Today’s 14-and 15-year-olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their future, but their career ideas are rather unclear. A job for life is not in their vocabulary. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.
In the past, this might have counted as bad news. But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s hardworking and dependable workers. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and creative. This means that young people need training and guidance to help them develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared 20 years ago.
So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and paying more attention to traditional skills when the employment market is going in the opposite direction.
Accurate, latest information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counselors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to their dream career. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way.
What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that our parents gave us, and step into our teenager’s shoes. It is important for them to learn how to be independent and resourceful. Give them courage to follow their dreams—however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.
1. According to the survey, how are boys and girls different in career ideas?A.Male teenagers are more ambitious and optimistic. |
B.Dead-end but secure jobs are more popular with girls. |
C.Boys prefer to choose jobs based on their interest. |
D.Girl teenagers have clearer career ideas than boys. |
A.Inventive. | B.Hardworking. | C.Modest. | D.Reliable. |
A.Wasting is the main cause of terrible economy. |
B.Creativity should be valued most in the changing world. |
C.No one can be secure in such a terrible world. |
D.Wasting imagination leads to economic insecurity. |
A.To analyze teenagers’ ideas about the economic world. |
B.To explain how the world has changed the young. |
C.To encourage parents to help the young to be independent. |
D.To offer advice on how to prepare teenagers for careers. |
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【推荐1】To reduce the spread of the pandemic (流行病), Corona Virus, our product manager has announced businesses to start working from home. For those who are working from home, dealing with this situation can be challenging.
Create a work area. Your first challenge is to pick a corner in the home and create a work-space that is perfect for work from home.
Learn technologies. It is important to learn technology for smoother communication. You can make use of Google Hangouts, Slack or other video tools for messaging.
Ensure proper lighting is there.
A.Be organized |
B.Create a private area |
C.Here’s how you can master it |
D.Certain apps can help you to organize the day |
E.Find out the right furniture and ensure it is comfortable |
F.These tools can help you to communicate with your co workers effectively |
G.It is important to choose that corner of the home where there is proper lighting |
【推荐2】Barbara and I were having dinner with four friends of ours. As the evening progressed, one friend talked about his struggle with a sister, who, at the age of 30, often quarreled with him. That prompted another friend to share how his brother was overdependent on his 70-year-old mother. He explained that he didn't know how his brother would survive after his mother died. Another friend shared a situation with his 40-year-old sister who didn't have a job and was regularly financially rescued by them. A fourth friend complained about a sibling (兄弟姐妹) who at 35 couldn't make a basic decision and spent most of his time going to watch motor racing. By the time we finished dessert, I commented, "I wonder if this is just what occurs in most families?'
And then, as Barbara and I drove home, the thought struck me: the problem with families is that all of us come from one!
Adult sibling relationships in families are like the weather-stormy at times, unpredictable and disruptive (破坏的). You may have a distant relationship with a sister. Perhaps you and your brother are no longer in contact with each other. Whatever your situation, I'd like to offer a couple of thoughts that might help you weather the storm.
Everyone comes from a less than perfect family. So you are not alone in dealing with your family relationships. The question is this: how will we respond to a sibling who is not making wise choices?
First, stop trying to change your sibling. At some point, you may have to let him or her be who he or she is. Second, give up your "911" job in your sibling's life. If you have a tendency to take responsibility for his or her life by rescuing him or her, resign from that role. Third, ask for help from some friends. Gather a couple of wise friends and ask them to give you some guidance. Finally, if your sibling continues making unwise choices, a formal intervention by family members may be necessary.
1. The author mentions his friends' experiences in the first paragraph to.A.encourage people to make different friends |
B.introduce the topic of sibling relationships |
C.show that his friends all have a miserable life |
D.advise people to be close to friends and family |
A.They liked complaining to the author very much. |
B.They all had close relationships with their siblings. |
C.They were always dissatisfied with their personal life, |
D.They were all facing difficult situations with their siblings. |
A.Predict storms and bad weather. |
B.Find a safe place to hide from a storm. |
C.Gather a group of friends to get some guidance. |
D.Improve your relationships with your adult siblings. |
A.Take action to stop him. |
B.Leave him alone. |
C.Try to change him. |
D.Call "911” for help. |
【推荐3】HOW TO FIND WATER IN THE WILD
Getting lost in the wild is something that could happen to just anyone. The single most important thing you need to live is water. If you’re resourceful and know where to look, you can find or collect good drinking water in just about any environment on earth. Here are four top tips:
Find a muddy area
Dig a hole about a foot deep and one foot in diameter(直径) and wait. You may be surprised to find that the hole is soon filled with water, which will be muddy, but straining it through some cloth will clean it up, and it will get you by in the short term. It’s crucial to remember that any time you drink found water without purifying it, you’re taking a risk.
