D

If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.

That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor’s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.

But in the long run, too much specialization doesn’t pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary in the first place, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.

As further evidence of the erosion (销蚀) of corporate (公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz states a pattern in corporate hiring practices, although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn’t limited by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture, ” says Scheetz.

Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are thought to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior—plus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.

12. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?

A. Students with a bachelor’s degree in humanities.

B. People with an MBA degree front top universities.

C. People with formal schooling plus work experience.

D. People with special training in engineering.

13. By saying “... but the impact of a degree washes out after five years”, the author means ________.

A. most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation

B. an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positions

C. MBA programs will not be as popular in five years’ time as they are now

D. in five years people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got.

14. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ________.

A. they are more capable of handling changing situations

B. they can stick to established ways of solving problems

C. they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields

D. they have attended special programs in management.

15. Which of the following statements does the author support?

A. Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.

B. Formal schooling is less important than job training.

C. On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly.

D. Generalists will do better than specialists in management.

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10 分)

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen?     16     . According to a survey , what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.

17     . According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people .

Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s good to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste.     18    . Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.

19     . There are 925 million hungry people in the world. They don’t have enough food to eat . And farmers work very hard to grow the crops .     20    . It’s also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. Recently a campaign against food waste launched on line in China might make you think twice about being so wasteful.

A.But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg.

B.So we shouldn’t waste our food.

C.Students can never realize the serious food waste situation.

D.Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.

E.  Students waste is extremely serious.

F.To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.

G.China, in turn, features its own eating culture.

第二部分: 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节:   完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It took place at the Biltmore Hotel, which, to my eight-year-old mind, was just about the fanciest place to eat. My   21  , my mother, and I were having lunch after a morning spent shopping. I ordered a Salisbury steak. When brought to the table, it was   22   by a plate of peas. I do not like peas now. I did not like peas then. I have always hated peas. And I   23   was not about to eat them now. “Eat your peas,” my grandmother said.

“Mother,” said my mother in her   24   voice. “He doesn't like peas. Leave him    25   .”

My grandmother did not reply. She   26   in my direction, looked at me in the eye, and said the fateful words that changed my life: “I'll pay you five dollars if you eat those peas.”

I had absolutely no idea of the coming doom. I only knew that five dollars was an enormous, nearly   27   amount of money, and as awful as peas were, only one plate of them stood between me and the   28   of that five dollars. I began to force the terrible things down my   29  .

My mother was very angry. My grandmother had that   30   look of someone who has thrown down an unbeatable trump card(王牌). “I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can't stop me. ”My mother glared at her mother. She glared at me.

I, of course, kept shoving peas down my throat. The   31   made me nervous, and every single pea made me want to  32  , but the magical image of that five dollars   33   before me, and I finally swallowed down every last one of them. My grandmother handed me the five dollars in a(n)   34   way. My mother continued to glare in silence. And the   35   ended. Or so I thought.

My grandmother left for Aunt Lillian's a few weeks later. That night, at dinner, my mother served my favorite foods. Along with them came a big, steaming bowl of peas. She offered me some peas, and I certainly   36  . My mother fixed me with a cold   37   as she put a huge pile of peas onto my plate. Then came the words that were to   38   me for years.

“You ate them for   39  ," she said. "You can eat them for love.”

What possible argument could I gather against that? There was none. I ate them that day and every other time they were   40   thereafter.

21. A. grandmother   B. sister    C. brother   D. father

22. A. covered    B. accompanied  C. replaced   D. brought

23. A. passively   B. particularly   C. sincerely   D. certainly

24. A. warning    B. pleasant   C. terrific    D. bored

25. A. away    B. behind    C. alone    D. out

26. A. came    B. leaned    C. walked   D. waved

27. A. unacceptable   B. uncertain   C. unimaginable  D. undeniable

28. A. possession   B. thought   C. reference   D. offer

29. A. mouth    B. face    C. stomach   D. throat

30. A. interested   B. surprised   C. offensive   D. self-satisfied

31. A. peas    B. glares    C. words    D. gestures

32. A. break up   B. send up   C. throw up   D. jump up

33. A. floated    B. faded    C. escaped   D. rolled

34. A. peaceful   B. showy    C. hurried   D. encouraging

35. A. incident       B. silence    C. lunch    D. shopping

36. A. hesitated   B. accepted   C. refused     D. complained

37. A. hand    B. voice    C. look    D. eye

38. A. push    B. benefit    C. trouble    D. cheer

39. A. money    B. pressure   C. fun    D. love

40. A. awarded   B. refused   C. served    D. mentioned

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)。

When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish     41   I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I was even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish.

As I got a little   42    (old), I began to understand what my dad really  43    (mean). So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the    44     (month) meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water   45  deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade… The more I understood fish, the more I became   effective at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered    46   business world, I remember    47     (hear) my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts   48   (promote) long-term services to people who are much senior and richer than me, I gradually learned   49    we all need is to think more like     50   (consume).

第三部分:  写作(共两节;满分35分)

第一节:   短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中

共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用()划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Sir,

I'm writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host family for the British students.

Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, our large fully-equipped apartment meets all

their needs.In addition the convenient public transportation, our own car can also bring them to

some nearby places of interest.With fluent English, I'm sure I will have no difficulty communicate

with them.Above all, we have hosted two British students last year, through it we've gained

lots of experience.What’s more, my mother is a good cooker and can guarantee us a wonderful

chance of tasting delicious Chinese food.

I would greatly appreciate you if I could have the chance to host them and make friends with them.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

笫二节:  书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是高三学生李华。在一个英文网络论坛上,你看到如下的一个帖子:

With the college entrance examination approaching, quite a few students are suffering mental problems. It does great harm to their study and health. What can we do to help those students?

请你回帖，要点如下：

1. 列出某些学生心理焦虑的现象;

2. 提出应该采取的对策(如应对方法和积极态度)。

注意：1. 文章的开头和结尾已经给出(不计入总词数)，可适当发挥;

2. 词数：100左右。

I agree with what you said. It also worries me that many students have some mental problems. _____

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With the mental problems removed, we will keep in normal mental health and study happily.