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After a while, Rick said, “I?ve got it! In school last year, we made salt jars. We filled jars with green, blue, orange, and white salt to 92 . All we would need to buy would be salt and colored chalk（粉笔）.” Tracy and Elsa agreed that Rick?s idea was good.

All the things had been gathered. Then Rick poured some salt on a paper towel（纸巾）. He rubbed（摩擦） a piece of blue chalk over the salt. 93 he rubbed and rubbed, the salt turned darker and darker blue. Rick put the 94 salt in a bowl. Next he made some orange salt. Finally Rick made some of the salt green.

The children began pouring the different colors of salt into their jars. They worked on making designs with the 95 . Each jar was filled to the top. Then Tracy, Rick and Elsa put the lids on them.

Elsa?s jar looked 96 an orange desert with trees. Rick made a colorful rainbow. Tracy formed snow-covered mountains with a blue sky.

90. A) made

B) counted B) nothing B) Before B) green B) salt B) up

C) lent

D) showed D) nobody D) make a picture D) If D) orange D) bowl D) like

91. A) something 92. A) make a wish 93. A) Since 94. A) white 95. A) chalk 96. A) for

E. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：（14分）

If you are looking for a new job, here are some job interview tips（技巧）. You should keep them in mind w 97 you meet with a potential（可能的） employer.

? First, be sure to dress p 98 for the situation. If you are interviewing for a teaching

job, then you might want to consider wearing nice trousers and dress shirt. However, you don't want to overdress for the interview either.

? Next, be sure to do some r 99 work on the company which you are interviewing for.

This will help you i 100 you have the needed skills or experience to work for that company. Finding out something about the company will a 101 help you ask intelligent questions about their business to s 102 them you are interested in their company.

? Finally, be prepared to tell them why you would be their b 103 choice for the

position. You don?t have to show yourself off, but you can tell them in a confident and direct way why you can help their company better than other applicants（申请者）.

F. Answer the question（根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（12分）

Recently, I needed to find a book for one of my classmates at the university, but I didn't know if the university library had it in their collection, so I went to the library Website and searched for the book online. You can search the library database（数据库） either by subject, title, or author,

C) somebody C) cook a meal C) As

C) blue C) at

B) write a letter

C) paper towel

and the Website will tell you if the book is returned or borrowed by another person.

Luckily, the book I wanted was still there, so I went to the library the next day and found it on the shelves using the library catalog（目录） number. I then went to the librarians? desk and borrowed the book using my university ID card. Usually, students and teachers can keep books for at most one month, and you can renew （续借）them if you still want to read them. If you return them after that, then they are overdue（过期的）, and you have to pay a late fee. If you lose a book, then you have to pay the cost to replace it. I often use the library and borrow books instead of buying them if I can. Borrowing books can save you money in the end.

104. What did the writer need to do for one of his classmates? 105. The writer went to the library Website first, didn?t he? 106. How can people find a book on the shelves in the library? 107. How long can people keep the books they borrowed? 108. If people lose a book, what do they have to do?

109. What do you think of borrowing books instead of buying them?