【推荐1】Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”    1    .

There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time.     2    . He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad (少年) offered to take his place.     3    .

    4    . If the lad had gone home to ponder (考虑) his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs (美差). When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.     5    . And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B．People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.

C．it’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E．But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults.

F．He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G．It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

【推荐3】Summer is all about sun, fun and beach parties. It’s a time when you have an opportunity to relax and forget about school. Summer is also a great season to start looking for your dream job.     1    

Discover your skills and talents. Many people look for a job without knowing what talents they have and what skills they can offer their employers. If you don’t know what skills you can offer your possible employer yet, try to discover them.     2     Even if you don’t have a lot of experience, when you are sure you can do something pretty well, don’t underestimate (低估) yourself.

Use your connections.     3     Whatever your connections are, consider them when you are looking for your summer job. This way, you can find your job faster and be sure that you’ll get your paycheck on time. If you don’t have any connections, don’t worry. I got my job without them, though it was a bit more difficult.

    4     When writing your resume (简历), make sure it’s not too long. One or two pages will be enough to provide information an employer will want to know about you. Don’t lie about your skills. Adding in a degree you never completed or a skill you know you won’t be able to get in a week is a certain way to fail.

Be friendly.     5     A positive attitude is the key to success. When you look friendly and you are actually friendly, the others notice that. Most employers say that it’s always better to hire a positive beginner than a negative professional. When going to a job interview, forget all your problems and focus on the positive things to make a good first impression.

A．Keep it short.

B．Be confident.

C．It’s the easiest way to give others a positive impression.

D．Negative attitudes will help you land a good job.

E．Nowadays most people have landed their jobs thanks to their connections.

F．Here are some tips on how to find the best summer job.

G．Think about your advantages that can increase the chance of getting your dream job.

【推荐1】World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swami Nathan said Monday that the aim of herd immunity (群体免疫) to COVID-19 would not be achieved in 2021, despite the growing production of vaccines (疫苗).

Factors that slow down the process of herd immunity include limited access to vaccines in developing countries, skepticism(质疑) over vaccination, and the possibility of virus mutations(突变), according to health experts.

A growing number of countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany and other European Union countries, are in the first stages of mass-vaccination campaigns (战役).

Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a population have immunity to an infection(感染) so that it prevents the disease from spreading.

“We are not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021,” Swami Nathan said, while emphasizing that measures like physical distancing, hand washing and mask wearing continue to be necessary in containing COVID-19ˈs spread for the rest of the year.

However, Swami Nathan praised the “remarkable progress” made by vaccine researchers to develop several safe and effective vaccines at fast speed. Countries are currently using vaccines developed by BioNTech-Pfizer, Oxford University/AstraZeneca and Moderna.

“The vaccines are going to come,” she said. “They are going to go to all countries ... but meanwhile we mustnˈt forget that there are measures that work,” she added, referring to hygiene(卫生) and social distancing.

“We wonˈt get back to normal quickly,” Dale Fisher, chairman of the WHOˈs Outbreak Alert and Response Network, told a conference hosted by Reuters news agency. “We know we need to get to herd immunity and we need that in a majority of countries, so we are not going to see that in 2021,” Fisher said. “There might be some countries that might achieve it but even then that will not create ‘normalˈ especially due to border controls,” he added.

1. Which is NOT the factor that prevent herd immunity?

A．Doubt about vaccines.

B．The possible mutations of virus.

C．The growing availability of vaccines.

D．Way to vaccines in developing countries.

2. As for the first stages of mass-vaccination campaigns, which country is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Vietnam	B．Germany
C．Singapore	D．France

3. What is the attitude of Swami Nathan to the progress of vaccine?

A．Negative	B．Indifferent
C．Neutral	D．Positive

4. What can we learn from what Fisher said?

A．Due to good border controls, we can achieve herd immunity.

B．There may be a long way to get to herd immunity all over the world.

C．If some countries might achieve herd immunity, people will live a ‘normalˈ life.

