motivation for starting a company.Too many people are looking to get rich,escape the corporate grind,and work shorter hours with more free time.None of those reasons is likely to lead to success.If you are focused on solving a customer problem or need,believe you can do what you do better than anyone else,dying to work long hours,wear many hats,and juggle endless responsibilities,then you have the right start up mindset.you also need certain personality traits.One of them is a willingness to work very hard all by yourself,at least for the first year or so(and possibly longer). IV.Writing Section A
Directions:The following sentences are grammatically incorrect or incoherent.Improve them. Example:The number of pages for daily reading have been increased. Revision:The number of pages for daily reading has been increased. 1.Anybody would feel the same way if you had a teacher like mine. 2.I read an interesting story in a magazine about sportsmen.
3.The climate in the coastal cities is much warmer than in the interior ones. 4.Running down the hill,the farmhouse came into view.
5.To get ready for the trip,all the things he needed were put into a suitcase. Section B
Directions:Supply a topic sentence for the following paragraph.
______________________________________________________________.Successful first dates include both parties expressing information about what they like,who they are,and so forth.Usually,these dates will end in tentative plans for a second one.Clingy(黏附的)dates end up with one of the parties practically begging for information about the other.However,the non-clinger is not interested.On boastful dates,one member of the duo(一对)talks about all of his or her skills,talents,and abilities.The listening end of the pair is never asked about his or her life,Awkward first dates generally involve lots of silence or one or both of the partners not knowing how to act appropriately.While many dates occur every day,they can generally fall into one of these categories. Section C
Directions:Write a short essay with a clear central idea and effective development in about 150words.You should base your writing on the following information and give consideration to the unity,coherence and variety of each paragraph.
There was a time when most people expected to get out of school,find a job,and stick with it pretty much for the rest of their lives.Today,the opposite is true.People tend to change jobs fairly often for various reasons.When you graduate from college,will you be committed to a lifetime career or job-hop often?Give your reasons.
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Self-Assessment 1 第一部分：阅读判断
下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果词句的信息文中没有提及，选择C。 Work Is a Service
Young people may ask themselves questions like this when they apply for employment;”What are my working hours?What are my extra benefits besides wages?What holiday will I have off?Will I have enough time to hang out with my friends or pursue my hobbies?”With questions like these,however,when we focus on our leisure hours instead of our working hours,we may be prevented from seeing a much greater opportunity.
Good work attitudes,and skills are learned through successful work experiences.Let me illustrate.On the ranch(牧场)where i grew up,the cows had to be milked before dawn every day.When I was just 10 years old,I would enter our barnyard where were about 10 to 12 cows waiting for me to let them into the milking barn.My mother and father used to say out loud to the cows,”Good morning.It’s good to see you!”I have to confess that as a young boy I didn’t feel quite the same way toward the cows.
After each cow was milked,I poured the milk from the pail into a 10-gallon can.Each can weighed about 80 pounds when full.It made me stretch my young muscles as I carried them to the road for the dairy to pick up.
My father and mother quite frequently helped me with milking the cows.I remember my father and mother continued to milk until they were in their late 80s.But father didn’t milk the cows because he had to;he milked them because they needed to be milked.There is a difference.To him,these animals were not just cows—they were Big Blackie and Bossie and Sally and Betsy.He wanted them to be content.He always said that contented cows give good milk.To my father,milking cows—as unsophisticated as it may seem—was not an extra burden;it was an opportunity.Milking was not a job for him;it was a service.
This philosophy is something that helped me as I grew up.It helped me to find out that all honest work is honorable.Within a few years I realized that routinely preforming these chores actually began to give me a sense of confidence and empowerment.I took pride in my work.We control our own attitudes towards work.Self-confidence and empowerment can serve us well—in the classroom or on Wall Street.
Instead of thinking of our daily work as an extra burden,we should think of it as an opportunity.That’s just the way my father taught me to feel about the cows.Those teachings have remained with me all my life,and I continue to visit the ranch and its memories as often as possible.
1.Young people may be more concerned about leisure time when applying for jobs. A.True B.False C.Not Given
2.Good work attitudes,habits,and skills are learned at school. A.True B.False C.Not Given
3.Before going to school,the author had to milk all the cows in the morning.
