Massachusetts today looks nothing like it did when the first English settlers arrived. Back in the 17th century, forest blanketed the land. Today, roads and towns cover much of the area. But the past is not dead and gone. Just an hour’s drive from Boston lies Plimoth Plantation .
    There you’ll experience the 17th century life from the days of the Pilgrims (清教徒移民). You can look in the Pilgrims’ homes, watch the way they cook, and ask them about their daily lives. You can even help them build houses or work in the fields.
    When you arrive at Plimoth, you are greeted with “How do you fare?” instead of “How are you?” In this living history plantation, actors portray (扮演) real people of 17th-century Plymouth. Each actor has taken the identity of someone from that period.
   All the actors speak the language of Shakespeare. They’re happy to talk about the hardships of their lives or just share the gossip of the day. But don’t try to discuss modern topics. They won’t understand what you are talking about!
    In fall, you can enjoy a harvest dinner very similar to the first Thanksgiving. You’ll dine with your hands like Pilgrims. You’ll find no pepper on the table. This expensive spice was used only sparingly (节俭地) in cooking. You’ll find no last-course “dessert,” either. At the time, people ate sweet dishes right along with the meal.
    Cranberries were on the menu then and still are today. A short distance from Plimoth, you can visit Cranberry World. At this unique museum, you’ll see how cranberries are harvested and can taste different cranberry products.

Of course, the first Thanksgiving included not only the Pilgrims, but also their Wampanoag guests. If you want to find out something about the Wampanoag, explore a re-created Wampanoag HomeSite. It is just a short walk from Plimoth. Step into the Native American home and enter a different world. Native Americans dressed in 17th-century Wampanoag outfits(服装) describe how their people lived 400 years ago. Outside, you can help make a traditional boat or learn about native plant remedies （治疗法）.
    Much in Massachusetts has changed since the 17th century. But in Plimoth, the past lives on.

57． From the text we know Plimoth Plantation __________.

A. is a cranberry plantation in Plimoth.

B. is where some old Pilgrims are still living.

C. presents the Pilgrims’ life in the 1600s.

D. is a plantation dating back to the 1700s.

58．What did the English settlers greet each other in the 17th century?

A. How do you fare?                   B. How are you?

C. Hi, nice to meet you.               D. How do you do?

59．In Cranberry World tourists can _________.

A. harvest cranberries by yourself.                  B. learn how to grow cranberries.

C. taste various cranberry products.                D. visit an old history museum.

60．The purpose of the rebuilt Wampanoag Homesite is _________.

A. to protect Native Americans, the Wampanoag

B. to attract more tourists to stay in Plimoth

C. to show how the Wampanoag helped the Pilgrims

D. to keep the 17th century Naive Americans live alive

Zhang Yineng, a freshman at Hangzhou University, earned his first pot of gold by designing websites for American companies. Zhang never even met the people who hired him. Instead, all the necessary transactions (交易)were done through myTino.com, a Hangzhou based online outsourcing network. Zhang has already earned enough money to pay for two semesters（学期）of university tuition.

Zhang is one of the growing number of college students tasting the fruit of globalization. They search for outsourcing projects in fields like programming, art design, translating and writing from both Western and domestic businesses.

This way of making money is becoming common among college students with free time, especially among those who are tech-savvy (有技术的). The payment for such work is rather high, partly because the tasks demand more skills than many other “traditional” part-time jobs do. For instance, creating a website for foreign companies pays $2,000 to $5,000, which is rather high.

The good money is just one benefit. These outsourcing jobs “can also help us to use the knowledge we gained in university,” said Zhang. “Through the tasks assigned by the companies, I can easily find the key hot spots in my field, and what abilities I am lacking. By doing the tasks, I can improve my skills and gain experience.”

