A) T B) F
Script: With a good education background, it was not difficult for her to enter the university to study medicine.
正确答案： B 9.
A) T B) F
Script: We can infer that there exists great difference between China and western countries in counting the age.
正确答案： A 10.
A) T B) F
Script: The author was employed at last because she had done a good job in typewriting.
正确答案： A
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Work can be (11)_________________ to your health. Each year, more than two million people die from work-related accidents or diseases. Labor-related deaths (12)_________________ four percent of all deaths around the world.
And here are some other (13)_________________ in a recent report from the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency: About two hundred seventy million workplace accidents happen each year. In addition, there are about one hundred sixty million cases of work-related (14)_________________ . The most common include cancers, muscle and bone diseases, lung diseases, hearing loss and blood-flow (15)_________________ .
Dangerous (16)_________________ are blamed for more than four hundred thousand deaths each year. Asbestos alone is (17)_________________ for an estimated one hundred thousand deaths. Asbestos is a material that can lead to lung cancer and other diseases. Diseases cause most of the deaths among workers. But deadly accidents at work
also appear to be increasing in (18)_________________ as their economies expand quickly. This is true especially in Latin America and Asia.
About seventeen percent of all deadly workplace accidents happen in the building industry. Each year at least sixty thousand people die in such accidents. Many workers come from (19)_________________ . They have little experience with heavy machinery and little training in safety.
The farming industry employs half of all workers in the world. In most developing countries, farming is the biggest employer. The risks from agricultural work include the use of pesticides. These chemicals cause an estimated seventy thousand (20)_________________ each year. In addition, the most recent estimates show that at least seven million people get very sick but survive.
Script: Work can be harmful to your health. Each year, more than two million people die from work-related accidents or diseases. Labor-related deaths represent four percent of all deaths around the world.
And here are some other estimates in a recent report from the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency: About two hundred seventy million workplace accidents happen each year. In addition, there are about one hundred sixty million cases of work-related sickness. The most common include cancers, muscle and bone diseases, lung diseases, hearing loss and blood-flow disorders.
Dangerous substances are blamed for more than four hundred thousand deaths each year. Asbestos alone is responsible for an estimated one hundred thousand deaths. Asbestos is a material that can lead to lung cancer and other diseases.
Diseases cause most of the deaths among workers. But deadly accidents at work also appear to be increasing in some developing countries as their economies expand quickly. This is true especially in Latin America and Asia.
About seventeen percent of all deadly workplace accidents happen in the building industry. Each year at least sixty thousand people die in such accidents. Many workers come from poor areas. They have little experience with heavy machinery and little training in safety.
The farming industry employs half of all workers in the world. In most developing countries, farming is the biggest employer. The risks from agricultural work include the use of pesticides. These chemicals cause an estimated seventy thousand poisoning deaths each year. In addition, the most recent estimates show that at least seven million people get very sick but survive.
正确答案： harmful
正确答案： represent
正确答案： estimates
正确答案： sicknesses
正确答案： disorders
正确答案： substances
正确答案： responsible
正确答案： some developing countries
正确答案： poor areas
正确答案： poisoning deaths
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Prepare to win. “If you miss one day of practice, you notice the difference,” the saying goes among musicians. “If you miss two days of practice, the 21 notice the difference. If you miss three days of practice, the 22 notices the difference.”
When we watch a world-class musician or a 23 athlete, we don’t see the years of preparation that 24 him or her to become great. The Michael Jordans of the world have 25 , yes, but they’re also the first ones on and the last ones off the basketball court. The same preparation applies in every form of human 26 . If you want the job, you have to prepare to win it.
When I graduated from college, the 27 were good that I would have the same job for the rest of my life. And that’s how it 28 . But getting hired is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 29 experts believe that today’s graduates could face as many as ten job changes during their 30 .
A) worked out B) talent C) chances D) effort E) high F) careers G) Development H) endeavor I) critics J) audience K) odds L) top
M) enabled N) Employment O) figured out
21. ______________________
正确答案： I
22. ______________________
正确答案： J
23. ______________________
正确答案： L
24. ______________________
正确答案： M
25. ______________________
正确答案： B
26. ______________________
正确答案： H
27. ______________________
正确答案： K
28. ______________________
正确答案： A
29. ______________________
正确答案： N
30. ______________________
正确答案： F
Section B
Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)
and D). You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Job sharing refers to the situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one full-time job. The two people willingly act as part-time workers, enough hours between them to fulfill the duties of a full-time worker. If they each work half the job, for example, they each receive 50 percent of the job’s wages, its holidays and its other benefits. Of course, some job sharers take a smaller or larger share of the responsibilities of the position, receiving a lesser or greater share of the benefits.
Job sharing differs from conventional part-time work in that it occurs mainly in the more highly skilled and professional areas, which require higher levels of responsibility and employee commitment. Job sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which refers to increasing the number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the growing number of unemployed people. Job sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address unemployment problems; its focus, rather, is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and professionals who want more free time for other activities. As would be expected, women constitute the bulk of job sharers. A survey carded out in 1988 by Britain’s Equal Opportunities Commission revealed that 78 per cent of sharers were female, the majority of whom were between 20 and 40 years of age. Subsequent studies have come up with similar results. Many of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant lower status.
Job sharing also offered an acceptable shift back into full-time work after a long absence. The necessity of close cooperation when sharing a job with another person makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position jobs. However, to ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person needs to know the strengths, weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a position. Moreover, there must be a fair division of both routine tasks and interesting ones. In sum, for a position to be job-shared well, the two individuals must be well matched and must treat each other as equals.
31.
“Employee commitment” in Paragraph 2 refers to the employee’s ________. A) loyalty
B) qualification C) devotion D) technique
正确答案： A