【推荐1】We have two very good TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) teaching opportunities available in Tetouan, northern Morocco. The positions are offered by a privately-owned English language school which was founded in 2011. The new teachers needed by the school will begin to work on October 1^st, 2018.

Overview

*Teach children from the age of 7 or even younger and adults.

*Teach all levels of English from the beginners’ to the advanced.

*Teach conversation classes.

*Teaching hours will be 6 to 40 hours a week depending on the student enrollment (招生人数).

Salary&Benefits

*Accommodation:small furnished apartment near to the school and also close to the center of the city and transport links.

*Share an apartment with another teacher.

*Each teacher will have their own bedroom but have to share a bathroom with another teacher.

*Electricity and water bills will be paid by the teacher.

*Receive weekly salary based on Moroccan standards of living of 600 dirhams(迪拉姆) a week.

Class for children

*All students are local Moroccan students who live in the surrounding area.

*Our school uses Macmillan books.

*We have three terms in a year and each term consists of 15 weeks. Classes are mostly in the evening from 5 pm to 9:30 pm; however, some morning classes are also available , which are usually classes for housewives.

*There are no classes on Saturday.

Requirements

*Female.

*Bachelor’s degrees (any field).

*Native English speaker.

*Teaching experience preferred.

To apply, please email us without a copy of your information : jobs@eslstarter.com.

1. If you work in this school for a year, you will probably get ________ .

A．36,000 dirhams	B．30,000 dirhams
C．27,000 dirhams	D．24,000 dirhams

2. Who will probably get the job?

A．Mary, from the US, with no Bachelor’s degree

B．Sophia, from England, with a Bachelor’s degree of Arts.

C．Li Yun, from China, with experience of teaching English

D．Jackson, from Canada, with a Bachelor’s degree of English literature.

3. We can learn from the text that a teacher________.

A．will be free of classes on Saturday

B．will have to teach 50 hours a week

C．can use electricity and water for free

D．will share a bedroom with another teacher

【推荐2】The Most Scenic Drives in America

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Our Brother's Keeper

Author Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to get out of all memories of his brother，Jeff, who was killed in Vietnam. But in Our Brother's Keeper he tells what happens when he met several of his brother's old Marine friends. Smith gets to know these men—all hurt by the past they share. Together the author and his new friends make a journey to Vietnam, to visit the place where Jeff died. Surprisingly, their Vietnamese guide was the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff. A powerful story of brotherhood, bravery and understanding...

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I Am a Pencil

Children's book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to third graders in the New York City. His students were immigrants or the children of immigrants from 21 countries, speaking 11 languages, having many different beliefs. But there were a few things they had in common, family troubles, for one, money struggles, and poetry. Every single student, with the help of this creative teacher, made great progress in writing. Swope leaves the reader with the encouraging faith that deep within each of us lives a poet, a genius —a child.

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What It Takes to Help Out

An editor for U. S. News & World Report, David L Marcus lakes us inside a boarding school for troubled teens. The great stresses are put on these teens, which makes them lose their nature. This should cause us a truthful thinking.

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1. Who can give you some advice on how to educate immigrant students with troubles?

A．Jedwin Smith.

B．David L. Marcus.

C．Jeff.

D．Sam Swope.

2. Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?

A．The Most Scenic Drives in America	B．Our Brother's Keeper
C．I Am a Pencil	D．What It Takes to Help Me Out

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The book The Most Scenic Drives in America includes many pictures and maps.

B．The book What It Takes to Help Me Out is about troubled teens from 21 countries.

C．Jedwin Smith's friends were killed in the war in Vietnam.

D．The children in Sam Swope's class are either poets or geniuses.

4. The passage is probably taken from _______.

A．a textbook

B．a science report

C．a travel journal

D．an advertisement

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1. Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?

A．It entertains young parents.	B．It combines fun with complex concepts
C．It publishes popular science fictions	D．It provides serious advertisements

2. What does TOKNOW offer its readers?

A．Articles on new topics	B．Online courses
C．Lectures on a balanced life	D．Reports on scientific discoveries

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【推荐1】The London Eye 4D Film Experience started in August and is included in the London Eye ticket price. It is a fantastic 4D film to entertain you before your trip on the London Eye. The 4D effects are great.

