【推荐1】Wanted，Someone for a Kiss
We’re looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM．You’ll work on the station’s music programs．Music production experience in radio is necessary，along with rich knowledge of modern dance music．Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies，Kiss 100．
Father Christmas
We’re looking for a very special person，preferably over 40，to fill our Father Christmas suit．
Working days：Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays，10∶ 30 －16∶ 00．
Excellent pay．
Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Centre，Station Parade，Eastbourne．
Accountants Assistant
When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit，you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division，dealing with post and other general duties．If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you．This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience．
Wealden District Council
Software Trainer
If you are aged 24—45 and have experience in teaching and training，you could be the person we are looking for．You should be good at the computer and have some experience in program writing．You will be allowed to make your own decisions，and to design courses as well as present them．Pay upwards of ￡15，000 for the right person．Please apply by sending your CV （简历）to Mrs．R．Oglivie，Palmlace Limited．
1. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?

A．Wealden District Council．	B．Producer Vacancies，Kiss 100．
C．The Enterprise Shopping Centre．	D．Mrs Oglivie，Palmlace Limited．

2. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who              ．

A．is aged between 24 and 40	B．may do some training work
C．should deal with general duties	D．can work for about a month

3. Which position is open to recent school graduates?

A．Accountants Assistant．	B．Father Christmas．
C．Producer，London Kiss．	D．Software Trainer．

4. What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?

A．One with GCSE grade C level．

B．One having good computer knowledge.

C．One with some office experience．

D．One trained in producing music programs．

【推荐2】The factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems.     1     Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isn’t strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year.     2     Young people entering the workforce are often the most vulnerable（易受伤害的）in economic downturns — new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire.

    3     In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers only short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training.

Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional route to success — education — isn’t paying off as much as in the past.     4     They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UK’s Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier.     5     Typical is Cairo’s Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory（义务的）year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he works as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. “This was my last choice,” he says, “and this is the job that I got.”

A．Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers.

B．More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level.

C．They started applying for any positions they could find in other countries.

D．In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates.

E．Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world.

F．Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts.

G．In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.

【推荐3】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Yold

The year 2020 marks the beginning of the decade of the yold, or the “young old”, as the Japanese call people aged between 65 and 75. By continuing to work and staying socially engaged, the boomers, in their new appearance as the young old, will change the world.

The yold are more numerous, healthier and wealthier than previous generations of seniors.

    1    Of the 3.7 years of increased life expectancy in rich countries between 2000 and 2015, says the WHO, 3.2 years were enjoyed in good health. Working is one of the factors that are helping people stay healthy longer. A German study found that people who remain at work after the normal retirement age manage to slow the cognitive (认知的) decline. The yold are also better off, while the wealth of all other age groups declined.

The yold are challenging the traditional expectations of the retired in many aspects. They won’t wear indoor shoes and look after the grandchildren.     2    They also spend much more, when taking a foreign holiday, than younger adults, so they are vital to the tourism industry. And, because of the importance of pensions, the yold are transforming insurance companies from passive distributors of fixed annuities(年金) to financial service providers for customers who want to manage their pension pots more actively.

    3     Societies should be better off because public spending on health and pensions should be lower than expected, as people work longer and need less medical care.

Today, some big things will have to change, under pressure from the yold themselves. The most important is public attitudes towards older people and in particular the expectation that 60-somethings ought to quietly retire into the background.     4    The yold will demand that companies become more age-friendly and, in the process, help change attitudes towards aging itself.

A．Healthy yold people will require great changes in health spending.

B．They become one of the fastest growing groups for airline businesses.

C．The rise of the yold will definitely be a blessing to both culture and economy.

D．Health worsens with age, but the yold are resisting the decline better than most.

E．Many companies treat older workers unfairly by offering training only to younger ones.

F．Bosses may think productivity falls with age, but studies in Germany suggest things different.

【推荐1】The best feeling about going back to school is seeing all your friends.     1     . But going to a new school can be pretty challenging. You have to start from scratch (从头开始). Here are tips that will work for you.

●Do not be scared.

    2     . Remember that each student has gone through the same process. Try to look at the positive side of joining a new school. Your new school can have the best team and the competitive drama program. Try and focus on things that make you want to go to that school. You will not have any reason to be scared.

●Know your surroundings.

It is good to be familiar with the new environment. It is advisable to know where the different rooms are located. It will help you take less time to go to your lesson and settle down before the teacher arrives. Knowing the surroundings will give you confidence because you will not have to ask around.     3     .

●Be yourself.

Do not try to change the person you are because of the new environment. Many people have gone through that road. Do not do that just to fit into a group of students.     4     . It is for people to love you the way you are. You are perfect the way you are. You have no single reason for changing yourself.

●     5    

The worst part about moving to a new school is making friends. There is a possibility that you know some students from your new school. You can try and communicate with the people you know first. They will introduce you to other people and that is how you will make new friends. Don’t be alone. Go to the people you know and hang out.

A．Connect with people

B．Stay away from people

C．In the end, it will not be worth it

D．It is not unhealthy to be scared on your first day of school

E．You get the chance to tell each other your holiday experiences

F．Often the funniest part of change is not knowing what it looks like

G．It will also make you feel better and ready for anything that comes your way

【推荐3】I don’t realize that I’ve been at college for nearly one and half year until now. Looking back into the last year, what shall I say? It consisted of both happiness and sadness. Life always goes like this, up and down, as is so exciting. Now when I recall the past, no matter how I felt at that time, they are all treasures for me.

