How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters we call words.

The power of words, then, lies in their combinations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts, but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and feelings. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary （文字的） style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and rude.

73. The origin of language _____.

A. is reflected in sounds and letters　             B. is handed down from generation to generation

C. dates back to the prehistoric period             D. is a problem not yet solved

74. According to the passage, words are _____.

A. visual letters　                                     B. represented by sounds  

C. represented either by sounds or letters    D. signs called letters

75. The secret of a writer’s success is the use of words that _____.

A. recall to us the glad and sad events of our past   B. are arranged in a creative way

C. are as beautiful as music                                  D. agree with certain literary style

76. The author of the passage advises us _____.

A. to use words carefully and accurately　　        B. not to use silly and rude words

C. to become a slave of words                              D. to use emotional words

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. ” How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist（大提琴家） Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old. ”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power. Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “ My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money. ”

If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career, we can do it as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius. ”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”. We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow.

69. The passage mainly shows us_______.

A. enthusiasm is the basic element of everything

B. enthusiasm helps us to succeed to a greater degree

C. enthusiasm makes us experience more life

D. we can do nothing without enthusiasm

70. From the example of the Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, we may find_______.

A. enthusiasm can encourage us in difficult times

B. enthusiastic people always get a deep pleasure from work

C. you can’t make any achievement if you have no enthusiasm

D. enthusiastic people are sure to gain great fame in the end

71. The unlined sentence “I never made a penny until I stopped working for money.”  in Paragraph Four refers to “________”.

A. I wouldn’t work unless I could make money

B. I believe that my work will be rewarded

C. Working for money is what I love to do

D. Working for money makes no money at all

72. The main idea of the last paragraph is ___________.

A. we should try heart and soul to win what we want

B. enthusiasm can give us pleasure, though we have to sweat

C. we have not enough money to buy what we need

D. enthusiasm with sweat is what we need

Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant（香的） flavor was added to the vitamin-enriched water, the rats did seem to prefer it and kept drinking it ,even after the vitamins were switched to the clear water. In time, however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.

In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria（自助） feeding arrangement, with a wide selection of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to select well-balanced diet.

So, in selecting food, rats and babies do seem to know and act on what's best for them. Apparently, there is a kind of “body wisdom”,  which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by long-established habits. Some people eat fox, dog and blackbirds, while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them.

65. The expression “the habit” （para. 1, sentence 4） refers to drinking water which________.

A. has no smell          B. is tasteless                C. has vitamins             D. is flavored

66. According to the passage ,adults eating habits differ from those of babies because________.

A. adults know better than babies what kind of food are good for their health

B. adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foods

C. adults' eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customs

D. adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns

67. The author implied in the passage that most of us________.

A. eat a balanced diet

B. choose the food that is of nutrition

C. have the habits influenced by the surroundings

D.  like to eat the food with a fragrant flavor.

68. As far as their eating habits are concerned, babies and rats are similar in that________.

A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet

B. both prefer flavored food and drink

C. both have the same eating patterns

D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors

The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.

In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting （报价）, what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc.

Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselor's（顾问） offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.

Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities（货物） Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course , there are some other ways of making market investigations.

61. In making market investigation, one should______.

A. get enough information concerned                     B. advertise his products

C. produce high quality goods                               D. none of the above

62. The underlined word “indispensable” in the first paragraph means_______.

A. impossible             B. necessary                 C. advisable                  D. available

63. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth.

B. It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.

C. There are various ways of making market investigation.

D. Production goes before market investigation.

64. All the following are channels to get market information except ________.

A. to have commercial counselor’s office of our embassies stationed abroad

B. to promote the quality of our own products

C. to send trade groups abroad every now and then

D. to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was  41  to go everywhere. They had to decide where to go and which animals to visit as their time was  42  So both of them agreed not to  43  after choosing a  44  at every fork（岔路口）.

A road sign at the first fork  45  one way to the lion area and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the former after a  46  discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division going separately to the panda and peacock. They  47  panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way.

  48  they made choices all along the way and each choice meant   49  what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and  50  , for it brooked（容忍）no delay. If they hesitated（犹豫不决） they would miss  51  . Only  52  decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and  53  possible regret.

Life is  54  like this ― choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two  55  jobs, two fascinating wooers（追求者）. To get one you  66  give up the other-you can get half of it. If you  57  weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely  58  empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it.  59  you have got half of the desirable things in life ― something that is  60  to come by.

根据提示用所给的词的正确形式填空。

1)        ___________ (紧急送进医院), the injured student was treated without delay and now is out of danger.  (rush)

2)        Is this TV set that you wish to ______ (你要修理的)? (repair)

3)        That’s the best way we should think of __________ (挽救) the dying soldier. (save)

4)        Who do you think ____________(受到责备) if you find the product recommended by a movie star in an ad unsatisfactory?  (blame)

5)        It was raining heavily, and she suggested we ________(叫一辆出租车).  (call )

6)        Sixty percent of the students in our school _______(来自于) the countryside.  (come)

7)        When we worked in the same office, we_______(经常喝咖啡) together. （will, have coffee）

8)        The hotline helps to keep the leader________ (知道) what’s happening at each moment.  （inform）

9)        Now that you have a job, you must work hard in _______ (无论什么工作) you do. （what）

10)     ―I don’t think I can walk any farther.
―_____________ (我也是). Let’s sit here for a rest. （neither）

Our teacher asks us to clean the floor in the morning as our daily______.
A. routine           B. virtue             C. scale                D. feature

When asked to move away, the other three ______but Rosa was unwilling to do so.
A. adopted          B. confirmed    C. submitted             D. registered

Microsoft's next major operating system, Windows Vista, looks _____from today's Windows.
A. different           B. differently         C. difference         D. differences

―What time do we have to be at the gate?
― _____ passengers are already boarding.
A. Hurriedly   B. Soon         C. Immediately             D. Since