There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable．At an earlier period，our desire for material wealth may have been justified．Now，however，this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems．Even though we have good intentions，we may be producing too much，too fast．Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down．They believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth．These include the fixed supply of natural resources，the possible negative effects of industry on the natural environment，and the continuing increase in the world""s population．As society reaches these limits，economic growth can no longer continue，and the quality of life will decrease．People who want more economic growth，on the other hand，argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world．These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world．Furthermore，they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization．This debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry．If those who argue against economic growth are correct，the problems they mention cannot be ignored．To find a solution，economists and business community must pay attention to these problems and discuss them with one another．72．According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons EXCEPT that___．A．our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industryB．the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continueC．the world population is ever increasingD．more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life73..Those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth___．A．is essential to the well-being of society as a wholeB．can provide the solution to many of our social problems todayC．can protect our environment from being polluted by industryD．can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization74..The word"proponents"（in Paragraph 3）probably means___．A．arguments in support of somethingB．disagreements with other peopleC．people who argue for somethingD．people who argue against something75..The passage is mainly about___．A．the conflict between economists and the industrial businessB．the present debate on economic growthC．the advantages and disadvantages of economic growthD．the importance of the debate on economic growth．

Shakespeare was not _____ with Dickens.A. dumbB. vulnerableC. contemporaryD. manual

17【阅读理解】Task 2 Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with no more than three words. Network to find work Are you tired of sending off your resumes and cover letters and hearing nothing in return? Did you know that most jobs are not advertised? That's why learning to network well might be the most important thing you should learn to do in your job hunt. Networking is becoming more important than ever. The good news is that if you network online, it doesn't cost you anything and you can connect with employers from all over the world! So, how can you get started? Well, first of all, you need to make sure you sign up to some professional social media platforms. Fill in the profile with information about you and take time to showcase your skills, qualifications and achievements. Make sure you create the right impression:avoid posting anything negative about your colleagues, for example. Next, follow some companies you're interested in. Look for new companies which are growing;there are likely to be job opportunities here. Next, reach out to hiring managers. Send a short, friendly message asking to connect and saying how you think your skills could help the company. Look out for articles written by experts in your field and comment on them. The more you say on social media, the more likely it is that people will remember you and think of you when they have a job they need done. Just make sure what you write is of good quality. watch out for spelling mistakes as this will not help you to create a professional impression. So, what are you waiting for? Start networking today! (10.0分) (1)[填空题] According to the writer,_ very good way of finding a job, as many jobs are not advertised. (2分) 第1空: (2)[填空题] If you take your job hunt online, you can find out about job opportunities and connect with people from all _. (2分)

正确的时态、语态和非谓语动词形式（不定式、过去分词、现在分词），并添加必要的冠词或介词。第一个单词已大写。) (managed to / The firefighter / the child / rescue / from the burning building) A. managed to B. The firefighter C. the child D. rescue E. from the burning building 第一位 A B C D E 第二位 A B C D E 第三位 A B C D E 第四位 A B C D E

House work might seem a drag，but researchers have suggested tasks like dusting，sweeping floors and washing the windows might help adults to stay healthy into old age.Writing in the journal BMJ Open，a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity "improves physical and mental health，and relieves the risks and effects of chronic diseases among older adults". The team randomly chose adults from the town of Yishun in Singapore，and asked them to complete cognitive function tests as well as activities to assess their physical capabilities，such as standing up from a chair as quickly as they could.Participants were also quizzed on their levels of physical activity，including the amount of light housework and heavy housework they did，and were assessed for their risk of having a fall based on measures such as knee extension strength.The study involved 249 participants aged 21-64 and 240 participants aged 65- 90.Most of those who reported doing high levels of heavy or light housework were women. After taking into account factors including age and sex，the team found cognitive scores and attention scores were 8% and 14% higher respectively for older adults doing high amounts of heavy housework— on average 131 minutes a week— compared with low levels，which appeared to amount to none at all.Sit-to-stand times were lower for older adults reporting high amounts of heavy housework compared with low amounts，while they were also assessed as being at lower risk of having a fall. Dr Shiou-Liang Wee，the co-author of the research，said health messaging on staying active should not just be about recreational physical activities. "Housework is a purposeful activity performed by many older adults.Independent of recreation，commuting and other work-related physical activity，heavy housework is linked to sharper memory and better falls protection in older adults，" he said.（1）What does the team find？ ____ A．Housework is a drag to the aged.B．Health is connected with regular exercise.C．Only doing housework can the aged stay healthy.D．Regular physical activity is dangerous for the aged.（2）What is paragraph 2 mainly about？ ____ A．The research procedure.B．The research result.C．The research purpose.D．The research institution.（3）What was considered in the study？ ____ A．Intelligence and age.B．Education and sex.C．Age and sex.D．Family and income.（4）What may Shiou-Liang Wee agree with？ ____ A．Commuting is linked to sharper memory.B．Heavy housework equals recreational activity.C．People only need recreational physical activity for health.D．Recreational physical activity shouldn't replace housework.

