The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive both as a job and as an industry.

       Sources at the Beijing People’s Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the city’s laid-off workers. The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal (市政的) centers which supervise (監(jiān)督) property management, household mending and installation, and house keeping services. Modern city life is creating a need for industrialization home services. This will create job opportunities for laid-off workers, said vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.

       Beijing residents have long desired a home service industry. The demand is expected to drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.

       In the past, few laid-off workers in Beijing desired to work as home helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city residents have not felt safe trusting rural girls with modern household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laid-off workers.

       By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 40’s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics (準(zhǔn)則) shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades. They never imagined being laid off by state owned enterprises; they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector (部門) meant taking risks; house-keeping implied lower social status. Gao Yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice. She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month. So she no longer worries about her daughter’s tuition at a university in Shanghai.

1. What is talked about in the passage?

       A. Home service.          B. Modern city life.              C. Laid-off workers.      D. Social status.

2. What does the word “ laid-off” in the passage mean?

       A. Heavily-burdened.    B. Old                          C. Inexperienced.          D. Jobless.

3.    Why didn’t the laid-off workers like to do home services in the past?

       A. Low salary.                                                        B. Lower social status.  

C. Dirty working condition.                              D. Too much extra work.

4.    Why were many laid-off workers at a loss?

       A. Because they didn’t get used to the new way of life.     

       B. Because they are too old to find a new job.

       C. Because they dislike being laid off. 

D. Because they think they lost their social status.

Beverley had been feeling dull, bored and a bit out of it. He mentioned his mood (state of mind) when going to Andrew for a sports massage. He wondered whether he should take up Tai Chi. But Andrew didn’t think so.

“Tai Chi is great for people who want to feel grounded, but that isn’t your problem,” he said. “What you need is something more exciting, like dancing.”

In future, therapists (理療專家) may well suggest that you fight your sadness with a course in kickboxing, and family doctors might suggest that you take a rest in the mountains instead.

We’ve long been aware that exercise has benefits beyond the physical ones; that activity can relax you, and help psychological well-being by reducing stress, anxiety and sadness.

Now some trainers and sports psychologists are going further and examining how to identify the correct exercise for a client’s (當(dāng)事人) specific state of mind and personality.

Professor Stuart Biddle, an exercise and sports psychologist based at Loughborough University, England, has researched the effects of exercise on moods.

One of his findings was that, if your problem is low self-esteem, weight training should be your bag. “Working with weights builds strength,” he says, “and creates a stronger body image.”

Anger management, meanwhile, demands bursts of explosive (爆發(fā)性的) activity, from sports such as boxing or tennis.

This is because anger makes the body release（釋放）adrenaline (腎上腺素), which causes heart rate and blood pressure to rise and muscles to become tighter —— the physiological changes required if you are to defend yourself.

Research shows that the “punch-bag (用拳頭擊打沙袋)” method of releasing disappointment and anger through hitting a boxing opponent (對手) or tennis ball, can help with fighting issues.

They have also found that teamwork is good for self-esteem and that those who are brought together to work in a social setting become more lively.

Which type of exercise will best help is, of course, down to the individual. Clearly, before you can find the best physical activity for yourself, you have to know your needs.

Ask yourself a few questions such as: What do I need in my life? Which issues are difficult for me? Am I sad or troubled? Only then can you decide whether you need taking up, or taking down.

1. Why did Andrew think Beverley shouldn’t take up Tai Chi?

A. Because Beverley was too weak.            B. Because Beverley was too foolish.

C. Because Beverley’s mind was out of control.   D. Because Beverley lacked activity.

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Psychologists haven’t realized the relationship between exercise and health.

B. People have already realized the relationship between exercise and spirits.

C. Boxing and tennis are the best ways to increase one’s self-esteem.

D. Trainers and psychologists don’t agree with each other on exercise.

3. Professor Stuart Biddle thinks that ____ .

A. anger should be examined by doctors        B. anger should be taken away by medicine

C. anger should be given off by activities       D. anger should be held back by oneself

4 The main idea of this passage may be ____ .

A. sports build up your body                 B. sports are helpful to your mind

C. heart trouble is due to anger               D. anxiety and sadness are harmful to you

 The newly published book, which refers ______ basic English grammar, is ______only for beginners.

A. as; meant                 B. for; intended            C. to; planned              D. to; intended

Your shirt needs ____. You'd better have it done today.

A. iron            B. to iron                  C. ironing         D. being ironed

 ____________, I wouldn’t have finished my homework.

A. If you didn’t help me                                 B. Had you not helped me         

C. If you haven’t helped me                             D. Haven’t you helped me

.語言知識及運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分,滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21－30 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 the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __21__, it was the same score. Later that evening, I __22__ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our son much better than an IQ(智商) test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a __23___ and we should treat him naturally as usual.

       We moved to Indiana in 1962, and he got _24 _ grades in Concordia High school, especially _25_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort. Michael entered Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _26_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

       After the graduation ceremony, we told Michael about the low IQ score he got when he was six. Interestingly, Michael then _27_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic he had received the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _28._.

       Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_ 29_ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ __30_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

21. A. joy                     B. surprise             C. dislike                      D. disappointment

22. A. tearfully      B. fearfully            C. cheerfully                 D. hopefully

23. A. joke            B. mistake             C. warning                   D wonder.

24. A. poor            B. good                 C. average                    D. standard

25. A. in                      B. about                C. of                            D. for

26. A. looked for    B. asked for           C. waited for                D. prepared for

27. A. allowed              B. described           C. required                   D. offered

28. A. imperfect     B. impossible         C. uncertain                  D. unsatisfactory

29. A. hear            B. learn                 C. expect                      D. speak

30. A. wise            B. rude                  C. shy                          D. stupid

.A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles to the east of the city, _____ all on board.

  A. killed                   B. killing               C. kill                   D. to kill

 It was in the small house _____ was built with stones by his father ____ he spent his childhood.

   A. which; that    B. where; that   C. which; which     D. that; which

He _________ __________ _________ (意識到) his disease when he had difficulty eating.

Tom, together with his friends, _______ to visit the Shanghai World Expo in the coming summer holidays.

       A. expect            B. have expected         C. is expecting                  D. are expecting