A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(運(yùn)貨車(chē)隊(duì)). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.

One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1.What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e-mails.                         B．He did the cleaning

C．He sold computers.                      D．He filled in forms.

2.The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.

A．disliked such a job

B．didn’t pass the test

C．didn’t have an e-mail

D．knew nothing about computers

3.The man ______after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．a(chǎn)sked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make monkey

D．bought a computer and got an e-mail

4.Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

5.What does the story want to tell us?

A．Computers are very important in our daily life.

B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10.

C．The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.

D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.

根據(jù)首字母或中文提示，補(bǔ)全單詞。（20分）
【小題1】That kind of electronic dictionaries is well designed, and it is especially s______ for high school students learning English.
【小題2】“Are famous film stars always getting leading roles in movies?” “Not n________.”
【小題3】With the development of economy, a lot of companies have s______up in the industrial area.
【小題4】Going the shopping mall, you will see T-shirts in a wide v______ of colors intended for all kinds of people.
【小題5】The electric products produced in our company have good quality and usually a three-year g________.
【小題6】Professor Tudor is leaving for New York to attend an important international medical c________ next week.
【小題7】At the exhibition we saw a kind of record player, which had to be w________ up by hand and could only play for two minutes.
【小題8】This small electronic device is used to control an e_______ current passing through the machine.
【小題9】I’ve got two tickets for tonight’s concert given by the Russian artists. Would you like to a__________ me to go and enjoy it, Amy?
【小題10】I have total f_______in my best friends and believe that they are honest in this case.
【小題11】Their company bought the __________（專(zhuān)利） and applied the technology to create the new type of car.
【小題12】It is considered that digital TV is ___________(優(yōu)越的) to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures.
【小題13】All of them said they didn’t like the design, but p________(就個(gè)人而言 ) I thought it was very fashionable.
【小題14】Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ________（消費(fèi)者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA.
【小題15】The Chinese __________（電信） industry is huge, and the amount of profit involved is unbelievably enormous.
【小題16】The boy tried to work out the maths problem by drawing a __________（平行線(xiàn)） between the two sides.
【小題17】I don’t think this program is practical and capable of calculating your_______（預(yù)算） for the year.
【小題18】By that time, digital TV ________（信號(hào)）had been received by 55 percent of households in the European country.
【小題19】With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to ________________（問(wèn)卷） and chat to other viewers.
【小題20】These measures to be taken soon will all bring great _________________（方便） and delight to the citizens’ lives.

—Hello! Is that Mr. Clark? This is Liu When speaking.

—Hello! Mr. Liu. Can I help you?

—I’m on my way to your house now, but I have lost my way.

—  1.  Where are you now, Mr. Liu?

—I don’t know exactly. I think I’m somewhere on Dong An Road.  2. 

—A bookstore on Dong An Road.  3.  

—Yes, it is. And I can see a restaurant at the other corner.

—Now I’m almost sure where you are. You turned at the second corner. You should have turned at the first corner from the railway station.

—Is that so?  4.  

—There you’ll find a one-way traffic sign. That’s where you have to turn to the left, there is a six-story house. My room is on the third floor.

—I’m sure I won’t have any trouble this time. Thanks

—   5. 

A．Then I’ll go back to the first corner.

B．See you tomorrow.

C．Are you tired and hungry?

D．That’s too bad.

E.I’m calling you from a bookstore.

F.I’ll be waiting for you.

G.It’s at a corner, isn’t it?

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面對(duì)話(huà)，并根據(jù)各題所給首字幕的提示，在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線(xiàn)上，寫(xiě)出一個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞的完整、正確形式，使對(duì)話(huà)通順。

K=Kathy

M=Mum

M: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation?

K: I need to (76) e________ some money. I’d try to find a job looking after children. What do you think, mum?

M: It’s not an easy job and you don’t have any particular (77) k_______ about children. Some children could be noisy and badly (78) b___________. Do you have any other ideas?

K: Not (79) r________. I don’t think much of the jobs I’ve seen (80) a_________

(A week later)

M: Kathy, are you still looking for a children job?

K: No, Mum. I (81) m_______ to tell you earlier. I’ve been offered a job in the office of the local computer factory and it’s well paid. I’ve decided to take it and will (82) s________ on Monday.

M: Good! Tell me more (83) d________ about the job.

K: I will work as a (84) s________, typing letters, answering phones calls and so on.

M: Some people may find it busy and (85) b________, and you need to be patient and careful.

K: Thank you, Mum. I’ll try my best.

虎媽?zhuān)�美�?guó)耶魯大學(xué)的華裔教授蔡美兒Amy Lynn Chua，出版了一本名叫《虎媽?xiě)?zhàn)歌》Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother的書(shū)，在美國(guó)引起轟動(dòng)。在接受采訪(fǎng)時(shí)，回答了記者的5個(gè)問(wèn)題（第61—65題）。請(qǐng)從下列提問(wèn)（A、B、C、D、E和F）中選出與她的回答相匹配的問(wèn)題，并在答題卡上將相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)是多余選項(xiàng)。

Questions

A．What do you think of the competition between China and the US?

B．What do you think of the image of “tiger mom?”

C．How do your daughters take the criticism about you after your book was published?

D．You said you would not get her Christmas gifts or anything when your daughter refused to repeatedly practice the music. How did your husband respond?

E．What do you think makes a good mother?

F．What does your husband think of your method of bringing up kids?

1.       

Chua’s answer: Well, actually I think there are many ways of being a good mother. In my book my focus is just a memory about my own family story, me trying to raise my own children in a kind of traditional Chinese way. I make mistakes and I make fun of myself. It’s amazing the way the book has been received internationally, because. I didn’t intend my book to be telling other people of view and I am a proud strict “tiger mom”. But I’m not trying to tell other people what are the best ways to teach or raise their children.

2.       

Chua’s answer: Well, the title may sound a little frightening. Let me tell you why I chose the title. I was born in the year of the tiger. And “battle Hymn” in the United States comes from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. The book is really about finding some sort of balance: how can we find the balance between the eastern way of parenting and the western way of parenting. In ways the book as been misunderstood maybe because of the title.

3.       

Chua’s answer: I didn’t write this book to have any foreign policy implications. But it’s been taken into the foreign policy realm. It is of course true that there is a connection between child-raising and the future of nations. We are raising, as parents, the next generation. So I think Henry is right. We tapped into this thing of insecurity, American’s fear about the rising power of china. A friend of mine told me that if the book had been called The Battle Hymn of an Italian Mother or The Battle Hymn of a Mexican Mother, nobody would have cared. It’s really “China”. you know.

4.       

Chua’s answer: I don’t think he opposes my idea of raising children. I’d like to think we have a combination, which is the right solution. You need a balance. From my perspective, what I give my kids is something that I thought was lacking in the US educational system. You know, they hate memorization, while in China you have too much of it. In the US, learning should be fun, a lot of games,. So I brought hard work and disciplines. My husband and I think this is a great thing always teaching them to question the authority and to ask why. Don’t accept everything just because somebody tells you. Figure it out yourself. I really think you need to combine both these qualities if you want creativity and dynamism.

5.       

Chua’s answer:  They both are stronger than I am. I am really proud of them. Their friends and communities supported them. At a time, I couldn’t even look at the Internet because there are so many negative comments. And they would find the good ones and text them to me, saying “here’s a good one mommy, hang in there.” This experience has actually brought my family together. Believe it or not, not just my kids, also my parents and my three younger sisters have supported me.