—Sorry, I’m late.

—That’s OK. You’re here and that’s what_________.

       A．counting   B．to count    C．be counted       D．counts

 The drivers _____ about who was to blame for the crash for over 2 hours when the police arrived on the scene.

   A. have been arguing       B. were arguing                 C. argued                  D. had been arguing

Jennifer, who is my best friend, said she would go abroad for further education __________.

A. before long       B. long before C. shortly after       D. very fast

 Guilin is a beautiful place ______ you can enjoy yourself a lot.

A. as        B. which         C. where        D. so

 Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs.      

Personal ad??visors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harm??ful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the attractive overnight succes??ses was connected more with personal relationships and less to ability than that of the unattractive over??night successes. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman considered to be more womanish has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally man??ly position appears to lack the “manly” qualities. This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractive??ness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.

73. The underlined word "liability" most probably means ______.

   A. disadvantage     B. advantage   C. misfortune         D. trouble

74. Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ______.

  A. turns out to be a disadvantage to both men and women

  B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

  C. has as little effect on men as on women

  D. slightly affects both men and women

75. It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often ______.

  A. practical              B. supportive          C. old-fashioned        D. one-sided

假設(shè)你是王曉明，請(qǐng)根據(jù)你校美化校園的規(guī)劃，用英語給你在美國的筆友Peter寫一封短信，介紹該規(guī)劃。短信的主要內(nèi)容如下：

注意：1．短信的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

2．詞數(shù)：100左右。

3．參考詞匯：雕塑—statue (n.)   植物園—botanical garden (n.)

Dear Peter,                                                       

 I would like to tell you that our school has worked out a new program.       

Where to get the materials and how to get them ________ at the meeting.

A. have not discussed                                 B. have not been discussed

C. has not discussed                                       D. has not been discussed

_____ is no possibility that Bob can win the first prize in the match.

       A. There            B. It          C. That            D. This

Yesterday I went to see him, _________ that he had gone abroad two days before.

A. only to learn    B. to learn only    C. only learned    D. only learning

 In the end I lost my ______ and shouted at her.

   A. character    B. manner     C. benefit          D. patience