There is a geophysical service company inCambridge, England. Before returning to themotherland, Huang Danian, the Chinese 1) st____ scientist, worked there. He led histeam to achieve various technologicalbreakthroughs and obtained 2) ac____ dataon deep earth exploration.However, Huang had never forgotten hiscommitment to the homeland and hismission to 3) re____ the nation. At the endof 2009, he returned home with his family. Itwas not a 4) ran____ choice. As adistinguished expert, he served as a full-timeprofessor at his alma mater, Jilin University,and the chief scientist of the earth explorationproject.This project gathered more than 400outstanding scientific and technologicalpersonnel from the 5) s____ communityacross the country to carry out the researchon two major areas: precise measurementtechnology and key equipment for deep earthexploration, both of which our country was in6) ur____ need of. Since then, the desire to7) ov____ adversity and narrow thetechnological gaps between China anddeveloped countries became Huang and otherpersonnel's motivation to work tirelessly.By 2016, the research team led by him hadmade 8) ex____ achievements, which wereselected for a national exhibition, alongsideachievements of many other famousscientists. Looking back on the 9) sci____advancements he and his team had made, hesaid calmly, "As long as the homeland needsme, I will go all out." What 10) ex____words!Huang Danian is definitely one of the pillars ofthe motherland. He raced against time to 11) f____ the dream to rejuvenate China andmake the motherland shine. His 12) in____story will forever inspire us to forge aheadalong the path he took - the best way tocommemorate him.

3 Translate the following sentences into English with the words and expressions in parentheses.1 书法给人一种很难掌握的印象。但只要你开始练习并坚持下去，你会乐在其中。(give the impression that ...)__2 中国式现代化是物质文明和精神文明相协调的现代化。中国居民从日益多样化的文化活动中得到满足。(feel utterly fulfilled by ...)__3 胡同里经常有人下象棋，还有很多人围观。如果胜负难决，他们也乐得平局。(call it a draw)__4 “曲水流觞(Winding stream party)”是中国古代的一种习俗，也是古代文人雅士的一种时尚休闲方式。(fashionable style)__5 我平时工作繁忙，缺乏锻炼，一般会在周末抽出一天去远足(hiking).(lack of exercise; day off)__

Research on online dating indicated that participants-|||-who had more potential partners did not experience-|||-any greater emotional satisfaction than those who had-|||-fewer options.In fact,they were more 11 about-|||-their choices. These findings do not only 12 -|||-online dating.Other research has also shown that more-|||-choices can 13 people less satisfied and more-|||-confused.-|||-Have you ever had trouble trying to decide what-|||- 14 of shampoo to buy in the supermarket? Well-|||-several experiments have shown that,when shoppers-|||-are presented with either an 15 or limited amount-|||-of consumer choices,more people actually end up-|||-making 16 -|||-_and are happier when they are offered-|||-with a limited set of options.-|||-In an attempt to cope with the large amount of-|||-information and potential choices on a daily basis,we-|||-tend to 17 on our instinct to help make our-|||-decisions.Instinct is a ( making tool that saves-|||-/10-|||-11.-|||-A A transactions B category-|||-C distinctions D specify-|||-E rational F F identify-|||-G irrational H overlooking-|||-① prior ① overload

3.[判断题]People living in high context cultures are expected to pay more attention to the words used in communication than to the context in which things are said.Nevertheless,people in low context cultures pay much attention to interpreting what others mean;they often give more weight to the context than to the actual words said.A. 对B. 错

