[填空题]People use it to keep things like trousers, etc．

[填空题]People use it to keep things like trousers, etc．

[填空题]Learning things is like ____________________________ (逆水行舟); it either advances or retreats.

[简答题]Some people feel that when things like this happen, it is not just a coincidence, but a manifestation of some higher power or order where all things, including our thoughts, come together.

[简答题]We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbles. (Passage 2)

[简答题]Some students like to use electronic dictionaries in their study of English. Others think the traditional paper dictionaries are more advantageous. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each kind, and explain which one you prefer to use.
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

Electronic Dictionaries or Traditional Paper Ones

You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with one or two reasons.
In the last part, 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 instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[单项选择]Geography ______ certain things like the location and distribution of countries, peoples, products, and climates as its basis of its description.
A. stipulates
B. speculates
C. postulates
D. contemplates

[单项选择]

It’s logical to suppose that things like good labor relations, good working conditions, good wages and benefits and job security motivate workers, but one expert, Frederick Herzberg argued that such conditions do not motivate workers. They are merely satisfiers. Motivators, in contrast, include things such as having a challenging and interesting job, recognition and responsibility. However, even with the development of computers and robotics, there’re always plenty of boring, repetitive and mechanical jobs and lots of unskilled people who have to do them. So how do managers motivate people in such jobs One solution is to give them some responsibilities, not as individuals, but as a team. For example, some supermarkets combine office staff, the people who fill the shelves, and the people who work at the checkout into a team, and let them decide what product lines to stock, how to display them and so on. Many people now talk about the importance of a company’s sha
A. Job security.
B. Good labor relations.
C. Challenging work.
D. Attractive wages and benefits.

[填空题]I have a(plenty) ______ supply of things to keep the children happy when we go on long journeys.

[填空题]People use it to see things.

[单项选择]

Like all quintessentially British things, gardening is a pastime that has long been in decline. From a high point of ￡5 billion in 2001, spending on plants, tools and garden furniture has fallen every year since then, to around ~3 billion in 2008．The arrival of economic recession only deepened the gloom: to credit-crunched consumers, shrubs and hanging baskets seemed obvious candidates for cuts.
Yet the latest figures from the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) suggest a bumper year for garden-related expenditure is in the making. Sales volumes were up by 21% in March and 28% in April compared with the same months a year earlier. This was not the result of deep discounting, a strategy that many other retailers have been adopting. The value of garden goods sold was 37% higher in March and 42% higher in April than a year earlier, whereas the value of all sales had increased by just 3% in April. Datamonitor, a market-research firm, reckons that gardening will continue to
A. Those who spend their entire time in gardening
B. Those who go abroad to train others in gardening
C. Those who practice gardening to fill in the time while looking for a job, and grow vegetables for their own use
D. Those who help others with gardening