There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute ?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?                                    

A．Finding a job.

B．College students’part-time jobs.

C．Craigslist Web site.

D．The relation between study and work.

小題2:By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can ______.

A．sell your old things

B．do some shopping online

C．create your own announcement board

D．get useful information about 450 cities

小題3:“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _____.

A．work on the airplane	B．buy a parachute
C．publish a book	D．find a suitable job

小題4: It can be learned from the passage that ______.

A．companies often put job information in local shops

B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA

C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers

D．California Career Services mainly serves university students

小題5:How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人體骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
小題1:Who wrote the story?

A．Rupert's teacher.	B．The neighbor's teacher.
C．A medical school teacher.	D．The teacher's neighbor.

小題2:Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A．He needed it for the summer term in London.

B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

小題3:What happened at the airport?

A．The skeleton went missing.	B．The skeleton was stolen.
C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.	D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

小題4:Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

A．He was angry.	B．He thinks it very funny.
C．He feels helpless without Rupert.	D．He feels good without Rupert.

小題5:Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

Five years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China.
Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei province . Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear most often on the big screen.
At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site（建筑工地）for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary（臨時的）actors.
This was the most difficult time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie “Blind Shaft”. He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn’t make any difference to his life.
That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around US$250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first set foot in the city. His life was as simple as before.
Thanks to his natural performance in “Blind Shaft,” he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film “A World Without Thieves” in 2004, which made him famous
immediately. People called him “Shagen,” the name of his character in the movie.
Wang’s latest work, “Soldiers’ Sortie” has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland . For the actor, it’s a dream coming true.
“Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing（追求）dreams. No matter how tough one thing is, I can make it as long as I put great effort into it,” he said.
小題1:   Why does Wang Baoqiang leave for Shaolin Temple at his early age ?

A．To study kungfu to build up his strength .

B．He has seen through the human society .

C．To realize his childhood dream to be an actor .

D．To make money in support of his family .

小題2:Which of the following films made him win three prizes ?

A．A World Without Thieves	B．Soldiers’ Sortie .
C．Plot Against	D．Blind Shaft

小題3:What would be the best title for this passage ?

A．The Movies about Wang Baoqiang	B．Pursuing Dreams
C．How to Become Famous	D．Overnight Well-known

完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。
“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had   36  in the face of struggle and change．
My mother , born in the late 1920s,   37  no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly , died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried,   38  he stepmother was   39  to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household   40  ,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to _41  her stepbrothers "Never say die" she   42 __say to herself．
After marrying my father , she  43  my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe   44  of food and my family was no   45  ．There was a   46  in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time , there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a_47   "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters—one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the   48   picked up．My father was once 49_ to drinking．My mother, on the one hand , tried hard to   50  him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．
Poor as my family was my parents   51  to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely   52  in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to  53 her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant.
Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren. Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family  54 being blessed with such a great mother. “Never say die” is a  55 gift she left for her off springs.

小題1:	A．energy B．strength C．power D．force

小題2:	A．received B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．gave D．took

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．or C．but D．so

小題4:	A．cruel B．strict C．hard D．particular

小題5:	A．events B．incidents C．a(chǎn)ffairs D．a(chǎn)ccidents

小題6:	A．looking after B．looking for C．looking into D．looking up

小題7:	A．would B．could C．should D．might

小題8:	A．considered B．regarded C．took D．treated

小題9:	A．short B．lacking C．lack D．lacked

小題10:

A．reception B．expectation C．explosion D．exception

小題11:

A．tradition B．habit C．custom D．practice

小題12:

A．trouble B．panic C．puzzle D．pain

小題13:

A．condition B．situation C．occasion D．cii5e

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)ddicted B．devoted C．a(chǎn)ccustomed D．used

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)dvise B．suggest C．talk D．convince

小題16:

A．succeeded B．managed C．tried D．a(chǎn)ttempted

小題17:

A．uneasy B．unfit C．unusual D．universal

小題18:

A．bringing up B．raising C．supporting D．feeding

小題19:

A．understand B．enjoy C．imagine D．a(chǎn)ppreciate

小題20:

A．worthless B．priceless C．endless D．penniless

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs．
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.” It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch．He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch．”
He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class.”
小題1:Why can the writer use Roberts's house to raise money for youth at risk programs?