Look for plants
In a desert, look for where plants are growing, as they need water. Try to get up high and look downwards, as water is often found in low shaded areas.
Desalinate seawater
On an island you’re surrounded by undrinkable water. You can boil it and capture the steam in a cloth. When it’s soaking wet, you can wring out pure water.
Cut the ice
If you are in Arctic, eating snow doesn’t actually get you much water. And melting ice needs lots of fuel. One good way to get water is cutting through a frozen lake or river surface.
Warning: Beware of bad water
Never drink from water that has dead animals or animal remains in it. The water probably has lots of minerals in it and has become toxic. You have the same problem with seawater—it’s too salty to be healthy to drink. Sadly, birds and animals can sometimes drink water that’s unsafe for people, so you can’t ignore other clues if they’re drinking water that looks bad.
1. How do people get water in the muddy area?A.Capture the steam in a cloth. | B.Look for some plants. |
C.Dig a hole about a foot deep. | D.Cut through a frozen lake. |
A.How to store. | B.How to purify. | C.How to boil. | D.How to melt. |
A.living creatures | B.few minerals | C.salty elements | D.poisonous materials |
【推荐1】In Chinese cities, food deliverymen are often seen riding at full speed through busy traffic. They rushed from restaurants to different destinations, even under bad weather conditions.
The article The Food Deliverymen Are Trapped in the App pointed out that on food delivery service platforms, Eleme and Meituan, the time limit and the route for each delivery order is calculated by an algorithm(算法).But the algorithm doesn't consider real-life situations, such as red lights, speed limits and fully occupied elevators.
The time limit for a delivery order within 2 kilometers is 30 minutes, even shorter in recent years. Delay could mean a fine. So deliverymen rev up, often breaking traffic rules, putting their own lives at risk.
Many people asked the platforms to improve the regulations imposed(强加) on the deliverymen. In response to this demand, Eleme announced it would add a button to the app, which allowed customers to extend the time limits for their orders, and encouraged customers to show more respect for deliverymen. But some people felt that the company was staying away from the problem and changing people's attention. Some held the view that the company was putting the responsibility on the customers rather than solving the problem itself.
As to delivery delays, solutions are far from enough. As a matter of fact, when a delivery delay happens and the company can' t reach an agreement with the customer on the responsibility, the deliveryman is usually the final one responsible for the delay. The Shanghai Customer Council commented that it was unfair for the deliveryman to be the only side responsible for a delay and problems should be solved between the companies and their employees. Besides, market regulatory departments should stop companies from setting tight schedules for their deliverymen and keep them safe on the roads.
1. What does the underlined expression "rev up” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Run away. | B.Speed up. |
C.Wander around. | D.Slow down. |
A.The Customer Council. | B.The customer. |
C.The company. | D.The deliveryman. |
A.Set tight schedules for more orders. |
B.Solve the problems of delivery delays with the customers. |
C.Stop companies from setting tight schedules for their employees. |
D.Employ more deliverymen for the delivery companies. |
A.The customers' rights should be protected. |
B.Food delivery regulations need improvement. |
C.Food deliverymen take risks on their way. |
D.Delivery platforms earn more than before. |
【推荐2】The life of an actor appears attractive and many young people dream about becoming one. But the truth is, it is very hard work. If you're successful, there are deadlines to be met, appointments to keep and the press to deal with. If you're not successful, then life is extremely tough.
I remember when I started out, I had to search the advertisement board at my drama school every day to look for acting jobs. Drama school was expensive and I needed extra cash to help pay the fees. I welcomed every small job. I played extras in many crowd scenes and became a confident participant in a lot of TV commercials for hair shampoo, soap and washing powder.
I had been working for about two years before I got my lucky break. One day, as I was passing the drama school, I decided to go in to check the notice board. There was nothing on it and I was just leaving when the secretary came along the corridor with a piece of paper. She asked me how I was and I told her life was hard and work was difficult to find. The next moment, she put the paper in my hand and walked away. My hands were shaking as I unfolded the paper, full of expectation. To my surprise, it was an audition (试演) for a clown (小丑) for the Canadian circus. I couldn't stop myself from laughing. I had expected an audition with a famous director for a new film!
When I was at drama school, there had been a course in acrobatics and clown tricks. I had gained top marks in this course for originality and daring. Later I went to the audition feeling very strange. This was not what I'd had in mind when I enrolled in drama school. To my surprise, the job as a clown turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I loved every moment of getting dressed up and putting on the make-up. I had the opportunity to travel the world and I was more than an actor, I was an entertainer as well. I had visited over 32 different countries and entertained millions of people.
