C
In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts believe that the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity? There is something to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers’ life more enjoyable, it does not actually make him work harder. So variety is not important. Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated(复杂的) machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to make it. Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product. Some car factories are said to be experimenting with having many small production lines rather than a large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is degree of worker contribution important, therefore. To what extent on earth, however, does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this important. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
28. Which of the following ways can’t be used to make greater productivity? A. To make jobs more varied. B. To give the worker freedom to do his job in his own way. C. Degree of work contribution. D. Demands for longer working hours. 39. The last sentence in this passage means that if we succeed in making workers’ jobs more
interesting, ______.
A. they will want more money B. they will demand shorter working hours C. more money and shorter working hours are important D. more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them 30. In this passage, the writer tells us _____. A. how to make the workers more productive B. possible factors(因素) leading to greater productivity C. to what extent more money leads to greater productivity D. how to make workers’ jobs more interesting 31. The writer of this passage is probably a _____. A. teacher B. worker C. manager D. physicist
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D
Three months after the government stopped giving or renewing permits for Internet cafes because of safety concerns, some cafe owners are having economy worries of their own. The permits were stopped suddenly three months ago by the government until new safeguards could be put in place to prevent misuse of the information superhighway, but for cafe owners it's a business breakdown with no hope in sight. “I handed in a request to open up an Internet cafe and received the conditions.” said the businessman Obeham. “I rented a place in the Sharafiah district at SR45, 000 and prepared the place with equipment that cost me more than SR100,000. When I went to the local government after finishing everything, I was surprised to find that they'd stopped giving permits for Internet cafes.”
Having an Internet cafe without Internet is much like having a coffee shop without coffee. “I'm avoiding closing the place, but it's been more than three months with the situation ongoing as it is,” Obeham said. “Who will bear the losses caused by that?”
The decision took many cafe owners by surprise. \cafe, and I was handed a list of all the things that were needed to follow through, such as a sign for the place, filling out forms.\
“I did all that was asked and rented a place. And after the vacation I went to the local government and they surprised me, saying that there are new rules that forbid the offering of any more Internet cafe permits and that one can't even renew his permit. I've lost more than SR80,000,” Al-harbi added.
As for the government, officials say a method to deal with it is on the way, but safety concerns come before economy.
32. The government stopped giving or renewing permits for Internet cafes . A. to prevent misuse of new safeguards in Internet cafes B. to make cafe owners earn less money from their business C. to stop the use of the information superhighway on Internet D. to make sure of the proper use of the information superhighway
33. The government's decision led to the fact that many cafe owners . A. suffered heavy economic losses B. asked to open up Internet cafes C. continued to operate Internet cafes D. asked the government for payment
34. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph \ . A. to be studied B. to be put into practice C. to be changed D. to be improved
35. The cafe owners found the government's decision .
A. surprising and unacceptable B. understandable and acceptable
C. reasonable but surprising D. surprising but acceptable
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
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There once was a very wealthy and successful man. He had more money than he could ever spend, and he was admired and looked up to by his community. 36. ______ He wasn’t happy. All his life he had been looking for happiness and striving for happiness. 37. ______
Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness. 38. ______ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was tired and penniless, but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple. He asked a wise, smiling monk if he could enter the special room. The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room. 39. ______ He stared into the room with sunlight steaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find. There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness. The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.
40. ______ Happiness is a choice that we can make. Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.
A. He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. B. It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal. C. No one found the secret of happiness at last. D. But he knew that something was missing in his life. E. But he had never been able to find it. F. He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door. G. It is time that we all realized that we were the secrets of our own happiness.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，共45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of 41 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you 42 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of 43 .
I try to mind my manners and 44 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 45 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick, ”she said to no one in 46 . 1 could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?” With her eyes wet and her voice tight fighting against the tears, she 47 , “Heart trouble.” Her eyes 48 as she continued. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can 49 losing him.”
I couldn’t react. I was 50 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly
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seat thinking of the great 51 my own mother was thrown into when my father died.
I saw how hard it was, 52 still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go 53 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a 54 world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.
I suddenly felt very 55 . I realized I had only thought of people as 56 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and just considered her 57 .
For all I know, I’m just another person in 58 else’s world, and may not even be important. I 59 not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone has places to go to, people to see and appointments to 60 . Understanding people is an art. 41. A. determination B. decision C. attempt D. anxiety 42. A. make B. think C. stand D. find 43. A. topic B. conversation C. discussion D. message 44. A. devotedly B. carelessly C. sincerely D. politely
45. A. therefore B. thus C. otherwise D. however
46. A. common B. silence C. particular D. surprise 47. A. informed B. reminded C. announced D. responded 48. A. lowered B. closed C. widened D. opened
49. A. mind B. regret C. bear D. miss 50. A. angry B. shocked C. curious D. interested
51. A. pain B. pity C. disappointment D. mercy 52. A. yet B. and C. or D. but 53. A. over B. round C. through D. without 54. A. dark B. narrow C. whole D. bright 55. A. confused B. selfish C. worried D. sad 56. A. long B. soon C. well D. far 57. A. unfit B. unselfish C. unnecessary D. unimportant
58. A. someone B. anyone C. no one D. everyone 59. A. might B. must C. need D. should 60. A. stay B. remain C. keep D. put
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Over the years I’ve been teaching kids about a simple 61. ______ powerful concept—the ant philosophy.
Ants have an amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. If they’re
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