Ritte was a very complex man but Peter was the （oppose) ______, a simple farmer.

A．Growing potatoes will involve less labor.

B．Its soil may not be very suitable for com.

C．It may not be big enough for raising com.

D．Raising potatoes will be more profitable.

A．He has a very high phone bill this month, too

B．The woman should contact the phone company

C．The woman should make fewer long-distance calls

D．He'll help the woman pay her phone bill

Investors can reduce risks and still make good profits by

A．investing only in blue chip companies.

B．monitoring share prices very closely.

C．buying shares gradually over time.

D．choosing a variety of investment.

Which of the following statement is CORRECT？

A．Drastic changes in the weather have been common since ancient times.

B．The change in weather from very cold to very hot lasted over a century.

C．The scientists have been studying ice to forecast weather in the future.

D．The past 10,000 years have seen minor changes in the weather.

To: Jack-Doe2006@yahoo. com

From: George. Gilhooley@yahoo. com

Subject: Application for the Programmer Position

Date: July 28, 2009

Dear Mr. Jack Doe,

I am writing to apply for the programmer position advertised in the Times Union. As requested, I am enclosing a completed job application, my certification, my resume and three references.

The opportunity presented in this listing is very interesting, and I believe that my strong technical experience and education background will make me a very competitive candidate for this position. The key strength that I possess for success in this position include:

I have successfully designed, developed, and supported live use applications.

I strive for continued excellence.

I provide exceptional contributions to customer service for all customers.

With a BS degree in Computer Programming, I have a full understanding of the full life cycle of a software development project. I also have experience in learning and excelling at new technologies as needed.

Please see my resume for additional information on my experience.

I can be reached anytime via e-mail at george. gillhooley﹫yahoo, com or my cell phone, 909-426-537.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to speaking with you about this employment opportunity

Sincerely,

George Gilhooley

Enclosure: Resume and other relative files

To: Jack - Doe2006@ yahoo. com

From: George. Gilhooley@yahoo. com

Subject: Confirmation

Date: August 3, 2009

Dear Mr. Jack Doe,

I submitted a letter of application and a resume earlier this month for the programmer position advertised in the Times Union. To date, I have not heard from your office. I would like to confirm receipt of my application and reiterate my interest in the job.

I am very interested in working at Sycamore Company and I believe my skills and experience would be an ideal match for this position.

If necessary, I would be glad to resend my application materials or to provide any further information you might need regarding my candidacy. I can be reached at 909-426-537 or george. gillhooley@yahoo. com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

George Gilhooley

What is Mr. Jack Doe's profession？

A．An accountant of the Sycamore

B．The chief editor of the Times Union

C．The personnel manager of Sycamore Company

D．A colleague of George Gilhooley

Subject: Contact with advisor

From: anderson2009@yahoo. com

To: johnson111@gmail. com

Dear Professor Johnson,

I am very pleased to learn from the Dean of the Graduate School that you will be my advisor during my two years of graduate study at your university (147) Fall 2008. With your help, I am confident of being successful in my studies.

To help me better prepare for future study, I need your advice as to what books on food and nutrition I should review. I have already reviewed general chemistry, organic chemistry and qualitative chemistry analysis. Presently, I am in the process of reviewing biology, biochemistry and food chemistry. I should be very (148) if you would kindly give me your opinions on my preparatory work and also tell me which courses I should take (149) the M. S. degree.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours,

Anderson

(47)

A．committing

B．beginning

C．commencing

D．continuing

听力原文：M: How is your work as a fashion designer？

W: Not too bad. You know I like the company.

Q: What does the woman mean？

(15)

A．She doesn't like her job.

B．She is tired of her work.

C．She likes her job very much.

D．She wants to find a better job.

he most successful sites has been "oldfriends. com". Like all good ideas, this one is very simple. It's just a database of schools that you can add your name and e-mail address or phone number to, so that old friends can log on, find your details and contact you. In the studio today, we have two guests Mark Sorenson, a sociologist who has been investigating this phenomenon and Dr. Julie Arnforth, a psychologist who has recently produced a study of how and why friendships from the past can become very important to us in later life.

