose.
4. Bob, 17, a middle school student in Liverpool, is interested in making a penfriend. He once visited
China with his parents when he was a child and then fell in love with Asian culture. He would like a
friend of the same or nearly the same age.
5. Jim, 35, has a company in Boston. His hobby is surfing the Internet in his spare time and looking
for any useful information for him, whether at home or abroad.
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