Glenda and Raphael Savitz moved to Newton in 2016. They found themselves welcomed into the neighbourhood with truly open arms. Three months later, they gave birth to Samantha . Unluckily, she was born entirely deaf. The neighbourhood was still excited to welcome little Samantha, of course, but they were worried about her parents.
The neighbours wanted to do something to make things easier for the family. All the neighbourhood agreed to take on the responsibility of learning an entirely second language all for their youngest member. Samantha would grow up learning to “speak” American Sign Language, so her friends and neighbours would learn to speak it right along with her. The group of 18 residents employed a sign language teacher and the whole neighbourhood except Glenda and Raphael Savitz began to learn American Sign Language in a neighbour's big living room. They believed people everywhere wished to have a community with something positive around and Samantha was bringing about a reason for them to get together.
The neighbours went on learning hard and kept things secret for as long as possible. They wanted thirstily to communicate with the little girl. Finally, the time had come to show Raphael, Glenda, and Samantha what they had done. The family found themselves deeply moved by the welcoming signs of their friends and neighbours. Glenda recalled it as one of the most affecting experiences she'd ever felt. A present for Samantha would have made her grateful, and this was so much more. Now after neighbours say hello to her parents, they bend down to greet three-year-old Samantha with sign language. At every turn, in the street, the grocery store, or by the canal, Samantha feels included.
1. Which of the following can best describe the neighbourhood?| A．Generous. | B．Tolerant. | C．Warm. | D．Prejudiced. |
| A．Collecting money online. |
| B．Learning the sign language. |
| C．Companying Samantha all the time. |
| D．Teaching Samantha a second language. |
| A．She forced her parents to struggle hard. |
| B．She set up an example for other children. |
| C．She caused the situation of her family's poverty. |
| D．She was an affectional bond of the neighbourhood. |
| A．Neighborhood Welcomes A Newborn Baby With Sign Language |
| B．Neighborhood Takes A Newborn Deaf Baby As Sign Language Teacher |
| C．Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Communicate With New Family |
| D．Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Comfort Unfortunate New Parents |
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【推荐1】Twenty-five years ago on July 1, 1997, I woke up very late in my apartment in Singapore. I jumped out of bed in a little bit of panic. I woke up my 8-year-old daughter Avy, who was not exactly in a hurry to get out of bed. “We’re late for school,” I half-yelled at her, I finally got her into the shower, dressed her hurriedly and made it to the nearby bus stop in time. Thankfully, the school was only two stops away. We got in, rubbing our eyes as the sunlight streamed into the bus.
Her mom had flown to Hong Kong several days earlier on assignment for a newspaper to cover the handover of the city’s return to China. I had taken off from work for a week to help look after our daughter. I would pick up my daughter from school around midday. At the end of the day, I would watch the news on TV, which had led the entire week with the historic events happening in Hong Kong. I would wonder where my wife was in the crowd that was gathered to witness the handover.
The year, 1997, was tense because the Asian financial crisis began. The Thai baht (泰铢) was hit, followed by the South Korean won (韩元) and, like a contagious virus which spreads rapidly, the financial system seized up. For that week though, that was the least of my worries. I just made sure we did not have a repeat of July 1, when we were nearly late for school. My wife was very busy during the handover, chasing down stories in Hong Kong as the British flag was lowered for the last time.
I later spent a few years working in Hong Kong, but my enduring memory of the days surrounding its return to China was the time I spent as a babysitter, although it is kind of hard to call an 8-year-old a baby. The whole thing was a lifetime ago. But it is a good memory.
1. What was the author’s day like on July 1, 1997?| A．It was his first babysitting day. | B．He barely got his daughter on time. |
| C．He and his daughter woke up in panic. | D．His daughter went to school energetically. |
| A．He needed to take care of his daughter. |
| B．He wanted to witness the historic events. |
| C．He was asked to drive his daughter to school. |
| D．He needed to accompany his daughter to find her mother. |
| A．The events happening in Hong Kong. | B．The spread of the Asian financial crisis. |
| C．The crowd gathered to see the handover. | D．The 8-year-old daughter the author was babysitting. |
| A．The historic events in 1997. | B．Life of a journalist’s husband. |
| C．Bitter sweet memory with daughter alone. | D．A working dad’s way of babysitting children. |
【推荐2】A mom’s job is never truly finished — Elise knew this when her son was born. For at least the hundredth time, she sat next to his bed in that chair mending his quilt (被子), which was one from a flea (跳蚤) market selling cheap goods, and telling the stories.
