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Location:Beijing, China

Contract Length: Minimum 12-month commitment

CGTN Digital is seeking an experienced copy editor to join its growing team of devoted, passionate journalists in Beijing. The ideal candidate will have experience working accurately and carefully, in a fast-paced news environment. They will be positive, energetic and totally committed to the highest journalistic standards. They will also have the ability to read and edit scripts (讲稿）critically; make edits consistent with CGTN's one and accuracy; and spot spelling, punctuation, grammar, and syntax(句法）mistakes consistently.

●Edit existing news content
●Repurpose existing content for various online platforms
●Work together with other journalists
●Have an interest in international and Chinese news

Minimum Qualifications ●At least 3+ years of relevant experience in editing and fact-checking ●Native-level knowledge of the English language ●An eye for detail and ability to produce spotless copy ●Ability to multitask and work as a team player ●University degree

Apply by sending a CV and a detailed cover letter, including your current and expected salary, along with any relevant work samples by e-mail to: cgtndigital @cgtn.com.

1. What aspects does CGTN Digital focus on while choosing a copy editor?

A．Individualism and interest.

B．Nationality and ability.

C．Age and gender.

D．Experience and competence.

2. Which of the following basic requirements should job applicants meet?

A．Little experience in correcting mistakes.

B．Native-level fluency in the English language.

C．Ability to spot mistaken details in the copy.

D．Competence to perform a single task independently.

3. What should an applicant offer when applying for this job?

A．A brief cover letter.

B．A self-introduction video.

C．Work samples related to this job.

D．Current and expected bonus.

Having met only weeks before,climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shook hands before hugging each other in a moment that would put their names in history books forever. They were on top of the world-literally.After five hours of continuous climbing the two first climbed to the top of Mount Everest, the highest spot on Earth. As the ultimate climbing goal for them both and the dream of most climbers, they had just 15 minutes to absorb the experience of being at 8,848 metres above sea level. Any longer and they may not have made it back to camp to tell the tale.

With this in mind, the pair spent some of their precious minutes searching the area for signs of those who had been before them. The bodies of two previous Everest hopefuls-Andrew Irvine and George Mallory of the 1924 attempt-were in the thoughts of Norgay and Hillary.However, they could find no sign of them having reached the top.

Everest has been responsible for claiming over 300 lives and endangering many others, as it poses huge and unpredictable challenges,with high altitudes(海拔）putting immense tension on human biology and with its icy land making each step a risk. When the climbers made it back to camp and the news spread, global admiration and fame poured in.

Norgay and Hillary were determined to be the first to conquer the world's highest mountain. They had done it. At the time they believed that the box had been ticked and no one else would put themselves through the danger to repeat their achievement. They couldn't have been more wrong. Today hundreds of people choose to follow in their footsteps every year. In contrast to the total isolation(孤立） felt on the first successful journey, during times of ideal weather conditions,queues form up to the mountain's summit. This creates dangerous standstills (停滞）in the mountain's most deadly zones.

Whether you believe these adventurers to be brave, admirable or out of their minds, it is clear that Hillary and Norgay have provided knowledge and inspiration for many to find out how it feels to truly be on top of the world.

4. What did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay do on the top of the world?

A．They measured the height of Mount Everest.

B．They celebrated their victory with many climbers.

C．They tried to find signs of earlier climbers.

D．They shared the experience as long as 15 minutes.

5. What can be inferred about Andrew Irvine and George Mallory from the passage?

A．They succeeded in reaching the top of Mount Everest first.

B．They lost their lives in their attempt to conquer Mount Everest.

C．They were good friends of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

D．They died because they didn't return to their camp in time.

6. What does the underlined word "immense" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Huge.

B．Outside.

C．Minimum.

D．Limited.

7. What will the present Everest climbers be likely to face compared with Norgay and Hillary?

A．More terrible loneliness.

B．More ideal weather conditions.

C．More deadly zones.

D．More dangerous stops.

Veronica Vorobet learned about caring in her home country of Romania by nursing her grandparents. In 2013, after their deaths, she moved to England to find a job using the freedom provided by EU (European Union)membership.

Vorobet, 36, is one of a quarter of a million care workers who are not UK citizens, a rising percentage of whom have come from the EU in recent years.They have become an essential part of a low-paid workforce that is constantly understaffed(人手不足的），with about 120,000 unoccupied positions.

Yesterday, she expressed disappointment with the announcement that there would be no special treatment for carers coming into the UK after Brexit -British exit from the EU.

