I must get rid of the large table; it takes up too （) room.

A.much

B.many

C.few

D.little

完形填空Ahhh, summer. Time to relax. You cannot have complete rest if you ___1___it too seriously. But taking vacations seriously is exactly___2___we Americans seem to do. In the same way our kids' free time is now packed with activities, we adults have turned vacations into "active leisure." Anytime you try very hard to relax, that's active leisure. Our vacations___3___with an agenda, a purpose. We're visiting family, attending weddings, going camping, and making sure we ride that roller coaster-no matter how long the line is. We Americans are so active in our leisure___4___we commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations. We leave home___5___; we come back exhausted. That's why many of us have decided not to go. Americans are___6___a few vacation days (14 days, on average) compared with other developed countries, but ironically, we don't even use them. The average American will leave four vacation days on the table this year, which adds up to a total 574 million days of___7___vacation. Our relationship to relaxation seems contradictory. We spend more money than anyone else in the world on leisure-fully one-___8___of our income-and yet at the same time we are No. 1 in the world at not taking vacations. One of the top reasons given for not taking a vacation is that it's too much extra work. We have to get___9___of our work in order to leave, and then we have to catch up on our work upon our return. The longer the vacation we take, the bigger the stumbling blocks appear. So only 14% of Americans will take a vacation two weeks or longer this summer. Bottom linE、it's simply become too stressful to relax. We Americans take our time off so seriously that you can now get a Ph.D. in leisure studies at Penn State and 17 other famous universities. That's right-a doctorate, not just a bachelor's. It's such an up-and-coming field in academe that there is an actual shortage of___10___educators. We don't have enough people to teach leisure. I am tempted to make a joke about this, but I don't want to get the wrath of the leisure scientists. They'll beat me up with chairs.

1)

A、take

B、make

C、bake

D、cake

2)

A、this

B、that

C、what

D、which

3)

A、go

B、arrive

C、leave

D、come

4)

A、these

B、that

C、those

D、this

5)

A、tired

B、tire

C、tiring

D、tires

6)

A、give

B、giving

C、gave

D、given

7)

A、take

B、taken

C、untaken

D、took

8)

A、three

B、third

C、thirds

D、thirty

9)

A、ahead

B、out

C、rid

D、clear

10)

A、qualify

B、qualification

C、qualifies

D、qualified

I don't like the desk because it takes up too much space.()

ound he had only enough money to get a ticket back to England.Thinking the matter over, he decided that as it was only a two-day's voyage he could get home without eating anything.So he bought a ticket with that little money he had and went on board the ship.

He closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell, and when dinnertime came, he refused to go down to the place where people had their dinner, saying that he did not feel well.

The following day he did not get up until breakfast was over, pretending that he had overslept.At lunch time, too, he kept out of the way.By the time of the dinner, however, he became so hungry that he could even have eaten paper.

“I can't stand this any longer,”he said to himself.“I must have something to eat.” At dinner table he ate everything put in front of him.When he was quite satisfied, he felt stronger and at once went to see the waiter."Bring me the bill," he said to the waiter.

“The bill？” said the waiter in surprise.

“Yes,” answered the traveler.

“There isn't any bill here.” Said the waiter.“On this ship, meals are already included in the ticket.”

31.The traveler thought that he().

A.would find no food served on board

B.could not get home_ without having meals on board

C.could do without any food before he got home

D.would not be allowed to eat on board

32.“He closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell,” means ()

A.he did not hear the lunch bell

B.he heard the lunch bell but didn't go for lunch

C.he put something in his ears to close them

D.he did not know it was the lunch bell

33.The first day he did not have his lunch because he did not().

A.feel well

B.know the time for lunch

C.hear the lunch bell

D.have the money

34.What did the traveler mean when he said “I can't stand this any longer.”？ ()

A.I can't understand it.

B.I can't stay hungry any longer.

C.I can't keep my feet on this place any longer.

D.I must sit down for a while.

35.He became so hungry that he().

A.went to sleep

B.ate paper

C.went to the dinner-table

D.kept out of the way

in studying. There is no magic formula that will result in getting that knowledge. You must spend time and effort in the process. A certain number of hours of hard work are required. But you can make better use of the time through some common-sense tips.

A Time-Budgeting Plan

Consider some practical suggestions for the arrangement of your study schedule. In other words, you need a plan to budget your time. It will pay big dividends if you will set aside a few minutes or an hour as soon as possible after classes each day. Use this time to review the materials covered in the class periods of the day. Remember that you will forget a large portion within twenty-four hours after you hear or read it for the first time. Try to find a time at the end of your regular school day-or in the middle of it, if you have vacant period. You can review what was covered in each of the day's classes before it has had time to slip out of your mind. As a result, your memory will be stepped up greatly.

A Regular Time for Study

Set aside a regular time for your study of tomorrow's lessons. If you can possibly arrange it, it is a good policy to study at the same time each day. Doing this will help avoid :the problem of needing to study and letting the time slip by so that it doesn't get done. All of us have done this. We had the best of intentions, but we did not get started until it was too late. So have a routine of studying at a certain time each day, and never schedule anything else for that time. Then you will have the best possible chance to avoid missing your study due to poor use of time.

