Get up at 6 am, arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and accompany patients during consultations… In recent years, “patient escorts” has emerged as a new industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as “people who sell time”, 26-year-old Zhang Tian is one of them.
September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian. On this day, Zhang Tian saw a video about patient escorts on a short video platform. The daily routine of patient escorts shown in the video fascinated her and gradually inspired her to take this on as a business. She browsed through many platforms and read multiple information and found there indeed exists a certain demand for patient escorts, especially for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Since she had never engaged in this kind of work before, she spent two days in major hospitals in Wuhan, in order to familiarize herself with all the departments on different floors, as well as the processes of medical consultation and preparation for surgery.
After preliminary preparatory (预备的) work, Zhang Tian posted a video of myself-introduction on major social platforms, talking about the help and services a patient escort provides, as well as some tips for a quick and convenient medical consultation. At first, she was a little worried that her video would go unnoticed. However, after she uploaded the video, it got over 100 likes and she received her first ever offer as a patient escort.
The memory of her first task is still alive and fresh in her mind. She received a phone call on September 9 from a man whose father was seriously ill and might need surgery. He wanted Zhang Tian to accompany his father through his consultation and treatment.” Zhang Tian made full preparations before meeting her first client and did a very good job despite her nervousness.
“Later, the family expressed their gratitude to me over and over again, which warmed my heart and gave me a sense of achievement.” Zhang Tian said.
1. What do patient escorts do?| A．They assist doctors in hospitals. |
| B．They arrive at hospitals early to check in. |
| C．They take on this career to sell their time. |
| D．They help patients get treated in hospitals. |
| A．she enjoyed seeing an interesting video |
| B．she got inspiration for her own career |
| C．she found a demand for medical workers |
| D．she was well received on social platforms |
| A．She got familiar with the routine work in hospitals. |
| B．She spent two days in major hospitals to meet patients. |
| C．Her video on social platforms attracted her first client. |
| D．The man’s father was seriously ill and might need a surgery. |
| A．Hardworking and considerate. | B．Humorous and careful. |
| C．Ambitious and imaginative. | D．Talkative and positive. |
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【推荐1】Recently, I sat in a lecture hall with a couple of hundred final-year undergraduate students.
In the UK at least, the job market for today’s graduates seems good. The annual report by the Institute of Student Employers found that graduate recruitment could increase by 5% in 2023-24. Companies struggled to recruit in areas such as digital, engineering and finance.
There are a few reasons why people find it difficult to advance on the career ladder. One of them many people struggle is that career ladders are becoming smaller. As large organizations have slimmed down, so have the internal paths for promotion.
Another issue is that increasing numbers of people just aren’t interested in climbing the ladder. The recent iteration of the world values survey found millennials and generation Z placed less value on work than they used to. A decade ago, 41% of millennials thought work should come first while that number is 14% today.
| A．Despite this strong demand, each position was hotly contested. |
| B．Looking around, I thought about my own uncertainty at their age. |
| C．It seems many of us no longer see ourselves defined by our work. |
| D．Career setbacks such as unsuccessfully applying for a promotion are often painful. |
| E．Once today’s generation of graduates find a job, only some will find opportunities to advance. |
| F．This means careers have been replaced with jobs, and jobs have increasingly been replaced with tasks. |
| G．Like the students sitting in that lecture hall, many of us only see a small portion of the paths for carcer development life might offer. |
【推荐2】Choosing a major, which is the specialized area of your college study, can be overwhelming. But have no fear! Your choice of major will not lock you into a specific career for the rest of your life. And the major you choose will neither predict nor guarantee your future. Consider these factors when picking your major.
Career Prep
Choose a major because it will prepare you for a specific career path or advanced study. Maybe you already know that you want to be a nurse, a day trader, or a web developer. Before you declare, take a class or two in the relevant discipline, check out the syllabus for an advanced seminar, and talk to students in the department of your choice. Make sure you’re ready for the coursework required for the career of your dreams.
Earning Potential
Future earning potential is worth considering—college is a big investment, and while college can pay you back in many ways beyond salary, this can be a major factor for students who are paying their own way or taking out loans. According to PayScale.com, the majors that lead to the highest salaries include just about any type of engineering, actuarial mathematics, computer science, physics, government, and economics. Keep your quality of life in mind, too—that six figure salary may not be worth it if you're not happy at the office.
