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Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared _____25_____ (apply) for a new job.One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed _____26_____ (interview), he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to ru sh for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s _____27_____ (little) I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time _____28_____ (wash) it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with _____29_____ (disappoint) look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this i nterview?” he thought to himself.Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was _____30_____ General Manager of the company. “Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce _____31_____ you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.(B)“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults because of the scars on my head, it was still horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious burns after a bowl full of hot oil feel onmy head. I was rushed to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors fought to save my life. “Holly’s very lucky to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she _____32_____ (leave) with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I usually wore a scarf to cover _____33_____ up when I left home. ____34______I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never really understood _____35_____ it felt.Then through the hospital I was introduced to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There I met 14-year-old Stephanie, _____36_____ burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so strong that she never lets anyone put her down. “You_____37_____ listen to what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly, ” She encouraged me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great _____38_____ it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something similar . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, inspired by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to hide away behind my scarf.Now, I am proud of what I look like and much happier, because I _____39____ (realize) it is your personality that decides _____40_____ you truly are.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can ONL YThere are questions asked about children and pets all the time. W hat’s the right age to care for a pet? What’s t he best way to discuss a pet’s death? Should the parents get rid of the cat if one child is allergic to him? Will the dog bite the baby?But now researchers are looking at a _____41_____ of positive questions, in normal child development, in childhood obesity, in traumatized(受创伤的) children and in autism(抑郁症). Pets, you might say, are having their day.There is evidence that some individual kids seem to benefit from their relationship with pets. Many families _____42_____ pets in the first place for the children’s sake, said Alan Beck, director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University. “Why do you have an animal? A high percentage, because they believe it’s good for the kids.There’s a common _____43_____, for instance, that living with a pet teaches children skills that they can use in their social _____44_____ with other humans.The hope that children may learn empathy and communication skills from animals has led to speculation about pets in the lives of people with autism. Evidence shows that some children who have great difficulty with human social interactions can form deep bonds with animals.Besides, with so many children struggling with obesity, dog-walking is being seen as a_____45_____ to increase exercise in children. “This is a hig hly _____46_____ physical activity, when children walk with a dog,” Dr. Johnson said.This is a(n) _____47_____ from the past discussion of pets decades ago, which tended to focus on risks, such as the connection between pets and allergies.Pets affect so many children in so many ways — immune systems, developing social skills, exercise patterns, family circumstances. Many effects are positive,The strongest evidence of the importance of pets, Dr. Melson said, comes from children themselves, who often cite pets as _____48_____ of emotional support. “The animal is available when you come home from school,” she continued. “Some species will give you at least the illusion of _____49_____ acceptance — at least, if you have a _____50_____ in your hand.”Section BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours’wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no mere academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 a.m. one week, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the next, and 4:00p.m. to 12:00 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these phenomena among those on permanent night work.This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy, but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most quickly to the changes of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work, the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection. So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.74. By saying“The question is no mere academic one,”the author wants to say ______.A. many people like to change the cycle of sleeping and workingB. sleeping normally coincides with the hours of darknessC. automation calls for people to change their sleeping habitsD. changing people’s sleeping and working pattern is not easy75. The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in _______.A. the inconvenience caused by the automation to the workersB. the disturbance of changing the cycle too frequentlyC. the lack of working efficiency on night shiftsD. the difficulty finding a number of good night workers76. The best remedy for the disorders among the alternating working-time workers seems to be______.A. changing the round-the-clock working systemB. allowing the night-shift workers to sleep more efficientlyC. employing people who work on night shifts onlyD. making a more flexible working schedule for night workers77. Which of the following statements can conclude the passage?A. The change of body temperature as an indication of a worker’s performance.B. The possible solutions to the problems of the round-the- clock working system.C. Easy ways to adapt the body temperature to the changes of the night shifts.D. Less disturbance to those who alternate day and night shifts at a longer interval.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The results of the research, by the name of Longevity Project were released recently, throwing new light on what we can do to live longer. Based on the new information and modern statistics to study participants gathered across eight years, Dr. Howard Friedman exposes the secret to achieving good health and a long life. It was found that worry-free characters, far from being longevity-friendly as traditional wisdom assumed, died younger than the types interpreted as calm and easy-going. There is a connection between happiness and longevity, but the elements of happiness are not unlimited leisure, positivity and absence of stress. In fact, the opposite maybe more contributive. Longevity is far more than genetics, diet, or exercise. It is closely connected with emotions. Staying married happily is the magic key to a long life, especially if you are a woman.Another factor is our attitude towards health. We assume that modern medical advantages can deliver us from the consequence of our unhealthy act and see no reason to change our careless gestures towards ageing as the years fly by until something, sometimes the terrible disease, wakes us up. But a positive by-product of age blindness is the appetite for work, which remains strong and may even sharpen as we seek ways to keep death in a distance. And the state of being at work —working the hardest—would appear to enhance the prospect for a longest life.As for whether economic conditions determine how we live and for how long, whose effect on life expectancy is not so evident on current technical level, the study detects some differences in health conditions that at first glance may be caused by the gap that does exercise its influence, but mainly on a person’s self judgment.On the current stage, one thing can be sure. Various factors work in determining how long we live. Only some of these can be somewhat influenced at a personal level which makes it even more important to know what those facts are, what measure can be taken to extend life expectancy within our power.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS each.)78. Contrary to the traditional belief, longevity belongs to those who are ____________________.79. What is the relationship between working and longevity according to the passage?80. In health conditions, ______________ rather than ____________ determines how long we live.81. Why should we find out factors that can be influenced at a personal level?I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 很年轻，但知道如何去处理这件事。