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ill the man do to help with the report? A. Design the report. B. Answer questions. C. Hand out questionnaires. 聽(tīng)第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 題。這段對(duì)話你將聽(tīng)兩遍。 In Thanks for What We Have I sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources department is a little like being called to the principal’s office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for 36 . I’d like you to anize the event and see it through.” “Well, um, errr…sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered( 結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō) ) through my 37 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to 38 . This was a time when the economy was 39 . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to 40 to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more? That evening I drove home filled with negativity. Then I remembered a time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 41 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 42 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Mom’s. It read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 43 as usual and Jim left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent 44 us. The memory of Jim’s 45 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise. The next morning I 46 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to support the elderly poor of our town! 47 of nonperishable(不易腐的 ) foods are greatly needed.” Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 48 the massive number of contributions we had 49 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other 50 . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the 51 of a woman half her age. As we were making our rounds one day, I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie,” she said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be 52 for keeping our jobs when so many have 53 theirs. Sure money is 54 . But when isn’t it? People need food.” As I listened to Maggie, the milkman’s words 55 in my ears, “Kids need milk.” 36. A. advice B. help C. pity D. medicine 37. A. response B. ment C. explanation D. plaint 38. A. sit B. stay C. begin D. work 39. A. growing B. fading C. recovering D. booming 40. A. drive B. attempt C. refuse D. struggle 41. A. spare B. drink C. deliver D. sell 42. A. keys B. kids C. cents D. empties 43. A. returned B. continued C. stopped D. delayed 44. A. for B. to C. with D. from 45. A. kindness B. happiness C. patience D. politeness 46. A. designed B. noticed C. marked D. posted 47. A. Bargains B. Demands C. Donations D. Purchases 48. A. check B. store C. separate D. clear 49. A. collected B. bought C. found D. selected 50. A. clothes B. books C. foods D. gifts 51. A. satisfaction B. quality C. energy D. motivation 52. A. lucky B. proud C. delighted D. grateful 53. A. lost B. deserved C. abandoned D. wanted 54. A. available B. tight C. enough D. powerful 55. A. rang B. disappeared C. hid D. fell 第三部分:閱讀理解(共兩節(jié), 40 分) 第一節(jié)(共 15 小題;每小題 2 分,共 30 分) 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 Culture (FLC)—Experience a fun, educational language holiday for all the family this summer! FLC is the most familyfriendly language school providing French summer classes for teens amp。 classes include: 2 weeks’ Summer French Programs: For Children amp。 Horse Riding ? French amp。 3week Summer Camps ? Chemistry amp。 you so have! If you go out and ask any mother or father out there, I guarantee they’ll say the same thing: All children break their parents’ hearts. It’s just what children do. In fact, it’s what Daddy’s own mother continues to remind him still, to this very day, every time they speak on the phone. In your baby years, you vomited(嘔吐 ), pooped and peed all over me. In your teen years, you came home from parties and vomited red wine all over my alreadydirty carpets. There was a time you experimented with drugs and all those things I hate. Where does the heartbreak end? Still, I want you to know you are loved, because various parenting magazines insist that’s my responsibility: to make you feel special and valued and so on. And of course Daddy loves you! Don’t you see? And Daddy values you. Very much so. How could he not value you, when you, as a testtube baby, cost so much to e into this world? Now you’re old enough to hear the truth about parenting. And it’s this: all kids annoy their parents. Like you, I started off adorable. Then I went through my weirdbodyshapeandae years, lost all my cuteness, developed an attitude and never once did I apologize to my parents for stealing the best years of their lives. When you bee a parent yourself, here are some parenting skills you might want to try that have been passed down from countless generations of angry Asians before me. Passive aggression is always wele. Regular scream “I WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN” will help keep your own kid’s selfrespect in check. But whatever happens, ensure you earn enough money in your adult life. Then give it to me, so I can go on expensive international tours. If you do this I promise I’ll stop plaining and leave you alone, because we both know that’s what we really want. Love you lots, CutiePie. Daddy 59. The letter is probably written to _____. A. a young adult B. a little baby C. a parent