Although under great pressure, we all get on well with each other in this large office. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you .
You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two weeding gifts, one funeral remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts .
It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable(and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.
This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting .
Thank you for understanding .
1. The underlined word “ contributions ” probably means _________ .| A．reports | B．suggestions |
| C．understanding | D．money |
| A．show more kindness |
| B．discontinue the present practice |
| C．quit being the organizer for gift giving |
| D．know more about co-workers’ families |
| A．apology | B．dissatisfaction |
| C．appreciation | D．sympathy |
增加：在缺词处 加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词；
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出改正后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mary,
I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I’m getting on well with my research work in the lab. But to my greatly surprise you say you will give up learn English. The reason is because you have not done well in it recently and you have lost interests. I’m afraid I couldn’t agree with you . I know it is difficulty to learn English, and English is widely used in the world today. It will be important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, you will be succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’m looking forward to hearing good news from you.
Yours,
Li Hua
3 . GRANDMOTHER, Michelle Riotton, a 78 old, survived after falling down a mountain valley. She set off for a walk alone dressed only in a light jacket and trousers. "I slipped into a valley!" said Mrs. Riotton, who said the fall happened in a deep forest close to her home village.
It was warm and sunny when the accident happened, but temperatures dropped to very low when night fell, and it rained. "I wasn’t afraid," said Mrs Riotton. "But I was worried that my children and grandchildren would become too worried about me." Mrs Riotton said she covered herself in leaves when feeling cold, taking very small bites of two biscuits which she had in her pocket and drinking rainwater which fell down her face.
She spent six nights before she was found on Saturday. She was lying at the bottom of the valley, which was less than a mile from her home. The search had once been stopped, but Patrice Fossard, one of her neighbors, insisted that the search continue. "There was no way we could give up her, even if deep inside we felt we had little hope of finding her alive," said Mr Fossard. "It was a miracle that Michele was finally found."
Mrs Riotton said she would be taking life easier from now on. "Enough is enough!" she said. "No more forests--I don’t want to visit one again."
A mountain policeman said walking alone in the mountain was not recommended and that Mrs Riotton should have carried a mobile phone with her. "The mountains are particularly dangerous at this time of year as sunny afternoons can quickly change into cold, wet and stormy evenings," he said. "Anybody walking into the mountains should carry safety equipment and be prepared for any kind of emergency."
1. When Michelle Riotton was in the valley, she _________.| A．was hurt too badly to move | B．missed her home very much |
| C．didn’t feel afraid | D．felt very hungry |
| A．keep warm during her suffering | B．prevent the harmful animals |
| C．make herself noticed by others | D．avoid getting wet in the rain |
| A．Saturday | B．Monday |
| C．Wednesday | D．Sunday |
| A．the mountains in the morning are very dangerous |
| B．one had better not walk in the mountains alone |
| C．people should carry safety equipment every day |
| D．people wouldn’t be safe without a mobile phone |
Never Over-Study
When you spend too much time studying you will quickly lose focus and the time spent in studying will become ‘junk time’. You think you're studying but you're just sitting there re-reading the same sentence about 100 times and you're not getting anywhere. Instead, take regular breaks.
Top students don't just randomly sit down and complete work. They actually plan what they are going to do: They actually plan the time they will study and they set goals for what will be achieved. If you want to be successful, do as successful people do. Set a plan and, set a goal and stick to it, which will create a routine and a routine is the first step towards developing a habit.
Front Up To The Toughest Work First
Many of us like to do the easy things first to build our confidence. That’s fair enough. The only challenge with this approach is that you use up your primary energy at the start of any study period and so if you are dealing with the easy parts with your primary energy your batteries will be low when it comes the time to deal with the hard part. So what happens then?
