The high and rising price of lobsters must be indicative of monopoly in the lobster fishing market.（)

A．The rising price of gas.

B．People's concern for air pollution.

C．The growth of bicycle production.

D．The high quality of bicycles.

According to the passage, slowly rising birthrate perhaps is good for ______.

A．a developed nation

B．every nation with a high population

C．a developing nation

D．every nation with a small population

der to ______.

A．avoid administrative cost

B．avoid corruption

C．avoid parents using it

D．avoid children dropping out

What is the author's forecast about the future oil price or economy？

A．The economy will stay unaffected by the high oil price.

B．The economy will be hit if the oil price keeps high.

C．The oil price will surely drop by the end of the year.

D．The oil price will keep on rising in the rest of the year.

How does global warming affect the survival of turtles？

A．It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs.

B．The changing climate makes it difficult for their eggs to hatch.

C．The rising sea levels make it harder for their hatchlings to grow.

D．It takes them longer to adapt to the high beach temperature.

Want productivity and success in the business world？ Or

are you seeking to build your own financial freedom？

Recent studies prove that your emotional intelligence and

related confidence and self-esteem are more important brain

power than the IQ of your mind.

The concept of EQ (emotional intelligence) is having quite

an impact to the business and corporate world today. 【S1】______

Researchers report that those have strong emotional intelligence 【S2】______

(EQ) have more productivity, creativity, self-esteem and

self-confidence.., and making more effective business leaders. 【S3】______

Such leaders have more success rising "to the top" and "achieving

financial freedom" more than those with only a high IQ.

What is EQ？ Emotional intelligence (EQ) includes competency

in such traits as: optimism, effective productivity, self-es-teem,

motivating, empathy (移情作用) and personal interaction 【S4】______

skills.

Your EQ effects almost everything you do. Even while 【S5】______

working in a solitary setting---the quality of your work is determined

by your self-esteem and self-confidence (one aspect of EQ ).

But here's the good news: While the IQ of your mind is

relatively fixing, your emotional intelligence (EQ) can be built. 【S6】______

Many companies are bringing on psychologists and coaches to 【S7】______

improve their top executives' EQ.

A well developed EQ allows a leader to restrain more 【S8】.______

productive feelings (anger and self-doubt) and focus on goals with

more positive feelings (self-confidence, and open communication).

The result is higher team productivity! And in the case of

the independent entrepreneur, a higher probability of achieving

tree financial freedom.

Worldwide studies find those with high EQ tend to have

more success rising to the top of corporations. The higher people 【S9】______

moving up in a company, the more critical EQ becomes.

Women and men have equal EQ, but tend to be strong in 【S10】______

same areas. Women score high in empathy and social responsibility,

while men score high in stress tolerance and self-confidence.

【S1】

Amphibious Architecture: Flood-Proof Home Designs

Instead of trying to beat back the rising flood, innovative amphibious buildings can adapt to the rising flood. These buildings are ready for whatever Mother Nature might throw at them– even 10-foot floodwaters. Let's take a look at just two of them.

The UK's First Amphibious House

The UK's first amphibious house is located on the Thames River. And the first amphibious building in Britain will be completed soon. Baca Architects designed this home for a couple who wanted to live on a flood-prone island, an island easy to be attacked by floods, in the Thames River. This building is equipped with a terraced landscape. And this terraced landscape acts as an early warning system when the waters are rising. The terraces will be filled with water before the ‘wet dock’ under the house does, and then the home itself will slowly rise to stay above the water.

Solar Powered Floating School in Nigeria

Residents of Makoko in Nigeria have been building houses on stilts for generations. People there go from one house to another by canoe. As sea levels are rising, officials threaten to tear down the entire community. If these houses are tore down, 250,000 people will be homeless and have to look for a new place to live. Architects found a solution in floating structures with improved sanitation conditions. The first completed example is a three-storey solar-powered school.

This amazing floating school addresses social, physical and ecological needs. Built on top of 256 recycled blue barrels, the school buildings are made of triangular bamboo and wood. Makoko's residents made full use of their skills when building these structures. With three levels, the solar-powered high school has room for 100 local kids and recycles rainwater to flush the toilets. And the cost for the whole school structures was under $7,000.

