[单项选择]Nowadays a demand for this specialized type of service has been created because______.


A. there is a lack of jobs available for artistic people
B. there are so many top-level jobs available
C. there are so many people out of work
D. the job history is considered to be a work of art

[单项选择]Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music ______ it in a quite room.
A. rather than doing
B. to doing
C. rather than to do
D. to do

[单项选择]Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with. Once you （） your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation.
A. keep up with
B. give away with
C. go back on
D. lose sight of

[单项选择]Nowadays many children are addicted to computer games,______the warning of their parents and teachers.
A. neglecting
B. ignoring
C. concerning
D. regardless

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Text 2
Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a man does offer his seat to an older woman, it is nearly always a Continental man or one from the older generation.
This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy, and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened.
Conditions i
A. attach significance to the moral education of young people.
B. improve the means of transportation and the public morality.
C. treat people, be they young and old, with courtesy and sympathy.
D. demand that everyone avoid brisk arguments and insulting quarrels.

[单项选择]The author says people nowadays find that traditional religion is ______.


A. a form of reassurance
B. inadequate to their needs
C. responding to scientific progress
D. developing in strange ways

[单项选择]Charles thinks that nowadays running a small shop becomes increasingly difficult ______.
A. so his shop will surely go bankrupt
B. but his shop will surely make good money
C. and the only way to save his shop is to change the government
D. because it’s hard to keep up with the rising cost

[多项选择]Nowadays it has become fashionable for college students to take a part-time job in their spare time.
the Advantages and Disadvantages of College Students Taking a Part-time Job
You are to write in three parts: In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement. In the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.

[简答题]There are many fake commodities nowadays. They range from daily commodities to expensive goods. What is your opinion about these commodities In this section, you are asked to write an essay on fake commodities. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

[简答题]Nowadays, some students have dropped off school to start their own enterprises. They have their own idol: Bill Gates who has left Harvard to devote his energy to Microsoft and became the leader of the software industry. But the actual situation is that many companies have opened are broken now. Should we encourage students to start their own enterprises Show your opinion and write an article of about 400 words on th9 following topic: Should College Students Start Enterprises during Their Studying Period In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second pan you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[简答题]Nowadays, some famous universities in China are permitted to enrol part of their students through interviews or some other forms of exams. The chosen students need not take part in the entrance examination, thus just waiting for the opening of the college life. Whether this method of enrolling students should be encouraged or not
Write a composition of about 400 words.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title far your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[填空题]Nowadays, scientists still have not made huge progress on the research of earthquake because they have not fully understood what cause earthquakes.

[多项选择]PART 1
·How do people do shopping nowadays

[单项选择]Biologists have ascertained that specialized cells convert chemical energy into mechanical energy.
A. determined
B. argued
C. pretended
D. hypothesized

[单项选择]Nowadays, housework has been made much easier by domestic ______.


A. instruments
B. appliances
C. facilities
D. equipment