Many with New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling The individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major stocking shelves at Wal-Mart. Now evidence is emerging that the damage caused by the sour economy is more widespread than just a few careers led astray (偏离正轨的) or postponed. Even for college graduates―the people who were most protected from the effects of recession―the outlook is rather bleak (黯淡的). Employment rates for new college graduates have fallen sharply in the last two years. What’s more, only half of the jobs landed by these new graduates even require a college degree, reviving debates about whether higher education is "worth it" after all. "I have friends with the same degree as me, from a worse school, but because of who they knew or when they happened to graduate, they’re in much better jobs," said Kyle Bishop, 23, a 2009 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh who has spent the last two years waiting tables, delivering beer, working at a bookstore and entering data. "It’s more about luck than anything else." The average starting salary for students graduating from four-year colleges in 2009 and 2010 was 27,000, down from 30,000 for those who entered the work force in 2006 to 2008, according to a study released on Wednesday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. That is a decline of 10 percent, even before taking inflation into account. Of course, these are the lucky ones―the graduates who found a job. Among the members of the class of 2010, just 56 percent had held at least one job by this spring, when the survey was conducted. That compares with 90 percent of graduates from the classes of 2006 and 2007. (Some have gone for further education or opted out of the labor force, while many are still trying very hard to get a job.) Even these figures understate the damage done to these workers’ careers. Many have taken jobs that do not make use of their skills; about only half of recent college graduates said that their first job required a college degree. The choice of major is quite important. Certain majors had better luck finding a job that required a college degree, according to an analysis by Andrew M. Sum, an economist at Northeastern University, of 2009 Labor Department data for college graduates under 25. Young graduates who majored in education and teaching or engineering were most likely to find a job requiring a college degree, while area studies majors―those who majored in Latin American studies, for example―and humanities majors were least likely to do so. Among all recent education graduates, 71.1 percent were in jobs that required a college degree; of all area studies majors, the share was 44.7 percent. An analysis by The New York Times of Labor Department data about college graduates aged 25 to 34 found that the number of these workers employed in food service, restaurants and bars had risen 17 percent in 2009 from 2008, though the sample size was small. There were similar or bigger employment increases at gas stations and fuel dealers, food and alcohol stores, and taxi and limousine services. This may be a waste of a college degree, but it also displaces (使离开) the less-educated workers who would normally take these jobs. "The less schooling you had, the more likely you were to get thrown out of the labor market altogether," said Mr. Sum, noting that unemployment rates for high school graduates and dropouts are always much higher than those for college graduates. Mr. Bishop, the Pittsburgh graduate, said he is "terrified" of the effects his starter jobs might have on his ultimate career, which he hopes to be in publishing or writing. "It looks bad to have all these short-term jobs on your resume, but you do have to pay the bills," he said, adding that right now his student loan debt was over 70,000. Many graduates will probably take on more student debt. More than 60 percent of those who graduated in the last five years say they will need more formal education to be successful. "I knew there weren’t going to be many job prospects for me until I got my Ph.D. ," said Travis Patterson, 23, a 2010 graduate of California State University, Fullerton. He is working as an administrative assistant for a property management company and studying psychology in graduate school. While it may not have anything to do with his degree, "it helps pay my rent and tuition, and that’s what matters. " Going back to school does offer the possibility of joining the labor force when the economy is better. Unemployment rates are also generally lower for people with advanced schooling. Those who do not go back to school may be on a lower-paying trajectory (道路) for years. They start at a lower salary, and they may begin their careers with employers that pay less on average or have less room for growth. "Their salary history follows them wherever they go," said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. "It’s like a parrot on your shoulder, travelling with you everywhere, constantly telling you ’No, you can’t make that much money.’" And while young people who have survived a tough job market may shy from risks during their careers, the best way to nullify (抵消……的影响) an unlucky graduation date is to change jobs when you can, says Till yon Wachter, an economist at Columbia. "If you don’t move within five years of graduating, fro" some reason you get stuck where you are," Mr. von Wachter said. "By your late 20s, you’re often married, and have a family and have a house. You stop the active pattern of moving jobs.What did the study by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development reveal A．Graduates starting working in 2010 got higher pay than those in 2006.B．Most of the recent college graduates were lucky enough to find a job.C．More graduates chose to get further education instead of taking a job.D．The starting salary for new college graduates declined in recent years.

