1. What do we know about Margaret?
| A．She will graduate soon. | B．She has got a new job. | C．She has got promoted. |
| A．Satisfied. | B．Surprised. | C．Unconcerned. |
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When a person wakes up in the morning, seven items are necessary and unavoidable in his or her life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.
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Although the delivery industry has boomed in the past decade, and many people rely
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1. Whom did people usually marry in Russia in the past?
| A．Those with the same interests. |
| B．Those with the same background. |
| C．Those with the same profession. |
| A．She was a scientist. | B．She was a teacher. | C．She was a musician. |
1. Why did the man miss the meeting this morning?
| A．He went to see a doctor. | B．He had to pick up Ms. Tan. | C．He had an appointment with Joan. |
| A．Mr. Lee. | B．Lisa. | C．Joan. |
| A．In his office. | B．At the airport. | C．In the meeting room. |
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Dear Gordon,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. Why does Lisa want the new job?
| A．It pays more money. |
| B．It offers her career advancement. |
| C．It will be easy as she’s done it before. |
| A．From an advertisement. |
| B．From a co-worker. |
| C．From someone who works there. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
8 . I am honored to work in the greatest profession (行业). Despite the long hours and hard work, I finish each day, feeling as though I have made a difference. This is the drive that keeps teachers energetic and passionate (热情的). As Christa McAuliffe said, “I touch the future, I teach.”
When I was named Maryland Teacher of the Year, I received a congratulatory e-mail from a former (以前的) student, Morgan, who is currently attending Georgetown University and is an officer of the student-run Women in Politics group. I recently turned on the television to watch a college basketball game to find another former student, Austin, running up and down the court for Georgetown. Walking through a shopping mall recently, I encountered (邂逅) a former student, Olade, dressed in a suit. After a brief greeting, he handed me a business card for the company that he just had started, at age twenty-two. Another student said he is in the process of applying for law school at Howard University. Believe it or not, I encounter former students with similar success stories nearly every week. One student, Tasha, is off to the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore next year to study, of all things, Social Studies/Education. Now that’s a student after my own heart!
Seeing the success of former students and knowing that I was able to make a small contribution to their success during the time that they sat in my class, is the greatest reward. Sometimes, while I am watching my current students working and interacting (互动) in class, I try to picture what they will be doing ten years from now. I wonder if I am looking at a future senator (议员) or judge. Can you imagine being able to say, “I taught Senator Thomas government in the tent h grade?” I would not trade my career for any other. I literally (真正地) touch the future each and every day.
1. Which of the following people are in close contact with the author in work?| A．Drivers. | B．Coaches. | C．Actors. | D．Students. |
| A．To prove the author’s success. | B．To show off the students’ talents. |
| C．To tell us success takes many forms. | D．To remind us of people in all walks of life. |
| A．Challenging. | B．Demanding. | C．Rewarding. | D．Interesting. |
| A．Active and confident. | B．Passionate and proud. |
| C．Responsible and curious. | D．Friendly and easy-going. |
9 . People have been curious for centuries about a future without work. Some imagine that the coining work-free world will be defined by inequality: A few people will own all the wealth, and the masses will struggle in a wasteland. A different prediction holds that without jobs to give their lives meaning, people will simply become lazy and depressed. But it doesn’t necessarily follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with dissatisfaction. Such visions (想象) are based on the downsides of being unemployed in a society built on the downsides of employment. In the absence of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could provide strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure.
These days, spare time is relatively rare for most workers. “When I come home from a hard day’s work, I often feel tired,” says John Danaher, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland, adding, “In a world in which I don’t have to work, I might feel rather different” — perhaps different enough to throw himself into a hobby with the enthusiasm usually reserved for professional matters.
Daniel Everett, an anthropologist (人类学家) at Bentley University, studied a group of hunter-gatherers in the Amazon called the Piraha (拉哈人) for years. According to Everett, while some might consider hunting and gathering work, hunter-gatherers don’t. “They think of it as fun,” he says. “They don’t have a concept of work the way we do.” Everett described a typical day for the Piraha: A man might get up, spend a few hours fishing, have a barbecue, and play until the evening.
Does this relaxing life lead to the depression and purposelessness seen among so many of today’s unemployed? “I’ve never seen anything like depression there, except people who are physically ill,” Everett says. While many may consider work a staple (主要部分) of human life, work as it exists today is a relatively new invention in the course of thousands of years of human culture. “We think it’s bad to just sit around with nothing to do,” says Everett. “For the Piraha, it’s quite a desirable state.”
1. What does the underlined word “downsides” in paragraph two probably mean?| A．Risks. | B．Reasons. | C．Challenges. | D．Disadvantages. |
| A．Work is the most important thing in life. |
| B．People don’t know how to balance work and life. |
| C．People may live a charmed life in the work-free future. |
| D．Higher unemployment makes life tougher for workers. |
| A．In a work-free world, inequality may no longer exist. |
| B．Unemployment is the main reason for people’s depression. |
| C．The Piraha in the Amazon take interest in hunting and gathering. |
| D．Only professional people can have a chance to lead a work-free life. |
| A．To prove John Danaher’s opinion. | B．To show a future life without work. |
| C．To compare different opinions on work. | D．To introduce a special group in the Amazon. |
1. Where is the conversation taking place?
| A．In Canada. | B．In China. | C．In Australia. |
| A．He has never loved traveling. |
| B．He had to deal with a family issue. |
| C．He had too many conferences to attend. |