Subjects You Love
Some students choose a major simply because they love the subject matter. If you love what you're studying, you're more likely to fully engage with your classes and college experience, and that can mean better grades and great relationships with others in your field. If your calling is philosophy, don't write it off just because you're not sure about graduate school, or what the job market holds for philosophers. Many liberal arts majors provide students with critical thinking skills and writing abilities that are highly valued by employers.
Undecided? Explore your interests.
If you truly have no idea what you want to study, that's okay—many schools don't require students to declare a major until you are a second-year student. That gives you four semesters to play the field. Exploring your interests will help you find your best fit major—and maybe even your ideal career.
1. You don’t need to feel fearful when choosing your major because ______.| A．your major has completely nothing to do with your future |
| B．you are not limited to only one particular career for your whole life |
| C．changing career fields are unavoidable in your life |
| D．you only spend a little time on whatever subject you choose |
| A．field | B．rule |
| C．theory | D．knowledge |
| A．Your college investment will be all given back to you in the form of high salary. |
| B．Future career earning is viewed as the top concern for most college students. |
| C．High salary will not be worthwhile at the cost of your unhappy office work. |
| D．If you choose engineering-related majors, you are sure to earn high salary. |
| A．You are advised to choose liberal arts majors for what are provided. |
| B．Worse grades result from poor relationships with others in college. |
| C．Employers like liberal arts majors more than science majors in job market. |
| D．Some students don’t necessarily need to decide their choices of majors upon entering college. |
| A．Why is it difficult to choose a major. | B．What influences your choice of a major. |
| C．How can a major affect your career. | D．When should you decide your major. |
【推荐3】For most of her life, Suanne Laqueur’s passion for storytelling was shown on the dance floor.
Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother’s dance studio in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, for years. But when her mother was ready to retire and an opportunity opened for Laqueur to take over the studio, she realized she had no interest in taking on the business side of her art: “Owning a studio is a lot of work—financially, logistically. I love the teaching, the choreographing (编舞), the staging, but I didn’t want to own it.”
Yet Laqueur’s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a self-published author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue self-publishing as a way of sharing her first completed novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose.
Starting with her second self-published novel, she began investing more time in marketing and building her audience. Her investment paid off. Since 2014, Laqueur, now 49, has self-published six novels, which collectively have hundreds of ratings and reviews on Goodreads. Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer’s Digest's Self-Published Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize.
“You have to write the most truthful story to you, and I think self-publishing allows that freedom,” she says. “If you work with traditional publishing, it’s more about what’s marketable. There are trade-offs, which everyone will tell you, but by self-publishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I’m cool with that.”
1. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that Laqueur________.| A．wanted to own a publishing house | B．didn’t like teaching dancing in fact |
| C．was a part-time writer when she was young | D．was interested in running her mother’s studio |
| A．Her mother’s persuasion. | B．Self-publishing her novels. |
| C．The desire to make money. | D．Her own passion toward art. |
| A．became a failure | B．was shown to people |
| C．got people’s attention | D．was accidentally stolen |
| A．She enjoys the way of self-publishing. | B．She will never use traditional publishing. |
| C．Traditional publishing only focuses on the market. | D．Self-publishing will replace traditional publishing. |
With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
As I was searching for “angel money”, I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology “guy” in-house.
Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.
We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.
Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no guarantees of success.
She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms had been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope. Inside was a check for $ 500,000.
I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.
“I have confidence in your plan,” she said. “You' 11 do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it' s satisfying when you build your own company.”
Who would have thought I'd find an angel so close to home? There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed.
1. For a newly-established business, bum rate refers to___________.
| A．the salary it pays to its staff |
| B．the interest it pays to the bank |
| C．the way in which it raises capital |
| D．the speed at which it spends money |
| A．the money borrowed from banks |
| B．the money spent to promote sales |
| C．the money raised from close friends |
| D．the money needed to start a business |
| A．put up with unfair terms | B．change your business line |
| C．enlarge your business scope | D．let them operate your business |
| A．they were underpaid at their previous jobs |
| B．they were turned down by other companies |
| C．they were confident of the author and his business |
| D．they were satisfied with the salaries in his company |
| A．she wanted to join his company |
| B．she knew he would build a team |
| C．she knew his plan would succeed |
| D．she wanted to help promote his sales |
【推荐2】World War II had started, and British ships were always watching for German submarines called U-boats. The ship Ben Lomond had left Cape Town, South Africa, with a crew of 55, including a young officer named Poon Lim. On November 23, 1942, Ben Lomond was attacked by a U-boat. Within minutes the ship was sinking. Poon Lim grabbed a life jacket and leaped over the side. He swam rapidly away from the ship in case it exploded. Sure enough, it let out a large boom and sank beneath the waves.
