Every possible means_____ but unsuccessful. We have to finish the task______.

A．have been tried; by this means          B．has been tried; in this way w m

C．has been tried; in this means           D．are tried; by this means

--Could you tell me how I can get to the nearest park?

    --______ down this street and turn left ______ the second crossing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

A. Go; in        B. Go; at         C. Going; on        D. To go; of

I can’t help being touched_____ I see the photo of the little Afghan girl crying over her mum’s body

A. each time B. at each time      C. each time that          D. each time when

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

  A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer's hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.    

The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. "It's getting late," she thought, "I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am."

She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.

It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn't understand what was going on.    

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: "Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking." Ellen was her mother but－where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents' room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn't slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different－she wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.     

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, "Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared."

51. Three days later Jennifer came back home      .

         A. at sunrise           B. at sunset      C. at night                D. at midday

52. What does the underlined phrase "This thought" most probably mean?

         A. The idea of going back home.     

         B. Her anxiety about her parents.     

         C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.     

         D. The feeling of getting back home safely.

53. Her father didn't take care of the garden because      .

         A. he was busy looking for her       

         B. he had to look after his wife

         C. he was not strict with his job           

         D. he no longer enjoyed working in the garden

54. What can we infer from this passage?

         A. In fact Jennifer's mother had been sick for days.     

         B. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.     

         C. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she was wrong.     

         D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was safest for her.

People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

      Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

      “We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”

      According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

      The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

      It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”

    In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

The discovery shows that Westerners _______.

   A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth   B. consider facial expressions universally reliable

   C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

 D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

What were the people asked to do in the study?

A. To make a face at each other.    B. To get their faces impressive.

C. To classify some face pictures.   D. To observe the researchers' faces.

What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. The participants in the study.         B. The researchers of the study.

C. The errors made during the study.      D. The data collected from the study.

In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to _______.

A. do translation more successfully       B. study the mouth more frequently

C. examine the eyes more attentively      D. read facial expressions more correctly

What can be the best title for the passage?

   A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul         B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills   D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为61-70的相应位置上。

I was always told that the three Ps, --- patience, positive thinking and perseverance (毅力) were a sure path to success. But this advice does not always work   61   _ planned. One of my high school maths exams is one example.  The exam,   62   _ was originally (最初) to be held in our classroom，

   63  _ (change) to the library at the last minute. This,   64    , didn’t make me feel worried because maths had always been my strongest of all the subjects. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing in order to help relax   65    . But my mood (情绪) quickly changed when I saw    66    first question. I really had no idea how to do it. I tried to keep calm as my teacher had told me but after I thought it over for a few minutes, I still couldn’t find the solution to it. Even then I wasn’t discouraged and tried my best to stay positive and persevered   67     I finally worked it out. With the problem   68      (solve ), I felt delighted and very proud of my achievement. But    69     ( fortunate ),  just at that time I realized that I had only ten minutes left    70     (complete ) the rest.

(C)

Some people say we need 

to plant trees in places

where rock concerts or

conferences are held in

order to absorb the carbon

dioxide created by the

event. This picture shows

how trees can help.

Photosynthesis （光合作用）

①Photosynthesis takes place

  when there is sunlight.

② Carbon dioxide in air enters

  the leaves through tiny holes

  called stomata ( 气孔).

③ Leaves contain chlorophyll

   ( 叶绿素 ) which traps the

   sun's energy.

④ Plant's roots gather water

   from the soil.

⑤ Leaves use chlorophyll and

   sunlight to change the water

   and carbon dioxide into food,

   or sugar, for the plant.

⑥ Oxygen is released into the air.

63. According to the passage, which of the following plays an important part in catching the sun's energy?

A. Roots     B. Branches     C. Leaves          D. Trunks         

64. What is the best title of the diagram(图表)?

A. How trees absorb carbon dioxide?            

B. How the air can be made cleaner?

C. Trees play an important part in our daily life.    

D. How trees get food in the soil?

65. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. the food for trees is made from the water and sugar in the soil

B. photosynthesis can't take place at night    

C. photosynthesis can take place at any time

D. trees help little in improving the air conditions

66. According to the passage, where should more trees be planted?

 A. near the river                    B. near the cinema

 C. along the highway                D. on the mountain

完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

71.I guess that my little daughter____________________（在玩）toys at this time tomorrow.(play)

72.The river is_________________________（3倍长）that one.(length)

