Part II Reading Comprehension

Section A

When it comes to a life partner, discomfort between you and your partner can bring about unhappiness 1).      To feel at home with a partner, a few things need to be in place:

Trust and security. Secrets are poison to a relationship, because they lead to an invisible2)       inside the relationship, leaving both people someyhat alone in the world. On the other side of secrets will often be distrust, which is a(n) 3     factor going against a good relationship.

Natural chemistry.The 4)      between you should be easy and natural, energy exerted should be at the same level, and you should both feel 5)      .If you put uneven(不均衡的) energy into the relationship, the relationship will 6)      failure someday.

Acceptance of weaknesses. You're not perfect, and so is your current or future life-partner7)       of weaknesses is helpful to a relationship. And one of the worst fates would be to spend most of your life 8)       by criticisms for your weaknesses and have to 9)        them. This isn’t to say people shouldn’t work on self-improvement, but when it comes to a life partnership, the healthy attitude is, “Every person comes with a set of weaknesses, these are my partner’s, and they're part of the package I knowingly chose to spend my life with.” This is the attitude you should hold in order to have the relationship 10)        .

A. undergo

B. exhausting

C. constantly

D)correspondence

E) endure

F) overwhelmed

G) bloom

H) exchange

I) invasion

J) hardship

K) realization

L) separation

M) enjoyment

N) impressive

0) permanent

Section A

1)        friendship, it is possible that we know what it is but can't define it.We know it when we feel it.It’s not a 2)     ,but something we can feel.It is 3)   because it 4) involves time and energy on both sides.

Once it is developed, a friendship will not grow 5)       just as in the case of flowers which would not 6)         without enough sunlight and water.Just as we treat a flower garden, so we are supposed to take care of a friendship so that it 

can 7)         

As life goes on, we keep making friends. However the problem is that anything can8)        a friendship.How is it that some friendships 9)       a breakup in a particular form10)        long we want them to last? We cannot deny the fact that lasting friendships consume our investment of time and passion

A. affect          B.insight           C. mutual         D.survive 

E) venture        F) neglect          G) flourish        H) mystery

I) involves        J) apply to          K) on its own      L) end up with

M) no matter how  N) cannot help but  O) when it comes to

Part II Reading Comprehension

Section A

Tony Tang, a resident of Shanghai, wanders among the stalls(摊位) of foreign universities and middle schools at the Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Hall, looking for an ideal 1)          for his 13 year-old son to study abroad.

“My son is a student of the 2)       Shanghai Foreign Language School.He spends all of his time on his studies and the school puts great 3)        on its students. Our family hopes to send him to a school where he does not need to worry so much about his 4)        scores," the man said.

Nowadays, 5)       of an education system that focuses on academic scores but not pupils overall development, a growing number of Chinese families are making 6)          to send their children abroad, even at a young age,for the sake of a broader education.

Many have already seen the benefit. Andy Wang from Guangdong said her 16-year-old daughter was happy 7)         high school in Montreal and the family was planning to send her to university in Canada or the US in the future.

“At first, my daughter was 8)         to go,”she said“She thought it would be too hard for her. As the only child of our family,she had never lived on her own.But we 9)        to our decision and told her that studying abroad would be good for her future.She felt 10)        to obey our instructions for her future. Now she is so happy that she followed our arrangement.”

A. academic

B. attending

C. destination

D.distinguished

E) grip

F) hesitate

G) interpretation

H) linger

I) mysterious

M) reluctant

J) obligated

N) stuck

K) preparations

O) tired

L) pressure

Part II Reading Comprehension

Section A

How long have 1)       industrialists been dreaming about flying cars? So long that they’re not called flying cars anymore. Now they’re “roadable aircraft”. And while the 2)         for success of such roadable aircrafts are still in doubt, that doesn’t mean the 3)        of th flying vehicle is dead. We might just need to come at the problem from a different directior One such new 4)        is the PALV(personal air land vehicle[车辆]) forned in Europe that changes from a road going three wheel motorcycle into a gyrocopter(旋翼机)that appears to fly as well as it drives -which is to say very well in both regards. Where the flying cars have suffered from a lack of lateral stability(横向稳定性)in flight and mechanical 5)        on the ground, the PAL-V flies as well as any gyrocopter you’re likely to see and,thanks

 6)        its wonderful suspension(悬浮) system,drives like one of the best three-wheel motorcycles in the streets.

