A

●A 78-year-old grandmother whose education was cut short by the second world war celebrated an A-level with her 50-year-old daughter. Betty Allen and daughter Chris Branton of Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire, opened their results together on TV after completing the UK's only online English A-level course. Mrs Allen received a D and Ms Branton a C

●Actor Holly Grainger, 18, from East Didsbury, Manchester, achieved two As and two Bs. She is a regular face on television screens with roles in Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Bomb and new legal drama New Street Law. She learned yesterday that she had landed a main part in a new school drama called Waterloo Road

●A teenage hockey star who hopes to play for England in the 2012 Olympic Games won three A-grades. Will Miles, 18, from Formby, Merseyside, who attends Merchant Taylors' school in Crosby, plans to study maths at Manchester University 

● Andrew Nowell, a student at Nottingham high school, got five grade As, including one of the top five marks in the country for his design and technology paper. He won the Young Engineers for Britain contest this year with an invention he produced for his Design and Technology A-Level - a "remote control and security interface system". He is off to Cambridge to study engineering .

● Jed McQueen Jones got A grades in chemistry, maths and physics, despite being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003 and being hospital for three months. Jed, a pupil at Richard Huish College in Taunton, restarted A-levels in September 2004 and continued chemotherapy(化療)into that Christmas. He is going to Exeter University on a science scholarship to study physics.

1. How did Betty Allen learn English and complete the course?

   A. On TV     B. On the Internet      C. By herself    D. Through her daughter

2. The underlined word “l(fā)anded” in Paragraph Two means_______.

   A. moved down   B. arrive at   C. catch up     D. got successfully

3. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

   A. She and her daughter were invited to appear online to celebrate.

   B. Her daughter did worse than her in the English A-level course.

   C. They completed the English A-level course on the internet.

   D. Betty Allen’s education was stopped by the Second World War.

4. What really made Andrew Nowell prouder and more successful?

   A. getting five grade As.

   B. an invention.

   C. his study on engineering

   D. His job as an engineer

5. The best title of the passage is probably_________

   A. Super students and their achievements

   B. Super gifts account for great achievements

   C. Hard work results in success

   D. Star pupils and super students

【小題1】B

【小題2】D

【小題3】A

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

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(1)

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B．

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C．

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A．

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C．There are not enough graduate jobs．       D．They want to achieve greater success．

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A．The parents whose child goes to university soon.

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“Social networking is an important factor leading to business success,” Guo said．

Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation．

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A．A Tough Job Market                     B．Graduates Dream of Being Boss

C．The Ambitious Fresh Graduates             D．The Story of Guo Bing

2.In the view of Guo Bing, what is the key factor that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after graduation?

A．Their family don't support them．          B．Their social networking is not good．

C．There are not enough graduate jobs．       D．They want to achieve greater success．

3.Who is this article mostly intended for?

A．The parents whose child goes to university soon.

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Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead．But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that---dreams．
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store．“But they just stop at the‘thinking’stage,” it stated．
Respondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity．They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need to advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way．
More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road．
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year．But he is looking for a job first．“If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services,” Guo said．The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant．With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures(小冊(cè)子） at a relatively low price．He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry．
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Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation．
Jiang Ye, deputy director of Yangpu District Business Guide Center, said the universitysets up a business guide team made of government officials and professionals．They
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The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed．"Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle," Guo added．

  1. 1.

    Which of the following can be the best title?

    1. A.
      A Tough Job Market
    2. B.
      Graduates Dream of Being Boss
    3. C.
      The Ambitious Fresh Graduates
    4. D.
      The Story of Guo Bing
  2. 2.

    In the view of Guo Bing, what is the key factor that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after graduation?

    1. A.
      Their family don't support them．
    2. B.
      Their social networking is not good．
    3. C.
      There are not enough graduate jobs．
    4. D.
      They want to achieve greater success．
  3. 3.

    Who is this article mostly intended for?

    1. A.
      The parents whose child goes to university soon
    2. B.
      Those who will graduate from university．
    3. C.
      Those who want to be bosses．
    4. D.
      The officials who work in the government．

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