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New economy online

People are talking about the “new economy”. It’s very different from the “old economy”.

In the old economy, people travel to walk. They buy things in stores. They use the post office, the fax and the telephone to send information. They see people face-to-face at their jobs or in stores. People get information from newspapers, radio, television, books and libraries.

In the new economy, people do business through the “net”, which is a connection of millions of computers everywhere in the world. In the new economy, workers often work at home. They can get information online. They can communicate with employers and co-workers by e-mail . Businesses have “virtual（虚拟的）stores”. They are websites on which customers can see the products. Business can sell to customers anywhere in the world.

In the new economy, people live a fast paced, convenient and colorful life. The whole world develops more quickly than before. But the new economy is double-edge sword(双刃剑).Its disadvantage is also obvious. For example, the Internet has led to a huge increase in credit care(信用卡)cheating. Some illegal websites offer some cheap or banned(禁止的) goods or services. Online shoppers who enter their credit card information may never receive the goods they want to buy and their card information could even be for sale in an illegal website. So people in the new economy should be smarter and knowledgeable.

68.The cause of the differences between the new economy and the old economy is ______.

A. the change of people’s idea      B. the business people do

C. the use of the Internet          D. the change of people’s life

69.In the old economy, people can do the following things EXCEPT______.

A. getting information from books

B. communicating with friends by telephone

C. meeting people face to face

D. shopping online

70.“But the new economy is a double-edge sword.” in the last passage means______.

A. the new economy is as sharp as a sword

B. the new economy has advantages and disadvantages

C. the new economy is better than the old economy

D. both the new economy and the old economy have disadvantages

71.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People can get all kinds of information on the Internet.

B. Telephone, radio, television, newspapers and so on will disappear in the new economy.

C. People in the new economy should have high quality.

D. Life in the new economy is more comfortable than the one in the old economy.

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Tell the truth or just lie?

You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need; let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?

More and more people are turning to final trick like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well known colleges say they deal with deceitful like these at the rate of about one per week.

Personnel officers do check up degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them “impostors(骗子)”；Another refers to them as “special cases” one well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by ”no such people.”

To avoid total lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended” or “were associated with” a college or university. After carefully checking, a personal officer may discover that “attending” means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that “being associated with” a college means that the job seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claim says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century-that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow.

If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony(假的) diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from “Smoot State University.” The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue.” As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

72.The main idea of this passage is that______.

A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now

B. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

C. college degrees can now be purchased easily

D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees

73.According to the passage, “special cases” refers to cases where______.

A. students attend a school only part-time

B. students never attended a school they listed on their application

C. students buy false degrees from commercial firms

D. students attended a famous school

74.We can infer from the passage that______.

A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree

B. experience is the best teacher

C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do

D. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

75.This passage implies that______.

A. buying a false degree is not normal

B. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

C. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

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第 II卷（非选择题共30分）

第一部分、单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据题中所给的汉语或首字母写出符合句意的单词的正确形式。

76. Their opinions will not a __________ my decision.

77. This book __________ (包含) all the information you need.

78. He failed in the __________(履行) of his duty.

79. Susan is on a special d ___________ to lose weight.

80. I don’t have any e __________ money.

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第二部分、短文改错（共1题；每空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做出判断：

无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；

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！

I am very excited to have accepted an e-mail from       81. __________

you. I’m glad you have made such a great progress        82. __________

that you can write your e-mail good Chinese. I read       83. __________

your e-mail to my parents and show them the photo you    84. __________

sent it to me. How time flies ! Our friendship has lasted    85. __________

for several months. We have got to know but learned a     86. __________

lot from each other. Yes, it is clearly that your life in       87. __________

your country is quite different from me. Thanks again      88. __________

for writing to me. I’m looking forward to hear from        89. __________

you soon. Best wishes to you and your family.            90. ___________

3. ---Did your parents take you to go on holiday?

--- I’d love_______ , but there was no room in the car.

5. --- Why didn’t Tom give you one of his paintings?

--- I didn’t want one, but he would have given me one if I______.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them more pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?   51  

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.   52   Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money.

First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.  53

In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that. 54   

Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with

themoney. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want.   55  Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.

E. Learning how to get money is very important for every child.

F. One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money.

G. By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget（预算）.

Many died or returned home, but most remained in California to _______ for themselves in the new town. 

A. making a life                   B. make a live

C. make alive                     D. make a life

Thoughts can also be expressed _____ music. 

A. though means of                B. by way of

C. with the method of              D. by means of

The boys marked ____ a football court on the playground. 

  A. out            B. up        C. down           D. with