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I 单项填空
1. — What do you think we should do after dinner?
— Why don't we get _______ beer at the Karaoke bar down the street? It is kind of _______
fun to hear all the band singing．
A．a; /         B．a; a         C．the; a        D．a; the
2. Go and do it right now, and you ___  __ have my help when in trouble.
   A. will             B. shall             C. should              D. must
3. — Can I help you?                 
— Yes, I’m looking for a pen.
   — We have some new arrivals for you to ______.
   A. select               B. choose            C. pick out             D. choose from
4. Tom is clever at numbers and I think he will _______ an excellent accountant.
   A. make                B. turn                 C. appear               D. grow
5. Luckily, the old man was sent to the hospital in time. Three minutes later and he _______.
   A. would die          B. was to die            C. should have died      D. would have died
6. ______ saw the film at the cinema, he stayed home, sleeping
   A. Rather             B. Instead             C. Rather than          D. Contrary to
7. The moment he came into his room, he _______ something wrong, though he couldn’t tell.
   A. noticed            B. sensed             C. felt                     D. smelt
8. — How would you like your steak?       
 — Oh, _______.
   A. Terrible            B. Delicious             C. Hard to eat            D. Half done
9. Whom would you rather _______ with you to the library?
   A. went                B. have go             C. have gone          D. go
10. By the time you get to the airport, I ______ for you at the gate.
   A. will have waited            B. will have been waiting 
C. will be waiting           D. am waiting
11. My sister _______ for long when she fell seriously ill.
   A. didn’t marry      B. has been married        C. hadn’t been married    D. wasn’t married
12. ______ the same story many times, my little brother can now tell it himself.
   A. Telling             B. Having told           C. Being told           D. Having been told
13. With the bridge ______next year, it will be easier to come to and go from the village.
   A. to build            B. to be built            C. built              D. being built
14. To finish the task on time, I think we should _______ and cooperate.
   A. join together           B. connect           C. join hand           D. join forces
15. — I think it was his excitement for his success in the first half that led to his eventual
      failure in the game.
   — You bet. Old sayings never fail, “_______”
   A. Failure is the mother of success                      B. Pride goes before a fall
   C. A hero is nothing but a product of his time     D. A fall into the pit, a gain in the wit
II阅读理解                                
It seems that many college graduates are unsure of what to do with their lives, so they jump back into the college scene by default(违约). But graduate school is costly, time consuming and requires a lot of in-depth study, and also parents will lay down more money and banks will supply more student loans.
However, there are some students who should be pursuing graduate degrees. Teachers, lawyers, doctors, professors and ministers are a few examples of those who will benefit from class work past a bachelor’s degree. Their professions call for additional courses and more specialization and therefore higher education is a must. Still, all students in general should not adopt the idea that graduate school is necessary for individuals who want to make more money. Working hard right after college can lead to promotions in the future. It seems that it does more good to network or internship（实习）with professionals while pursing a bachelor’s degree than it does to complete a master’s and distant oneself from the world of work.
If a student graduates with a four-year degree and immediately enters the work force , he will most likely start an entry-level pay. In a couple of years this employee will gain seniority and experience, therefore increasing their chance for pay rise. He will learn the information at his job-site that he did not learn in school. His bachelor’s degree loan can be immediately chipped away ,and his maturity level can increase as real work related responsibilities set in. But, if the student pursues a master’s degree, he may be able to demand more pay initially when he finally goes job hunting, but years of serious money making as well as work experience will already be lost.
Students should not shy from the workforce just because uncertainty follows graduation. Those who pursue a graduate degree just because they do not want to leave school and because they view the “real world” as scary should think again. Using graduate studies as a hiding place from the full-time job is a waste of time.
16.College graduates who go to work can _______ than those who pursue graduate degrees.
A. make more money in the future        B. acquire more experience
C. get a better job                                 D. become more responsible
17.The underlined words “chipped away” can most possibly be replaced by_______.
A. given out        B. set down          C. thrown away        D. paid off
18. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. College graduates shouldn’t pursue graduate degrees
B. College graduates should think twice
C. How can college graduates make more money?
D. Students use graduate school to avoid reality