--Mike is always working hard and has made greater progress recently.

--______ he got the first prize.

A. No wonder     B. No pity         C. No way           D. No good

 During the long-term cooperation, Mr. Li ______ a smart, honest and trustworthy man.

A. appeared                  B. made                C. turned                      D. proved

 Last month, our English Department invited a local radio star to      a public lecture on   

   the topic of media influence on society.

       A. communicate     B. demand      C. deliver       D. converse

— Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

   — Yes, he did. He _____ his old friends for a long time.

       A. didn’t see                 B. wouldn’t see             C. hasn’t seen               D. hadn’t seen

In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievement and confident that their degree would help them find a good job.

    However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose University, got a degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs.

    Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003. There were many high-tech job opportunities. Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations. However, “Times have changed and it’s a new market,” according to Cheryl Allmen- Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center.

    Allmen-Vinniage says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked during summer vacations, they have had several internships（实习）, and they’ve majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like information system management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines in starting salaries.

    Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may just end up going back to school. “I’d like to teach college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in bad economy.” he said.

    In conclusion, these days, to some students a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its value will increase over time.

The word in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.

A. skill                         B. interests                   C. opportunities                   D. applications

Which of the following majors can get a job easily?

A. teaching                   B. accounting                C. political science               D. computer science

The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ________.

A. the best way to get rich is not to get a college degree                                       

B. most students with degrees will not be able to find jobs

C. having a college degree does not qualify one for travel discounts         

D. a college degree does not mean that one will find a well-paid job

Ryan Stewart will have to ________.

A. change his major                                       B. get a job teaching   

C. go back to school                                       D. become a religious leader

The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A. a lot of graduates are losing their jobs    

B. Ryan Stewart has not been able to find a job

C. salaries in some fields have increased in the past year                                

D. the job market has changed dramatically over the past 4 years

　　第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I got up and dressed, with my violin under my jacket, and went out into the streets to try my luck. I wandered about for  36  , looking for a likely spot,  37  as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped   38   under a bridge near the station and  39  to have a try.

  I felt tense and nervous. One moment I was  40  the hurrying crowds ,   41  I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the side of the street  42  me , the violin under my chin.

   The first  43  I played were loud and unskilled, then they  44  down and began to run more smoothly.   45  ，I was neither caught nor told to shut up.  46  , nobody took any notice at all. Then an old man without stopping   47   threw a penny into my hat, as if getting rid of some guilty evidence.

   Other pennies followed, slowly  48   steadily , dropped by   49  who appeared not to see or hear me. It seemed too easy, like a secret  50  .

   I   51  there for several days , gradually getting the  52  of the trade by trial and error(反复试验). It was not a good thing,   53  , to let the hat fill up with money; nor was it wise to empty it completely. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to  54   the thing going soon became a  55  rule.

36. A. an hour         B. a day              C. some time                D. too long

37. A. running                     B. crying      C. feeling                 D. sounding

38. A. at first                   B. at last       C. at most                   D. at once

39. A. wanted            B. allowed            C. refused                   D. decided

40. A. part of                B. familiar with     C. far from               D. away from

41. A. the last                     B. once again       C. the next                    D. as a result

42. A. before                B. behind            C. next to                 D. beside

43. A. music                     B. notes               C. piece                      D. parts

44. A. broke                  B. fell            C. settled               D. slowed

45. A. Surprisingly        B. Interestingly      C. Undoubtedly            D. Pitifully

46. A. In a word                B. Moreover    C. Indeed               D. That is

47. A. immediately        B. secretly           C. bravely                    D. carefully

48. A. but                         B. and               C. while                     D. or

49. A. the old                  B. fans       C. the passengers   D. shadows

50. A. trick                    B. business     C. story               D. joke

51. A. remained                   B. searched         C. left              D. worked

52. A. value                   B. truths             C. wealth                   D. conditions

53. A. however       B. therefore         C. for example            D. after all

54. A. make                      B. open          C. leave                         D. start

55. A. normal        B. regular              C. smart                  D. suitable

Despite all the reports of Internet security attacks over the years, including the recent ones on Google’s e-mail service, many people have reacted to the break-ins with a shrug (耸肩).

Mr. Shulman and his company examined a list of 32 million passwords that an unknown hacker（黑客） stole last month from Rock You, a company that makes software for users of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The list was briefly posted on the Web, and hackers and security researchers downloaded it.

The list provided an unusually detailed window into computer users’ password habits. Typically, only government agencies like the F.B.I. or the National Security Agency have had access to such a large password list.

