Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.
Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.
Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company. “Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job. Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?
| A．He was out of work |
| B．He was bored with his job |
| C．He wanted a higher position |
| D．He hoped to find a better boss |
What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?
| A．A friend’s car had a flat tyre |
| B．a wild man was pushing a car |
| C．a terrible accident happened |
| D．an old man’s car broke down |
Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?
| A．He was also to be interviewed |
| B．He needed a traveling companion |
| C．He always helped people in need |
| D．He was thankful to Jimmy |
How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?
| A．He was sorry for the other applicants |
| B．There was no hope for him to get the job |
| C．He regretted helping the old man |
| D．The interviewer was very rude |
What can we learn from Jimmy’s experience？
| A．Where there is a will, there’s a way |
| B．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| C．Good is rewarded with good. |
| D．Two heads are better than one |
We lived in a quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loudcrash. Earlier my wife had asked me to the store for soft drinks. Myteenage daughter Holly practiced her driving, so I sent her to thestore in my truck.
At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. Ienjoyed having it, but I said ： “My heart is not set on that truck. Ilike it but it is just metal and won't last forever. Never set your hearton anything that won't last. "
After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. Myson shouted, ‘ Holly crashed your truck. ’
The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly hadcrashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van. In her inexperience, she had confused the brake and the gas pedal. Holly wasunhurt physically, but she was crying, “Dad, I'm sorry. I know howmuch you love this truck. ，" I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later a friend asked what had happened to my truck. I told herthe whole story. She said, “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad's car and ran into a log that had fallen across theroad. I ruined the car. When I got home my dad knocked me to theground and began to kick me. “Over40 years later, she still felt thepain of that night. It was a deep wound on her soul.
I remembered how sad Holly was the night she crashed ourtruck, and how I comforted her. When Holly thinks back on herlife, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more thanany piece of property.
I repaired the van, but the dent in my truck is still there to-day. Every day it reminds me of what really matters in my life. The reason why the author sent Holly to the store was that ____
| A．Holly liked soft drinks |
| B．he wanted to teach her a lesson |
| C．he was busy preparing the meal |
| D．it would be a good time to let her practice driving |
We can infer from the passage that __________.
| A．the truck is the only vehicle in the author's family |
| B．the author's son don't like driving the truck at all |
| C．we shouldn't blame someone after an accident |
| D．the friend admired the author's love to Holly |
From Paragraph 4 we can learn that __________ caused the crash.
| A．the lack of Holly's driving experience |
| B．something wrong with the brake |
| C．a log falling across the road |
| D．a van parking on the driveway |
Which of the following statements is right?
| A．When the author saw the crash, he was sorry for the damageto the truck. |
| B．The author shows love is more important than possessions bycomforting his daughter. |
| C．Holly suffered physical pain for a long time and lost courageto drive. |
| D．The friend's father kicked her out of the house. |
The best title for the passage is __________.
| A．Don't Let a Teenager Drive |
| B．An Accident in a Quiet Neighborhood |
| C．A Friend's Painful Stories |
| D．What Really Matters |
Junior Achievement is an international movement to educateyoung people about business and economics. The organization is thelargest of its kind. It reaches over eight million students each yearin more than 100 countries. Programs begin in elementary schooland continue through middle and high school. The education isbased on the ideas of market-based economics and entrepreneurship(企业家的身份）. It began in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For more than 50 years, Junior Achievement programs met afterschool. They began as a group of business clubs. The organizationstarted with a small number of children aged ten to twelve. But in1975，Junior Achievement began to offer classes during schoolhours. Many more young people joined the organization once it began to teach business skills as part of the school day.
Volunteers from the community teach about businesses, howthey are organized, and how products are made and sold. They alsoteach about the American and world economies and about industryand trade.
The Junior Achievement Company Program teaches young people how entrepreneurship works. They learn about business by operating their own companies.
The students develop a product and sell shares in their company. They use the money to buy the materials they need to make theirproduct , which then they sell. Finally, they return the profits to thepeople who bought shares in the company.
Junior Achievement says 287，000 volunteers support its pro-grams around the world. In the US alone, there are more than22，000 places that hold Junior Achievement events. According to the passage, the purpose of Junior Achievement isto help young people _________.
| A．prepare to succeed in a world economy |
| B．pass the exams about business and economics |
| C．operate their own companies |
| D．develop a product and sell shares |
The information about the Junior Achievement is true EXCEPT _________
| A．it is an international movement to educate young peopleabout business and economics |
| B．the Junior Achievement started in 1919 |
| C．since 1975，Junior Achievement has offered classes duringschool hours |
| D．it has 22，000 places to hold Junior Achievement eventsaround the world |
The Junior Achievement teaches the following EXCEPT _________
| A．how products are made and sold |
| B．how businesses are organized |
| C．how entrepreneurship works |
| D．how to become a volunteer from the community |
The Junior Achievement programs are taught by _________.
| A．volunteers around the world | B．famous enterprisers in the US |
| C．a group of business clubs | D．many young people |
（1）American schools are looking for ways to save money on bustransportation because of high fuel prices. （2）Some schools, especially in rural areas, are changing to a four-day week. （3）That meanslonger days instead of the traditional Monday through Friday schedule.
Beginning in the fall of 2008，students in the Maccray schooldistrict in Minnesota will be in school Tuesday through Friday. Eachschool day will be sixty-five minutes longer. The district expects to " save about 65，000 dollars a year in transportation costs. The districthas about 700 students living in an area of 900 square kilometers.
In Custer, South Dakota, students have been going to schoolMonday through Thursday since 1995. The change has saved an estimated one million dollars over just the past eight years.
