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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 flexi-ble(靈活的) and who have good communication skills.

There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For exam-ple, 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(特點) 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 per-centage 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 technical-ly 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 “l(fā)and” 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.

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第二卷(共35分)

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四、寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)

第一節(jié)? 短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上畫一個勾(√)；如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤)，則按下列情況改正：

該行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線( \ )劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線( \ )劃掉。

該行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號(∧)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

該行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

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

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