1. The first paragraph is about how ________ it is to be an actor, whether you're successful or not.A.easy | B.attractive | C.enjoyable | D.difficult |
A.to look for a job | B.to see the secretary |
C.to collect a piece of paper | D.to put a notice on the notice board |
A.Extremely frightened. | B.Feeling anxious and excited. |
C.Very worried | D.Trembling with fear. |
A.The Life of a TV Actor | B.Acrobatics and Clown Tricks |
C.More than an Actor | D.Going to Drama School |
【推荐3】For the past decade, Noutsady has been working with the Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA) and grown into an experienced and reliable staff member of its Laos' branch company.
Noutsady, born in 1986 in central Laos' hilly Hin Heup District, went to the capital Vientiane alone at the age of 21 to look for a job and go on with her study. In 2009, with sound knowledge of accounting and favorable English communication skills, she stood out from many applicants and became an employee of POWERCHINA's Lao Cement Industry Co., Lid. Noutsady showed her talent and ability soon in the accounting position, completing nearly 200 payments for more than 50 downstream carriers every month, timely and accurately.
Working and spending time together has brought Noutsady and her Chinese colleagues closer. "I feel great with POWERCHINA, and I will try to achieve the same like POWERCHINA to 'keep promises and make promises valuable' and start a new life here," Noutsady told reporters.
When talking about the cement products of the company, Noutsady is full of pride. "We are one of the earliest cement producers in Laos," she said. "From the many hydropower plants around the country to the broad 450th Anniversary Avenue in the capital and the splendid Lao National Convention Center, even many house buildings in my hometown, our cement is used."
In the last decade, the Lao lady has not only seen the development of the cement company, but also set up her own small family. Now, Noutsady lives with her daughter in a comfortable apartment provided by the company. At the end of 2019, she was honored as an outstanding foreign employee of POWERCHINA. "Another new decade has begun and I will value it even more, loving my daughter, loving my life and loving my POWERCHINA," said Noutsady.
1. What does Noutsady do in the company?A.An interpreter. | B.An accountant. | C.A salesperson. | D.A reporter, |
A.Worthwhile. | B.Competitive. | C.Challenging. | D.Unique. |
A.Many power plants have been built in Laos. | B.Laos has changed a lot in the past ten years. |
C.Noutsady is satisfied with her achievements. | D.Cement of POWERCHINA is popular in Laos. |
A.A Successful Lao Woman Living in China |
B.POWERCHINA's Significant Influence on Laos |
C.Valuable Memories of a Lao Lady Working in China |
D.Noutsady's 10-year Experience in a Chinese Company |
【推荐1】When Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th century American writer best known today for his horror stories, first introduced the world to his fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin, he hit on a winning formula.
Dupin was Sherlock Holmes before Sherlock Holmes, a genius detective who first appeared in the story of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. Though the roots of the detective story go as far back as Shakespeare, Poe's tales of rational crime-solving created a unique type. His stories mix crime with a detective narrative, inviting readers to try to solve the puzzle too.
The key figure in such a story, then, is the detective. Poe's detective, Dupin is a gentleman of leisure who keeps himself occupied by using “analysis” to help the real police solve crimes. The real police are, of course, absolutely incompetent, like Inspector Lestrade and Scotland Yard are to Holmes. Like Holmes, he smokes a pipe and is unnaturally smart and rational, a kind of superhero who uses powers of thinking to accomplish great tasks of crime-solving.
“The elements Poe invented, such as the socially-awkward genius detective, his 'ordinary' helper, the impossible crime, the incompetent police force, the locked room mystery, etc. , have become firmly fixed in most mystery novels of today,” says English professor Karen 'Tan.
Poe's formula appealed in the 19th century because detective stories promised that reasoning could hold the answer to every question. At the same time, with mysterious overtones, they appealed to 19th-century readers' addiction to the mystical.
The detective story, writes book critic William Mullins, was particularly appealing because it promised that “intellect will win out, the criminal will be caught by the rational detective, science will track down the evil-doer and allow honest people to sleep at night.” At the same time, MacIntyre writes. 19Ih-century anxieties about the Industrial Revolution and new ways of living supported the idea that evil was everywhere. These two instincts — “people's increasing faith in reason and mistrust of appearance”- are what made 19th century readers love detective stories, a love that endures today.
