1 . Do you want to love what you do for a living? Follow your passion. This piece of advice provides the foundation for modern thinking on career satisfaction. But this can be a problem.

I’ve spent the past several years researching and writing about the different strategies we use to seek happiness in our work. It became clear early in the process that the suggestion to evidence. However, it passionate about your complicated. “follow your passion” was flawed, for it lacks scientific doesn’t   mean you should abandon the goal of feeling work. The reality emphasizes that the things are quite.

Passion is earned. Different people are looking for different things in their work, but generally, people with satisfying careers enjoy some combination of the following features: autonomy, respect, competence, creativity, and a sense of impact. In other words, if you want to feel passionate about your livelihood, don’t seek the perfect job, but seek to get more of these features in the job you already have.

Passion is elusive (难捉摸的). Many people develop the rare and valuable skills leading to passion, but still end up unhappy in their work. The problem is that the features leading you to love your work are more likely to be useful to you than your organization. As you become increasingly “valuable”, for example, your boss might push you toward traditional promotions that come with more pay and more responsibility, as this is what is most useful to your company. However, you might find more passion by applying your value to gain autonomy in your schedule or project selection.

Passion is dangerous. I’ve watched too many of my peers fall into anxiety and chronic job-hopping due to the “follow your passion” advice. The issue is expectations. If you believe we all have a pre-existing passion, and that matching it to a job will lead to instant workplace happiness, reality will always pale in comparison.

Work is hard. Not every day is fun. If you’re seeking a dream job, you’ll end up frustrated, again and again. Don’t set out to discover passion. Instead, set out to develop it. This path might be longer and more complicated than what most cheerful career guides might advocate, but it’s a path much more likely to lead you somewhere worth going.

1. People satisfied with their careers are _____.

A．autonomous and passionate	B．creative and passionate
C．respectable and sensitive	D．creative and competent

2. What is the author’s advice on achieving career satisfaction?

A．Figuring out what one will do in the future.

B．Matching the pre-existing passion to one’s work.

C．Developing passion for what one is doing.

D．Discovering skills that lead to interesting careers.

3. The underlined sentence in Para.5 probably means that _____.

A．it’s not easy to match our passion with our jobs

B．we shouldn’t think everyone has a pre-existing passion

C．high expectations of passion in jobs bring disappointment

D．workplace happiness doesn’t require a pre-existing passion

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards the advice of “following your passion”?

A．Neutral.

B．Disapproving.

C．Cautious.

D．Supportive.

2 . The advantage of studying at home is: I don't have to catch public transport to school, _______ reduces the risk of infection. (用适当的词填空)

3 . It is by acting together, in this exciting way, that we can involve thousands– millions-of people, and this is _______ is going to change the world. (用适当的词填空)

4 . 用方框中单词和短语的正确形式填空，其中有一个是多余的。

shoot；pollute；survive；institute；view overcome；involve；cut back on；make a proposal

1. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius __________ in more than 80 countries.
2. Housework _________ cooking, washing dishes, sweeping and cleaning.
3. It is reported that three innocent people _________ dead in the school shooting.
4. Her parents __________ with great sadness at the funeral.
5. Global warming is caused by the built-up of carbon dioxide and other _________in the atmosphere.
6. Our class came up with the idea to __________ the use of disposable plastic packaging and air conditioning.
7. Now the trees have a __________ rate of 85%.
8. Many television companies have used sports to attract _________.

5 . 用所给词组的正确形式填空。

be known as       apart from       a matter of       work through       reflect on       pick up have a contented life       come up with       in harmony with     contribute to

1. You can win the game. It’s only ________ time.
2. All you have to do is think a little harder and ________ a new solution.
3. China ________ “the Kingdom of Bicycles” all over the world in the past.
4. How did you ________ the problem in such a short time?
5. My brother ________ until a serious accident happened to him.
6. They organized an activity to ________ litter in the community.
7. People should try to live ________ nature.
8. The burning of fossil fuels and human activities ________ air pollution.
9. ________ two men on watch in the engine room, everyone was asleep.
10. The start of a new year is a good time to ________ the achievements of the past.

6 . 英文释义

A. having the skill and ability to produce sth. new B. to a very great degree C. the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth. (a play, concert, etc.) D. extremely good, special, or impressive E. to make sb. feel sad because sth. that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped F. a prize such as money, etc. for sth. that sb. has done

1. extraordinary
2. disappoint
3. award
4. creative
5. extremely
6. audience

7 . 中国发射“天宫二号”空间实验室进入太空，再发射 “天舟一号”与之对接。
China launched the Tiangong 2 space lab into space and Tianzhou 1 ________.

8 . 在1969年7月20日，美国宇航员阿姆斯特朗登上了月球，说出了那句名言：“对一个人来说，这是一小步；对于人类来说，这是一大步。”
On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, famously saying, “That’s one small step for a man, ________.”

9 . 由于自己没有孩子，她把积蓄捐给了一家幼儿园和一项新医生基金。
Since she had no children of her own, she ________ to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.

10 . 然而，有些科学家下定决心要帮助人类实现探索太空的梦想。
However, some scientists were determined ________ to explore space.