Cloze-|||-Complete the passage with appropropriawords or expressions chosen from the box.-|||-Change the form when necessary.-|||-assess cooperate decefe emergency encounter-|||-explore negotiate reveal survive undertake-|||-at first figure out in sb.'s interest(s) size up within reach-|||-Animal behavior is the way that animals act.For example,how do-|||-they 1) to get food or take care of their young? How do they-|||-__-|||-2) __ an environment and keep themselves out of danger? How-|||-do they act when 3)) 9.enemies?Do they try to 4) __-|||-__-|||-the latter? How do they decide on fight or flight if deceiving does not work?-|||-Much of animal behavior is innate;that is,animals are born with it.However,-|||-research 5) __ that animals learn much other behavior.-|||-One simple type of learned behavior is habituation(习惯化).This happens-|||-when an animal learns to feel comfortable in a new situation and doesn't pay-|||-attention to it anymore.For example,young horses are 6) __-|||-_________________________afraid-|||-of noisy streets.But after a while,they learn to pay no attention to the normal-|||-sights and sounds of a city.-|||-Another kind of learned behavior is conditioniong(条件反射).It is a way of-|||-learning by association.In 1900,Ivan Pavlov,a Russian biologist,7) __-|||-____-|||-conditioning in dogs.Dogs innately salivate (分泌唾液)when they smell food.-|||-Pavlov 8) __ that if he rang a bell every time he gave food to a dog-|||-it would eventually salivate when it heard the bell alone,without food.-|||-The dog's senses were tricked,but most learning is 9) __-|||-animals.It enables them to better 10) __

Listening Comprehension Section A　Short conversations Directions：In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between speakers．At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said．The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once．After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard． 1．A．10∶00 B．10∶10 C．10∶20 D．10∶30 2．A．A cook． B．A waitress． C．An airhostess． D．A customer． 3．A．On the bus． B．In the theatre． C．In the classroom． D．In a cafeteria． 4．A．It will probably rain this afternoon． B．She likes to watch the rain come down C．She will play even if it rains． D．It has rained a lot lately． 5．A．Stop worrying． B．Go out more． C．Talk to a friend． D．Get counseling． 6．A．She thought it was extremely difficult． B．She thought it was okay even though she usually dislikes essay exams． C．She thinks essay exams are boring and especially this one． D．She thinks she will fail this test． 7．A．She wasn’t able to attend the reception． B．She is an honor student． C．She likes flowers very much． D．She is a teacher． 8．A．Because she has walked a long distance． B．Because she is tired out． C．Because she is all wet． D．Because she is careless． 9．A．Bob has been married for a long time． B．He plans to go to the wedding． C．He hasn’t been to California for a long time． D．The woman should go to California． 10．A．Make the woman another lunch． B．Get the woman a coffee． C．Buy the woman a lunch． D．Help look for the woman’s lunch box． Section B　passages, Directions：In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages．The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once．When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard． Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage． 11．A．Basic health． B．Special training． C．Nothing． D．Special skill． 12．A．Steadily B．Gently． C．As long as possible D．Fast 13．A．When you have any health worries． B．When you decide to jog． C．When you require more information． D．When you decide to jog alone． Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news． 14．A．Her mother doesn’t love her as much as her grandfather did． B．Her mother was the subject of talks with her grandfather． C．Her mother will misunderstand her problems． D．She missed her grandfather． 15．A．Co-workers cannot be your close friends． B．People will be pleased if you call them at 2∶00 a . m . ． C．You can’t discuss your problems with a distant family member． D．The one you can call at 2∶00 a . m . is someone close to you in spirit． 16．A．Parents should understand their kids． B．The earth is an inhabited garden if you have close friends． C．There are many ways to make friends． D．There is a difference between a lonely desert and an inhabited garden． Section C　longer conversations． Directions：In part C, you will hear two longer conversations．The conversations will be read twice．After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard．Write your answers on your answer sheet． Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation：Appointment-|||-The purpose of the man`s calling is to 17 his appointment time-|||-What does the woman say _(e)ykparallel FeS 18 on Wednesday-|||-about Dr.Benjamin?-|||-The woman offers to give him an/a 19 appoirtment on the same day.-|||-The man`s final decision is to rearrange his 20 to keep his original appointment. Complete the form．Write ONE WORD for each answer． Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation：Appointment-|||-The purpose of the man`s calling is to 17 his appointment time-|||-What does the woman say _(e)ykparallel FeS 18 on Wednesday-|||-about Dr.Benjamin?-|||-The woman offers to give him an/a 19 appoirtment on the same day.-|||-The man`s final decision is to rearrange his 20 to keep his original appointment. Complete the form．Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank．

