[填空题]They (negotiate) ______ with the employers about their wage claims now.

[单项选择]Under current federal law, employers are allowed to offer their employees free parking spaces as a tax-free benefit, but they can offer employees only up to $180 per year as a taxfree benefit for using mass transit. The government could significantly increase mass transit ridership by raising the limit of this benefit to meet commuters’ transportation costs. The proposal above to increase mass transit ridership assumes that
A. current mass transit systems are subject to unexpected route closings and delays.
B. using mass transit creates less air pollution per person than using a private automobile.
C. the parking spaces offered by employers as tax-free benefits can be worth as much as $2,500 per year.
D. many employees are deterred by financial considerations from using mass transit to commute to their places of employment.
E. (E) because of traffic congestion on major commuter routes, it is often faster to travel to one’s place of employment by means of mass transit than by private automobile.

[单项选择]Supersize SurpriseWhat does the author say about the effect of nicotine on smokers
[A] It threatens their health.
[B] It heightens their spirits.
[C] It suppresses their appetite.
[D] It slows down their metabolism.

[单项选择]Parcel Express needs the following details about the sender EXCEPT________.
A. name
B. address
C. receipt
D. phone number

[单项选择] Passage Ten

World Wildlife Fund

News about the environment is dismal these days. Air pollution is threatening the survival of plants and animals and the welfare of people around the world. Millions of acres of forests have been burnt in the last three decades, costing a huge number of lives and a tremendous amount of money. By the year 2025, up to two-thirds of the world’s population is predicted to experience water shortages. And every day, loss of habitat, illegal trade, over-hunting, and economic development destroy wildlife to a greater extent.
Background
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (known as WWF) safeguards nature and ecological processes. Its mission is "to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature." Through policy work, advocacy, grass-roots action, education, and capacity building,
WWF acts to:A. to protect animals from being slaughtered
B. to refrain the environment from deteriorating
C. to safeguard nature and ecology
D. to stop the trees from being cut down

[简答题]Write a letter to the university president about the canteen service on campus and base your composition on the outline given below:
(1) The quality of the food.
(2) The price of the meal.
(3) The environment in the canteen.
(4) The service you may argue for or against all of above.

[单项选择]Passage ThreeWhat does the speaker tell US about the professional teams in the U.S.
A. They are supported by the local government.
B. They are named after the cities where they live.
C. Their players gathered from all over the country.
D. They play professional basketball games in November only.

[单项选择]
One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation is a blank stare that asks the question, "Since I don’t live in the tropics, what does it have to do with me" The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruit and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests. Biologically, we are losing the richest regions on earth when, each minute, a piece of tropical forest the size of ten city blocks vanishes. As many as five million species of plants, animals and insects, 40 to 50 percent of all living things, live there, and are being irrevocably lost faster than they can be found and described. Their loss is incalculable.
Take medicine, for example. Fewer than one percent of tropical forest plants have been examined for their chemical compounds. Noneth
A. will continue relentlessly and cannot be prevented
B. is more serious in Amazon area than in other parts of the world
C. may have critical consequences for the survival of mankind
D. could have been exaggerated by environmental scientists

[填空题]Two different points are made in the essay about tile efficient use of land , one of them is that some countries use old -fashioned methods of cultivation and therefore get a low yield , the other point is the certain kinds of fond require more land than others.

[填空题]Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at their place in it. Humans are thoughtful and creative, possessed of insatiable curiosity. (61) Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies. Therefore, it is important to study humans in all their richness and diversity in a calm and systematic manner, with the hope that the knowledge resulting from such studies can lead humans to a more hannonious way of living with themselves and with all other life forms on this planet Earth. "Anthropology." derives from the Greek words anthropos" human" and logos" the study of. "Bv its very name, anthropology encompasses the study of all humankind. Anthropology is one of the social sciences. (62) Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned