COMAC has several Chinese companies as its launching partners, including East Airline, Air China and so on.（）

Ventrus Airlines announced today that Hillman F. Teasdale has been elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer by a unanimous vote of the Company's Board of Directors. He succeeds Chairman and CEO John W. Lawrence, who is taking over the CEO position at Marvin-Bavasi Motors. The appointment is effective immediately.

Mr. Teaschle is the former Chairman and CEO of Agave, Inc. who has served as Vice Chairman of SigmaAgave Corp. since the two energy companies merged in October 2001. In May 2002, he was named to the additional role of interim Chairman of Genertec Inc., to assist the energy merchant in restoring investor confidence and stabilizing the company's financial position. He is resigning from the positions he holds at Sigma Agave and Genertec to focus exclusively on his duties at Ventrus.

On behalf of the Ventrus board, James J. Reilly, a director who led the nationwide search for a new CEO, said, "Hillman is a forceful, positive executive who is exactly the right person to lead Ventrus at this critical time. He knows how to guide major global companies through difficult transitions with a sharp focus on financial responsibility. He is an extremely hardworking, hands-on executive who knows how to engage employees. He believes that a company is as good as the ambitions its stakeholders share, and he will push firmly but fairly to achieve the company's goals. He has the reputation and credibility needed to lead Ventrus to economic recovery and a great future."

Ventrus Airlines operates more than 1,900 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe.

Date: Thursday, Feb. 19

To: Mr. Teasdale

From Ms. Teasdale

Message:

Ms. Teasdale saw the news and called to congratulate again. She said she had persuaded your parents to cone for the celebration party. She asked if you needed to see the guest list Please call back.

What is the possible title of the news?

A．Hillman F. Teasdale Saved Ventrus Airlines

B．Hillman F. Teasdaie, CEO of Three Giant Companies

C．Ventrus Announces New CEO Appointment

D．Board Decision for Dramatic Strategic Change

Some big cities are launching parent academies programs to______.

A．help the children succeed in school

B．assist parents to be good teachers

C．engage parents in their child's education

D．raise parents' attention to their child's education

The name changing from Cal State, Hay ward to Cal State, East Bay shows______.

A．how a university is perceived by the society

B．that the university wants to expand its influence

C．that the university wants to project a new image

D．the obvious change in university"s self-awareness

动物区系fauna

Recently, a girl of Tsinghua University has stunned people by presenting her daily schedule on Weibo. The schedule shows that she plans her daily activities by hour, including learning tasks and social activities. It seems that she sleeps only an average of five hours a day. People name her as "xueba" , which mainly describes college students who devote almost every minute of their time to studies. Some support this phenomenon while others do not. What is your view on "xueba"? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: My Views on "Xueba"

Hydrothermal vents along the mid-ocean ridges host ephemeral ecosystems

of diverse fauna, including several crustacean species, some of which undergo

development as larvae up to 1,000 meters above and 100 kilometers away from

the vents. For example, vent crab Bythograea thermydron (at stage of

(5) larvae) possess image-forming compound eyes with a visual pigment sensitive to

the blue light of upper oceanic waters. As these larvae metamorphose into

adulthood and begin to descend to and settle at the vents, they lose their image-

forming optics and develop high-sensitivity naked-retina eyes. With maturation,

the spectral absorbance of the visual pigment in these eyes also shifts towards

(10) longer wavelengths and this progressive visual metamorphosis trades imaging

for increased sensitivity, and changes spectral sensitivity to the dim, longer

wavelengths of light existing at the bottom of the ocean. As hydrothermal vents

produce light, vision may supplement thermal and chemical senses to orient

post-larval settlement at vent sites.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A．Adaptive Visual Metamorphosis in Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

B．Aspects of the General Anatomical Development of Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

C．New Research Directions in the Study of Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