To call it a quilt stretched the definition as it was nothing more than a thousand pieces of oddly shaped cloth together, layer after layer, until the whole of it was thick enough to hold in the warmth of a small boy’s body as he drifted off to sleep.
“I love how cool it feels when I first get into bed,” her little man observed the first night he wrapped himself in the old quilt. “But before long, it warms up, and I’m snug as a bug in a rug. It’s very comfortable and relaxing. Where did you get it?”
The question for stories was one whose answer was too simple to interest on a wide eyed little boy, so Elise stretched the truth of the quilt. “It was brought over on the Mayflower by the Pilgrims (朝圣者) to America,” she answered to her son’s delight. “It’s made from pieces of fabric from all over Europe and is the first blanket used by the first Americans.” It was just a hard history of the family. Elise sat by his bed and mended the “heirloom” (传家宝). Then she would continue the “true” story of how the quilt had found its way to her son.
“During the Revolutionary War, your quilt was captured by General Cornwallis and used to keep his legs warm on the cold winter nights.” Elise said, weaving a story as complicated as the blanket itself. “George Washington took it from Cornwallis and used it during his eight years as president.”
“You mean my blanket has been to the White House?”
“Of course it has,” Elise answered with a wink (睁眼).
“Who then, Mom?” The little boy asked, “Who took my blanket to the White House?” “That’s a story for Tater,” Elise replied, kissing her son on his forehead. “Now you get some sleep, and I’ll continue the story next time. I’ll tell you more about your great great grandfather’s story and the treasures he had passed on us.”
1. What did the mother do?| A．Telling jokes | B．Selling goods. |
| C．Mending quilt. | D．Making clothes. |
| A．warm | B．cosy | C．airy | D．neat |
| A．On the Mayflower. | B．In the White House. |
| C．In a flea market. | D．At his ancestor’s home. |
| A．Life is not so easy. | B．Overcome difficulties. |
| C．Cherish what we have. | D．Love our family members. |
【推荐3】Margie and John Stites were picking out carpet and hardware finishes for a new 3,000-square-foot home here three years ago when Margie Stites came to a startling realization. “We’d already put a $17,000 deposit down, but I didn’t want to have another house again,” said Margie Stites. “I cried for three days; it was so hard.”
When the couple rolled a 41-foot Monaco Knight motor home into the Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort, it was supposed to be a temporary stay while their dream house was completed. But the resort became their permanent place when the couple found something unexpected: an area with all the facilities of high-end gated suburban communities, without the upkeep and bother of a traditional piece of property.
The resort has a terra-cotta-roofed clubhouse, five pools, two hot tubs, a fitness center, tennis courts, twice-weekly water aerobics classes and a nine-hole putting course — all at the center of a maze of 407 lots where owners and renters park RVs (recreational vehicles).
The Stiteses canceled the house and instead bought a 35-by-80-foot lot for $95, 000 in early 2016. They added an outdoor barbecue and bar, an expansive roofed living space and a large storage cabinet that also houses a washer and dryer. “I can’t tell you how many people have come to town to visit us and seen the property and said, ‘Oh, I would never leave,’ ” Margie Stites said. “They say to us, ‘I had no idea you were living like this.’ ”
The Stiteses are not alone. Eugene McCord and his family sold their 4,400-square-foot home in 2017 to live here in the motor home full time. “You quit shopping for furniture and many other things needed to equip a permanent house,” McCord said. “You buy food in reasonable amounts. And this can be cleaned in 30 minutes, so you have more free time.”
Sales of motor homes, and the whole RV industry, have boomed this decade, owing largely to both the rising number of retirees in the United States and the increasingly relaxed view employers have of telecommuting. Vast improvements in mobile technology have made it possible for younger adults to pursue careers and a vagabond (漂泊的) existence at the same time.
1. Why did Margie Stites cry three years ago?| A．She missed their motor home. |
| B．She had to sell their old house. |
| C．She faced a dilemma about their new house. |
| D．She found their new house too expensive to afford. |
| A．They admired it very much. |
| B．They doubted its convenience. |
| C．They thought it was a good investment. |
| D．They believed it needed to be expanded. |
| A．It provides them with more private space. |
| B．It allows them to travel around the country. |
| C．It encourages them to try more natural food. |
| D．It saves them the burden of looking after a big house. |
| A．Homes on wheels get popular |
| B．Where there is home, there is life |
| C．Buying a vehicle? Purchase an RV |
| D．Bring your home with you while traveling |
What is now the US was initially inhabited(居住) by native people until the land was settled by various European groups and African slaves. Since the 20th century, the country has become a heaven for people from all over the globe(全球).
