We have the pleasure to introduce ourselves to you and hope we may have a cooperation opportunity with you in your business

A．extension B．extent C．entertainment D．extant

We have pleasure in enclosing a detailed price list for the goods you （) in your

选词填空：It's our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many parts of the world

　　Question 37 to 46 are based on the following passage.

　　It's our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time sitting(37)_____ can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other disease, researchers have now quantified just how(38)_____ being a couch potato can be.

　　In an analysis of data from eight large(39)_____ published studies, a Harvard-led group reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel(40)_____, the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a(41)_____, and the odds of dying prematurely(42)_____ 13% during a seven-year follow-up. All of these(43)_____ are linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary(久坐的)activities, like knitting, viewing TV may be especially(44)_____ at promoting unhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to(45)_____ them.

　　Even so, the authors admit that they didn't compare different sedentary activities to(46)_____ whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease or early death compared with, say, reading.

　　A.climbed

　　B.consume

　　C.decade

　　D.determine

　　E.effective

　　F.harmful

　　G.outcomes

　　H.passively

　　I.previously

　　J.resume

　　K.suffered

　　L.surfing

　　M.term

　　N.terminals

　　O.twisting

阅读理解：Thank you for your interest in Calibre Cassette （盒式录音带) library. This le
阅读理解：Thank you for your interest in Calibre Cassette (盒式录音带) library. This letter tells you about our service. With it we are sending you an application form, so that you can join if you would like to try it. Calibre library aims to provide the pleasure of reading to anyone who cannot read ordinary printed books because of sight problems. We currently have over 7,000 books available for reading for pleasure, including 1,000 specially for children. All our books are recorded cover-to-cover on ordinary cassettes and can be played on any cassette players. They are sent and returned by post, free of charge
When we receive your application, we will send you a book and an information tape. They will explain how to use the service. The easy way to use Calibre library is to tell us what sorts of books you like, and we will keep you supplied with books we think you will enjoy. Or you can send us a list of books you would like to read, and we will then send you books from this list whenever possible. In that case you will need to use our website, or buy one or more of our catalogues (目录).
21. According to the first paragraph, the library sends the application form. to the readers so that they can ________.
A) read ordinary books
B) order cassette players
C) buy Calibre cassettes
D) use the library service
22. Calibre library provides service mainly for people who suffer from ________.
A) hearing difficulties
B) mental illnesses
C) sight problems
D) heart troubles
23. The service of sending and returning books by post is ________.
A) not available to children
B) paid by the users
C) free of charge
D) not provided
24. The easy way to use the library service is to ________.
A) inform. the library of your name and address
B) tell the library the sorts of books you like
C) buy the catalogues of the library
D) ask the library to buy the books
25. The main purpose of this letter is to ________.
A) introduce the library’s service to readers
B) recommend new books to the readers
C) send a few catalogues to readers
D) express thanks to the readers

The next big breakthrough in artificial intelligence could come from giving machines not just more logical capacity, but emotional capacity as well.
Feelings aren't usually associated with inanimate machines, but Rosalind Picard, a professor of computer technology at MIT, believes emotion may be just the thing computers need to work effectively. Computers need artificial emotion to understand their human users better and to achieve self-analysis and self-improvement.
The more scientists study the "wetware" model for computing—the human brain and nervous system—the more they conclude that emotions are a part of intelligence, not separate from it. Emotions are among the tools that we use to process the tremendous amount of stimuli in our environment. They also pay a role in human learning and decision making. Feeling bad about a wrong decision, for instance, focuses attention on avoiding future error. A feeling of pleasure, on the other hand, positively reinforces an experience.
"If we want computers to be genuinely intelligent, to adapt to us, and to interact naturally with us, then they will need the ability to recognize and express emotions, to have emotions, and to have what has come to be called 'emotional intelligence,'" Picard says.
One way that emotions can help computers, she suggests, is by helping keep them from crashing. Today's computers produce error messages, but they do not have a "gut feeling" of knowing when something is wrong or doesn't make sense. A healthy fear of death could motivate a computer to stop trouble as soon as it starts. On the other hand, self-preservation would need to be subordinate to service to humans. It was fear of its own death that prompted HAL, the fictional computer in the film 2002: A Space Odyssey, to kill most of its human associates.
Similarly, computers that could "read" their users would accumulate a store of highly personal information about us—not just what we said and did, but what we likely thought and felt.
"Emotions not only contribute to a richer quality of interaction, but they directly impact a person's ability to interact in an intelligent way," Picard says. "Emotional skills, especially the ability to recognize and express emotions, are essential for natural communication with humans."
In the future computers will tend to be made ______.
A．fictional
B．humanized
C．economical
D．operational

