1 . We believe you will really make use of our list of the best jobs for students with no experience.

Tutor

Pay per hour: $17.28

This is a great job for all the great minds out there who have some knowledge they can share. You don’t even have to leave the house, as many students ask for tutors online. If you are good at math or English, for example, consider getting cash for your knowledge.

Lifeguard

Pay per hour: $9.18

And now something for those who like swimming, and don’t mind a huge responsibility. Even though you don’t have to have work experience as a lifeguard, you must have a lifeguard training. It is a serious job, but also fun, as you get to enjoy all day in the sun, and next to the pool or beach.

Catering staff

Pay per hour: $12.04

If you enjoy being around delicious food, you can look for a job among catering staff. It offers a reliable pay, and it is not too tough. It is interesting, as you get to serve various types of people at various events.

Front desk receptionist

Pay per hour: $11.89

Another position for those who have good communication and organization skills, and those who don’t mind office jobs. There are many places where you can work, including fitness and spa centers. And working in a spa center may have its benefits in the form of discounts for employees.

1. How much can you earn by working four hours a day as a tutor?

A．About $67.

B．About $69.

C．About $72.

D．About $74.

2. Which of the following belongs to catering staff’s routine work?

A．Cooking a dinner for guests.

B．Tasting all kinds of delicious foods.

C．Giving performances at a gathering.

D．Providing food and drinks at different events.

3. Being a front desk receptionist of a spa center,you may______.

A．get some extra tips

B．spend all day in the sun

C．take on a huge responsibility

D．enjoy body care at a low price

2 . Joy Chapman,70, retired from work in 2018 but decided she’d never become a “boring” granny. She joined local gym and got herself a hard workout routine which sees her in the gym every day for two and a half hours. She said, “I was afraid of turning 70, but I don’t feel my age at all.”

As her confidence in the gym improved, she hardly spent a day without going to the gym. “When I first started, I would come home feeling tired,” she said. “Every muscle ached, but as I progressed, my fitness levels improved and I got better. I would never have believed in 100 years that I would love the gym so much.”

Joy said, “Working out and staying fit stops things from getting me down.” The granny has been longing for living since losing her husband in 2011, when he was just 58—making Joy realize life is valuable. She said, “My husband died very young and very quickly. He became ill in February, was diagnosed (诊断) in March and died on April 22. No one could believe it. Everybody was shocked at his death. When he died, it made me think deeply of my life and I am quite a confident and strong person as a result.”

Every day when she does her workouts, Joy meets up with a group of pals who help keep her young. She said, “I’ve made brilliant friends. As soon as I step in the gym, there is friendly humour with the receptionists, the trainers, the cleaner-everyone. They all think I’m mad, but in a nice way. I’m the fittest granny in the town. I’d advise other people in later life not to be scared by the gym. Give it a go, because it’s just great.”

1. What caused Joy to hardly feel her age?

A．She worked out hard in a gym regularly.	B．She met with a lot of humorous friends.
C．She never felt exhausted from workouts.	D．She was shocked at the loss of her husband.

2. What can best describe Joy’s workouts in the gym?

A．Exhausted.

B．Addicted.

C．Scared.

D．Bored.

3. What lesson did Joy learn from her working out in the gym?

A．It made her strong to overcome the misfortune.	B．It helped her to live a regular life happily.
C．It encouraged her to be kind and humorous.	D．It made her feel never bored at the age of 70.

4. What was Joy’s advice to those in retirement?

A．Meeting young people to keep yourself young.	B．Playing kind jokes with cleaners at the street.
C．Having a try at the gym.	D．Making as many brilliant friends as you can.

3 . The Scarlet Knight (also known as RU27) is an 8-foot autonomous underwater glider that traveled from New Jersey to Spain. Its underwater expedition team has provided data to help scientists better understand how climate change is affecting the ocean.

The glider, with no engine to push it forward, rode the ocean currents and made a series of 10,000 dives and ascents (上升) in order to collect data on ocean circulation, the heat content of the upper level of the ocean, and the transport of this heat through oceanic cycle as it crossed the Atlantic.

Drops involved pumping a small volume of water into its nose causing it to sink and unequal buoyancy (浮力) along its main body would send the glider 150 to 180 meters down the water column. Ascending involved the reverse: pumping approximately a cup of water into the tail causing a glide upwards. This pattern of dive-and-ascend cycles continued for 4,600 miles; they lasted approximately 40 minutes each. The glider stayed almost continually underwater, surfacing only three times a day to check its location, transmit data, and download new piloting instructions from home via an Iridium telephone on its tail.

The gliders equipped with sensors to help indicate the presence of oil. Though scientists must still confirm oil presence through water sampling, gliders narrowed the search zone for subsurface oil. It will also help people better explore the ocean in the future.