The arrival of immigrants(移民) has shifted populations from rural(农村的) areas into cities because immigrants tend to settle in urban areas. At present, 81 percent of the inhabitants in the US live in cities.
Cultural and ethnic diversity adds a unique flavor to cities that is expressed through distinct(独特的) neighborhoods, restaurants, places of worship, museums, nightlife and multicultural learning environments.
Unique musical forms, such as jazz, rock and roll, Chicano music, and the blues, grow in the US by mixing a variety of culturally distinct musical traditions to create a new form.
At the executive (行政的) level, the country is headed by a mixedrace president; two posts(职位) on the Supreme Court are held by members of the country's two largest minorities.There is also diversity in state and local governments.
Without its rich mixture of races and cultures, America would not be the nation that it is today. Founded upon the basis of equality and freedom, America acts as a stage where different cultures not only coexist peacefully, but develop well.
1. According to the passage, America is a country________.
| A．that welcomes people from all over the world |
| B．where citizens take more pride in their original culture |
| C．that is mostly settled by Europeans and Africans |
| D．where 81% of the population are immigrants |
| A．In the urban areas. | B．In the rural areas. |
| C．In the southern part of America. | D．In the northern part of America. |
| A．diversity(多样化) has existed in America in almost every aspect(方面) |
| B．most posts in American state governments are held by mixedrace people |
| C．equality and freedom make America a fair country |
| D．diversity has greatly affected the American political field |
| A．The effects of culture and diversity on America. |
| B．The influence of globalization on America. |
| C．The political development of America. |
| D．The bright future of America. |
| A．science | B．history | C．culture | D．amusement |
【推荐2】When I was a little boy growing up, my Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in my Nana’s old house. It was surrounded by four huge vegetable gardens. And around the house so many flowers were planted. It was so beautiful there in the spring and summer. That wasn’t all, though. On the back porch Nana had dozens of potted plants hanging on hooks. She watered them, talked to them and nurtured them. And in the winter she would carry them all inside and set them on shelves near the windows of our enclosed front porch. There with a little water and a lot of love she kept them alive, green, and growing even during the coldest, darkest months.
As a boy I was puzzled by all the effort she put into them. I understood the vegetable gardens. They helped to feed the family all winter long. I even understood the flowers around the house. They were pretty and smelled so sweet in the summer months. The reason she put so much effort into caring for those potted plants, however, eluded me. They didn’t give us any food and they rarely had any flowers on them. They remained a mystery to my child’s mind.
Now as I’ve grown older I am beginning to understand why my Nana had those potted plants. It is the same reason I have so many pictures of sunrises and forests hanging in my home. They remind me during the dark, cold, winter months full of bare trees and yellow grass that light, love, and growth still exist. They remind me that Spring will come again. They remind me that God loves us and is still with us even when the earth doesn’t show it.
Today I see Nana’s potted plants in a new light. They are worth every bit of the love and care she put into them. But what tells me most about light and love is Nana herself. She is light to my soul even in my darkest times. And her love lives on in my heart even if she is in Heaven. May we all learn to love as she loved, shine as she shined, and live as she lived.
1. Which of the following is close in meaning to the underlined word “eluded” in paragraph 2?| A．Upset. | B．Misguided. | C．Confused. | D．Distracted. |
| A．They were a sign of hope. | B．They resembled sunrise and forests. |
| C．They constantly kept Nana company. | D．They were portable and easy to nurture. |
| A．To advocate growing potted plants. | B．To sing the praise of Nana’s spirit and love. |
| C．To stress the benefits of a positive lifestyle. | D．To recall beautiful memories spent with Nana. |
| A．A non-fiction. | B．A book review. |
| C．An agricultural leaflet. | D．A celebrity biography. |
【推荐3】Earth is our home, which provides us with the necessary environment and space for living. Everyone has a duty to protect Earth.
Emily has devoted her life to solving the issue of plastic pollution, which all started because of a fateful trip over a decade ago. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in architecture, Emily headed to Australia for work, hitchhiked (搭顺风车) around the world on a boat to get there. However, she never ended up taking that job.
