Part I Reading Comprehension(40 points) Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete sentences. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.(2×20) Passage 1 Do you use soap everyday? Do you know when people started using soap and how it is made? The word"soap"comes from the Celtic word"sajo", which means"fat", the material that soap is made from. The oldest soap dates back to 3000BC, when people in Mesopotamia used it for cleaning the wool. Over the following centuries, soap continued to be used to clean everything but the human body. In the second century,a Greek doctor who was called Galen wrote about the practice of using soup to clean the body. However, bathing with soap was still not popular. It wasn't until the seventeenth century that soap was used for bathing in Europe, but only the rich people could afford it. In the nineteenth century, the soap became available to most people. As a result, cleanliness standards improved in many places. One reason that soap has been so popular throughout history is that it isn't hard to make. To make it, take some alkali("("ok) and mix it with fat or oil. Once everything is mixed, leave the soap in a mold(模具) until it becomes hard. After 24 hours, it's ready to cut into pieces. But please remember, you must be patient. Because the soap still needs around two to three weeks to become hard enough before you can use it. Being easy to make, soap has helped humans stay clean all the way to the modern age. You could even say it's one of the most important inventions in human history. 1. What was the original purpose of soap in Mesopotamia? A. To wash faces. B. To wash dishes. C. To clean the wool. D. To clean the wood. 2. When did soap become available to most people? A. In the second century. B. In the third century. C. In the seventeenth century. D. In the nineteenth century. 3. How long does it need for the soap to become hard before you can use it? A.1~2 days. B.3~4 days. C.1~2 weeks. D.2~3 weeks. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. It's very difficult to make soap. B. Soap is an important invention. C. Soap is extremely useful in life. D. Soap plays a crucial role in people's life. 5. Where is the passage most probably from? A. recipe book. B.A health magazine. C.A science fiction. D.A political report.

I'd like to have a health _____ with you. A examination B exam C operation D operate