But he sees other benefits, too. Students get more instructionaltime. And activities that used to interfere with classes are now heldon non-school days.
In the future, the growth of online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school. High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes. And in somestates, high school students can take them, too.
In New Mexico, the first school district changed to a four-dayweek in 1974 because of the Arab oil boycott. Now, 17 out of 89districts use it.
A four-day school week sounds like a great idea for studentsand teachers because they are too tired. But working parents mayhave to pay for child care for that fifth day. The Lake Arthur SchoolDistrict has just 160 students. Lake Arthur used a four-day schedulefor twelve years. But a few years ago it went back to five days. The following sentences can be added in Paragraph 1 _________. More children may have to walk, ride their bikes or find otherways to get to school. But, as another effect of the high prices, they may not have to go to school as often.
| A．at the beginning of （1） | B．between （1） and （2） |
| C．between（2） and （3） | D．at the end of （3） |
We can infer from Paragraph 2 that _________.
| A．students in the district will go to school four days a week be-sides Monday |
| B．the district will spend 65，000 dollars every year on transportation costs |
| C．students in the district will stay at school 260 minutes longerthan before |
| D．students in the district live near the school |
A four-day school week is a good idea because _________.
| A．the price of fuel is higher than before |
| B．there are so many students that the city streets are full of traffic |
| C．students and teachers are tired and students can get more instructional time |
| D．both A and C |
_________is carrying out a four-day schedule these days.
| A．The Lake Arthur School District |
| B．The Maccray school district in Minnesota |
| C．The school district in Custer, South Dakota |
| D．All the school districts in New Mexico |
Some farmers of irrigated rice in Asia, Africa and the Americasare using a production method called S. R. I. ，which is short for theSystem of Rice Intensification. It does not require new seeds. It onlyrequires changes in the ways that rice farmers manage plants, soil, water and nutrients.
With S. R. I, farmers use fewer seeds and transplant themearlier than usual. Leaving more room between plants lets the rootsand leaves spread more. Farmers also use less water. They keep thefieldsmoistbut do not continuously flood them. The use of chemicalfertilizer is also reduced.
Norman Uphoff is a big supporter of S. R. I, who was a professor in New York. He retired but still works from an office there tobring attention to the system.
A French priest developed S. R. I. in Madagascar(马达加斯岛)in the 1980s. Norman Uphoff learned about it fifteen yearsago while working there. He led field trials for the system for threeyears.
He says it usually doubles productivity. But during that time inMadagascar, it produced an average of eight tons per hectare. Thatwas four times the usual average. In the late 1990s, Professor Uphoffbegan trying to spread the word about S. R. I.
Supporters say there have been reports from many areas oflarge increases in productivity and profits. But not everyone is persuaded.
Kenneth Cassman is an agricultural expert. In his words, "There is no strong evidence that the S. R. I. is more effective thanthe best of conventional rice-growing methods. " But Norman Uphofflooks forward to more field trials in 2009 which he believes willconfirm the effectiveness of S. R. I. The following belong to the System of Rice Intensification EX-CEPT _________
| A．using fewer seeds | B．requiring new seed |
| C．replanting earlier than usual | D．leaving more room between plants |
The underlined word "moist " in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by _________
| A．damp | B．thirsty |
| C．deserted | D．fertile |
All of the following statements are true according to the text EX-CEPT _________.
| A．the founder of S. R. I. is a French priest |
| B．at present Norman Uphoff works in a university in the US |
| C．Norman Uphoff learned about S. R. I. in 1993 while workingin Madagascar |
| D．Norman Uphoff is trying to spread the word about S. R. I. |
The author's attitude to S. R. I. is _________.
| A．impersonal | B．negative |
| C．subjective | D．opposite |
Is cultural heritage a burden on or a contributor to economic growth? The statistics in a report indicate that the contribution fromcultural heritage to economic growth is eight times as many as theinvestment in its protection and management.
The profit from cultural heritage is realized mainly throughtourism and auction of cultural relics, according to the report. Thefact that over 50% of the profit is from tourism sends a message thatsome cultural heritages can be a stable source of income for a localeconomy. What's more, the industry based on it is environment-friendly.
However, not all cultural heritages make money. And they doso only when they are protected and managed well. They must bepresented to visitors as they are, and should never be used only as asource of profit.
There are examples that some local governments unnecessarilybuild fake (假的）cultural heritages with the intention of adding tothe cultural connotation (内涵）of the real heritage. The result ismostly a strange mix in which the value of the real one is lost in theglitter of the fake.
The more a cultural heritage is treated as it is, the more profitable it is. This is becoming increasingly true. This is becausepeople's aesthetic judgment has been improving with their rising living standards. They want to see the real things, well-preserved realobjects of cultural interest, and they want to learn something throughvisiting a cultural heritage site. According to the passage, cultural heritage _________.
| A．is a burden on economic growth |
| B．is a contributor to economic growth |
| C．must make money |
| D．must be a stable source of income for a local economy |
The profit from cultural heritage is _________.
| A．less than the investment in its protection and management |
| B．only by tourism |
| C．by building fake cultural heritages |
| D．through tourism and auction of cultural relics |
From the last Paragraph, we can learn _________.
| A．the more a cultural heritage is treated as it is, the more profitable it is |
| B．people's aesthetic judgment depends on the glitter of the fake |
| C．well-preserved real objects of cultural interest is worthless |
| D．preserving a real cultural heritage site well means a stable in-vestment |
The author tries to tell us _________.
| A．the importance of protecting and managing cultural heritages |
| B．the requirement of people's aesthetic judgment |
| C．cultural heritages make more money than industry |
| D．fake cultural heritages can add the cultural connotation toreal ones |