Poon Lim struggled in the water for two hours. Then he saw an empty raft (筏), swam to it, and climbed aboard. He found a few cans of crackers, a water jug, some flares, and a flashlight, which could be enough supplies for about a month. Day after day Poon Lim had his few crackers and a couple of sips of water. He searched the horizon for ships. Twice he leaped up to shout and wave when he saw help coming. Once he saw a freight ship. It passed him. At a later time, he saw a United States Navy plane. It flew low over the raft but then disappeared. Still later a U-boat spotted him but for some reason left him alone. Poon Lim knew he needed to stay strong. He couldn’t get much exercise on an eight-foot-square raft, but he could swim circling the raft, a couple of times a day. Soon his food and water ran low. He knew that drinking seawater would make him sick, so he tore off the canvas cover on his life jacket and set it out to catch rainwater. Then he took apart the flashlight and used a wire inside to make a fishhook.
For months Poon Lim drifted, catching fish and sometimes birds. One time he even caught a shark. Finally, after 133 days, he saw a boat. Three sailors in a small sailboat picked him up and took him to Belém, a city on the coast of Brazil. Poon Lim had crossed the Atlantic Ocean. No one ever had survived longer on a raft at sea. Poon Lim received many honors, including Britain’s highest award. A booklet of his survival methods was put into every British life raft. But when Poon was interviewed, he said “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”
1. Why did Poon Lim choose to abandon Ben Lomond?| A．Because he grabbed a life jacket. | B．Because he worried it would explode. |
| C．Because it had gone beneath the water. | D．Because it was attacked by a British ship. |
| A．The raft with enough supplies. | B．The U-boat that left him alone. |
| C．His failure in getting others’ help. | D．His difficulty in swimming to the coast. |
a. Poon received many honors. b. Poon was short of food and water.
c. Poon managed to go on board a raft. d. Poon was picked up and taken to Belém.
e. Poon swam helplessly in a life jacket for hours.
| A．ecbda | B．ebcad | C．cbeda | D．cedab |
| A．A British Hero Poon Lim | B．A Booklet of Survival Methods |
| C．Survival on a Raft at Sea | D．Journey Across the Atlantic Ocean |
【推荐3】Scott Edwards stopped his cross-country bike trip when he found a red-headed woodpecker (啄木鸟). “I got my first good look today,” he says. He was phoning from his tent in Illinois later that night. “I hadn’t seen the red head until today, so I was very excited.”
Edwards is a bird researcher at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Over this past summer, he rode across the United States. In some degree, he did it to see the country. But he also used the trip to do some serious bird-watching. That’s something he’s been doing for more than 40 years.
When he was growing up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City, there were lots of trees, he recalls (回想). When he was nine or ten, a neighbor took him bird-watching. Edwards has been doing it ever since. But finding those birds is getting more difficult. “The numbers of birds are dying down,” he says. And Edwards is hardly the only one to notice it. Scientists around the world have been finding the same thing.
A 2018 study by Bird Life International found that birds around the world are in trouble. There are about 11,000 species of birds. Four in every ten species of them are decreasing in number. That’s true for all kinds of birds living in all types of habitats (栖息地). Only a few members of these species remain in the wild. And even common birds are less common than they were just 50 years ago. What’s worse, that’s now true almost everywhere.
1. Why did Scott Edwards feel excited?| A．He found a good way to set up his tent. | B．He took a bike trip alone successfully. |
| C．He became good-looking during travel. | D．He saw a special bird for the first time. |
| A．Doing bird-watching. | B．Studying at Harvard University. |
| C．Biking around the world. | D．Looking for red-headed woodpeckers. |
| A．Birds are decreasing in number. | B．Birds remain in the wild. |
| C．Birds are easy to find. | D．Species of birds are increasing. |
| A．Health. | B．Medicine. | C．Environment. | D．Travel. |
【推荐1】Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family.When she was young, she took lessons in music and drawing,and read great books.She also travelled a great deal with her mother and father.
As a child, she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure.She enjoyed helping them.
At last, her mind was made up.“I'm going to be a nurse,” she decided.