Theare going to fly to Beijing.A. GermanB. GermanyC. GermenD. Germans

Here are nine fail-proof (奏效的) ways to ensure your family’’s financial well-being. What to Do Today "Your dad’’s in a bad way. You’’d better come home immediately." In the days and months after Catherine Fredman got the phone call from her father’’s neighbor, the self-employed writer and her sister, a college professor, agonized (感到苦恼) over their father’’s medical condition and treatment choices. But they never had to worry about compromising his care because of the cost. "Thank goodness my father had bought long-term-care insurance," Fredman says. "He was in hospitals and rehab facilities (康复中心)for eight months recovering from Lyme disease. The long-term-care insurance paid more than 20,000 that would not have been covered by Medicare and his supplemental health insurance." It’’s never too early to protect your family’’s financial well-being. Yet because most of us are so busy juggling work and family commitments, we tend to neglect the things that don’’t require immediate attention. Some day, we think, we’’ll take care of the three essentials―retirement savings, insurance coverage and estate planning. Unfortunately, emergencies can strike and then it’’s too late. "Failure to plan is a huge mistake," Barbara Raasch, managing director at Wealth and Tax Advisory Services, Inc. , told me. How can you avoid the "should have, could have, would have" scenario By putting these three items at the top of your "to do" list―protect your future, protect your family and protect your legacy. Protect Your Future The national savings rate averaged around 0.4% for the first half of 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, meaning Americans spent a whopping 99.6% of their after-tax earnings. Even more frightening, in July the savings rate dropped below zero. We all know we should save more. But with so many goals to save for―a house, the kids’’ college tuition, your retirement, occasional vacations and a small emergency fund―it’’s easy to feel there’’s just not enough money to do it all. 1. Budget. The first step is to create a budget. Once you know what you’’re spending your money on, you can figure out what you don’’t need to spend it on―and sock those savings away. "Every month you have to pay yourself first," says Joe Moglia, CEO of Ameritrade. "Take a little out of your paycheck. " It doesn’’t have to be much―it could be foregoing that extra latte or getting the DVD free at the library. 2. Retirement. Just about every survey of American investors these days shows that retirement is a main reason for saving. Yet an astounding number of people ignore the opportunities offered by employment-based retirement plans. According to a recent survey by Aon Consulting, more than 20% of those eligible for a 401k plan do not participate at all, while another 53% do not save at a rate high enough to take full advantage of their employers’’ matching contribution―the closest thing to free money in the retirement savings universe. Consider it money that grows without being taxed. 3. Emergency reserves. Many financial planners recommend that you have enough money in a savings or money-market account for at least six to nine months of essential expenses, including your mortgage or rent, insurance premiums, credit card payments, utility and grocery bills and other fixed expenses, such as car payments or student loans. And it’’s always a good idea to have cash on hand. During the blackout of 2003, the ATMs in my neighborhood were out, but we had about 500 in the house, enough to cover our immediate needs for a week or so. Protect Your Family A major illness, an extended disability or the loss of a job could wipe out your financial reserves and any prospect of being able to save enough to achieve your other life goals. Here’’s what you need to protect your savings: 4. Health insurance. A recent study of court records and direct interviews indicated that about half of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are caused in part by medical debts. A relative of mine is about to have her hip replaced and because she’’s over 65. Medicare is paying for it. But people under that age face enormous bills―when a child needs an appendectomy, for instance―and many of them lack insurance. A doctor in New York told me he recently performed heart bypass surgery on a 30-year-old man. His total bill, including surgery and the 10-day stay, came to 100,000. Luckily his insurance covered it. If your company provides medical benefits, you have the most cost-efficient (节省成本的) coverage available. Sign up. If you’’re responsible for your own medical insurance, you may want to look into Health Savings accounts (HSAs), a combination of a high deductible health plan and a tax-deductible savings account allocated to health care expenses. The funds in the account grow tax-free and can be withdrawn tax-free to pay for any qualified medical expenses, including over-the-counter medications, dental care, eyeglasses and other costs not usually covered by conventional health insurance plans. 5. Disability insurance. Over 80% of Americans don’’t have adequate disability coverage, according to a survey by the Consumer Federation of America and the American Council of Life Insurers. You may already have disability insurance through your employee benefits plan, either as paid sick leave or actual disability payments if you’’re unable to work for an extended period of time. But these programs tend to pay far less than your weekly salary. For the self-employed, having a financial safety net is even more crucial. 6. Life insurance. If you die prematurely, a life-insurance policy will provide immediate funds for funeral expenses, and may help replace your lost income. "Life insurance isn’’t a priority if you are single, but if you have a spouse or dependents, you want to make sure they’’re taken care of," says Barbara Raasch. Employers frequently offer coverage as part of their benefits package. Protect Your Legacy One of the most thoughtful legacies that anyone can leave is peace of mind. No one wants to mar the memory of a loved one with "I think this is what Mom wanted but she never said doubts". You can prevent that with the right advance directives and documents: 7. A will (遗嘱). Over half of the adult population in this country dies without a will. This is not just senseless; it’’s downright irresponsible. If you die intestate, or without a will, says Karin Barkhom, an estate planning attorney at Bryan Cave LLP, "the state determines how your assets are dispersed. " What’’s more, the government could end up collecting a lot more tax than necessary. 8. A living will. Also known as a health care directive, a living will specifies what medical measures should be used to keep you alive if you are incapacitated. Quiet a few agonizing cases have showed how the absence of a living will can rip a family apart. Health care providers are generally required to comply with the wishes you describe in your living will. 9. Durable power of attorney. This document authorizes a loved one to make Financial decisions on your behalf should you become unable. It allows someone to renew your CD at the bank, pay bills, sell stock or even sell your home or business, based on the agent’’s determination of what is best for you. " If you are in the hospital and cannot pay your bills or sign a check, someone will have to do it," says Raasch. "If any of your assets are held in your name only, your spouse can’’t touch that money unless the court appoints him guardian. The emotional turmoil of your loved ones having to go to court will only add to your misery. " Although it’’s best to have these documents prepared by a family-law attorney, you can cover the basics on your own with certain computer software programs. Retirement savings. Insurance coverage. Estate planning. These are the foundations of a financial well-being plan. Take care of your family and yourself today.Life insurance is useless for someone who is single. A．YB．NC．NG

题目37、-|||-What if the car,necessary to get the child to the daycare center and herself to and from her job,breaks ()? ()-|||-错题反馈-|||-A:down-|||-B:up-|||-C:out-|||-D;in-|||-答案: A B () D