No Extra Cost to You

That’s right; you buy your ticket for the London Eye and 4D cinema experience. Merlin Entertainments, the London Eye owners, spent 5 million creating the film and building the 4D cinema and wanted to improve the value for money of the London Eye.

What to Expect

The 4D Cinema entrance is in the ticket hall. So after buying your ticket, go straight to it, where you’ll be given a pair of glasses. About 160 visitors will pass through the 4D cinema every 8 minutes so don’t worry about waiting time. People in the bright pink cinema are all standing on four levels. The top level is designed for wheelchairs.

London Eye 4D Film

Put on your glasses and enjoy yourself. The story is about a little girl visiting London with her father and she wants to be higher to get a better view so she comes to the London Eye. It differs from watching the 3D film for all your senses are involved. When it snows on screen, you feel it snows in the cinema. And when you watch the fireworks, you can really smell them.

For a short film, less than four minutes, before the main attraction you think you’ve come for, you are going to love this free extra. I stood there with my mouth wide open at the end as many others did. It’s fantastic! The effects are the Hollywood standard as no expense is spared. I was lucky enough to try the film three times on the first day and I still want to go back again.

1. What does the author mainly tell us in this passage?

A．He mainly introduces the 4D film of Merlin Entertainments.

B．He mainly introduces the London Eye entertainment centre.

C．He mainly tells us his experiences while creating the 4D film.

D．He mainly introduces to us how to take part in the 4D film.

2. Why did the Merlin Entertainments build the 4D film cinema?

A．Because it wanted to attract more visitors to London.

B．Because it could earn more money from the public in the UK.

C．Because it could provide more entertainments for visitors.

D．Because it wanted to increase the value of the London Eye.

3. Where could people get into the 4D film cinema?

A．In the Hollywood.	B．In the ticket hall.
C．Under the London Eye.	D．In the ticket centre.

4. While seeing a 4D film, people will feel ________.

A．greatly frightened	B．much worried
C．sweet smell	D．as if they were on the scene

【推荐2】Picture book biographies（传记）use colorful images to attract and educate children about the life of historical figures.Below are some picture book biographies that are sure to attract your children.

	★A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart David A. Adler and Jeff Fisher wrote and illustrated A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart for kids in grades 2 - 5.The book depicts Earhart as a young tomboy（假小子）who fired guns and used fence rails as a roller coaster.Adler tells us how Earhart survived multiple crash landings before flying   across the Atlantic Ocean. Young readers would like to enjoy the story about one of our nation's most courageous pilots.
★Finding Susie Finding Susie is O'Connor's autobiographical account of her funny quest to find a pet. O'Connor describes how she tried more than a few times to make wild animals fit for home life before finally getting a dog named Susie. Written for children aged 4 - 8, this book will attract any child who has wanted a pet and offer a lighter side about how one of the most famous Supreme Court Justices was raised.
	★The Fantastic Undersea、 Life of Jacques Cousteau Any child who loves nature, or the ocean life like dolphins and whales will love The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau. Dan Yaccarino is able to draw children with easy-to-understand language and amazing descriptions. Kids aged5 - 8 will enjoy both the underwater pictures and learning about this marine explorer.
★The Wonder Child Diane Stanley introduces kids to Mozart in three illustrated acts. Using funny dialogue, Stanley brings out the child in Mozart so that kids in grades 2 - 5 will find it funny. Stanley then goes on to describe Mozart's life as a young man and finally as a husband and father. Children with an interest in music will find this book amusing and informative.

1. We can learn from A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart that Earhart was ____________ .

A．kind but careless	B．brave and creative
C．clever and handsome	D．strong and helpful

2. Who described his/her own life in his/her book according to the passage?

A．Dan Yaccarino.	B．Diane Stanley.
C．David A. Adler.	D．O'Connor.

3. Children would like to read The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau probably because they ____________ .

A．are interested in flying

B．want to learn about the ocean life

C．are planning to adopt a pet

D．find it fairly difficult to understand

4. If you want to know about an artist's life, you should read ____________ .

A．The Wonder Child

B．Finding Susie

C．A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart

D．The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

【推荐1】Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars. lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes(废气). So the city began a scheme(计划)to improve the situation.

Under the Velib scheme ('Velib' comes from velo liberte, or 'bicycle freedom') people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour-on the bike is free, but if you don't return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it's only € 1 a day or € 29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25kg), and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!

