How could everything go so ________ （disaster) wrong？

A．A very low or very high opening.

B．Unsupportable figures wrapped in a mantle of credibility.

C．A good faith offer.

D．A strong plausible opening.

•Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A．B or C on the opposite page．

•For each question 29-40，mark one letter(A，B，or C)on your Answer Sheet．

Hiring：Do You Know How Importont to Pick Them?

Your small business is growing，the market has a need (29) ．your product，and you're recruiting employees to expand your business．What could possibly (30) wrong?The answer is，a lot， (31) you don't hire the right people．

One of the differences between businesses that boom and (32) ．that limp along is good employees. Obviously，your talent as an entrepreneur has a lot to do (33) ．the success of your business，but you (34) ．only go SO far by yourself．You must find good employees，figure out (35) ．motivates them，and then place them into the right position．

Hiring employees is (36) and requires a lot of patience and energy．You have to resist the temptation to fill the job quickly with one of the first few (37) ．who come along or (38) someone who is only sufficient (39) you want to stop (40) and get back to your business．

(29)

A．for

B．to

C．in

M: OK, Cindy ,if you don't mind waiting. Before I go with you, I must finish my term paper. You know, it's due to 3 o'clock.

What do we learn from the conversation?

A．Brian must finish the term paper before 3 o'clock.

B．Cindy doesn't mind waiting for Brian.

C．Brian will join Cindy after 3 o'clock.

D．Cindy will go swimming without Brian.

A．go see one of the leading psychologists

B．know how the brain functions towards temptation

C．think with the no system rather than the go one

D．trust their instinct and emotion

A．clumsy

B．ponderous

C．driven

D．sullen

E．genuine

A．clumsy

B．ponderous

C．driven

D．sullen

E．genuine

(A) I went yesterday.

(B) O.K., I'm almost ready to go.

(C) I haven't had a chance to measure it.

(34)

A．

B．

C．

W: I guess so. I spent the weekend on the beach.

M: Really? That sounds great. Where did you stay?

W: Some friends of my parents live there. They invited me there for as long as I want to stay.

M: So why don't you stay there for a longer time?

W: Oh, I have a paper to work on. And I just couldn't do any serious studying on the beach.

M: I don't blame you. So what did you do out there? I mean besides lying out in the sun.

W: I played some volleyball. I never realized how hard it is to run on sand. I couldn't get through a whole game because I had to sit down. It's much easier to run on wet sand near the water.

M: It must be cool. Did you go swimming?

W: I intended to. But they said the water wasn't warm enough for that. So I just wetted in up to my knees.

M: All sounds so relaxing.

W: How about your weekend? Don't tell me you spent it in the library again.

What did the woman do last weekend?

A．She visited her parents.

B．She did some studying on the beach.

C．She relaxed on the beach.

D．She wrote a paper.

A、confound

B、puzzle

C、perlex

D、bewilder