【文章內容簡介】 g to the passage? A. When asking for a raise, you should stay calm. B. Asking your friends what they make is not of help if you want to ask for a raise. C. Once your have a conversation with your boss about salary, you’ ll be fired. D. Browse Salary. and you’ ll have a good relationship with your boss. 48. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Don’ t be nervous for money B. Have a talk with your boss C. How to ask for a raise D. Asking for money is not a shameful thing C Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full – blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purposeschoolwork, matters of business, or purely social munication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding. There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves. We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “l(fā)etters toberead” file s or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing. 49. In this passage ,good writing is pared to fine food because . A. both are enjoyable B. both are hard to learn C. both are necessary to life D. both take a long time to prepare 50. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. Writing skills are less important than experience. B. A good writer should have his own way of writing. C. A good writer should learn to write all kinds of articles. D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn. 51. The author thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing skills is . A. to earn our living B. to attract others to read C. to do daily reports easily D. to bee good secretaries 52. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to . A. ment and blame B. introduce and describe C. explain and persuade D. interest and inform D In front of the large Shibuya train station in Tokyo, there is a life – size bronze statue (雕塑 ) of a dog. Even though the statue is very small, it isn’ t difficult to find. It has been used as a meeting point since 1934 and today you will find hundreds of people waiting there for their friends to arrive. Hachiko, an Akita dog, was born in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. His owner, Professor Eisaburo Uyeno and he were close friends right from the start. Each day Hachiko would walk with his owner, a professor at the Imperial University, to Shibuya train station when he left for work. When he came back, the professor would always find the dog patiently waiting for him. Sadly, the professor died suddenly at work in 1925 before he could return home. Although Hachiko was still a young dog, the relation between him and his owner was very strong and he continued to wait at the station every day. Sometimes, he would stay there for days at a time. He became a familiar sight to people over time. In 1934, a statue of him was put outside the station. In 1935, Hachiko died at the place where he last saw his friend alive. 53. Hachiko is . A. a dog B. a professor C. a train station D. a university 54. The statue was built . A. to be a meeting point B. to attract more visitors C. in honour of the dog D. in honour of the owner 55. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The professor worked at the train station. B. The professor died at home. C. The dog kept waiting at the station for years. D. The dog died before the statue was put up. 56. Which of the following best describes the dog? A. Patient. B. Strong. C. Brave. D. Faithful. E Olympic volunteer hopefuls from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan stand a better chance if they are bilingual. Priority will be given to applicants who have “ special skills” and can speak languages other than English and Chinese. “ We expect those people from above– mentioned areas, who are qualified for being a volunteer, to put in an application,” Liu Jian, office director of Beijing Olympic Games Volunteer Work Coordination Group, said. Liu made the remarks on march 28,20xx at a pre