1. What do we learn about Poe's fictional detective stories?A.They created a new style of detective story telling. |
B.They eventually became Poe's most famous stories. |
C.The main character was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes. |
D.Dupin was the first detective to appear in a fictional story. |
A.His experience. | B.His determination. |
C.His fearlessness. | D.His intelligence |
A.They are both set in England. | B.They get readers to think and find. |
C.Both of the assistants are incompetent. | D.Both of their detectives are very sociable. |
A.Readers' growing interest in the mysterious plot. |
B.People’s concern about the increasing level of crime. |
C.The public's confidence in the power of rational thought. |
D.Economic insecurity resulting from the Industrial Revolution. |
【推荐2】For the first few months of 2021, Mars was crowded with new “visitors” from Earth. First, it was the UAE Space Agency’s Hope, followed by the Chinese Tianwen-1. The name comes from the long poem Tianwen, written by Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient China. In Tianwen, this name conveys China’s steady effort in pursuing truth and culture of exploring the universe.
The Tianwen-1 rover landing has orbiting, landing and roving (巡视) components—the first mission to include all three on its first attempt. Landing on Mars is extremely dangerous. It requires entering the atmosphere at very high speeds, then slowing down before landing. As to Tianwen-1, a heat shield (防热护罩) protected the spacecraft during the fiery (燃烧的) landing, after which the mission safely parachuted (使空降) down to the Utopia Planitia (乌托邦平原). The landing platform fired small, downward-facing rocket engines to slow down during the last few seconds.
China’s Mars rover, called Zhurong after an ancient Chinese fire god, sent back images of the surface of Mars captured by a camera on its front, which functions as an “eye” to detect barriers and get around them. The Utopia Planitia, where Tianwen-1 landed, has long been believed to contain vast amounts of water ice. Zhurong will first and foremost study Martian soil and atmosphere and search for signs of water ice, which suggests the existence of life.
Tianwen-1 is China’s first interplanetary (行星间的) mission. Meanwhile, China is working with Russia on a sample-return mission scheduled to launch in 2024. China is open and inclusive in the development of its space technology to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
1. Why was China’s “visitor” to Mars named Tianwen?A.To emphasize the value of exploring Mars. |
B.To arouse readers’ interest in reading classics. |
C.To illustrate the long history of writing poems. |
D.To show China’s constant struggle in space exploration. |
A.The heat shield on the spacecraft. |
B.The camera on the front of Zhurong. |
C.The flat landscape of the Utopia Planitia. |
D.The rocket engines above the landing platform. |
A.To build a shared future for mankind. |
B.To look for signs of life on the red planet. |
C.To push the boundaries of space exploration. |
D.To inform people of our achievements in space. |
A.China is the first country to land a rover on Mars. |
B.China is confident of the existence of life on Mars. |
C.Tianwen-1 proves joint efforts matter in space research. |
D.Tianwen-1 marks the start of China’s interplanetary exploration. |
【推荐3】Chinstrap penguins (帽带企鹅) in Antarctica have adapted to hard conditions by sleeping in a very unusual way.
Like other penguins,chinstrap penguins spend much of their time in the water,catching fish to eat. But when the time comes to raise their young, they return to land. Raising young penguins is a challenge. The eggs are often laid in “homes” made of small rocks to keep the eggs from the cold. One parent takes care of the home for long periods of time, while the other parent hunts for food. The parent must often keep a sharp lookout. Birds called brown skuas attack the eggs and young penguins of careless parents. Other penguins in these crowded areas may take stones from the home, putting the young in danger. But it’s hard to stay vigilant and protect a home 24 hours a day. Getting a good night’s sleep could be deadly for the young. How do chinstrap penguins solve the problem?
So a group of scientists began to study them. They recorded the birds on video.Eleven days of studying the penguins discovered that the tired parents were actually sleeping. They take thousands of tiny naps (小睡) each day. Each nap lasts only about 4seconds. By taking over 10,000 naps a day,the scientists say the penguins get a daily total of about 11 hours of sleep. They do it 24/7 for several weeks at a time. They can keep going and raise their young.
It’s not clear if the naps allow the penguins to actually feel rested, or if it’s just enough to allow them to keep going. The scientists don’t know yet if the penguins sleep this way at other times of the year, or only when they’re raising their young. They also don’t know if other kinds of penguins have similar sleeping habits.
1. What can be learnt about chinstrap penguins from paragraph 2?A.They live on land most of their time. |
B.They work together to raise the family. |
C.They are brown skuas’ natural enemies. |
D.They put their kids in the water for safety. |
A.Warm. | B.Careful. | C.Brave. | D.Hungry. |
A.They get tired easily even if they sleep well. |
B.They always go to sleep with their eyes open. |
C.They sleep for so long that it affects their health. |
D.They sleep often and have a short sleep each time. |
A.It’s doubtful. | B.It’s surprising. | C.It’s not complete. | D.It’s disappointing. |