45. Zhang Yineng earned his first pot of gold by working for ______.

   A. myTino.com                B. an online outsourcing network

   C. American websites        D. American companies

46. Doing outsourcing jobs, the students ______.

   A. are paid 2,000 to 5,000

   B. get the chance to meet their bosses

   C. learn skills in many fields

   D. are enjoying the advantages of globalization

47. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the benefits of outsourcing jobs?

   A. Making good money.                 B. Making better use of their free time.

   C. Finding hot spots in their fields.  D. Gaining experience

48. The writer wrote this passage ______.

   A. to teach college students how to earn their first pot of gold

   B. to introduce to us a new way through which students do part-time jobs

   C. to advertise for an on-line outsourcing network

   D. to attract more students to outsourcing jobs.

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs. He applies for a cleaner’s job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him, “You will be hired at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can contact you easily. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day.” Greatly surprised, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this, the manager replies, “You must understand that to a company like ours that means you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high tech firm. Good day.”

Unable to believe what he heard, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers’ market and sees a stand selling beautiful tomatoes. He buys a crate (柳条箱), carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than two hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. From that day on, he repeats the tomato business and becomes increasingly successful as time goes on. By the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse. The tomato company has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work and the business grossed a million dollars.

Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. The insurance adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn’t have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance salesman is surprised, “ No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be if you’d had all of that five years ago!” “Ha! If I’d had all of that five years ago, I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.15 an hour!” the man replies.

41. The man’s kids drop out of school because ______.

   A. they want to hang around with the local toughs

   B. their mother watches TV all day

   C. their father is only a cleaner

   D. their family is very poor

42. The man applies for a cleaner’s job ______.

   A. but he can’t accept it because the pay is too low

   B. and he gets it though the pay is only $5.15 an hour

   C. but he was turned down because he doesn’t have an e-mail address

   D. but he misses the chance because they fail to contact him

43. The man’s tomatoes sell well because ______.

   A. the tomatoes look very beautiful

   B. he has chosen the right place to sell them

   C. many jobless people help him

   D. the tomatoes are contained in beautiful crates

44. From the conversation between the man and the insurance salesman in the last paragraph we can infer that ______.

   A. the man will buy a computer soon

   B. it’s very easy to do tomato business

   C. one does not necessarily have an e-mail address to be successful

   D. the man is not able to buy any life insurance without an e-mail address

It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I   21  , everybody expects you to be special or   22  , and I’m just an average student, and I’m average, too, when it   23  basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.
     I often wonder   24  my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so  25  and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to   26  my father and make him  27   me.
     In one class, my teacher  28   a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,   29   my father, who I would write about in my essay.
     He sat with me in the   30   when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He   31   me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to   32   death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.
    I wrote about all these  33  in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I   34  you’ll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I  35  .

I hadn’t shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just  36  my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the   37   applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.
    Dad nodded to me,  38  his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the   39  moment of my life,” he said.
    It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was   40  just to be my father’s son.

_____, the disease diphtheria will produce a powder poison that will kill the patient.

A. If it untreated                         B. If is untreated

C. If being untreated                   D. If untreated

It was difficult to keep a positive attitude when I had a list filled with things to do, _____ none sounded like fun.

    A. for which    B. to which    C. of which    D. from which

---- Though Liu Xiang was unable to compete in the Beijing Olympics, he is still our hero.

---- ____. Nobody will love him any less.

A. I don’t agree with you     B. I can’t agree more

C. I can’t agree any less      D. I don’t agree more

―I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.

―I’m sorry, by then my performance _______ and I _______ reporters in the meeting room.

      A. will end; will meet                                      B. will have ended; will be meeting

      C. will be ended; am going to meet                   D. is to end; will meet

 I don’t think there can be anyone who is more suitable for the job than you are, ____?

    A. do I    B. can’t  he    C. is there    D. aren’t you

When you are feeling distressed (哀伤的), you might be thinking about things you wish you _____ differently in the past or worrying about the things that you have to do in the future.

    A. did    B. have done    C. had to do    D. had done