【推荐1】People can find jobs in many ways. Sometimes, you can find a job easily by walking into a local store and looking at its notice board(布告栏). Local stores often have areas for people to put small signs to tell others what services they need or they can provide. Such services include looking after children, cleaning houses and so on.

Another popular tool for finding a job is the Internet. For example, people around the world can use the Craigslist website to buy things, meet people or find a job. It is said that the site can receive two million new jobs each month.

Another useful way to find a job is through a university. For example, students at the University of Texas can go to the job center to get help. Many college students like this way better.

At times, some experts(专业人士) can also help people find a job. Susan Miller has her own company called California Job Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find a job by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods to help them find the right job. With her help, many people have succeeded in finding a good job.

1. On the Craigslist website, you can’t ________

A．find a job

B．meet people

C．sell your old things

D．do some shopping online

2. According to the passage, college students prefer to find jobs by________.

A．surfing the Internet

B．asking experts for help

C．looking at the notice board

D．going to the job center in the university

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? ________

A．Local stores have no area for people to put signs.	B．The notice board is useless.
C．The Craigslist website can get two million new jobs each week.	D．Susan Miller has helped many people find a good job successfully.

4. The main idea of this passage is about________

A．how to find experts

B．ways of finding a job

C．how to study and work

D．ways of setting up a job center

【推荐2】Bad days happen to many of us. Something makes us sad, angry, frustrated or disappointed. But you still have to get up and go to work. Everything others say to you sounds stupid. Everyone seems to annoy you. Luckily, you can do something about it. Here are some ways to turn around a bad day.

Accept your bad mood

Being in a bad mood is not that hard. If you’re mad, be mad. If you’re sad, be sad. This does not give you license to be rude and unpleasant to others. It just means that you need to recognize and accept your bad mood to be able to do something.

Tell others

You can try to keep your bad mood a secret and put on your happy mask. But you’re fooling nobody. The best thing to do is to tell the people you work closely with. Simply tell them, “Listen, I’m in a really bad mood today. I’m not sure why, but it has nothing to do with you. If I bite your head off, I apologize in advance.”

Remember the good

Spend a few moments to try thinking of at least one or two things that aren’t all bad. Something you look forward to, such as a person you like at work or something nice that happened recently.

Take some quiet time

Take a walk in your lunch break. Sit and work somewhere quiet. Take a long bathroom break. Consider going home early or taking the day off.

1. If you’re in a bad mood, you should ________.

A．be rude

B．be unhappy

C．accept it

D．be angry

2. The underlined phrase “bite your head off” means “________” in Chinese.

A．咬掉你的脑袋

B．对你发脾气

C．不理你

D．打你

3. When you’re unhappy, ________ may help.

A．thinking of good things	B．thinking of bad things
C．keeping it a secret	D．doing nothing

4. A quiet place may ________ when you’re in a bad mood.

A．make you better

B．make you lonely

C．trouble you

D．make you sad

5. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．how to get along with others	B．how to deal with the bad mood
C．everyone has bad days	D．bad days are not bad

【推荐1】Strong earthquakes hit the east of Japan in the afternoon of March 11, causing several meter-high tsunami(海啸), which killed more than 10,000 people in areas along the coast. Several nuclear plants(核电站) at the coast were broken by the earthquake and tsunami. People living near the plants have been asked to move away. People living within 30 kilometers of the first plant are asked to stay indoors and close all windows.
The breaking of the nuclear plants is causing electricity shortages(电力短缺) in Eastern Japan. As a result, electricity is cut off for 3-hour periods in the area of Tokyo and some other areas during daytime. In order to save electricity, some shops, restaurants and tourist places in the areas are closed for some time every day.   But all major airports and train lines are still open and operating.
For the above reasons, tourists are advised not to visit the eastern areas in the near future. Visits to Western Japan are not affected by the event. People who plan to travel over the coming weeks and months are advised to pay attention to the situation for a few more days before making decisions.
1. This passage may probably be written by a_        _.

A．scientist

B．traveler

C．story writer

D．news reporter

2. People living near the plants were asked to move away because __

A．there would be more earthquakes and tsunamis

B．several nuclear plants had been broken

C．there were serious electricity shortages

D．their houses were washed away by the tsunami

3. They closed some shops and restaurants for some time every day to __

A．avoid making electricity shortages even worse

B．avoid more people getting together C, rebuild their broken buildings

C．keep away from nuclear radiation(核辐射)

4. The word “___” can be used instead of the underlined word “advised” in the last paragraph.

A．found

B．invited

C．told

D．met

5. Which of the following is right?

A．The earthquake happened before the tsunami.

B．The earthquake happened after the tsunami.

C．There was no electricity in Eastern Japan.

D．People were not allowed to visit Western Japan.

【推荐2】阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的六个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，选项中有一项为多余选项。

There was a serious rain in Henan in July, 2021.     1     A lot of people suffered (遭受) from flood.

Then how can we protect ourselves when there is a flood (洪水)? The following tips may help you.

When you are at home, keep windows and doors closed and turn off the gas.     2     If the rain water enters (进入) the room, immediately cut off the electricity (电) to prevent (阻止) the rain water from electrifying (触电) and wounding (伤害) people. These ways can ensure (确保) your safety at home.

