7.He made all free men living in Athens and Attica citizens,giving them the right to vote as part of a democratic society.

8.While the format may not be the same as the many democracies around the world today,there is no doubt that this was the first step. 9.He also established a council. VI.Reflecting on the Text

Text B An Unwanted Baby,Steve Jobs Exercises

I.Checking Your Comprehension Section A

Directions:Read the following statements and mark Y (for Yes)if the statement agrees with the information given in the text;N(for No)if the statement contradicts the information given in the text;NG(for Not Given)if the information is not given in the text.

( )1.Steve Jobs achieved great successful in the fields of computer technology,the movie industry and the music business.

( )2.Steve Jobs had both a successful career and a harmonious family. ( )3.Steve Jobs was abandoned by his mother due to disability.

( )4.Steve Jobs unfortunately quit school due to finacia1 constraints.

( )5.The period of recovering from depression,rusu1ting from unemployment,enabled Steve Jobs to become more creative.

( )6.Within 5 years after being fired,Steve Jobs founded NeXT and pixar,both achieving equally success. Section B

Directions:Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text. 1.Steve Jobs had realized his big dream and led a revolution in_______.

2.Around 1976,Steve Jobs and his partner were obliged to sell their possessions in order to______. 3.Confronted with the fierce competition from IBM’s new PC in 1982,Steve Jobs’ company_____. 4.As Steve Jobs the competition in the control over Apple,he was______.

5.Apple felt great pressure from its rival Microsoft and in 1996 announced a loss of______.

6.Under Steve Jobs’ leadership,Apple returned to a place where it can contribute______to the computer world.

II.Building Your Vocabulary Section A

Directions:Complete each of the following sentences with the correct choice of the words given in the brackets.

1.All this should provide a spur to the waste industry and speed the______of new technology.(adopt,adoption)

2.If you have made an______with a customer,you should try to keep it.(appoint,appointment)

3.Could you give me a______reason why I am mot allowed to accept that scholarship?(convince,convincing)

4.Even if the genes are not______hazardous,you can’t imagine how they will evolve.(initial,initially)

5.The personnel department is responsible for drafting______policy.(recruit,recruitment)

6.The team enjoyed a high reputation for having had five______victories in the World Championships.(successive,succession) Section B

Directions:Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary. Episode foundation innovation immense Unexpected possession introduce insanely 1.The issue strikes at the very______of our community.

2.Apple is regularly voted the most_______company in the world.

3.It is a pity that so many useful discoveries should be in the______of a silent man. 4.He got______angry at being made a fool of.

5.Some of the industry’s innovations have caused______damage. 6.I confess to being astonished at this______statement. III.Translation Sections A

Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words or phrases in the brackets. Section B

Directions:Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.

Steve Jobs was adopted by a family in Mountain View,California.While still in high school,Jobs’ interest in electronics prompted him to call William Hewlett to ask for some parts for a school project.Hewlett provided the parts and then made an offer to Jobs to intern at Hewlett-Packard for a summer.There,Jobs met Steve Wozniak,a talented and knowledgeable engineer five years older than the high school student.Their friendship would eventually be the foundation on which Apple was built. IV.Writing Section A

Directions:Rewrite the following sentences,and give them some variety in length and structure. Example:Mary has many books.and Jack has many books too. Revision:Both Mary and Jack have many books.

1.To be with you here this evening is a great pleasure.

2.The speaker can’t some,and we will have to cancel the meeting.

3.If he wins the support of the minority groups,he will be able to win the election. 4.John spoke through a microphone so that he could be heard in every room. 5.The woman was accompanied by a porter,and he delivers heavy luggage. Section B

Directions:Renumber the sentences given below to arrange them in what you think is the best order.

1.When most people sign on to their computers,they are greeted with a flood of get-rich-quick schemes,invitations to pornographic websites,and ads for a variety of unwanted products.

2.The third and best category of e-mail is genuine personal e-mail from genuine personal friends. 3.E-mail users quickly become good at hitting the”delete”button to get rid of this garbage.

4.The second category that clogs most people’s electronic mailbox is forwarded mail,most of which also gets deleted without being read.

5.Getting such real,thoughtful e-mail can almost make up for the irritation of the other two categories.

6.As more and more people take advantage of e-mailing,three categories of e-mail have emerged. 7.One category of e-mail is junk mail. Section C

Directions:Write a short essay with a clear central idea and effective development in about 150words.You should base your writing on the following situation and give consideration to the unity,coherence and variety of each paragraph.

Positive psychology advocates that helping people in need,to a certain extent.How do you understand kind deeds,small or big,and the realization of the value of your life?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Self-Assessment 2 第一部分：阅读判断

下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果词句的信息文中没有提及，选择C。

Lucky’s Greatest Treasure

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named”Lucky.”Lucky was a real character.Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit,they would warn their friends not to leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy.Inevitably,someone would forget and something would come up missing.

