3 . Walter Orthmann, 100 years old, set the Guinness World Record for working at the same company for 84 years and nine days, which was confirmed by Guinness World Records onJanuary 6, 2022. Orthmann said it was an honor and a privilege. His professional advice is to work in an area where you feel motivated.

Orthmann’s career started in 1938. He got a job at Industrias Renaux S.A., working as a shipping assistant at the textile (纺织) company. As a child, he would walk barefoot to school—rain or shine—and was an excellent student. He has always been enthusiastic about learning, but started working to help his family, who lived in Brusque, due to financial hardship.

The town has a large German population, and because he spoke German, he was hired at the weaving factory, which is now called ReneauxView. There, Orthmann continued to love learning and got promoted to a sales position, then a manager.

The sales job took him traveling across the country to meet clients (客户), who became friends. The company has changed over the past 84 years, which taught Orthmann the most important part of the business: Stay up to date and adapt to different contexts.

Orthmann turned 100 years old on April 19, 2022 and celebrated with coworkers, friends and family. He still exercises every day and is still mentally fit. So, he still goes to his favorite places every day: the office. His 84-year-long career was perhaps achieved by his ability to live in the present.

“I don’t do much planning, nor care much about tomorrow,” he said. “All I care about is that tomorrow will be another day in which I will wake up, get up, exercise and go to work. You need to get busy with the present, not the past or the future. Now is what counts. So, let’s go to work!”

1. How old was Orthmann when he started to work?

A．12.

B．16.

C．18.

D．20.

2. Why was Orthmann employed by a weaving factory?

A．He was good at weaving.	B．He could speak German.
C．He needed to help his family.	D．He was enthusiastic about learning.

3. What’s the most important lesson Orthmann learned from the company’s change?

A．Keeping up with the times.	B．Spending more time on clients.
C．Keeping fit to go to work every day.	D．Don’t do much planning ahead of time.

4. What may Orthmann agree with?

A．Good courage breaks bad luck.	B．Learning is the eye of the mind.
C．The darkest hour is that before the dawn.	D．The important thing is to seize the moment.

4 . How To Be More Productive At Work

Do you sometimes feel like you have a lot to do but very little time to do it? You are definitely having productivity problems but relax, it happens to everyone. Here are some important work tips that you can follow to improve your productivity.

Focus On One Task

Some people have the habit of multitasking (多重任务处理), which is great but it might distract you from the bigger picture. Multitasking might help you with different tasks, you might also feel like the master of all trades but your productivity won’t increase in the long run. Focus on one task at a time, this will allow you to complete that task with high standards.     1    .

Learn To Take A Break

This might seem a bit unbelievable at first but you really need to know when to take a break. Regular breaks are actually great at the workplace.     2    . Most workplaces ensure that their employees take regular breaks, which improves their overall productivity.     3    . At home, move away from work and focus on yourself, then return back to work, this will allow your work to progress effectively.

Set Small But Effective Goals

    4    . Stress might be the normal response here but you can also play it smart. You are going to get the task done eventually but let’s make the process even more efficient. You can break any large task into small but manageable tasks, which will help you stay productive and will also make the best of time.

    5    

Many people love to perfectly carryout a task, but the thing is that perfection doesn’t actually exist. You can only do the best according to your abilities and wait for the results. You can also revisit some tasks or projects and try to improve them if you can.

A．Wait For The Best Results Patiently

B．Forget About The Idea Of Perfection

C．When the task is done, you can move on to the next one

D．What matters at this time is to improve your productivity

E．You are given large tasks, but what matters is how to deal with them

F．You can also try this approach at home, if you are not being monitored

G．They help in reducing stress and also increase your overall productivity

6 . By my mid-20s, I’d finished my master in psychology, and I was working in Dublin as a health researcher. It was mostly data and statistics work staring at a screen. I was earning more than most of my friends, living the city life, going out at weekends. I had a good pension (养老金) and annual leave but it caused a lot of anxiety and worry.I was really unhappy.

I wanted to get back to feeling passionate about something so I started thinking about the things I used to love. As a child, I’d always been involved in the outdoors, and I used to love hiking but all that had stopped after secondary school. I decided to volunteer with a local youth group and within a month, I’d gone camping with them. I absolutely loved it. It was like switching on a lightbulb. This was what I’d been missing.

I started taking courses in mountain skills and wilderness first aid, and by August I was working my usual job in the week, and I was a climbing club leader at weekends. I loved connecting with nature, connecting with other people.

