1.He looked for a table to sit down at, but they were all ___.

　　A) served B) resorted C) reserved D) preserved

　　2.It is very difficult for us to ___ all the debts in such a short period of time.

　　A) accumulate B) gather C) collect D) assemble

　　3.Attendances at football matches have ___ since the coming of television.

　　A) dropped in B) dropped down C) dropped off D) dropped out

　　4.The President is visiting New York ___ the trade talks.

　　A) in contrast with B) in connection with C) in consequence of D) in accordance with

　　5.The ___ lawyer made a great impression on the jury.

　　A) protecting  B) guarding  C) defending  D) shielding

　　6.The old couple invited many guests to a grand dinner to ___ their silver wedding anniversary.

　　A) welcome  B) congratulate  C) exclaim  D) celebrate

　　7.They travelled to Spain by the most ___ route.

　　A) easy  B) direct  C) straight  D) unique

　　8.What he said just now had little to do with the question ___ discussion.

　　A) on  B) in  C) under  D) at

　　9.He said that very clearly so that nobody was in any ___ about what was meant.

　　A) doubt  B) wonder  C) question  D) consideration

　　10.The headmaster had been trying for years to ___ money for a new science block.

　　A) arise  B) raise  C) lift  D) arouse

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　　Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally， therefore， the choice of an __1__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually， __2_-_， most people make several job choices during their working lives， __3__ because of economic and Industrial changes and partly to improve __4__ position. The “one perfect job” does not exist. Young people should __5__ entersintosa broad flexible training p rogram that will __6__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __7__ .

　　Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __8__ benefit of help form a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __9__ about the occupational world， or themselves for that matter， they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __10__. Some drift from job to job. Others __11__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

　　One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __12__ real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field， __13__ both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __14__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar“ job is __15__ good reason for choosing it as life's work. __16__， these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work， the __17__ of young people should give serious __18__ to these fields.

　　Before making an occupational choice， a person should have a general idea of what he wants __19__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige， others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security； others are willing to take __20__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

　　1 A. identification B. entertainment C. accommodation D. occupation

　　2 A. however B. therefore C. though D. thereby

　　3 A. entirely B. mainly C. partly D. his

　　4 A. its B. his C. our D. their

　　5 A. since B. therefore C. furthermore D. forever

　　6 A. make B. fit C. take D. leave

　　7 A. job B. way C. means D. company

　　8 A. to B. for C. without D. with

　　9 A. little B. few C. much D. a lot

　　10 A. chance B. basis C. purpose D. opportunity

　　11 A. apply B. appeal C. stick D. turn

　　12 A. our B. its C. your D. their

　　13 A. concerning B. following C. considering D. disregarding

　　14 A. preferences B. requirements C. tendencies D. ambitions

　　15 A. a B. any C. no D. the

　　16 A. Therefore B. However C. Nevertheless D. Moreover

　　17 A. majority B. mass C. minority D. multitude

　　18 A. proposal B. suggestion C. consideration D. appraisal

　　19 A. towards B. against C. out of D. without

　　20 A. turns B. parts C. choices D. risks

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　　Passage1

　　Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Ministers on December 17th, are economic-in particular, the country’s relative poverty. Its GDP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st 2007.

　　Furthermore, the country’s recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey’s inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic programme that will, according to the IMF’s managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation toward European levels, and enhance the economy’s resilience".

　　Resilience has not historically been the country’s economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).

　　One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1m are now-ie, about ?0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.

　　1. What is Turkey’s economic situation now?

　　[A] Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.

　　[B] Its inflation rate is still rising.

　　[C] Its economy grows faster than any EU member.

　　[D] Its economic resilience is very strong.

　　2.We can infer from the second paragraph that__________.

　　[A] Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU members

　　[B] inflation rate in Turkey used to be very high

　　[C] Turkey’s economy will keep growing at present rate

　　[D] IMF’s economic program will help Turkey join the EU

　　3.The word “oscillated” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means____.

　　[A] fell

　　[B] climbed

　　[C] developed

　　[D] swang

　　4. peaking of Turkey’s foreign direct investment, the author implies that____.

　　[A] it’s stock is far less than that of other countries

　　[B] it does not have much influence on Turkey’s economic progress

　　[C] steady GDP growth will help Turkey attract more foreign direct investment

　　[D] Turkey’s economic resilience relies on foreign direct investment

　　5.We can draw a conclusion from the text that__________.

　　[A] foreign investment environment in Turkey will become better

　　[B] Turkey’s citizens will suffer heavy loss due to the change of the face value of the lira

　　[C] the local currency will depreciate with the removal of six noughts from the face value

　　[D] prices of goods will go up

　　Passage2

　　Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonald’s in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stockmarket hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, McDonald’s had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss.

　　Mr Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonald’s franchisees. Mr Cantalupo was a McDonald’s veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened board confirmed Mr Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job. The convention got its promised chief executive’s address, from the firm’s first non-American leader.