D．In many countries in 2021, people will live a ‘normalˈ life in terms of border controls.

【推荐2】Handwriting is quickly becoming a dying art. Few businesses can run nowadays without computers.     1     Researchers from Princeton University conducted a study to demonstrate the differences between students who wrote out their notes and those who typed notes on a lecture.     2     Participants were tested on the material 30 minutes after the lecture and again a week later. And handwriting emerged as the champion.

    3     The typers had a significant edge when it came to note-taking efficiency. The typers could copy down significantly many more words than the writers, sometimes even transcribing the contents of the lecture word-for-word.

But while more of the lecture's content was retained (保留) on paper when typing, it wasn’t necessarily retained in participants’ heads.     4     On the test 30 minutes after the lecture, typers and writers did more or less equally well on questions about the basic facts of the lecture, but typers fell behind when it came to more conceptual questions.

As for the later quiz, the results were similar. Students with handwritten notes were able to remember and still understand the concepts of the lecture after a week had passed. These participants were also more open to understanding new ideas.     5    

A．The tests that the participants took proved this.

B．The efficiency of handwriting might best benefit you.

C．That’s not to say that typing doesn't have its benefits.

D．In this study, the laptops were only used to take notes.

E．Generally speaking, typing also has its own disadvantages.

F．But what are we losing as handwriting loses its significance in society?

G．Clearly, writing by hand is one of the things that can make you smarter.

【推荐3】University educators largely think highly of the wonders of teaching through technology, but experts question whether something is lost when professors and lecturers rely too heavily on electronic media or when interaction with students takes place remotely — in cyberspace rather than the real space of the classroom. Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, the Professor of Literature at Stanford University, is one such expert. “I think this enthusiastic and sometimes childish and blind pushing toward the more technology the better, the more websites the better teacher, and so forth, is very dangerous — is, indeed, self-destructive,” he indicates.

However, Gumbrecht warns that there are few, if any, studies either supporting or disapproving the assumption that traditional ways of teaching are superior to teaching via the Internet. He says that he could point only to his “insight that real classroom presence should be kept,” and emphasizes the need for educators to examine critically where technology serves a useful pedagogical (教学法的) function and where it does not.

Yet, Gumbrecht allows that, for courses in which knowledge transmission (传递) is the sole purpose, electronic media probably can do the job well enough. Indeed, given the 20th century’s knowledge explosion and the increasing costs of higher education, using technology as opposed to real-life teachers for the transmission of information is probably unavoidable, he admits. In any case, knowledge transmission should not be the core function of the university he maintains, noting that universities should be places where people deal with open questions, places for ‘‘intellectual complexity” and “riskfill thinking”.

“We are not about finding or transmitting solutions; we are not about recipes; we are not about making intellectual life easy. Challenges with complexity are what expands your mind. It is something like intellectual gymnastics. And this is what makes you a suitable member of the society.”

Moreover, discussions in the physical presence of others can lead to the intellectual innovation. There’s a qualitative change, and you don’t know how it happens. Discussions in the physical presence have the power of being the catalyst (催化齐) for such intellectual breakthroughs. The possibility of in-classroom teaching — of letting something happen which cannot happen if you teach by the transmission of information — is a strength.

1. What is Professor Gumbrecht’s major concern about teaching?

A．The systems of teaching through technology.

B．Students’ overdependence on electronic media.

C．The trend towards the more technology the better.

D．Experts’ questions on remote interaction with students.

2. Professor Gumbercht might agree that university education should ________.

A．replace the real-life teachers for the increasing costs

B．facilitate solution transmission for the knowledge explosion

C．prepare students for a well-rounded life for society

D．help students establish core values

3. According to the passage, discussion in the physical presence of others can________.

A．reduce the intellectual complexity

B．be the catalyst for the qualitative changes

C．lead to swifter and stronger information transmission

D．combine traditional teaching ways well with technology

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

A．Cyberspace Interaction

B．Traditional Teaching Has Its Place

C．The Core Function Of The University

D．Information Transmission Cannot Help You Survive