Instead, Emily, shocked by finding plastic in some of the most remote places on our planet during her journey, went to live in the Pacific Islands for six months to help organize a cleanup. Since then, she has travelled all over the world studying plastic pollution and inspiring others to make a positive impact.
In 2014, Emily co-founded an organization that inspires all-female sailing research expeditions (探险), giving all members the experience to create change in their own communities.
Emily also wanted to see the internal (体内的) impact of the plastic she was fighting, and was shocked to find that many of the chemicals were in her bloodstream as well. The discovery led Emily to realize that the problem of plastic pollution is actually quite a women-centered issue. ”As a woman, having these chemicals inside your body when you’re pregnant is really bad news and you can actually pass them onto your children when you give birth,“ she said.
“The more time I spend at sea, the more I realize the solutions to plastic pollution start on land. There’s no silver bullet to completely solve the problem, but there are hundreds of ways to deal with it,” she explained.
“Now so many people, companies and governments want to take action. This is hugely inspiring and has become my biggest reason for getting up every day, to do the most I possibly can to attract and enable those people. The awareness is there, now it’s time to aet!” said Emily.
1. What was Emily’s purpose of travelling to Australia in the beginning?| A．To take a job. | B．To settle down there. |
| C．To go on a journey. | D．To study plastic pollution. |
| A．Create their own communities. | B．Experience the life of sailing on oceans. |
| C．Make efforts to affect their communities. | D．Discover their own potential and advantages. |
| A．valuable metal | B．perfect way |
| C．right person | D．suitable organization |
| A．Effortless. | B．Meaningless. | C．Fruitful. | D．Passive. |
【推荐1】Body awareness(身体意识) helps children understand how they can move their bodies and the concept of space and how it relates to their bodies.
There are many fun games and songs that teach children body awareness and encourage them to move their bodies.
“Simon Says” is a great example, as long as you allow all children to continue to play instead of removing children who do not follow the directions correctly. Children who do not follow the directions correctly are generally the very ones who need to play the game most.
Remember the game called “Statue”, or maybe you called it “Freeze”? The teacher plays music; and when the music stops, the children “freeze”. To add an element of learning about body parts, add this instruction: “If I call ‘Hands’, everyone should be frozen except for their hands, which should be moving.” Children love this change of the game, and it teaches them to listen and learn body parts.
Another classic song that teaches body awareness is “If You're Happy and You Know It”. Although the standard refrains(副歌) tell you to “clap your hands” and “stomp your feet”， you can try to “wiggle(摆动) your fingers”, “pull your ears”, “shake your head”, etc.
Children enjoy guessing games. Try giving clues(提示) about which body part you are describing. For example, “I am thinking about a body part that I smell with. It is right under my eyes and right over my mouth. What am I thinking about？” To help thinking and language skills, encourage children to make up the clues for a body part.
Children should enter school with a basic understanding of their bodies. Childcare programs can promote this understanding.
1. How many kinds of games are mentioned in the passage?| A．3. | B．4. |
| C．5. | D．6. |
| A．always stupid | B．always clever |
| C．of good body awareness | D．lacking in body awareness |
| A．Listening to songs. | B．Guessing games. |
| C．Simon says. | D．Statue or Freeze. |
| A．To show the importance of body awareness for children. |
| B．To tell us the best game for children's body awareness. |
| C．To tell us how to help children learn before going to school. |
| D．To introduce activities that are good for children's body awareness. |
【推荐2】Harry Kalenberg has a unique hobby-he turns pieces, of popcorn into small works of art using markers and pens. From small models of celebrities (名人) to popular cartoon characters and animals Harry has a gift for spotting the craziest things in bowl of popcorn.
It all started 28 years ago, when Harry and his wife were, sitting on the couch one evening, eating popcorn. At one point, the artist spotted a strange looking piece of popcorn that looked like a gorilla(大猩猩) His wife wasn’t interested in the discovery, but he wouldn’t let her lack of enthusiasm over his. He took out a pen and started painting the details he saw with his minds eye, eventually bringing the popcorn gorilla to life, which soon changed his wife’s attitude. And that was how his career as popcorn artist started.
He always keeps dozens of colored markers on hands when eating popcorn, just in case he spots his next artwork. His collection already numbers hundreds of small pop art items, some of which are displayed in Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museums worldwide, or in private collections. Some of his works have been sold for as much as ＄300.
