closely arranged. These burial customs are, to say the least, unusual… with the unearthed relics dated back to China?s most ancient days.
56. Which of following statements shows the correct position of the City of Loulan? A. It lies in the Tiebanhe River Delta
B. It lies in the lower reaches of the Peafowl River C. It lies south of the Gumugou Graveyard. D. It lies 175 km east of the Xiaohe Graveyard.
57. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the word ?Pompeii?? A. A city as world famous as the Middle Kingdom?s “Pompeii”. B. A buried city in the desert with great historical value.
C. A buried city to be unearthed like the Italian city “Pompeii”.
D. A city visited by many archaeologists all over the world like “Pompeii”. 58. From the passage, it can be inferred that_____________.
A. it was a Chinese archaeologist that first discovered the City of Loulan
B. it is of the greatest importance and value to be unearthing the Xiaohe Graveyard
C. foreign adventurers did much damage to the exploration and relics of the City of Loulan
D. one after another important discovery about Loulan was made, causing worldwide sensation
B
Several overseas trips with the family have taught us that they can be rewarding, but you always have to be careful of pickpockets.
On a lovely visit to Paris an encounter with a pickpocket gave the would-be thief a little more than he bargained for! While walking down the famous Champs Elysee, I was astonished to feel someone unzip my handbag and remove my purse. I turned to glimpse a young man turning away and pretending to be absorbed in the mouth-watering contents on display in a bakery window.
Being only a teenager at the time, I had no idea what to do. So I tapped the young man in question on the shoulder and said.
“Excuse me can you please give me back my purse?”
Of course the pickpocket had no idea what I was saying (and didn?t want to know) and proceeded to shrug his shoulders and basically say (in French) “I don?t speak English”?
Meanwhile my Mother (a Scotswoman with a bad temper), came to see why I had stopped walking and what was going on. When I informed her of the situation she lost control and started yelling at the thief who still stood there making gestures in French while a crazy Scotswoman harangued(指责) him. At this stage we were starting to attract onlookers, and when my Mother started hitting the young man with her handbag the would-be thief decided it was time to get away. Luckily, amid all the disorder the thief lost his control of my purse, and as he made a break-for-it, my purse dropped to the ground! I quickly snatched it up and for the rest of vacation we walked around with our handbags clutched against our chests! 59. This passage is a story about_________________.
A. several overseas trips B. Champs Elysee C. a lovely visit to Paris D. pickpockets
60. The underlined phrase ?bargained for? in Paragraph 2 most probably means ______. A. exchanged for B. wished for C. asked for D. answered for 61. The author discovered the pickpocket because__________. A. his handbag was specially made to stop pickpocketing
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B. the author was old enough and experienced there
C. the pickpocket was too inexperienced to steal his purse D. his purse was very heavy so that he felt it was removed 62. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The pickpocket didn?t know English and had no idea what I was saying. B. His Mother tried to beat the thief so that he ran away immediately.
C. It was the bad tempered mother that caused the thief to lose control of the purse. D. The author was old enough to deal with the case independently at the time.
C
Picture an everyday scene. You?re in a high street coffee shop. All around you people are drinking coffee. Some people are chatting with friends and others are using their mobile phones. In a corner of the coffee shop an internet café has been set up. At one table a couple of teenagers are laughing at a message in a chat room, while at another table an old man searches the Web for something.
Now imagine this scene through the eyes of a technologist from 100 years ago. This is someone who has thought carefully about how technology and society might develop during the twentieth century. Surprising may be the realization that some of the people here are working in an easy way. Most surprising perhaps will be the technological tools most people seem to be using. The technologist is aware of the telephone, which was invented about 30 years earlier. But most of these twenty-first century people seem to have wireless pocket-size personal communicators they can use to send messages or speak to anyone anywhere in the world.
Some are using a handheld machine that contains thousands of pieces of information that can be accessed instantly, and can do calculations in a fraction of a second that would have taken a team of operators with mechanical calculators hours or even days. And these machines, like the only slightly larger versions in the corner, can be connected to a global brain from which the people can call up almost any information, news, idea, opinion or gossip that exists anywhere on the planet.
Most of the changes in technology, compared to 100 years ago, are due to the continual inventive activity of a large number of people. Most of us don?t do anything other than maybe form a vague idea about how a product or process might be improved. In some people, however, this inventive drive is so strong that they act on it.
63. The author tries to tell us in the first paragraph that__________.
A. people around you all like drinking coffee B. people chat with each other by mobile phone C. we are living in a modern society D. we are making use of the Internet
64.The author uses the word “communicators” to mean __________.
A. telephone B. mobile phone C. vision phone D. computer 65. The author is describing________ in the fourth paragraph.
A. a mechanical calculator B. a machine held in one hand C. a pocket-size communicator D. a laptop computer 66. It can be inferred from the text that_____________.
