[单选题]The older New England villages havechanged relatively little ______ a gas station or two in recent decades.
A.except for
B.except
C.in addition to
D.besides

[单选题]The older New England villages have changed relatively little ___________ a gas station or two in recent decades.
A.except for
B.except
C.in addition
D.besides

[单选题]Passage 1 Sante re, New Mexico multimillionaire Fortest Fenn has always loved a good adventure. As asmall child before eight, he and his brother, Skippy spent summer vacations making exploration inYellowstone National Park. As a teen, Fenn idolized the decorated World War II fighter pilot, called Robin Olds and latteremulated his hero during The Vietnam War as an Air fighter pilot to go to New Mexico and settledthere as an arts and antiques dealer, hunting down valuable paintings, rugs, war memorabilia, andother antique to sell. In 1998, Fenn was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. As he had always been doing, heconceived a grand adventured that he assumed would be his last one. "I wanted to create someexcitement, some hope, before I died," says Fenn,82, adding that he also wanted to "get kids out ofthe game room and offthe couch." With those ideas in his mind, he started to devise a treasure hunt. Little by little, Fenn began stocking a small bronze chest with gold coins, prehistoric braceletsand other valuable things. When his cancer went into remission in 1993, he decided he would carryout his plan anyway. In 2010, Fenn topped offthe chest with jewels and valuable stones and hid it somewhere deepin the Rocky Mountains, north of Sante Fe. Later that year, he wrote a poem for his self-publishedmemoir, The Thrill of the Chase. It contained nine clues about the treasure box′ s whereabouts. Onestanza reads like this: Begin it where warm waters halt/And take it in the canyon down/Not far, buttoo far to walk/Put in below the home of Brown. A few months later, a story about the treasure appeared in a magazine. Since then, Fenn hasreceived thousands of e-mails from treasure hunters. Some request more clues to the box. But mostly "people thanked me for bringing their family together," he says with a self-comforting smile on hisface. In April, Fenn told a crowd at an Albuquerque bookstore that two groups of treasure huntershad gotten within 500 feet of the chest. "They walked right by it," he said. Fenn is confident that the treasure will be unearthed eventually and says i_t will take the rightcombination of cunning and perseverance. "It will be discovered by someone who has read the cluescarefully and successfully. But nobody is going to happen upon it," he predicts. He hopes that whoever finds the loot will relish the riches and the adventure of finding them. Why did Fenn design a treasure hunt after he was diagnosed with cancer A.He enjoyed adventures and couldn' t help doing it. ? B.He wanted to help himself and game- and telly-addicted kids.
A.?
B.He wanted to get the kids out of the game room to play with him.
C.?
D.He thought it could bring him hope, excitement and a longer life.

[单选题]We're entering a new phase in international relations.
A.phrase
B.stage
C.point
D.state

[单选题]When you're promoted to a new job,chere are a lot of relationships that need recalibrating.You have a new boss,new direct reports,and,important.ly,a new set of peers.How can you show you have what it takes to be their equal wilhout appearing arrogant?How do you break out of the mentee/mentor dynamic?And what should you do abouL that one colleague who doesn't take you seriously?1.Congratulations on your promotion-now you need to prove you're worthy of it in the eyes of those who have known you as an underling."Any time you change your role or you get promoted,there's a change in the rules of engagement,"says Amy Jen Su,managing part.ner of Paravis Partners and coauthor of own the Room.She recommends staying focused on the long term.Your peer group"represents a potentially powerful coalition,"she says."They are your sounding boards and sources of support."Michael Watkins,the chairman of Genesis Advisers,a professor at IMD says"You need to fundamentally reset how people see you."2."It's understandable that you may feel vulnerable and insecure,"around your new peers-especially at first,says Watkins."You are stepping up to the big leagues."You may even suffer from a touch of imposter syndrome.But you mustn't let self-doubc get the better of you.And don't assume the worst.It's highly likely that these people"weighed in on your promotion"and believe you are up to the task,adds Jen Su."They see you as qualified and capable and ready for the job."Try not to get consumed by actively"tiying to prove yourself"to your new peer group,she says.3.Be confident-but not overconfident.Othewise you risk being seen as"too big for your boots,"says Watkins.Think about"how you want to be.perceived"by your peers,and"how they will form opinions"of you,says Wackins.Go in with a collaborative mindset."You want to be viewed as a person can work with,"he says.Your goal is to demonstrace that"you're someone with a depth of knowledge but who also wants to learn and help."Project competence."Show conviction;"but be humble about it."Don't,be deferential;be appropriately respectful."4.When you're the new kid on the block,it's"incumbent on you"to reach out to your colleagues and try to get to know them,says Watkins.Upon starting the job,he recommends scheduling"a series of one-on-ones"with your new peers and talk abouc how you will best work together going fonvard."These conversations needn't be confined to conference rooms or cubicles,adds Jen Su.She suggests inviting them out for coffee or lunch-"there's huge value to spending informal time with your colleagues batting ideas around."Your objective is to become a"good thought partner"to your peers."Seek to understand their perspectives,"she says."Ask for their input-not because you need t.heir permission,but because you appreciate their counsel."5.Recasting your professional persona takes time and your colleagues'opinions of you may not shift ovemight.Be preparecl,too,that cerlain Tough cookies on your team might try to test your mettle.whaTever you do,"don't take it personally,"says Jen Su."The more you let this person get under your skin,the more they will poke you."Watkins recommends"cultivating a Thick skin and setting boundaries"of what are you and aren't willing to do."Otherwise you risk getting run over."It's also important that you not lose sight of the relationships that matter most."What your peers think about you is important,but what your boss thinks about you is very important." 5选？
A.Be patient
B.Build bridges.
C.Project professionalism.
D.Think positively.
E.Tread lightly at first.
F.Understand team dynamics.
G.What the experts say.

