–Guess what! Alice has failed in the exam.

– ____? She is second to none in English in our class.

A. How is it　　　 B. How come　　　 C. What　　　　　　 D. What is it

--What’s wrong with your ipad2? The sound ____is not clear.

--Yes. It has been broken for some time.

A. come out　　　 B. coming out　　　 C. to come out　　　 D. came out

 The song “In Spring”___ original singer is Wang Feng has brought national fame to Xuriyanggang, ____won the second place in the 2010 Avenue of Stars Finals.

 A. who; whose    B. which; who      C. whose; who        D. of whom; who

 The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for  almost twenty years.

 A. lived          B. was living       C. has lived          D. had lived

--What would you like to eat here?

-- ____ but spaghetti, which is not to my taste.

A. Anything　 　 B. Nothing　 　　　C. Something　　 　D. Everything

 Tom’s parents were very worried because ___little effort he made could hardly achieve the goal to be ___ captain of the team.

 A. a; the    B. the; /   C. /; /    D. a; /

 Directions; write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

  假设你参加所在年级的英文写作比赛，请按如下要求完成一篇短文：

1.       简要描述下图内容，并点明主题；

2.       联系实际，表达该图带给你的启示。

注意：1.词数不少于120个；

3.       不能使用真实姓名和学校名称

As is known to all, the organization and management of wages and salaries are very complex.

Generally speaking, the Accounts Department is responsible for calculations of pay, while the Personnel Department(人事部) is interested in discussions with the employees about pay.

If a firm wants to adopt a new wage and salary structure, it is essential that the firm should decide on a method of job evaluation(估价) and ways of measuring the performance of its employees. In order to be successful, that new pay structure will need agreement between Trade Unions and employers.

 In job evaluation, all the requirements of each job are defined in a detailed job description. Each of those requirements is given a value, usually in “points”, which are added together to give a total value for the job. For middle and higher management, a special method is used to evaluate managers on their knowledge of the job, their responsibility, and their ability to solve problems.

Because of the difficulty in measuring management work, however, job grades for managers are often decided without reference to an evaluation system based on points.

 In attempting to design a pay system, the Personnel Department should compare the value of each job with those in the job market. It should also consider economic factors such as the cost of living and the labor supply.

 It is necessary that payment for a job should vary with any differences in the way that the job is performed. Where it is simply to measure the work done, as in the work done with the hands, monetary（货币的） encouragement schemes are often chosen; for indirect workers, where measurement is difficult, methods of additional payments are employed.

  When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices（装置）tell the time—which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. 

    But while the wise have realized that they don’t need them, others—apparently including some distinguished men of our time—are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to £250.000 for a piece.

This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions—but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?

   If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world. 

   Watches are now classified as“investments”(投资). A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £350, 000, while the 1960s Rolexes have gone from £15, 000 to £30, 000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It's a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up—they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £350, 000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex. 

 73. It seems ridiculous to the writer that_______________. 

 A. people dive 300 meters into the sea

 B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones

 C. cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones

 D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell

 74. What can be learned about Swiss watch industry from the passage?

 A. It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors. 

 B. It targets rich people as its potential customers. 

 C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising. 

 D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches. 

 75. Which would be the best title for the passage?

 A. Watches? Not for Me!               B. My Childhood Timex

 C. Timex or Rolex?                    D. Watches—a Valuable Collection

       O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

69. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

   a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.      c. Traveled to Texas.

   d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.      f. Learned to write stories.

   A. c. e. b. d. f. a                  B. e. c. f. b. d. a     

   C. e. b. d. c. a. f.                 D. c. b. e. d. a f.

70. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because __________.

   A. they had surprise endings       B. they were easy to understand

   C. they showed his love for the poor      D. they were about New York City

71. O. Henry went to prison because_____________.

   A. people thought he had stolen money that was not his

   B. he broke the law by not using his own name

   C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

   D. people thought he had taken money from the newspaper

72. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

   A. He was well-educated.         B. He was not serious about his work.

   C. He was devoted to the poor.       D. He was very good at learning.