I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?”? He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied ,“There is nothing wrong with it？” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others. ”

       I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.

       But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.

      Why do we think that new options still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.

1.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should________.

A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it.

B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others.

C. get more information about different companies.

D. trust him and stop asking questions.

2.What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it ”(paragraph 2)

A. He should get a 50% discount.

B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.

C. The quality of the camera was not good.

D. The camera would soon fall in value.

3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he________.

A. knew very little about it.

B. didn’t trust the shop assistant

C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best.

D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion__________.

A. people waste too much money on cameras

B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

D. famous companies care more about profit than quality

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

—Good afternoon. My name is Peter. I’m the general manager of the personnel department. I’ll be interviewing you. Please sit down.

—    1.   , Peter. My name’s Jon. Jon Smash.

—Well, Jon, it’s a pleasure to meet you.    2.  .

—I’ve been a manager at Nike for over three years. I won manager of the year award two years ago, and I got promoted last August.

—OK. Tell me about yourself…your personality.

—   3.  . I think before I act, and if something goes wrong in our company I always remain calm. I never scream at my employees. And I’ve never lost my temper.

—   4.  ?

—I think I’m good at solving problems.   5.  . I also love challenges. I work well under pressure. When my boss pushes me to finish a project early I always get it done and never complain.

—Jon, you seem like a very good manager. I like your ambition. You’re very confident and motivated. We like that here at Microsoft. Well, our interview is over……

此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；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，在答题卡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（∧），在答题卡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，在答题卡该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Get a good education is more important today than    1. __________________

ever before. In Canada mostly children attend public  2. __________________

schools. Public schools are mainly found by governments3.__________________

through tax income. Students in Canada taught in   4. __________________

English and French. The rests of Canadian children  5.___________________

attend private schools, that are supported mainly by fees6.___________________

paying by parents. By law, the children must attend  7.___________________

the school from 5 to 16. There are several different  8.___________________

levels in the Canadian education system. The first was 9.__________________

called Elementary Schools which include kindergartens. 10. __________________

在当今社会上，有些人认为：“九零后”的行为方式和价值观令人担忧。请根据下面的信息，阐述观点，帮助人们消除忧虑。 

人们对“九零后”的忧虑 ：依赖性强……(请联系实际情况，再列举至少两点。)

“九零后”的长处： 敢于挑战……(请联系实际情况，再列举至少两点。)

We, post 90's generation, are developing our unique values in special manners. It has raised some people's worry.

--- Don’t forget to take the message to my teacher.

    ---         .

       A．Yes, I will.                                         B．No, I won’t.

       C．I don’t think so                                   D．Sorry, I don’t

I will never forget my teacher’s advice: “As long as you can affect       life of your child in an active way, you’ve been         success.”

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

Great efforts to increase grain production       if food shortages are to be avoided.

       A．could be made                                     B．must be made

       C．might be made                                    D．would be made

You may just give me a call or drop in,       will do.

       A．Either                 B．All                     C．Each                   D．Neither

The main issue at the APEC meeting was a climate – change plan      by Australia’s Howard and backed by Bush.

       A．put out                B．put off                C．put away             D．put forward

I can’t give you an answer right now. I’d like     more time to consider my decision.

       A．still                    B．fairly                  C．quite                   D．a lot