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阅读理解： 根据文章内容， 判断正误。 （共 50 分）
My Volunteering Experience
My volunteer work helps me grow up. It has made me more aware of the difficulties other people go through and made me appreciate the simple things we have in life. It enables me, as an adult, to become more confident and to realize the difference I can make.
I now have new career aspirations and the confidence to take forward these new ideas, since I started mentoring at the Open University and gained experience of working with young students. I' ll go on to do a teaching assistant course and looking to go into volunteering teaching or youth work in the future. My research project will be to build a spatial web application.It was inspired by the volunteering I do for another not-for-profit organization.
My volunteering at an animal shelter is neither connected to my studies nor to my career interests. I do it purely for pleasure, satisfaction and the feeling that I can help somebody. It' s made me a happier person, and I wouldn' t have got this far at university without it.?
正确选 T， 错误选 F。
Volunteer work makes me become more confident. 1
2. I work with other young volunteers in the Open University. 2
3. My research is related with volunteering I do for another not- for-profit organization. 3
4. My volunteering at an animal shelter enables me to feel satisfactory. 4
5. Without the volunteering work, I wouldn' t have my new career as a teacher. 5

听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？M: Wel
听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn't coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular sport means to me when I participate in.
W: What sport did you choose？
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.
W: What are you going to say about skiing？
M: That's the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.
W: So why is that a problem？
M: I'd like to start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn't as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that's not part of my paper, so I guess I should leave it out. But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It's not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That's different.
W: Then you'll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out？ Part of your point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right？
M: Yeah, I guess so.
Questions:
19. What is the topic of the man's writing assignment？
20. What problem does the man have while working on his paper？
21. What does the woman say is common in writing papers？
(20)
A．Beautiful scenery in the countryside.
B．Dangers of cross-country skiing.
C．Pain and pleasure in sports.
D．A sport he participates in.

Psychologists have discovered that even the most independent－minded of us will conform
Psychologists have discovered that even the most independent-minded of us will conform. to social pressure when we are with a group of people. In one classie experiment, people were showna vertical line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three.
You might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform. it by themselves they do it very well. However, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed by the opinions of other people when we do this task in a group. In one study, a group of three people was set up,where two of the people were confederates(同伙 )of the experimenter.When the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers,people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. In fact, 75% of people gave at least o ne wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion.
But why do people conform. in this way？ In an easy task like this, it seems that people do not want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. On more difficult tasks, people also conform. because they lose onfidence in their own ability to make decisions and prefer to trust the majority opinion instead.
A typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we come across people in distress. Would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street？It turns out that you are much more likely to go to her assistance if you are alone.When other people are also around,a diffusion of responsibility occurs. People are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the woman' s assistance.
25. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word "conform" probably means“ ()”.
A.seek independence
B.disobey orders
C.seek pleasure
D.follow what others do
26.What is the purpose of the experiment described in Paragraph 2？ To().
A.explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of others
B.prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of others
C.train the confederates of the experimenter as independent-minded
D.describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others
27.In the last paragraph, according to the author,why wouldn’t one help the woman ？He().
A.thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand
B.thinks he has has nothing to do with it
C.is too shy to give his helping hand
D.thinks someone else will offer assistance
28.What method does the author mainly use to develop the text？ (
A.Giving examples.
B.Cause-effect analysis.
C.Comparative analysis.
D.Process analysis.

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不带质押的融通汇票 （1)开立循环的承兑信用额度证 Revolving acceptance credit covering purchase of co

不带质押的融通汇票
(1)开立循环的承兑信用额度证
Revolving acceptance credit covering purchase of cocoa beans opened in favour of The Manufacturing Co., by an accepting house, William Caxton & Co., Unsecured.
[

