1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

I truly believe the secret to a successful quit lies in the desire to quit. No     1     (program) work when you don’t really want to stop     2     (smoke). If your desire to quit is     3     (great) than your need to smoke, you will     4     (success). We all deserve.     5     smoke-free life. No matter what causes us     6     (quit) smoking or spurs (鞭策) us on, we deserve health and     7     (happy) that being smoke-free provides. You’ll have a     8     (wonder) existence without nicotine addiction. If you still struggle with the desire     9     you have to continue smoking after you’ve quit, I believe you need to re-examine your reasons     10     quitting in the first place.

2 . One of our expectations about education is that it will pay off in terms of upward mobility. Historically, the relation between education and income has been strong. But in the early 1970s, a contradiction developed between education and the economy. Our value of education and our average educational attainment（获得）run faster than the capacity of the economy to absorb the graduates.

Since the 1970s, high-school graduates have experienced a striking decrease in earnings, making them the first generation since World War Ⅱ to face a lower standard of living than their parents had. Experts have argued that this contradiction is at the heart of the problem of public education today. It is not, as business leaders claim, that the schools are failing to properly educate students, that they are turning out young people who are inadequately prepared to function in the workplace. The real problem is a shortage of economic opportunities for students who are not continuing on to college. College graduates also are having difficulty finding jobs. Even when they do, the jobs may not be consistent with their training and expectations. Part of the problem is that too many young Americans expect to have professional jobs, making disappointment and frustration unavoidable for some.

Many students assumed that what was true of an individual— that the higher the education, the better the job opportunities — would also be true for an entire society. But when the numbers of better-educated young people became too great, the economy could no longer absorb them. Another part of the problem is the assumption that greater educational attainment guarantees career advancement. In fact, employers do not routinely reward educational attainment; rather, they reward it only when they believe it will contribute to the employee’s productivity.

We should not overlook the fact that there is still a strong relationship between education and occupation and income. College graduates have a strong advantage over those with less education. But the payoff is neither as large nor as certain as it once was. Unfortunately, Americans have focused so strong on the economic payoff that many consider their college education useless if it does not create a desirable, well-paying job. Only in this sense can we speak of an “oversupply” of college graduates.

We could argue that all or at least the majority of Americans would profit by some degree because higher education can enable the individual to think more deeply, explore more widely, and enjoy a greater range of experiences.

1. The underlined phrase “turning out” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A．bringing up	B．putting out
C．bringing out	D．putting up

2. When do employers reward higher education?

A．It offers better job opportunities.

B．It makes for higher productivity.

C．It guarantees career advancement.

D．It brings a definite advantage over others.

3. The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．our expectations about education

B．the problem of public education today

C．the contradiction between education and economy

D．the connection between education and occupation

4. What’s the writer’s attitude towards higher education?

A．Objective	B．Indifferent
C．Disapproving	D．Favorable

3 . One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a group of older boys stopped by to watch. "What are you doing?" asked one of the older boys. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!" the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh at him telling him that it was impossible to do it. After a while, they left without saying any more words.

The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He picked them up and put them into a glass box patiently. Then he went on digging. The box was full soon. Then he talked to himself quietly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging!"

Not all dreams will come true. Maybe your job will not end up with a success. But maybe you can proudly say, "Yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!" So that's why there is a famous saying that the process is more important than the results.

1. What did the boy do after watching a science program?

A．He bought a glass box.	B．He started to dig a hole.
C．He played with some visitors	D．He went on watching the program.

2. What did the older boys think of the little boy?

A．He was silly.	B．He was strict.
C．He was strong-minded.	D．He was energetic.

3. When did the boy find the stones?

A．Before he met the older boys.

B．When he wanted to give up digging.

C．After the older boys laughed at him.

D．As soon as he began to dig the hole.

4. The boy thought the colorful stones were________.

A．wonderful	B．useless
C．cheap	D．awful

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Enjoying the process	B．How to achieve goals
C．A journey through the earth	D．Digging a hole

4 . Where is the future going?

Our work habits have changed a lot over the past thirty years. While our parents may have expected to stay in one job, with one company, for their whole life, we are faced with the possibility of changing jobs and even careers several times. Our understanding of education, work and society is different from that of earlier generations.     1         Many of today's jobs will either disappear or change in the next ten years or so.

People in the future will still need food, of course, but the way we produce food will not be the same.     2     The good news for small farmers is that there will also be opportunities for mew kinds of farming, for example farms that grow organic food and environmentally friendly food.

What about people who work with computers? Well, things will change for them, too. More advanced computer programs and new technologies will remove the need for computer operators who perform simple actions. Modern search engines can do many of the things that yesterday's computer operators did. Word processing and simple information handling can be done automatically.     3    

A rapidly changing job market also creates new challenges for students, teachers and parents.     4     And it is becoming more difficult for parents to understand the kind of world their children are entering. Schools and teachers are also facing difficulties as they try to adapt to the new needs of their students, and the students themselves have to try to deal with all the changes and many questions.

    5     There are no easy answers, but we can try to turn challenges into opportunities. As the job market changes, new areas of growth appear. If we become good learners, and if we work together with our parents, friends and teachers, we can find ways to create a future where there is room for all of us to do what we are good at and enjoy.

A．What life will be like in the future is difficult to predict.

B．Not only the way we work and view the job has changed.

C．It is hard to imagine where all these advanced technologies will lead us.

D．For people with these skills, there will be new jobs as database managers.

E．Where is the future going and what can we do to find a place for ourselves in it?

F．Small farms that use old methods will be replaced by large farms with high efficiency.

G．The difference in values, skills, education and desires between two generations is growing.