SECTION C （共8小题；每小题 1.5分，满分12分）
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
In most colleges and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently,side effects are also enormous.
To begin, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged
examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect is
examinations encourage bad study habits. As
examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather
to think creatively.
In fact, fewus admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development. If that is the case,
cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?
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Alibaba founder, Jack Ma graduated from the Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute in 1988 with a major in English language education, and went on to teach at another university in the city. He gave up university teaching job after
（discover）the Internet.
Ma became excited __ the Internet during a visit to the United States in 1995 and wanted to find a way
（bring ）the online world to China. In 1999, he persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.
Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, firstly running the company out of his apartment in the （east） city of Hangzhou. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer trade and Taobao, China’s
（popular ）online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed. Now the company is
Internet giant and Ma—a former English teacher---is among China’s most super-rich.
On his long road to riches, Jack Ma says his （inspire） has been the film character Forrest Gump.
“I like that guy. I （watch） that movie about 10 times,” he said in an interview with CNBC.
“Every time I get frustrated, I watch that movie.”
Ma said the lesson he learned from the film featuring Tom Hanks was “no matter what changes, you are you. I’m still the guy I was 15 years ago when I earned $20 a month.
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When my brother and I said we were going to spend our Christmas holidays abroad, the whole family objected violently. But nothing could persuade us(stay). Two days
Christmas, we went to a small town in Southern Germany. We
(spend) the whole of Christmas Eve sightseeing.
There were many activities in the town that they added to our excitement. The streets were crowded with people
the shops were full of wonderful things. In the evening. We went to listen to Christmas songs
(sing)by children around the
(bright) decorated Christmas tree in the main street. We planned to have
meal at the best restaurant in town the next day. However, in the morning the streets were empty. What’s worse, all the shops including the restaurants were shut. As last we had to return to our hotel,
(feel) very miserable. Our Christmas “feast” was a bag of fruits,
my brother had happened to buy the day before.
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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult _was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy _
(please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.
Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not __ pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or _
(push) you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a countersome attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her _
(choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes _
sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please __
When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already _table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane_
_ (inform).
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David: Mary Liuse? I haven’t seen you since we(graduate) in high school.
Mary: David? Randy David? Oh, you look definitely the same! Even your figure is the same.
David: Well, you look …a lot(difference)…
Mary: Well, I got tired of that blonde hair, so I decided to become a redhead. I also lost a lot of (weigh), and I’m really
(try) hard to keep it off.
David: So, do you live here? What do you do?
Mary: I’m a lawyer in Brookfield and I just come out here on weekends to go skiing. What about you?
David: I sell insurance, I’m actually working in Springfield. We are looking to open a new office here, so that’s why I’m out here.
Mary: Do you like your job?
David: Well, I guess I makenice living, but I’m really
(bore) with the work. I wish I could just change careers.
Mary: I agree.(exact) speaking, I have theopposite problem. I work for an environmental law firm, so the work is exciting, and I feel like I’m really making a difference. The only problem is
the pay is quite low, so I’m basically living hand to mouth every month.
David: That sounds like a fair trade, though. I’d switch placesyou in a second.
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It is useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away” also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results
(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes
_ the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.
we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important
I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits --- --- keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by
(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and
(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What`s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I
(conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.