Compared with Americans, what are Japanese less likely to do?A. Enjoy positive emotions.B. Take care of people who are unhappy.C. Keep away from happiness.D. Avoid sadness.

9、1.In developing countries,the practical uses-|||-of the automobile are catching up.(2分)-|||-在发展中国家,汽车的实际使用正在-|||-迎头赶上。-|||-○ 汽车让发展过年的实际使用正在赶-|||-上。-|||-○ 在发达国家,汽车的实际使用正在赶-|||-上。-|||-汽车的实际使用正在迎头赶上。

Since its founding in 1948. McDonald's has grown from a family burger (汉堡）Passage Two stand to a global fast-food chain. with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries. With 58 million daily customers worldwide. McDonald's is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist publishes a global ranking of currencies purchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald's called the Big Mac Index (巨无霸指数). That's not to say that every nation carries the same menu items choices vary widely depending on location. Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in a Big Mac roll, while McDonald's in India doesn't serve beef at all, relying instead on burgers made from vegetables rice and beans Not everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald when he moves to town. Many see McDonald's as a symbol of American economic and cultural chauvinism (沙文主义) and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their nationa food. A French farmer Jose Bove became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a group of people destroyed a McDonald's under construction to protest globalization and 'bad food." The next year, a bomb exploded in a French McDonald's, killing a 22-old 27 employee. No one claimed responsibility. But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies McDonald's is still widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization. 1.According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT TRUE. A. McDonald's was founded in 1948. B. McDonald's has opened its restaurants in every city of the world. C. McDonald's has over 30,000 locations in the world now. D. McDonald's was very small in scale in the beginning. 2.The word ubiquitous in Paragraph 2 is most likely to mean ___. A. very crowded B. very dean C. existing everywhere D. occurring frequently 3.From Paragraph 2, we can conclude that ___. A. McDonald's designs its menu to suit the local people. B. millions of young adults got their first job with McDonald's. C. the McDonald's menu sticks to old-fashioned favorites such as the Big Mac D. the low prices McDonald 's bring tens of millions of people through its doors

A city child's summer is spent in the street in front of his home，and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted that I would be no good at it. They were right，of course. I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(门廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs. No grownup ever sat there or attempted to. There the boys would sit, mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one. It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question；but whoever he was，I nod to him gratefully now. “ What’s in those books you're always reading？” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered. “What kind？”asked somebody else without much interest. Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did，for usually I just sat there in silence，glad enough to be allowed to remain among them；but instead of answering his question，I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment. The book was Sister Carrie. They listened bug­eyed and breathless. I must have told it well，but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them so keen an audience. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments，but I was offering them as well，without being aware of doing it，a new and exciting experience. The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G．A. Henry. I had read them too，but at thirteen I had long since left them behind. Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books­for­boys series. In those days there was no reading material between children’s and grownups' books，or I could find none. I had gone right from Tom Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my young mind，and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it. The next night and many nights thereafter，a kind of unspoken ritual(仪式) took place. As it grew dark，I would take my place in the center of the stoop and begin the evening's tale. Some nights，in order to taste my victory more completely，I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte，and without warning tell them that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening. It was not true，of course；but I had to make certain of my newly­found power and position. I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall. Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences，but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store，I have an unreasoning love that will last forever. 【小题1】The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________. A．invited him to join in their game B．liked the book that he was reading C．broke the long silence of that summer evening D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life 【小题2】According to Paragraph 3，story­telling was popular among the boys basically because ________. A．the story was from a children's book B．listening to tales was an age-old practice C．the boys had few entertainments after dark D．the boys didn't read books by themselves 【小题3】Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to ________. A．play a mean trick on the boys B．experience more joy of achievement C．add his own imagination to the story D．help the boys understand the story better 【小题4】What is the message conveyed in the story? A．One can find his position in life in his own way. B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other. C．Reading is more important than playing games. D．Adult habits are developed from childhood.

