Only when you leave school________how much you love it

od he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n)"【C1】______home". But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical【C2】______of cash and location on achieving that idea.

Cash【C3】______, in fact, often means that the only way of【C4】______when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things【C5】______financially. There are obvious【C6】______of living at home personal laundry is usually【C7】______done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to【C8】______And there is【C9】______the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.

On the other hand,【C10】______depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends？ You may love your family【C11】______do you like them？ Are you prepared to be【C12】______when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back？ If you find that you cannot manage a(n)【C13】______, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you【C14】______finding somewhere else to live？

If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are【C15】______well-known to you al ready. Friends and the local paper are always【C16】______. If you are going to work in a【C17】______area, again there are the papers and the accommodation agencies,【C18】______these should be approached with【C19】______. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the【C20】______of the first week's rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.

【C1】

A．ideal

B．perfect

C．imaginary

D．satisfactory

听力原文： Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.

Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country？ Or doesn't it matter？ What about table manners？ Should you use both hands when you are eating？ Should you leave one hand on your lap, or on the table？

The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to a woman, and so will most Americans.

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable--especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were shocked, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

(26)

A．To smoke in a public place.

B．To make a fool of oneself.

C．To smoke when a girl is in the room.

D．To spit in the street.

- We are planning an outing. _________

- Sure.

A：Where are you going？

B：When will you leave？

C：How is everything？

D：Do you want to join us？

听力原文：W: Hi, Jim. How are things going？

M: Just fine, Ellen, how are you？

W: Oh, I'm just fine.

M: Well, I've got to go to Hong Kong next month, and I'd like you to make the arrangements.

W: Wonderful! When do you want to go？

M: OK, I've got to be there from the sixth through the ninth of February.

W: OK, the sixth through the ninth. Now, the sixth is a Thursday. Do you know, if you could leave on Friday, the seventh, before noon, I could get you a special weekend fare for only three hundred dollars. That's a real bargain. The regular fare is five hundred dollars.

M: What time would I arrive in Hong Kong on the seventh？

W: Let me check. At nine o'clock.

M: Is that a direct flight？

W: Yes.

M: That sounds good, but I really should be there the night before. What about other specials？

W: OK, well, there is a seven-day excursion fare. That's cheaper, but that means you have to go for seven or more days, and you have to fly on weekdays. The fare is two hundred and eighty dollars round trip.

M: When does the flight leave？

W: Oh, that flight leaves at three twenty in the afternoon and arrives in Hong Kong at seven o'clock.

M: Is that a nonstop flight？

W: No. There is a half-hour stop over in Tokyo, but you don't have to change planes, at least.

M: You know, it might be possible for me to stay in Hong Kong for a week, because I have a lot of friends down there. I'll think it over and let you know my final decision in a few days. Thank you very much.

W: You are welcome.

(20)

A．She probably works together with Jim in a business company.

B．She probably works in an airport.

C．She probably is an operator working in a telephone company.

D．She probably works in Hong Kong.

Jones Beach

Connecticut is beautiful in early June. The rolling hills are green and beckoning, the leaves on the trees full and deep. The land is fertile, washed and nourished by the spring rains; and in the rich soil of gardens, peas and carrots are appearing. The mornings are warm and clear, the sun rising early so that by midday you can get a taste of the summer heat that will follow in July and August.

On a day like this, on a Wednesday morning in early June, it is possible to feel free; for school is over for the year and the summer lies ahead. And so, on this Wednesday morning, you get up early in the morning and go out for a drive in your car, because you like that, it's fun. You drive along a little country road, the top of your car down, and you feel the chili of the early morning air , as the wind blows all around you. You feel the chill in your neck and behind your ears, but the sun is getting higher in the sky; it will be warmer soon. You feel your hair being blown in a thousand directions, and that's fine. It's good to feel the long brown hair blowing around your ears, it's good sometimes to look down onto the road next to your car and see the shadow of the car, with you inside, and your hair blowing in the wind. You drive through patches of sunlight and shade; the air is dry, so you feel the difference. And you feel free, being free.

It is hard to be free. It is probably one of the hardest things in the world, because the world doesn't leave much room for freedom. There isn't much space given you, there aren't many people around you who are free. Everyone has miles to go and things to do, and the world catches you up, it carries you along, it doesn't give you much room. But it's also so easy to be free. Being free is probably one of the easiest things in the world, too, only almost nobody realizes it. Because we are free: we were born free, we live free, and we will die free. Only we don't realize it. There is always so much going on, perhaps, always so much to do, that we never stop and look at what's happening. Until some day, some Wednesday morning in early June, when you get up in the morning when it's still chilly and you go for a drive in your car, along a country road, through little towns, past little homes and farmhouses, and suddenly you realize it, you know it: you are free, free always, free forever.

