I am beginning to think that ___people say about him is true（）

Jack________ from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.

A．has been missing

B．has been missed

C．had been missing

D．was missed

Jack ____from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.

A.has been missing

B.has been missed

C.had been missing

D.was missed

A.saying “Hello,this is xxx from xxx company speaking.”

B.saying “Hello,I am xxx from xxx company speaking.”

C.Just speaking out your name.

D.waiting to be asked.

-- Can I help you with the bag？

-- _____

A. No, thank you. I can take it myself.

B. Thank you.

C. Sorry, you can't.

D. No, I am all right.

Please accept my greeting from New York.I am just beginning my graduate (研究院) studies here at this university. It is the third week of classes now. My roommate, Tom, is also a graduate student like me. He is studying biology (生物学). He is from Houston. We are now on good terms.

Our dormitory m going to buy one this afternoon. The view on the window is pleasant, and the weather is hot in the summer right now. It is about 38 degrees outside the room. But we have air conditioning in the room, so I feel OK.

How are you getting on？ Are you still working on your paper now？

Please say "Hello" to those who have taught me. I miss all of you very much.

Love

Wang Hui

6.Wang Hui is writing to her former teacher.

A.T

B.F

7.From the passage, we know that Wang Hui is a new graduate student in New York.

A.T

B.F

8.Tom is from Houston.

A.T

B.F

9.Wang Hui thinks her dormitory is too big.

A.T

B.F

10.Wang Hui is going to move to another room.

A.T

B.F

means that they can put money and effort into their staff training and make them loyal to the company. What they do is to select young people who have potential and who can be trained. They then give the young people the kinds of skills that will make them suitable employees for the company. In other words, they adjust their training to their particular needs.

One recently employed graduate says that she is receiving a great deal of valuable training from the company. "This means that I will be a loyal employee", she says. "And it also means that the company will want to keep me. I am an important investment for them. So the policy is a good one because it benefits both the employer and the employee".

Recently, however, attitudes towards lifelong employment are beginning to change. Employees are slowly beginning to accept the idea that lifelong employment is not always in their best interest and that changing firms can have career advantages.

The purpose of lifelong employment is to ______.

A．adjust the needs of the company to its employees

B．make employees loyal to their company

C．select the best skilled young employees

D．keep the skilled staff satisfied

What is the function of the word “Then” at the beginning of line 9？

A.It indicates the thematic turn in this Petrarchan sonnet.

B.It indicates the logical turn in this Petrarchan sonnet.

C.It indicates the structural turn in this Petrarchan sonnet.

D.All the three answers mentioned above.

I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage.For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father.Totally loving.No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio.The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of heir wives.Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will.A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband.Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did.Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”

“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased.Maybe a little puzzled.

After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read.Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach.I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went.Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums.Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed.I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however.Evelyn and I still laugh about it today.On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter？” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “do you know something I don’t？”

“What do you mean？”

“Well… that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago … our doctor… did he tell you something about me？ Tom, you’ve been so good to me… am I dying？”

It took a moment for it all to sink in.then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms.“You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

26.In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means “_________”.

A.unintentionally

B.inevitably

C.impressively

D.unconditionally

27.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________.

A.with his family

B.with Evelyn

C.alone

D.with his children

28.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ____________.

A.she looked lovely in her new clothes

B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C.he was determined to be a good husband

D.she was seriously ill

29.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What was the one thing that went wrong？

A.He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B.She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

C.He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

D.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

30.By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ____________.

A.he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

B.he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

C.he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D.he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

One of the things I am really fond of is the weekly shopping experience. I like to

imagine pushing the trolley slowly around the supermarket and taking anything that

interests me. But my experience is not always so exciting. First it is difficult to get

a shopping trolley. Carefully designed not only to hold all shapes and sizes of

purchases, a single trolley is hard to get out of the line of trolley s where it is

parked. Often one needs the help of two strong men. The next lesson is that women never

follow a logical route when shopping. Your wife has disappeared before you know it.

After ten minutes of searching, when you finally find her in a far corner, she

enquires: “Where have you been all this time, dear？” Supermarket managers are sent on

courses to learn how to tempt the customers and persuade them to buy goods they do not

really need, at prices they are not able afford. As a newcomer, I am often taken in by

their clever techniques, as I take many goods off the shelves. But I am often

discouraged by my wife. “Put it back, dear.” “You’ve tried that before and didn’t

take to it.” “No, it’s too expensive.” After the week’s groceries have been

collected, the last trial is passing through the checkout counter. Never join the

shortest queue. It usually contains several shoppers who pay by writing out a personal

cheque and who wait until all their purchases have been totaled up before beginning a

mad search through their handbags for their cheque books. When the book is found, the

customer never knows the date, asks again for the forgotten total and forgets to put

the address on the back. Don’t be fooled, either, by thinking that this is the end of

the exercise. When the cheque has been carefully examined by the cashier, a bell rings

, and there is a further wait until a supervisor arrives to say that the cheque can be

accepted. Then it is our turn, and the checkout girl is so quick and efficient that we

don’t have time to get our own chequebook ready. But the people who are packing our

shopping are kind and give us friendly smiles When we come once more into the great

outside world, a broken egg is running down my trousers. I hear the voice of my wife

call out: “Oops, dear, mind the trolley.” Shopping!

1. How often does the author go shopping？

A. every day

B. every week

C. every month

D. every year

2. The author does not find his shopping experience always ______.

A. exciting

B. useful

C. embarrassing

D. time-consuming

3.The last trial is ____________________________.

A. collecting groceries

B. passing through the checkout counter

C. having a rest

D. saying goodbye

4. Who comes to check whether the cheque can be accepted.

A. The supervisor

B. The manager

C. The salesgirl

D. The husband

5. When they come into the great outside world, the author finds that ______.

A. he can’t find the car

B. he can’t find his wife

C. a ten-dollar note on the ground

D. a broken egg is running down his trousers

A.had begun

B.has begun

C.is begun

D.was beginning