A.True B.False C.Not Given
4.Unlike has parents,the young boy seemed not to be glad to see the cows every morning. A.True B.False C.Not Given
5.After each cow was milked,the author would carry the milk to the market. A.True B.False C.Not Given
6.The author always milked the cows alone in the barnyard. A.True B.False C.Not Given 7.To his father,milking cows was a complicated job. A.True B.False C.Not Given
8.The author’s father milked the cows because they needed to be milked. A.True B.False C.Not Given
9.The author came to like the job of milking and took pride in it. A.True B.False C.Not Given
10.Self-confidence and empowerment acquired at work will benefit people throughout their lives. A.True B.False C.Not Given 第二部分：阅读选择
阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项选出1个最佳选项。
Friendship and Loyalty
When the terrorist attack on September 11th caused people to flee the building,Avremel Zelmanowitz risked his own chance of escape by staying behind with his friend and colleague,Ed Beyea,who was confined to a wheelchair due to a paralysis known as quadriplegia(四肢截瘫)。Both men lost their lives, but the story of Avreme1’s love and devotion to his friend conveys a life-giving message to all.
Avreme1 never married, and he shared a house with his brother and family.He was a loving uncle to his brother’s children,and he was devoted to caring for his aging parents.He was a “family man”in every sense of the word.At the same time,he had his own life,his Torah classes,his varied interests,and a job and friends to which he was characteristically devoted.
When the tragedy occurred,Avreme1 was age 55,and his friend,Ed Beyea,was age 42.Ed became disabled after a diving accident at age 22,but he managed to work 14 years at Blue Cross Blue Shield his injury.Both the and Avremel were program analysts who worked on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center.
Avremel had joined the office two years after Ed was hired,and the two became very close friends.They both loved books and music－often trading books and tapes,and they both served at the special uncle of their respective families.Like Avreme1,Ed had no children of his own,but he was a father figure to his two nephews after their father died.Both friends has a great sense of humor,although Ed was strong and outgoing,while Avereme1 was the more quiet of the pair.
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On the morning of September 11,Ed wanted to wait until he could be securely carried down by severa1 rescue workers,as it was dangerous for someone with his deisability to be moved.Avreme1 wouldn’t allow his friend to wait alone when everyone else was fleeing the building,and he stayed with him.
In the days that followed,the media learned about Avreme1’s selfless act,and the story began to spread.President Bush,in his national prayer address to the American people,referred to Avreme1’s act as one of the many”eloquent(有说服力的)acts of
sacrifice”that were demonstrated by Americans during this crisis.
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11.What happened to Avreme1 and Ed during the September 11 terrorist attacks? A.Avreme1 rescued Ed at the cost of his own life. B.Both Avreme1 and Ed gave up their chance of escape. C.Both Avreme1 and Ed were finally rescued.
D.Avreme1 stayed with Ed and both lost their lives. 12.Avreme1 and Ed were simi1ar in that_______. A.both of them were in their 50s B.Both of them loved books an music C.Both of them were disabled
D.Both lived with their brothers’ families
13.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A.Avreme1 took care of Ed’s life after work. B.Avreme1 liked diving when he was young.
C.Ed became disabled after a driving accident. D.Ed was not able to get down stairs himself.
14.Why did Avreme1 choose to stay when others were fleeing? A.Because he expected the rescuers to help him. B.Because he tried to carry Ed downstairs. C.Because he didn’t want to leave Ed behind. D.Because he found it safer to stay inside.
15.The word “address”in the last paragraph means________.
A.speech B.solution C.information D.title 第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子
阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：（1）从第16到20题后所给的6个选项中为第①-⑤段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）从第21-25题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。
Five Reasons to Celebrate Mistakes
① Mistakes have a way of focusing our attention and putting crucial problems right in our face.Mistake light a path for us.When we own up to our mistakes,we often know exactly what’s not working and what we can do to fix it.
② There is one sure way to avoid mistakes and that’s to avoid life.The writer who never finishes a book will never have to worry about getting negative reviews.The comedian who never performs in front of an audience is sure to avoid telling jokes that fall flat.When we are comfortable with making mistakes,we’re more likely to take risks and tackle projects.Celebrating mistakes involves wisdom Effective people don’t set goals with the idea of making mistakes.Instead,they aim to reach those goals while accepting the risk of error.
③ Imagine working at a company that has no standards－where mistakes are not distinguished from successes and no one is held accountable for errors.We could turn in the most careless and the crudest pieces of work we’d ever done,and they would get treated the same as our best work.We’d never be able to count on having the supplies we needed because no one would complain when vendors failed to deliver.Projects could go permanently unfinished and no one would say anything.In