單項選擇題
1、回答題：
        A) Throughout Americanhistory there has almost always been at least one central economic narrativethatgave the ambitious or unsatisfied reason to pack up and seek their fortuneelsewhere. For the first 300or so years of European settlement, the story wasabout moving outward: getting immigrants to thecontinent and then to thefrontier to clear the prairies ( 大草原), drain thewetlands and build new cities.
        B) By the end of the 19thcentury, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack. What wouldthisenergetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer? Some people,such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering ( Cuba, the Philippines,etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative ofeconomic mobility at home. From the 1890s to the
        1960s,people moved from farm to city, first in the North and then in the South. Infact, by the 1950s,there was enough prosperity and white-collar work that manybegan to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt, Wethink of this as anold person's migration, but it created many jobs for the young in coustructionand health care, not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants.
        C) For the last 20 years-from the end of the coldwar through two burst bubbles in a single decade--theUS has been casting aboutfor its next economic narrative. And now it is experienc.ing another periodofpanic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but particularly for itsyoungest members.
        D) The US has always been a remarkably mobilecountry, but new data from the Census Bureau indicatethat mobility has reachedits lowest level in recorded history. Sure, some people are stuck in homesvaluedat less than their mortgages (抵押貸款), but many youngpeople,-who don't own homes anddon't yet have famih'es--are staying put, too.This suggests, among other things, that people aren'tpacking up for neweconomic opportmtities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the countryintothe 1 percenters versus ( 與……相對) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between twootherclasses: the mobile and immobile.
        E) Part of the problem is that the country'slargest industries are in decline. In the past, it was perfectlyclear whereyoung people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit in the 1910s,Houston inthe 1970s) and, more or less, what they'd be doing when they gotthere ( killing cattle, building cars,~selling oil). And these industries werelarge enough to offer jobs to each class of worker, fromunskilled laborer tomanager or engineer. Today, the few bright spots in our economy are relativelysmall (though some promise future growth) and decentralized. There are greatjobs in Silicon Valley, in the biotech research capitals of Boston andRaleigh-Durham and in advanced manufacturing plantsalong the southern 1-85corridor. These companies recruit all over the country and the globe forworkerswith specific abilities.(You don't need to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, founderofFacebook, to get a job in one of the microhubs (微中心), by the way. But youwill almost certainlyneed at least a B, A. in computer science or a year or twoat a technical school.) This newer, select job market is national, and itoffers members of the mobile class competitive salaries and higherbargainingpower.
        F) Many members of the immobile class, on theother hand, live in the America of the gloomy headlines.If you have nospecialized skills, there's little reason to uproot to another state and be thelast in linefor a low-paying job at a new auto plant or a green-energy startup.The surprise in the census (普查)data, however, is that the immobile workforce is not limited tounskilled workers. In fact, many have a college degree.
        G) Until now, a B.A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages.But today, aquarter of college graduates make less than the typical workerwithout a bachelor's degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M. I.T., recently told me that a college degree alone is nolonger a guarantor of agood job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a goodjobno matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-famous schoolsare going to be judged onwhat they know. To compete for jobs on a nationallevel, they should be armed with the skills thatemerging industries need,whether technical or not.
        H) Thosewithout such specialized skills--like poetry, or even history, majors--arealready competing with their neighbors for the same sorts of second-rate,poorer-paying local jobs like low-levelmanagement or big-box retail sales. Andwith the low-skilled labor market atomized into thousands ofmicroeconomies,immobile workers are less able to demand better wages or conditious or toacquire valuable skills.
        I) Sowhat, exactly, should the ambitious young worker of today be learning?Unfortunately, it's hard tosay, since the US doesn't have one clear nationalproject. There are plenty of emerging, smaller industries, but which ones arethe most promising? (Nanotechnology's (納米技術) moment of remarkable growth seems to havebeen 5 years into the future for something like 20 years now.) It'snot clearexactly what skills are most needed or if they will even be valuable in adecade.
        J) Whatis clear is that all sorts of government issueseducation, health-insuranceportability, worker retraining--are no longer just bonuses to alreadyprosperous lives but existential requirements. It's inall of our interests tomake sure that as many people as possible are able to move toward opportunity,and, America's ability to invest people and money in exciting new ideas isstill greater than that of most other wealthy countries. (As recently as fiveyears ago, US migration was twice the rate of EuropeanUnion states.) That, atleast, is some comfort at a time when our national economy seems to besearchingfor its next story line.
Unlike in the past, a college degree alone does not guarantee a good job for its holder.

2、根據材料，回答問題。
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common36 range from bad-mouthing (說……的壞話) another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much, according to a study37on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to 38 with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. corn, an online job site.
As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted39.5 percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent40to singing karaoke.
While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for41,85 percent said attending had not helped them get42to someone higher up or get a better position.
An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least43to attend.
Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those,44a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was45online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees.
A． bond
B. acknowledged
C． nearly
D． specially
E.anywhere
F. mishaps
G. obligated
H. likely
I. conducted
J. idly
K. unprofessionally
L. networking
M . released
N. confessed
O. researched
36.__________


3、聽句子，回答問題。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

A．Recalling something from one's memory.
B．The preparatory method in exams.
C．Conscience.
D．Man's mind,


4、Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

A．Your heart rate is lowered.
B．It becomes harder for you to relax.
C．You become too tired to sleep.
D．Your sleeping rhythms are disrupted.


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6、新疆民族工藝品和地方土特產歷史悠久，品種繁多，具有獨特的民族風格，深受中外游客的喜愛。新疆和田玉(Hotan jade)石中華民族的瑰寶，曾幾次提名要作為中國的“國石”。早在新石器時代(NeoI ithic Age)，昆侖山下的祖先們就發現了和田玉，并作為瑰寶和友誼媒介向東西方運送和交流，形成了我國古老的和田玉運輸通道“玉石之路”，即后來的“絲綢之路”的前身。


7、每年農歷的正月十五日，春節剛過，迎來的就是中國的傳統節日——元宵節(Lantern Festi vaI)。按中國民間的傳統，在這天皓月高懸的夜晚，人們要點起彩燈萬盞，以示慶賀。民間過元宵節還有吃元宵的習俗。元宵由糯米制成，或實心，或帶餡。元宵也被稱作湯圓(G| utinous Rice Ba||s，or Gatheri ng Rice Ba||s)，象征全家人團團圓圓，和睦幸福，人們也以此懷念離別的親人，寄托了對未來生活的美好愿望。


8、古代絲綢之路(si| k Road)曾是中西陸路交通、文化交流的大動脈。遠在公元前五世紀，中國絲綢就傳到了希臘等遙遠的西方國家。中華民族在綿延幾千年為世界人民提供著絢美華貴(beaut i fu | and e | egant)的絲綢產品，為世界做出了巨大的貢獻。絲綢之路，作為中國大西北的主要旅游路線，經過十幾年的開發和建設，基礎設施正在完善，已經成為中國諸多旅游產品中極具吸引力的一條主題線路。


9、You shouM write a short essay entitled Free Admission to Museums?
寫作導航
1．引出話題：博物館對公眾免費開放的利與弊；
2．具體闡述博物館對公眾免費開放的好處以及帶來的一些問題；
3．提出自已的想法。


10、You shouM write a short essay on the topic ofstudents selecting their lecturers．
寫作導航
1．引出現象：有些大學允許學生自由選擇某些課程的任課教師；
2．指出學生選擇教師時所考慮的主要因素。
3．點明學生自選任課教師的益處和可能產生的問題。