In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison.” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno.” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, “Reno? That is in Nevada?”
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America,” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip. “Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job.”
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
“Let’s go across the park.” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000.”
“$25,000?” He asked.
“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”
“No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too.”
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
“Hey, there’s another bank,” I said, “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”
“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now.” His reluctance may have something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
小題1:. From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that ____.
A．he was indifferent to the killingB．he was afraid of the author
C．he looked down upon the authorD．he thought the author was crazy
小題2:. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?
A．Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B．Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C．Because it was far away from his home.
D．Because he thought that the author would commit suicide.
小題3:.What is the author’s interpretation of the driver’s reluctance “to wait outside the Chemical bank”?
A．The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B．The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C．The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D．The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.
小題4:. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?
A．They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B．they often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C．They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D．They work only for money.
小題5:. The passage mainly discusses ____.
A．how to please taxi drivers.
B．how to deal with taxi drivers
C．the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D．the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders

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As more people grow__52__, China will have fewer working people, __53__will slow down economic growth. According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should  54 its people to have more than one child in the future  55 China should keep its labor population and total population size stable(穩(wěn)定的).
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A．onlyB．lonelyC．friendlyD．heartily
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小題7:
A．whereB．whenC．whichD．that
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)n articleB．a(chǎn)n emailC．a(chǎn) magazineD．a(chǎn) report
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小題10:
A．traditionB．opinionC．sayingD．way
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In business, there is a speed difference: It's the difference between how important a firms leaders say speed is to their competitive (競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size .Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.
In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.
How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right , rather than plough ahead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top.
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D．spending less time and performing better
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B．how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.
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From the health point of view we are living in an amazing age. We are free from many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once deadly illnesses can now be cured by modern medicine. It is almost certain that one day medicines will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased greatly. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the unbelievable killing of men, women and children on the roads. Man vs the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing.
Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel(方向盤), his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They say, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and completely selfish. A.. their hidden angers and disappointments seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so gently on the motorist and seems to forgive his behavior. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is ruined by road networks; and the deaths become nothing more than a number every year, to be easily forgotten.
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A．Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.
B．Thousands of people the world over are killed each year.
C．The laws of some countries about driving are to lenient.
D．Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.
小題2:. What does the author think of society toward motorists?
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C．Victims of accidents are nothing.D．Society forgives their rude driving
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A．Driving can show his hidden qualitiesB．Driving can show the other part of his personality
C．Driving can bring out his characterD．Driving can represent his manners
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小題5:. The author’s attitude towards the traffic situation is ______.
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The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad(一時(shí)的風(fēng)尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” —and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer —which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet —adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear —popular in the US and UK—that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”.
A slimmed-down version of London’s Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.
In general, single-letter prefixes(前綴) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came to use..
Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at King’s College. London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines.” Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says.
“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability(輕便),” adds Thorne.
Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.
Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.
But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the trend inevitably disappeared.
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A．“i” products are often of a high quality
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For a commuter rushing to catch a train, a minute can mean the difference between dinner with the family and leftovers (剩飯) in the microwave. What most passengers don’t realize is that their minute is already there.
Every commuter train that departs from New York City — about 900 a day — leaves a minute later than scheduled. If the timetable says 8:14, the train will actually leave at 8:15. In other words, if you think you have only a minute to get that train — well, relax. You have two.
The courtesy (禮貌) minute, in place for decades and published only in private timetables for employees, is meant as a grace period（寬限期）for those who need the extra time to get off the platform and onto the train.
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Entirely hidden from the riding public, the secret minute is an odd departure from the railroad culture of down-to-the-second accuracy. The railroad industry helped invent the concept of standard time, and time zones were established in the United States in the 1880s, 35 years before they were written into law. And most commuters know their train by the precise minute it departs. The trains quickly make up the minute: at all other stops, the public timetable prevails. The phantom minute does not exist at commuter railroads in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, or San Francisco. But in New York, the secret minute dates back decades.
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A．prevent the passengers’ idlenessB．help invent the concept of standard time
C．show the railroad company’s considerationD．follow the ancient tradition of New York City
小題2: The underlined part “Don’t blow our cover” in Para. 4 probably means “_____”.
A．Don’t publish the timetableB．Don’t blame commuter trains
C．Don’t make it known by the publicD．Don’t forget our chances of catching trains
小題3:What can we conclude from the passage?
A．The courtesy minute exists in many cities in the US.
B．One minute means a lot for most of the commuters.
C．The courtesy minute has been in place for about ten years.
D．Most railroad staff in New York have no idea of the courtesy minute.
小題4: The passage mainly talks about _____.
A．the railroads in the USB．the secret New York minute
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Hurry! Time to “steal vegetables”
Don't be afraid! We are not encouraging the stealing behavior, but to tell you maybe the most popular topic from white-collars' mouth in cities. Together with "How many vegetables do you steal today," "it's harvest time for your ripe peach," "I bought you a new car today."
Are there so many people in the city really have their own farms, or are they really so rich to buy someone else cars casually?
The answer is obviously negative. They just play some games on Social Network Sites (SNS) like kaixin001.com.
Can you imagine that more than millions of people in Chinese mainland will spend lots of time on SNS to play game and talk to friends, especially white-collars who work in the cities? Take kaixin001.com as an example, the current member of it has already hit 38 million.
However, the great number of people who would like to use such SNS indicates another social problem. That is lots of people choose to escape from the reality. And SNS just offer them a Virtual space to forget the reality.
Kinds of games and various of friends do give netizens lots of fun. Though indulging, dreaming, chatting and playing , it seems like people could really escape from all the upsets in reality. But virtual world is not real and no one can live in it forever, and reality is not that simple like noodling around on the internet.
Since this kind of social phenomenon is so popular on the internet, people start thinking to remove it in the reality.After playing the "happy farm" game on kaixin001.com, would you like to put yourself among the real corps while smelling the fragrance of the countryside? Recently, a farm land service called "happy farm in reality" was opened in the suburbs of Shanghai where white-collar workers from around that region can experience the real farmer's life by themselves
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A．It’s time to” steal vegetables.”
B．a(chǎn) computer game called “Happy Farm”
C．open a farm in reality
D．something behind the game “Happy Farm”
小題2:Why are so many people interested in “Happy Farm”?
A．Because they like playing computer games.
B．Because it offers them a virtual space to escape from reality.
C．because they can talk and play with their friends at the same time.
D．because they can harvest peaches.
小題3:Which group are the majority playing the “Happy Farm” game?
A．FarmersB．White-collarsC．workersD．students
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No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole of his car. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1,000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various other ingredients. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
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. Why have advertisers made a close study of human weakness?
A．They thought it was very interesting to do so.
B．They wanted to persuade the customers to buy their products.
C．They thought it was their duty.
D．They wanted to research how much people spend buying their products.
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. Why do advertisers offer free samples and other things to people?
A．They use them to attract people’s attention.
B．Their advertisements have little effect on customers.
C．Different means are being used to cheat people.
D．They produce too many products that can’t be sold out.
小題3:.
From the last paragraph, we know that the factory failed to expect _______.
A．how many people would take an interest in the competition
B．how many ingredients are needed to bake a large biscuit
C．it was possible to bake a biscuit as large as the student’s
D．the payment wouldn’t be as high as $ 24,000