1.1000000000000000000000000000000000000 期末复习翻译 51.填空题 1.他们的境况比我们好。They're _ than we are. 2.我方何时能收到你方的确认函? When can we receive your letter of _? 3.与你相比，我的问题算不了什么。 My problems are almost nothing _ yours. 4.双方同意签署这一份合同。The two parties agreed to _. 5.这个问题值得认真考虑。This question deserves careful _. 6.我不能担保你得到一个满意的结果。I can't ensure that you get a_ result. 7.我没意识到自己犯了错。I was not _ of having made a mistake. 8.营销中团队协作比个人努力更重要。 In marketing,_ is more important than individual effort.

The four most famous types of embroidery in China are Sichuan embroidery, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery and ____ embroidery.A. ShanxiB. GuangdongC. ShanghaiD. Shandong

The ruling class will not easily ___ wealth and power.A. surrenderB. justifyC. stirD. absorb

二、 阅读理解（共 3 题）2. 阅读短文，并根据短文内容判断短文后面句子的正误。正确为 T 错误为 F。Fire can help people in many ways. But it can be very dangerous. Fire can heat water, warmhouses, give light and cook. But fire can burn things, too. It can burn trees, houses, animals orpeople. Sometimes a big fire can burn forests.Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting storiesabout the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about aman very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope(绳子)and brought fire down.Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play withthem. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then itmight burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast. Fire kills many people everyyear. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fire. Fire needsoxygen(氧气).Without oxygen it will die. Cover fire with water, sand or sometimes with yourcoat. This keeps the air away from fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you.Be careless with fire, and it will burn you.【1】We are not sure how people began to use fire.【2】Children mustn't play with matches because they can be dangerous.【3】If there is no oxygen, fire will die.【4】small fire is not dangerous at all.【5】You don't need to know how to put out a fire.3. 阅读短文，从每小题所给的 A,B,C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。The English love sports. One of the most popular games in England is cricket ( 板球) . Butcricket doesn't change much these years. For some parts of England, the eight months of thefootball season is more important than the four months of the cricket season.Most middle schools have sports fields (场地). Boys usually play rugby (橄揽球) or footballin winter and cricket in summer, while girls play tennis or baseball in summer and basketballor hockey ( 曲棍球) in winter. Boys seldom play basketball. The more popular grown-up (成人的) games are golf and tennis. A lot of people play them.The British also like watching horse racing, but few show interest in bike racing.Britain is the home of many modern (现代的) popular sports.【1】In England, there are_________ months in the cricket season.A.4 B.5 C.6【2】Middle school boys often play rugby or football in_______.A.Spring B.winter C.summer【3】In England,____ are popular grown-up games.A.football and basketball B.tennis and football C.golf and tennis【4】From the passage, we can learn that many modern popular sports are from_______ .A.merica B.ritain C.Japan【5】Which of the following is TRUE?A.For most British people, the cricket season is more important than the football season.B.Cricket changed a lot during the last ten years.C.The British prefer horse racing to bike racing.4. 阅读短文，根据内容，选出最佳选项。Do you know something about dolphins? Dolphins live in the ocean and there are more thanthirty different kinds of these beautiful animals. Some of them live in small groups of just afew members. Others live in very large groups.Dolphins use loud noises to communicate(交流) with each other. As for food, dolphins feedon small fish and other small sea animals. They can swim very fast-up to 40 kilometers perhour.Dolphins enjoy being with people. They like to make friends with people. Dolphins also helpswimmers or sailors(海员) in trouble. There are many stories about this. Dolphins are veryclever. You can see them in some parks where they play games with visitors. Some can evenplay ping- pong，Dolphins are so lovely, but some of them live in bad living conditions now.They can't get enough food, so they are becoming fewer and fewer in number. Even worse,some people kill them for money. Therefore( 因 此 ), we should take actions to protect theenvironment and our friend dolphins!【1】We learn that dolphins_________according to the passage.A.live in groups B.feed on sea plants C.swim slowly【2】Dolphins can talk to each other __________ .A.with their eyes B.by using loud noises C.by singing songs【3】We can hear many stories about dolphins_______.A.helping swimmers B.killing sailors C.playing sports with visitors【4】Which of the following is NOT true?A.There are fewer and fewer dolphins.B.Dolphins can't get enough food.C.Dolphins are very clever but lazy.【5】We can_______to protect dolphins.A.keep them in zoos B.kill lots of fish C.keep the ocean water clean