Walking across the campus of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University one delightful spring day, I came upon a table filled with young people chatting and enjoying the fine weather. Several had identical blue T-Shirts with “Trilogy@ CMU” written across them——Trilogy being an Austin, Texas-based software company with a reputation for recruiting(招聘) our top students. I walked over to the table. “Are you guys here to recruit?” I asked. “No, absolutely not,” they replied firmly. “We’re not recruiters. We’re just hanging out, playing a little Frisbee(飛盤) with our friends.” How interesting, I thought. They’ve come to campus on a workday, all the way from Austin, just to hang out with some new friends.

As I later learned, they were gifted students who had inked the highest-paying deal in the history of their department.

I asked one young man why he was going to a smaller city in Texas. The company is excellent, he told me. There are also terrific people and the work is challenging. Though he had several good job offers from Pittsburgh’s high-tech firms and knew the city well, he said he felt the city lacked the lifestyle options, cultural diversity, and tolerant attitude that would make it attractive to him. As he summed it up: “How would I fit in here?”

What a change from my own college days, just a little more than 20 years ago, when students would put on their dressiest clothes and carefully hide any counterculture tendencies to prove that they could fit in with the company. Today, apparently, it’s the company trying to fit in with the students.

These young men and their lifestyle represent a lively new force in the economy and life of America. They are members of what I call the creative class: a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid part of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend. They do not consciously think of themselves as a class. Yet they share a common belief that values creativity, individuality, difference, and advantage.

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The rise of the creative class                        B．New ideas about recruitment

C．Changed working cultures                           D．A tale of two cities

2．Why were the young people on the university campus?

A．To get recruited in Pittsburgh.

B．To celebrate their successful recruitment.

C．To relax themselves away from work.

D．To meet their old schoolmates.

3．The underlined word “inked” in paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

A．fulfilled                      B．obtained              C．settled                 D．signed

4．Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude towards the young people?

A．Criticizing                   B．Disappointing       C．Approving           D．Disgusting

5．From the passage we can infer that _________.

A．the young people prefer to work in a small quiet city

B．the high pay is the main attraction to the young people

C．Pittsburgh has many advantages over Austin

D．Pittsburgh doesn’t have enough attractions to the young people

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A few years ago, when I was about 14,I went out for a walk 31  a rainy summer day. I saw a man 32 small, dirty colthes. He had 33umbrella, and he was picking bottles out of bushes. When he found 34 ,he smiled and put it in his big bag. I thought,“I wish there 35 some way to help him. Well, I could give him my umbrella.” Then I walked to him 36 gave the umbrella to him.“You need this more than I 37 .” The man took it with 38 big smile on his face and said,“Thank you! Thank you!” And then I walked away 39 good, I turned around and saw him 40a lot more, even though he was still picking bottles from bushes. “It was just an umbrella.” I thought, not 41 that it was the kindness 42 made him happy.
A few weeks later I was walking on a sunny day, and 43 the same man with the same clothes, 44 the same big bag 45 of bottles. The only 46 was that my umbrella was right in the corner, looking47 he cherished（愛護(hù)） it. It was so clean.
It didn’t 48 that I couldn’t give the man a house and a job and I only did I was able to do. But 50made someone else happier, so that was enough.

【小題1】
A．inB．onC．a(chǎn)tD．during
【小題2】
A．wear B．dressC．withD．in
【小題3】
A．noB．not anyC．not aD．none
【小題4】
A．itB．oneC．someD．a(chǎn)nything
【小題5】
A．wasB．a(chǎn)reC．isD．were
【小題6】
A．a(chǎn)ndB．butC．soD．such
【小題7】
A．doB．need C．a(chǎn)mD．were
【小題8】
A．theB．a(chǎn)C．/D．some
【小題9】
A．feel B．felt C．feelingD．to feel
【小題10】
A．cryingB．laughingC．shoutingD．smiling
【小題11】
A．wantingB．thinkingC．realizingD．considering
【小題12】
A．that B．whichC．whatD．how
【小題13】
A．passing byB．passed byC．went byD．going by
【小題14】
A．a(chǎn)s well B．butC．a(chǎn)ndD．rather than
【小題15】
A．fill B．filledC．fullD．filling
【小題16】
A．difference B．sameC．change D．vary
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A．even if B．a(chǎn)s toC．a(chǎn)s forD．a(chǎn)s if
【小題18】
A．matterB．countC．eventD．a(chǎn)ffair
【小題19】
A．whichB．what C．thatD．whether
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Until Sat Jun 19 Imperial War Museum
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Transport Lambeth North 
Telephone 020 7416 5320
http://www.iwm.org.uk
Italian Renaissance Drawings
Until Sun Jul 25 British Museum
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Transport Holborn/Russell Square 
Telephone 020 7323 8181
http://www.britishmuseum.org
The Deep
Until Sun Sep 5 Natural History Museum
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Transport South Kensington 
Telephone 020 7942 5000
http://www.nhm.ac.uk
Marvel Super Heroes 4D
Jun 2-Aug 31 Madame Tussaud’s
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Transport Baker Street
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http://www.madametussauds.com/london
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A. Madame Tussaud’s.                              B. Imperial War Museum.
C. Natural History Museum.                        D. British Museum.
62. Which website will be visited by one who wants to know more about Italian Renaissance Drawings?
A. http://www.iwm.org.uk               B. http://www.britishmuseum.org
C. http://www.nhm.ac.uk                D. http://www.madametussauds.com/london

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Information for Visitors to the Breenda Museum
Opening times
The Breenda Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission (門票) is free and the museum is open to all.
The Breenda Museum is closed for the Christmas Holidays from 5:00 pm on Wednesday 23 December 2009 until 10:00 am Wednesday 6 January 2010.
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The museum is located inside The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
The College is within easy walking distance of Tower underground station. It is a short taxi or underground journey from most major rail stations. There are two NCP car parks nearby.
Group bookings
All groups must book in advance. An online booking form for groups is now available.
Admission is free. A donation (捐獻(xiàn)) of ￡3 per person is encouraged.
To book a visit please contact the museum on 020 7788 6060 or email: museums@rcsng.ac.uk
Tours for groups
Tours of the museum can be booked for up to 30 people:
*An introductory tour lasts 30 minutes and is ￡100 plus VAT (增殖稅).
*A specialized tour lasts 45 minutes and is ￡130 plus VAT.
*Tours for schools are free, but donations are encouraged (￡3 per person).
*After hours tours (5:30-7:30 pm) are ￡130 per tour plus VAT. A tour will last 20-25 minutes.
To book a tour or a place for the free tour, please call 020 7869 6560.
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C. 6:00 am Thursday Jan.7, 2010      D. 11:00 am Wednesday Dec.30, 2009
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A. Every person is charged ￡3.   B. Tours are available any time.
C. Tours must be booked in time.  D. Free tours can be booked on the Internet.
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A. Tours for schools.            B. Tours for after hours.
C. The specialized tours.       D. The introductory tours.

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The eyes are the windows of the soul (心靈) . Having a pair of bright, clear eyes is very important, so we should protect our eyes throughout our lives.

   ___1.____ Don’t read while lying down or walking. Relax after every hour of reading .

Keep a distance from the TV set when you watch TV and give your eyes a rest every 30 minutes.

Don’t stare at (盯著看) the sun or try to read in the darkness. ___2.___ This can damage your eyes easily.

Get your eyes checked often. Not many people have this habit, but it is necessary. If you feel that there is something wrong with your eyes, get them checked quickly. ___3.___.

___4.___. You can close your eyes for a few seconds or look into the distance for one or two minutes. A small break will relax your eyes and help to stop you from getting eye problems.

Be careful when you choose your glasses.___ 5.____. Make sure your glasses are right for you . If they don’t feel right, get your glasses changed.

A. Develop good reading habits.

B. Rest your eyes whenever you can.

C. Make sure you get enough sleep every night.

D. Glasses that aren’t suitable for you could bring you trouble.

E. Even if you’re wearing sunglasses, never look directly at the sun.

F. Eye problem can be found and treated early with regular checks.

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The automobile may not be closely associated with modem American culture, but it has occupied a central role in America's economic and social history.

No one can deny the status of Henry Ford in car history. When the first Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908, businessman Henry Ford transformed the car from a luxury attachment for the rich to an automobile product for the middle classes. The rush of cars into the community forced all levels of government to build new and better roads. Better roads fed the demand for larger, faster, more stylish vehicles, and a host of companies rushed to meet that demand.

If there was a first Golden Age of automobile, it may well have been the 1950s. It was an age of prosperity. Large, regular paychecks encouraged the public display of wealth through costly items such as new cars. Americans, moreover, needed those cars as they moved away from the cities into the suburbs, where such things as stores, jobs, and schools were seldom within walking distance. Cars became essential if people were to get to work or to the grocery store.

As Ac 1950s slipped into 1960s, it became apparent that these fashionable wheels were gas-consuming road cruisers, dangerous in an accident, and often full of faults. Under pressure from a variety of groins, the federal government required that newer models provide greater fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions. Seatbelts became standard equipment as well Rising fad prices in the 1970s, coupled with concern for the environment, made the smaller cars produced by foreign companies for European and Asian markets very popular.

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1.made Henry Ford well-known in car history.

2.That the car industry prospered in the 1950s in America resulted from ________.

3. Why were smaller cars once popular in the 1970s?

4. In today's society, how can a car make people ignore traffic jams?

 

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