However, when the remaining admissions decisions came out, words can’t begin to（) the excitement I felt when I learned that I was also accepted to Harvard University.

A.wherever

B.whatsoever

C.whenever

D.however

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Why Buy Shade-Grown Coffee？

When people argue about whether coffee is good for health, they&39;re usually thinking of the health of the coffee drinker. Is it good for your heart？ Does it increase blood pressure？ Does it help you concentrate？ However, coffee affects the health of the human population in other ways, too.＜br＞

Traditionally, coffee bushes were planted under the canopy (树冠) of taller indigenous (土生土长的) trees. However, more and more farmers in Latin America are deforesting the land to grow full-sun coffees. At first, this increases production because more coffee bushes can be planted if there aren&39;t any trees. With increased production come increased profits.＜br＞

Unfortunately, deforesting for coffee production immediately decreases local wildlife habitat.＜br＞

Native birds nest and hide from predators (捕食者) in the tall trees and migrating birds rest there.＜br＞

Furthermore, in the long term, the full-sun method also damages the ecosystem because more chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed to grow the coffee. The fertilizers and pesticides kill insects that eat coffee plant, but then the birds eat the poisoned insects and also die. The chemicals kill or sicken other animals as well, and can even enter the water that people will eventually drink.＜br＞

Fortunately, farmers in Central and South America are beginning to grow more coffee bushes in the shade. We can support these farmers by buying coffee with such labels as "shade grown" and "bird friendly". Sure, these varieties might cost a little more. But we&39;re paying for the health of the birds, the land, ourselves, and the planet. I think it&39;s worth it.

What is the main idea of this passage？ 查看材料

A.Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee

B.Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce

C.Shade-grow coffee is more expensive than sun-grow coffee

D.People should buy shade-grown coffee

ents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr Johnson was very worried about accepting.Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr Johnson got on the plane.

His friend started the engine and began to taxi(滑行) onto the runway of the airport.Mr Johnson was very frightened and closed his eyes.

After a minute or two he opened them again, Looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, “Look at those people down there.They look as small as ants(蚂蚁), don't they？”

“Those are ants,” answered his friend.“We’re still on the ground.”

1、The best title(标题) for this passage is() .

A.First Flight

B.First Accident

C.First Experience

D.First Trip

2、When his friend suggested a plane trip to him, Mr Johnson().

A.accepted gladly

B.accepted unwillingly

C.refused the offer

D.showed his anger

3、When Mr Johnson opened his eyes, the plane().

A.was flying in the air

B.had landed

C.was still taxing along the runway

D.had taken off

4、Mr Johnson thought that he was () when he looked out of the window.

A.flying high

B.falling out of the plane

C.on the ground

D.dreaming

5、Mr Johnson seems to be a ()man.

A.brave and wise

B.polite and humorous(幽默的)

C.careless and rough

D.shy and easily frightened

tired as President of South Africa, hundreds of streets, squares and schools【68】his name, as did many more pop songs, books and movies.【69】, Mandela is an inspiring figure of the world. But what about【70】books that bear Mandela's name【71】charities that use his name to【72】their profile？ As his legend has grown ever larger, Mandela has been faced with all of these situations. Increasingly, however, Mandela's handlers are fighting back.

Mandela, who will be 91 this year,【73】appears in public and increasingly relies on the managers of his foundation to manage his affairs. Now they're facing with a tricky issue:【74】what point does a very famous man become a private brand？ And is it possible to copyright history？ So far, the foundation has tackled these difficult questions by trying to stop those who would【75】Mandela's name for【76】or political gain either in ways they don't like【77】in ways they are able to prevent.

In August, the foundation【78】out a code of conduct【79】the commercialization of Mandela's name or【80】by his four official charities and asked the other 44 charities【81】which Mandela is a patron to sign【82】as well. Other charitable causes must get the foundation's【83】before using Mandela's name. In the business of protecting【84】, however, the choice of whether to block or【85】a project is often subjective or a matter of taste, and therefore brings【86】criticism.

(68)

A．as

B．for

C．after

D．in

pockets”？ Travel guide investigates.

1.2 million Hispanics live in the Big Apple and one in five New Yorkers speaks Spanish at home. In the last ten years, the Hispanic population has grown by 400 000. This reflects the enormous increase in the Hispanic population in the States. There are now 42 million Hispanics resident in the USA, representing 15% of the total population.

There is a new language, SPANGLISH – a strange mixture of Spanish and English – which is invading the city. The New York Times recently said that it had become the city’s third official language. Its use is colloquial and often limited to short sentences and signs. Many New Yorkers now wear socketines on their feet, drop something on the carpeta, shop for grocerias and have cornfley (“cornflakes”) for breakfast.

Norma Rodríguez, a 45-year-old Cuban living in Washington Heights, says it forms a part of her life now: “Sometimes, you don’t realize that you’re mixing the two languages. You just hear them both all the time and find that you’re inventing new words.” Other people, however, are fighting against this new street language. Businessman Juan Cortés sees it as a sign that the Spanish language is being destroyed. “It’s difficult, but I try not to speak it – it feels vulgar to me.”

Meanwhile, a surprising number of academics have spoken in favour of Spanglish. José María Ruiz, from NY State University, even runs courses in Spanglish and has written a dictionary. “It is a dialogue between two languages and cultures. We have to accept that languages change and evolve. The only languages that never change are dead ones.”

