[单项选择]All the evil in this world is brought about by persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought to be up nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can quite imagine him denouncing (谴责) laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will bet, nobody is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon.
The world, we all freely admit, is in a mess, but I for one do not think that it is laziness that has brought it to that condition. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the passive ones; it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the world (there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If, for example, in July 1914, when there was some capital idling weather, everybody, emperors, kings, archdukes (大公爵), statesmen, generals, journalists, had been suddenly smitten
A. is monsters’ distinctive feature
B. turns out not to be a virtue
C. is a gift given by God
D. is better than being lazy

[单项选择]All the evil in this world is brought about by persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought to be up nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can quite imagine him denouncing (谴责) laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will bet, nobody is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon.
The world, we all freely admit, is in a mess, but I for one do not think that it is laziness that has brought it to that condition. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the passive ones; it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the world (there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If, for example, in July 1914, when there was some capital idling weather, everybody, emperors, kings, archdukes (大公爵), statesmen, generals, journalists, had been suddenly smitten
A. turns active virtues into passive ones
B. has pushed the world into chaos
C. turns kindness into negative forces
D. has stimulated the high rate of crimes

[单项选择]Passage TwoWhat do we learn about the 60 per cent of men who were questioned
A. They didn’t like to do housework.
B. Their efforts were unnoticed by the woman.
C. They were very tired after a whole day’s work.
D. They wanted to share the housework with women.

[单项选择]
What do we learn about the 60 per cent of men who were questioned
A. They didn’t like to do housework.
B. Their efforts were unnoticed by the woman.
C. They were very tired after a whole day’s work.
D. They wanted to share the housework with women.

[单项选择]Which of the following statement about William Perrey is NOT true
A. He is very concerned about the North Korea’s nuclear program.
B. He favors aggressive diplomacy to resolve the crisis.
C. He thinks US troops should continue to join UN peace-keeping missions.
D. He thinks large American units should not remain under US command.

[填空题]Within seven years, about 90 per cent of a human body is replaced as new.

[填空题]Approximately thirteen per cent of all adopted children in the U.S. are from another country.

[单项选择]The interviewer used to care about all the following things EXCEPT
[A] doing well in some sports. [B] having good body-image looking.
[C] wearing appropriate clothes. [D] being popular with other kids.

[单项选择]Telling your doctor about all the medicines you take may help avoid serious drug （　）.
A. interactions
B. interruptions
C. interventions
D. institutions

[单项选择]Speaker A: Sorry about all the inconvenience. Speaker B: ______.
A. OK. With great pleasure
B. Don"t worry about it
C. Oh, really That"s OK
D. I"m sorry to hear that

[单项选择]Obama met with leaders. talking about all the following issues EXCEPT（）
A. trade
B. climate change
C. world economy
D. local finance

[单项选择]Speaker A: Sorry about all the inconvenience. Speaker B: ______
A. OK. With great pleasure.
B. I’m sorry to hear that.
C. Oh, really That’s OK.
D. Don’t worry about it.

[单项选择]Of all the problems facing modern astronomers, perhaps the most fascinating one is "can intelligent life exist elsewhere" Since the earth is a unimportant planet moving round an unimportant star, it would be a pride on our part to suppose that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. But to obtain proof is difficult.
The main trouble is that our neighbor worlds, the bodies in the Solar System appear to be unsuitable for advanced life forms. The Moon may be ruled out at once; it has hardly any atmosphere. Venus is little better; the surface temperature is extremely high and the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Mars with a very thin atmosphere and a severe shortage of water, may well support simple that life seems no hope of finding animals, while the alternative Martians of the story-tellers have since been given up.
Of course this has not stopped the flow of bright ideas of communicating with the supposed people on Mars. In the early nineteenth century the grea
A. may be inhabited by attractive Martians
B. may have some vegetable life
C. can have no life at all
D. may have both vegetable and animal life