Basketball coaches waste no time to search for ________ young players of great potential for better performances in the coming season.

A. promising B. convincing

C. desperate D. admirable

—Do you think George has passed the driving test?

—No. If so, he ______ his car to our college yesterday.

A. would drive

B. must have driven

C. would have driven

D. had driven

Some parents are just too protective. They want to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.

A. prevent B. shelter

C. recover D. accompany

Women's Day is around the corner, and I'm considering buying a gift for Mum, ________ that

is to her taste.

A. for which B. which

C. the one D. one

Experts warn that medical waste from hospitals, if properly, may contribute to spreading diseases.

A. not handled

B. not being handled

C. not to be handled

D. not having been handled

—Have you got any job offers?

—No. I ________. Hopefully, I will get one by the end of this month.

A. waited

B. had been waiting

C. have waited

D. am waiting

B

The aims of the Illustrators’ (插圖畫家的) Exhibition, staged as part of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23to 26 December 2011, are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers.

QUALIFICATIONS

•Individual illustrators or groups of illustrators of any nationality, if they were born before 31st December 1992, whose artwork is intended for use in children’s books, are qualified to enter the Exhibition, either directly or through publishing houses or schools.

•Please state in the application form whether you are entering work for the Fiction or Nonfiction Category. Illustrators may only enter one category.

•Artwork previously presented to the Exhibition may not be re-entered.

•The confirmation (確認(rèn)) form must be filled in and a photograph attached, then presented together with illustrations no later than 15 October 2011.

SHIPMENT

Entries may be delivered by post, express delivery service or by hand. From abroad, please use the following forms: Form “A” for registered mail or post by air; Form “B” if using an international forwarding agent or airline. To avoid delays, material should not be sent by normal post. Material should be sent “carriage paid”, including any customs and delivery costs.

BolognaFiere may not be held responsible for the non-arrival or late arrival of artwork. All published works must be accompanied by a declaration bearing the ISBN number, publisher’s name and address.

REQUIREMENTS

The illustrations (i.e. the size of the sheet) must not exceed (超過) the following dimensions:

Fiction: 32×42 cm (or 42 × 32 cm)

Non-fiction: 50 ×70 cm (70 × 50cm)

Illustrations in larger formats will not be considered, nor will they be returned by BolognaFiere. The illustrations must be on paper or flexible board, maximum thickness 2mm (for scanner separation purposes).

SELECTION PROCESS

All artwork received by the stated deadline and meeting the specified requirements will be examined and selected by an international group (whose decision is final), including five members (from publishing house and art schools) appointed each year by BolognaFiere.

EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

After the Bologna event, the Illustrators Exhibition will travel to Japan under the supervision of JBBY. The Illustrators Exhibition may afterwards be transferred to other venues(場(chǎng)館) in other countries. The exhibitions of illustrations held abroad follow the same rules and regulations as the Illustrators Exhibition, and the provisions (條款) of the regulations are extended to the organizers of the exhibitions held abroad.

RETURN OF ARTWORK

All the works will be returned to their owners by BolognaFiere or directly by the organizers of the exhibitions and held abroad by the end of July 2013.

1.Which of the following of the Illustrators’ Exhibition is true?

A. It will last five days in all in July every other year.

B. It is intended for college students who are good at painting.

C. It is held by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in BolognaFiere.

D. It can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and publishers.

2.The illustrators of the Illustrators Exhibition __________.

A. should be at least 16 and no more than 25

B. may re-enter their artwork after it is returned

C. should state the category of their artwork clearly

D. may choose to attach a photo to the application form

3.What is BolognaFiere responsible for?

A. Paying for the delivery costs

B. Late arrival of artwork

C. Confirmation of ISBN number

D. Returning the illustrators’ works

4.The illustrators’ works will not be considered if they .

A. are received after the day of 15 October 2011

B. are smaller than the required size

C. have already been published abroad before

D. don’t meet the demands of the international experts

第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分1 0分）

下面短文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，請(qǐng)?jiān)阱e(cuò)誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個(gè)單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），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(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不給分。

It can be seen, more and more people own mobile phones in China now. At the end of 2002, there were 20 millions mobile phone users. By 2005 a number reached up to 30 million. People have found mobile phones convenience. They can get in touch to each other whenever and wherever they like. There’re different functions to meeting different needs, such as surf the Internet. However, it may bring us some trouble. For an example, the radiation from the phone may do harm our health. In spite of this, the number of people having mobile phones are increasing steadily.

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

Coloring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colors turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推銷) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”

1.Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.

B. The price of the product.

C. The color of its package.

D. The brand name of the product.

2.The underlined part “the colors turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colors _________.

A. attracted the customers strongly

B. caused the customers to lose interest

C. tricked the customers into shopping

D. had weak effects on the customers

3.Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.

B. The team to produce a good product.

C. The discovery of a genius.

D. The brand name used by successful producers.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this text?

A. Choice of Good Products

B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping

D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended(照顧得好) that every passer-by could not but for a glance.

One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, in admiration（贊美） at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he the old gardener was blind. , the young man asked, "Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can't in fact?" The old man smiled and answered that "I can tell you reasons. First I was a when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can't see these flowers, yet I can them. Third, I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's ."

"Me? But you don't know me," responded the young man .

"Yeah, it's that I don't know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good . In the meantime, it also a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us."

The old man's astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and them as a link of minds（心靈的連接） so as to make enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn't it one kind of happiness?

I believe every flower has with which they can see the kindness of the man's heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though to see the beauty of blossoming（繁花盛開）, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1.A. loving B. watering C. tending D. planting

2.A. stop B. stay C. live D. run

3.A. kept B. dropped C. fallen D. lost

4.A. realized B. noticed C. felt D. thought

5.A. Excited B. Frightened C. Shocked D. Satisfied

6.A. feel B. see C. hear D. eat

7.A. one B. two C. three D. four

8.A. gardener B. teacher C. farmer D. painter

9.A. taste B. plant C. touch D. appreciate

10.A. it B. me C. them D. you

11.A. with pleasure B. in surprise C. with hope D. in anger

12.A. true B. possible C. a pity D. a shame

13.A. put B. turn C. get D. knock

14.A. mind B. life C. future D. mood

15.A. introduces B. offers C. stands D. leaves

16.A. words B. behavior C. story D. attitudes

17.A. treats B. acts C. works D. serves

18.A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody

19.A. ears B. soul C. eyes D. heart

20.A. refusing B. trying C. pretending D. failing