73.Only when you get down to doing it____________________（你能解出）the problem.(work)

74._______________________（尽管他们很穷），they are generous and friendly to others.(as)

75.It’s high time that______________________（你申请）the job.(apply)

76.So far e-mail, as well as telephones,____________（发挥重大作用）in daily communication.(play)

77.I feel it is your husband who_________________（应受责备）for the spoiled child.(blame)

78.It __________________（晚了），we decided to leave at once.(be)

79.Born in 1371 in Yunnan province and____________（抚养）in a family originally from Central Asia,Zheng He heard many stories of travel through foreign lands in his youth.(bring)

80.On hearing the good news, the girls_______________（突然哭起来）：“We have won!”(burst)

Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The latest government report shows that their share of non-farm jobs nearly reached fifty percent in September, 2009.

The job market continues to suffer the effects of last year’s financial crash. On the one hand more women have entered the labor market over the years, and on the other hand the economic recession (衰退) has hit men harder than women. In October the unemployment rate for men was almost 11% compared to 8% for women.

Industries that traditionally use lots of men have suffered deep cuts. For example, manufacturing (制造业) and building lost more jobs last month. But health care and temporary employment services have had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women.

Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. And a recent study from the University of California, Davis, reveals that women hold fifty-one percent of well-paid management and professional jobs. Yet the study also shows that men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at most companies. The results have remained largely unchanged for five years.

Also, a new research paper in the journal Sex Roles looks at the experiences of women who are the main earners in their families. Rebecca Meisenbach at the University of Missouri in Columbia interviewed fifteen women. She found that they all value their independence and many enjoy having the power of control, though not all want it. But they even feel more pressure and worry. That is partly because of cultural expectations that working women should still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened.

Which of the following is a reason why women have a larger share of jobs?

A.Women workers are paid less than men.

B.More women now have higher education than men.

C.The economic recession has affected men more than women.

D.Industries that traditionally use lots of men now need more women.

There have been an increasing number of jobs for women in           .

A.manufacturing           B.building             C.health care          D.farming

In the late 1970s, if a man earned 500 dollars a month, a woman probably earned          .

A.＄260                       B.＄310                C.＄400                D.＄500

If a woman is the main earner in her family, she probably             .

A.hopes to be less independent                    B.has the power of control

C.feels a bit threatened                        D.is less worried

Part-time Front Desk Position

    Fuse Fitness is looking for a part-time front desk receptionist (接待员) at our new Carlsbad location.

Job duties include:

Welcoming and greeting members;

Answering phone calls;

Signing up new members;

Cleaning and performing other various duties.

    You should have great communication skills and be dependable. More importantly, you should have a positive spirit in stressful situations. You are expected to work five days a week (including weekends).

Please, no phone calls about this job in the morning!

Tel: (760) 434-7704

E-mail: info@fusefitness.com

Apply (申请) in person at: 2502 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92008

_____________________

    The first impression you make in a job interview is very important. The first judgment an interviewer makes is based on how you look and what you are wearing. That’s why it’s always important to dress professionally for a job interview, even if the work environment is casual.

Before you even think about going to an interview, make sure you have suitable interview clothes and that everything fits correctly.

Get you clothes ready the night before, so you don’t have to spend time getting them ready on the day of the interview.

Polish (擦亮) your shoes.

Bring a breath mint (薄荷糖) and use it before you enter the building.

For more information:

Visit: Jobsearch. monster. com

Or Tel: (800) 421-7250 or (760) 603-4000 Carlsbad, California

How should you contact Fuse Fitness about the front desk position in the morning if you can’t go in person?

A. Call (760) 603-4000         

B. Call (760) 434-7704

C. Visit Jobsearch. monster. com

D. Send an e-mail to info@fusefitness.com.

What does Fuse Fitness think is the biggest challenge for a receptionist?

A. Working five days a week including weekends.

B. Having good communication skills.

C. Keeping cheerful even in difficult situations.

D. Welcoming guests and answering phone calls.

What would be the best title for the second piece of information?

A. What to Bring to a Job Interview

B. How to Find a Desired Job

C. The First Impression in a Job Interview

D. Interview Dressing Suggestions

Which is TRUE according to the second piece of information?

A. The first judgment is made based on how you behave.

B. What to wear should be taken into consideration before an interview.

C. It is OK to dress informally for an interview if the work environment is casual.

D. You don’t need to pay attention to your shoes because nobody will notice them.