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If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech “Information Age” demands people who are flexi­ble(灵活的) and who have good communication skills.

There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For exam­ple, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature(特点) of the kind of high­ speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in.

Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large per­centage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates. The study also showed that the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as “very important” by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions.

Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technical­ly trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don’t regret their choice of study.

72. By saying that “you may have had the last laugh” in the first paragraph, the author means that you may have _______.

A. shared the jokes with computer majors                           

B. earned as much as computer majors

C. found jobs more easily than computer majors

D. stopped joking about computer majors

73. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates ______.

A. are ready to change when situations change                     

B. are better able to deal with difficulties

C. are equally good at computer skills     

D. are likely to give others pressure

74. The underlined word “land” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A. keep for some time                            B. successfully get

C. immediately start                               D. lose regretfully

75. According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates to find jobs?

A. Willingness to take low-paid jobs.

B. Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge.

C. Skills in expressing themselves.          

D. Part-time work experience.

 

第二卷(共35分)

 

四、写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节  短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线( \ )划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Ralph,

I’m a newcomer here of a small town. I would                     76. _____

describe myself as shy and quietly. Before my classmates,     77. _____

it seems always difficult for me to do things well as              78. _____  

them. I’m sure they will laugh to me and see me as               79. _____

a fool. So I feel unhappy every day.         80. _____ 

Besides, I have few friends. I don’t know that they               81. _____

don’t like to talked with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other 82. _____ 

very well in class, but after class we become stranger at    83. _____

once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t   84. _____

seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do?    85. _____

                            Yours,

                            Xiao Wei