Who based many of his fables on those of Aesop？（)

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17. Who used to live together in an extended family？

[A] Only grandparents and children.

[B] Brothers with their wives.

[C] Many relatives.

[D] Father, mother and their children.

W： Hi Leo， why do you say English would become the world language？

M： Well。 For one thing， it’s so commonly used， the only language that is used by more people is Chinese。

W： Why is English spoken by so many people？

M： It’s spoken in many countries of the world because of the British empire。 And now of course is the influence of America as well。

W： Many students find English a difficult language to learn。

M： Oh， all languages are difficult to learn。 But English does have two greatest advantages。

W： What are they？

M： Well， first of all， it has a very international vocabulary。 It has many German， Dutch， French， Spanish and Italian words in it。 So speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English。 In fact， English has words for many other languages as well。

W： Why is that？

M： Well， partly because English speakers have travelled a lot， they bring back words with them。 So English really does have an international vocabulary。

W： And what is the other advantage of English？

M： It that English grammar is really quite easy。 For example， it doesn’t have dozens of different endings for its nouns， adjectives and verbs， not like Latin， Russian and German for example。

W： Why is that？

M： Well， it’s quite interesting actually， it’s because of the French。 When the French ruled England， French was the official language， and only the common people spoke English。 They tried to make their language as simple as possible。 So they made the grammar easier。

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard。

Q9： What does the man say about Chinese？

Q10： What made English a widely used language？

Q11： What is said to be special about English vocabulary？

Each company has many "public" who would be able not only to recognize its name 【21】______ to correctly identify its industry and its 【22】______ . These publics include present customers and stockholders as well as banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, and securities 【23】______ who supply the company with essential services and capital.

The 【24】______ names of many well-established companies can be one of misinformation, thereby 【25】______ communication with them. This was the problem that faced Michigan seamless tube company—a company with sales of 128 million a year. At first 【26】______ , the company's name tells us that it is located in Michigan 【27】______ that it manufactures seamless tubing. What the name does not 【28】______ to most people is the fact Michigan seamless tube also has operations in five 【29】______ states and has a varied production line of forgings, broaching machines, tools, and steel bars in addition to seamless tubing. The problem was 【30】______ by the company's 【31】______ , which operated 【32】______ . Their own names were not clearly identified with the 【33】______ company.

Customers, suppliers, and the financial community did not see Michigan seamless tube as a 【34】______ based metal producer. They perceived it only as a small, 【35】______ , regional manufacturing company. The company's 【36】______ decided to adopt a new corporate identity.

The 【37】______ point for this change was the company name. The new name had to be one that could encompass all of the company's products and subsidiaries, a name that would correctly project the image of a 【38】______ corporation. After considering many different possibilities, management decided on a 【39】______ word: quanex—a name 【40】______ from a combination of the first three letters of the word "quality" and the first three letters of the Latin word "nex", which means connection.

【21】

A．and

B．but

C．however

D．either

听力原文： The World Health Organization is to call for strict controls on junk food in a major campaign against obesity, and the agency will unveil its actual strategy next week. Based on evidence obtained through various investigations, the WHO believes that obesity has become a global epidemic that is directly associated with more than 30 million deaths each year. According to the agency, obesity is now one of the world's three greatest health threats, along with smoking and malnutrition. Recent estimates suggest that 1.7 billion people are now obese, which has led to a surge in diseases such as cancers and diabetes.

The WHO will call for heavy cuts in the use of sugar, salt and saturated fats. And this is bound to sound the alarm to many of Britain's top-selling brands, including Cadbury's, Coca-Cola, and Birds Eye. The WHO will produce a policy paper calling for new daily limits for sugar, salt and fats, as well as tougher control of food advertising. According to the figures issued by the WHO, the safety threshold for sugar would be 10gms a day—a limit already exceeded by one 500ml bottle of cola and, salt should be limited to 5gms a day—the amount of salt contained in a standard tin of baked beans.

(33)

A．Overweight.

B．Addiction.

C．Depression.

D．Malnutrition.

eem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid. The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye, in the process sometimes coming up with critical analyses of the forces that shape everyone's experience in the organization.

Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of getting ahead. Coleman is black. He spent 11 years with IBM, half of them working in management development, and now serves as a consultant to the likes of AT&T, CocaCola, Prudential, and Merch. Coleman says that based on what he's seen at big com panics, he weighs the different elements that make for longterm career success as follows: performance counts a mere 10%; image, 30%; and exposure, a full 60%. Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may win you pay increases, it won't secure you the big promotion. He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work, and how high up they are.

Ridiculous beliefs？ Not to many people, especially many women and members of minority races who, like Coleman, feel that the scales have dropped from their eyes. "Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs," says Kaleel Jamison, a New York based management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues. "They think that if you work hard, you'll get ahead that someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion." She added, "Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they've gotten ahead because of their sex or color that they play down their visibility." Her advice to those folks: learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way into the spotlight (公众注意中心).