A．Because they are good friends.

B．Because Monty Roberts has a poor childhood.

C．Because Monty Roberts like to help youth．

D．Because the youth has the same dream as Montv Roberts.

小題2:What do you think of Monty Koberts' goal of a horse ranch at that time?

A．dream

B．romantic

C．real

D．false

小題3:What would happen after the teacher gave a note "See me after class.”?

A．Monty Roberts got very angry at this.

B．The teacher would criticize him.

C．The teacher wanted to tell him that his dream would come true．

D．The teacher would encourage him.

Last year, I lost my best friend in high school. It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its  36 way, but mine couldn’t. I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face  37 and their gossip at school. I was forced to   38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school  39 completely defeated. All I wanted to do was  40 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and  41 a pile of cards left by my dad. Each card included a（n）  42 that it was to be opened on a  43 night that week.
I made it through that week   44 my father. Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear. Tuesday’s card said, “The past is painful to think about and the  46 is impossible to imagine. Don’t try. Just take it one minute at a time.” On Wednesday my mood  47 when I read, “What you are feeling now is   48 and normal. It still feels very bad, but it is part of the healing  49 .” Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote. The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special  50 you face along life’s way, may you  51 that you will find the best in every day.” I was instructed to open the last card  52 the party I went to on Saturday night. In it he wisely reminded me to  53 . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh. The more you laugh, the more you heal.” Each card was signed, “Love, Dad.”
My world once collapsed but I  54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad , who made his  55 known when he couldn’t be present.

小題1:	A．pleasant B．strange C．funny D．normal

小題2:	A．everyone B．a(chǎn)nyone C．someone D．nobody

小題3:	A．work out B．meet with C．deal with D．come across

小題4:	A．making B．feeling C．regarding D．onsidering

小題5:	A．crawl B．push C．jump D．draw

小題6:	A．invented B．discovered C．created D．wrote

小題7:	A．instruction B．explanation C．presentation D．information

小題8:	A．regular B．flexible C．particular D．legal

小題9:	A．in favor of B．regardless of C．in search of D．because of

小題10:

A．seemed B．happened C．occurred D．intended

小題11:

A．life B．future C．dream D．result

小題12:

A．fell B．passed C．flied D．lifted

小題13:

A．false B．honest C．natural D．innocent

小題14:

A．content B．process C．cure D．progress

小題15:

A．destruction B．competition C．challenges D．destination

小題16:

A．trust B．guess C．predict D．succeed

小題17:

A．before B．since C．a(chǎn)fter D．till

小題18:

A．cry B．scream C．sing D．laugh

小題19:

A．got through B．looked through C．broke through D．put through

小題20:

A．schedule B．concept C．soul D．confidence

For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.
If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.
小題1: The author felt depressed because she __________.

A．couldn't consume her waking hour

B．had not seen a film for a long time.

C．had not finished her work on time

D．had worked on a hard job for too long

小題2:The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

A．take photos	B．find a solution to the project
C．hop along the path	D．cheer herself up

小題3: The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________.".

A．unsuccessful

B．unrelated

C．uninteresting

D．unexpected

小題4:In the author's opinion, __________.