　　Yet within weeks executives had to think about what to do if Mr Bell became too ill to continue. Perhaps MrBell had the same thing on his mind: he usually introduced Jim Skinner, the 60-year-old vice-chairman, to visitors as the "steady hand at the wheel". Now Mr Skinner (pictured), an expert on the firm’s overseas operations, becomes chief executive, and Mike Roberts, head of its American operations, joins the board as chief operating officer.

　　Is Mr Roberts now the new heir apparent? Maybe. McDonald’s has brought in supposedly healthier choices such as salads and toasted sandwiches worldwide and, instead of relying for most of its growth on opening new restaurants, has turned to upgrading its 31,000 existing ones. America has done best at this; under Mr Roberts, like-for-like sales there were up by 7.5% in October on a year earlier.

　　The new team’s task is to keep the revitalisation plan on course, especially overseas, where some American brands are said to face political hostility from consumers. This is a big challenge. Is an in-house succession the best way to tackle it? Mr Skinner and Mr Roberts are both company veterans, having joined in the 1970s. Some recent academic studies find that the planned succession of a new boss groomed from within, such as Mr Bell and now (arguably) Mr Roberts, produces better results than looking hastily, or outside, for one. McDonald’s smooth handling of its serial misfortunes at the top certainly seems to prove the point. Even so, everyone at McDonald’s must be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency.

　　1.The main reason for the constant change at the top of McDonald is ____.

　　[A] the board’s interference

　　[B] the falling sales

　　[C] the health problems of the chief executives

　　[D] the constant change of its share price

　　2.Which of the following was NOT a cause of the falling sales of McDonald?

　　[A] the change of the chief executive

　　[B] people’s concern about junk food

　　[C] dirty restaurant

　　[D] indifferent service

　　3.The phrase “heir apparent” (Line 7, Paragraph 2) in the article most probably means____.

　　[A] someone who has the same ideas, aims and style with a person

　　[B] someone who has the unalienable right to receive the family title

　　[C] someone who is appointed as a heir of a person

　　[D] someone who is likely to take over a person’s position when that person leaves

　　4.In terms of succession at the top, McDonald____.

　　[A] has had to made rather hasty decisions

　　[B] prefers to appoint a new boss from within

　　[C] acts in a quick and unreasonable way

　　[D] surprises all the people with its decisions

　　5.Toward McDonald’s reaction to emergencies at the top, the writer’s attitude can be said to be____.

　　[A] indifferent

　　[B] doubtful

　　[C] objective

　　[D] praiseful

　　翻譯

　　1.The election turned not on some seismic slide from left to right but on the choices made by the 6% to 7% of perennially undecided, known as the floating vote, who are swayed more by emotion than ideology.

　　2. Mild mannered and precise when he speaks, he is a far cry from the mix of Quakers, pacifists, drafts resisters and hippies who founded the organization a quarter-century ago.

　　3. It makes sense for the Dore campaign to make this a contest between Dore as the laconic, quiet man whose words can be trusted and Bill Clinton as the traveling salesman with a line of smooth patter but a suitcase full of damaged goods.

　　答案:

　　詞匯

　　答案：C

　　譯文：他想找個桌位坐下，但是它們都被預(yù)訂了。

　　答案：C

　　譯文：對我們來說在這么短的時間里收集所有的欠款是很困難的。

　　答案：C

　　譯文：自從有了電視，到現(xiàn)場看球賽的人就漸漸少了。

　　4.答案：B

　　譯文：總統(tǒng)正在關(guān)于貿(mào)易對話對紐約進(jìn)行訪問。

　　5.答案：C

　　譯文：辯護(hù)律師給陪審團(tuán)留下了很深的印象。

　　6.答案：D

　　譯文：這對年邁的夫婦邀請了很多客人來赴盛宴以此紀(jì)念他們的銀婚周年紀(jì)念日。

　　7.答案：B

　　譯文：他們選擇了最直接的路線去西班牙旅行。

　　8.答案：C

　　譯文：他剛才所說的和正在討論的問題有一點(diǎn)關(guān)系。

　　9.答案：A

　　譯文：他說的很清楚，所以沒有人拿不準(zhǔn)他的意思。

　　10.答案：B

　　譯文：校長多年以來一直在盡力為新科學(xué)大樓籌集資金。

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　　翻譯

　　1．選舉形勢的扭轉(zhuǎn)并非取決于從左派到右派的壓倒性變化，而是取決于每年6%到7%的        那些舉棋不定的（選民的）選票。這些選票被稱為游移選票；這些選民易受感情而不是思想意識的左右。

　　2．他講話時舉止適度，措辭準(zhǔn)確，同那些由輝格黨人、和平主義者、草案抵制者以及嘻皮士所組成的大雜燴截然不同，這些人二十五年前創(chuàng)建了該組織。

　　3．多爾的競選班子把這作為兩人之間的一場競賽是有道理的。多爾言簡意賅，舉止文雅，  言辭可信；而比爾�？肆诸D則像個走家串戶的推銷員，滿嘴油腔滑調(diào)的行徑，只不過是個裝滿破爛貨的皮箱。