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　An explosion on Thursday killed one and injured 21 in a busy street in Tongren, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province.
　　The bomb was hidden in a rubbish bin in the city’s commercial hub（商业中心），where lots of shops and restaurants are concentrated.
　　The ear-splitting blast was heard around 12∶50 p.m.，said a local newspaper, citing witnesses. The power of the blast shattered（使粉碎）nearby shop windows and ripped the stainless（不生锈的）steel rubbish can to pieces.
　　One passer-by，identified（确认）only as Zhang，said she was shocked by the noise and saw a lot of pedestrians lying on the ground when she got to the scene.
　　Thirteen of the injured were taken to a local hospital after the explosion. A doctor there said five were in serious condition but already out of danger after emergency treatment. The others were just slightly hurt.
　　The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, said an officer with the Tongren police, but refused to speculate as to the cause.
　It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．All the injured were taken to a hospital

B．8 of the injured were not taken to a hospital

C．The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a restaurant

D．The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a shop

　Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．One passer- by, indentified only as Zhang, saw the man throwing a bomb into a bin.

B．Some customers in restaurants were injured.

C．The writer didn’t get to the scene.

D．All customers in shops got hurt.

In the last paragraph the underlined word“ speculate” probably means ________.

A．tell	B．guess
C．discuss	D．talk

　What of the follwing can be the best title for the passage?

A．Bomb Hidden in a Rubbish Bin

B．The Cause of the Explosion

C．A Terrible Thing

D．Market Blast Kills 1 ,Injures 21

As is known to all, the organization and management of wages and salaries are very complex.
Generally speaking, the Accounts Department is responsible for calculations of pay, while the Personnel Department(人事部) is interested in discussions with the employees about pay.
If a firm wants to adopt a new wage and salary structure, it is essential that the firm should decide on a method of job evaluation(估价) and ways of measuring the performance of its employees. In order to be successful, that new pay structure will need agreement between Trade Unions and employers.
In job evaluation, all the requirements of each job are defined in a detailed job description. Each of those requirements is given a value, usually in “points”, which are added together to give a total value for the job. For middle and higher management, a special method is used to evaluate managers on their knowledge of the job, their responsibility, and their ability to solve problems.
Because of the difficulty in measuring management work, however, job grades for managers are often decided without reference to an evaluation system based on points.
In attempting to design a pay system, the Personnel Department should compare the value of each job with those in the job market. It should also consider economic factors such as the cost of living and the labor supply.
It is necessary that payment for a job should vary with any differences in the way that the job is performed. Where it is simply to measure the work done, as in the work done with the hands, monetary encouragement schemes are often chosen; for indirect workers, where measurement is difficult, methods of additional payments are employed.
If a firm wants to establish a new pay structure, it is necessary to get the agreement between________.

A．the Trade Unions and the Personnel Department

B．the Personnel Department and the Accounts Department

C．the employees and the Trade Unions.

D．the employers and the Trade Unions

What does the words “monetary encouragement schemes” in the last paragraph imply?

A．They are plans in which much payment is encouraged.

B．They are encouraging money schedules

C．They are pay systems

D．They are pay systems to encourage workers in that the more work is done, the more money will be paid.

Methods of additional payments are adopted for indirect workers because________.

A．their work is not important	B．they have low wages
C．the measurement of their work is difficult	D．the company does not have enough money

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A．In every company only the Accounts Department takes charge of the management of wages and salaries.

B．Management work and the job done by workers can use the same evaluation system.

C．If a job is done differently, the payment for the job should be different too.

D．An evaluation system based on points is usually used to evaluate management work.

The main purpose of the passage is to________.

A．explain the responsibilities of both the Accounts Department and the Personnel Department.

