先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

（一）

The purpose of a letter of application[求职信] is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state ___1___ the job you want， and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___2___. It should be simple， human， personal and brief without ___3___ out any necessary facts.

In writing a letter of application， keep in ___4___ that the things a possible employer is most ___5___ to want to know about are your qualifications[条件]， your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___6___ the first few sentences fail to ___7___ the readers attention， the rest of the letter may not be ___8___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___9___ your own need or desires. For example， instead of beginning with “I saw your ___10___ in todays newspaper，” you might say “I have made a careful ___11___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___12___ your product and why they like it. ”

Try to ___13___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___14___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___15___ in a letter？ Employers want experience—which， naturally， no ___16___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___17___.

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___18___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___19___ is to enclose[內附] a stamped， self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___20___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.

（ ）1. A. clearly B. carefully C. obviously D. easily

（ ）2. A. found B. done C. known D. heard

（ ）3. A. sending B. taking C. leaving D. picking

（ ）4. A. brain B. sigh C. order D. mind

（ ）5. A. probable B. possible C. likely D. able

（ ）6. A. While B. Although C. As D. If

（ ）7. A. pay B. win C. show D. fix

（ ）8. A. kept B. continued C. written D. read

（ ）9. A. to B. for C. into D. from

（ ）10. A. advertisement B. report C. article D. introduction

（ ）11. A. watch B. search C. study D. discussion

（ ）12. A. change B. make C. sell D. use

（ ）13. A. avoid B. remember C. protect D. gain

（ ）14. A. losing B. applying C. preparing D. fitting

（ ）15. A. offer B. supply C. mean D. provide

（ ）16. A. worker B. beginner C. owner D. manager

（ ）17. A. success B. development C. practice D. experience

（ ）18. A. Make B. Ask C. State D. Get

（ ）19. A. result B. decision C. promise D. idea

（ ）20. A. happier B. easier C. cheaper D. safer

（二）

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.

According to the report， the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million， almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities， especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.

Food production will ___7___， but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985， ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia， Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land， changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the worlds ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation， by ___17___ the problems， the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

（ ）1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study

（ ）2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue

（ ）3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible

（ ）4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as

（ ）5. A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous

（ ）6. A. none B. each C. all D. neither

（ ）7. A. insist B. reduce C. increase D. continue

（ ）8. A. so B. but C. or D. however

（ ）9. A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never

（ ）10. A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected

（ ）11. A. destroying B. protecting C. disturbing D. interrupting

（ ）12. A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used

（ ）13. A. Air pollution B. Water pollution

C. Some diseases           D. All farmland

（ ）14. A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people

（ ）15. A. must be true B. will come true

C. can't be true               D. may be wrong

（ ）16. A. happens B. develops C. exists D. appears

（ ）17. A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing

（ ）18. A. no B. stil C. less D. plenty of

（ ）19. A. about B. in C. out D. for

（ ）20. A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting

参考答案与解析：

（一）

【答案与解析】本文是叙述怎样写求职信。

1. A。表示“清楚地”说明你想要找的工作。

2. B。根据前面“你的能力是什么”，可知后面是“你已经‘做了些什么工作”。

3. C。根据后面的 any necessary facts 判断，不要“遗漏”任何必要的事实。

4. D。keep in mind 是固定短语，意思是“记住”。

5. C。表示可能，后面跟不定式只能用 likely，其余选项都不正确。

6. D。根据下文的主句判断，前面是条件句，因此选 if。

7. B。从后面主句中 the rest of the letter may not be… 可得出答案，如果前面的一些句子不能“赢得”读者的注意的话。

8. D。根据上文，如果起初几句话不能引起读者注意的话，其余部分就可能不会再“读”了。

9. A。根据前面两个 to 得出答案。

10. A。因为是应聘者，所以在报纸上看到的是“广告”。

11. C。根据上文，应聘者是从报纸上看到的招聘广告，经过“研究”之后才来应聘的。

12. D。根据后面的 product（产品）判断应是“使用”。

13. A。根据下文判断要弄清楚具体应聘的工作，以“避免”笼统性。

14. B。根据上下文所叙述的是“应聘”之事可得出答案。

15. D。根据句意“在信中提供的是什么”得出答案，而supply是“供給、供应”不符句意。

16. B。根据前面的“first”一词判断答案是“beginner”。

17. D。根据句意“你做的任何工作可称做“经验”（experience）得出答案。

18. A。根据下文得出答案“为了应聘‘做一些特殊的要求或需要”。

19. D。根据后面“随信内附一个贴有邮票，写有你的地址的信封”是一个好的“建议”。

20. B。根据上一句所说，这样“更容易”使雇者与你联系。

（二）

【答案与解析】

1. D。study 意为“研究”，根据下文，这是指对未来20年地球上的情况变化所作的研究。

2. B。与后面的人口增长，环境污染等联系起来看，在2010年地球上的状况（picture）将会令人不愉快（pleasant）。

3. C。因为人口继续增长，所以世界会越来越拥挤（crowded）。

4. D。指人口数目的多用large，少用small。指人口达到某一数目用“as large as + 数词”。

5. A。从现状来看，人口增长快的国家多为发展不发达的国家;而城市人口急剧增长的则是一些发展中的国家（developing countries）。

6. B。前面提到了两个城市，故此空只能填each，neither具有否定意义，不合句意，也不能插入谓语之中。

7. C。临近几句是讲粮食增长问题，故选 increase“增长”。

8. B。前后两句具有转折意义：农民所生产的粮食将比1985多百分之90，但多数增产粮食的国家是在已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。

9. A。already 意为“已经”，由下句可知：是指已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。

10. D。expect意为“预计”，句意为：在亚洲南部的国家预计增产幅度不大。

11. A。由changing farms into deserts可知：不当农业生产方式毁坏（destroy）了大片生产粮食土地。

12. B。由于扩建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量农田，故选lost（失去）。

13. A。由burn coal and oil必然排放大量烟雾，可推知：此处指空气污染（air pollution）

14. C。由more and more trees are cut down可推知：此处指森林（forests）可能消失。

15. D。此句意为：专家说地球到2010年的状况可能会不好。

16. C。exist 意为“存在”。由上下文可知：环境正遭受污染和破坏，专家们只是想保存今天状况。

17. A。settle the problems 意为解决问题。

18. B。still 意为“还有”，加强语气。句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。

19. C。work out a plan 意为“制定计划”。

20. D。句意为：专家们警告说等待太长的时间作处决定将会极大地减少成功的机会。