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Last week, I took a sales class for female business owners. The 36 thing the instructor did was ask if anyone had been the victim of a 37 sales experience. Every person in the room 38 her hand.

When she knew details, we learned that the 39 situations had one thing in common. It 40 that whenever a class member had a bad sales experience, it involved the 41 promising something he wouldn’t or couldn’t deliver.

The example I 42 with the class was a current one. I bought a summer membership at our community pool 43 because it advertised a lovely baby pool to which I could escape with my active one and four year-olds. However, every time I’ve used the pool this summer, the baby area has been 44 . Too much chlorine（氯气）, 45 one manager.

I’m sure the pool director was very apologetic that his 46 had been inconvenienced, and that’s nice, but the 47 is that I did not get what I paid for. When the baby pool was closed, I had to swim with my 48 in the adult pool, which did not 49 me the control I wanted and as such, was quite stressful. I would have rather stayed home.

The pool has 50 a customer. I will not be buying a pass next summer.

In work and in life, it is really important not to 51 something you can’t deliver, because at best, it will improve your 52 . At worse, you could lose your job. 53 , before you assure a co-worker or customer that you can get something done, make sure that your boss or someone higher-up isn’t going to step in and force you to 54 your plan. You are not God, so don’t lead people to believe that you 55 the universe.

1. A．last B．first C．latest D．only

2. A．good B．miserable C．bad D．wonderful

3. A．raised B．rose C．arose D．aroused

4. A．negative B．supportive C．positive D．pessimistic

5. A．appeared B．noticed C．seemed D．presented

6. A．seller B．buyer C．shopper D．assistant

7. A．told B．shared C．held D．spoke

8. A．roughly B．correctly C．naturally D．precisely

9. A．closed B．turned C．switched D．forbidden

10. A．announced B．claimed C．declared D．exclaimed

11. A．colleagues B．fellows C．customers D．children

12. A．point B．subject C．sense D．truth

13. A．friends B．students C．kids D．cousins

14. A．supply B．afford C．provide D．undertake

15. A．gained B．acquired C．hurt D．lost

16. A．promise B．serve C．accommodate D．explain

17. A．mood B．relationships C．feelings D．learning

18. A．However B．Instead C．Therefore D．Besides

19. A．abandon B．continue C．change D．conduct

20. A．command B．demand C．contain D．control

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     Last weekend, 20 000 people gathered in the state of Georgia to watch students from 28 countries
compete with robots they built. More than ten thousand students and more than five hundred robots took
part in the competition.
     The students and their robots competed at the FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
FIRST is the short way of saying the organization's complete name: For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology.
     Almost 1 700 high school teams entered a level of competition called LUNACY.
    In January, the organization sent supplies for robots to each team. The teams had six weeks to build
robots that could compete in the LUNACY game. The playing area had six robots, three on each team.
Each robot had another vehicle, or trailer (拖车), connected to it. The robots had to pick up large balls
and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots. The robots were moving on a surface where they
could slide. An alliance (联盟) of teams from California, Illinois and Michigan won the LUNACY
competition.
     A second competition involved building a robot that could travel on uneven surfaces, move objects
with unusual shapes and resist physical stress. Another competition was for younger students, aged 9
to 14. They had to design, build and program robots to explore the Earth's climate.
     American inventor Dean Kamen started FIRST in 1989. The organization holds robotics competitions
around the world. It offers programs that help young people learn more about science, technology,
engineering and mathematics, while building life skills. Many companies provide support to the organization.
     Mister Kamen says the goal is about more than building robots. He says the student competitors showed
they could deal with difficult technological problems. And, he says that is good news because the world
needs creative thinkers to help with increasingly complex (复杂) problems in the future.