B．explain not to evaluate the performance of a job by points

C．tell readers how a company should adopt a new payment system

D．convince(使确信) readers that management work is more difficult to evaluate than the work done by workers

The following form shows the result of a survey (调查) of parents from five countries, who were asked why children are important to them. They were required to choose three main reasons from seven dealing with personal interests, family relations and social responsibility(责任). Each number in the form is the percentage (%) of parents who chose that particular item(项) as one of their three reasons. Therefore, the most common for Japanese parents are strengthening family ties (Item D, 51%), learning from the experience (Item E, 60%), and raising responsible citizens (Item, G 45%).

Items	Japan	Korea	U.S.A	Britain	France
A.To see oneself continuing in future	35	32	31	17	59
B. To keep the family line	24	68	28	17	26
C. To receive care in old age	10	38	8	7	8
D. To strengthen family ties	51	25	50	55	66
E.To develop oneself through raising one’s children	60	19	54	69	35
F. To enjoy raising one’s children	20	19	50	71	39
G. To raise responsible citizens	45	40	46	28	15

According to this survey, Korean parents are most interested in .

A．continuing their family	B．obtaining care in old age
C．strengthening family relationship	D．caring for raising children

How many items are chosen by parents of more than two countries as main reasons?


A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

From the percentages in items _______, we can see the following difference between the Asian and the European countries: the Asian parents want to devote themselves to future societies through children; the European parents enjoy the course of raising children.

A．B and C

B．D and F

C．E and F

D．F and G

According to the form, which of the following is true?

A．From the main reasons shown in the form it seems that in every country parents do not expect care
from children in their old age.

B．Japanese parents share two of their main reasons with the British and American parents, and the third one with Korean parents.

C．More than half of the parents from each country chose the reason“tostrengthen family ties”and for each it was one of the three main reasons for having children.

D．The percentage of French parents selecting the reason“to see oneself continuing in future”is about as high as that of the other countries.

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND—A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a plan to employ dogs as classroom assistants.
At the yearly conference of the Professional Association of Teachers in Southport, northwest England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate “accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not “barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions（弃权）.
She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order. “A big dog would also be helpful for stopping flights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,” Dyble said at the conference. “The dog will also be useful in sniffing out(find out) smells that children do not own up to,” she added. “It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the criminal.”
The idea was welcomed by the Dog Defense League but less by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary, David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honor for occasional strange ideas.
Earlier this week, its yearly conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination（调整）and manual（手工的）skill.
According to the writer’s opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants ________.

A．is not a good idea

B．can improve the relation between children and animals

C．is beyond ordinary people’s imagination

D．can make some teachers lose jobs

What Dyble said at the conference ________.

A．gained some support from the members

B．frightened everyone present

C．interested everyone present

D．caused some trouble to trained dogs

The last paragraph of this passage ________.

A．has nothing to do with the topic of this passage

B．shows there are too many exams in British school

C．provides further facts about the teaching union

D．shows the writer’s anger to the union

What should you think about when you try to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others, These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value.
　　Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at mental work or cookery（烹调术） and look for a job where you can improve these skills.
　　If you have had a part - time job on Saturday or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part - time job.
　　Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is bitter to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not feel sorry about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
The first paragraph of the passage is mainly about ________.

A．the indirect value of school work　

B．the importance of being good at all subjects

C．knowing one’s strong or weak subjects at school

D．using school performance to help to choose a career

In the writer’s opinion, for a student to have a part - time job is probably ________.

A．a good way to find out his weak points　

B．one of the best ways of earning extra money

C．of great use for his work in the future　

D．a waste of time he could have spent on study

If a student’s school record is not good, according to the passage, he________ .

A．may do well in his future work　

B．won’t be able to find a suitable job

C．may be a complete failure in the future　

D．will regret not having worked harder at school

The whole passage centers around ________.

A．knowing oneself in looking for a job　

B．developing one’s abilities useful in school

C．gaining much knowledge by working hard at school

D．choosing a career according to what one is skilled in

A．Rock Paper Scissors	B．May Golden Week
C．Shopping assistant robot	D．A visit to the school