Harry says that the average bowl of popcorn can produce around 10 works of art, but he never actually goes looking for them. Harry has experimented various snacks in the last 27 years, but none had proved to be satisfying as popcorn. Chips didn’t work as well as he had hoped and peanut shells were all too similar. Microwave popcorn isn’t well suited for pop art either, as Harry says it is all hopelessly slimy(黏糊糊的), which is why he always pops his own from brand of corn--Orville Redencher.
Once he’s done drawing the features of whatever he spots popcorn, Harry keeps with three layers of paint and adds them to his collection. “It is a relaxation for me, “ Harry says about his unique hobby. “Sometimes, go to the movies, and as joke, take penlight(小手电筒) out of my pocket and look at the popcorn while am eating it.”
1. What can we learn about Harry according to Paragraph 3| A．His special hobby has brought fame and even profit to him |
| B．It is very difficult for him to finish a popcorn artwork |
| C．A number of people want to collect his artworks. |
| D．Most of his artworks are on show in his private museum. |
| A．It offers better tastes than other popcorn | B．It offers better material for his artwork |
| C．It offers him more chances to walk out. | D．It offers more kinds for him to choose |
| A．He always draws on popcorn at the cinema. |
| B．He is ready to create his artwork anytime |
| C．He likes eating popcorn while seeing a film |
| D．He likes to tell jokes with other people at the cinema. |
【推荐3】There’s an African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” That’s the line that closes the film The Good Lie and the meaning can be felt throughout the 112 minutes of the movie. In the film, the actors convey the struggle, heartbreak and loss other real-life refugees experienced during the civil war that took place in Sudan in the 1980s and continues today.
The gunslingers(持枪歹徒) destroyed a Sudanese village, killing and fathers and orphaning their children. They appeared again as a group of young boys and their sister walked hundreds of miles, battling nature, hunger and thirst in order to find somewhere far away from their violent homes. They’re even present when a group of refugees get a chance of new life. An ocean away, in a strange land with even strange people.
After burying friends, swimming through rivers filled with dead bodies and surviving in the severe conditions of a Kenyan refugee camp, Mamere (Arnold Oceng), Jeremiah (Ger Duany), Paul (Emmanuel Jal) and Abital (Kuoth Wiel) are given golden ticket to America. But they must again face cruelty, this time at the hands of the US government, as the boys are parted from their sister before their new life can begin, which is even harder to take than the violence you watch the children go through in the beginning of the film and it only serves to show that nothing will come easy for these young men who have their American Dream.
Oceng and Duany are brilliant as Mamere and Jeremiah. In his first American starring role, Oceng perfectly played the role of Mamere who weighs his dreams of going to college and becoming a doctor against his sense of responsibility to his family are great. Duany’s Jeremiah is the spiritual centre of the film, with a desire to help those in the community. His spiritual journey will touch your heart.
But what you absolutely cannot ignore while watching the film is the back-story of the actors themselves. Both Duany and Jal are actual children of war, refugees who experienced many of the same things their characters go through in the film, and Oceng is the son of the refugees. All three are so connected to the history of the story that they can’t help but be real in the emotions they convey. They’re the heart of the film and leave such a lasting impression and gain public praise.
1. What makes the children suffer most in the film?| A．Death of good friends. |
| B．Separation from their family. |
| C．Cruelty from the US government. |
| D．Severe conditions of refugee camp. |
| A．it’s the first time Oceng has been the leading role in a film |
| B．family and responsibility is the main theme of the film |
| C．both Oceng and Duany are actual refugees in Sudan |
| D．Oceng has made a lot of contribution to his family |
| A．Impressive stories | B．.Full business operation |
| C．Well-chosen actors | D．Successful adaptation |
【推荐1】Conditions for growing pumpkins were poor in some areas of the United States this year. The East and parts of the Midwest suffered heavy rains and extreme heat. So the supply for sale has decreased, making prices higher than last year.
Still, many people are buying the large, round fruit. Pumpkins are an important part of the American celebration of Halloween on October thirty-first. Many families visit farms or markets so their children can pick out the pumpkins they want. They remove the insides of the pumpkin and cut pieces from the outside to make a face. Sometimes they place and light candles inside their carved pumpkin faces. People place the pumpkins outside their homes or in their windows.
Americans also use pumpkins for cooking, especially during the American holiday of Thanksgiving in late November. Tradition says early settlers ate pumpkin pie, or something similar to it. Pumpkins belong to the gourd(葫芦) family. They are related to melons, cucumbers and squashes(西葫芦). Some people call pumpkins vegetables. But others, including scientists, call them fruit. Pumpkins have hard skins and seeds in the center. And they contain more Vitamin A than almost any other fruit.