Henceforth I expect you to be punctual for the meeting.v. 泡（茶）；煮（咖啡）；酿造v. 爱慕；崇拜ad. 从此以后v. 喜爱；热爱

Passage Two Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. What a waste of money! In return for an average of ~44,000 of debt, students get an average of only 14 hours of lecture and tutorial time a week in Britain. Annual fees have risen from ￡1,000 to ￡9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all. And graduating doesn#39;t even provide any guarantee of a decent job : six in ten graduates today are in non-graduate jobs. No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con-tricks ( 骗术). There#39;s a lot for students to complain about: the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years, meaning that lower-paid graduates have to start repaying their loans; and maintenance grants have been replaced by loans, meaning that students from poorer backgrounds face higher debt than those with wealthier parents. Yet it still pays to go to university. If going to university doesn#39;t work out, students pay very little--if any--of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning ￡21,000 a year. Almost half of graduates--those who go on to earn less--will have a portion of their debt written off. It#39;s not just the lectures and tutorials that are important. Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars. Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show- they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote. Whatever your talents, it is extraordinarily difficult to get a leading job in most fields without having been to university. Recruiters circle elite universities like vultures ( 兀鹰). Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i. e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university. Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future, forming contacts for life. This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university. Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don#39;t learn anything. Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university--and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon. Schoololeavers may moan, but they have little choice but to embrace university and the student debt that comes with it.1.[单选题]What does the author say is important for university students besides classroom instruction?A.Making sure to obtain an upper-second class degree.B.Practical skills they will need in their future careers.C.Interactions among themselves outside the classroom.D.eveloping independent and creative thinking abilities.2.[单选题]What is said to be an advantage of going to university?A.Learning how to take risks in an ever-changing world.B.Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future.C.Having opportunities of playing a leading role in society.D.Gaining up-to-date knowledge in science and technology.3.[单选题]What does the author say about the employment situation of British university graduates?A.Few of them are satisfied with the jobs they are offered.B.It usually takes a long time for them to find a decent job.C.Graduates from elite universities usually can get decent jobs.D.Most of them take jobs which don't require a college degree.4.[单选题]What can we infer from the last paragraph?A.It is natural for students to make complaints about university education.B.Few students are willing to bear the burden of debt incurred at university.C.University education is becoming attractive to students who can afford it.D.The prestige of the university influences employers#39; recruitment decisions.5.[单选题] What is the author#39;s opinion of going to university? A.It is worthwhile after all.B.It is simply a waste of time.C.It is hard to say whether it is good or bad.D.It is too expensive for most young people.

Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Bosses Say “Yes” to Home WorkRising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office—all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.For the small business, there are additional benefits too—staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts (员工数) and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but don’t have the budget to offer huge salaries.While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business.Yet this is now changing. When communications provider Inter-Tel researched the use of remote working solutions among small-and-medium-sized UK businesses in April this year, it found that 28% more companies claimed to have introduced flexible working practices than a year ago.The UK network of Business Links confirms that it too has seen a growing interest in remote working solutions from small businesses seeking its advice, and claims that as many as 60-70% of the businesses that come through its doors now offer some form. of remote working support to their workforces.Technology advances, including the widespread availability of broadband, are making the introduction of remote working a piece of cake.“If systems are set up properly, staff can have access to all the resources they have in the office wherever they have an internet connection,” says Andy Poulton, e-business advisor at Business Link for Berkshire and Wiltshire. “There are some very exciting developments which have enabled this.”One is the availability of broadband everywhere, which now covers almost all of the country (BT claims that, by July, 99.8% of its exchanges will be broadband enabled, with alternative plans in place for even the most remote exchanges). “This is the enabler,” Poulton says.Yet while broadband has come down in price too, those service providers targeting the business market warn against consumer services masquerading (伪装) as business-friendly broadband.“Broadband is available for as little as ￡15 a month, but many businesses fail to appreciate the hidden costs of such a service,” says Neil Stephenson, sales and marketing director at Onyx Internet, an internet service provider based in the north-east of England. “Providers offering broadband for rock-bottom prices are notorious for poor service, with regular breakdowns and heavily congested (拥堵的) networks. It is always advisable for businesses to look beyond the price tag and look for a business-only provider that can offer more reliability, with good support.” Such services don’t cost too much—quality services can be found for upwards of ￡30 a month.The benefits of broadband to the occasional home worker are that they can access email in real time, and take full advantage of services such as internet-based backup or even internet-based phone services.Internet-based telecoms, or VoIP (Voice over IP) to give it its technical title, is an interesting tool to any business supporting remote working. Not necessarily because of the promise of free or reduced price phone calls (which experts point out is misleading for the average business), but because of the sophisticated voice services that can be exploited by the remote worker—facilities such as voicemail and call forwarding, which provide a continuity of the company image for customers and business partners.By law, companies must “consider seriously” requests to work flexibly made by a parent with a child under the age of six, or a disabled child under 18. It was the need to accommodate employees with young children that motivated accountancy firm Wright Vigar to begin promoting teleworking recently. The company, which needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure (基础设施) to provide connectivity with a new, second office, decided to introduce support for remote working at the same time.Marketing director Jack O’Hern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: “One of the triggers was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave. She was intending to work part time, but could only manage one day a week in the office due to childcare. By offering her the ability to work from home, we have doubled her capacity—now she works a day a week from home, and a day in the office. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.”For Wright Vigar, which has now equipped all of its fee-earners to be able to work at maximum productivity when away from the offices (whether that’s from home, or while on the road), this strategy is not just about saving on commute time or cutting them loose from the office, but enabling them to work more flexible hours that fit around their home life.O’Hern says: “Although most of our work is client-based and must fit around this, we can’t see any reason why a parent can’t be on hand to deal with something important at home, if they have the ability to complete a project later in the day.”Supporting this new way of working came with a price, though. Although the firm was updating its systems anyway, the company spent 10-15% more per user to equip them with a laptop rather than a PC, and about the same to upgrade to a server that would enable remote staff to connect to the company networks and access all their usual resources.Although Wright Vigar hasn’t yet quantified the business benefits, it claims that, in addition to being able to retain key staff with young families, it is able to save fee-earners a substantial amount of “dead” time in their working days.That staff can do this without needing a fixed telephone line provides even more efficiency savings. “With Wi-Fi (fast, wireless internet connections) popping up all over the place, even on trains, our fee-earners can be productive as they travel, and between meetings, instead of having to kill time at the shops,” he adds.The company will also be able to avoid the expense of having to relocate staff to temporary offices for several weeks when it begins disruptive office renovations soon.Financial recruitment specialist Lynne Hargreaves knows exactly how much her firm has saved by adopting a teleworking strategy, which has involved handing her company’s data management over to a remote hosting company, Datanet, so it can be accessible by all the company’s consultants over broadband internet connections.It has enabled the company to dispense with its business premises altogether, following the realisation that it just didn’t need them any more. “The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old,” says Hargreaves. “But I soon realised that, as most of our business is done on the phone, email and at off-site meetings, we didn’t need our offices at all. We’re now saving ￡16,000 a year on rent, plus the cost of utilities, not to mention what would have been spent on commuting.”1. What is the main topic of this passage?A) How business managers view hi-tech.B) Relations between employers and employees.C) How to cut down the costs of small businesses.D) Benefits of the practice of teleworking.

It was _____ of Michael to inform us of his delay in case we got worried.A. carelessB. considerateC. patientD. generous