William Caxton & Company

＜/strong＞]
To: The Manufacturing Co., London, 11 Jan., 200×
Liverpool
Dear Sirs,

Revolving Acceptance Credit No. U-429

In response to your application, we have pleasure in establishing our Revolving Acceptance Credit No. U-429 to the extent of GBP100,000.00 (say one hundred thousand pounds) available by your drafts on ourselves at three months after date for the purpose of financing your purchase of cocoa beans from Kingston to Liverpool and each draft must be marked "Drawn under Credit No. U-429 against purchase of cocoa beans".
All drafts are to be covered by you in cash with us at or before their respective maturity dates, but the credit being revolving, when and to the extent that drafts are so covered the facility automatically becomes available again.
Our acceptance commission payable at time of acceptance will be 1.75% per annum. This credit will expire on 11 Jan., next year, and all drafts must be drawn and accepted not later than that date.
The credit being unsecured is a condition hereof that you will not create any new mortgage of charge on your property or assets without our consent.
We enclose our usual form of undertaking in respect of this credit which kindly sign and return to us.
Yours faithfully
William Caxton & Co., London
signature
(2)开立融通汇票
Please draw an accommodating bill which was dated 1 April, 200× drawn by The Manufacturing Co., Liverpool, on William Caxton & Co., London payable to drawer's order duly endorsed in blank by them at three months after date for the sum of GBP10,000.00 marked: "Drawn under Acceptance Credit No. U-429 against purchase of cocoa beans". The bill was accepted by the drawee and payable at Barclays Bank Ltd., London. Please accept the bill and specify its due date.
(3)要求承兑融通汇票，提示贴现公司，请其贴现
You will send a letter to William Caxton & Co., with five bills, each for GBP10,000.00 taking the form as follows:
To: William Caxton & Co., Liverpool, 1 April, 200×
London
Dear Sirs,

Revolving Acceptance Credit No. U-429

With reference to the above credit dated ______ we would like to avail our- selves of GBP50,000.00 of the facility, and enclose here with five bills, each for ______, drawn at ______ which we have endorsed in blank.
After acceptance kindly hand these bills to Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd., for ______.
We will be glad if you would debit our account with your acceptance commission.
Yours faithfully
The Manufacturing Company, Liverpool
signature
You will send another letter to Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd., as follows:
To: Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd.,
London Liverpool, 1 April, 200×
Dear Sirs ,
We enclose a copy of a letter we wrote to William Caxton & Co. today, and from which you will see that we have asked them to hand to you ______ bills total-ling ______ for ______. We should be glad if you would pay the net proceeds of these bills to Barclays Bank Ltd., London for the credit of our account.
Yours faithfully
The Manufacturing Co., Liverpool
signature
(4)计算贴现金额，制作贴现说明书
Please calculate the discount using the following formula.

______
Suppose V=CBP50,000.00
t=90
d=9
What is the amount of discount？ ______
What is the net proceeds？ ______
When the discount company has discounted the five bills, they will send a discount statement. Please make out this statement filling particulars in the form as follows:
[

Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd.,

＜/strong＞]
To: The Manufacturing Company, London, 2 April, 200×
Liverpool
We have pleasure in confirming the PURCHASE of the bills listed below. In accordance with your instructions, the net proceeds have been paid to Barclays Bank Ltd. London for the credit of your account.

Amounts	Discount & net proceeds	Due date	Tenor in days
GBP 10,000.00		______	______
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00	Total face value GBP ______
10,000.00	Less discount at
	9% per annum ______
	Net proceeds GBP ______

Per Pro
Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd.,
London
signature
(5)开立新的融通汇票，用其贴现净款归还旧的融通汇票到期应付之款
In accordance with the revolving acceptance credit, you must pay cash to the accepting house, William Caxton & Co., on or before the due date, 1 July, 200×. The credit being revolving, allows for the drawing of a new bill to replace those which are maturing.
Let us assume when the GBP50,000.00 bills fall due on 1 July, 200×, you have cash in hand for GBP20,000.00 to pay the bills, and the balance will be covered by issue of a new bill for the face amount to be calculaced by using following formula:
v=30,000 d=9 t=90
______
Please issue a new bill similar to the old bills except amount as calculated above and dated on 1 July, 200×.

Having drawn a new bill for the face amount as calculated above, The Manufacturing Company send it together with a letter addressed to William Caxton & Co., as follows:
To: William Caxton & Co.,
London 30 June, 200×
Dear Sirs,

Revolving Acceptance Credit No. U-429

With reference to the five bills of GBP10,000.00 each drawn under above credit and maturing on ______, we enclose our cheque for GBP20, 000. 00 and a new bills for ______ dated 1 July, 200× at three months after date. We should be glad if you will kindly ______ and hand to Gillett Brother's Discount Co. Ltd., for ______, the net proceeds ______ will be refunded three old bills.
Yours faithfully,
The Manufacturing Company, Liverpool
signatur

－－－Can I get you a drink？－－－_______. But I have already got one.A.That's very nice
---Can I get you a drink？
---_______. But I have already got one.
A.That's very nice of you
B.No, you don't have to
C.Yes, please
D.With pleasure

－－_________to have kept you waiting so long.－－Oh, never mind. After all, you are here.
--_________to have kept you waiting so long.
--Oh, never mind. After all, you are here.
A：I am happy
B：It's a pleasure
C：I am sorry
D：I am welcome