A Place for Study

Have one particular place where you can go to study. This does not mean, of course, that you can never, under any circumstance, study anywhere else. It does mean that when you have serious study to do, you try to go to this place to do it. Pick a place that has few distractions. It must be a place where there are no conversations, no activities of friends, or no interesting noises. There must be no reminders of things more pleasant than studying to compete for your attention. A table facing a wall with nothing but your actual work materials is best. And while your chair may have a soft cushion, it should not be so comfortable that it encourages you to relax completely. Habit Can Help You Study

Get into the habit of going to a place at a certain time to study. Then you will find that it becomes easier for you to concentrate. You lose less time in warming up to your subject. Right away you will get into the proper frame. of mind at your special study place and time. When doing this becomes a habit, you have made good progress. It has become easier to make yourself go through your study routine. In other words, going to one place at a regular time for study not only helps you to get started more easily, but also replaces willpower with the habit of studying.

Which of the following statements best covers the suggestions given for study？

A．You need a regular plan, place, and time for study.

B．You must be willing to spend time and effort studying.

C．You should pick a place where you can study and won't be distracted.

D．You need to get into the habit of study.

I don't like the desk because it takes () too much space.

A. up

B. in

C. on

D. away

I （) get this done immediately or it will be too late.

A. must

B. can

C. shall

D. may

– Must I do the washing-up tonight？ – ().

A: No, you mustn't if you don't want

B: Leave it if you're exhausted

C: Washing-up is really exhausting

D: Washing-up really takes up time

Reading Comprehension 从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。

Young people often wonder at the large number of employers who do not respond to their applications for jobs. They say that despite enclosing return envelopes they hear nothing at all or , at best , an impersonal (无人情味的) note is sent declaring that the post for which they applied has been filled. Applicants often suspect that job vacancies are set aside for friends and relatives and that advertisements are only put to prevent this accusation(指责). Many of them are tired of writing away and feel that if only they could obtain an interview with the right person their application would meet with success.

Not to acknowledge applicants' letters is impolite and there seems little excuse for this, yet even sending brief replies to the many who apply takes much time and money. That so-called return envelope may not have been stamped by the sender, and an office manger under the heavy workload may be reluctant to send off long letters of explanation to disappointed job-hunters. A brief note is all that can be managed and even that depends on the policy of the firm. But the difficulty is reasonably easy to remove with a little goodwill.

21、It can be inferred from the first paragraph that applicants have good reasons to believe that the posts they apply for_______________.

A.are only for the purpose of advertisement

B.are reserved for friends and relatives

C.are not there at all

D.are not good enough to satisfy their needs

22、Many job-hunters think that they can get a job if_______________.

A.they write more letters of application

B.they find the right person

C.they have more success

D.they can get an interview

23、The chief reason for a manager not to acknowledge applicants' letters is that _________________.

A.it takes a lot of time and money

B.it takes a lot of trouble

C.it requires a lot of efforts

D.it requires a lot of energy

24、The author thinks that a letter to an applicant should be_______________.

A.a long one

B.a short one

C.a brief one with a little goodwill

D.one with full explanation

25、What is the major complaint of job-hunters？

A.They have no chance to see the manager.

B.Their letters of application often get no response.

C.Job advertisements are totally a lie.

D.Writing application letters takes up too much of their time.

our- self requires your full attention. You seldom leave the office or shop at 5 p.m.【31】do you leave job problems there. They follow you home as business homework. This【32】ess time for your personal life.

The【33】you sought can put you on the spot. You don' t report to a boss. But you do【34】as hard as possible to serve your customers. They are you"【35】". You also have to compete with creditors, employees, suppliers, and tax collectors. In other words, you are never really【36】. Small firms can seldom 'afford to【37】enough employees so that each can specialize. You may have to prepare ads,【38】records, make sales calls, and collect bad debts.

You must be able to "wear many hats".【39】all these tasks takes up lots of time. But you cannot【40】long-range planning. You have to set goals and develop plans in meet them. Given too【41】time to management, your business will fall.

The major cause of business【42】is poor management. Of every three business that start, two fail.【43】half fall in the first five years. A person with limited talents may be able to hold a job in a large firm【44】others will pick up the slack. When you are in business【45】yourself, there is no one to "carry you".

Even if your firm【46】, you may still have little money to spend. You may work hard for months and not take a penny out【47】the salary you pay yourself. The reason is you may have to【48】your profits in the firm for long-term growth. Or you may need to meet short-term【49】for cash. You may not even be able to draw a salary【50】the firm becomes a truly going concern.

(31)

A．So

B．Also

C．Not

D．Either

Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.

I've been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinctionand one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mindand the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel nomatter how much we might like to think so.

Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter.If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture afleeting (稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it withthe world in raw form; no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want tomake writing the tool for thinking that it is.

The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls"free writing". In free writing, the objective is to get words down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. Nostopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideaswill come out from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.

Now you have taw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you've persuaded tosit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually haveand you will end up staring blankly at the page as the deadline draws near.

Instead of staring at a blank screen, start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through youravailable time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forthuntil you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.

56、When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind "cannot work in parallel" (Line 3, Para.1 ) in the writing process, he means ____

A.no one can be both creative and critical

B.they cannot be regarded as equally important

C.they are in constant conflict with each other

D.one cannot use them at the same time

57、What prevems people from writing on is ____

A.putting their ideas in raw form

B.attempting to edit as they write

C.ignoring grammatical soundness

D.trying to capture fleeting thoughts

58、What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing？

A.To organize one's thoughts logically.

B.To choose an appropriate topic.

C.To get one's ideas down.

D.To collect raw materials.

59、One common concern of writers about "free writing" is that ____. .

A.it overstresses the role of the creative mind

B.it takes too much time to edit afterwards

C.it may bring about too much criticism

D.it does not help them to think clearly

60、In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process？

A.It refines his writing into better shape.

B.It helps him to come up with new ideas.

C.It saves the writing time available to him.

D.It allows him to sit on the side and observe.