题目
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However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose University, got a degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs.
Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003. There were many high-tech job opportunities. Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations. However, “Times have changed and it’s a new market,” according to Cheryl Allmen- Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center.
Allmen-Vinniage says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked during summer vacations, they have had several internships（实习）, and they’ve majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like information system management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines in starting salaries.
Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may just end up going back to school. “I’d like to teach college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in bad economy.” he said.
In conclusion, these days, to some students a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its value will increase over time.
小题1:The word in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
| A．skill | B．interests | C．opportunities | D．applications |
| A．teaching | B．accounting | C．political science | D．computer science |
| A．the best way to get rich is not to get a college degree |
| B．most students with degrees will not be able to find jobs |
| C．having a college degree does not qualify one for travel discounts |
| D．a college degree does not mean that one will find a well-paid job |
| A．change his major | B．get a job teaching |
| C．go back to school | D．become a religious leader |
| A．a lot of graduates are losing their jobs |
| B．Ryan Stewart has not been able to find a job |
| C．salaries in some fields have increased in the past year |
| D．the job market has changed dramatically over the past 4 years |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
核心考点
试题【In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achi】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
There are several ways of measuring the intelligence of animals. In one test a scientist sets three same cans on a table. While the animal watches, he puts food under one of the cans. Then he leads the animal away. Some time later, he brings it back to see if it remembers which can has the food. No smelling is allowed; the animal must go directly to the correct can or it fails.
This is called a delayed- response text. The idea is to find out how long an animal’s memory can keep information. The scientists would try showing the cans to the animal one hour later, or two hours later, or even a full day later. They discovered that chimpanzees and elephants had the best memory, and were able to remember the correct can for at least twenty hours. No other animal is close. Dogs came next, but they only remembered for nine hours.
To settle the matter, the scientists designed a huge maze (迷宫) and ran the chimps and elephants through it. The maze was very difficult, with many blind paths and dead ends. It took the chimps (chimpanzees) ten minutes to find their way out. The elephants needed half an hour. Even allowing for the elephants’ slower rate of speed, the test shows that chimpanzees are the cleverest animals.
From this and other tests, the scientists drew the following conclusion: an animal’s intelligence depends on the size of its brain in proportion (比例) to the size of its body. The elephant’s brain weighs ten pounds. But this is only 1/600th of its 6,000 pounds body. A chimp’s brain weighs about one pound, or 1/120th of its total body weight. So in proportion to its body size, the chimp has four times as much brain as the elephant----more brain for less body. The chimp is the champ!
小题1:Which is the best title ?
| A．The Elephant’s Memory | B．The Cleverest Animal |
| C．Judging Intelligence | D．The Chimp’s Brain |
| A．there are several ways of measuring the intelligence of animals |
| B．chimps and elephants have the best memory |
| C．intelligence tests show that the chimp is the cleverest animal |
| D．the scientists designed a huge maze and ran the chimps and elephants through it |
| A．eyesight | B．intelligence | C．learning ability | D．memory |
| A．never forget things | B．are more clever than chimps |
| C．are slower-moving than chimps | D．have better memories than chimps |
________.
| A．as clever as a chimp | B．more clever than an elephant |
| C．less clever than an elephant | D．as clever as an elephant |
第一节 完形填空 （共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
(1)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, I’ve been part of his life. I had spent seven 29 years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life 30 . Suddenly I had to share my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.
Finally, I felt my 31 at my brother. The poor baby had no idea what 32 me so unhappy. Maybe he found me strange, the only person in this house 33 did not like him. Whatever the reason was, he loved following me around. However, I seldom talked to him and 34 asked him to leave me alone.
Then all that changed. I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago, 35 I do remember that I was feeling very angry. Somehow my feet led me to my brother’s bed. My hand, completely 36 from my mind, reached through the bars (护栏). At once, he reached out his small hand and softly touched 37 . And that was all I needed. Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed everything. How could I hate someone who made me 38 so important? For the 39 time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored (宠爱), but through the eyes of a 40 .