With the extension of democratic rights in the first half of the nineteenth century and the ensuing decline of the Federalist establishment, a new conception of education began to emerge. Education was no longer a confirmation of a pre-existing status, but an instrument in the acquisition of higher status. For a new generation of upwardly mobile students, the goal of education was not to prepare them to live comfortably in the world into which they had been born, but to teach them new virtues and skills that would propel them into a different and better world. Education became training; and the student was no longer the gentleman-in-waiting, but the journeyman apprentice for upward mobility. In the nineteenth century a college education began to be seen as a way to get ahead in the world. The founding of the land-grant colleges opened the doors of higher education to poor but aspiring boys from non-Anglo-Saxon, working-class and lower-middle-class backgrounds. The myth of the poor boy who worked his way through college to success drew millions of poor boys to the new campuses. And with this shift, education became more vocational, its object was the acquisition of practical skills and useful information. For the gentleman-in-waiting, virtue consisted above all in grace and style, in doing well what was appropriate to his position; education was merely a way of acquiring polish. And vice was manifested in gracelessness, awkwardness, in behaving inappropriately, discourteously, or ostentatiously. For the apprentice, however, virtue was evidenced in success through hard work. The requisite qualities of character were not grace or style, but drive, determination, and a sharp eye for opportunity. While casual liberality and even prodigality characterized the gentleman, frugality, thrift, and self-control came to distinguish the new apprentice. And while the gentleman did not aspire to a higher station because his station was already high, the apprentice was continually becoming, striving, struggling upward. Failure for the apprentice meant standing still, not rising.The difference between "gentleman-in-waiting" and "journeyman" is that (). A. education trained gentleman-in-waiting to climb higher ladders B. journeyman was ready to take whatever was given to him C. gentleman-in-waiting belonged to a fixed and high social class D. journeyman could do practically nothing without education

I.单项选择-|||-1.(2020·呼和浩特)Sophia waited for a reply,but-|||-__ came.-|||-A.either B.another-|||-C.neither D.none-|||-2.(2020·凉山)-All the volunteers were very tired,-|||-but __ of them had a rest.-|||--They were busy helping the firemen-|||-A.both B.neither-|||-C.all D.none-|||-3.(2020·武汉)-Although these were good students,-|||-__ of them had a score above 60.-|||--1can'+beieve'et'!-|||-A.none B.no one-|||-C.some D.all-|||-4.(2020·丹东) -Mum, where is dad?-|||--He __ the supermarket.-|||-A.was going to B.has gone to-|||-C.has been to D.is going to-|||-5.(2020·宜昌) -HON about the third season of-|||-documentary Aerial China (航拍中国)?-|||--Great,I __ it twice.-|||-A.watched B.watch-|||-C.will watch D.have watched

One summer evening as I was cooking dinner，there was a knock at the door．I（36） ____ it and saw an old man．But his voice was pleasant as he said，"Good evening．I come to see if you have a（37） ____ for just one night．I came for a（n） （38） ____ this morning from the eastern part．And there's no bus till next morning．"He told me he'd been （39） ____ for a room but with no success．"I guess it's my face …I know it looks terrible，but my doctor says with a few more treatments…"he said．I told him we would （40） ____ him a bed，but to rest on the porch（走廊）．I went inside and prepared dinner．When we were （41） ____ ，I asked him if he would like to（42） ____ us．"No，thank you．I have plenty．"When I had finished the dinner，I went out to talk with （43） ____ ．It didn't take a long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body．He told me he fished for a living to （44） ____ his daughter，her five children，and her husband，who was hopelessly disabled．At bedtime，we （45） ____ a bed in the children's room for him．On his next trip，（46） ____ a gift，he brought a big fish I had never seen．In the years he came to stay overnight with us，and there was （47） ____ a time he did not （48） ____ us some fish or vegetables from his garden．I knew our family will always be （49） ____ to have known him．From him we learned what it was to accept the （50） ____ without a complaint （抱怨）and the good with thanks． 36．A．felt B．opened C．repaired D．painted 37．A．room B．book C．bus D．castle 38．A．interview B．meeting C．show D．treatment 39．A．crying B．hunting C．studying D．choosing 40．A．offer B．borrow C．send D．sell 41．A．happy B．free C．busy D．ready 42．A．call B．visit C．join D．invite 43．A．her B．him C．them D．it 44．A．expect B．save C．support D．serve 45．A．put B．planted C．covered D．discovered 46．A．at B．in C．for D．as 47．A．always B．never C．ever D．even 48．A．bring B．water C．desert D．buy 49．A．beautiful B．thankful C．special D．silent 50．A．poor B．wounded C．ill D．bad．

15. (2.0分) -Let's have a party in our department. -().A. All rightB. Good ideaC. Very goodD. I like

根据中文意思和拼写提示，填入所缺单词____ri - -____ fruit成熟的水果