Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.
E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun -see a great movie perhaps-and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.
With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E-mail is also an inexpensive way stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.
64. The purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. explain how to use the Internet
B. describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology
C. tell the merits(價(jià)值) and usefulness of the Internet
D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet
65. According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the former（前者） helps one _________.
A. reach a group of people at a time conveniently
B. keep one’s communication as personal as possible
C. pass on much more information than the later
D. get in touch with one’s friends faster than the later
66. The best title for this passage is ________.
A. Computer: New Technological Advances
B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship
C. Computers Have Made Life Easier
D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication
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The purpose of a letter of application (求職) is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state   16  the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have   17   . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without  18   out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in   19  that things a possible employer is most   20  to want to know about are your qualification, your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.   21  the first few sentences fail to  22   the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be   23  at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer, not  24  your own needs or desires. For example, instead of beginning with "I saw your  25  in today's newspaper". You might say "I have made a careful  26  of your advertising during the past six months" or "I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives   27  your product and why they like it".
Try to  28  generalities (籠統(tǒng)) . Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now   29 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask "What can I  30  in a letter? Employers want experience---which, naturally, no 31   has. The answer is that everything you have ever done is  32 .
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16. A. clearly          B. carefully         C. obviously             D. easily
17. A. found           B. done            C. known             D. heard
18. A. sending          B. taking            C. leaving              D. picking
19. A. brain            B. sight            C. order                D. mind
20. A. probable          B. possible         C. likely                D. able
21. A. While           B. Although        C. As                  D. If
22. A. pay              B. win             C. show                D. fix
23. A. kept             B. continued        C. written              D. read
24. A. to              B. for              C. into                  D. from
25. A. advertisement      B. report         C. article               D. introduction
26. A. watch           B. search            C. study                D. discussion
27. A. change          B. make            C. sell                   D. use
28. A. avoid            B. remember        C. protect              D. gain
29. A. losing           B. applying         C. preparing             D. fitting
30. A. offer            B. supply            C. mean                D. provide
31 .A. worker          B. beginner         C. owner               D. manager
32. A. success          B. development      C. practice              D. experience
33. A .Make            B. Ask             C. State                 D. Get
34. A. result            B. decision          C. promise                   D. idea
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Through his snake-hunting expeditions, Perkins won his fame as a snake expert. His love for snakes is such that he thinks of them in terms of (根據(jù)) personalities. However, snakes do not have the universal appeal as he wishes. Even Perkins’ most favorite animal Bushman, the 550-pound toughest African ape, was frightened by snakes. Bushman once escaped from his cage. Nothing could draw him back. Finally a keeper went to the reptile house, got three little snakes, and dangled (搖晃) them toward Bushman. The great ape nearly tore the place apart getting back to the safety of his cage.
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40.Perkins’ first zoo job was __________.
A. collecting snakes     B. sweeping sidewalks
C. looking after an ape   D. taking notes on animals
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A. he was easy to be nervous   B. most people dislike animals
even animals dislike snakes  D. he was a tough animal to manage
42.Perkins believes the best way to success is to __________.
A. do what you like most     B.work hard at it
C.do what people don’t like   D.be brave enough
43. According to the passage, Marlin Perkins entered his life work through ______.
A. help      B.chance        C.choice      D.necessity
44.A good title for the passage would be ________.
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He lost his arms in an accident. Since then，he has had to 36 the arms of his younger brother. His younger brother became his 37，and he was completely unable to do 38 in his life without him.
A 39 misfortune happened to a girl，too. While 40 meals for her parents，she overturned the kerosene light on the stove，41 a fire which took her 42 away.
Though her elder sister showed her 43 to take care of her，she was determined to be completely 44.  Once she wrote the following in her composition：“I am lucky. Though I lost my arms，I still have legs；I am lucky. Though my wings are broken，my 45 can still fly.”
