After the First Word War,a French soldier named Francois retuned to his hometown with his sick wife.  Because he had been disabled in the war,Francois could hardly do anything Before long he became terribly poor.

    Every year the former soldiers in the town would hold a reunion party. This year the party was held in Grandin’s house Since he had become a rich man he provided them with lots of good wine and tasty food   

    Grandin was so glad that he took out his treasure -----a big gold coin to show them.  Pleased with himself,he told them the story of his coin

    The coin was passed round Everybody looked at it in turn with interest They talked and laughed Later most of them got drunk and the room was very noisy The gold coin was soon forgotten.

   When Grandin wanted to put the gold coin away,he found it was missing. Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room but they failed.

    Someone suggested every’ one should be searched. to which all agreed except Francois. “I am not a thief . Why should I be searched?” he shouted. Being looked at with suspicious(怀疑的)stares of his old friends. he went out of Grandin’s house.

    Since then Francois had been looked down upon. People kept away from him  Even when his wife died,no one offered condolences(吊唁)   

    Some years later,Grandin repaired his house.  One day he happened to find the coin in a creak of the floor. He hurried to François’ shabby house to tell him about it and apologized for having suspected him for such a long time.

    Grandin then asked Francois,”Why didn’t you allow a body search at that time?” Francois.  now an old sick man. answered. "Because my pockets were then full of food that I had take from your table and would carry home for my hungry wife and children. "

 

72. Francois became terribly poor,because        

A.  his wife was seriously ill              B.  he was rather lazy

C.  he became a man with disability    D. he did not know means of keeping alive

73. Grandin took out a big grid coin to   

A.  have them take a look           B tell them a story about himself

C.  play with together                D send Francois as a gift

74. Since the gold coin was missing,everyone helped to       

A. look every room for it        B.  search everywhere in the room for it

C. hunt for every room          D find it out

75 Francois did not allow a body search at that time,because        

A.  he had put the gold coin away     B.  it was a severe hurt his drive

C   he had stolen some food             D.  he had taken the gold coin

   

PRINT PRODUCTION  MANAGER WANTED

    A well―known printing company. now well established in the UK and in the Far East. wishes to set up a manufacturing base in Emape. An experienced manager. responsible to the Production Director, is required to assist in setting up the department and will then be in charge of the day―to―day work

    ●The successful applicant needs to have experience of modern methods and machines especially in the printing,multi―color work and finishing Processes : he she must have at least three years’ experience in cost―effective management.

    ●A good working knowledge of English is essential

    ●We offer excellent pay and prospects. with 4 weeks’holida5 a year plus public holidays. a company car,and a company pension scheme(养老金制度).

    ●Interviews will be arranged in the nearest city to the applicant’s home

  Write with CV,to the Personnel Manager,Box 32507,Daily News,Kemsworth Sueet,Comston United Kingdom SGl86 37AH.

ASSISTANT PRJNT PRODUCT ON MANAGER

  An internationally recognized printing company is seeking to set up a manufacturing plant in Europe. We are appointing all assistant(male or female)to our Print Ploduction Manager

  ●The job―holder will carry Out duties involving the buying of papel and of finishing equipment,will liaise(联络)with the supervisors of the various production lines. and will assist the Product Manager.

  ●At least three years’ experience on one or more lines as well as supervisory" expiree is needed. A working knowledge of English is required to communicate with colleagues in the UK

  ●We offer excellent pay,prospects,holidays,a pension scheme. sick pay. ere.

Write to the Manager. Box 3526 Broad Street. North by. Mill shire BK 57PX.

 

68 Both the printing companies           

A are well―known all over the world

C offer excellent pay and sick pay

B. requile” person with experience

D. prefer to hire a man manager

69. According to the first advertisement,the applicant living in a small village will      

A give a ring to the Personal Manager    B.  get the i'esuh on TV from the manager

C. be interviewed in the nearest city      D write to Box 3526 to get information

70 We Can infer from the two advertisements that    .

A. the companies want to do business in Europe and Far East

B. ears are necessary for the successful applicants

C. the companies don’t equip telephones to save money

D applicants should write to the company first

 71. According to the second advertisement,the assistant needn’t           .

A clean the room for the manager    B.  1earn about the price of paper

C communicate with other people    D.  have a knowledge of English

   Today’s workplace is creating ever increasing demands upon us.  To achieve personal happiness――a big house in a nice part of town. an impressive car,and exciting holidays,for example,we realize that we need to earn more money. So we put in more hours and hope that one day we will realize our dream and when we finally do. we come to know that the job carries more responsibility and that means working more and more hours and then we wonder where our leisure(闲暇)time has gone

    As we own the mobile phones. the cut off point between work and leisure is getting more  and more unclear A subway carried out by all office equipment supplier found that British bosses walk an average of 60 hours a week. In Germany this increases to 70 Globalization(全球化)and easy transportation have helped to make business on the move common.  Even hours that were spent staring out the window of the train are put to good use with the aid of a laptop computer and the mobile phone

    We place the same arrangement on our home life as our work life to make full use of the seven or eight hours left . Every hour is worked out to think about social life,sports or fitness activities,with television swallowing up an average of four hours for most of us . This economic use of time will play a more important role in the future,if leisure time continues to reduce.

 

60 According to the passage,We try our best to make more money in order to       

A.  make our life easier and happier

C . buy a big house in a nice part of town

B . have exciting holiday’s home and abroad

D.  carry more responsibility for our family

61. According to the second paragraph,mobile phones and laptops

A. bring us a lot of convenience in our daily life

B. help us quite a lot with our practical work

C. help us to make much more money

D. make us much busier with our work

62. This passage mainly tells us

A British bosses work fewer hours than those of Germany

B. we will have more leisure time in the future

C. working has taken up lots of our leisure time

D. life will be nothing but working in the future

63.  In the author’s opinion,          .

A.  we are spending too much time watching TV

B.  we should spend less time on social life or sports

C.  it’s our own fault to work at our leisure time

D. there should be more time for fitness activities

   

      The most frightening Words in the English language are” Our computer is down. “You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said,”I'm sorry. I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. "

      “If your computer is down,just write me out a ticket. “

      “I can’t write you out a ticket The computer is the only one allowed to do so”

      I looked down the computer and every passenger was just standing there thinking coffee and staring at the black screen Then I asked her” What do all you people do?”

      “We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. "

      “So when it goes down,you go down with it. “

     “That’s right. sir. “

     “How long will the computer be down?”1 wanted to know

      "I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes,sometimes for two hours There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer. and since it’s down,it won’t answer us”

      After the girl told me that they had no backup computer,and that it was the only computer they had,I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying aren't they?"

      “I couldn’t tell you without asking the computer”

      “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington,”I suggested

     “I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington,he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket”

      “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?’

      “I wouldn’t know. “she said,pointing at the dark screen. "only 'it'

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines that the computer was down Some people went white,some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

 

56 The best title for the article is                

      A. When the Computer Is Down           B. The Most Frightening Words

      C. The Computer of the Airport            D. Asking the Computer

57. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the       

      A. She could sell a ticket.                                            B . She could write out a ticket.

      C. She could answer the passengers’ questions.          D. She could do nothing.

58. What does the underlined word “backup” mean in the passage? It means          

      A. expensive           B. extra                 C. advanced                         D cheap

59 The last paragraph suggests that

      A. a modem computer will never be down

      B. a computer irlay bring suffering to people

      C. computers can take the place of humans

      D there will be great changes in computers

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