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was ruining their life plans, I couldn’t help but think the 20-somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled children who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them. As a 20-something myself, I certainly share their disappointment: my husband and I probably won’t be able to buy a house until we’re in our 40s, and we too are burdened by student loans(贷款). But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America, shouldn’t they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?
Consider some of these views shared in the Slate story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she won’t be able to have children for at least a decade because they can’t afford to buy a house yet.
I read that, and I thought, what planet is she living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country, or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury(奢华), not a fertility requirement. A 26-year-old in the story despairs(绝望) that he can’t afford to get a Ph.D. in literature. Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.
Yes, it’s sad that these young people feel so lost. But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality. Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks people’s expectations are slowly adjusting, but today’s 20-somethings grew up at a time when everyone’s wealth appeared to be expanding. Their parents probably saw their home values rise along with their investments. “So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means,” says Kobliner.
This recession(衰退) will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group. In the meantime, it seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being grateful－for our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day－than on longing for some kind of luxury life.
46．What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?
A．They expect everything to be easy for them.
B．They complain that the economy is spoiling their life plans. C．They are reluctant to face all of the challenges. D．They are burdened by student loans.
47．The underlined word “fertility” in Paragraph 3 probably means . A．baby production C．baby comfort
B．pleasant D．essential
48．Which of the following is not one of the complaints of the 20-somethings?
A．They can’t have children for at least a decade to buy a house. B．They have only one-bedroom apartment to live in. C．They can’t buy a house until 40 because of student loans. D．They despair at not being able to afford a Ph.D. in literature.
49．What’s the author’s attitude towards the 20-somthings with high expectation in Paragraph 5?
A．Intolerant. B．Negative.
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C．Unbelieving. D．Understanding.
50．What is the best title for this passage?
A．How Young People Afford to Continue Their Study B．Why Young People Can’t Afford to Buy a House C．When Young People’s High Hopes Create Despair D．What the 20-somethings’ High Expectations Are
C
Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their first efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often tied to their children’s success, it can be a painful experience.
Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesn’t suffer from a learning disability, or isn’t involved in some family crisis(危机) at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or classmate pressure. “Everything is within the kids’ control; their intelligence is changeable,” says Lisa Blackwell, a research scientist at Columbia University. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says, “parents can play a key role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort, and progress rather than emphasizing their ‘smartness’ or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning.”
Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids. “These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who aren’t considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence,” says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist. Howard and other educators say it’s important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurriculum activities.
“The problem of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions,” says Michael Nakkual, a Harvard education professor. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to free them of the idea that class work is irrelevant, to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. They need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run.
51．According to the passage, the parents of kids with no ambition . A．don’t do a very good job teaching them to walk B．are to blame if the kids do poorly in school
C．feel pain because ambitions are connected to their success D．should take part in extracurriculum activities with kids 52．The underlined part “the fire went out” probably means . A．the motivation was suddenly lost B．the fear of failure was suddenly gone
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C．the learning disability was suddenly lost D．the fire was suddenly gone
53．All the following can contribute to a sudden lack of ambition except .
A．learning disability
B．classmate pressure D．extracurricular activities
C．emphasis on testing
54．What is the most important thing for parents in motivating their kids?
A．By punishing kids who don’t display ambition. B．By emphasizing smartness and high performance. C．By telling kids that mistakes are a part of learning. D．By praising the effort and progress they have made. 55．We can infer from the passage that .
A．children who have lost their ambition will never succeed in life B．school performance has much to do with students’ later success C．both the parents and the school are to blame for the lost ambition D．younger kids learning to walk are more ambitious than older ones 第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列职业招聘广告的信息。
A Service Engineer Satisfactory knowledge on electronic and electric products. 5 years experience in electronic making environment, service / repair experiences are preferred. Good command of English is a must. B English teacher Native English speakers in Shenzhen city, part-time job, 120 yuan per hour. Preferably from USA, CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA, IRLAND. No other qualifications are necessary. My name is Bill. My MSN: fengxingdi@hotmail.com My Skype: Bill Feng3 C English teacher The teachers must be from native language speaker’s country. Benefit: return way air tickets or 6000RMB as allowance. The salary is 6000RMB per month , at least 20 classes. If you want to earn more money, you can take more classes, each class 40 minutes /100RMB. D
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Service Engineer A communication agency is looking for a junior designer with one year experience. Qualification of education: design education background Computer skills: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, 3d Max Languages: fluent in Chinese and English E English teacher 3 Years Training Experience. Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Having teaching background of hotel English. Your students will join the examination of hotel English. If you are interested in this post, please send your CV and a recent photo to Jenny: info@languageinuse.org.cn F Production engineer Training workers on all technical procedures and all technical problems for workshop; Graduated from university, and the major is mechanical engineering. Have more than three years experience for designing and manufacturing. Communication in English and Chinese. 请阅读下列职位申请者的个人信息，然后匹配他们拟要申请的的职位：
56．Jenny, a native English speaker from Canada, is living in Shenzhen. She is a qualified teacher, so
she expects a school to provide fare and extra money for more classes.
57．Jesse is an English teacher who has 6 years’ experience working as a part-time worker in the
field of electronics, to make more money, now he would like to do another full-time job. 58．Jack, a Chinese good at English, majored engineering. He has 5 years’ experience in designing
and training staff.
59．Collins, an English teacher, is very good at communication. He has 5 years’ teaching experience
in teaching hotel English.
60．Harry, a Chinese English teacher from Shenzhen, lives in Mohawk, Canada now. In university, he
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第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
为迎接6月5日“世界环境日”，学校学生会准备举行一次以环保为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你根据以下内容写一个书面通知，欢迎大家积极参与。
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目 的 内 容 地 点 报名时间 报名方式 比赛时间 评 奖 [写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。 注意：通知的开头和结尾已为你写好。
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The Students’ Union 第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
During summer holidays, two classmates, Tom and Peter, were traveling in the desert. As they were walking, they had an argument, and Tom was so angry that he slapped Peter hard across the face. Peter felt hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote down in the sand these words: “Today my best friend Tom slapped me in the face.”
It was very hot, but they kept on walking and walking until they found an oasis(绿洲), where they decided to take a bath. Suddenly Peter got stuck in the mire(泥潭) and started drowning. Seeing that, Tom rushed over and saved him without any hesitation. After Peter got recovered from the drowning, he wrote with a knife on a stone: “Today my best friend Tom saved my life.”
Feeling curious, Tom, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked Peter, “After I beat you, you wrote something in the sand but just now you put down what I had done on a stone. Why?”
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