Most of you graduating today will be employees all your working life, working for somebody else and for a paycheck. And so will most, (21) not all, of the thousands of other young Americans graduating this year in all the other schools and colleges across the country.
(22) has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one (23) every five Americans all work was employed, i.e. , worked for somebody else. Today only 20% of Americans are not employed but working for themselves. And (24) fifty years ago "being employed" meant (25) as a factory laborer or as a farm hand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a (26) formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring (27) and technical skills. (28) , two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: the middle and upper classes have become employees; and middle-class and (29) employees have been the fastest growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that (30) child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance (31) the expansion of industrial production.
This is one of the most profound social changes any country (32) . It is, however, a perhaps (33) greater change for the individual young man (34) to start. Whatever he does, in all (35) , he will do it as an employee; wherever he aims, he Will have to try to reach it (36) being an employee.
As an employee you work with and through other people. This means that your success as an employee will (37) on your ability to communicate with people and to present your own thoughts and ideas to them (38) they will both understand what you are driving (39) and be persuaded. The letter, the report or memorandum (记录) the (40) spoken "presentation" to a committee are basic tools of the employee.

A:but B:if C:nearly D:fortunately

The boy fell in front of the car but fortunately the driver stopped ______ time.

A:on B:at C:with D:in

The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, (61) first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection (62) than practical considerations.
In the United States, parents do not (63) marriages for their children. Teenagers begin dating in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social (64) (65) young people feel free to choose their friends from (66) groups, most choose a mate of similar (67) .
This is due in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot (68) spouses (配偶) for their children, but they can usually (69) choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.
(70) , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and inter racial marriages) are (71) , probably because of the greater mobility of today’s youth and the fact that they are (72) by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, (73) pursue a career in a bigger city.
Once away from home and family, they are more (74) to date and marry outside their own social group.
In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither (75) nor astonishing. Interfaith marriages are (76) the rise, especially between Protestants (jī dū jiāo 徒) and Catholics (tiān zhǔ jiāo 徒). On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very (77) . It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and (78) a family. Marriages between people of different national (79) (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here (80) colonial times.

A:specially B:naturally C:particularly D:fortunately

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.

A:but B:if C:nearly D:fortunately

Fortunately, she managed to finish the work on time.

A:Happily B:Luckily C:Frankly D:Honestly

The United States In 1782 【51】 the United States won its independence, the bald eagle was chosen 【52】 the national bird of the new country. American leaders wanted the eagle to be a 【53】 of their country because it’’s a bird of strength and courage. They chose the bald eagle because it was found all over North America and only in North America. But a little over 200 years 【54】 ,the bald eagle had almost disappeared from the country, In 1972, there were only 3,000 bald eagles in the entire United States. The reason for the birds 【55】 population was pollution, especially pollution of rivers by pesticides. Pesticides are chemicals 【56】 to kill insects and other animals that attack and destroy crops. 【57】 , rain often washes pesticides into rivers. Pesticides pollute the rivers and poison the fish. Eagles eat 【58】 and the poison 【59】 their eggs. The eggs have very thin shells and do not hatch. Eagles 【60】 only two or three eggs a year. Because many of the eggs did not 【61】 and produce more eagles, 【62】 eagles quickly 【63】 smaller. Today, the American Government and the American people are trying to protect the bald eagle. The number of bald eagles 【64】 It now appears 【65】 the American national bird will survive and remain a symbol of strength and courage.

A:Fortunately B:Unfortunately C:Surprisingly D:Obviously

The United States In 1782 【51】 the United States won its independence, the bald eagle was chosen 【52】 the national bird of the new country. American leaders wanted the eagle to be a 【53】 of their country because it’’s a bird of strength and courage. They chose the bald eagle because it was found all over North America and only in North America. But a little over 200 years 【54】 ,the bald eagle had almost disappeared from the country, In 1972, there were only 3,000 bald eagles in the entire United States. The reason for the birds 【55】 population was pollution, especially pollution of rivers by pesticides. Pesticides are chemicals 【56】 to kill insects and other animals that attack and destroy crops. 【57】 , rain often washes pesticides into rivers. Pesticides pollute the rivers and poison the fish. Eagles eat 【58】 and the poison 【59】 their eggs. The eggs have very thin shells and do not hatch. Eagles 【60】 only two or three eggs a year. Because many of the eggs did not 【61】 and produce more eagles, 【62】 eagles quickly 【63】 smaller. Today, the American Government and the American people are trying to protect the bald eagle. The number of bald eagles 【64】 It now appears 【65】 the American national bird will survive and remain a symbol of strength and courage.

A:Fortunately B:Unfortunately C:Surprisingly D:Obviously