One of the strongest reasons for the raising of the school leaving age （ROSLA.has been

A.strongest

B.stronger

C.strong

D.enough

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

The sea is the common property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. None can appropriate it exclusively to themselves；nor is it “foreign” to any. This was the decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. It was stated as a fundamental rule the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters(the waters within three miles of a country's coast), the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime. After the United States purchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals were American property because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the United States. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, the special rights of a nation that makes use of an open-sea area are recognized.

All of the sea's rules of the road are established by international conferences and treaties.

The fundamental rule of the sea means that______.

A. the sea should be equally divided among all the nations in the world

B. any area of the sea belongs to the nation closest to it

C. no nation has any sea rights

D. no nation has exclusive right to the open sea

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You must have been troubled by when to say "I love you" because it is one of the greatestpuzzles in our life．

"A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal," says psychologistSidney Crown．"but love is seldom equal．" All relationships go through power struggles but, hesays, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in．In love, at least, the silent, with-holding type is not always the most powerful．"The strongest one in a relationship is often the per-son who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings．" says educational psychologist IngridCollins．"In fact, the person who says &39; I love you&39; first may also be the one who says &39; I&39; mbored with you&39; first．" Hall believes that much depends on how "I love you" is said and the mo-tivation of the person saying it．"Is it said when they&39;re drunk？ By saying &39;I love you&39;, they re-ally saying &39; Do you love me？&39; If so, wouldn&39; t it just be more honest to say that？" Collins agreesthat intention is everything．"It&39; s not what is said, but how it&39; s said．What it comes down to isthe sincerity of the speaker．"

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

A.The importance of "I love you"．

B.The meaning of "I love you"．

C.The time of saying "I love you"．

D.The place of saying "I love you"．

standard of living. It is not surprising, 【26】______ , that Americans have valued education for its monetary value. The belief is widespread in the United States 【27】______ the more schooling people have, the more money they will 【28】______ when they leave school. The belief is strongest 【29】______ the desirability of an undergraduate university degree, or a 【30】______ degree such as medicine or law 【31】______ the undergraduate degree. The money value of graduate degrees in 【32】______ such as art, history, or philosophy is not 【33】______ great.

This belief in the monetary value of education is 【34】______ by research outcomes on income. Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimates that in the 【35】______ of a lifetime a man 【36】______ a college school diploma in 1972 could earn about $380,000 more than a man who 【37】______ had a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain survey 【38】______ which showed that Americans who 【39】______ they had lived their lives differently in some way regretted 【40】______ of all that they did not get more education. The regret is 【41】______ by those who have made 【42】______ to the top and by those who have not. 【43】______ a man like Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, a nationally known and successful leader, was 【44】______ by regrets that he did not climb higher on the 【45】______ ladder.

【26】

A．however

B．therefore

C．moreover

D．though

The Princess Disease

Have you ever heard of the princess disease？ It is a terrible disease. __26__ It wastes away at one’s social life and people’s tolerance. People with this disease think they are better than everyone else, without a real reason.

Jin is a girl who suffers from this disease. __27__ She thinks she is better looking than her friends and most people she has met. It is, as far as she is concerned, a well-known fact that she dresses better, sings better, and dances better than most people in her school, too.

So is Jin justified in believing that she is better than everyone else？ __28__ Of course, she thinks this is because the singing coach hates her, since the coach has bad skin and is jealous of her. She is good at sports, but she isn’t the strongest, fastest, or even the best at any of their school’s events. __29__ She, again thinks it was because of the "haters". After losing, she pretended she’d just run for fun and it was no big deal, but in fact it was a huge deal to her.

Jin definitely has the disease. The treatment is to stop being so mean and geta little modesty. __30__ She might even get rid of this disease if she tries hard enough.

A.She is too proud of herself.

B.Jin is very popular.

C.Then things might become better for her.

D.She sings well, but not well enough to be a lead singer.

E.It threatens to push one’s friends away.

F.She ran for class president, but came in third

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It was the district sports meeting．My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n)36 injury．Ihad37whether or not I should attend the meeting．But there I was,38for the 3,000-metrerun．．

"Ready．．．set．．．" The gun popped and we were off．The other girls rushed 39 me．Ifelt40 as I fell farther and farther behind．

"Hooray!" shouted the crowd．It was the loudest41 I had ever heard at a meeting．Thefirst-place runner was two laps(圈 )ahead of me when she crossed the finish line．

"Maybe I should42," I thought as I moved on．43, I decided to keep going．Dur-ing the last two laps, I ran44 and decided not to45 in track next year．It wouldn&39;t beworth it,46my foot did heal．

When I finished, I heard a cheer-47 than the one I&39;d heard earlier．I turned around and48 , the boys were preparing for their race．"They must be cheering for the boys．" I was leaving49several girls came up to me．"Wow, you&39;ve got courage!" one of them

told me．

"Courage？ I just50 a race!" I thought．

"I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl．"We were cheering for you．Didyou hear us？"