    3     The area above the second floor is much safer. But this does not mean that the higher the place is, the safer it is. And avoid (避免) standing on the bridges, especially on rivers. And you should leave the public transport stops as soon as possible. Buses, subways, taxis and even high-speed railways may be interrupted (中断). Subways stopped underground and buses in low-lying areas are very dangerous.     4    

When you drive on rainy days, make the speed (速度) gradually from high speed to low speed.     5     If the car stalls (熄火) in driving, get off the car and wait for other people’s help. Be sure to remember that never stay in the car all the time.

A．Leave them and find a safe place.

B．The rain caused floods in many areas.

C．You’d better not go out when it rains heavily.

D．Get some food and swimming circles around you.

E．When the streets are full of rain water, you’d better drive more slowly.

F．If you are outside, do not stay under trees or places close to the electricity lines.(电线)

【推荐3】Anyone who has experienced a cyclone (飓风) will tell you how terrible it can be. Highs winds and lots of rain can destroy a city in less then an hour.

A big cyclone, named Cyclone Debbie, hit Australia’s east coast at the end of March. Winds as fast as 263km/h destroyed houses, trees, cars and boats. Sea levels rose and flooded coastal towns, while rivers also flooded. Many cities near rivers went underwater. Hundreds of thousands of people had to leave their homes and farms, and at least eight people died. The cyclone lasted for about three days, but the flooding is still happening two weeks later. Some cities never recover from a cyclone, while it takes others years to rebuild.

A tropical cyclone (热带气旋) begins when a group of thunderstorms meet over warm, tropical waters. Lots of air and water is sucked into the clouds from the ocean. Because Earth is rotating(旋转), the clouds start to spiral(盘旋上升). That is why the tropical cyclone has a curved(弯曲的) shape when you see it on a map. For this reason, tropical cyclones cannot form near the Equator(赤道) because Earth’s rotation isn’t big enough there. When the wind speed increases to 120 km/h, it changes from a tropical cyclone to a hurricane, typhoon(台风)or cyclone.

So what’s the difference between a cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon? The answer is actually quite simple.

All three are the same. We just use different names for these storms in different places. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific Oceans around the US, it is called hurricane. The same type of storm in the North Pacific near China is called a typhoon and cyclones form in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean near Australia.

1. Which of the following about Cyclone Debbie is NOT true?

A．It hit Australia’s east coast in March.

B．The wind speed reached 263 km/h.

C．It caused a huge loss for coastal towns.

D．The flooding stopped after three days.

2. How does a tropical cyclone happen?

A．When a group of thunderstorms meet warm, tropical waters.

B．When the water in the ocean flows in a curved shape.

C．When a group of thunderstorms meet near an Equator.

D．When the wind speed reaches over 120 km/h

3. How can we tell the difference between a cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon?

A．From the time it takes place.	B．From where it takes place.
C．From how it takes place.	D．From how many people it kills

4. Which can be the best title for the passage？

A．An Introduction of Cyclone Debbie

B．How a Tropical Cyclone Forms

C．Cyclone’s Deadly Force (力量)

D．The Difference between a Cyclone, a Hurricane, and a Typhoon

【推荐2】During work hours, among the sounds of machines, the kitchen of Bach’s Bakery(面包房) is especially tidy and quiet, not because of any rules against talking during work hours, but because all of the workers have a hearing disability. They are hard-working and professional in their work, and use sign language to communicate with each other from time to time.

Bach’s Bakery lies in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is run by a German couple, UweBrutzer and his wife Dorothce Brutzer, who started it up ten years ago with the purpose of creating more jobs for those disabled in the neighborhood. So far, Bach’s Bakery has trained around 30 hearing disabled people. While some skilled workers found jobs in other bakeries and hotels and have been able to live on their own, several of them have stayed to work at the bakery after they completed the training.

The Brutzers’ work has won the support of many people in China. With the spread of news about the bakery, many Internet users learned about Bach’s Bakery and its inspiring story. As a result, many local people in Changsha as well as visitors from other parts of the country come to buy their products, Uwe said that public attention has encouraged them a lot and helped grow the bakery’s business, resulting in workers getting higher pay. However, what he values more is that through media(媒体) reports, more people have come to understand that disabled people can work as well as other people when they are given chances.

Now, as they are preparing to return to Germany, they have found a German couple teaching in China as the new managers, and handed over the bakery to a public welfare(福利) organization. Their wish is to continue providing free training for the hearing disabled and that the bakery will never be changed into a shop with moneymaking as its main goal.

1. The workers in Bach’s Bakery use sign language because ________.

A．their boss doesn’t allow them to talk

B．machines make too much noise

C．they can’t communicate in spoken words

D．heavy work keeps them too busy to speak

2. The Brutzer started the bakery to ________.

A．make more money by helping the disabled

B．win the support of Chinese people

C．help skilled workers find suitable jobs

D．create jobs for hearing-disabled people

3. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Bach’s Bakery ________.

A．also offers jobs to people outside Hunan

B．helps its workers live independently

C．requires its workers not to leave after training

D．has more than 30 workers now

4. In Uwe’s opinion, the greatest value of public attention is that ________.

A．disabled workers are paid more	B．his shop becomes more popular
C．the disabled are better understood	D．sales of their products get stronger

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Silent Bakery	B．A Special Wish
C．The Success of the Disabled	D．The Rules of Bach’s Bakery