According to the passage, "things formerly judged to be best left unsaid" (in Para. 1) probably refers to ______.

A．the opinions, which contradict the established beliefs

B．criticisms that shape everyone's experience

C．the tendencies that help the newcomers to see office matters with a fresh eye

D．the ideas which usually come up with new ways of management in the organization

听力原文：W: Hi,Fred.What are you reading？

M: Oh,these are just some books I picked up at a local poetry festival that was held a couple of weeks ago. Even though a lot of what the featured poets wrote wasn't in English,it was still pleasant to see that there are so many people who appreciate poetry in New Zealand.

W: I didn't know you were such a poetry lover,Fred.Personally,I've always found that stuff a little boring and hard to understand.And all that flowery language gives me a headache!I'd rather read a nice long novel any day.

M: I'll admit that poetry's an acquired taste.But once you learn more about it,you'll find that poems aren't all flower and difficult to understand--they don't even have to rhyme!

W: Then who is your favorite poet？

M: One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins,who writes really funny,fine poems in simple everyday English.

W: I'll have to look him up.Say,have you ever written any poetry of your own？Some love sonnets,perhaps？

M: No love sonnets,but I did try to write some poems a long time ago.They were all really bad.Once I spent three hours trying to come up with a word that rhymes with"panda"!

W: Silly Fred!How could you not think of my name"Amanda"？

What do we learn about the popularity of poetry in New Zealand？

A．Poetry is popular among the general public.

B．People there have no interest in poetry.

C．Poetry is the most popular literature.

D．People have no passion for writing poems.

century, many countries of the South(发展中国家)began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They urgently needed supplies of highly trained personnel to implement a concept of development based on modernization. But many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training. At the same time, many professionals who did return home but no longer felt at ease there also decided to go back to the countries where they had studied. In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special "return"programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1974 enabled over 1,600 qualified scientists and technicians to return to Latin America. In the 1980s and 1990s, "temporary return" programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel occupying strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Programs Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate(移居国外的)Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain(人才流失)from these countries may well increase in response to the new laws of the international market in knowledge. Recent studies forecast that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualified professionals around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a result there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students abroad to give preference to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, instead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. And the countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad, they must introduce flexible administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is bound to continue. Which of the following is NOT correct according to the passage？

A.The developing countries believe that sending students to the industrialized countries is a good way to meet their own needs for modernization.

B.The South American countries have been sending students to developed countries since the 1920s.

C.Many people trained abroad remain in the developed countries instead of coming back to serve their home countries.

D.The International Organization for Migration successfully helped more than 1,600 professionals to return to their own countries in a single year.

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 (百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears 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 (身份) 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.

第61题：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

is, areas such as occupational suburbs or residential enclaves in which the population is relatively homogeneous and land is used in similar ways without deliberate planning. Park and Burgess saw urban expansion as occurring through a series of "invasions" of successive zones or areas surrounding the center of the city. For example, people from rural areas and other societies "invaded" areas where housing was inexpensive. Those areas tended to be close to the places where they worked. In turn, people who could afford better housing and the cost of commuting "invaded" areas farther from the business district.

According to paragraph 4, why is the term "Loop" used in the concentric-zone model？

A．It indicates the many connections between each of the zones in the model.

B．It indicates that zones are often in transition and frequently changing.

C．It reflects the fact that the model was created with the city of Chicago in mind.

D．It emphasizes the fact that populations often returned to zones in which they used to live.

__ to correctly identify its industry and its 【22】______ . These publics include present customers and stockholders as well as banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, and securities 【23】______ who supply the company with essential services and capital.

The 【24】______ names of many well-established companies can be one of misinformation, thereby 【25】______ communication with them. This was the problem that faced Michigan Seamless Tube Company—a company with sales of $128 million a year. At first 【26】______ ,the company's name tells us that it is located in Michigan 【27】______ that it manufactures seamless tubing. What the name does not 【28】______ to most people is the fact Michigan Seamless Tube also has operations in five 【29】______ states and has a varied production line of forgings, broaching machines, tools, and steel bars in addition to seamless tubing. The problem was 【30】______ by the company's 【31】______ , which operated. 【32】______ their own names and were not clearly identified with the 【33】______ company.

Customers, suppliers, and the financial community did not see Michigan Seamless Tube as a 【34】______ based metal producer. They perceived it only as a small, 【35】______ , regional manufacturing company. The company's 【36】______ decided to adopt a new corporate identity.

The 【37】______ point for this change was the company name. The new name had to be one that could encompass all of the company's products and subsidiaries, a name that would correctly project the image of a 【38】______ corporation. After considering many different possibilities, management decided on a 【39】______ word: Quanex—a name 【40】______ from a combination of the first three letters of the word "quality" and the first three letters of the Latin word "nex", which means connection.

【21】

A．and

B．but

C．however

D．either