22.In 1815, Napoleon left the island of Elba to begin his second _____ of France .A. instructionB. needC. conquestD. order

29. The politician's speech was so convincing that it helped him ___ many undecided voters in the election.A. win overB. take overC. go overD. get over

Visitors to the art museum _____ at the artist's amazing skill and creativity.A. praiseB. admireC. appreciateD. marvel

Section A Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 1. A) The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State. B) The relationship between crime and mental illness C) The graduate student of Northern Illinois University D) The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University 2. A) The gunman has mental disease. B) The gunman is dissatisfied with the university C The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture. D) It is not clear. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. 3. A) It has been influenced by war. B) It is devalued by its **********. C) It is more competitive than before. D) It has turned into a global currency. 4. A) Most experts support the four countries' currency change. B) The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery. C) Currency wars threaten global economic recovery. D) Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5. A) The preservation of coastal resorts. B) The closure of political disputes. C) The gap between the rich and the poor. D) The commitments to reduce carbon emissions. 6. A) Promising. B) Hopeful. C) Disappointing. D) Satisfying. 7. A)18. B) 80. C) 94. D) 194. Section B Conversation One Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A) He eats a lot after marriage. B) He sleeps a lot after marriage. C) He exercises less after marriage. D) He drinks a lot after marriage. 9. A) Its membership is expensive. B) Its membership is inexpensive C) Most of its members work out two times a week. D) Most of its members are white- collar workers. 10. A) She is under 20 years old. B) She is in her 20s. C) She is under 30 years old. D) She is in her 30s. 11. A) Buy a ticket for the health club. B) Bring a guest pass. C) Make a membership card. D) Borrow the woman’s card. Conversation Two Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard 12. A) Ask her assistant to wet the man's hair B) Talk with the man about his hair C) Communicate with her assistant about the haircut D) Show the man the latest style 13. A) It is dry and thick. B) It is very curly. C) It is dry and has split ends. D) It is quite oily. 14. A) His diet. B) His habit. C) His living environment. D) His inheritance. 15. A) Use air blower to make the hair dry. B) Use shampoo of high quality. C) Let the hair dry naturally. D) Cut hair once a week Section C Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) People can buy sliced bread at stores. B) There was no sliced bread at stores. C) There was no delicious bread at stores. D) People made bread at home and never bought it. 17. A) From the customer. B) From the ingredient. C) From the balloon. D) From the tradition. 18. A) It is full of delicious bread B) It looks very serious. C) It is full of colorful balloons. D) It is covered with paintings Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) A skin care brand. B) A leather brand C) A watch brand D) A daily use brand 20. A) Most of it comes from skin care line. B) More than half of it is from makeup. C) 50% of it is derived from foundation. D) 25% of it is from makeup brushes. 21. A) It was invented in 1968. B) It is available in every store. C) It cannot deal with skin problems such as burning. D) It is designed for pre and post-operation skin care. Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A) They get more freedom. B)They encounter more pressure. C) They shoulder more social responsibilities. D)They are required to do better at researching. 23. A) They teach students how to research and write. B) They ask students to study independently. C) They help students to learn about society. D) They communicate with students frequently. 24. A) They prevent students from thinking. B) They don' t provide enough explanations for facts. C) They don t offer informative researches. D) They don t have basic facts. 25. A) Take encyclopedias as their mere information resource. B) Focus on more information of specific topics. C) Be independent from their professors. D) Accumulate their own evidence from broader sources.

