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 Task

The ABE Department serves a huge population of learners. Our task is to teach basic skills and help learners to get more knowledge to function ef?fectively as a family member, citizen, worker, and lifelong learner in a changing world.

Description

ABE is a non-credit programme of self-improvement designed to im?prove basic skills for students who are of different educational levels. Devel?opment of reading, writing, and maths skills are paid special attention to， as well as life skills, employability, and technology. Students without a high school diploma also have the opportunity to prepare for the GED (Gen?eral Equivalency Diploma) exams in the five subject areas: writing, social studies, science, literature, and maths.

Prerequisites (條件)

ABE classes are open to anyone 18 or over who desires to improve basic reading? writing, and maths skills at the pre-college level. Students who are 16 or 17 must obtain an official permission from high school before attending classes.

To be accepted, students must attend an Educational Planning Session. During the Educational Planning Session, students will be given an overview of the ABE programmes as well as PCC policies, fees, etc.

Students will also have their reading, writing, and maths abilities as-sessed(評估)during the Educational Planning Session. The results of their assessments will help the teachers develop individual programmes of study for students to guide them towards their personal goals. Students needing special help must get in touch with the Office for Students with Disabilities (503-977-4341) at least two weeks before the session is held.

Courses

ABE 0741 ： Beginning Literacy ABE 0742： Beginning ABE 0743： Intermediate I ABE 0744： Intermediate H ABE 0745： Secondary I

ABE 0746： Secondary II (Includes preparation for the GED Test)

5.The ABE Department serves an aim to .

  A.provide learners with basic knowledge and skills to fit in with society

B.help learners successfully get a job in the changing world

C.offer diplomas to those who fail to finish secondary education

D. provide students with opportunities to prepare for the GED exams

6.A 17-year-old student is not accepted to ABE classes only because he

 A.is below eighteen

B.can't offer a high school diploma

C.can't provide an official permission from high school

D.is assessed as a poor student in learning

7. Different courses are offered to different students according to .

 A.their own choices

B.the assessments during the Educational Planning Session

C.their performances at school

D.how much they pay for the courses

3. [2014 •江蘇卷]Top graduates from universities are   by major companies.

A. chased       B. registered

C. offered        D. compensated

I.閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分32分）

第一節(jié)（共11小題；每小題2分，滿分22分）

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The air is filled with the wonderful smells of freshly-baked bread. Wel?come to the Hot Bread Kitchen. Six years ago, Jessamyn Rodriguez left her job at the United Nations and started a bakery business. But bread was not all she had in mind.

Ms Rodriguez's idea was to hire women to bake the kinds of bread they made in their home countries. She knew that many women who came from other countries were hard workers, but often very poorly paid. "And I be?lieve that if you invest in a woman you are investing in a family and a com?munity," she said.

She has eighteen women working in her bakery(面包店).They come from Mexico, Bangladesh, Togo, Morocco, Haiti, and other places. "A head baker in New York City can earn sixty-five thousand dollars a year. We're hoping that within a few years our women will be qualified to be head bakers in the city," she said.

The women who work and learn at the Hot Bread Kitchen are paid nine dollars an hour. They also receive health care and get English lessons twice a week. Fatiha Outabount is from Morocco. She said* "Before, I don't speak English — Nothing. Just ' Hi, bye, good night' -" that's it. But when I start to have classes here, I'm speaking English better."

The bread the women bake is sold to markets and expensive restaurants in New York City. Ms Rodriguez says her business is the only bakery in the city that produces bread from so many different cultures. "I like to say that we're like the United Nations of bread," she added.

When I asked Fatiha if the job was what she expected it would be, she smiled and said, "Yes. I love this programme. We learn a lot of stuff. We work like a family."

1. What did Jessamyn Rodriguez decide to do six years ago?

  A. To make bread at home.

B. To start her own business.

C. To work at the United Nations.

D. To find a job at Hot Bread Kitchen.

2. Ms Rodriguez hopes that in the future the women at her bakery will

  A. become managers in different cities

B. become head bakers in New York City

C, invest in women from other countries

D.open their own bakeries in New York City

3 Fatiha Outabount is mentioned in the passage to show that .

  A. the women can get English lessons at Hot Bread Kitchen

B. the women hate working at Hot Bread Kitchen

C. the women work harder than native Americans

D. English is very hard for the women at Hot Bread Kitchen

4. What is implied in what Fatiha Outabount said in the last paragraph?

  A. She expected her job would be much better.

B. She loved her job at Hot Bread Kitchen.

C. She worked at Hot Bread Kitchen with her family.

D. She knew how to make bread from different countries.

2.   the school, the village has a clinic, which was also built with government support.

A. In reply to      B. In addition to

C. In charge of      D. In place of

1. [2014 •福建卷]It is widely acknowledged that students should be  in terms of overall quality.

A. supported        B. matched

C. evaluated      D. controlled

20. —Which of those ties do you like best?

.    They are all too expensive and don't go well with my new suit.

A. Either     B. None

C. All       D. Neither

19. Wherever he is, he makes     a rule to give his mother a call every day.

A. him         B. this

C. that       D. it

18. Mrs Taylor has    9-year-old daughter who has    gift for painting―she has

won two national prizes.

A. a; a        B an; the

C. an; a      D. the; a

17. ―Can Li Ping help me with my English? 

―I regret to tell you her English is    yours.

A. as good as     B. no better than

C. no more than   D. as much as

16. This ticket     one adult and one child to the show.

A. promises    B. enters

C. admits     D. includes