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市2011年高職升本學公共英語考試試Doyouoften untiltomorrowwhatyoushoulddotoday?A．putawayB．putdownC．putupD．putoff ，Johnwouldhavetoldyouaboutit．A．IfhehasknownitB．HadheknownitC．IfheknewitD．ShouldheknowitHowpleasedthedetectivewas whathiscustomertoldhim．A．hearingB．hearC．heardD．tohearHeregrettedthedays hewastedinthewoodsandwhenheshouldhavestudied.A．whenB．whereC．thatD．whatThecaptainWasunwillingto mecommandoftheship．A．handoverB．handinC．handoutD．handonGeorgeappliedforthepositionthreetimes hefinallygotit.A．afterB．beforeC．untilD．whenIfweather ，thestudentswillgooutingonSunday.A．permitsB．ispermittedC．willbepermittedD．willpermitYoushouldhaveseenthelookonherfacewhenItoldherI thefirstprize.A．winB．havewonC．hadwonD．wouldhavewonInnoway lliestoparents．A．childrenareallowedB．childrenwillallowC．willchildrenallowD.arechildrenallowedThestudentswerealltired，but ofthemstoppedtohavearest.A．anyB．eachC．noneD.neither一Wherewillyoustartyourworkafter一Mmm．it'snotbeendecidedyet．I continuemystudyforahigherdegree.A．needB．mightC．mustD．should ismentionedabove，thenumberofthecattleherehasbeenlimitedto200．A．AsB．ItC．WhatD．That13．Ispentthewholeday themotorbike．Theworkwasanythingbutsimple.A．havingrepairedB．torepairC．repairedD．repairing14．It'sabadpracticeto childrenmuchmoneyasaNewYeargift-A．acceptB．agreeC．allowD．admit15．Congratulations。John!Iamreally A.aboutB.forC．toD.MODATIONCHOICESONWeeklySemesterBedroomCollegeInternationalUniversityCONTACTT5EWHomestaymeansyouhavearoominahomewithafamily，acouple，orsometimesa ．Itgivesyouthechancetolearnabouteverydaylife，customsandcultureAustralia．YouwillbeabletopracticeandimproveyourEnglish．Youhavetwochoicesforhomestay：FULLBOARD---Theapproximatecostis$240perweekandusuallyincludesthreemealsadayandelectricitycosts．ROOMONLY—Theapproximatecostis$150perweek，electricity，gasandwaterincluded．Youwillhavetopayextraforotherexpenses，includingfood．Paymentforinternetaccessisnotincluded．Whichofthefollowing modationchoicesisthelowestinprice?A．CollegeHouse．B．InternationalHouse．C．UniversityVillage．D．GroupTheadvantageof“FullBoard”over“RoomOnly”or“GroupHouse”isthat A．electricityandphonebillsB．foodandelectricityC．gasandphonebillsD．waterandinteract18，IfyouwanttoenjoyAustraliandailyfamily isyourbestA．CollegeHouseB．UniversityVillageC．GroupHouseLastsummer1wentthroughatrainingprogramandbecamealiteracyvolunteer(掃盲)．thetrainingIreceived，thoughexcellent，didnotlmehowitwastoworkwitharealstudent，however。WhenIbegantodiscoverwhatotherpeople’sliveswerelikebecausetheycouldnotread，Irealizedthetrueimportanceofreading．MyfirststudentJanewasa44-year-oldsinglemotherofthree．Inthefirstlesson，Ifoundoutshewalkedtwotothenearestsupermarkettwiceaweekbecauseshedidn’tknowwhichbustotake．WhenItoldher1wouldgetherabusschedule。shetoldmeitwouldnothelpbecauseshecouldnotreadit．Shesaidshealsohaddifficultyonceshegottothesupermarketbecauseshecouldn’talwaysrememberwhatsheneeded.Sinceshedidnotknowwords，shecouldnotwriteoutashoplist．Also，shecouldonlyrecognizeitemsbytheirlabels．Asaresult，iftheproducthadadifferentlabel，shewouldnotrecognizeitastheproductshewanted．Asweworkedtogether，learninghowtoreadbuiltJane’sself-confidence，whichencouragedhertocontinueinherstudies．Shebegantomakerapidprogressandwasevenabletotakethebustothesupermarket．Afterthissuccessfultrip，shereportedhowserf-confidentshefelt．Attheendoftheprogram，shebeganhelheryoungestson，Tony，ashyfirstgrader，withhisreading．Shesatwithhimbeforehewenttosleepandtogethertheywouldreadbedtimestories。Whenhiseyesbecamewidewit}lexcitementassheread．pridewaswrittenalloverherface，andshebegantoseehowherownhardworkinlearningtoreadpaidoff．Asshedescribedthisexperience．1wasproudofmyself，too．