“I want to see people treated the way I want to be treated and to make a difference in people's lives, making a feeling of home for everyone,” she told the Guardian. “The foreign workers are important in this. They are able to work under a lot of stress and long hours. In my country we are very close to our elderly people and that is what we show here. We try to be close to them and respect their wishes."

She said her approach was to treat residents as if they were her own grandparents and provide similar levels of “support and love.” When she arrived in the UK, Vorobet started as a junior care worker on minimum wage in a home for older people in Petersfield, Hampshire. Seven years on and having studied for an NVQ in health and social care, she is a deputy(副的) care manager at St Anthony's residential care home in Watford, part of RMD Care. There she works alongside other Romanian people, and care workers from Indian, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Her most recent trial has been keeping coronavirus(冠状病毒）out of the home, so far successfully. She said that given the difficulty of taking on care workers, European workers have helped create stability in the workforce. Staff turnover rates in adult social care currently stand at about 30% a year.

“The government should do their research and find out who does these jobs and understand the risk of taking this decision. The risk is that there won't be enough staff to look after the people in need," she said.

8. Why does the author mention “with about 120,000 unoccupied positions" in Paragraph 2?

A．To predict the future workforce in the UK.

B．To highlight the current situation of the UK.

C．To show the importance of foreign carers in the UK.

D．To reveal foreign carers' determination to stay in the UK.

9. What does Vorobet think of foreign carers in the UK?

A．They are hardworking and considerate.

B．They are unwilling to work with a low pay.

C．They work at the risk of being physically abused.

D．They have to leave their countries to seek a fortune.

10. The underlined part “this decision” in the last paragraph refers to the decision that.

A．European workers must be fired soon

B．foreign carers will be treated with a low pay

C．foreign carers in the UK will be given no particular treatment

D．the British government bans European workers from finding jobs in England

11. What's the main purpose of this passage?

A．To introduce Vorobet, a woman from UK.

B．To present the current situation of the EU carers.

C．To reveal the problems of the UK after Brexit.

D．To predict the future workforce in the UK.

In 2015, researchers from Australia's Deakin University published one of the first studies measuring food's physical effect on the left hippocampus(海马体), a seahorse-shaped brain region crucial for memory, learning, and decision making. It is also one of the first areas to shrink in people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia (痴呆).255 people filled out diet surveys and then underwent MRI scans(磁共振扫描成像) that measured their brains. Four years later, they returned for another scan in response to a request from the researchers.

The study found that the left hippocampus was bigger and heavier in the healthy eaters than in the unhealthy ones, regardless of age, sex, weight, exercise habits, or general health. That means eating the right foods and skipping the wrong stuff could help protect against declines in thinking and memory that lead to dementia. Healthy eating doesn't just prevent brain decline. It raises scores on thinking and memory tests, according to a study published in March 2019 that tracked 2,621 American women and men for 30 years."Green leafy vegetables have good effects that may protect both females and males against cognitive(认知的）decline and dementia," says lead researcher Claire McEvoy, RD, of the Centre for Public Health at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Even a little healthy food goes a long way. According to a 2018 Rush University study that tracked 960 people for 4.7 years, participants who ate just 1.3 extra servings of green leafy vegetables a day showed cognitive abilities similar to those of people 11 years younger.

How are these power foods working with your brain cells? Animal and test-tube experiments suggest that compounds in healthy diets help new cells make copies of DNA when they divide and multiply. Meanwhile, high-fat, high-sugar processed foods harm brain cells.

While food serves as an important brain protector, experts say brain supplements(补品)aren't all that effective. Studies show that they don't make brain cells active in a significantly positive way.＂Let the buyer be cautious," says David Hogan, MD, a specialist at the University of Calgary.A study of nootropics(益智药) in the November 2019 Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that the unapproved drug-piracetam(乙酰胺吡咯烷酮) was found in four out of five brands tested, at levels that could cause side effects such as depression.

12. Why did the researchers have the 255 people return for another MRI scan four years later?

A．To test whether they had Alzheimer's disease.

B．To see what effects diets had on the left hippocampus.

C．To study how they kept healthy in the four years.

D．To deepen their research into Alzheimer's disease.

13. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．Healthy eating helps to reduce the risk of dementia.

B．Unhealthy diet is a major contributing factor in cognitive decline.

C．Age and sex have nothing to do with our general health.

D．Plant-based diets have greater effects on women than men.

14. Which of the following would David Hogan most probably agree with?

A．Brain supplements are as helpful as healthy diets.

B．We'd better take brain supplements for convenience.

C．We should be careful when taking brain supplements.

D．Brain supplements have as many side effects as processed foods.

15. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Yes to Green Leafy Vegetables

B．Yes to Nootropics

C．No to Intelligence

D．No to Dementia