1 . Summer job offers
Red Lemon shop Assistants(售货员)
We are looking for shop assistants for the summer. If you are a social person and good at salesmanship, we want you to join our team. Good conditions. Perfect for students.
Phone 0151-897-6643 for information about how to apply.
Cinerama Cinemas
We need people to work evenings and at the weekend. Responsibilities include checking tickets and selling popcorn and soft drinks. Watch the latest films ... free! Join our young and friendly team!
Phone 0161-754-6022 for more information about wages (工资)and conditions.
US Au Pairs
Ever wanted to visit California? Are you patient, caring and good with kids? Work as an au pair in Los Angeles this summer. Free food and accommodation(食宿).
Phone 0121-077, 2001 for information about how to get application forms(申请表).
Are You Mad About Sport?
Would you like to spend all summer teaching sport to people from around the world? Then come and work at our international sports camp Sports Star Camp!
Phone 0191-121-5533 for information about how to get and where to send application forms, etc.
1. Which number can you call if you want to get a job that provides free films?A.0151-897-6643. | B.0161-754-6022. | C.0121-077-2001. | D.0191-121-5533. |
A.It is a high-paid job. | B.It is perfect for kids. |
C.It offers job-related training. | D.It requires somebody with patience. |
A.Jill, who dreams of being a sports star. |
B.Jack, who wants to become a sports coach. |
C.Joe, who expects to travel around the world. |
D.Jim, who loves to take part in sports competitions. |
Bales left the pavement of Base Road and stepped onto snow-covered Jewell Trail. She planned a six-hour hike through New Hampshire’s Mount Washington State Park. She had packed for almost every emergency and intended to walk alone.
She’d checked the weather forecast posted by the Mount Washington Observatory before she left. Based on her experience, Bales knew that her hike was realistic. Besides, she had two emergency plans and extra layers of clothing to better adjust her body temperature as conditions changed.
The hike up the lower part of Jewell Trail was pleasant. Bales felt excited as she walked up into snowy paths. The sun shone through the trees and cast a shadow over her smiling face. Less than an hour later, loads of dark clouds had replaced the sunshine, and snow covered the surrounding trees.
She still smiled. However, the weather was showing its teeth. Bales added even more layers to shelter herself from the cold winds and thick fog. She made her way across the snow-covered ridge (山脊toward Mount Washington and began to think about calling it a day. Suddenly, she noticed something: a single set of footprints in the snow ahead of her, which had been made by a pair of sneakers-typically not the type for hiking.
Meanwhile, Bales was getting colder, even though she was moving fast and generating some body heat. With strong gusts of wind screaming and attacking her back and left side, she decided to abandon her plan. The only thing, however, kept her on the trail was the sneaker tracks in the snow.
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Bales faced a dilemma about whether to follow the tracks or not.
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Her searching now turned into rescuing the man.
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4 . Have you ever made a mistake while trying to print from a computer? That paper probably went right into the recycling bin. From there, it is taken to a waste-handling plant to be eventually broken down and remade. But what if you could simply erase your mistake and reuse that paper? It may become available, thanks to a new technology.
It's a new type of rewritable paper that can be used more than 100 times. Words and pictures remain visible on it for at least half a year. This is nearly the first rewritable paper. But the marks on those earlier versions tended to fade away in less than three months.
Luzhuo Chen led the group that made the new rewritable paper. His team was inspired by pens that contain erasable ink. That ink disappears when heated. To make its new rewritable paper, Chen's group switched the ink from the pen to the paper. They covered one side of regular paper with the ink used in those erasable pens. Using a heated pen or printer, they can now write or print on this paper. That warmth makes the ink disappear.
This is the opposite of how writing usually works, where ink is applied to paper. With the new system, the spots where you write become white instead of colored because that heat makes the ink covering the white paper disappear.
Qiang Zhao has a creative mind behind another type of rewritable paper. He thinks Chen's paper is simple and doesn't cost much to make, so it should be easy and fairly inexpensive to produce. However, the paper will need a lot of ink. In large doses(剂量),chemicals in the ink can be bad for the environment and people's health. Zhao would like scientists to develop a safer ink. Still, he thinks this paper will have wide applications.
1. Why does the author raise the questions in the first paragraph?A.To prove the necessity of recycling paper. |
B.To introduce the importance of rewritable paper. |
C.To draw readers attention to the new technology. |
D.To show the development of paper-making technology. |
A.It can be reused for a lot more times. |
B.The costs of producing it are much lower. |
C.It can be produced in a much easier way. |
D.The contents on it can be more long-lasting. |
A.It still needs improving. | B.It's somewhat impractical. |
C.It does no harm to its users. | D.It's worth promoting right away. |
A.It shows colored words or pictures. |
B.It doesn't require ink to write on it. |
C.It will replace ordinary writing paper soon. |
D.It has no requirement on the writing tool. |
5 . You signed up for soccer, and played every game of the season. Sure, you're not the best player on the team, but most days you gave it your all. Do you deserve a trophy (奖杯)?