IfoundthathelJanetobuildherself-confidencewasmorerewardingthananythingIhadeverdoneAsaliteracyvolunteer．Ilearnedagreatdealaboutteachingandhelothers．Infact，ImayhavelearnedmorefromtheexperiencethanJanedid．WhatdidtheauthordoafterthetrainingSheworkedintheShehelpedsomeonetolearnhowtoShegavesinglemothersthehelptheyShewenttoatrainingprogramtohelpaliteracyThereasonJanedidn'tgotothesupermarketbybuswas shedidn’tknowwhichbuswentthereB．shelikedtowalktothesupermarketC．shelivedfarawayfromthebusstopD．shecouldn’taffordthebusticketHowdidJaneusetofindthegoodsshewantedintheSherememberedthenamesoftheSheaskedotherstotakehertotherightShemanagedtofindthegoodsbyfamiliarSheknewwherethegoodswereintheWhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutShecoulddothingsshehadnotbeenabletodoShewasabletoreadstorieswiththehelpofherShedecidedtocontinueherstudiesinShepaidforherownAmericanmoneycanbequiteconfusing．Thebillsorpapermoneyareallofthesamecolorandsize．Onehastolookcarefullytohesureheisgivingouta$1billandnota$10bill，forexample．Furthermore，newbillssticktogethereasily，Besurethisdoesnothappentoyou．Coinsarealsoconfusing．Thisispartlybecausesomeofthemhavetwonames，partlybecausethesizedoesnotindicatethevalue．Theten．centcoinissmallerthanthefive—centcoin，forexample．Inaddition，allcoinsaresilver—coloredexceptthepenny(onecent)whichisbrowncolororcopper-Onecent，orapenny，isthecoinofsmallestvalue，equalto1／100ofadollar．Itisusefulforsomeparkingmetersandsomesalestaxesbutapennydoesnotbuyverymuch!Fivepenniesareequaltoonenickel．Acoinoftencents，thesmallestinsizeofallthecoins，isoneofthemostuseful．Itisusedforpay-phones，buyingnewspapersfromcoin—operatedmachinesandsomebusfares．the25一centcoin，orquarter，islargerthanthenickelbutiseasilymistakenforit．Thisisthenormaltipcoin，alsocommonlyusedforpayingbridgeandroadtolls．Onehastokeepconsiderablechangeonhand，especiallyincitieswhichrequireexactchangefortheirbuses．Salestaxesalsorequirealotofsmallcoins，althoughstoreswillgivechange．Busdrivers，however，areoftennotallowedtogivechangeinmanycities．Billscomeinthefollowingdenominations(面額)：$1，$5，$10and$20．Theyalsocomein$50and$100bills．buttheseareseenlessoftenbymostofus!Keepsmall-valuebillswithyou．Taxidriversandsomestoreclerkswillnotchangeanythinglargerthana$5bill;mostbigdepartmentstoreswill，however．WhyareAmericanbillsquiteBecausetheysticktogetherBecausetheyhavethesameBecausetheyhavemorethanoneBecausetheyareofthesamecolorandThepennycoin WhichcoinisthesmallestinA．Aone—centcoinorapenny．B．Afive—centcoinoraC．Aten—centcoin．D．Atwenty—five—centcoinoraHowmanydenominationsdowefindinAmericanbillsaccordingtothepassage?A．three。B．Four．C．Five．D．Six．Itisuniversallyknownthatfriendshipisoneoftheever—goingthemesintheliteratureofalllanguages．Thisisbecausehumanbeingswereborntoneedthewarmthandrespectfromfriends．Indeed，people，oldandyoung，maleandfemale，atworkoratleisure，unsurprisinglyorunexpectedly，aremeetingnewpeopleandmakingnewfriendseveryday．However，itisimpossibleforUStomakefriendswitheverybody．Wehavetochoosetruefriends．SomeofUSlikesimilarfriends，whileothersdifferentfriends．ally，Ipreferboth．Itgoeswithoutsayingthathavingsimilarfriendshasmanyadvantages．Wecanfeelasenseofstrengthwhenwehaveagroupofoldfriendswhoshareoursufferingandhappiness．Naturally，anybodywithanambitioninlife，eithertoeanartistorallengineerorapolitician，willfeelaspecialneedtobesurroundedbyfriendswhoseassistanceandencouragementwilladdtohisconfidence．Moreover，oldfriendsalwaysknowhowtomaintaintrust．IamalwaysdelightedwhenImeetanoldfriendafteralongdeparture．Immedia y，heartylaughterfillstheatmosphere．However，Ibelievethatamixtureoffriendsisequallyadvantageous．Inthefirstplace，frequentcontactwithdifferentfriendsbroadensmyworldoutlook．