[单选题]Text 3 England's problematic vocational education system has been subjected to wave after wave of reform.Yet improving the quality of technical education has eluded governments of all colours.University technical colleges（UTCs）are only the latest example of a shiny innovation that ran on to the rocks.Seven UTCs have now announced they are closing their doors.UTCs were intendecl to provide quality vocational education,combining technical and academic learning,for young people from the age of 14.Despite the millions the government has invested in them,ihey have on the whole been plagued by poor GCSE results and an inability to attract sufficient numbers of young people.Several attempts to establish quality vocational eclucation from 14 have failed.The issues affecting UTCs provide an opportunity to revisit whether this merits continuing support.We should take it.Barely a year passes without a lament about the low status of vocational qualifications.These often fail to recognise the chicken and egg that holds vocational learning back.Its status will only improve when ii is not seen as the preserve of those who have been failed by the school system.But while its status is low,these are the only young people likely to try something unproven and untested.This dynamic means new institutions often replicate the problems of the old seconclary moderns.Young people who attend UTCs are more likely to be from poor backgrounds,have made poor progress in primary school,and have attended secondary schools rated poorly by Ofsted.They are children who have been failed by the school system.In this day and age,there is no such thing as a career that does not require functional literacy and numeracy.Yet drawing low-achieving children out of mixed-ability schooling at age 14 makes them less likely to get the decent GCSEs in maths and English that are so critical in the eyes of employers.Setting up alternative vocational institutions for 14-year-olds thus risks closing down future vocational options,rather than expanding them.Vocational education is often posited as an alternative for those who are not"academically minded",orten a code for those who have disengaged from school.Yet this is far more likely to be a symptom of poor teaching ancl a lack of adequate support rather than a young person's inability to engage with a broad pre-16 curriculum that includes both academic and applied learning.Selection by academic ability at age 11 is wrong.But so i.s backdoor selection by academic ability at 14.The rlght to experience an engaging curriculum and finish school with adequate levels of literacy and numeracy is best achieved by options at 16 not 14.This wili not solve everything;but it is a better basis for ensuring 16-year-olds have the skills they need to flourish in any job. We can learn that those who are not"academically minded"____
A.indicate poor teaching in the school system
B.lack the ability to engage with academic learning
C.blame inadequate support for their failure
D.fail to meet national educational standards

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Moderate Earthquake Strikes England
A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007,toppling chim- neys from houses and rousing residents from their beds .Several thousand people were left without power in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries.
“It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride,”said the woman.
The British Geological Survey said the 4 .3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel,about 8 .5 miles south of Dover and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel.
Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county .Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds.
“I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me.”said Hen-drick van Eck,27,of Canterbury about 60 miles southeast of London.“I then heard the sound of cracking,and it was getting heavier and heavier. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down.”
There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year,but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magni-tude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham.
The country's strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931,measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale.British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain,including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France.Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part of England.However,people should not be scared too much by this prediction,Musson said,as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthcoming quake and announce it several hours be-fore it takes place .This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the mini-mum. It can be learned from the last paragraph that______.
A.moderate earthquakes often strike London in the history
B.earthquake warming system of Britain can predict the forthcoming quake
C.another earthquake is predicted to occur in England
D.the French also felt the earthquake taking place on 28,April 2007