Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.

Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.

“Surgery(外科手術(shù))”, one replied. I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows, you can get at least 5cm taller!”

At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!

It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.

1.We can know from the passage that the author works as ______.

A. a doctor         B. a model       C. a teacher        D. a reporter

2.Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to______.

A. marry a better man or woman           

B. become a model

C. get an advantage over others in job-hunt

D. attract more admirers

3.According to the passage, the author believes that ______.

A. everyone should pursue perfection, whatever the cost is

B. it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs

C. media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery

D. it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career

4. What does the author think of his height?

A. He hates to be called a short man.

B. He tries to increase his height through surgery.

C. He always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact.

D. He just accepts it as it is

1.If you don’t know how to use a computer, you had better ask for the position of _______.

A. a secretary in NESTLE

B. a production worker in NESTLE

C. a senior engineer in THYSSEN

D. a cost accountant in THYSSEN

2.From the passage we can learn that _______.

A. THYSSEN is a successful company with many branches

B. NESTLE is a company only producing chemical products

C. NESTLE asks for good command of English in every Position

D. THYSSEN needs a senior sales manager to sell its products in Asia

3.As a graduate from university this year, you can probably get a job as _______.

A. a cost accountant in THYSSEN

B. a purchaser in THYSSEN

C. a secretary in NESTLE

D. an accountant in NESTLE

Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.

One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.

Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.

1.According to the passage, computers can NOT help farmers decide _______.

A. what livestock to raise

B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop

C. how much money they can earn from their products

D. when to sell their products

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.

B. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.

C. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.

D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms.

3.According to the engineers, _______will be done by robots in the near future.

A. all farm workB. milking cows

C. most of the farm workD. some farm work

4.What is the best title for the whole passage?

A. Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend

B. The Agricultural Revolution

C. Farmers in The Future

D. Computers and Robots

閱讀下面短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題（請注意問題后詞數(shù)要求）。

Poverty today is a major global issue. Although there are all kinds of definitions used to explain it, in simple words, it means the inability of a person to even get his basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, safe drinking water, health and education. Poverty can be found in each and every corner of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country. Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today.

Overpopulation is one of the main causes behind the threatening of poverty on an individual level as well as a social level. This is simple math: If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor.

Another theory which is used as an explanation for poverty is lack of education. If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low. Lack of education means lack of employment opportunities, thus leading to unemployment coupled with poverty in the future.

Moving away from one’s own homeland to another city or country in search of employment leads to poverty too. It may take these people a lot of time to find jobs. Meanwhile, they live in bad conditions. The cost of living in the city or country is most of the time too high for them.

There may be other causes of poverty like the change in business. For example, in America, a couple of decades ago, heavy industry flourished ,which employed a lot of African-American people. But now, the focus is more on information technology and health care, both of which employ only skilled and trained people. This has led to unemployment among African-Americans.

Poverty has many ill effects on society. That’s why steps should be taken to get rid of it!

1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 5?(No more than 5words)

________________________________________________________________________.

2.Why is overpopulation a cause of poverty today?(No more than 12 words)

________________________________________________________________________.

3.What’s the situation of education in underdeveloped countries?(No more than 8 words)

________________________________________________________________________.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?(No more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________.

5.In your opinion, what’s the most significant cause of poverty today? Please give your reason.(Open)

________________________________________________________________________

下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每句不超過兩個錯誤；

2. 每處錯誤及其修改均只限一詞；

3. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

It is bad manners in the classroom to look for what our neighbor had written, or try to see what mark he has received without being permitted. It is good manners for them to help each other if we have the same desire and the teacher allows to it. In examinations and in certain kinds of written works, it is dishonest and foolishly to help or to ask help from others. When one student does so, much larger values are destroying. One may not agree to examination system, but at present it is basically the only measure that the teacher and the rest of the world can depend to decide if or not each of us meets the requirement.

你剛從電視上獲悉，2014年4月5日清晨，云南永善縣發(fā)生了5.3級地震。地震造成25人受傷，6.86萬人受災(zāi)，22239間房受損，1651間倒塌，很多人無家可歸。地震過后，交通被堵塞，水電供應(yīng)也中斷了。重建家園迫在眉睫。消息播出以后, 人們紛紛伸出了援助之手。作為班長，你也想號召你們班的同學(xué)奉獻(xiàn)愛心。請以班委會的名義用英語寫一封倡議書。詞數(shù)120左右（開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)）。

要點如下：

1. 地震造成的重大損失;

2. 大家紛紛獻(xiàn)出愛心;

3. 作為學(xué)生我們該做些什么？

Dear classmates,

________________________________________________________________________

Class Committee

—I am sorry．I broke your mirror． —Oh，really? ．

A．It’s OK with me B．It doesn’t matter

C．Don’t be worry D．I don’t care

Everybody in the village knew him，so we had his home．

A．no difficulty to find B．some difficulty finding

C．some difficulty to find D．no difficulty in finding

Having answered the phone，I couldn’t but what would happen next．

A．wondering B．wondered

C．wonder D．to wonder

Every year, a great many visitors come to visit the temple dating from the l2th century, has brought a large income．

A．which B．what C．that D．when