1.Innovative amphibious buildings have adaptation to the rising flood.

2.The first amphibious building in Britain has been completed.

3.250,000 residents of Makoko in Nigeria will be homeless if officials tear down their houses.

4.The first completed floating school has three floors.

5.In the opinion of the writer, the cost for the floating school was quite high.

听力原文： "There is a senseless idea that children grow up and leave home when they're 18, and the truth is far from that, "says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. "There is a major shift in the middle class," declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.

Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental Shelter. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by high housing costs.

Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on？ Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with "a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure". And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially.

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A．Young adults should leave their parents and live independently.

B．Middle class young adults should stay longer with their parents.

C．Divorced young adults should move back home.

D．Young adults should attend nearby colleges in order to live with their parents.

he recovery of poor countries from the global recession of 2008 and 2009, according to the World Bank.

In its latest economic health check, the Washington-based Bank said tougher economic policies and the jump in commodity prices would slow the pace of world growth this year before a pick-up in activity in 2012.

The Bank predicted that global growth was on course to edge down from 3.8 percent in 2010 to 3.2 percent this year, then accelerate to 3.6 percent in 2012. It forecast that the pace of activity in high-income countries would slow from 2.7 percent in 2011 to 2.2 percent in 2012. Developing countries, which were responsible for almost half global growth in 2010, would expand by 6.3 percent this year, down from 7.3 percent in 2010.

The Bank warned that its forecasts could be over-optimistic should oil prices continue to rise. Brent crude (布伦特原油) was t

1If oil prices keep rising, the forecasted global economic growth rate could be __________.

A、increased to 3.6 percent

B、increased to 6.3 percent

C、reduced to 2.2 percent

D、slowed by 0.5 percent

2What has been causing oil prices to continue to increase？

A、Market uncertainty or unstable oil supply.

B、The global recession of 2008 and 2009.

C、Over-optimistic forecast for economic growth.

D、Agreement reached by the OPEC oil cartel.

3What problem(s) do developing countries need to strive to address？

A、The slow economic growth rate.

B、Poverty brought by high food prices.

C、Structural imbalances and inflation pressures.

D、Tensions coming from high-income countries.

4According to the World Bank, high food prices had been a result of ____________.

A、high oil prices and decreased oil production

B、high oil prices and poor crop harvest

C、tougher economic policies

D、rise in other commodity prices

5How does the World Bank sound in making the predictions about economic growth？

A、Worried.

B、Objective.

C、Indifferent.

D、Sympathetic

ilities of what can be achieved. A decade ago, the cellphone was a bulky item of limited range, high cost and minority interest. Now it is everywhere.

The personal computer (PC) has been around for decades. But it was only in the mid-1990s, with the explosive growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web, that it was first recognized that the technology can be used to do business. It is now fully recognized that shopping in cyberspace, the name given to this world wide electronic network, is the way of the future.

A recent study by the Department of Trade and Industry (the DTI) provides some impressive data. In the United States, the world' s largest consumer of goods， about 21% of the population is now online. Europe is still behind, with only 10% in Britain,for example. But, as we've seen before, when it comes to technology, nothing stays the same for long. The number of people online is rising dramatically throughout the world.

1.According to the passage, how was the cellphone like. a decade ago？

A.It interested few people

B.It cost a lot but was used everywhere

C.It had small size with bad connection

22.People realized that the technology can help do business when

A.the cellphone was everywhere

B.the Internet began to be widely used

C.the personal computer was more and more popular

2.According to the passage, what is the way of the future？

A.Use of personal computers throughout the world

B.Buying or selling via the Internet and the World Wide Web

C.The explosive growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true？

A.America consumes more goods than other countries

B.The population online in Britain is smaller than that in the Unites States

C.The number of people online is rising slowly throughout the world

4.The passage mainly talks about

A.the cellphone and its influence in some countries

B.development of the Internet technology and its influence

C.the data provided by the Department of Trade and Industry