Paris is not the first city to have a scheme like this. But not everybody thinks it's a great idea. One Parisian said. “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won't use a bicycle-they'll still use their cars.”

A city spokesman said, “The bicycle scheme won't solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There aren't any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too. “

1. What can we know about the Velib scheme?

A．Its bikes have no baskets.	B．Its bikes are light and colorful.
C．It owns more stations than the subway.	D．It aims to make traveling easier.

2. How much should you pay for using a Velib for one hour?

A．€1.

B．€30.

C．€29.

D．No money.

3. Why do some people disagree with the Velib scheme?

A．The cost is rather high.	B．It's not suitable for a long journey.
C．It's hard to find a Velib station.	D．The distance between two Velib stations is long.

4. What's the city spokesman's attitude towards the bicycle scheme?

A．Doubtful.

B．worried.

C．Uncaring.

D．Positive.

【推荐2】The day Madelyn McClarey’s twin sons, Aaron and Aubrey Hough, each received scholarships(奖学金)to Florida A&M University, she figured that after they moved seven hours north from Hollywood to Tallahassee, she’d be lucky to see them on weekends.

But her sons had something else in mind. The twins told her they’d move to Tallahassee on one condition. She had to go with them—and work toward the college degree she’d always wanted. And that is how McClarey ended up in a green cap and gown this month at FAMU. Cheering her on were her twins. “Our mom is so determined and dedicated, we’re lucky to have her as our mother,” said Aaron. “It was a lot of hard work, but she never gave up.”

McClarey’s sons jumped as she was awarded a bachelor’s degree (学士学位)in English with a minor in education, excited that their mom finally had the degree she’d dreamed about for more than twenty years. Her professional goals were put on hold when she became a single mom looking after two kids. Before motherhood, before divorce, McClarey had gone to business school.

McClarey, who described herself as “40ish,” said that when her sons insisted she go with them to college four years ago, her jaw dropped, having known most teens are eager to start lives away from their parents once they graduate from high school. She said, “But I was also delighted when I realized they weren’t joking and weren’t going to leave home unless I moved with them, so I said, ‘Well, all right—let’s go, then.’”

Now that McClarey has graduated, she doesn’t plan to leave Tallahassee anytime soon. She wants to stick around to encourage and support her sons, but there is also another matter to deal with. “My goal is to become an author someday,” she said. “So this summer, I’ll be working on getting my master’s degree.”

1. After being admitted to university, the twin sons wanted their mom to          .

A．move to Tallahassee	B．see them on weekends
C．live with them in college	D．continue her college education

2. What does the underlined phrase “put on hold” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．To be done later.	B．To be improved.
C．To be taken off.	D．To be set up.

3. How did McClarey feel when hearing her sons’ suggestion four years ago?

A．Surprised.	B．Delighted.
C．Disappointed.	D．Anxious.

4. What would McClarey do after graduation?

A．Find a job as a writer.	B．Realize her dream.
C．Deal with important matters.	D．Move back to Hollywood.

【推荐3】It was once thought that air pollution affected only the areas immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is actually worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire eastern half of the United States and led to health warnings even in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating “a greenhouse effect”, holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate (废气排到空中而形成的微粒、颗粒) matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature—a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. At present we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now.

1. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ________.

A．caused widespread damage in the countryside

B．affected the entire eastern half of the United States

C．had damaging effects on health

D．existed merely in urban and industrial areas

2. As far as the greenhouse effect is concerned, the author ________.

A．shares the same view with the scientists

B．is uncertain of its occurrence

C．rejects it as being ungrounded

D．thinks that it will destroy the world soon

3. The underlined word “offset” in Para. 2 could best be replaced by “________”.

A．slip into	B．make up for
C．set up	D．catch up with

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．lowering the world’s temperature merely a few degrees would lead many major farming areas to disaster

B．raising the world’s temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth

C．almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade

D．the world’s temperature will remain constant in the years to come

【推荐2】There are about 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs in the world. They are also known as lady beetles or ladybird beetles. They come in many different colors and patterns, but the best­known in North America is the seven­spotted ladybug, with its shiny, red­and­black body.

In many cultures, ladybugs are thought to be good luck. Most people like them because they are pretty, lovely and do no harm to human beings. But farmers love them because they eat aphids and other plant­eating pests. One ladybug can eat up 5,000 insects in its lifetime!

