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Passage one
I first met Joe Ganz when we were both nine years old, which is probably the only reason he’s one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in same classes, sports or extra-curricular activities. Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night. This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common. But maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much. When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom
A. They shared mutual friends in school.
B. They had known each other since childhood.
C. They shared many extracurricular activities.
D. They had many interests in common.

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Passage one
I first met Joe Ganz when we were both nine years old, which is probably the only reason he’s one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in same classes, sports or extra-curricular activities. Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night. This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common. But maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much. When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom
A. At a local club.
B. At the sports center.
C. At Joe's house.
D. At the bearing school.

[单项选择]Passage OneA. When they first arrive at a prison. B. When they are leaving the prison.
C. When they behave themselves. D. When they break the rules.

[单项选择]According to the passage, when are children first expected to study hard
A. Before 6 years of age.
B. Between 6 and 10.
C. After 10 years of age.
D. After 12 years of age.

[单项选择]Passage 1 When young people get their first real jobs,they may face a lot of new,confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school.It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social situations.Eventually,they realize that university classes cant be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world. Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior.In doing so:you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person.For example,you will observe how he acts in a crisis.Perhaps even more important,you will be able to see what kind of his approach to daytoday situations is. While you are observing your colleague,you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations.By watching and learning
A. what the young people learn in university classes is not adequate for their new life
B. the young men are not well educated
C. the society is too complicated to adopt to
D. they fail to work hard at school

[单项选择]Passage One Animal life first appeared on the earth about 400 million years ago. Through the passing millennia, thousands of animal species have come and gone. Until recently, this process was gradual, the result of changes in climate, in habitat, or in the genes of the animals themselves. But the tremendous expansion of modern civilization now threatens to upset this natural balance, putting unprecedented pressure on the survival of our wildlife. Of all the continents, the most drastic reduction in wildlife has occurred in North America, where the transition from a rural to a highly industrialized society has been most rapid. Among the victims are birds, mammals, and fish. We will never again see the passenger pigeon or the eastern elk. They have been wiped out. Of many other species, only a few representatives still survive in the wild. The U.S. Department of the Interior has put no fewer than 109 species on the endangered species list. This list includes everything from th
A. Europe
B. Australia
C. North America
D. South America

[单项选择]Passage One Parkinson’s disease, first described in the early 1800s by British physician James Parkinson as "shaking palsy", is among the most prevalent neurological disorders. According to the United Nations, at least four million people worldwide have it; in North America, estimates run from 500,000 to one million, with about 50,000 diagnosed every year. These figures are expected to double by 2040 as the world’s elderly population grows; indeed, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative illnesses common in the elderly (such as Alzheimer’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) are on their way to overtaking cancer as a leading cause of death. But the disease is not entirely one of the aged: 50 percent of patients acquire it after age 60; the other half are affected before then. Furthermore, better diagnosis has made experts increasingly aware that the disorder can attack those younger than 40. So far researchers and clinicians have found no way to slow, stop or prevent
A. they were experts on Parkinson’s disease
B. they made great efforts to fight Parkinson’s disease
C. they succeeded in fighting Parkinson’s disease
D. they were well-known sufferers of Parkinson’s disease