D．Common Features of Optics of Lower Depth Oceanic Animals

E．Patterns of Anatomical Transformation in Lower Oceanic Creatures

Hydrothermal vents along the mid-ocean ridges host ephemeral ecosystems

of diverse fauna, including several crustacean species, some of which undergo

development as larvae up to 1,000 meters above and 100 kilometers away from

the vents. For example, vent crab Bythograea thermydron (at stage of

(5) larvae) possess image-forming compound eyes with a visual pigment sensitive to

the blue light of upper oceanic waters. As these larvae metamorphose into

adulthood and begin to descend to and settle at the vents, they lose their image-

forming optics and develop high-sensitivity naked-retina eyes. With maturation,

the spectral absorbance of the visual pigment in these eyes also shifts towards

(10) longer wavelengths and this progressive visual metamorphosis trades imaging

for increased sensitivity, and changes spectral sensitivity to the dim, longer

wavelengths of light existing at the bottom of the ocean. As hydrothermal vents

produce light, vision may supplement thermal and chemical senses to orient

post-larval settlement at vent sites.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A．Adaptive Visual Metamorphosis in Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

B．Aspects of the General Anatomical Development of Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

C．New Research Directions in the Study of Deep-Sea Vent Crabs

D．Common Features of Optics of Lower Depth Oceanic Animals

E．Patterns of Anatomical Transformation in Lower Oceanic Creatures

Degrees, But No Jobs

China's university graduates are facing the toughest job market. By June only half of the country's 2002 grads—about 1.5 million young people—had landed jobs. That's the lowest percentage since the government began tracking the graduate employment rate in 1996. The situation has shocked Chinese society, where a university degree has always meant lifetime security and status. Now, for the first time, the Middle Kingdom has a glut of graduates.

Only a tiny fraction of China's 1.3 billion people go to college. Still, the number of university students has skyrocketed in recent years. A five-year campaign by the Chinese government to expand access to college has doubled the number of those matriculating. In fact, China's class of 2003 is the largest ever—2.12 million students. About a quarter of China's urban labor force now hold college degrees. The problem is, there aren't enough jobs for new graduates—or, at least, enough of the jobs that they want. And there won't be for a long time. "This will be a problem for at least 20 or 30 years," said Yang Yiyong, an economist with China's State Council.

The unemployment rate among university graduates worries Beijing because it's not just an issue of oversupply. There are jobs available for educated Chinese, but they're unglamorous middle-management positions—factory managers, local bureaucrats, even police officers. Many of China's new graduates expect jobs with hightech companies, multinationals or the top levels of government. Some would rather go without work than consign themselves to what they perceive as drudgery.

Managing their high expectations presents China's leadership with a thorny political challenge. In some ways, economist Yang argues, the government is doing more to help college graduates than the mil lions of blue-collar workers laid off from state factories. "Graduates are a sensitive group," he said, "so the government pays a lot of attention to them and tries to meet their demands."

Among other measures, Beijing has begun requiring that universities provide more career guidance. Colleges must set up job fairs and offer employment seminars. In addition, the government is offering tax incentives to small and medium-sized firms that hire recent college graduates and waiving China's hefty fee for registering a new company in the hope that new grads will become entrepreneurs. It is also giving preference to students who apply for government jobs or graduate school if they agree to work in poor areas of the country for two years.

China also allowed private businesses to set up dozens of for-profit colleges to supplement state-run schools. About 14 percent of China's college-aged population is in school now, up from seven percent in 1995. And the leadership's goal is to raise that number to 25 or 30 percent by 2020. By comparison, more than one third of college-aged Americans are in universities.

One reason is that many graduates hold degrees of dubious value, and hence aren't qualified for tile jobs they seek. In addition, some of the new for-profit universities are apparently more interested in charging high tuitions to students rejected by the more prestigious state schools than in providing a quality education. Many offer majors with fancy new names that in reality are old courses more suited to. China's former planned economy than its new market economy.

Even students from China's more reputable universities are struggling to find work, primarily because their expectations far exceed reality. These graduates are also members of China's first generation of "Lit tie Emperors" —only children spoiled by doting parents. As adults, many are demanding unrealistically high salaries and refuse to work anywhere but in China's most cosmopolitan cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing.

Take the example of Da

A．Y

B．N

C．NG