The purpose of a letter of application(求职信) is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state ___1___ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___2___. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without ___3___ out any necessary facts.

In writing a letter of application, keep in ___4___ that the things a possible employer is most ___5___ to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___6___ the first few sentences fail to ___7___ the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be ___8___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___9___ your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your ___10___ in today’s newspaper,” you might say “I have made a careful ___11___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___12___ your product and why they like it. ”

Try to ___13___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___14___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___15___ in a letter? Employers want experience—which, naturally, no ___16___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___17___.

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___18___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___19___ is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___20___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.

1. A. clearly          B. carefully      C. obviously               D. easily

2. A. found           B. done              C. known              D. heard

3. A. sending         B. taking            C. leaving              D. picking

4. A. brain            B. sight              C. order                D. mind

5. A. probable         B. possible         C. likely                D. able

6. A. While           B. Although        C. As                 D. If

7. A. pay             B. win               C. show                D. fix

8. A. kept                 B. continued          C. written              D. read

9. A. to                B. for                C. into                  D. from

10. A. advertisement    B. report        C. article               D. introduction

11. A. watch         B. search             C. study              D. discussion

12. A. change        B. make              C. sell                 D. use

13. A. avoid          B. remember          C. protect                   D. gain

14. A. losing         B. applying          C. preparing            D. fitting

15. A. offer           B. supply              C. mean              D. provide

16. A. worker       B. beginner          C. owner         D. manager

17. A. success       B. development      C. practice              D. experience

18. A. Make          B. Ask             C. State                D. Get

19. A. result          B. decision           C. promise             D. idea

20. A. happier       B. easier               C. cheaper             D. safer

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always ___1___ the few times a year when we can see each other.

Over the ___2___, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was ___3__ around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with ___4___ and was into other ___5___ behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been ___6___ to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her ___7___ him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she ___8__ better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to ___9___ her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting ___10___. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was ___11__ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left, I was really worried about her and ___12___ by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come ___13___ to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to ___14___ our friendship - but I didn't. I put the power of ___15___ to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. The chance was that she ___16___ me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could ___17___ anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our ___18___, and then she told me that she had ___19___ with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly ___20___ moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

1. A. worried about B. looked forward to      C. paid attention to        D. think of

2. A. weekend        B. months                     C. years                       D. days

3. A. working        B. falling in love            C. hanging                    D. keeping in touch

4. A. books                  B. girls                         C. friends                         D. drugs

5. A. self-destructive      B. self-respecting          C. self-confident           D. self-defensive

6. A. explaining             B. reasoning                  C. declaring                  D. lying

7. A. on                        B. beside                      C. around                         D. to

8. A. did                       B. deserved                   C. had                          D. got

9. A. told                   B. convince                  C. force                       D. warn

10. A. somewhere         B. everywhere               C. nowhere                   D. anywhere

11. A. acceptable           B. believable                  C. reliable                     D. admirable

12. A. exhausted            B. surprised                  C. satisfied                   D. terrified

13. A. almost                B. nearly                       C. close                        D. over

14. A. stop                    B. continue                   C. start                         D. make

15. A. love                    B. friendship                 C. truth                        D. justice

16. A. thought               B. remembered              C. valued                   D. hated

17. A. mean                  B. conquer                    C. tell                           D. prove

18. A. friendship            B. relationship               C. quarrel                         D. conversation

19. A. broke away         B. broke down                  C. broke up                  D. broke out

20. A. demanding          B. challenging            C. frustrating             D. rewarding

How much did you ___ for this English-Chinese dictionary ?

A. cost  B.pay   C. take    D. spend

The teacher asked us to ___ Lesson Ten if we hadn't finished it.

A. go on to read   B. go on reading   C. go to read   D. go with reading

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分,满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

For as long as I can remember , I have been very bad

at arguing with people . As soon as someone agree                    76．___________       

with me , I get angry because I feel attacking , like the               77．___________        

other person is out to show that I am right . And for                   78．___________       

some reason , I hate being wrong ! But  my immediate               79．___________       

reaction is to get very defensive . I rise my voice , and                      80．___________         

I end up saying something I later regret . Needless to say,             81．___________       

the whole thing ends with me blaming  for myself , and the                 82．___________       

other person felt alienated (疏远的) from me . This                  83．___________        

bothers me especially because my mother does the exactly

same thing and I hate  !                                         84．___________       

Right now the problem is urgent because my relationship

with a wonderful boyfriend is in dangerous because of my                   85．___________       

being afraid of being wrong .

On farewell party the foreign teacher gratefully_____ all the helps from all the school.

       A．thank       B．acknowledge    C．claim D．declare

________, he can succeed in his work if he works hard.

A．As a person is foolish      B．Foolish as a person is     

       C．As is a person foolish      D．As foolish a person is

Paul doesn't have to be made ___. He always works hard.

A. learn    B. to learn   C. learned  D.learning

There is not one of us          wishes to help you . We are doing our best .

       A．who  B．that C．as     D．but

—I rang you at about nine, but there was no reply.

       —Oh, that was probably       I was seeing the doctor.

       A．why  B．when C．what  D．that