A worker has broken the world record for the longest-servingairline mechanic. Azriel Blackman, 91, started his workin 1942,aged 16 and has worked for 75 years. His starting salary was50 cents an hour. He works five days a week at JFKInternational Airport. His age means he can’t do some tasksfor safety reasons. He can’t climb up ladders, drive on therunways or use certain tools. He is responsible for checking themaintenance the airplanes need.Mr. Blackman has been recognized for his work. AmericanAirlines painted his signature on the front of a Boeing 777. The91-year-old received a standing applause from his colleagues.Reporters asked him about the secret behind his record. Hesaid,“I’m proud to be a mechanic … When you like what youdo, it’s not work.” When reporters asked him about retirement,he said, “That’s not up to me. That’s up to the man upstairs.”1.What is the news mainly about?A) A mechanic breaks the world record for his long career years.B) An airline company fires old workers who can’t keep updated.C) An airline company hires old workers with good experience.D) A mechanic gets badly injured when repairing a jet plane.2.What do we learn about Mr. Blackman?A) He has worked for nearly 50 years.B) He is responsible for safety control.C) He usually works five days a week.D) He usually drives on the runways.3.What does Mr. Blackman think of his work?A) It is a great pity that he has to quit it.B) He feels proud for being a mechanic.C) There are many secrets in this area.D) He looks forward to his retirement.

In which of the following two sentences the conjunction “ while ” means “although” ?A. Strike while the iron is hot.B. I like dogs, while my wife hates them.C. While he loves his students, he is very strict with them.D. Please keep an eye on my bicycle while I’m away.

If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in the way of ______.A. persuasionB. remedyC. encouragementD. compromise

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "Is Failure a Bad Thing?". You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline given below.1) 陈述大家对此话题的不同态度，提出自己的观点。2) 对自己的观点进行充分说明。3) 总结并强调自己的观点。

62)_for a long time，the fields are all dried up and the farmers are worried about this year's crops.A. There been no rainB. There having no rainC. There being no rainD. There having been no rain

18.What do flash-players normally do?A.) They find companions through newspapers.B.) They assemble in a private house to have a party.C.) They set up fixed groups and meeting time.D.) They get together for only one day.

52. For what purpose has a global campaign been launched?A. To reduce the impact of climate change on Antarctica.B. To establish conservation areas in the Antarctic region.C. To regulate krill fishing operations in the Antarctic seas.D. To publicise the concern about the impact of krill fishing.

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. He knows what he wants, and his purpose is to find it and buy it; the price is a less important consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the salesman immediately produces it, and the business of trying it is done at once. All being well, the bargain can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. Then the salesman tries to sell the customer something else—he offers the nearest he can to the thing required. He usually says, "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it on for size? It happens to be the color you want." Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual reply is: "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on." Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in the opposite. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only "having a look round." She is always open to persuasion; indeed she considers of great importance what the saleswoman tells her, even what her friends tell her. She will try on any number of things. Highest in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always trying to find an unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It takes a great deal of time but gives great joy. Most dress shops supply chairs for the waiting husbands. 53. When a man is buying clothes, he ___________. A. puts price before quality　　B. chooses things that others think suitable for him C. does not mind much the price he has to pay for the right things D. buys good quality things, so long as they do not cost too much 54. When a man cannot get what he wants, he ________. A. buys something of the same color in a slight different style B. usually does not buy anything C. will try on some other clothes of the same style D. wastes no time in buying something else 55. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes ? A. They welcome suggestions from anyone B. Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes C. Women often buy things without thinking　　D. They listen to advice but never take it 56. The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is ________. A. that men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do B. that women bargain for their clothes and men don't C. that women do their shopping standing up but men do theirs sitting down D. the time they take over buying clothes.

【题文】For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies----and other creatures----learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological (生理的) “drive” as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.Paousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children’s response in situation where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “switched on a display of lights---- and indeed that they were able to learn quite complicated turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.Papousek’s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would turn back to watch the lights closely although they would “smile and bubble” when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of lights which pleased them, it was the success that they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.47.According to the author, babies learn to do things which ____. A. are directly related to pleasure B. will meet their physical needs C. will bring them a feeling of success D. will satisfy their curiosity48.Papousek noticed in the studies that a baby ____. A. would make learned response when it saw the milk B. would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink C. would continue the simple movements without being given milk D. would turn its head to right or life when it had enough to drink49.In Papousek’s experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to ____. A. have the lights turned on B. be rewarded with milk C. please their parents D. be praised50.According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving is a reflection of ____. A. a basic human desire to understand and control the world B. the satisfaction of certain physiological needs C. their strong desire to solve complex problem D. a fundamental human urge to display their learned skills

Starvation is the most fearful and the most dreaded of all the anxieties that haunt ( 恐惧 ) the minds and the imaginations of humankind. Humankind's every effort has been directed to combat it, and this will likely continue until the end of time. Its prevention has been the greatest motivation that human beings have had to progress socially, intellectually and technologically. It is the real enemy. Like other enemies, its presence brings forth the best that is in us and urges us to do greater things in struggle. In the continuous fight against hunger and cold, humankind has progressed in remarkable ways and done far more than what was absolutely necessary to merely fend off against starvation. The future progress of humankind can only be made maintained if we keep up the fight.What do we learn from the first paragraph of the passage?A Humankind has been in starvation all the time.B Humankind will succeed in all its future battles.C Humankind has progressed a lot in the struggle against starvation.