1 . Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap, strong and fast. He was able to sell millions of models because he could produce them in large numbers at a time: that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind. Ford's father hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）. By the age of 29, in 1892，he had built his first car. However, the car made in this way, the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory. This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year. Since Ford's time, this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive.
1. Henry Ford was the man to built ________ cars.| A．cheap and strong | B．cheap and long |
| C．fast and expensive | D．strong and slow |
| A．he made many great cars | B．his cars are many |
| C．he made lots of cars of the same kind | D．both A and B |
| A．which was his father's will（意愿） | B．which was against his own will |
| C．which was against his father's will | D．which was the will of both |
| A．before 1908 | B．between 1982 and 1908 |
| C．before 1892 | D．after 1908 |
2 . Many people think that listening is a passive(被动的) business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as “bracketing”. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often, we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic. In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy, before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
1. The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.| A．preparing a topic list first | B．focusing on one’s own mind |
| C．directing the talk to the desired results | D．experiencing the speaker’s inside world |
| A．How to listen well. | B．What to listen to. |
| C．Benefits of listening. | D．Problems in listening |
| A．listen actively | B．listen on purpose |
| C．set aside their prejudices | D．open up their inner mind |
| A．Science fiction | B．A news report. | C．A medical report. | D．Popular science |
3 . From self-driving cars to carebots (care+robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a potential threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.
“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces,” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.
A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.
The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.
But the report states: “Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs — just changing what people do.” Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.
“The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies,” it states.
A report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,” according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.
“Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change,” Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers.
1. We can infer from the text that in the future ________.| A．people will face many difficulties |
| B．people will take up more creative jobs |
| C．artificial intelligence will threaten people's lives |
| D．most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces |
| A．people won't necessarily lose jobs |
| B．big companies will face fewer challenges |
| C．small companies will win against big companies |
| D．most people will become interested in technology |
| A．Mixed. | B．Worried. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Optimistic. |
| A．there will be enough jobs for people |
| B．things will change a lot in a few years |
| C．many people will become unemployed |
| D．technology will totally change future jobs |
4 . Mother Teresa was born in Albania. She received her spiritual（精神的）training in Ireland and Darjeeling, India. She taught for 20 years in Saint Mary's High School in India. She loved the country so much that she became a citizen of India in 1984. She began her work in India by teaching the children in the streets how to read. In I946 she decided to serve the poorest of the poor who lived in the streets. In 1950. Mother Teresa also began to care for lepers（麻风病患者）. In 1965, Pope Paul VI allowed Mother Teresa to open centers almost everywhere around the world to help lepers, the elderly, the blind, and people with AIDS. Mother Teresa also opened schools and homes for the poor. Her work was a message of love. It shows that a true belief always appears with action. It also shows that love in action is service. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, but she accepted it on behalf of the “poorest of the poor”. In August 1997, she ended her services and moved on, perhaps to another world. She will always be remembered by all of us for ale of her hard work.
1. Mother Teresa became a citizen of India because ______.| A．she loved the country |
| B．she had taught for 20 years in India |
| C．she got used to life in India |
| D．she wanted to help the poorest of the poor |
| A．offering homes to the poorest of the poor |
| B．teaching the children in the streets |
| C．caring for lepers around the world |
| D．asking Pope Paul VI for protection |
| A．struggled | B．returned |
| C．died | D．left |
| A．Give the world the best that you have no matter what. |
| B．If you are successful, even enemies will like you. |
| C．True love lies in your action, not your words. |
| D．What you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. |
1．表示欢迎；
2．推荐景点；
3．简述理由。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Henry：
I’m glad to hear from you.
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Yours，
Li Hua
1. What is the speaker’s attitude?
| A．No one is born a genius. |
| B．Too much practice is not useful. |
| C．Talented people needn’t work hard. |
| A．At the age of three. | B．At the age of five. | C．At the age of eight. |
| A．His father taught him. | B．He learned at schoo1. | C．He taught himself. |
| A．He couldn’t find a job. |
| B．He was an immediate success. |
| C．He gave up his studies for a while. |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
| A．In Thailand. | B．In Hawaii. | C．In Mexico. |
| A．It can be used underwater. | B．It cannot be dropped. | C．It’s pretty heavy. |
| A．$200. | B．$300. | C．$350. |
At each stage of our life, we meet different kinds of people. Some are funny; some teach us lessons in life while others occupy a special space in our heart. The people
In our childhood, “best friends”might have meant the persons who are always by our side, whether it may be in the classroom or in the dining hall. However, as we are getting
True friends are those
(1)它是中国的传统节日之一；
(2)家人团聚；
(3)赏月、吃月饼；
(4)还有旅游、访友等其他活动。
注意：词数 80 左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
10 . Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives. For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite. Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the earth to show how clouds are moving. Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls.
Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programmes come to us through satellites. Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location.
We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another. They are usually 35,880 kilometers above the equator. Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place. This is because it is moving around the world at 11,000 kilometers an hour —exactly the same speed that the earth rotates. A satellite must orbit the earth with its antennae(天线) facing the earth. Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit. So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position. This usually happens about every five or six days.
Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the earth. A satellite usually works for about 10~12 years. Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to earth to be repaired. Often, very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the earth for a very long time. This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other.
1. Which of the following is NOT done by satellites according to the passage?| A．Sending information for weather forecast. |
| B．Taking photographs of the earth. |
| C．Sending TV pictures. |
| D．Providing food for airplane pilots. |
| A．35,880 kilometers per hour. | B．335,880 kilometers per hour. |
| C．11,000 kilometers per hour. | D．110,000 kilometers per hour. |
| A．A satellite. | B．A little rocket. |
| C．A satellite seems to stay in the same place in the sky. | D．The satellite puts the rockets in the right position. |
| A．A satellite usually works for about 10~12 years. |
| B．Every time a satellite gets broken, it is brought back to the earth to be repaired. |
| C．A broken satellite is never left in space. |
| D．They often crash into each other. |