A．a(chǎn) bath can make people relaxed

B．depression is usually caused by hard work

C．walking in a busy city centre harms people's health

D．a(chǎn)dults should express their inner feelings freely

小題5:The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

A．explanation

B．suggestion

C．introduction

D．reminder

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1-15各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the ___1___ to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would ___2___ under a tree midway, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter __3__ to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the __4__, he became worried and didn’t know what to do. At that time, a saint(圣人) __5__ to be passing by. When the potter told the saint what his __6__ was, he said, “Take the __7__ to the place where you tie him every day. __8__ to tie him using an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
When he woke up, to his __9__ and relief, he found the donkey standing in the __10__ place. But to his frustration, when he prepared to leave for __11__, the donkey did not move. __12__, the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the donkey’s __13__ behavior. The saint said, “Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter __14__ the saint’s advice.
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home __15__ his donkey.
1. A. factory      B. garden           C. field             D. village
2. A. stand        B. rest             C. sing             D. dance
3. A. forgot       B. decided          C. expected         D. agreed
4. A. stone        B. tree             C. bridge           D. house
5. A. failed        B. attempted        C. happened        D. managed
6. A. animal       B. plant            C. problem         D. result
7. A. bird         B. flower           C. donkey          D. rope
8. A. Believe      B. Learn           C. Wish           D. Pretend
9. A. surprise      B. disappointment    C. anger           D. regret
10. A. similar      B. special           C. same           D. wrong
11. A. field        B. school           C. home           D. hospital
12. A. Quickly     B. Luckily           C. Unfortunately    D. Badly
13. A. funny       B. foolish           C. proper          D. strange
14. A offered       B. followed         C. refused         D. received
15. A. happily      B. sadly            C. seriously       D. casually

Sarah wrote a letter to Annie, saying that she felt __31__ by her friend, Hannah. They had an exam recently and Sarah got the __32___ grade in the class. When washing hands with Hannah, Sarah __33__ that she did badly in the exam and __34__ her not to tell anyone else. However, the next day, some other students got to know the news. Sarah thought it was Hannah who didn’t keep her __35__ because the only people who can see their grades are the teacher and the students that the grades __36__ to. But when Sarah talked about it with Hannah, she __37__ that she hadn’t told anyone else and said that someone must have been __38__ on what they said. But Sarah didn’t __39 __ her, and could not __40__ her for doing that and lying. Sarah lost her best friend.

小題1:	A．sad B．happy C．a(chǎn)nnoyed D．betrayed

小題2:	A．highest B．worst C．lowest D．best

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)dmitted B．swore C．promised D．thought

小題4:	A．ordered B．begged C．suggested D．a(chǎn)sked

小題5:	A．news B．secret C．word D．things

小題6:	A．use B．belong C．gave D．thanks

小題7:	A．swore B．thought C．a(chǎn)dvised D．promised

小題8:	A．putting B．keeping C．focusing D．spying

小題9:	A．hear B．believe C．a(chǎn)sk D．like

小題10:

A．believe B．trust C．forgive D．understand

In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her  36 voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and  37 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had  38 the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the  39 letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the  40 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her
41 . Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty，even when it  42 her the contest. But the fact is that she  43 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her   44  .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get  45 .This young girl could easily have  46 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you  47 , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own  48 and character more than the prize from a spelling  49 . Her respect for herself was more important than any   50 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the  51 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today  52 what you are tomorrow. Our children will  53 our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we want them to  54 to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are  55 what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.

小題1:	A．high B．sweet C．tough D．soft

小題2:	A．finally B．kindly C．secretly D．totally

小題3:	A．forgotten B．mispronounced C．misspelled D．lost

小題4:	A．correct B．wrong C．different D．same

小題5:	A．stage B．studio C．test D．classroom

小題6:	A．bravery B．honesty C．courage D．cleverness

小題7:	A．cancelled B．cost C．offered D．wasted

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)chieved B．broke C．won D．defeated

小題9:	A．reputation B．knowledge C．1ife D．character

小題10:

A．paid B．a(chǎn)warded C．caught D．reported

小題11:

A．escaped B．1ied C．changed D．a(chǎn)nswered

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)ccept B．fight C．cheat D．insist

小題13:

A．conscience B．feeling C．diligence D．modesty

小題14:

A．contest B．champion C．judger D．expert

小題15:

A．sense B．pride C．respect D．a(chǎn)wareness

小題16:

A．plan B．conclusion C．discovery D．choice

小題17:

A．make B．change C．keep D．create

小題18:

A．give B．take C．follow D．set

小題19:

A．grow up B．bring up C．take up D．come up

小題20:

A．recording B．inspecting C．correcting D．watching