That is all it takes. You like to drive, you like driving your little sports car with the top down, and that's all it takes. And you find yourself getting high, as. high as the sky, because it is wonderful to be there, in that time and in that place, and you would exchange it for none other. You feel elated just by driving, and you begin to think that maybe they're all wrong, maybe all the ones who have taught you are wrong. Because they've taught you that what goes up always comes down. That's physics, after all, that's science and knowledge, and when an apple falls from a tree, it's going to hit someone who's sitting beneath. That's the way things are. But you begin to wonder. Maybe things don't have to be that way. Maybe it's possible to go up and never come down, to stay up, to be always up, to be always elated.

Maybe there is a place there, a place that the birds know, a place which men have reached for. Maybe it really does exist, and if you could find it you would never leave, you would never need to leave or want to leave, because the place is perfect and you feel wonderful there. So you drive along, out driving just for the fun of driving, and then maybe you say to yourself, "The hell with that place, things are fine here. I like it here. "For you feel good, there, feel good driving along, and you think you could probably feel good any place doing anything. The hell with the birds, let them have their place, because you've got yours, and you like it fine. The hell with wondering and worrying. School's out, it was

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

l without your permission or scan the Websites youve visited. Orperhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out yourshopping preferences or calling habits. In fact, its likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without yourpermission？ It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, theywill see you in a way you never intended to be seen--the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked. Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that its important to reveal yourself to friends, family and loversin stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs (碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In somecases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where yousimply cannot keep a secret. The key question is: Does that matter？ For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no." When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey foundan overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is"slipping away, and that bothers me." But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effortto preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths (收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacyeconomist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information likeSocial Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-offcoupon(优惠劵). But privacy does matter--at least sometimes. Its like health: When you have it, you dont notice it. Only when its gone do you wish youd done more to protect it. What does the author mean by saying "the 21 st century equivalent of being caught naked" (Line 3, Para.2 )？

A.Peoples personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.

B.In the 21 st century people try every means to look into others secrets.

C.People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.

D.Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.

A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he

wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending

on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) ______ home”. But in general, and

especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32)

________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.

Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________

when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________

financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry

is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided

and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And

there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.

On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your

parents like your friends？ You may love your family—(41) _________do you like

them？ Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are

going in the evening and what time you expect to be back？ If you find that you

cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave,

how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live？

If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45)

_________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46)

_________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are

the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be

approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually

the (50) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have

found for you.

31. A. ideal B. perfect C. imaginary D. satisfactory

32. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations

33. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain

34. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along

35. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed

36. A. concerns b. issues C. advantages D. problems

37. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently

38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out

39. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes

40. A. little B. enough C. many D. much

Passage Two

Question 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

Someday a siranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Website you've visited，Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phonebills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.

In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission？ It might be a spouse, a girl friend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen - the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.

Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs(碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.

The key question is: Does that matter？

For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."

When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me."

But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist A lessandro Acauisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Socail Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon(优惠卷)。

But privacy does matter - at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it, you don't notice it. Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.

62. What does the author mean by saying "the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked" (Lines 3-4,Para.2)？

A) People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.

B) In the 21st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.

C) People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.

D) Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.

e home alone. If you decide your child is【C1】______enough to be home alone before or【C2】______school, you should make sure your house is【C3】______and teach your child to【C4】______various situations.

Make a game of your instructions. Have your child answer questions beginning with "What would you do if" and ending with phrases like "you lost your key"【C5】______"someone you don't know comes【C6】______the door."

The best home security is【C7】______. Every home should have smoke detectors, but consider also installing a burglar-alarm system. Leaving a radio【C8】______during the day makes a home sound【C9】______. Besides, as one child said, "It's horrifying walking into a quiet house." Don't leave an extra key in obvious hiding places, such as under the doormat.【C10】______it with a neighbor instead.

【C11】______your child is home alone, the phone is a vital【C12】______. A parent or designated(指定的)adult should always be available by【C13】______. Children should know where to find【C14】______numbers, and how to【C15】______the phone and take a message without letting an unknown caller【C16】______no one else is home. You might【C17】______a telephone-answering machine. Your child【C18】______then be able to pick up the receiver only when he heard a【C19】______voice. If you help your child understand the precautions you've taken, he will feel more【C20】______about staying home.

【C1】

A．mature

B．brave

C．old

D．strong