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People are talking about the “new economy.” It’s very different from the “old economy”.
In the old economy, people travel to walk. They buy things in stores. They use the post office, the fax and the telephone to send information. They see people face-to-face at their jobs or in stores. People get information from newspapers, radio, television, books and libraries.
In the new economy, people do business through the “net,” which is a connection of millions of computers everywhere in the world. In the new economy, workers often work at home. They can get information online. They can communicate with employers and co-workers by e-mail. Businesses have “virtual stores”. They are websites on which customers can see the products. Businesses can sell to customers anywhere in the world.
In the new economy, people live a fast paced, convenient and colorful life. The whole world develops more quickly than before. But the new economy is a double-edge sword. Its disadvantage is also obvious. For example, the Internet has led to a huge increase in credit card cheating. Some illegal websites offer some cheap or banned goods or services. Online shoppers who enter their credit card information may never receive the goods they want to buy and their card information could even be for sale in an illegal website. So people in the new economy should be smarter and knowledgeable.
小題1:The cause of the differences between the new economy and the old economy is ____.
A．the change of people’s ideaB．the business people do
C．the use of the InternetD．the change of people’s life
小題2:In the old economy, people can do the following things EXCEPT____.
A．getting information from books
B．communicating with friends by telephone
C．meeting people face to face
D．shopping online
小題3:“But the new economy is a double-edge sword ” in the last passage means_____.
A．The new economy is as sharp as a sword
B．The new economy has advantages and disadvantages
C．The new economy is better than the old economy
D．Both the new economy and the old economy have disadvantages
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true?
A．People can get all kinds of information on the Internet.
B．Telephone, radio, television, newspapers and so on will disappear in the new economy.
C．People in the new economy should have high quality.
D．Life in the new economy is more comfortable than the one in the old economy.

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