That was the moon festival last year, which was also the first time we went out after we entered the college. It was said that the sea in Dalian was well-known and was also a wonderful place to watch the moon. After getting all the food and drinking ready, we four girls set off for the seaside. There were many people and we picked up a less crowded beach. At first, we enjoyed ourselves by drinking and eating. When the moon turned brighter, we played with the seawater. As a result, we were all drenched with water. Bathing in the moonlight, we ran and laughed. We seemed to land on another world, where was full of fresh air, laughter and love. The laughter is still echoing (回响) on my mind so far.

Life doesn’t stay the same, occasionally having a particular taste. That is sadness. What impressed me deeply is a failure in a singing competition. It was the first time I had given a performance on such a large stage in front of so many people. I was so nervous that the whole song was performed out of tune. As you could imagine, I was greeted with boos from the audience. I still remembered how dismal I felt that moment and I sat alone crying at the seaside. After that, I talked to mother about it. She told me that it was not a failure; at least, I was brave enough to show myself publicly.

Everything has passed. I’ve stored them at the bottom of my heart. I am in the second grade already. Yet much needs me to challenge. On the way, there’s both happiness and distress. However, I will go ahead just all the same.

1. The underlined word “drenched” in the second paragraph has a similar meaning with _______.

A．dried

B．wet

C．frozen

D．washed away

2. Life, according to the author, is _______.

A．full of happiness

B．filled with sadness

C．made up of laughter and tears

D．not worth living

3. Which of the following shows the author’s attitude towards future?

A．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B．Do wrong once and you’ll never hear the end of it.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Time and tide wait for no man.

【推荐1】Last week, at a construction site near Austin, Texas, workers heard the cries of a puppy（小狗）. They went around the construction site trying to figure out where these cries were coming from. They figured the puppy was trapped somewhere. Then they realized it was actually coming from the sky. High above their heads, a puppy was flying through the air-in the claws of a hawk（鹰）. At that very moment, the bird suddenly let go and the tiny screaming puppy-no older than 6 weeks old-fell to them.

Aside from a few minor. wounds on his head, the puppy was surprisingly unhurt. The workers quickly brought him to a medical clinic, and from there, the puppy found his way into the care of the Austin Animal Center. "We don’t know where he came, from-whether he was born as a stray（流浪狗）or whether he was in a home and got out, ” Olohan, communications director for the Austin Animal Center, explains.

The paratrooper got a new name that came naturally: He would be called Tony Hawk. Considering his tininess-not much bigger than a mouse-Tony Hawk probably seemed like a good idea to a hungry hawk. Tony Hawk’s fears calmed down soon after he found himself on the ground, mostly because he found a foster home to ease him into his new life. In a month or so, he will be looking for a forever home.

Olohan thinks he won’t wait long. "We’ ve had plenty of interest, tons of applications for him,"she says. "He’s certainly not going to have a problem finding a home. "So a tiny puppy without a past found himself free from the claws-thanks to the warm, caring hands that will help him shape a brand-new future.

1. What happened to the little puppy?

A．He fell from a building.	B．He was caught by a hawk.
C．He was trapped somewhere.	D．He was seriously wounded. .

2. What did the construction workers do to help the puppy?

A．They took him to medical care.	B．They found a foster home for him.
C．They protected him from bird attack.	D．They got some information about his past.

3. What did “the paratrooper “in paragraph 3 refer to ?

A．A stray.

B．A mouse.

C．The hawk.

D．The puppy.

4. What can we infer about Tony Hawk?

A．He is very fierce.	B．He will be adopted soon.
C．He has adapted to new life.	D．He faces a lot of problems.

【推荐3】They asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. With little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday, calculated the precise track that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969 and, after Neil Armstrong’s history—making moonwalk, let it return to Earth.

Yet throughout Mrs. Johnson’s 33 years in NASA and for decades afterwards, almost no one knew her name.

Mrs. Johnson was one of several hundred strictly educated, supremely capable yet largely unrecognized women who, well before the modern feminist movement, worked as NASA mathematicians. But it was not only her sex that kept her long unsung. For some years at midcentury, the black women were subjected to a double segregation (隔离)：They were kept separate from the much large group of white women who in turn were segregated from the agency’s male mathematicians and engineers.

Mrs. Johnson broke barriers at NASA. In old age, Mrs. Johnson became the most celebrated of black women who served as mathematicians for the space agency. Their story was told in the 2016 Hollywood film Hidden Figures, which was nominated for three Oscars, including best picture.

In 2017, NASA dedicated a building in her honor. That year, The Washington Post described her as “the most high- profile of the computers”—“computers” being the term originally used to describe Mrs. Johnson and her colleagues, much as “typewriters” were used in the 19th century to represent professional typists.

She “helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space,” NASA’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said in a statement on Monday, “even as she made huge steps that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space.”

As Mrs. Johnson herself was fond of saying, her term at Langley—from 1953 until her retirement in 1986—was “a time when computers wore skirts.”

1. What is the function of the first paragraph?

A．To present the Apollo moon mission.	B．To stress Mrs. Johnson’s contributions
C．To honour Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk.	D．To mourn a great woman—Mrs. Johnson.

2. Which of the following was the toughest thing Mrs. Johnson had to overcome?

A．The difference between male and females in this field.

B．People’s not recognizing her talent.

C．Inequality in gender and race.

D．The hardships before the modern feminist movement.

3. Why were Mrs. Johnson and her colleagues described as “computers”?

A．Because they used computers to keep their work secret.

B．Because they were the agency’s human calculators.

C．Because computer systems engaged them deeply.

D．Because they calculate precisely using computers.

4. What can we learn from Mrs. Johnson’s experience?

A．Don’t judge a person by his appearance.

B．The world awaits our discovery.

C．Use knowledge to wipe out ignorance.

D．Never be limited by the labels attached by others.