Suddenly, I regained51I decided to 52 track next year．I realized strength andcourage aren&39;t always 53 in medals and victories, but in the 54 we overcome(战胜)．

The strongest people are not always the people who win, 55 the people who don&39;t give upwhen they lose．

第36题应选 查看材料

A.slighter

B.worse

C.earlier

D.heavier

回答题。

You must have been troubled by when to say "I love you" because it is one of the greatest puz-zles in our life．

What if you say it first and your partner doesn&39; t love you back？ Or if they do say it but youdon&39;t feel they mean it？ Being the first to declare your love can be nerve-racking(紧张) and riskyand can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell．But is the person who says it firstreally in a position of weakness？ Doesn&39;t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the otherhalf has shown their hand fh&39;st？

"A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal," says psychologist Sid-ney Crown．"But love is seldom equal．" All relationships go through power straggles but, he says,if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in．"That feeling of &39;I&39; ve always loved youmore&39; may be subverted(颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often e-merges in squabbling(大声争吵)．" In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always themost powerful．"The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough totalk about their feelings," says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins．Psychosexual therapist PaulaHall agrees．"The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative．In fact, theperson who says &39;I love you&39; first may also be the one who says &39;I&39;m bored with you&39; first．" Hallbelieves that much depends on how "I love you" is said and the motivation of the person saying it．

"Is it said when they&39; re drunk？ Is it said before their parmer flies off on holiday, and what it reallymeans is &39; Please don&39; t be unfaithful to me&39; ？ By saying &39; I love you&39;, they really saying&39; Do youlove me？&39; If so, wouldn&39; t it just be more honest to say that？" Collins agrees that intention is every-thing．"It&39; s not what is said, but how it&39; s said．What it comes down to is the sincerity of thespeaker．"

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

A.The importance of "I love you"．

B.The meaning of "I love you"

C.The time of saying "I love you"

D.The place of saying "I love you"．

find these careers in engineering, in production, in statistical work, and in teaching. But there is an increasing demand for people who are able to take in a great area at a glance, people who perhaps do not know too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest rather than the trees, of making general judgement. We can call these people "generalists". And these "generalists" are particularly needed for positions in administration, where it is their job to see that other people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people’s work, to begin it and judge it.

The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools. He is a "trained" man; and his educational background is properly technical or professional. The generalist -- and especially the administrator deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an "educated" man; and the humanities are his strongest foundation. Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist also a good specialist in a particular field. Any organization needs both kinds of people, though different organizations need them in different proportions. It is your task to find out, during our training period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your career accordingly.

Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you--but this is pure accident. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job. At the same time you should not look upon the first job as the final job; it is primarily a training job, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.

There is an increasing demand for _______.

A．people whose job is to organize other people’s work

B．generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional

C．all-round people in their own fields

D．generalists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others

,especially for people working with Western businesses. The main activity of debate is presenting one&39; s opinion and suppmting it with evidence,such as statistics or facts. It is a way of persuasive communication.

Charles Lebeau helped create the "Discover Debate" method. He says debate is important to understanding how people communicate in Western business. Successful debaters learn how to give their opinkm,reasans and support. "What we are trying to do is to develop a kind of thinking or approach to discussion and how to interact (交流) with someone else&39; s opinion, rather than brush their opinion aside. "

Debate skills are also important in selling a product, he says. In that situation, the judges are the customem. "So on Monday, for example, one company may come in and present their case to the customer and they" ll make as strong a ease as they can. On Tuesday, the next day, another company will come in and present their ease to the customer. Usually the party that can present the strongest case wins” Debate also strengthens critical thinking. In other words, it helps students learn to ask questionsand try to understand someone&39; s reasons and evidence.lift-.

Lebeau points out that successful debaters learn to listen carefully to what other people are saying. Then, they look for the weak points in someone else&39; s opinion or argument. He says debate teaches a systematic way of questioning.

Successful debaters also learn to think from someone else&39; s point of view. Mr. Lebeau says debate can help broaden the mind. "There&39; s an expression in English : don&39; t criticize another person before you have walked in their shoes. I think the wonderful thing about debate is, it puts us in another person&39; s shoes. "

36. According to Paragraph 1 ,what is the purpose of debate？

A.To bring long-lasting material rewards

B.To present evidence such as statistics and facts

C.To respond to questions in a systematic way

D.To persuade people to accept your opinions

Why is debate important.A.It helps people understand others better

B.It allows people to present their opinions

C.It develops one' s thinking and communicative competence

D.It gives one the opportunity to brush others' opinion aside

What does the underlined word "case" in Paragraph 3 refer to？A.Container

B.Evidence

C.Problem

D.Product

What can debaters benefit from "walking in another person' s shoes" .A.Becoming more broad-minded

B.Developing critical thinking

C.Finding others' weak points

D.Trying out others' methods

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