单项选择题
1、 根据以下资料，回答题：
Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?
Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes. People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform?
Uniforms also have many practical benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are tax-deductible ( 可减税的 ). They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.
Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at least.
Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.
It is surprising that Americans who worship variety and individuality __________.
A．still judge a man by his clothes
B．hold the uniform in such high regard
C．enjoy having a professional identity
D．will respect an elevator operator as much as a general in uniform


2、阅读下列材料，回答第 1～10 题：









According to Nathan Dungan, the most important issue in teaching your child about money is __________.


3、回答题
One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks withco-workers, where the most common  47 rangefrom bad-mouthing(说……的坏话)another worker to kissing a colleagueand drinking too much,according to a study 48  on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to   49   with colleagues, although 15 percent go tohear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated,said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com,an online job site.
As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percentreported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about acolleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too muchand acted  50  .5 percent said they had shared a secret aboutthe company, and 4 percent  51  to singing karaoke.
While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for  52  ,85 percent said attending had not helped themget 53  to someone higher up orget a better position.
An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours withco-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55least  54  to attend.
Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workersand, of those,  55  a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was  56  online by Harris Interactive on behalf ofCareerBuilder. 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
47__________


4、根据下列材料，请回答题：
questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
What makes a group intelligent? You might think a group's IQ would t esimply the aveiage intelligence of the group's members, or perhaps the intelligence of the team's smartest participant, But researchers who study groups have found that this isn't so.
Rather, a group's intelligence emerges the interactions that go on Within the group. A teams intelligence can be measured, and like an individual's IQ scere, it can accurately predict the team's performance on a Wide variety of tasks. And just as an individual's intelligence is expandable, a group's intelligence can alsobe increased. Here are five suggestions on how to guide the developttment of smart teams:
Chose team members carefully, The smartest groups are composed of people who are good at reading one another's social cues, according to a study led by Carnegie Mellon University professor Anita Williams Woolley and published in the journal Science.
Talk about the “how”. Many members of teams don't like to spend time talking about “process”, preferring to get right down to work--but Woolley notes that groups who take the time to discuss how they Will Work together aice ultimately more efficient and effective.
share the floor: In the most intelligent teams, found  Woolley, members take turns speaking Participants who dominate the discussion or who hang back and don't say much bring down, the


What do we learn about a group's IQ?
A．It equals the total intelligence of the group members.
B．It determines the interactions among the group members.
C．It can help measure an individual's IQ score in the group.
D．It can help predict the group's performance on various tasks.


填空题
5、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.
Questionsare based on the following passage.
　　On the night of September 2, 1666, a fire broke out in a baker's shop near Fish Street Hill in London. Before the flames were finally put out,　1　the entire city had been reduced to ashes.
　　The great fire was not seen as a total tragedy, however. The terrible conditions of the city had been attacked for years before the fire. Thus, with the　2　to create a shining new city, many people hurried to submit their designs of the rebuilding of London But the task of　3　the city was given to Sir Christopher Wren. Wren realized that the Great Fire would not have been so　4　if the city had been better laid out. Broader streets were needed to replace the crooked, narrow alleys overhung with poor wooden houses and shops. He also felt that　5　the main thorough fares of London would result in increased and more　6　transportation within city When the plans were unveiled to the citizens of London, however, they were overwhelmingly rejected. Many people feared that such widening of the streets would　7　the amount of land available for development.
　　Winter was approaching; consequently, it was necessary for the rebuilding to　8　at once Permission was, therefore, granted for the town's people to begin reconstruction of their houses and shops at the sites where they had been before the fire. Had the need for immediate action not been so pressing, some kind of　9　could likely have been reached. This was not to be, however, and the idea that could have made London one of the world's most beautiful cities never came　10　.
A possibility F．redesigning K．damaging
B．compromise G．prompting L．opportunity
C．preferable H reduce 　 M．real
D．actually I．proceed N．rebuilding
E．true
Before the flames were finally put out,　1　the entire city had been reduced to ashes.

6、The issue price of the company's shares_________________________(对许多人来说太高了)．

7、The majority of the Asian parents who were surveyed__________(把孩子的学业上的成功归功于努力)． 


8、Questions are based on the following passage.
　　They go to one of the world's most prestigious universities and pride themselves on their superior intellect but almost half of Cambridge students admit they are not immune from the temptation to cheat and submit essays they find on Google, a survey suggests.
　　The results of a(n)  36________  online poll of more than 1,000 students  37________ by the student newspaper Varsity found that 49 per cent of undergraduates pass other people's work off as their own at some point during their university  38________ . Only 5 per cent said they had  39________  been caught plagiarizing ( 剽窃).Academics in universities across the country have been 40________ by their peers of turning a blind eye to the practice to 41________ their institutions to improve their national and international ranking.
One student told Varsity, "Sometimes, when I am really fed up, I Google the essay 42________ , copy and throw everything on to a blank word 43________  and jiggle ( 微调) the order a bit. They usually end up being the best essays."
　　Law students were most prone to ( 倾向于… ) plagiarism with 62 per cent of those questioned　44________ to breaking university rules.
　　A university spokesman told Varsity that it regarded plagiarism as a "serious and potentially disciplinary offence which can lead to failure to obtain, or withdrawal of a 45________ ." He said the university was planning to introduce detection software to crack down on the problem.

第(36)题__________。

简答题
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