[单项选择]A．They keep plant from getting warmth.
B．They are very cold and can freeze the plants.
C．They keep plant tissues from getting water.
D．They provide too much water for the plants.

[单项选择]What does an insectivorous plant get from an insect（　）.
A. All of its nutrients.
B. Sensory bristles.
C. Nitrogen.
D. Digestive liquid.

[填空题]GETTING THE BEST FROM YOUR STAFF
Ed Smith, a senior manager for Trustco Ltd in Worcester, used to work a minimum of 70 hours a week. He travelled regularly between the UK and USA and began to feel he had become almost a stranger to his wife and his two young sons. Realising that he was putting himself under too much stress, he decided to try to change his working hours. This idea worked.
These days, he still goes to work very early but he also leaves early. He now sees his children before they go to bed and then does about an hour’s work by computer from home in the evening, keeping in touch with American colleagues. (8) The key to Ed Smith’s changing his hours was persuading his employer that he and other staff were more productive when they worked the hours that suited them. This is easier said than done, of course. (9) Many of them are slow to realise the benefits of letting employees work fewer or more flexible hours.
A recent survey

[简答题]It turned out that getting fired from that company ______. (对我来说是发生在我身上的最棒的事情).

[填空题]You can keep yourself from the rain under it.

[单项选择]
Patients infected with HIV are often concerned about the confidentiality of their HIV-positive status. In fact, some patients are so worried that they will actually give up treatment to prevent the release of this information, according to a report published in the August issue of AIDS Care.
Dr. Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein and colleagues from Duke University, Durham. North Carolina, studied the confidentiality issues of 15 HIV-infected patients from rural North Carolina locations. They were divided into groups designed to explore their attitudes toward, and experiences with, breaches in confidentiality.
"The fear of a breach in confidentiality is definitely affecting the care that HIV-infected patients receive, " Whetten-Goldstein said. "Most studied patients had experienced or knew someone who had experienced a breach in confidentiality. "
"Two types of breaches occurred, " Wh
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned

[多项选择]People from different cultures keep different value systems and have different ways of looking at things. Failing to recognize these cultural differences will lead to misunderstanding.
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

WAYS OF DEALING WITH CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state the necessity of dealing with the cultural differences.
In the second part, state specifically what your suggested ways are.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[单项选择]A. Never mind. B. Keep away from me.
C. You’d better go and see a doctor. D. You need be more careful.

[填空题]

[A] Possible ways to keep free from Alzheimer’s
[B] Deficiency of data-collecting in the study
[C] The new findings of ineffectiveness of past cures
[D] Weak evidence of the research
[E] How the new analysis coming from
[F] Future direction of the research concerned
[G] Traditional beliefs in preventive measures

A comprehensive analysis by an independent government panel has found that there is not enough scientific evidence to date to support the advice doctors currently give—such as exercising, doing crossword puzzles or eating a Mediterranean-style diet—for preventing or controlling symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
(41)______
As rates of age-related dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have continued to rise in the U.S.—largely because Americans are living longe