A. with an computer, you can access almost any information that exists anywhere on the planet B. in any internet café you can search the Web for how technology and society may develop in 2000
years
C. the continual inventive activity of a large number of people will cause more innovations D. act on a vague idea and you are sure to be able to make a surprising invention in the future.
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The Power of Negative Thinking
Negative thinking appears to be more prevalent than positive thinking. It seems that with most people positive thinking requires some effort, while negative thinking comes easily and uninvited. This has much to do with education and the environment one has been living in.
If you have been brought up in a happy and positive atmosphere, where people value success and self-improvement, then it will be easier for you to think positively and expect success. If you have been brought up under poor or difficult situations, you will probably go on expecting difficulties and failure. We all view everything through our main mental attitude. If our thoughts are positive, that is fine, but if they are negative, our lives and circumstances will probably mirror these thoughts.
If you believe that you are going to fail, you will unconsciously destroy every opportunity to succeed. If you are afraid of meeting new people or having close relationships, you will do everything to avoid people and relationships, and then complain that you are lonely and nobody loves you.
Do you often think about difficulties, failure and disasters? Do you keep thinking about the negative news you have seen on the TV or read in the newspapers?
Do you see yourself stuck and unable to improve your life or your health? Do you frequently think that you do not deserve happiness or money, or that it is too difficult to get them? If you do, then you will close your mind, see no opportunities, and behave and react in such ways, as to turn away from people and opportunities.
The mind does not usually judge or examine thoughts and opinions before accepting them. If what it hears, sees and reads is always negative, it accepts this as the standard way of thinking and behavior. Open your mind to positive attitude, happenings and events. Expect them and think about them, and soon your life will change for the better.
67. According to the author, happy and positive situations cause people to________.
A. turn away from people and opportunities B. expect difficulties and failure
C. viewing everything by negative thinking D. think positively and expect success
68. Some people think that they have few friends in their lives perhaps because________.
A. their thoughts are positive B. their thoughts are negative
C. they avoid people and relationships
D. destroy every opportunity to make friends
69. What does the author want to tell us in the fifth and sixth paragraphs?
A. one has no reasons for his negative thinking and behavior
B. one mustn?t always think about difficulties, failure and disasters
C. one?s living environment has the decisive function upon his thinking D. one should never think of things happily and positively 70. From the passage we can learn that________.
A. positive thinking has much to do with education and the environment one has been living in B. thinking negatively is much easier than thinking positively C. the moment you see something sad, you will feel sad too D. the positively we think and behave, the happier we will be 第四部分：读写任务（共三节；满分35分）
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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
The importance of career development programs
Career development is a long and continuous process in a person?s life. Efficient career planning has assumed great importance in today?s competitive job market. Since the natural abilities and interest of people are different, career planning is done through various practical ways. In this article, we shall know about the importance of career development programs. To employees:
Identifying our strengths and weaknesses is a major objective of career enhancing. Our career can move in the right direction only if we make a concentrated effort of fully exploiting our strengths and working on our weaknesses. A person understands his worth and gets a feeling of self-awareness with the help of career development. Thus career enhancement affects the current as well as future performance of people.
Career development programs aid in increasing flexibility of employees. Because of globalization and international expansion policies of companies, employees may have to work in different places across the world. So, adapting to the changing conditions and expectations is really a big challenge before employees. In the absence of career development programs, employees may witness a reduced productivity which affect their career growth and advancement.
Career planning programs help workers work with people belonging to different nationalities and religions. So, indirectly, they are responsible for the efficient working of teams in a workplace. To employers:
Career planning is helpful for employees as well as employers. It helps in raising employees? productivity and commitments towards their organization. Career initiatives (为解决困难而采取的行动) taken by senior management officers help a lot in retaining (保住) talented employees who can be a valuable person for the organization in the long term. Career planning also helps in cost saving as training existing people is cheaper than hiring new talent continuously. It guarantees an employee?s job security and provides chances of further promotion in the company. Employees can contribute greatly if they get maximum job satisfaction from their workplace. Career development programs can certainly help them to enjoy their work more and do it with passion.
In short, career development means improving the quality of life by achieving our dreams and aspirations through planned efforts. Introduction Efficient career planning has taken on great importance in today?s (71) __________ job market. ●Our career can go smoothly only if we make all our efforts to fully exploit our strengths and (72) ________ our weaknesses. ●Career development programs contribute to (73)_________ flexibility of Career planning employees, making them adapt to the changing conditions and is helpful for expectations. employees ●Career planning programs help employees to (74)_________ with people who have different backgrounds. ●Career development programs can help employees enjoy their work and do it (75)__________. 页
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