Not so long ago almost student who successfully completed a university degree could find a good career quite easily. However. those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.

Job seekers first have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others.

The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment.

Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors.

When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.

It is true that it is hard to find a good job. But there will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing good jobs in to be one of them.

67. Which of the following statements is true?

       A. There is nothing we can do to find a good job nowadays

       B. To find out what jobs are available is totally impossible

       C. To find a job is much more difficult than before

       D. The education you receive has nothing to do with job-hunting

68. The word“prospective”is closest in meaning to         .

       A. ambiguous                                                B. reasonable

       C. ambitious                                                  D. potential

69. In Paragraph 5, the writer seems to suggest that          .

       A. interviewees should ask a question if they can’t think of an answer

       B. it is better for interviewees to b honest than to pretend to understand

       C. it is not a good idea for interviewees to completely honest in their answers

       D. pretending to understand a question is better than giving an unsuitable answer

70. What is the most possible title of the passage?

       A. Difficulties in job hunting

       B. Hard to find a good job?

       C. How to attend an interview?

       D. What is job hunting?

     Another of President Bush’s critics on climate change and his former rival for the White House, Al Gore, is in London on Friday to launch an environmental project with the head of the Virgin Business Company, Richard Branson. They’re announcing a multi-million dollar international prize to encourage development and research into new forms of low carbon technology. The prize will be available to anyone who can apply a successful method of removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

     Almost all scientists agree that we are experiencing global warming due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is released when fuel is burned. Oil, coal and wood are all fuels that release the gas. When biological wasted breaks down, it also releases carbon dioxide.

     Environmental campaigners and climate change scientists tell us we’re pumping an unbearable amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. One way to reduce that will be to use less fossil fuel(礦物燃料), the burning of which is a key resource to our way of life, but sharp reduction of oil and coal use is unpopular with governments and people alike.

So technologies are being developed, like carbon capture and storage that aim to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, compress(壓縮) it and pump it into the ground. But that’s still in its early stages, so the purpose of this prize is to encourage research into new ways of decarbonizing the atmosphere. A scientific panel, chaired by Al Gore, will judge any entries. Environmental campaigners are hoping such a significant prize will attract large amounts of publicity and brainpower.

56. Which of the following sentences is correct according to the text?

       A. Al Gore doesn’t agree with President Bush’s Policy on climate.

       B. Only a group or an organization will receive the prize.

       C. The prize will be given to anyone who can do research into low carbon technology

       D. Al Gore would like to help President Bush to solve the problem.

57. Carbon dioxide will be produced when          .

       A. we are experiencing global warming.

       B. fossil fuel is burned

       C. biological waste is thrown away.

       D. gas is released

58. People would like to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but they don’t like the method of             .

       A. compressing it and pumping it into the ground

       B. burning the fossil fuel

       C. pumping it into the atmosphere.

       D. reducing too much fossil fuel

59. What is the main idea of the passage?

       A. We should pay more attention to the solution to an environmental problem

       B. An project is launched to award those who can find ways to solve an environmental problem.

       C. Al Gore is going to present a prize to the person who can solve an environmental problem.

       D. A lot of people will apply methods to solve an environmental problem.

On a very hectic(慌亂) day when my husband and I were busy going in a hundred direction, our five-year-old son, Justin, had to be     36   for getting into mischief(淘氣). After several   37  my husband finally told him to     38     in the corner. He was very quiet    39   wasn’t too happy about it.     40   , after a few moments, he said. “I’m going to run away from home.”

My first   41    was surprise, and his words angered me. “You are?”I blurted(脫口而出). But      42   I turned to look at him, he was standing there, like an angel, so small, so lovely, so   43  , with his face so sad. As my heart felt his    44     , I remembered a moment in my own childhood when I    45     those words and how unloved and lonely I felt.

“Ok, Justin, you can run away from home,”I   46     whispered as I started picking out clothes. “Well, we’ll need your pajamas and your coat. We’ll also need   47    coat and nightgown.”

“Where are you going, mama?”

“If you’re going, mama’s going with you, because I would never want you to be   48     .”I looked   49     his eyes,“I love you, Justin. My    50   would never be the same if you went away. So I want to make sure you’ll be safe. If you do go, I will go with you.”

“Can daddy come?”

“NO, daddy had to stay home with your brothers.

He  51     for a while and said.“Mama, can we stay home?”

“Yes, we can.”
    “Mama, ”he stopped for a while.“I love you.”

In that moment I    52    the wonder of motherhood, and that the great responsibilities to help develop a child’s    53     of security are not something to be taken  54    . I learned that as a mother I should never“run away”from the opportunity to show my children they are   55  , important, loved and the most precious gift from God.

―I expect everything will turn out as you wish.

―           .

A.  All right.                                                            B. The same to you

C. No, thanks                                                        D. I’d like to

With the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics      in Chinese literature.

       A. a growing interest comes                             B. comes a growing interest

       C. growing an interest come                            D. come an interest growing

―What’s wrong with him?

―The picture he came across        his memory of a sad story in his childhood.

      A. put off                    B. took off                  C. set off.                   D. gave off

         Emperor Taizong, the Tang government opened medical schools where specialist subjects were studied.

       A. By                         B. At                           C. With                       D. Under

―You’d better keep quiet in class.

―Sometimes I          . yesterday, I was very quiet during my English class.

       A. would                     B. do                         C. did                        D. have

Try the new cleaner. Just a few minutes every day―that’s all it takes―       you will have shining floors and furniture.

       A. and                        B. but                         C. or                          D. so

The word“corn”has a new meaning today. It doesn’t refer to the food we eat, but        who love the super girl“LI Yu Chun”.

       A. ones                      B. everyone                 C. the ones                  D. anyone