The Dutch company behind the project has completed first testing of the PALVOn prototype(样品) and 7)        that it could travel through the air over a distance of up to275 nautical miles(海里) at a 8)        of 95 knots(节). The company recently announced it will begin production of the PAL-V with a limited 9)        is of 45 vehicles priced at around $400,000 apiece.

So while the flying car might not have a place in immediate 10)        perhaps a flying. three-wheeled gyrocopter will.

A. vehicle        B. approach      C. confirmed        D.aviation 

E) future          F)attach          G) chances         H) transportation 

I) concept         J) feature         K) to              L)complexity

M) number       N) speed         O) flight 

Part II Reading Comprehension

Section A

As 1)       by the dictionary, to innovate is to do something 2)      , and creation is about making or bringing into existence something newBelieve it or not, anybody can be a(n)3)       for such an ability. You are among them; you will realize it when you have awakened your own potential.What do you expect of your college education? You will most probably ask for an emphasis to be placed on the training of innovation and creativity in 4)     education, because you don't want to be trained to be the passive recipients of knowledge, but to be 5)       into active users of the knowledge you have learned.This 6)    DIY,a(n)7)        experience that involves putting your hands on something new. Most of the time, it requires teamwork. When you 8)        _a new project you need to 9)            for a brainstorm(集思广益).There you tend to look at the problem from different angles and come up with different approaches. That’s the way we innovate or create something new.No doubt China is becoming a manufacturing power in the world. Are you ready to get involved to 10)         something new in the near future?

A. formal

B. transformed

C. component

D.tendency

E) defined

F) manufacture

G) specialize

H) candidate

I) tinker with

J) interact with

K) calls for

L) work on

M) in a new way

N) experimental

0) get together

1.News Items

A.News Item One

1.a.Public services on charities.

b.Wealth and inequality in the world.

c.Wealth proportional to the world's population.

d The Chinese mainland vs.Hong Kong in wealth

2.a.A drop of 41 per cent

b.A drop of $$3.5 billion.

c.An increase of $$1 trillion

d.An increase of 41 per cent

B.News ltem Two

3.a.Many                      b.Twenty-one

c.Five.                     d.Two.

4.a.Five students.

b.Many people.

c.Most of his students

d.One professor and one student

5.a.While the gunmen were fleeing

b.While the classes were going on

c.While someone was talking on the phone.

d.While there was a heavy military presence there.

2.Long Conversations

Conversation One

1.a.Office manger                b.Programmer.

c.Travel agent.                d.Secretary

2.a.He was busy minding his own business.

b.He was on sick leave last week.

c.He was out of town last week.

d.He arrived at work too late.

3.a,It's easy.                  b.It's boring

c.It's demanding              d.It's convenient.

B.Conversation Two

4.a.College students.

b.High school graduates.

c.An instructor and a graduate

d.A travel agent and a customer.

5.a.Their hometowns.

b.Their future plans.

c.Their college lives.

d.Their school parties

6.a.Where to stay,on campus or off campus.

b.What to do upon graduation.

c.Where to go to college.

d.What to study next fall.

7.a.In the state with private schools.

b.In the city ofNY.

c.Within the state.

d.Out of the state.

8.a.Because the students are more serious about school

b.Because the students are fond ofpartying

c.Because it is not so expensive

d.Because it is close to home.

3.Passages

A.Passage One

1.a.Valentines Day

b.April Fool's Day.

c.Cultural Heritage Day

d.National Handshake Day

2.a.To know National Handshake Day

b.To develop your hand-to-hand style

c.To have a better understanding of yourself.

d.To convey the message you want to convey

3.a.For the promotion of an emotional connection.

b.For the purpose of handshake practice.

c.For the sake of a business situation.

d.For the practice of expressing love.

B.Passage Two

4.a.Lovers.               b.Friends.

c.Couples.              d.Students

5.a.To be hugged is to be loved

b.People prefer words to hugging

c.Hugging doesnot mean anything in our life

d.How much it means to be hugged is neglected

6.a.It is part of communication.

b.It is a form of body language

c.It is simply more than a word

d.It can convey more than words.

7.a.It is nonverbal（非言语的）in nature.

b.It is away of managing your stress

c.It is generally practiced without affection（感情）.

d.It helps keep your relationship happy and healthy