Tomi Hall did what she could to lobby for the best teachers for her two children, making her case this spring in letters to the principal. Then all she could do was waiting for news of their classroom assignments and it’s been torturing. The Aurora mom knows her efforts carry no guarantees. One year her son didn’t get the teacher Hall had hoped for, and he struggled for months with one whose relaxed style came across to him as uncaring. "Granted, I know it’s just kindergarten," said Hall, 39. "But ... a teacher can make or break you. In the next few weeks, many families will rip open notification letters or go to school to see class lists posted on the front door. For parents accustomed to directing nearly every aspect of their child’s early learning it can be difficult to have little voice in teacher selection--a decision they view as critical. Some spend hours crafting the perfect letter or meet with the principal to make an argument. For their child’s early learning, parents regard that teacher is critical. Principals, meanwhile, struggle to create balanced classrooms while juggling (更改) individual requests. They say they want input but find it increasingly necessary to discourage parents from asking for a specific teacher. Administrators don’t want the selection process to be a popularity contest--in part because what makes a teacher popular may have nothing to do with a particular child’s educational needs. "I’m bright enough to realize parents talk at soccer fields and baseball fields, but you have to realize your experience with Teacher A may be very different than someone else’s Teacher A," said Scott Meek, the new principal at Northbrook Junior High School who is making classroom assignments this summer for 600 students with the help of an office display board. He asks parents to focus their input on the student and his or her learning style and trust the school to make the right match. Some students also believe that certain teachers bring out the best in them. "I need one of those strict kinds of teachers," said Hall’s daughter Tori, 12, who is entering 7th grade. "When I get a not-so-strict teacher, I think they don’t really care about me. I really don’t want a bad teacher. I’ll get lower grades." When Chaya Fish, 30, of West Rogers Park taught at a private school in New York, she said, it was obvious who the "in, teachers were. She said she automatically joined them after the principal’s son landed in her classroom. "It was ridiculous," said Fish. "The other teacher was probably better than me. It was how you dressed, how you talked" that often determined parental favor. Teachers said the most vocal parents often get their way so that all parties involved can avoid a difficult school year. But educators warn that parents who get what they wish for may be sorry afterward. "A lot of times when people orchestrate (精心安排) who they think their child is best suited for, they find they made a mistake," said Mark Friedman, superintendent for Libertyville Elementary School District 70. "I have many parents say later, ’I don’t know why I did this. It isn’t working out this year.’" Friedman said he assures parents their comments will be considered but never guarantees a specific teacher. In fact, he tells them that if they do request a teacher and later regret that choice, "you have no one to blame but yourself." Some parents said they’ve learned their lesson about trying to guess which teacher would be best. Jamie Thompson said she was initially concerned when her daughter was assigned to a strict lst-grade teacher. She was aware other parents had lobbied for a different person, who had a more casual style. "At the end, it turned out that the other class was asking, ’ Why isn’t my child learning that ’ "said Thompson, 36, of Arlington Heights. "That’s why I don’t want to interfere too much." Yet parents have different reasons for requesting classes, and some have nothing to do with the teacher, said Michelle Van Every, 36, of Deerfield. She and other mothers once requested that their children not be placed in a classroom with a specific boy--not because of him, but to avoid his mother, who had created problems in the past, she said. "We didn’t want to cross paths with her," said Van Every, who added that the school complied with their request. "We didn’t want to have to volunteer with her at a class party." Each district follows its own procedure for teacher selection. Some begin as early as April or May, officials said. Many ask parents to complete a form about their child’s strengths and weaknesses. Typically, teachers have some say in the process by deciding early on which students should be separated or kept together, on the basis of academics, personalities and learning styles. The principal draws up the final class lists, often after meeting with parents or reviewing special requests, officials said. Many school districts wait until the last minute to announce class assignments, usually about two weeks before the start of school. That’s because they have come to expect a flood of phone calls within hours from parents who beg or demand to switch teachers. Other schools handle it differently. At Sawyer Elementary School on Chicago’s Southwest Side, the fall class assignments are handed out with the last report card the previous spring, said teacher Maureen "Moe" Forte. Forte said she is aware of colleagues and members of the Local School Council who have asked that their children be moved from one class into another. "It’s not fair," Forte said. "I was very upset that one of the LSC parents moved her daughter to my classroom... The parent just felt my personality fit better with her child. But it’s not a personality contest." Denita Ricci of Lake Villa said she knows parents who request certain classes but tries to stay out of the process. Her son, Mason Wubs, 12, hopes to be placed in the same class as his best friend, easing the transition to 7th grade at a new school. "I trust the school’s judgment," she said, though she secretly hopes Mason will share a class with his friend. "I think they need to learn to deal with people who are different from them, just like an employer.What do we learn about Mark Friedman’s remarks about parents choosing teachers A．He assured that parents’ requests would be reconsidered.B．He assured that parents’ requests would be guaranteed.C．He warned that parents who requested a teacher pay more.D．He warned that parents who got what they wish for may regret later.

想修炼成仙的想象是 (1分)A. 幻想B. 空想C. 理想D. 梦想E. 灵感