If the decision is up to Carol Dweck, the answer would likely be no. She's a psychology professor at Stanford University, California. She says a player doesn't have to be the best to get a trophy. But those who receive an award should have to work for it. She suggests trophies go to the most improved player, or the one who contributed most to the team spirit, as well as to those who play the best.
“The trophy has to stand for something,” Dweck told TFK. “If we give a trophy to everyone, then the award has no value.” Dweck argues that giving kids trophies for particular reasons, such as improving in a sport, teaches kids that adults value hard work and trying our best.
Others say that there's no harm in giving awards to all kids who play a sport, regardless of how they played or whether or not they improved.
“I think we should encourage kids' participation in sports,” says Kenneth Barish, a psychology professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York City. “A trophy is one way to encourage kids' efforts.”
Barish argues that when we single out only the best or even the most improved players with a trophy, we are teaching kids the wrong lesson. We are sending the message that winning is everything. “Winning is only part of the equation (等式),” Barish told TFK. “Playing sports also teaches kids about teamwork and the importance of exercise.”
There will be plenty of opportunities for kids to learn about competition as they get older, says Barish. They'll soon realize that only one soccer team wins the World Cup and only one football team wins the Super Bowl. For now, he thinks there's nothing wrong with letting all kids who play a sport feel like winners. That means trophies for everyone.
1. According to Carol Dweck, which player should receive a trophy?A.Tony, the most attractive player of the soccer team. |
B.David, a soccer player who is both clever and funny. |
C.Peter, who is ready to help his partners to score goals. |
D.Jim, a soccer player who tries his best to win the game |
A.There is no sense in giving a trophy to everyone. |
B.Kids fond of playing sports should be rewarded. |
C.Kids should be given trophies for trying their best. |
D.It is necessary to encourage kids' participation in sports. |
A.honor | B.choose |
C.value | D.stress |
A.Who deserves a trophy? | B.All kids deserve a trophy |
C.What does a trophy deserve? | D.Best player deserves a trophy |
1. 收信时的感想;
2. 推荐并介绍中国节日;
3. 预祝对方取得好成绩。
注意:1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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7 . My husband kissed me goodbye, stroke (轻抚) the baby’s cheek and then rushed out of the door, into his busy day. With the cold of the morning fading, I fed my baby and it fell fast asleep. Usually I would place it in bed and quickly have the house somewhat in
However, this morning, I stayed seated, just
My mother passed away when I was ten, and as I looked
Setting the baby down, I dialed the
“Hi, Dad.” I said,
“Hey, Bud. How are you?”
“Fine, I’m just calling to say…thank you.” I got it out before my throat
“What for?”
“For getting up and going to work every morning of my life. Now that I have my own
There was
I don’t remember much of the rest of the call,
A.use | B.line | C.order | D.fashion |
A.thinking | B.dreaming | C.imagining | D.praying |
A.conversations | B.struggles | C.incidents | D.memories |
A.baby | B.husband | C.mother | D.father |
A.out | B.away | C.back | D.around |
A.moved | B.returned | C.escaped | D.walked |
A.provided | B.collected | C.sought | D.bought |
A.popular | B.relative | C.regular | D.familiar |
A.difference | B.significance | C.balance | D.absence |
A.recognized | B.arranged | C.reduced | D.achieved |
A.sending | B.pushing | C.holding | D.putting |
A.Sympathy | B.Stress | C.Doubt | D.Concern |
A.cleared | B.hurt | C.ached | D.tightened |
A.child | B.duty | C.life | D.career |
A.inspiring | B.faithful | C.considerate | D.admirable |
A.peace | B.calm | C.silence | D.rest |
A.tremble | B.hesitation | C.passion | D.sigh |
A.and | B.but | C.or | D.nor |
A.ideas | B.deeds | C.remarks | D.words |
A.outstanding | B.patient | C.ordinary | D.honest |
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It's not all that hard to build an advanced and large vocabulary. Like many things in life, it's
One of the
9 . Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.
People have used secret codes for thousands of years.
There are three main types of cryptography.
A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.
A.It is very hard to break a code without the code book. |
B.In any language, some letters are used more than others. |
C.Only people who know the keyword can read the message. |
D.As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them. |
E.You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out. |
F.With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words. |
G.Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet. |
10 . A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may softer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institution should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
1. What is the passage mainly about?A.The problems faced by the old in society. |
B.Why we should take responsibility for the old. |
C.How we can improve the lives of the old. |
D.Where the old can go to get their pensions. |
A.Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire. |
B.Increase savings levels of people during their working years. |
C.Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old. |
D.Make available pensions for those who have retired. |
A.impossible | B.practical |
C.useful | D.successful |
A.Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money. |
B.Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age. |
C.Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people. |
D.There is no single solution to the problems of the old. |
A.To point out the need for government supped for old people. |
B.To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people. |
C.To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem. |
D.To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life. |