• Pull the blackout （14) down, Just not for long, for long

Long long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day？ When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell？ I’ll teach you a lesson,”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then？” he wondered.

1:The thief was trying to get his neighbour’s doorbell.()

2:The thief put some cotton in his ears. so his ears so as not to hear anything.()

3:The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.()

4:The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing.()

5:The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.()

Some people say that fashion is just for selling clothes, so we should not follow it and we should dress what we like and feel comfortable in it. How far do you agree with them? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Should We Follow Fashions? In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Passage 2 　　Not long ago, 20,000 middle- and high-school students were surveyed (调查). 92 percent of the teenagers admitted having lied to their parents in the previous year, and 73 percent of them call themselves as “serial liars”, people continually lying. Despite these admissions, 91 percent of all those people said they were “satisfied with my own character”. Think how often we hear the expressions “I’ll call you” or “I’m sorry, but he stepped out”. And then there are professions, such as lawyers and consultants (顾问), whose members seem to specialize in shaping the truth to suit clients’ (当事人) needs. Little white lies become widespread, and the reasons we give each other for telling lies are familiar. “What’s wrong with that?” 　　How often do we praise people for how well they look, or express our appreciation for gifts, when we don’t really mean it? Surely, these “nice lies” are harmless and well intended, a necessary social lubricant (润滑剂). But, we should remember the words of English novelist Sir Walter Scott, who wrote, “What a tangled (错综复杂的) web we weave (编), when first we practice to deceive.” Even seemingly harmless lies can have unexpected consequences. Psychological obstacles disappear; the ability to make more distinction can become dull; the liar’s awareness of his chances of being caught may become dull. By itself, that kind of lie is of no great consequence. Still, the endless build-up of these lies does matter. Once they’ve become common enough, even the small untruths that are not meant to hurt will encourage a certain doubt and loss of trust. When trust is damaged, the community as a whole suffers; and when it is destroyed, societies collapse. Are all white lies to be avoided at all costs? The most understandable and forgivable lies are an exchange of the principle of trust for the principle of caring, like telling children about Santa Claus, or lying to someone to give him a surprise party. But a president of an institute says, “Still, we must ask ourselves if we are willing to give our friends and associates the authority to lie to us whenever they think it is for our own good.” Which of the following statements is NOT true about the survey?

A、Most of the school students surveyed said they had lied.

B、A larger percent of the students said they had lied constantly.

C、Most of the students didn’t feel sorry about their lying behavior.

D、Those students who had never lied were happy about their character.

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C.BUT FOR A.NOT FOR OUR NEEDS, MIND YOU,【T1】______OUR DEMANDS

B.IF YOU【T2】______A MASTER"S DEGREE

C.YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY DROP【T3】______IN GRADE SCHOOL GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AT LEAST WITHOUT THAT, YOU ARE OCCUPATIONALLY DEAD, UNLESS YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OR THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND【T4】______ GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, IF POSSIBL

E.WITH A BA, YOU ARE ON THE LAUNCHING PA

D.BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO START TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.【T5】______, MAKE SURE IT IS AN MBA, AND ONLYFROM A FIRST-RATE UNIVERSITY.BEYOND THIS, THE FAMOUS LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS BEGINS TO TAKE EFFECT. DO YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS EARN MORE A YEAR THAN FULL PROFESSORS? YES, THE AVERAGE 1977 SALARY FOR THOSE TRUCKERS WAS $24,000, WHILE THE FULL PROFESSORS MANAGED TO AVERAGE JUST $23,930. A P

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D.IS THE HIGHEST DEGREE YOU CAN GET, BUT EXCEPT IN A FEW SPECIALIZED FIELDS SUCH AS PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY, WHERE THE DEGREE CAN QUICKLY BE TURNED TO INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, YOU ARE FACING A DIM FUTUR

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D.S UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY THAN IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD BY FAR. IF YOU BECOME A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH OR HISTORY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE OR LANGUAGES OR—WORST OF ALL—IN PHILOSOPHY, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BECOMING OVER-EDUCATED FOR OUR NATIONAL DEMANDS.【T6】______.