For nearly a decade now, Merebeth has been a self-employed pet transport specialist. Her pet transport job was born of the financial crisis(危机)in the late 2000s. The downturn hit the real estate(房地产)firm where she had worked for ten years as an office manager.The firm went broke and left her looking for a new job. One day,while driving near her home, she saw a dog wandering on the road, clearly lost. She took it home, and her sister in Denver agreed to take it. This was a loving home for sure, but 1,600 miles away. It didn’t take long for Merebeth to decide to drive the dog there herself. It was her first road trip to her new job.
Merebeth’s pet delivery service satisfies her wanderlust. It has taken her to every state in the US except Montana,Washington and Oregon, she says proudly. If she wants to visit a new place, she will simply find a pet with transport needs there. She travels in all weathers. She has driven through 55 mph winds in Wyoming , heavy flooding and storms in Alabama and total whiteout conditions in Kansas.
This wanderlust is inherited from her father, she says.He moved their family from Canada to California when she was one year old, because he wanted them to explore a new place together. As soon as she graduated from high school, she left home to live on Catalina Island off the Californian coast, away from her parents,where she enjoyed a life of sailing and off-road biking.
It turns out that pet transporting pays quite well at about $30,000 per year before tax. She doesn’t work in summer, as it would be unpleasantly hot for the animals in the car, even with air conditioning. As autumn comes, she gets restless the same old wanderlust returning. It’s a call she must handle alone, though.Merebeth says, “When I'm on the road, I’m just in my own world. I’ve always been independent-spirited and I just feel strongly that I must help animals.”
The word “wanderlust”in paragraph 2 means a desire to___?
A.make money. | B.try various jobs. |
C.be close to nature. | D.travel to different places. |
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What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggest?A.A world without teachers will be unimaginable. |
B.The future of teachers’ work appears inspiring. |
C.Teaching is quite different from other jobs. |
D.Many people attach more importance to teaching |
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David plans to create affordable prosthetics for people who need them, saying, “I would try to give them a prosthetic, even if it’s for free, to make them feel like a normal person.”
1. How did David feel when standing in front of other kids?A.Anxious. | B.Natural. | C.Confident. | D.Frightened. |
A.To be an expert in building LEGO. | B.To become rich by selling prosthetic arms. |
C.To offer disabled people cheaper prosthetics. | D.To start a company hiring more disabled people. |
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What do the underlined words “the offender” in Paragraph 8 refer to?
A.The students’parent. |
B.The maker of the Grandma' Box. |
C.The author’s grandchild. |
D.The owner of the forbidden fruit. |
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That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
According to the author, the woman was probably________.
A.enjoying herself | B.losing her patience |
C.waiting for the sunset | D.thinking about her past |
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The meaning of “panicked” in Paragraph 2 is related to ___________ .
A.shame | B.hate |
C.anger | D.fear |
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What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Difference. | B.Conflict. |
C.Balance. | D.Connection. |
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