One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to 46 on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his 47 future at being left on his own， whereas the girl was full of 48 for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their 49. The boy wrote：My younger brother's arms are my arms；while the girl wrote： Broken wings，flying heart.
They had both 50 the same hardship，but their different attitudes determined the 51 of their lives. It is true that life is 52. Disasters can strike at any time. How you handle misfortune when faced with it，is the true 53 of your character. If you choose only to 54 and escape from the hardship，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong，the hardship will 55 to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
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37. A. assistant   B. shade     C. guide   D. shadow
38. A. anything B.  something  C. everything D. nothing
39. A. familiar  B.  similar   C. same  D.  different
40.A. buying B. preparing  C. serving   D. having
41. A. running into   B. putting out 
C. resulting in   D. escaping from
42. A. fingers B. arms   C. feet   D. legs
43. A. power  B. ability   C. strength D. willingness
44. A. independent B. attentive  C. competitive  D. loyal
45. A. heart B.  spirit    C. soul  D. mind
46. A. conflict  B. perform   C. compete D. appear
47. A. colorful   B. uncertain    C.  bright    D. elegant
48. A. enthusiasm   B.  complaint   C.  envy  D. curiosity
49. A. hearts  B. hands  C. toes     D. feet
50. A.  enquired B. enjoyed   C. endeavored   D. endured
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52. A.  accessible  B. available     C. unpredictable      D. unacceptable
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Every one in our school loves sports. Every morning __36__ we get up,we do morning exercises. After the second class we do exercise again. We only have __37__ classes twice a week, but we do physical training at five every afternoon. The most popular sport is basketball. The __38__ enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it, too. __39__ popular sport is football and in every class there __40__ a lot of football fans. Volleyball is often played when the weather is __41__. We have school teams in basketball, football and volleyball. Our teams often __42__ friendship matches with teams from other schools. When there is a match, __43__of us go to watch it and cheer our side on .
Besides ball games, some of us like track-and-field events, __44__ we often practise running, jumping and throwing. Every term we have tests in these events and once a year, we hold a sports meeting.
Sports help us to keep __45__.
36. A. while           B when            C before            D after
37. A.English          B. Chinese         C. P.E             D. music
38. A. teacher          B. boys            C. students          D. people
39. A. Some other       B. Other           C. Another          D. The other
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43. A. several           B. few             C. a few            D. many
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70. We can know from the passage that _________.
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B. will not have good relationship with their parents
C. won’t have clear ideas of themselves
D. will have no difficulty getting along with others
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A. stop complaining about their children
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A famous foreign company that invested in China wanted to employ a reception secretary for its public relation department.
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56．What did the examiner value most?
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C．One’s young age.        D．One’s independence.
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A．the other girl who failed at the last oral test was most likely（有可能）to get the job
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C．the company lost its best employee
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A．She knew what to do.
B．She couldn’t answer the question.
C．She hadn’t expected the examiner would ask such a question.
D．Her parents would scold her if she agreed without their permission.
59．The best title of this passage probably is ________.
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64．How many germy places are mentioned in this passage?
A．two                        B．four                       C．six                         D．eight
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B．Use a disinfectant to clean your bathtub weekly．
C．Use a hand sanitizer after using an ATM or handling paper money．
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第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分10分）
請(qǐng)閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上將對(duì)應(yīng)題號(hào)的相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)字母涂黑。
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A．Chapter One. …you probably have an image in your mind of what the “perfect’ or “ideal” body looks like. Try not to press yourself to look that way. Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his / her body. Everyone is different. It’s important to be comfortable with the body you have.
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58. Helly. She has tried many ways of keeping fit, but she still gets fat because of stress from work. She doesn’t look well.
59. Tammy. He is a Grade One college student majoring in gymnastics. He must write a passage about what a healthy body is.
60. Pandy. He is a coach, working in a gym. He will start a new course next month on how to lose weight. For the first few lessons, he is going to talk about why people have to exercise.

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