Mary or Jim would go to Lucky’s toy box in the basement and there the treasure would be,amid all of Lucky’s other favourite toys.Lucky always stored his finds in his toy box.

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer.Something told her she was going to die of this disease.She scheduled a double mastectomy(乳房切除术)，fear riding her shoulders.

The night before she was to go to the hospital,she hugged Lucky closely in her arms.A thought struck her－what would happen to Lucky?Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim,he was Mary’s dog through.”If I die,Lucky will be abandoned,”Mary thought,”He won’t understand that I didn’t want to leave him.”The thought made her sadder than that of her own death.

The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks.Jim faithfully took Lucky for his evening walk,but the little dog just hung down,whining(哀鸣)and miserable.

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital.When she arrived home,Mary was so exhausted that she couldn’t even make it up the steps to her bedroom.Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.

Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn’t come to her when she called.It made Mary sad,but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed.

When Mary woke,for a second she couldn’t understand what was wrong.She couldn’t

move her head and her body felt heavy and hot.But panic coon gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem.She was covered,literally blanketed,with every treasure Lucky owned!

While she had slept,the sad dog had made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favourite things in life.He had covered her with his love.

Mary forgot about dying.Instead,she and Lucky began living again,walking further and further together every day. It’s been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free.Lucky?He still steals treals treasures and stores them secretly in his toy box,but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

1.Lucky is Mary and her husband’s pet dog. A.True B.False C.Not Given

2.Whenever they had friends visit them,the couple would warn Lucky not to take their friends’ luggage away.

A.True B.False C.Not Given

3.Mary and her husband’s friends knew Lucky well so their belongings never went missing. A.True B.False C.Not Given 4.Lucky’s toy box was placed in the basement. A.True B.False C.Not Given

5.Mary’s husband warned that he would abandon Lucky after her death. A.True B.False C.Not Given

6.Mary stayed in the hospital for two months because the surgery was harder than doctors had anticipated.

A.True B.False C.Not Given

7.When Mary arrived home from hospital,Jim made her lie in bed immediately. A.True B.False C.Not Given

8.When Mary woke,she couldn’t move a bit because she caught a cold and fell ill. A.True B.False C.Not Given

9.Lucky covered Mary with love by placing all his treasures on her body. A.True B.False C.Not Given

10.Mary has been cancer-free for 12 years,and remains Lucky’s greatest treasure. A.True B.False C.Not Given 第二部分：阅读选择

阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项选出1个最佳选项。

Student Loans

Federal Student Aid is an office of the US Department of Education that provides student loans for education beyond high school.The US government clearly understands the importance of post-secondary education in positively impacting the nation.It therefore ensures that each eligible student in the United States is able to receive financial assistance for higher education.

Although parents can opt for private funding through sources like banks and other financial institutions,the rates of interest can be prohibitively high in most cases.On the other hand,the interest rates of federally funded student loans are

much less in comparison.It is therefore imperative that parents take all steps necessary to apply for student loans available through the federal government. Federal Student Aid is actively involved in educating students and their families on the exact procedure to obtain student loans.Once the applications are received,it processes them by the millions before the start of each academic year.It also pays out billions of dollars through schools to fund the education of students who have applied for financial aid.

The first step in applying for financial aid is to fill and submit the FAFSA or Free Application for Federal Student Aid.The name of the student should be entered exactly the way it is written on the student’s social security card.The format used is”first name”,”middle initial”and”last name”.Since the analysis bureau will be linking up the FAFSA with the social security number,the names should match precisely for the application to be approved.A mismatch in the names could result in the applicant being sent back for correction.This would cause a delay and end up pushing the applicant to the back of the line.Since most financial aid is provided on a first-come -first-served basis,it is important to be at the head of the line.Even a minor error on the FAFSA can result in a loss of thousands of dollars in financial aid.

Therefore,it is important that families have all the proper income and tax records ready before applying for financial aid.This will help avoid submitting inconsistent,incomplete or mistaken information while filling out the FAFSA forms. The CSS PROFILE is the FAFSA equivalent that is most often required for aid through private universities.It could be a little more complicated than filling out the FAFSA form.Going through the entire process with the help of a certified college planner would be a good idea. No matter what their credit rating,parents should still submit their applications for financial aid.Learning about the different options available to them is the first step in the process.Doing it right will enhance their chances of getting student loans for their chi1dren’s higher education.

11.Federal Student Aid provides student loans for______.

A.high school education B.secondary education C.higher education D.pre-secondary education

12.Federally funded loans are preferred to private funding for______. A.their easy accessibility B.Their high reliability C.their lower interest rates D.their wide availability 13.Federal Student Aid educates students on______.

A.how to apply to ideal universities B.how to obtain student loans

C.how to process the applications D.how to meet their financial needs 14.The first step in applying for financial aid is to______.

A.fill out and submit application forms B.apply for a social security number C.enter the applicant name in the right format D.submit all the proper income and tax records

15.To succeed in applying for student loans,you are advised to______.

A.enhance academic performance B.resort to a certified college planner