_ and disorder might well spread throughout the entire Middle East.A. ContemptB. ConfusionC. ConferenceD. Conjunction

_____ frequent complaints made about her service, she lost her job.A. Even if B. As far C. As for D. Due to

Section C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to see

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:-|||-The kids are hanging out.I pass small bands of once-and future students on my way to work-|||-these summer mornings.-|||-These kids are not old enough for jobs.Nor are they rich enough for camp.They are school-|||-children without school.The calendar(年历)called the school year ran out on them a few weeks-|||-ago.Once looked after by teachers and headmasters,they now appear to be in"self care."-|||-For much of our history,however,Americans framed the school year around the needs of-|||-work and family.In 19th-century cities,schools were open seven or eight hours a day,11months a-|||-year.In rural America,the year was arranged around the growing seasons.Now,only 3 percent of-|||-families follow the agricultural model,but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went-|||-home early to milk cows and took months off to work the crops.Now,three quarters of the mothers-|||-of school-age children work,but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school-|||-bus.-|||-The six-hour day,the 180-day school year is regarded as somehow sacred(神圣的).But when-|||-parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year,it means something different.It means that many-|||-kids go home to empty houses.It means that,in the summer,they hang out.-|||-"We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life,"says-|||-educator Dr.Ernest Boyer.-|||-Dr.Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is necessary.-|||-"School,whether we like it or not,is custodial (监管的)and educational.It always has been."-|||-26.In speaking of" "once-and-future students",the author is referring to __ _.-|||-A)kids too young to take a job-|||-B)school children old enough to take care of themselves-|||-C)kids who cannot afford to go camping-|||-D)school children on summer vacation-|||-27.For a long time in American history,the school year was arranged to meet the needs of __-|||-A)school children-|||-B) working parents-|||-C)farm hands-|||-D)teachers and headmasters-|||-28.By"a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life",Dr.Boyer-|||-means the school calendar __-|||-A)is much shorter than parents'working days-|||-B)makes it impossible for parents to live a normal life-|||-C)allows children to hang out instead of helping their parents-|||-D)is set on the agricultural model-|||-29.From the passage we can learn that Dr.Boyer believes school should educate children a-|||-__-|||-A)motivate them-|||-B)entertain them-|||-C)take care of them-|||-D)help their parents-|||-30.The author's main purpose in writing this passage is to drive home the point that __ _.-|||-A)American children must stop hanging out-|||-B)US kids need more school time-|||-C)the advantages of a longer school year outweigh its disadvantages-|||-D)parents are not happy about the present school calendar-|||-Directions: There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or-|||-unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and-|||-D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the-|||-Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Desertification (沙漠化) in the dry United States is very serious. Groundwater supplies beneath vast stretches of land are dropping rapidly. Many river systems have dried up. Hundreds of thousands of acres of previously irrigated cropland have been abandoned to wind or weeds. Several million acres of natural grassland are eroded at unnaturally high rates as a result of cultivation or overgrazing (过度放牧). All told, about 225 million acres of land are under severe desertification. Federal subsidies (补贴) encourage the exploitation of dry land resources. Low-interest loans for irrigation and other water delivery systems encourage farmers and industry to mine groundwater. Federal disaster relief and commodity program encourage dry-land farmers to plow up natural grassland to plant crops such as wheat, especially, cotton. Federal grazing fees that are well below the free market price encourage over-grazing of the commons. The market, too, provides powerful incentives (激励) to exploit dry land resources beyond their carrying capacity. The incentives to exploit dry land resources are greater than ever. The government is now offering huge new subsidies to produce synthetic fuel from coal oil as well as alcohol fuel from crops. Moreover, commodity prices are on the rise; and they will provide farmers and agricultural businesses with powerful incentives to overexploit arid land resources. The existing federal government cost-share programs designed to help finance the conservation as soil, water, and vegetation are pale in comparison to such incentives. In the final analysis, when viewed in the national perspective, the effects on agriculture are the most troublesome aspect of desertification in the US. For it comes at a time when we are losing over a million acres of rain-watered crop and grass land per year to higher uses—shopping centers, industrial parks, housing development, and waste dump—regardless of the economic need of the US to export agricultural products or of the world’s need for US food and fiber. Today the dry West accounts for 20 percent of the nation’s total agricultural output. If the US is, as it appears, well in its way toward overdrawing the dry land resources, then the policy choice is simply to pay now for the appropriate remedies or pay for later when productive benefits from arid land resources have been both realized and largely terminated.1 Which of the following is mentioned as a result of severe desertification?A The decline of forest coverage.B The lack of water supplies.C A decrease of crop production.D A sharp increase of farmland.2 From the second paragraph we can learn that ____ .A low-interest loans encourage farmers to purify groundwaterB low federal grazing fees are helpful in protecting the commonsC the government offers huge subsidies to produce synthetic fuelD the government encourages the exploitation of dry land resources3 What can we learn about the existing federal government cost-share programs?A Farmers have to pay a lot of money for them.B Their main purpose is to develop economy.C The government pays insufficient attention to them.D Vegetation plays an important part in soil conservation.4 The higher uses of rain-watered crop and grass land are criticized because ____ .A America and the world need the land for agricultural productionB industrial parks and waste dumps seriously pollute the environmentC Americans need many shopping centers and apartmentsD they bring about a large amount of waste of resources5 What can we learn about the policy choice?A It’s the best way to solve desertification in America.B It’s a simple task that America is undertaking now.C It will bring a lot of benefit to America in the future.D It’s costly to solve desertification in America.

