选词填空（15选10）10题，总分值：20分
Directions： Fill in the blanks in the following passage by lecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be ud only once.
There has been growing pressure, in the US and elwhere, to demonstrate the value of university education and rearch in terms of its direct, 1) tangible economic benefits.
It is certainly important that university rearch 2) contribute to economic well-being – as it surely does. And it is certainly important that a university education helps students to 3) pursue uful and satisfying work – as it does. At the same time, however, there is much more to excellent education than can be 4) measured in dollars. The best education not only helps us to be more productive in our professions, but also enables us to 5) formulate primary core objectives in life, makes us more inquiring and insightful, and helps us become more reflective and 6) fulfills human beings. It helps scientists to appreciate the arts, and artists to appreciate the sciences. It helps us to e 7) connecti
ons across different fields of learning that we otherwi might not grasp. It helps us to 8) discern right from wrong and lead more interesting and valuable lives, as individuals, and as members of our communities.
There is a strong belief that a university education should 9) stimulate our curiosity and open our minds to new ideas and experiences. It should encourage us to test our various pre-existing 10) hypothes , and think about our values and beliefs. That is one reason we study – the philosophy, customs and ways of life of other countries and cultures. In doing so, we learn more not only about other people but also about ourlves.
∙A. periodic
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∙怎样格式化u盘B. stimulate
∙C. pursue
∙D. formulate
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∙E. tangible
∙F. appeal
∙G. testimonies
∙H. contribute
∙I. fulfills
∙J. discern此生谁料
∙K. mingled
∙L. transcend
∙M. measured
∙N. connections
∙O. hypothes
参考答案：
1) tangible 2) contribute 3) pursue 4) measured 5) formulate 6) fulfills 7) connections 8) discern 9) stimulate 10) hypothes
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长篇阅读10题，总分值：40分
Directions： You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choo a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
初三地理For Second Careers, A Leap of Faith
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A) After decades of pursuing money, titles and ever more stuff, baby boomers are coming to a big realization: Success and curity just aren’t enough anymore. They want something more fulfilling out of life, something that feeds their spiritual side and connects them to a bigger purpo. For many, the answer is embracing faith – and devoting their lives to rving others.
B) Flocks of people in their 50s and 60s are putting aside thoughts of a comfortable retirement and heading to theological school, where they’ve become the fastest-growing age group in recent years. They’re putting in years of study and field work to become chaplains (牧师), spiritual counlors, missionaries, and educators and social workers for nonprofits with religious ties. And they’re taking that training everywhere from disaster zones to poor villages to hospital bedsides. Boomers are turning to careers in which meaning and purpo are front and center.
C) Why the change? For many older adults, mortgages are paid (or nearly so), children are on their own and first careers are winding down; as such, there’s time and freedom to “do good”. Equally important, thoughts about one’s mortality begin to surface, along with some tough questions: Have I lived my life well? Have I made a difference?
D) Not that a leap into faith is always paradi. Some people spend up to six years in training, sometimes at great expen and a distance from friends and family. Their n of mission is “constantly tested, poked and prodded (刺激，激励)”, says Jonathan Englert, author of The Collar, a book that chronicles (记录) a year in the life of a Catholic minary for cond-career priests-in-training.
E) After graduation, most face stiff competition for jobs that typically demand long hours, sophisticated political skills and the ability to comfort people in their darkest moments. Stil
l, if the greatest u of a life, as the philosopher William James said, is to spend it for something that will outlast it, few paths em to offer more rewards than joining the clergy and related fields. Here are three individuals who have taken that path.
It All Began With Katrina
F) When Mike Watson, a New York lawyer, traveled to New Orleans in 2007 to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, his goal was simple: To teach his son, Tristan, then 11 years old, “that there are people in the world who aren't as well off as we are”. But after a weeklong stay in the city's hard-hit Ninth Ward, it was the father who absorbed a life-changing lesson. “I realized how enriching it was to be involved in helping other people,” says Mr. Watson, now 61. By the time he and Tristan returned to Katonah, N.Y., he says, “I had decided that’s what I needed to be doing with the rest of my life.”
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G) Today, Mr. Watson is enrolled at General Theological Seminary (神学院) in New York City, which was established by the Episcopal Church. After he earns a master’s degree in divinity next year, he plans to start a nonprofit to help churches create community-outreach programs similar to the one that took him to New Orleans in 2007. Mr. Watson, who is supporting his family and paying for minary with savings, also spearheads (领导，带头) community-rvice work for Grace Church in Manhattan, under who sponsorship he made his trip to New Orleans. With Hurricane Katrina relief work now over, he recruits carpenters, plumbers and parishioners (教区居民) to rebuild flood-damaged homes in a coal-mining region of Appalachia.
