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In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievement and confident that their degree would help them find a good job. However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose University, got a degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs. Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003. There were many high-tech job opportunities. Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations. However, “Times have changed and it’s a new market,” according to Cheryl Allmen- Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center. Allmen-Vinniage says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked during summer vacations, they have had several internships（实习）, and they’ve majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like information system management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines in starting salaries. Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may just end up going back to school. “I’d like to teach college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in bad economy.” he said. In conclusion, these days, to some students a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its value will increase over time. 1.The word in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
2.Which of the following majors can get a job easily?
3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ________.
4.Ryan Stewart will have to ________.
5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.
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Mr. White as well as his friends ________ a number of countries in the past few years.
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She will fly to Washington, ________ she can enjoy herself.
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第二节：书面表达（满分25分） 请根据下面的图表以及中文提示所提供的信息，写一篇报道，简要描述我国近年私人轿车的增长情况以及可能会带来的影响： ●出行方便快捷 ●有助于汽车工业发展 ●污染空气 ●交通事故增多
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第四部分： 写作 （共两节，满分35分） 第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） My class makes a visit to one of the old people’s homes in our city. When we got there, and we entertained them songs, dances and a drama. We also provided them with a good lunch. Spend some time with the elderly people made us really happily. We began to understand the senior citizens better. At the same time, they realized that old people need love or affection. It may appear that the elderly people is happy and peaceful there, but deep in their hearts they are sad about be ignored by their own children. I think it is our duty to take care our parents and the elders.
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第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.71 Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 72 One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 73 Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 74 Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 75 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
A. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡). B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money. D. People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place. E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper. F. They began to use paper money. G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.
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A new study by a Penn State College of Medicine research team found that honey is a better and safer treatment for children than cough medicines. Ian Paul, the study’s lead researcher, was motivated to test honey because treating coughs in children has recently become a sticky subject. Coughing is the body’s way of clearing irritated (受刺激的) airways to help you breathe. But too much coughing can irritate your lungs and throat even more. It can also make it tough to get the sleep your body needs to heal. Hoping to ease the suffering of their children, parents often give them cough medicines. But there have never been any good studies showing that they work. Cough and cold medicines may also cause serious side effects. Hundreds of kids die in the hospital each year after receiving too much cough medicine by mistake. Last October, the US Food and Drug Administration suggested that parents should not give cough medicines to children under 6. In order to search for a different solution, Paul designed a study that involved 105 kids who were sick with coughs and other cold conditions. At bedtime, the kids took buckwheat (荞麦) honey, honey-flavored (蜂蜜味的) DM (one of the most common ingredients in cough medicines), or no treatment. Parents and kids in the no- -treatment group knew they weren’t getting anything, but the other two groups weren’t told which treatment they were getting. The surveys showed that kids who swallowed about 2 teaspoons of buckwheat honey before bedtime coughed less and slept better than kids in the other groups. “When parents want something for their kids to take,” Paul says, “honey seems like the best option”. But what gives honey its healing power? Substances called antioxidants (抗氧化剂) may be part of the answer. All honey contains antioxidants that protect our cells from damage. Studies show that antioxidant levels in the body rise after someone swallows honey. 68. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? A. No cough medicines to children B. Sweet solution to kids’ coughing C. Best treatment for your cold D. Cough medicines don’t work 69. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that coughing ______. A. sometimes does good to people B. can cure lung and throat diseases C. is more harmful to children D. helps improve children’s diet 70. During Paul’s experiment, the kids who received treatment ______. A. seemed much worse than before B. knew they weren’t getting anything C. coughed less and slept better D. had no idea what they swallowed
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