People have grown pumpkins in North and Central America for thousands of years. Pumpkins grow on vines or bushes. Most weigh only a few kilograms. But some pumpkins grow to be huge. A farmer from the state of Rhode Island recently won a competition with a pumpkin that weighed 681 kilograms. It could be the largest in the world. Such super pumpkins are often shown at agricultural fairs.
People use pumpkin in pies, bread, cakes and other baked foods. Many Americans also like to eat baked pumpkin seeds. Americans can also buy processed(加工过的) pumpkin in cans. However, experts say it is not a good idea to process fresh pumpkin at home to use in the future because dangerous bacteria(细菌) can develop. But whole pumpkins can be stored well for weeks in a cool, dark place.
1. According to the text, why are the prices of pumpkins higher than those of last year?| A．Because you can only buy pumpkins on the farms this year. |
| B．Because there are more people buying the large, round fruit this year. |
| C．Because conditions for growing pumpkins were not as good as those of last year. |
| D．Because heavy rains and extreme heat in Mideast resulted in the lower production. |
| A．decorating houses | B．cooking materials |
| C．celebrating Halloween | D．making candles |
| A．processed pumpkins go bad easily | B．pumpkins are actually fruit, not vegetables |
| C．Vitamin A in pumpkins is the most in fruits | D．the larger a pumpkin is, the sweeter it will be |
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. ”I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
1. What is the popular images of teenagers today?
| A．They worry about school |
| B．They dislike living with their parents |
| C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles |
| D．They quarrel a lot with other family members |
| A．share family responsibility | B．cause trouble in their families |
| C．go boating with their family | D．make family decisions |
| A．go to clubs more often with their children |
| B．are much stricter with their children |
| C．care less about their children’s life |
| D．give their children more freedom |
| A．may be a false belief | B．is common nowadays |
| C．existed only in the 1960s | D．resulted from changes in families |
| A．Negotiation in family | B．Education in family |
| C．Harmony in family | D．Teenage trouble in family |
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We are looking for talented and passionate people to work for health. WHO is committed to achieving workforce variety, aiming to achieve a broad representation of nationals of our member countries. Particular attention is paid to candidates from developing countries and gender balance. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. All posts are filled in accordance with WHOs ability model.
There are two key categories of staff at WHO：professionals(P) or directors(D) who are internationally recruited(招募) and general(G) or national professional(NPO) staff who are recruited locally for both fixed or short-term positions. We also run internship(实习) and opportunities for junior professional officers(JPOs).
| Internationally recruited(Por D) Professional staff and directors are hired internationally and occupy leadership functions or positions that require a significant level of technical expertise. P or D staff are mobile and are expected to work across the globe. | Locally recruited(G or NPO) General Service staff are hired locally at the respective duty station. Their main role is to work with and support internationally recruited staff in their roles and to assure the smooth functioning of all administrative matters. National Professional Officers are nationals of the country in which they serve and perform functions of a professional nature requiring local knowledge, professional knowledge and experience. | Internships We offer internships for current students with educational background in public health, management or administration fields. |
| Junior professional officer programme The Junior Professional Officer(JPO) Programme provides young professionals at an early stage in their career with practical experience in international technical co-operation. JPOs are sponsored by their respective governments. | Recruitment restrictions Please note the following restrictions on recruitment： Relatives of WHO Staff: Except where another equally well qualified person cannot be recruited, appointment shall not be granted to a person who bears any of the following relationships to a staff member: father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. Candidates under the age of 20 and above the age of 62 will not be considered for any vacancy. Policy on Non-Recruitment of Smokers: WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or other tobacco users who do not indicate a willingness to stop smoking. This policy underscores the Organization’s commitment to promoting a tobacco-free environment. | |
| A．recruiting volunteers for WHO | B．achieving a broad representation of nationals |
| C．explaining the functions of WHO | D．providing information about WHO positions |
| A．Males in their later 60s. | B．People who have health problems. |
| C．Children of WHO staff. | D．Candidates with a smoking history. |
| A．General Service staff are recruited all around the world. |
| B．Junior Professional Officers work for local governments. |
| C．Current students majoring in engineering can apply for internships. |
| D．Professionals and directors are an internationally mobile workforce. |
