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1、Moving Sale: 2 armchairs, red/brown at $ 400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, big, $900; Tianjin carpet, green 37,$600; double bed, $500; mirror, big square, $500; fridge, big, double-door, $1000; old pictures, $140 each. Tel: weekend, 2521-6011; weekday, 2524-5867.Part-time Labo

2、ratory Assistant Wanted. Required by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30 a.m.1:00p.m., Mon.Fri. Fourteen days, paid leave. Salary 659810230dependent on exper

3、ience. Letter of application to: Mrs. G. Chan, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon RD, Hung Hom Knowloon.1.The one who puts on the first advertisement probably wants to_.A. rent a beautiful flat of her own in Happy ValleyB. find another lady to share the cost to rent a flatC. share her room in a flat with w

4、hoever has no petD. find a maid to look after herself2. According to the advertisements, you may_.A. buy an old picture for $140B. call 25720836 to see a beautiful parkC. buy two armchairs for $400D. hire a maid by paying $68003. If you want to buy some old furniture（家具）, you should_.A. get in touch

5、 with（与保持联系）NOVA ELECTRONICSB. call 2524-5867 any day except MondayC. do it before you move to another placeD. call either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday4. Once you get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS, _.A. you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekendsB. you will get $10

6、230 each month no matter how experienced you areC. you have to work at least 4 hours a dayD. you should write a letter of application（申请）to Mrs. G. ChanBF. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist（小说家）, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended P

7、rinceton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:“ My own happiness in the past often got such

8、joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.” This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged（鼓励） by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he con

9、tinued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned （1922）, a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922）, and a play The Vegetable （1923）. But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise（赞美） from the literary world（文学界）. Yet it fai

10、led to give him the needed financial security（财政担保）. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men. However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda had an effect（影响） on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife

11、 had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to（沉迷于） alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped hi

12、m fight his alcoholism.5. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage? A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 86. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage? a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St. Paul Academy. c. He published

13、 his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise. e. He failed to reorder his life. f. He joined the army and met Zelda. A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a7. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_. A. had made some money when he met Zelda i

14、n Alabama. B. was well educated and rich before he served in the army C. would have completed more works if his wife hadnt broken down D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital8. The passage is probably followed by a paragraph about_. A. Zeldas personal life B. Zeldas i

15、llness and treatment C. Fitzgeralds friendship with GrahamD. Fitzgeralds contributions（贡献） to the literary world CIn 2010, I was in the Tallahassee, Florida airport waiting to fly to Indiana to see my family. My flight had been put off and I was unhappy. Then I heard a woman crying so hard.I looked

16、around and did not see anyone with her. People were staring at her but no one was coming up to help her. It was clear her heart was broken. My heart was broken for her. I sat next to her and placed my arm around her, but without looking at me she continued to cry.I just sat there, held her firmly an

17、d didnt say anything. I felt a little embarrassed（难堪的） at first. She cried for about ten minutes and then she began to calm down. She looked up to see who was holding her.She could barely speak but she got out the words, “My daughters husband was just killed in a car accident. They were just married

18、. Oh, my God! He was just like a son.” Then she broke down again. I said a prayer to myself that she and her family could get through the loss. Shortly after that a man came up to us and took the crying stranger by the arm and asked her to go with him. She could barely get up. He took her arm and th

19、ey walked away.I sat there thinking about what hadjust happened. I thought about what if that had been me or someone I love. I felt good about being there for the stranger crying. It was the right thing to do.9The author felt unhappy at the airport because _.A. she had left something important at ho

20、meB. the crying of the woman made her feel upsetC. the plane she was taking didnt take off on timeD. she didnt find any of her family members there10We can infer（推断） from the passage that _.A. the authors flight was late because of bad weatherB. the womans daughter lost her life in a car accidentC.

21、the womans daughters husband had treated her very wellD. the womans daughter couldnt get on well with her husband11The author can be best described（描述） as _.A. careless but honest B. loving and helpfulC. polite and clever D. brave but stubbornDMost American students go to traditional （传统的） public sc

22、hools. There are about 88, 000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend charter schools（特许学校）.Charter schools are self-governing. Certain companies operate （经营） some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public

23、schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws that govern tradition

24、al public schools. Each school can choose its own goals and decide what to teach and how to teach them in their own way. Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.The government strongly supports charter schools as a way to reorganize public schools, which are failing to educa

25、te students. But some education unions are against charter schools. One teachers union has just released the results of the first national study, which compared the progress of students in both traditional schools and charter schools.The results of the study show that charter school students perform

26、ed worse on math and reading tests than the students in traditional public schools.Some experts say the study is not fair because students in charter schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results would make charter school officials rea

27、lize that they should help their students make greater progress.12If a company wants to operate a charter school, it must _.A. try new ways of teachingB. prove（证明）its management（管理abilityC. obey the local and state lawsD. get the governments permission（许可）13Whats the governments attitude toward char

28、ter schools?A. Doubtful. B. Supportive（支持的）. C. Satisfied. D. Unclear.14What can we learn from the text?A. More students choose to attend charter schools.B. Charter schools are better than traditional schools.C. Students in charter schools are well educated.D. People have different opinions about ch

29、arter schools.15What might be the best title for the text?A. Charter schools in AmericaB. Public schools in AmericaC. Schools in AmericaD. Education in America第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Kids love to go online. There is so much to explore and learn. 16 The answer to

30、 the question is as difficult as determining at what age a child can be left at home by themselves, since all children are different. Here are some question to ask yourself to determine what is right for your child. 17 .Of course when you are trying to determine if you can let him or her go online, your child has probably already said, “Im ready; I can handle it.” But are they? 18_ _ How would they handle the material if they ran across it by accident? 19 .Does your child quest