“Nursing isn't the right work for a lady,” her father told her.
“Then I will make it so,” she smiled.And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for women.
During the Crimean War in 1854, she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospital.What they saw there was terrible.Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled.The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital,either. But the brave nurses went to work.
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes,beds,medicines and food for the men.Her only pay was the smiles from the lips of dying soldiers.But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
After war,she returned to England and was honoured for her service by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun.She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London.She also wrote a book on public health,which was printed in several countries.
Florence Nightingale passed away at the age of ninety,still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse.Indeed,it is because of her that we honour nurses today.
1. During the Crimean War in 1854，Florence served in the front hospital where _________．| A．she earned a lot of money |
| B．work was very difficult |
| C．few soldiers died because of her work |
| D．she didn't have enough food and clothes |
| A．Because she built the Nightingale Home for Nurses. |
| B．Because of her old age. |
| C．Because she worked as a nurse all her life. |
| D．Because she did a great deal of work during the Crimean War. |
| A．the life story of a famous woman |
| B．a description of the nursing work |
| C．an example of successful education |
| D．the history of nursing in England |
| A．wrote a book on public health |
| B．knew what her duty in life was |
| C．loved to help the sick people |
| D．was most interested in music and drawing |
【推荐2】US first lady Michelle Obama is among the world’s 100 most powerful women on a list topped by German premier Angela Merkel for four years in a row, according to a Forbes ranking released recently.
Michelle Obama debuted (初次露面) at No.40, coming in ahead of talk show host Oprah Winfrey at 41 and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at 42.
Sheila Bair, chair of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, which insures bank deposits, remained NO.2 after debuting on the Forbes list last year. She has gained increased fame as the US recession (经济衰退) lasts.
The list is based on factors such as economic impact, media reach and career accomplishments. Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice fell off the list after leaving office in January. Rice’s successor (继任者), Hillary Clinton, came in at NO.36, dropping from No.28 last year when her presidential bid made her the woman with the highest public profile on the list.
“Women in power are rising to leadership positions in business, government and philanthropy (慈善) by making daring and unconventional moves,” Forbes said.“Gone are the days of women feeling they must stick with one employer and patiently wait for promotions.”
“Highly ambitious women...are moving across companies and industries, making big leaps with each change, and repositioning themselves for opportunities that allow them to gain a breadth of experience,” the business magazine said.
Merkel, 55, became the first female premier of Germany in 2005 and succeeded in retaining (保留) power in a federal election not long ago.
Michelle Obama, 45, has won fans for her down-to-earth personality, her support of causes including healthy eating and the arts.
1. Condoleezza Rice is not included on the list probably because_______________ .| A．she exercises less influence |
| B．she keeps her new job a secret |
| C．she has become an ordinary woman |
| D．she is silent after leaving office |
| A．she was the former first lady |
| B．she was running for president then |
| C．she frequently appeared in public |
| D．she got support from her husband |
| A．change their jobs more frequently |
| B．are better political leaders than men |
| C．are not content with being housewives |
| D．have changed their traditional concept |
| A．The most powerful women in the world |
| B．Women in power are rising to leadership postitions |
| C．Forbes: Germany’s Merkel again most powerful woman |
| D．Forbes: The rise and fall of the women in power |
【推荐3】While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the new CCTV tower and the National center for the Performing Arts, many excellent Chinese architects are making great efforts to take the center stage.
Before Wang's international recognition, many people thought most buildings with brilliant designs were completed by foreign companies and the Chinese people were only responsible for the construction work.
Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China A cadcmy of Art (CAA). His office is located at the Xiangshan campus of the university in Hangzhou. The campus, with an astonishing group of buildings in both number and scale, is just one of his masterpieces (杰作).
The unique style of the campus makes it different from most Chinese universities.
Wang's works well explain modern architecture and show a good knowledge of traditions. Through such a balance, he had created a new type of Chinese architecture, said Tadao An do, a Japanese architect and the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.
| A．Saving mat c ri a ls is a virtue. |
| B．Their efforts have been proven fruitful. |
| C．Many buildings on the campus were his original c re at ions. |
| D．Today, Wang 's success proven the capability of Chinese architects. |
| E．Many architects think lacking a good idea made their job imperfect. |
| F．An do said Wang 's creation should be recognized by the whole world. |
| G．their buildings imitate ancient architectures while it has strong modern charm. |
