【正文】 ant than your education? 76% of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy. Even if you don’t have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some panies run working workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to municate and build relationships. It’s a valuable skill. But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that works are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents’ ine had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success. So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important. 31. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined part? A. Practice makes perfect B. Nothing is impossible C. Hope for the best D. No pains, no gains 32. According to the government survey， the most important factor to help people move up the ladder is _________. A. hard work B. education C. social relationship D. social activity 33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important. B. 41% of the people believe parents’ ine is most important. C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first. D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success. 34. From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _____. A. stress the importance of education B. challenge the traditional belief C. make lots of social connections D. encourage people to work hard. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. the Way to Success B. Keep Your Dream in Mind C. A Wealthy and Smooth Career D. A Survey on People’s Dreams 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題兩分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處得最佳選項(xiàng)。 A With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投資 ) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin(普通話 ). Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin? Some people share their opinions online. Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages. Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English? Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college. I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China. Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn’t speak English. But it is far from being fluent. Learning additional languages is a great thing, which offers a different perspective on the world around us. Nowadays, it’s almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your native tongue. Gee (UK): No, unless they’re taught from a very early stage of childhood. Mandarin is so difficult. If China really is going to dominate the world, it’ll have to do so by speaking the world’s dominant languageEnglish. Sam (UK): I don’t think Chinese will bee as widely spoken throughout the world as English. It is too difficult to learn as a second language. To learn Chinese you pletely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can’t be good at it. But Chinese will bee more popular, and that is a good thing. 21． What is probably Mark’s main motivation（動(dòng)機(jī)） for learning Chinese? A. Further education. B. Effective munication C. His frequent travel D. The official policy 22． What does Sam think of learning Chinese? A. It’s necessary. ’s of little use. C. It takes too much time. ’s not popular. 23． What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese? A. Its difficulty as a language B. Misunderstanding about China C. The great popularity of English D. A lack of learning resources. B Reserve seats on any 2017 Rick Steves tour today, and you’ll save $ 100 per person! To receive your early booking discount, you must reserve a 2017 tour by midnight on November 30, 2021. Discounts are for new bookings only and must be secured with a $400 per person deposit(訂金 ). See our Conditions: Tour price guarantee: our tour prices do not include air tickets, and m