Through all this, I learnt about the whole field of nature-based therapies (疗法). It was the perfect fit to combine my psychology background with my passion for the outdoors. I began taking courses in wild therapy, forest bathing and ecopsychology. I left my government job and in July 2020 I launched my business Nature Therapy Ireland, which is booming now.

I’d thought I’d always live in a city but last year, I moved to Tipperary to live at the foot of a mountain, surrounded by nature. If I’m feeling stressed, I can step outside in my bare feet and stand on the grass to ground myself. In Dublin, the front door felt like a barrier—I had to have my keys, my phone, my jacket before I could even go out and find a green space. My life now is leading nature connection hikes and forest bathing walks. My salary has halved for the moment but I’ve adjusted. I’ve never looked back.

1. What did the writer think of her job in Dublin?

A．Stressful.	B．Valueless.
C．Insecure.	D．Demanding.

2. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 2?

A．She enjoyed her voluntary work.

B．She realized what she really loved.

C．Recalling the past made her happy.

D．A bright future was in store for her.

3. What drove the writer to launch her business Nature Therapy Ireland?

A．Her adventurous experience.

B．Her leadership and background.

C．Her connection with other people.

D．Her major and passion for nature.

4. Why did the writer compare her life in Dublin with that in Tipperary?

A．To highlight how boring city life was.

B．To call on people to get back to nature.

C．To show her satisfaction with her change.

D．To indicate how successful her business was.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is Mr. Walsh most probably doing?

A．Having an interview.

B．Having a free talk with Mrs. Green.

C．Having an oral test.

2. When did Mr. Walsh begin to work at Weston’s?

A．In July,1998.

B．In January,1999.

C．In April,1999.

3. Why does Mr. Walsh want to change his job?

A．He finds his present job boring.

B．He wants to get a higher position.

C．He wants to get more money.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike deer out of molten maltose(麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids gaze at him with    1    (astonish), thinking he is a magician.

Xiong     2    (work) on blowing sugar-figures, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than two    3    (decade). This traditional folk art has been listed as    4    state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).

Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup(糖浆)and drives to Nanchang    5    (start) his magic show. “Many people,    6    (particular) kids, are attracted by this sugar art”. Xiong said.

Xiong said that blowing sugar figures can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and    7    his family has passed down this cultural heritage for four generations. “My 6-year-old son often blows up a balloon-like sugar figure, just like I used to do as a child,” he said. Xiong’s wife Wang Li is an artist of the sugar painting,     8    is a form of traditional Chinese folk art.

In addition to showing their skills at fairs, the couple also stops by colleges to make youngsters get much     9    (close) to the traditional art and allow them to experience its charm. “We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements modeling on the basis of traditional techniques,    10    (make) them agree with the current trend while achieving a balance between beauty and taste.” Xiong said.

9 . Feeling good and having humor in our lives can do wonders for our position and productivity, which means that there is definitely a place for some humor on the job. Having a smiling face will help your co-workers and supervisors feel better around you, and you may well end up harvesting rewards by laughing more in the workplace. But you need to know how to apply humour to your work environment.

One of the main rules with humour in the workplace is to avoid argument when you are joking on the job. Stay well away from joking about political affairs, race and religion. Never make fun of other people within your organization, as you are trying to win friends with the people you work with, and not set against them. If you can’t help yourself, please be extremely careful.

Making jokes about the ups and downs of your trade is a safe way to the place of work. You will have the benefit of knowing exactly what your co-workers have to face each day, and it’s much better as it helps to let go of tensions and lower stress levels by getting them to chuckle(低声地笑)about the situations they come across frequently.

The very best time for some humor is when you are not working, but still in the region of the people you work with, such as a coffee or lunch break. You can also make an effort to be funny on the job, but when you are working, it’s a good idea to use jokes much more thinly than you would normally do.

In general, humour in the workplace is a superb area to flex your creative muscles and be a great help to your job.

1. Which of the following best describes the function of humor in the workplace?

A．Special.

B．Convincing.

C．Rewarding.

D．Ordinary.

2. What topic is safe to joke about at work?

A．Politics.

B．Work.

C．Race.

D．Religion.

3. What does the underlined word “thinly” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Humorously.

B．Secretly.

C．Directly.

D．Infrequently.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Views on making friends at work

B．Ways of making humour at work

C．Benefits of being humorous at work

D．Attitudes towards making humor at work