When _______ America and Britain, this famous writer said that the same language _____ the two people.

A. talking of; separates           B. talked of; separated   

C. talking; separates              D. talks; separates

At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult, employers who can  36   biases (偏见) from the process will surely gain a big advantage  37  his opponents.

As a manager, Miss Tiffany is  38  for interviewing applicants for some of the  39  with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the  40  never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and a little  41  because she liked the person on the whole.

He had a perfect resume and gave good  42  to her questions,  43  the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy”. Several days later, she decided to offer the job to her  44  choice. “It wasn’t until I  45  a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany says. What she hadn’t known at that time was that that person behaved  46  was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American  47  in a household where  48   for those in authority was shown by averting (避开) your eyes.

“Attending the diversity workshop helped me  49  how much I could learn by simply asking questions and  50  dialogues with employees,  51  making assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all,” Miss Tiffany admits. “The biggest thing I  52  from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive(包容的)’ to  53 .”

“I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”

Many of us have had similar problems with  54  we consider as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming necessary to  55  our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.

36. A. replace  B. remove                           C. refresh                                     D. recover

37. A. of                              B. above                              C. over                                 D. on

38. A. desperate                         B. responsible                    C. ready                               D. punctual

39. A. positions                           B. businesses                     C. conditions                      D. trades

40. A. girl                             B. opponent                        C. client                               D. candidate

41. A. disappointed                    B. excited                            C. worried                           D. annoyed

42. A. suggestions                     B. responses                      C. impressions                            D. comments

43. A. so                                        B. and                                   C. or                                      D. but

44. A. first                                    B. immediate   C. second                                      D. careless

45. A. closed                                B. started                  C. attended                        D. organized

46. A. politely                              B. carelessly    C. skillfully                           D. differently

47. A. raised                                B. found                               C. treated                                     D. adopted

48. A. concern                             B. envy                        C. respect                                     D. sympathy

49. A. imagine                             B. realize          C. predict                                      D. expect

50. A. creating                                      B. continuing C. practising                       D. directing

51. A. other than                        B. rather than           C. more than                      D. less than

52. A. cut away                           B. put away                        C. gave away                      D. took away

53. A. misunderstandings        B. shortcomings                C. faults                               D. mistakes  

54. A. behaviors                          B. words                              C. habits                              D. thoughts

55. A. ignore                                B. express                           C. limit                                 D. expand

We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline(衰退) more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey.

General differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel (擅长) at recalling information from their brain's files. Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed. Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline. Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, "so they're the ones that may not have shown such cognitive decline," said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.

Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category (范畴) as possible in the given time, e.g. "object usually colored gray", and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.

49．According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be typed into the same category?

      A．cloud                 B．sheep                 C．trees                  D．goose

50．Which of the following statements is true according the article?

      A．Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.

      B．Women stand out at remembering people’s names.

      C．Men excel at typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time.

      D．Women excel at dealing mathematic problems.

51．One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that _________.

      A．the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline

      B．people surveyed are all old

      C．people taking part in this test came from all over the world

      D．women live longer than men

52．The author aims to tell us that __________.

      A．women’s minds perform better than men’s

      B．men’s minds decline more with age

      C．everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older

      D．a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently

Aria Ricardo was a beautiful, slim young woman with dark hair, dark eyes, and dark skin．She used to work as a model and earn as much as $ 2 000 in one day in front of the camera．She modeled for top magazines in Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and throughout the United States．

Aria’s father, now retired because of a disability, was a police officer who really loved his work．Aria would rather follow in her father’s footsteps than pursue her modeling career．She remembered listening to her father tell stories when he came home after a day on the beat．The excitement, tensions and risks of police work appealed to her．

Aria got started in the modeling business quite by accident．She accompanied a friend to an interview at a modeling agency．Her friend wanted the job, while Aria didn’t．The people at the agency were impressed with Aria’s appearance and poise．They knew she’d be brilliant in front of the camera．So they sent her on her first modeling job—for Seventeen Magazine—right away．

Despite her success as a model, Aria never gave up her dream of being a police officer．She passed the written exam for the New York Police Department．She planned to enter the Police Academy as quickly as possible．Her family and friends thought she was out of her mind even to consider such a thing．Police work was dangerous and the pay couldn’t compare to a top model’s income．But Aria knew what she wanted, and she went for it．She had never really intended to be a model anyway．Finally she hooked her fish．

56．Aria’s success as a model resulted from ________．

A．her desire to succeed in it                                               B．her looks and shape

C．the help of her father                                              D．the competition with her friend

57．Aria went into modeling because ________．

A．she wanted to earn more money                         B．she wanted to accompany her friend

C．she was given an unexpected opportunity        D．she was very beautiful

58．Aria’s family would like her to ________．

A．remain a model                                                         B．do whatever she liked

C．find something challenging                                    D．follow her father’s footsteps

59．Aria Ricardo probably is a ________ now．

A．photographer working for a magazine               B．student of the Police Academy

C．top model of a world company                             D．woman police officer

Last year, Jack Bleed cut through the bone of his ring finger while working. The 31-year-old resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas, waited for about six hours at a nearby medical center while the medical staff there called all over town — even as far away as Dallas and Memphis — to find a hand surgeon to reattach his finger. Finally, a willing doctor was located in Louisville, Kentucky. But even though Bleed had insurance (保险), he would have to hire a private plane to get himself there, at a cost of $4,300. In the end, he charged the cost to two credit cards, and his finger was saved. His insurance company eventually covered the cost of the plane, but his experience makes people aware of the fact that trauma (外伤) care in the United States is not only geographically limited, but in many places, non-existent.

