一切努力都是白费的。it seems that her effort is useless＝her effort seems to be useless。]

14．-E­shopping，when properly ________，can save us a lot of time and energy.

-Yes.Previous ________this，we had to search shop after shop，only

________tired and disappointed.

A．being done；to；to be B．doing；/；being

C．doing；/；to be D．done；to；to be

答案　D　[句意：--如果我们恰当进行网上购物的话，它可以给我们节省很多时间和精力。--是的，在这以前，我们不得不对商店挨个进行查找，结果是又累又失望。第一个空用过去分词done，与主语是被动关系；第二个空用介词to，构成短语previous to...，表示"在......之前"；第三个空用动词不定式表示出乎意料的结果。]

15．There is no question ________the Rolling Stones is one of the most important

bands in music history.

A．how B．whether C．which D．that

答案　D　[句意：滚石是音乐史上最重要的乐队之一，这是毫无疑问的。There's no question that...＝There is no doubt that...故选D。]

Ⅱ.阅读理解

Protect Your Online Reputation

Building a web site，launching a Twitter account，or writing a LinkedIn profile is vital for anyone trying to make a strong online presence.But having an online profile is just half of the game.After all，the Internet is not a one­waystreet.Sure，you control what you post on your own websites and online profiles，and a comment on your site or post on Facebook can be easily removed.But what about a blog authored by some angry reader?

"Nowadays，professional reputation is tied to online，"says Don Sorenson，CEO and founder of online reputation management firm Big Blue Robot."And you can hardly imagine what people can write about you.I always talk about practicing how to manage your reputation.If you wait until you're in trouble，it's just too late."

MaribethKuzmerski，founder of the Grayslake，Ill­basedRedZone Marketing recalls one president of a big corporation whose own family member posed as a client，attacking his professional reputation until the negative content found its way into his top ten search results.Only