[单项选择]______ he is a hard-working person, he has not been successful in business.
A. Since
B. Although
C. Unless
D. However

[填空题]We say that a person has good manners if he or she is polite ,kind and helpful _____others.

[简答题]Much unfriendly feelings towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction.

[单项选择]______he is a hard-working person, he has not been successful in business.
A. Since
B. Although
C. Unless
D. However

[简答题]It is of little consequence what your past has been. What matters to you and for you is right now. It is not your concern what others may be saying or doing. When you are taking care of yourself, you have very little time to pay attention to others. People can love you or hate you, ignore you or dote on your every word. No matter what anyone else may think or do or say, it has very little impact on who you really are. It is only in your mind that you build or destroy the esteem for your "self". Selfesteem begins and ends with you. When you have it, you have it and no one can take it away from you.

[单项选择]Without my glasses I can hardly　_____ what has been written in the letter.
A. make for
B. make up
C. make out
D. make over

[单项选择]The machine needs a complete______since it has been in use for over ten years.
A. amending
B. fitting
C. mending
D. renovating

[单项选择]The meeting______ in October, put the plan has been put off again and again.


A. was to have been held
B. ought to have held
C. was to be held
D. must have been held

[单项选择]Passage 2 Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer．I always encourage such people， but also explain that there’s a big difference between“being a writer”and writing．In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame，not the long hours alone at a typewriter．“You’ve got to want to write，”I say to them，“not want to be a writer”． The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affair．For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded．When I left a 20-year career in the U．S．Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人)，I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me in my room in a New York apartment building．It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom．I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer． After a year or so，however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself．It was so hard to sell a story that barely mad
A. warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C. show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D. encourage young people to pursue a writing career

[单项选择]In "A person who has one can get what he wants," one refers to ______.


A. feature
B. marriage advertisement
C. permit to live abroad
D. Canada or the United States

[单项选择]Although he has wide interests，he has received little eduction in my estimation．
A. 虽然他有广泛的兴趣，但据我估计，他没有受过什么教育。
B. 虽然他有广泛的兴趣，但在我的想像中，他没有受过什么教育。
C. 虽然他有广泛的兴趣，但我估计，他受过一点点教育。
D. 虽然他有广泛的兴趣，但我想，他已经受过一点教育。

[单项选择]Mr. Schaeuble has said he sees no reason to resign because ______.

[单项选择]Harry was______ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.
A. stung
B. stuck
C. bitten
D. scratched