“The glider shines light on the mysteries of the oceans. It can sample the ocean in places that are not realistic, and for a small amount of the price,” said Zdenka Willis, director of the research team. “Using robots to collect scientific data is the wave of the future in terms of ocean observing.”

1. What is the purpose of RU27?

A．To travel from New Jersey to Spain.	B．To collect information on the ocean.
C．To transport scientists to the ocean.	D．To analyze the data from the ocean.

2. What does Paragraph 3 tell us about the glider?

A．Its main elements.	B．Its moving areas.
C．Its operating principle.	D．Its data processing .

3. What does Zdenka Willis say about the application of the glider to the oceans?

A．It’s not realistic.

B．It will be costly.

C．It’s demanding.

D．It will be a future trend.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean	B．The Glider Becomes the Focus
C．Underwater Expedition Helps Scientists	D．A New Robot Comes into View

4 . Peer pressure comes in when we get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. Almost everyone, from different walks of life, must have experienced peer pressure in some way or the other at a given point in time. Every coin has two sides. Some people get positive influence from it whereas others tend to get negatively influenced.

On the one hand, peer pressure can actually leave a positive impact on your life if you carefully pick certain good habits from your peers. Your peers may teach you some good things about life and encourage you to follow them. For instance, if you see your peers doing something for a noble cause, you may also like to adopt their certain habit. This will help you to change yourself for the better. Adopting good habits of your peers can actually bring about a positive change not only in your life but also your way of thinking.

On the other hand, blindly following peers and not holding an opinion of your own might leave a negative impact on your life. There might be a particular idea, a habit, or a lifestyle which you personally dislike and would not like to accept. However, your peer group would want to force you to do something which is against your own will. Therefore, it is better to learn something from peer pressure by adopting good habits and avoid giving in to its negative side.

One of the easiest ways to get out of a peer induced situation is to simply say “NO” and walk away. You may not feel as cool at the time, but you will be thankful later on what you did. Take a stand for what you believe is right. Taking a stand is never easy, but it’s the right thing to do. Standing up for yourself demonstrates self-respect to your peers and is one of the key components of breaking the peer pressure cycle.

1. What is the author’s attitude to peer pressure?

A．Reserved.

B．Objective.

C．Critical.

D．Positive.

2. How is Paragraph 2 developed?

A．By comparison.

B．By example.

C．By inference.

D．By experience.

3. What suggestion does the author give to overcome peer pressure?

A．Go with the flow.

B．Escape from peers.

C．Submit to peers.

D．Stick to what is right.

4. What is the text?

A．An official report.	B．A story description.
C．A phenomenon discussion.	D．A personal reflection.

5 . As a navigation (航海) major, Song Yin should have sailed a boat. But a campus career fair changed her career trajectory, and she became one of China’s first two female rescue helicopter pilots.

When she was in third year at Shanghai Maritime University, the Donghai No.1 flying rescue service came looking for female pilots. Song was the hot favorite for career fair. Tall, thin, good-looking, she was a big shot on campus. Also, she is good at sports, especially basketball that requires a considerable level of coordination (协调性)—an important quality for pilots.

She was admitted as a female rescue helicopter pilot. “At first, I thought it was cool and fun.” She said. However, when the job really got started, the reality was totally different from her imagination.

Rescue operations always come with danger. One of her most dangerous missions took place in December 2016 when a boat was involved in flames in the East China Sea, leaving 10 fishermen at death’s door. Song rushed to fly the helicopter to the scene. She was informed that the gas cylinders (气瓶) on the boat could blow up at any time. Without panic, she managed to hover at higher altitude to keep away from the dense smoke. Fortunately, not one of rescuers was injured, and all of the 10 fishermen were rescued from the burning boat. “We are not just saving 10 people but also 10 families,” she said.

Like any other sports fan, she enjoys watching the Tokyo Olympics when she isn’t busy. “My idol is Chinese striker Wang Shuang. She’s so great.” she said. “When the Chinese team was many goals behind the Dutch team, she still didn’t give up, and she encouraged her teammates to fight till the end.” She added, “If you give up, you must lose. But if you push on, you won’t necessarily lose. It’s just the same as my job.”

1. What does the underlined word “trajectory” mean in the first paragraph ?

A．Devotion.

B．Path.

C．Platform.

D．Commitment.

2. What is the ultimate factor of her being admitted as a female pilot?

A．She graduated from a top university.	B．She has a well-built figure.
C．She has a high level of coordination.	D．She is very popular on campus.

3. Which of the following best describes Song Yin from Paragraph 4?

A．Brave and calm.	B．Optimistic and humorous.
C．Caring and patient.	D．Sensitive and ambitious.

4. Why does Song Yin mention Wang Shuang in the last paragraph ?

A．To appeal to young people to join in sports.	B．To compare two similar challenging jobs.
C．To expect people to learn from failure.	D．To motivate people to be persistent.