Who is speaking？

A．A sociologist

B．An old friend

C．Dr. Julie Arnforth

D．A radio or TV presenter

Puck says,

The king doth keep his revels here tonight,

Take heedd the Queen com not within his sight,

For Oberon is passing fell and wrath,

Because that she as her attendant hath

A lovely boy stol'n from Indian king;

She never had so sweet a changeling,

And jealous Oberon would have the child

Knight of his train, to trace the forests wild.

The meaning of the above words is that()。

A.The king is going to find fun in the forest, but he does not feel happy with the queen for she is such a miserly person that she wants to keep the boy stolen from Indian for her own only because she likes the boy very much, whereas the king is going to make the boy as his adopted son.

B.The king is going to find fun in the forest together with the queen. Though the king is jealous that she has an indian boy, he hopes she can hand him over to him by making her happy.

C.The king is going to find fun in the forest tonight, and please take care not to let the queen be here. The reason is that the king is very angry with her. The queen has an Indian boy stolen from an Indian king, and she likes him very much and does not like to hand over the boy to the fairy king who intends to make the child one of his knights together with him to wander in the wild forest.

D.The king is going to find fun in the forest tonight, and please make sure the queen does not come, because the king is very angry with her. She has a lovely boy coming from Indian who the king also likes and decides to make him one of his knights to be together with him in the forest.

f sites are weathering the storm. The first group is often referred to as "clicks and mortar"--online extensions of stores like Walmart or Sears. They take an existing, traditional business and extend it into the online arena. The second group provides a unique service made possible by the Internet's special characteristics. Job sites and online auctioneer e-Bay are both good examples of the new breed of business that the Internet continues to foster.

Cafepress. com is one of the latter group. It's a website that provides users with online stores where they can sell shirts, mugs, and mousepads customized with their own logos and/or slogans. By itself, this is a fairly useful service, and an example of how the Internet has changed the art of marketing and customer service.

Cafepress. com, however, is rather remarkable for another reason. Customers don't need to print large lots of items. They don't need to worry about shipping the goods to their customers. And they don't need to talk to another human being to get their store "built" in the first place. The site lets you upload an image and choose what sort of item you'd like it to appear on. You can then choose how much to mark the item up--the difference between the item's base cost and your mark-up price is your profit.

Base prices are high, but understandable when you consider what cafepress. com does for the initial investment. An 11-ounce mug starts at ＄10.99. For that, cafepress. com prints the mug on a piece-by-piece basis, provides the ordering software, handles the money, packs it, and ships it for you. The mug's purchaser pays shipping and handling costs; the store owner's effort is limited to uploading the original image for the mug, setting the cost, and writing a brief description of the item.

It seems to be catching on. "More and more companies come to us, who want to do some kind of merchandising, who want to offer a range of products to their users, but don't want the hassles associated with it," says Maheesh Jain, cafepress, corn's co-founder and vice-president. "That's where we come in--we're one of the few companies that offer this kind of full-service solution."

But the most exciting aspect of cafepress, com is not its ability to help major corporations outsource and customize their merchandising efforts. What's remarkable about the system is how simple it is to open a store. An average individual with an idea that could sell 50 T-shirts or mugs can't justify a traditional merchandising effort, but with cafepress. com, users can easily bring ideas to fruition with very little time and no financial risk. Moreover, the quality of the merchandise is good; I've ordered a mug and a shirt from cafepress. com, and both were shipped relatively promptly, and arrived exactly as promised.

Cafepress. com is an idea that's easy to get excited about. It's a small--but tangible--example of how the Internet can change the way we live.

The expression "weathering the storm" in the first sentence means

A．surviving a crisis.

B．coming into being.

C．struggling in the storm.

D．being dominated by a stormy high tech wave.