Most ladybugs have dome­shaped bodies with six short legs. Depending on the kind, they can have spots, stripes, or nothing at all. Seven­spotted ladybugs are red or orange with three spots on each side and one in the middle. They have a black head. Ladybugs are colorful for a reason. They tell the enemy: “Eat something else! I taste terrible.” When threatened, they may play dead. Birds are ladybugs' main predators, but they are also eaten by frogs, spiders, and dragonflies.

Ladybugs are happy in many different places, including grasslands, forests, cities, suburbs, and along rivers. Seven­spotted ladybugs are native to Europe but were brought to North America in the mid­1900s.

Ladybugs are most active from spring until fall. When the weather turns cold, they look for a warm place to hibernate, such as in rotting logs, under rocks, or even inside houses. These hibernating places can have thousands of ladybugs.

The name “ladybug” was given by European farmers who prayed to the Virgin Mary when pests began eating their crops. After ladybugs came and wiped out the invading insects, the farmers named them “beetle of Our Lady”. This later was shortened to “lady beetle” and “ladybug”.

1. The underlined word “aphid” in Paragraph 2 is probably a kind of         .

A．pest

B．bird

C．plant

D．tree

2. From the third paragraph we can infer that         .

A．all ladybugs have spots	B．the colorful body can protect them
C．most ladybugs are red or orange	D．frogs are not one of the predators

3. What can't we conclude from the text?

A．Ladybugs can live along rivers.

B．Seven­spotted ladybugs were brought to Europe from North America.

C．Ladybugs are very active in autumn.

D．The name “ladybug” came from “beetle of Our Lady”.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Seven­spotted Ladybugs	B．The Development of Ladybugs
C．The History of Ladybugs	D．Ladybugs

【推荐3】Bees and France have a long history together. In the 1800s, Napoleon Bonaparte chose the bee   as a symbol of France. In the same century, in 1845, the beekeeping school of Luxembourg Gardens in Paris was started. At that time there were around 2,000 beehives in the city. After that the numbers went down for some time, but beekeeping has become popular again recently. Now there are over 700 hives in Paris. Some of these hives are actually on the roofs of famous Parisian buildings and hotels and restaurants.

City bees make three to five times more honey than country bees. This may be because there are no pesticides in the parks and gardens in Paris. French beekeepers in the countryside lose up to 40 percent of their hives each year because of disease, pesticides, and other causes. However, beekeepers in the city lose less than five percent.

“That's interesting,” you might be thinking, “but isn't there a lot of pollution in Paris?” In fact, pollution does not seem to influence the honey. Parisian honey was tested for 30 kinds of pollution and none were found.

As for the taste, Parisian bees have many kinds of flowers and plants to choose from. In the countryside, however, there is usually only one type of plant. The flowers in Paris give the honey a special taste. But Parisian honey is quite expensive. One pound costs about USD 65.

Beekeepers in Paris face some small problems. For example, if there are too many hives in one area, the bees might not have enough food. So beekeepers must work together and spread out their hives. Another problem is bees in restaurants. One beekeeper had to take his hives away from the roof of a restaurant after his bees started drinking from the flowers indoors. However, technology can be used to check on the hives, with cameras and microphones.

Paris isn't the only city with beehives on its roofs these days. Berlin, Tokyo, London, Washington D.C., and San Francisco also have beehives. So, the next time you're in these cities, look around for some local honey.

1. What do we know about beekeeping in Paris?

A．It was popular in the late 1800s.	B．It is done on the roofs of buildings.
C．It has the same long history as Paris.	D．It was a course in Parisian ancient schools.

2. According to Paragraph 2, why do Parisian bees produce more honey than country bees?

A．There are more flowers in Paris.	B．Parisian bees are more able to stay alive.
C．Parisian bees are taken good care of.	D．More pesticides are used in Parisian parks.

3. What is the advantage of Parisian honey?

A．It is low in price.	B．It is good in color.
C．It is sticky and thick.	D．It is safe and good to eat.

4. What is one way beekeepers in Paris deal with their problems?

A．By spreading beehives reasonably.	B．By not putting flowers in restaurants.
C．B y controlling the total number of beehives.	D．By storing enough food for bees beforehand.