第六题 信息转换(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
(请根据短文内容填空)
An apprenticeship is a form of on - the -job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most.
One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What’ s more, it offers apprentices an “earn while you learn” opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman (学徒期满的熟练工), and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies.
Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off (下岗) if business for the employers is slow.
Once they completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go on to different companies or become self- employed contractors.
(1) The typical period of apprenticeship is ______.
(2) The school of apprentices is paid by ______.
(3) A journeyman usually gets ______ the pay of an apprentice.
(4) The apprentices have little time for anything else because ______.
(5) Apprentices receive a nationally recognized and portable certification after ______.
第七题 概括大意(本大题共2小题，每小题5分，共10分)
(请按要求概括段落大意，并将答案答在试卷上。)
阅读下面两段短文，用不超过20词的一句话概括每段短文的大意，已经给出的起始部分不计字数，并将答案写在相应的位置上。
72. Passage1
How much sleep is enough for a person? There are different answers for different people. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep. For teenagers, the least number of sleeping hours advised by doctors are: ten hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs. Some people seem to get along just fine with very little sleep at night. Leading American scientist Thomas Edison said that sleep was a waste of time. He did, however, take naps during the day. On the other hand, Albert Einstein, another great scientist, said he needed at least ten hours’ sleep at night.
(1) This passage mainly tells us ______.
Passage2
Nowadays, there is a growing concern over such a phenomenon, that is, some parents take care of almost everything concerned with their children, including study, work, and marriage. Some parents believe that this is love; however, it is only to destroy children’s independence thoroughly. For the future of the next generation, more efforts should be made by parents to help their children to be independent. The fundamental one is to cultivate the awareness, namely, the importance and necessity of being independent, which is supposed to begin from childhood. Children should be taught that no one can be stronger and more helpful than themselves in this world.
(2)The main idea of this passage is ______.
第八题 指导性作文(本大题共1小题，共15分)
(请按要求写一篇100词左右的短文。)
人们的生活水平越来越高，购买汽车的人越来越多，下面是人们对于个人购买汽车的两种不同意见，请根据这两种看法，写一篇短文，并表达自己对于这件事情的看法。
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赞成 |
可加速汽车工业的发展，上下班方便，生活丰富多彩。 |
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反对 |
道路更加拥挤，污染更加严重。 |
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你的观点 |
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注：1.标题和开头语已写出，不计入总词数。
2.字数100—120个单词。
Should we buy cars Or not?
As time goes on, people are getting richer and their life is getting better and better ……