Forinstance，duringmystayabroad，IfounditarealtreasuretohaveforeignfriendswhooftenhelpedmestrengthenmybeliefsthatIhadmadeathome．Secondly．IfindthatdifferentfriendsCannotonlyleadtonewadventuresandnewcareeropportunities，butalsoshowmenewthingsinlife，whichwouldotherwisebeimpossiblewithmerelysimilarfriends．Thirdly，theycanhelpmewithwhateverdifficultiesImeetwithinlife．Theyfireindeedmyfriendsinneed．Toconclude．Iprefertohavebothtypesoffriendsandasmanyaspossible．Ofcoarse，Iwillnotforgettochoosefriendswisely．Whyisfriendshiponeoftheever-goingtopicsforWemeetnewpeopleeveryItispossibleforUStomakefriendswithHumanbeingsneedthecompanyoffriendsbynature．D．Literatureofalllanguagesdescribeallkindsoffriendship．Inordertosucceed，anybodywithanambitionin willfeelsatisfiedwhentheymakemoreknowshowtomaintaintrustbetweenhimandhiswillprovidealotofhelpforhisfriendswhentheyareinneedsfriends'helpandencouragementtoincreasetheirWithsimilarfriends，itisnoteasyforyouto ．A．receivetheirassistanceB．beexposedtonewthingsC．developthetrusttothemD．shareyoursufferingandhappinessAccordingtothelastparagraph，whenwechoosefriends，weshould ．carefulB．cheerfulc．delightedWhichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?A．AdvantagesofHavingSimilarandDifferentFriends．B．HowtochoosefriendsinourDailylife．C．Friendship：theEver-goingTheme．D．HowtoMaintainfriendship．AnationalsurveyshowedthatmanyofAmerica’spublicschoolteachersspendtheirowntimeexpandingtheknowledgeandskins．Professionaltrainingisawayoflifeformanyteachers．Someevengotosummerschoolstolearnnewskillsandkeepupwithadvancesintechnology．Theaverageteacherhas25yearsofclassroomexperienceandmolethanhalfholdamaster'sdegree．Nearly23percentbeganfull·timeteachingwithinthepastfiveyears．Thisstatisticshouldcausesomeconcernsbecauseitmeansalargenumberofteachersarereachingtheretirementage．Ifthistrendisnotrecognized，atsomepointthiswillresultinanexperiencegap．Withsalariesbasedonfewerhoursandnoovertime，thecomplaintsoftheteachers emoreunderstandable．Manyoutsidersfeelthatthelongsummervacationsjustifylowerpayscales，butinreality，manyteachersspendagoodpartoftheirvocationhoningtheirskillsforthe ingyear．FacingaclassroomunpreparedistougherontheteacherthanonEvenwithallofthese，threefifthsofteachers(60percent)saidtheywould eteachersagain．However，thereweremanywhosaidtheywouldnotchooseteachingasacareeriftheycouldstartoveragain．Forthefirsttime，thesurveysoughtthereasonsforteachersleavingtheprofession．Themostoftencitedreason(37percent)forabandoningtheirtrainingandprofessionalexperiencewaslowsalaries．Minorityteachers(50percent)，maleteachers(43percent)，andteachersunder30(47percent)weremostlikelytoclaimlowpayasthereasontheywillnotstayinteaching．whatdoweknowaboutAmericanpublicschoolteachersfromtheTheyeitherhaveamaster'sdegreeorenoughTheyspendtimeexpandingtheirknowledgeandTheyareaskedtokeepupwithadvancedTheymustgotosummerschooltolearnnewTheconcerncausedbythestatisticis ．thereisadangerforexperienceB．23percentofteacherslackmorethanhalfoftheteacherswillretiretherearemoreexperiencedteachersthantheinexperiencedTheword“honing”inthe3rdparagraphisclosestinmeaningto A．practicing13．preparingC．improvingD．1earningWhichofthefollowingismostlikelythereasonthatteacherswouldgiveuptheirjob?A．Lackofexperience．B．Noovertimework．C．Summerschoolforlearning．D．ThelowOneafternoonItouredanartmuseumwhilewaitingformyhusbandtofinishabusinessmeeting．Iwaslookingforwardtoa_36 viewofthesplendidartwork．Ayoungcoupleviewingthepaintingschattednonstopbetweenthemselves．I37 themamomentanddecidedtheladywasngallthetalking．Iadmiredtheman’s38 forputtingupwithherconstantstreamofwords．1wasstandingatthecounterofthemuseumgiftshopmakinga 39whenthecoupleapproachedtheexit．Beforetheyleft，theman 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