More than 30, 000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor windows. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half. Therefore, drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to 50. It will no be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it. This text is taken from ____. A.a medical magazine B.a police report C.a legal document D.a government information booklet It is the driver’s responsibility to ____.A.make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt B.make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt C.stop children riding in the front seat D.wear a seat belt each time he drives According to the text, which of the following riding in the front does not have to wear a seat belt？A.Someone who is backing the car into a space B.Someone who is picking up the children from the local school. C.Someone who is delivering invitation letters. D.Someone who is under 14 For some people, it may be better ____.A.to wear a seat belt for health reasons B.not to wear a seat belt for health reasons C.to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt D.to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle ____.A.reduces road accidents by more than half B.saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour C.reduces the death rate in traffic accidents D.saves more than 15, 000 lives each year

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. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal 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, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else―he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response 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? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look around”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.1 When a man is buying clothes, ____ .A he chooses things that others recommendB he buys cheap things, regardless of qualityC he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensiveD he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things2 In commerce a good salesman is one who ____ .A sells something a customer does not particularly wantB always has in stock the thing the customer wantsC can find out quickly the goods requiredD does not waste his time on difficult customers3 What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?A He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.B He usually does not buy anything.C At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.D So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.4 According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women ____ .A often buy things without thinkingB seldom buy cheap clothesC welcome suggestions from anyoneD never take any advice5 What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?A The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.B Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.C Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.D The time they take over buying clothes.

My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school， when，for three whole days， I worked in a baking factory. My best friend Betsy's father was a manager at Hough Bakeries，which，at Easter time，（1） ____ little bunny（兔子）cakes for all its （2） ____ throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for （3） ____ help during our spring break， for which I had no（4） ____ beyond listening to my favorite records.I'd （5） ____ minimum wage. I'd see how a factory（6） ____ . My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy's dad with their （7） ____ . Our（8） ____ in the factory were simple：Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing（糖霜）ears. Apply icing eyes and nose.（9） ____ bunny from the belt. This was （10） ____ than it sounds. （11） ____ a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night， it was all a little more high-pressure than I'd （12） ____ . Dad（13） ____ . The son of a grocer， he'd spent the summers of his childhood （14） ____ food in Bernardsville， New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you（15） ____ the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work， he told me. （1）A. sold B. ordered C. made D. reserved （2）A. stores B. families C. schools D. citizens （3）A. generous B. financial C. technical D. temporary （4）A. plans B. problems C. excuses D. hobbies （5）A. offer B. earn C. set D. suggest （6）A. worked B. closed C. developed D. survived （7）A. ambition B. permission C. experience D. invitation （8）A. joys B. ideas C. roles D. choices （9）A. Save B. Keep C. Stop D. Remove （10）A. harder B. better C. longer D. cheaper （11）A. Calm down B. Slow down C. Stay on D. Move on （12）A. indicated B. witnessed C. expected D. remembered （13）A. cried B. smiled C. hesitated D. refused （14）A. tasting B. finding C. sharing D. delivering （15）A. withdraw B. donate C. receive D. appreciate

19．Benjamin told me his father had decided to support him and _____ he would quit the school to start his business.A. /B. whenC. thatD. which

30. (2.0分) Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.A. 对B. 错

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。An Unsung HeroNeed a break between classes or just a quick pick-me-up in the morning? The College Cafe has just that, and more. underline(36)Catherine Murphy, a cafe worker in a green shirt and black hat, makes sure that each customer gets exactly what they order. She goes back and forth between machines to make the drinks.underline(37) As the customer grabs the drink from her hand, she smiles and says, "Hello, how is your day?" Even when the line is getting longer, she doesn't let it get in the way of her genuine conversations.Murphy gets up at a quarter to five and drives thirty minutes every day to get to work on time.underline(38) "I do so because I like to make coffee for the students. I know they need it in the morning," Murphy said. Being a mother and wife has helped her become the woman she is. She believes she is here to serve.One thing Murphy may not know is that her smile is contagious (有感染力) and can be the difference in a student having a much better day than they were having before seeing her. Joanna Wright, a senior political science major, loves coffee and goes to the cafe at least six days a week.underline(39) "Catherine always has a huge smile on her face, which always puts me in a cheerful mood," Wright said."I enjoy working in the cafe," Murphy said.underline(40) She has every intention of staying and continuing doing what she loves.A. The cafe closes at 9 pm every day.B. She has two children aged eight and four.C. Sometimes she arrives early to serve the students early.D. After finishing an order, she calls out the name on the cup.E. Not only does this cafe serve up drinks, it also serves up smiles.F. Going to the cafe starts her day off good and gets her ready for class.G. She has served here for 17 years and can't imagine working anywhere else.

Commercial banks made most of their income from interest ______ on loads and inve4stment in stocks and bonds. A. earn B. earned C. to earn D. earning

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You never see him, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're known as the black box. When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the device's homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed. In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U. S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility. Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand（抵挡）massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When submerged（潜入水中）, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.(1).What does the author say about the black box? A.It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.B.The idea for its design comes from a comic book.C.Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.D.It is an indispensable device on an airplane.(2). What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.B.The total number of passengers on board.C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.(3). Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? A.New materials became available by that time.B.Too much space was needed for its installation.C.The early models often got damaged in the crash.D.The early models didn't provide the needed data.(4). What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447? A.There is still a good chance of their being recovered.B.There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.C.They have stopped sending homing signals.D.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

The manager made a farseeing decision ______ what she had said.A. in the course ofB. in the light ofC. in favor ofD. in the face of