In the West, it is regarded polite to open gifts as soon as they are given to express ( ) .

A.Good ide

B.Never min

C.You're lucky.

D.That's all right.

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You' re busy filling out the application form. for a position you really need; let' s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree.

Isn't it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form. that your diploma represents a Harvard degree？ Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University？ More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well - known university. Registrars at most well - known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.

Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then, if it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors"; another refers to them as "special cases" one well -known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people."

To avoid outright lies, some job -seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that' s when they began keeping records, anyhow.

If you don' t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University." The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue." As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

26. The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A) employers are checking more closely on applicants now

B) lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

C) college degrees can now be purchased easily

D) employers are no longer interested in college degrees

airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their work place. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

West lake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do school work anywhere they want. Within five years,each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are a part of a $10 million computer program at West lake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak”with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students.

State Officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities,too.

At West lake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use the computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one West lake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ____.

A、access the Internet

B、work at home

C、use for their schoolwork

D、connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation mark？____

A、They don’t really talk

B、They use the computer language

C、Laptops have speakers

D、None of the above reasons is correct

3. Which of the following is true about West lake College？____

A、It is an old college in America

B、All teachers use computers

C、1,500 students have laptops

D、Students there can do everything

4.A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can____.

A、attend lectures on information technology

B、travel around the world

C、get information from around the world

D、have free laptops

5.What can we infer(推断) from this passage？____

A、The program is successful

B、The program is not workable

C、The program is too expensive

D、We don’t know the result yet

one and call a ten-figure number,it must begin with 010 Got that—010？You can please yourself about the other seven figures.”I called the number 010 3612597A few moments later I heard a man's clear voice at the other end.The voice said,“Kikri 2597 Don Flower speaking.”I said,“Hello,Mr.Flower.I'm Robert West,and this call to you is one of my birthday presents.I'm thirteen today——”“Oh,that's great.Many happy returns of the day!Where are you calling from,Robert？You sound very clear.”“I'm at home in London.Where are you？”“You're in London!Well,well——I've never had a call from London before.I live in Kikri,in Australia.About a hundred miles from Kikri,actually,but it's the nearest place.I've got a small farm here,with about ninety thousand sheep on it.You ought to come and visit me one day.”“I'd like to,very much.Your farm must be very big,Mr.Flower,if you've got ninety thousand sheep on it.” “Well,there may be only eighty thousand by now.I'm not too sure.There's not a lot of feed for them,you know,and two of my wells have gone dry this month.So we've been driving the sheep around a bit.If you go straight across the middle of my farm,it's a hundred and ten miles.That isn't a great size for a farm in Australia,but it's big enough for me!”We talked for three minutes,and it was very interesting.I gave Mr.Flower my telephone number.He promised to ring me on my birthday next year.

1“You can please yourself about the other seven figures”means _______.

A.say “please” when you call the number

B.feel pleased to make the call yourself

C.choose the other seven figures yourself

D.be pleasant when you dial the other seven figures

2When Mr.Flower said “You're in London!Well,well—”,he was _______.

A.very surprised

B.very well

C.very sorry

D.out of breath

3Mr.Flower has been driving his sheep around a bit because _______.

A.his farm was too small for ninety thousand sheep

B.his farm was only 110 miles straight across the middle

C.he was afraid someone would steal more of his sheep

D.there wasn't enough feed or water on his farm for the sheep

4Which detail from the passage shows that Australia is a big country？

A.One must dial a 10-figure to reach Australia.

B.Mr.Flower lived one hundred miles from Kikri.

C.Mr.Flower now had only eighty thousand sheep on the farm.

D.Mr.Flower's farm isn't considered a big one in Australia.

5The best title for this passage is perhaps _______.

A.London-Kikri

B.A Birthday Present

C.Robert West and Don Flower

D.A Phone Call

it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually quite pleasant and there aren't too many tourists in October.

We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sight seeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to understand; and my wife didn't like traveling by underground. She said it made her feel shut in.

We went to look at the places, which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We don't have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.

In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.

1)、While in London, the writer and his wife usually got around on foot.

A.T

B.F

2)、The wife didn't like traveling by underground because it was not fast enough.

A.T

B.F

3)、They could visit good museums in London that they have no chance of doing at home.

A.T

B.F

4)、In London it is not easy for people to find English restaurants.

A.T

B.F

5)、They are going to take their umbrellas because it often rains in London.

A.T

B.F

e western plains.It looked somewhat like a water buffalo(北美洲野牛) It had a hump(驼峰) like a camel and a mane(鬃)like a lion.It preferred to eat the rich grass of the plains.

The official name of the strange animal is the American Bison.However, nearly everyone calls it a buffalo.

In the early days, millions of buffalo moved freely across the continent.They were powerful animals and ran with great speed.The Indians hunted them for food and clothing.

In the 19th century, white men hunted the bison for their skins.They seldom killed the bison for meat.One famous frontiersman, however, Buffalo Bill Cody hunted buffalo for meat.The railroads used the meat to feed their workers.

The American buffalo could run at a speed of almost 75 kilometers an hour.He was difficult to hurt because he was always for a fight.There were times when five or six bullets would not kill him, and buffalo hunters sometimes had a lot of trouble killing the animal.The buffaloes were hard to control and the hunters would get confused or feel helpless.Finally, in the west the expression, to buffalo, came to mean to make one helpless or to confuse and trick.

It is still used today.When a person has you “buffaloed”, he has you in his power.You're helpless! (10 分)

(1).When did the bison begin to live on the western plains of America？

A.When the European immigrated to America.

B.Long before the first Europeans arrived in America.

C.After the Europeans immigrated to America.

D.A short time before the first Europeans arrived in America.

(2).The bison looks like a __ __.

A.lion

B.camel

C.water buffalo

D.tiger

(3).White men hunted the buffalo ____.

A.for their workers

B.for their meat

C.for theft hunters

D.for their skins

(4).Why was American Bison difficult to hurt？

A.Because he was always for a fight.

B.Because he could nm fast.

C.Because he was too thick to be caught.

D.Because his look was odd enough to frighten away the hunters.

(5).“To be buffaloed” means .

A.to run as fast as a buffalo

B.to be helpless or be confused

C.to be caught for amusement

D.to be as special as a buffalo

You're busy filling out the application form. for a position you really need; let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree.Isn't it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form. that your diploma represents a Harvard degree？ Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University？

More and more people are turning to utter , deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools.A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.

Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then.If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly.

One Ivy League school calls them “impostors”; another refers to them as “special cases”.One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by “no such people”.

To avoid outright lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended”or“were associated with” a college or university.After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that “attending”means being dismissed after one semester.It may be that “being associated with” a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend.One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century-that's when they began keeping records, anyhow.

If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges.The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from “Smoot State University”.The prices increaserapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue”.As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

26.The main idea of this passage is that().

A.employers are checking more closely on applicants now

B.lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

C.college degrees can now be purchased easily

D.employers are no longer interested in college degrees

27.According to the passage, “special cases” refer to cases where().

A.students attend a school only part-time

B.students never attended a school they listed on their application

C.students purchase false degrees from commercial films

D.students attended a famous school

28.We can infer from the passage that().

A.performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree

B.experience is the best teacher

C.past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do

D.a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

29.This passage implies that ().

A.buying a false degree is not moral

B.personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

C.most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D.society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

30.As used in the first line of the second paragraph, the word “utter”means().

A.address

B.ultimate

C.complete

D.Decisive

Guilin is the west of China.

A. to

B. from

C. in

A.tamed

B.swift

C.proud

D.wild