1. The Robot Competition was organized by _____.

A. the State of Georgia
B. an organization named FIRST
C. American inventor Dean Kamen
D. some companies from California

2. The robots in the LUNACY game are able to _____.

A. travel on uneven surfaces
B. explore the Earth's climate
C. throw balls into the trailers
D. move objects with different shapes

3. The main purpose of FIRST is to _____.

A. attract more companies to support them
B. help students under 8 to be interested in science
C. teach students how to build the robots on the spot
D. help young people learn science as well as life skills

4. The underlined word "that" in the last paragraph refers to _____.

A. the goal of building robots
B. the students' ability to deal with problems
C. the goal of the student competitors
D. something about technological problems

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Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.They are left in the 1 of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their 2 children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 3 visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an 4 story.In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 5 elderly people need.Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied 6 the American family is changing.He reported that by the time the 7 American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 8 , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 9 , family members must provide long term care.More psychologists have found that all caregivers 10 a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best 11 for the job.In other words, they all felt that they 12 do the job better than anyone else.Social workers 13 caregivers to find out why they took 14 the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.Many caregivers believed they had 15 to help their relative.Some stated that helping others 16 them feel more useful.Others hoped that by helping 17 now, they would deserve care when they became old and 18 .Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a 19 satisfying experience for everyone who might be 20 .

1.A.hands B.arms C.bodies D.homes

2.A.growing B.grown C.being grown D.having grown

3.A.constant B.lasting C.regular D.normal　　

4.A.imaginary B.imaginable C.imaginative D.imagery

5.A.that B.this C.those D.these

6.A.when B.how C.what D.where

7.A.common B.ordinary C.standard D.average

8.A.Further B.However C.Moreover D.Whereas

9.A.before B.ago C.later D.lately

10.A.share B.enjoy C.divide D.consent

11.A.person B.people C.character D.man

12.A.would B.will C.could D.can

13.A.questioned B.interviewed C.inquired D.interrogate

14.A.in B.up C.on D.off

15.A.admiration B.initiative C.necessity D.obligation

16.A.cause B.enable C.make D.get

17.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.anybody

18.A.elderly B.dependent C.dependable D.independent

19.A.similarly B.differently C.mutually D.certainly

20.A.involved B.excluded C.included D.considered

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All the recent news on AIDS is bad．The death of Rock Hudson ___1____ public concern about the ___2____ almost to the point of panic（紧张）．Now general concern is ___3____ not so much on personal risk but on the growing realization ____4_____ this disease is having a strong effect ___5_____ our society in a number of ways．

　　 For one thing, it is ____6_____ money and other resources．AIDS patients require long-term care in hospital．The Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta calculates that hospital expenditures for the first 10,000 AIDS patients were about $1．4 billion．The ____7____ economic cost to the nation of AIDS cases is estimated to ___8____ to $6 billion in health care, disability, and ___9___ productivity．

　　 Private insurers（保险人） were unprepared for the crisis（危机） ____10____ the deadly disease hits mainly young people．It is becoming increasingly ___11_____ for those in high-risk groups to get health and life insurance(保险), and in the __12_____ of private coverage, public funds（资金） must be used．In ___13____, many AIDS victims are ____14_____ by disapproving or frightened friends and family, without employment and ___15_____ need of emotional and psychological ?????___16_____．

　　 There is also bad news on the medical ___17____．In spite of a stepped-up research program there is no ____18___ of a forthcoming breakthrough(突破) to a cure．

　　 Yet the physicians and others continue to work and to hope．Others not directly ____19___ can help by giving support to public funding for research, hospital and support services．A public resolve(决心) to provide care now and an eventual cure for those who suffer is the best ____20___．

1．A．caused　　 B．raised　　　　 C．resulted　　　　 D．rose

2．A．disease　　 B．question　　　　 C．disaster　　　　 D．sickness

3．A．directed　 B．paid　　　　　　 C．focused 　　　　 D．devoted

4．A．when 　　　　 B．as　　　　　　 C．which　　　　 D．that

5．A．to 　　　　 B．for　　　　　 C．on　　　　　　 D．with

6．A．spending　 B．absorbing　　　　 C．connecting　　 D．emphasizing

7．A．general　　 B．common　　　　 C．complete　　　　 D．total

8．A．add　　　　 B．come　　　　　　 C．equal　　　　 D．sum

9．A．lost 　　　　 B．increased　　　　 C．missing　　　 D．gone

10．A．since　　　　 B．unless　　　　 C．although　　　　 D．before

11．A．available　　 B．profitable 　 C．unavoidable　　　 D．difficult

12．A．plenty 　 B．absence　　　 C．attendance　　 D．appearance