1、The Spanish-speaking population has grown very fast recently.()

2、More people are interested in studying Spanish than before.()

3、Spanglish is mainly used in formal contexts.()

4、Norma Rodríguez doesn’t notice when she is speaking Spanglish.()

5、Juan Cortés doesn’t speak Spanglish because he feels stupid when he tries.()

It takes a lot of time and effort to develop and maintain a marketing campaign that resonates(共鸣)with your potential clients. However, you should think more about how to develop a marketing campaign. After all, we’re always looking for ways to increase our competitiveness. Here are some marketing strategies for you to check out.

Partner(结伴)with allies. Marketing partnerships have many benefits to push a marketing campaign. For starters, when you stand side by side with someone else, you can deliver better content. If you are at the top of your business, marketing partnerships are cheaper to maintain your success and expose your brand.

Embrace user-generated content. According to a survey of 839 millennia’s(千万富翁)they spend 5.4 hours a day communicating with their peers, about 30 percent of their total media time. Similarly, you can also make this by sharing personal stories and exchanging ideas with your customers. This is a good way of carrying out advertisement.

Help customers solve a problem. As perfectly stated on Hubs pot,”You’re in business because you provide solutions.”Some of the ways you can help customers solve a problem is by: creating how-to-content; offering exclusives that make their lives easier; listening to them or answering their questions; or creating APPs or tools.

Let customers interact. No matter the product or service you’re offering, your customers want to interact with your company, or at least other customers. AMC, for example, created an online tool that allowed you to write down your imaginations. American Express connects small­ business owners to each other and helpful resources through its open forum.

26. This article mainly talks about().

A. some marketing strategies

B. your potential clients

C. communicative skills

27. You are suggested in the second paragraph to().

A. fight against your opponent

B. find

allies with someone else

C. always focus on yourself

28. To embrace user-generated content does good at().

A. making friends with strangers

B. choosing capable employees

C. Carrying out advertisement

29. Which of the following is NOT a way of helping customers solve a problem？

A. creating how-to-content

B. listening to customers

C. having dinner with customers

30. AMC created an online tool so that().

A. one can write down what he imagines

B. your dreams and thoughts will come true

C. they can gather information from customers

听力原文： (32)Your assignments this term will be to write two major research papers．One of the most important things about writing a research paper is giving proper credit of your resources of information. Failure to do this is called plagiarism which is a form. of intellectual dishonesty.

(33)Plagiarism is a kind of stealing or at least an unauthorized borrowing of someone else's ideas. Sometimes inexperienced students will plagiarize unintentionally, and then be surprised when the teacher won't accept their papers, or gives them a failing grade.

The best way to avoid an unintentional plagiarizing is to be very careful in gathering your information. As you take notes on books and magazine articles about the topic you've selected, first try to assimilate the information thoroughly. (34)Secondly, write it down in your own words. This is called paraphrasing. If you do a good job of paraphrasing, you'll capture the main idea from your source without actually using any phrases from it. (34)Most of your notes should probably be paraphrases. However, occasionally you may find something you wish to quote directly in your research paper. In this Case, (35)be sure that you copy the quotation precisely in your notes and enclose it in quotation marks. That way when you're finalizing your research paper, you'll be able to remember which of your notes are direct quotes and which are your own summaries of the material. You can then incorporate them appropriately and give the original author proper credit.

(33)

A．Reading magazine articles.

B．Reviewing book reports.

C．Writing research papers.

D．Selecting information sources.

Almost everyone knows the meaning of "Mr.", "Mrs.", and "Miss". "Mr." is used before the names of gentlemen. "Mrs." is for married women and "Miss" is for single women. But what is "Ms."？

For some time, businessmen in the US have used "Ms." before a woman's name when they do not know whether or not the woman is marrieD.Today, however, many women prefer to use "Ms." rather than "Mrs." or "Miss". The word "Mr." does not tell us whether a man is married or not. Many women think this is an advantage for men. They want to be equal to men in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether or not they are marrieD.

There are some problems with "Ms.", however. Not all women like it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find it difficult to pronounce. ("Ms." sounds like [miz].) Generally, young women like it better than older women do. It is difficult to know whether "Ms." will be used by more American women in the future or not. What do you think of this change？

1. Many young women prefer to use "Ms." because ________.

：A.they think themselves as good as men

B.it doesn't tell whether they're married or not

C.the word sounds more pleasant than "Mrs." does

D.the word has been used for a long time

"Hi there. How's it going？"

"Oh, fine, fine. How about this weather, huh？"

"Well, I guess we can always use the rain."

What's that？ This story？ Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you're waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn't do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.

Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It's so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don't make small connection with another person, I can't work."

What causes it？ As a rule, you're either trying to force something into your life, or you're using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.

The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time. Take the elevator, for instance. Now there's prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there's no reason to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to Oliver, "can confirm your territory. It's a way of feeling liked and accepted."

The topics of small talk don't matter. In fact, you don't want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It's non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you're with lots of people doing lots of talking.

Let's say you're at a party. Now it's time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don't look silly standing by the food table alone all night.

"Small talk'", as interpreted by the author, ______.

A．is not as idle as it may seem to be

B．is usually meaningless and therefore useless

C．has no real function in communication at all

D．is restricted to certain topics only

provide some information about their creditworthiness and reputation． However, your experience with them has been unsatisfactory just because they are not prompt in payment． So, you have to write an unfavorable reply to request for their credit information．

根据下列文章回答，21～25题。

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on autopilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative implication.

So it seems paradoxical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try—the more we step outside our comfort zone—the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.

But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

“The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind . “But we are taught instead to ‘decide,’ just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider.’ ” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware, she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,” explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will... and Ms. Markova’s business partner. “That’s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.” This is where developing new habits comes in.

第 21 题 In Wordsworth’s view，“habits” is characterized by being

A．casual.

B．familiar.

C．mechanical.

D．changeable.