Some Web sites try to keep back the attackers by freezing an account for a certain period of time if too many incorrect passwords are typed. But experts say that the hackers simply learn to trick the system, by making guesses at an acceptable rate, for instance.

To improve security, some Wed sites are forcing users to mix letters,numbers even symbols in their passwords. Others, like Twitter, prevent people from picking common passwords.

Still, researchers say, social networking and entertainment Web sites often try to make life simpler for their users and are unwilling to put too many controls in place.

Even commercial sites like eBay must weigh the consequences of freezing accounts, since a hacker could, say, try to win an auction（拍卖） by freezing the accounts of other potential buyers.

But owing to the reality of our overcrowded brains, the experts suggest that everyone choose at least two different passwords— a complex one for Web sites where security is vital, such as banks and e-mail, and a simpler one for less risky places, such as social networking and entertainment sites.

Mr. Moss relies on passwords at least 12 characters long, figuring that those make him a more difficult target than the millions of people who choose five-and six-character passwords.

“It’s like the joke where the hikers run into a bear in the forest, and the hiker that survives is the one who outruns his companions,” Mr. Moss said. “You just want to run that bit faster.”

The underlined sentence “Many people have reacted to the break-ins with a shrug” shows that many people            .

A.don’t take seriously the hacker’s break-ins

B.are worried and frightened at the hacker’s break-ins

C.don’t know what to do with the hacker’s attacks

D.are eager to get helps from the experts

According to the passage, which of the following web sites needs a more complex password?

A.A social web site.                            B.An entertainment web site.

C.A commercial web site.                    D.A game web site.

The Internet users are advised to             in order to keep back the hackers.

A.mix letters, numbers and symbols as well

B.choose passwords with at least 12 characters

C.choose passwords with 5 or 6 characters

D.choose at least two different passwords

Which would be the best title for the passage?

A.Password, good luck or risk!                          B.Popular Passwords, High Risk!

C.Clever Hackers, Stupid Netizens.                    D.Hacker,the Enemy of Internet Security.

The TV shows a baby’s pram (婴儿车) rolling off a train platform as the mother makes a mad rush to save her son, but she is too late and it falls onto the rails in front of an incoming train. This heart-stopping scene happened yesterday at Ashburton station in Melbourne, Australia. But the story has a happy ending: the six-month-old baby survived with just a cut on his forehead, although the pram was dragged about 35 metres by the braking train. The nurse Jon Wright said the boy just “needed a feed and a sleep” and didn’t need to stay in hospital.

“Luckily, he was strapped (绑) into his pram at the time, which probably saved his life. I think the child is extremely lucky, ” Wright told the Herald Sun newspaper after the baby was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Fortunately the train was already slowing down to stop at the station so it stopped quickly when the driver put on the brakes as soon as he saw the pram fall in front of him. Rail firm Connex is to look into how the pram rolled off the platform. The accident came one day after Connex started a child safety awareness activity warning parents to keep babies strapped into their prams at all times while on platforms.

The accident happened at the same time as the “balloon boy ”story in the US, in which a six-year-old Colorado boy was reported to be trapped in a flyaway balloon. However, he was later found hiding in the family’s garage. Many people believe that it had all been a publicity stunt by the parents. No such doubts surround the baby on the train platform.

In the accident, the baby           .

A.almost fell onto the rails          

B.needed to stay in hospital

C.was badly injured by the train   

D.was pulled a long distance in the pram by the train

The child was not killed most probably because         .

A.the mother strapped him into his pram

B.the platform is not very high

C.he was well fed and asleep

D.the mother rushed to save him

Why could the train stop quickly?

A.Because it had just begun to move.

B.Because it was moving slowly at that time.

C.Because the mother took measures quickly.

D.Because the driver saw the pram fall.

The underlined word “stunt” in the last paragraph probably means           .

A.something silly                               B.something funny       

C.something done to attract attention    D.something done to avoid bad luck

--- I think you should say sorry to me. You broke my cup.

--- ____. You shouldn’t have put your cup in my way.

A. No problem                     B. No way                    C. No wonder               D. No hurry

At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent.  But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."

One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."

In case you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's importation of Hollywood films.

Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.

The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.

Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.

If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative industries may well have a bright future.

What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?

A. Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.

B. Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.

C. Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.

       D. The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other industries.

What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?

A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.

B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.

C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.

D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.

Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.

A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive

B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced

C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future

D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.

B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative industries.

C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.

D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support.

In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?

A. Regional    B. Economic     C. Sports    D. Education