Only eight states — New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington — have local, fully functional trauma systems. The remaining states have partial systems, and 12 — including Arkansas — have no trauma system at all.

Although the President has signed a bill of $12 million for the purpose of supporting trauma care systems nationwide, many in Congress (国会) are unwilling to spend government money for a service they think should be paid for by states, says Wayne Meredith, medical director for trauma programs at the American College of Surgeons. Meanwhile, many states have also failed to find the dollars to support trauma systems. To make matters worse, many people without insurance depend heavily on the emergency care services, placing a huge financial burden on the medical centers that serve them.

For the same reason, doctors, too, often go unpaid. They are unwilling to perform emergency care, worsening critical shortages of neurosurgeons, orthopedists, and hand surgeons — the very types of specialists Bleed needed at short notice.

Supporting a trauma care system doesn’t take much. A half-penny sales tax in Miami-Dade County makes its outstanding system work. In Arkansas alone, says Wayne Meredith, a well-funded trauma system would possibly prevent 200 to 600 deaths each year. If trauma care systems were to work well across the nation, experts say, many thousands of lives each year could be saved. “You don’t get much better return on your investment than that,” Meredith says.

57. In Paragraph 1, the writer uses Bleed’s case to ________.

A. make a comparison

B. introduce a topic

C. describe a person

D. tell a story

58. Many people in Congress argue that trauma care systems should be supported by ________.

A. each state

B. the President

C. insurance companies

D. the US government

59. The example of Miami-Dade County shows that ________.

A. its tax policy is admirable

B. a trauma system is not expensive

C. running a trauma system is profitable

D. sales tax is not heavy in small counties

60. Why are the present trauma care systems in some states not satisfactory?

A. They are short of financial support.

B. They are shared by all the states.

C. The doctors are not well trained.

D. The hospitals can’t provide low-cost services.

Maya ________ me deeply when I read her writing, but she touches me most of all when I hear her speak.

  A. controls                               B. affects                             C. amuses                           D. confuses

If you take a job as a journalist, it goes without saying _______sometimes you have to work at weekends.

 A. it                   B.whether             C.why          D.that

31．—Will you go fishing with me?

     —___________.

     A．No, I'll be very busy             B．Yes, I'll be glad

     C．Certainly, I'll be sorry            D．Certainly, I'll be glad to

第三节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Jessie's Glove

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores.       21    the topics we discuss is the retention （保持）of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale （薪水标准）in the service industry. During these discussions, I asked the participants, "What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?" Some time back a new   22    took the question and     23      said, "It was a $19 baseball glove."

Cynthia told the group that she    24    took a Circle K clerk job as an interim （过渡时期）position   25      she looked for something   26     .On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that    27     a single mother, money was very    28    , and her first check would    29    go for paying   30    . Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check..

When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that    31    as an office. Cynthia    32    if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused．

Patricia handed her a box. "I overheard you talking to your son   33    ," she said, "and I know that it is hard to   34     things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how    35    he is, even though you have to pay bills    36    you can buy gloves. You know we can't pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we    37   care, and I want you to know you are important to    38  ."

The thoughtfulness, sympathy and    39  of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer  40     than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.

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       “The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic.” say scientists. The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

      The lowering of the waters' PH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature. Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.

       These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change. “This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO2 into the atmosphere,” said Dr Caldeira. And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed(超过) anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years, let alone perhaps after rare disastrous events such as asteroid(小行星) impacts.

       However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life. Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest PH change would be expected to occur, but deep－ocean life forms may be more sensitive to PH changes. Coral reefs(珊瑚礁) and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate(碳酸钙) may be particularly affected if the water's acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower PH.

       In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power station in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming. But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re—considered. “Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing——because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”

57．The ocean is becoming more acidic due to_______.

       A．the lower water PH value                                   B．the warming atmosphere

       C．the higher level of CO2 in the air                 D．the increasing use of oil fuels

58．According to Dr Caldeira,________.

       A．ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing

       B．more oil fuels will be used in the near future

       C．scientists may predict climate changes with computer models

       D．the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious

59．If the water's acidity level keeps rising,____________.

       A．ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected

       B．the water's PH value will become higher and higher

       C．organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to PH changes

       D．some disastrous events will occur more often than before

60．Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce_________

       A．the CO2 absorbed by the ocean                    B. the amount of greenhouse warming

       C．the acidity of the ocean                               D．the gradual release of CO2