29.A. happy B. hard C. lonely D. busy
30.A. began B. continuedC. changed D. saved
31.A. fun B. anger C. fear D. worry
32 A. makes B. has made C. is making D. had made
33.A. which B. where C. who D. what
34.A. always B. already C. hardly D. almost
35.A. but B. so C. or D. for
36 A. far B. sick C. different D. free
37 A. one B. both C. mine D. them
38. A. feel B. feeling C. feels D. felt
39 A. first B. second C. last D. next
40.A. student B. parent C. teacher D. sister
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last 36 of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always 37 at everyone. So I thought this would be very 38 .
Soon after we were given the project, my 39 went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be 40 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 41 , and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men 42 .
As I looked down at the short gentleman with 43 eyes, he said, “ Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I 44 the second man was mentally challenged（智障）and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.
The young 45 at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, “ Coffee is all ,Miss.” Because that was all they could 46 .
I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a 47tray（托盘）. I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here 48 through me to give you hope.”
When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is 49 God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”
I returned to 50 with this story in hand. I 51 “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “ Can I 52 this with the class?”
I slowly 53 and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be 54.
In my own way I had 55 the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.
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Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996. As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world. The awards the World of Children presents are nicknamed（给……起绰号）the “ Children’s Nobel Prize”.
“You know, children are so important,” Leibowitz, a retired business manager, told me. “ We should have prizes for children if we’re going to have prizes for everything else.”
Talia Leman, from Iowa, was awarded a Founder’s Youth Award for Leadership this year. She is only 13 years old, but she has completed a lot. In 2005, she founded “ RandomKid”. Since then, it has raised more than$10 million to help kids in 48 states in the U.S. and in 19 other countries.
One place helped by RandomKid was a school built in Cambodia to enable 300 kids to go to school. The organization has also helped fix a school for 200 kids in Louisiana, and provided interactive play centers that serve more than 500 kids in hospitals in Iowa. In faraway places like Africa, RandomKid has provided money to buy water pumps（水泵）.
Talia never thought that the organization she founded would be as successful as it has become. She said, “ My first goal was to raise $1million. That seemed really high, but when you reach a goal, you always wind up reaching higher, and we actually raised $10 million.”
I asked her what advice she would offer to other young people who want to help kids in need. “ Well, I’d say the first thing would be to find an adult and tell them your idea,” Talia said. “ They’re really the people who can help, and from there I think it can just really take off.”
小题1: The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to tell us .
| A．the origin of the Nobe1 Prize |
| B．the achievements Harry and his wife made |
| C．how the “ Children’s Nobe1 Prize” was started |
| D．how Harry and his wife helped kids |
| A．help the kids in the U.S | B．realize the importance of education |
| C．raise a lot of money for the poor | D．do a lot to help kids in need |
| A．She founded a hospital for 500 kids in Iowa. |
| B．She offered money to buy water pumps for Africans. |
| C．She helped teach 300 kids in a school in Cambodia. |
| D．She built a school for 200 kids in Louisiana. |
| A．To ask for an idea from adults. | B．To set a higher goal at first. |
| C．To win help from adults. | D．To make an idea become popular. |
If there were any justice（公正）in this world, early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing. And late-airport people would be punished. But early-airport people get ulcers（溃疡）, heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. Late-airport people almost don’t realize they are flying.
A guy of that kind once said, “Don’t hurry. If you miss your flight, it’s because God doesn’t want you to go.” This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.
Early-airport people suffer another “name”. They are called exactly what they are -wimps（窝囊废）. I know. I was an early-airport person for years. “My baggage will get on the plane first,” I told myself. Indeed it would, which made it the last baggage they took off the plane after landing.
Another strange thing: No matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat. I thought it was a trick. I thought there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said: “Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today? If he is , give me his seat.”
After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead, I have learned another fact about early-airport people and late –airport people:
They always marry each other.
小题1:We can learn from the passage that .
| A．late-airport persons are often nervous |
| B．early-airport persons are always at ease during the flight |
| C．early-airport persons get their baggage first after the landing |
| D．late-airport persons always take things easy |
| A．someone always plays tricks on the writer |
| B．the airlines usually fool passengers |
| C．early-airport persons always can’t get good seats |
| D．the service of airlines is very bad |
| A．give readers tips about taking a plane |
| B．offer suggestions about having a good plane trip |
| C．express the writer’s anxiety about taking a plane |
| D．show people’s different attitudes toward catching planes |
| A．an early-airport woman | B．a late-airport woman |
| C．a hot-tempered woman | D．a sensitive woman |
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