The famous actor keeps fit by        for half an hour every morning.

A．a(chǎn)cting out B．working out     C．giving out D．bringing out

Can you      me a job when I get there? You know, I have to work in order to pay for my schooling.

A．provide     B．guarantee  C．a(chǎn)rrange     D．a(chǎn)pply

Is        72 hours       the man – made satellite      is made in our country to orbit the planet around?

A．it; that; where                                             B．it; when; what

C．it; that it takes; that                                     D．it; for that it takes; that

The nutrients in        falls into the ocean will quickly become available to other living creatures.

A．whichever B．hat    C．whatever  D．wherever

     we are developing new technology        such a high pace, the true challenge is to find new ways of using it.

A．Because; with   B．Now that; at     C．Now that; with D．Because of; at

An eight – year – old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard he daddy say to her   1   mother with whispered desperation, “  2   a miracle can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She   3   all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she   4   her way six blocks to the local drugstore.

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s   5   my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and he is still in hospital, so I want to buy a   6  . His name is Andrew and he has something   7  growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”, “We don’t   8   miracles here, child. I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling   9   at the little girl.

In the shop was a   10   customer. He stooped (=bent) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother   11  ?” “I don’t know,” she replied. “He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   12  . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my   13  .”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents,   14   I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents – the   15   price of a miracle for little brothers.  16   me to where you live. I want to see your brother and   17   your parents.” That well – dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation was completed without   18   and it wasn’t long before Andrew was   19   again and doing well.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost … one dollar and eleven cents … plus the   20   of a little child.

1．A．tearful                   B．hopeful                C．helpless               D．kind

2．A．Simply                  B．just                     C．Only                   D．More than

3．A．drew                    B．pulled                  C．put                     D．poured

4．A．followed               B．made                   C．gave                   D．found

6．A．hope                     B．doctor                 C．favor                  D．miracle

7．A．bad                       B．small                   C．extra                   D．impossible

8．A．use                       B．offer                   C．sell                     D．store

9．A．roughly                 B．sadly                   C．strangely             D．coldly

10．A．well – dressed      B．kind – hearted      C．well – behaved     D．good – looking

11．A．have                    B．need                    C．care                    D．like

12．A．a(chǎn) doctor              B．a(chǎn) surgeon            C．a(chǎn)n operation         D．a(chǎn) kindness

13．A．savings               B．wishes                C．ideas                   D．suggestions

14．A．since                   B．a(chǎn)s                       C．a(chǎn)fter                   D．but

15．A．same                   B．exact                   C．proper                 D．necessary

16．A．Bring                  B．Help                    C．Take                   D．Follow

17．A．help                    B．encourage            C．persuade             D．meet

18．A．difficulty             B．delay                   C．charge                D．result

19．A．happy                 B．well                    C．strong                 D．home

20．A．cleverness        B．faith                       C．courage           D．devotion

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    Imagine that you are on a jury and you hear the testimony of an eyewitness who says that the accused person is guilty. You would probably vote to convict the accused, don’t you think? Well, more often than not, you’d be wrong.

A few years ago, an experiment was done on an evening news show on WNBC in New York. Viewers were shown a film of what seemed to be a mugging. In this simulation, a man snatched a woman’s purse. He then knocked her down and ran face forward at the camera so that the viewers got a good look at him. Viewers were then shown a lineup of six men. They were asked to decide if the mugger was in the lineup and, if so, to tell which one he was. In effect, then, they had seven choices. The suspect was either one of the six or he wasn’t even in the lineup.

Of the 2,145 people who called up to respond, 1,843 were wrong. That means about one in seven was right. This is what you’d expect from random choice.

Eyewitness accounts can be the most convincing evidence presented to a jury. Yet we are finding out that such accounts can be faulty. Something is just wrong. Why is this so? Recent findings have removed doubts on whether memory can last long. We also know that it can be changed by things such as leading questions. Mistaken eyewitness accounts are common. They are also the major cause of innocent persons being convicted in the United States.

1．The underlined words “to convict the accused” probably means _____________.

       A．to show that the accused is wrong

       B．to express that the accused person is true

       C．to declare that the accused person is guilty

       D．to explain that the eyewitness is dangerous

2．Of the people who called up to respond, _____________.

       A．half of them were right                         B．2,145 were on a jury

       C．six out of seven were wrong                 D．1,843 made seven choices

3．We also know that _____________ can be changed.

    A．evidence              B．memory              C．eyewitness          D．a(chǎn)ccounts

4．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Evidence should be more convincing.

       B．Eyewitness accounts can be wrong.

       C．Not all judges are good at their jobs.

       D．Major causes of innocent persons being convicted.

When you are advised to “get an education” if you want to raise your income, you are only told half the truth, what you should be told is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too much education that would prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully drop out in grade school.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA, you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it’s an MBA, and only from a first – rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (報(bào)酬遞減規(guī)律性) begins to take effect. Do you know, for instance, that heavy truck drivers earn more a year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24,000, while the full professor managed to average just $ 23,930.

A Ph.D. is the highest degree you can get, but except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dark future. There are more Ph. Ds unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of world by far.

If you become a doctor of Philosophy in English or History or Anthropology or Political Science or language or – worst of all – in Philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands.

Thousands of Ph. Ds are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on tables and filling out fruitless 　applications month after month. And then maybe taking a job in some high school or lifeless college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.

Income and education are closely related. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross  national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a　profit on you.

1．According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who _______

       A．will become loyal citizens to a nation

       B．can always take good care of themselves

       C．will not be a shame to society or their families

       D．can meet the demands as a source of manpower

2．If you are as gifted as Bernard Shaw or Edison         .

       A．you can get a high school diploma without difficulty

       B．you can be professionally successful without a diploma

       C．the least you should do is to get a diploma

       D．you will be successful in grade school

3．Many Ph. Ds are out of work because        .

       A．they are of little commercial value to the society

       B．they prefer easy jobs with more money

       C．there are fewer jobs in high schools

       D．they are wrongly educated

4．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?        

       A．The higher your education level is, the more money you’ll earn.

       B．If you are too well – educated, you may make things difficult for the society.

       C．One must think carefully before going for a master’s degree.

       D．Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison.

    It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to enlarge the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn't occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.

Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying. “Let’s go backward. Let’s go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (精英) (which was never true? we never had a meritocracy, although we've come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York w here the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. Ital ked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media? not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses. ”

1．Which of the following groups of people still disagree in their views on diversity?      

       A．Meritocracies.      B．Politicians.           C．Professors.          D．Managers.

2．High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to      .

       A．lower the rate of unemployment

       B．win equal political rights

       C．be competitive in the world market

       D．satisfy the demands of a growing population

3．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

       A．meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

       B．American political circles will not accept diversity

       C．it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. media

       D．in order to compete in the global market place, diversity is unnecessary.

4．According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by      .

       A．expanding the pool of potential employees.

       B．promoting policies that provide skills to employees

       C．training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers

       D．providing educating for all regardless of race or sex