Do we really have to explain this? Just turn them off for an hour, we promise the world will still be there when you log back in! Don't text your friends, don't chat while doing memory activities，don't make phone calls, just focus on what you're doing. Even if you focus on work' for 15 minutes followed by 5 mins of chatting, it’s better than 30 minutes of work while also chatting! You get that right?
| A．Plan Your Study |
| B．Achieve Your Goal |
| C．Positive habits decide future success. |
| D．Taking breaks can make you get everywhere. |
| E．You get tired and impatient and just give up. |
| F．Get Off Social Networking Sites And Turn Off The Phone |
| G．Taking breaks will make you energetic again and refresh your mind. |
Diana got married and had a 5-year-old son named Dusfin. They lived a very happy life and have been expecting a new family member coming. But a disease forced her to experience an emergency operation to deliver their new daughter．At 12 inches long and ________ only one pound and nine ounces，she was a premature baby．But the doctor’s soft words dropped like ________．“I don’t think she’s going to make it” he said．“There’s only a 10-percent ________ she will pull through the night，and even then，if by some chance she does make it，her future could be a very ________ one．”
David and Diana listened as the doctor ________ the serious problems the newly—born baby，Anna，would ________ face if she survived．She would never walk；she would never ________；she would probably be blind；and so on．
“No! No!” was all Diana could ________．The whole family had long ________ the day they would have a daughter to become a ________ of four．Now，within a matter of hours，that dream was slipping away. But Diana insisted，“I don’t care what the doctors say! One day she will be coming home with us!”
Certainly，there was ________ a moment when Anna suddenly grew ________．But as the weeks went by，she did ________ gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of ________ there. At last，when Anna turned two months old，her parents were able to ________her in their arms for the very first time though ________ continued to gently but coldly ________ that her chances of surviving，much less living any kind of normal life，were next to zero．
Finally，Anna went home from the hospital，just as her mother had ________.Today，five years later，Anna is a little but lively young girl with bright gray eyes ________ a strong interest for life. She shows no ________ of any mental or physical injuries. Simply，she is everything a little girl can be．1.
| A．weighing | B．counting | C．measuring | D．looking |
| A．gifts | B．rains | C．orders | D．bombs |
| A．chance | B．right | C．deduction | D．result |
| A．easy | B．common | C．cruel | D．peaceful |
| A．solved | B．collected | C．created | D．described |
| A．bravely | B．likely | C．completely | D．firmly |
| A．talk | B．taste | C．breathe | D．see |
| A．act | B．consider | C．say | D．refuse |
| A．gone through | B．given up | C．relied on | D．dreamed of |
| A．family | B．group | C．team | D．unit |
| A．ever | B．even | C．never | D．still |
| A．happier | B．stronger | C．quieter | D．calmer |
| A．strangely | B．sharply | C．particularly | D．slowly |
| A．strength | B．progress | C．skill | D．wisdom |
| A．hold | B．grasp | C．touch | D．flick |
| A．barbers | B．parents | C．relatives | D．doctors |
| A．notice | B．warn | C．judge | D．present |
| A．doubted | B．feared | C．hoped | D．accused |
| A．but | B．and | C．so | D．or else |
| A．effects | B．marks | C．signs | D．evidences |
“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”
“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr. Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”
In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.
“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”
When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything. “When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”
Johnny was fined $250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $2,500?”
1. Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.
| A．he liked listening to the radio |
| B．he had a big family to support |
| C．he spent a lot of time writing letters |
| D．he didn’t do the jobs well |
| A．Because he was lazy. |
| B．Because he was out of work. |
| C．Because he cheated the people. |
| D．Because he didn’t pay for his new suit. |
| A．Johnny would get $2,500 from the newspaper. |
| B．The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny. |
| C．Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper. |
| D．Johnny would become a newspaper reporter. |
| A．How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner. |
| B．What’s Johnny’s secret. |
| C．What did the policeman want Johnny to do. |
| D．How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back. |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I’m very glad to have received the letter you sent me two weeks before. I have been thought about the question raised in your letter. In my opinion, you should go back after you finish your studies at abroad. For one thing, that you are studying is badly needed nowadays in our country. It will be quite easily for you to find a good job. In fact, I know that a few big company in our city hope to hire people like you. For another, I think it will be more convenient for you look after your parents because they are getting older and older. And this is only my point of view. It is up to me to make a right choice.