I just wonder if ( )ever( )that you could have your own enterprise and run it yourself when you were still a student.A. it...occurredB. you...occurred to itC. it...occurred to youD. you...occurred

As the school year kicks off, parents are once again struggling to cajole (哄骗) and, if need be, drag their exhausted teens out of bed. That image may make you laugh, but lack of sleep is no joke. (77) Teenagers who don’t get enough rest have more learning, health, behavior and mood problems than students who get at least nine hours a night. Long-term lack of sleep is tied to heart disease, overweight, depression and a shortened life span in adults, indicating the importance of establishing good sleep habits early in life. Lack of sleep can be especially deadly for teens; car accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers, and safety experts believe sleepy driving is a major factor. Unfortunately, few teenagers get the sleep they need. In a survey of middle-school and high-school students, University of Colorado researchers found that 82 percent said they woke up tied and unrefreshed, and more than half had trouble concentrating during the day at least once a week. Blame multitasking for some of this. Many students are juggling after-school activities, homework and part-time jobs. Even when they manage to fulfill these obligations by a reasonable hour, television, the internet, video games, phone calls and text message to friends often keep them awake deep into the night. Taking soda and energy drinks late in the day and going to late-night parties on weekends add to sleep debt. Biology also works against teenagers’ sleep. Their body’s internal clock, which controls when a person starts to feel tired, shifts after puberty (青春期), making it hard for most teens to fall asleep before 11 pm. Class usually beings before 8:15 am., with many high schools starting at 7:15 am. To get to school on time, most teens have to get up by 6:30 am, guaranteeing they’ll be sleep-deprived during the week. Teens often sleep much later on weekends to catch up, making it even harder to fall asleep on Sunday night and wake up Monday morning. Playing catch-up on weekends also doesn’t help teens stay refreshed when they need it most: during the week at school. Since the 1990s, middle and high school in more than two dozen states have experimented with later school start times. (78) The results have been encouraging: more sleep, increased attendance, better grades and fewer driving accidents. But most school still start early, meaning teens have their work cut out for them if they want to get enough sleep.The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ______. A．how sleep deprivation (缺乏) can be treatedB．what causes sleep deprivationC．who is most at risk for sleep deprivationD．why sleep deprivation is a serious concern

If you work hard enough, you will_in this competition. A. get ahead B. get hold C. work on D. work out

A．It'll make you learn to enjoy what you have，fix what's broken，and shop for a bargain．SpendingB．more is likely to stimulate your motivation for more earning．C．It gives you options and frees you from relying on someone else's priorities．Living with lessD．is the most efficient way to control your financial future．E．Actually，your parents have already given you too much．F．What you want is respect and admiration from other people． My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world．His only interest right now is keeping us awake 24/7．But one day，he'll need to learn something about finance．When he does，here are some suggestions．1．You might think you want an expensive car，a fancy watch，and a huge house．But you don't．（68） ____ You think having expensive stuff will bring it．It almost never does-especially from the people you want to respect and admire you．2．The road to financial regret is paved with debt．Some debt，such as a mortgage，is OK．But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug：a quick hit of pleasure that wears off，only to drag you down for years to come，limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past．3．I hope you're poor at some point．Not struggling，and not unhappy，of course．But there's no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity．It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable．（69） ____ These are essential survival skills．4．If you're like most people，you'll spend most of your adult life thinking，"Once I've saved/earned5．Don't stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18．Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age．Many people don't know what they want until they're twice that age．（These are the signs you're in the wrong career．）6．The best thing money buys is to control over your time．（70） ____ One day you'll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy．7．Change your mind when you need to．I've noticed a tendency for people to think they've mastered investing when they're young．They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19．They never do．8．Some people are born into families that encourage education others are from families that are against it．Some are born into flourishing economies others，into war and poverty．I want you to be successful，and I want you to earn it．But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness．Keep this in mind when judging people，including yourself．9．Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend．I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck，always on the edge of ruin．I know another person who never earned more than 50，000 and saved a fortune．The difference is entirely due to their spending．（71） ____ ．10．Don't listen to me if you disagree with what I've written．The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did．More important，you'll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself．（On the other hand，always listen to your mother．）