1 . Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station．
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers．I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it．”
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do．“You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye．“They’re paying you．If they want to do that, you let them do that．”
I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since．
Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me．Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions．Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience．If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone．I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal．If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone．
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble．
1. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A．They could earn much, but they had to work hard．

B．Many of them earned money in a dishonest way．

C．They were all from poor families．

D．They were all thin, young boys．

2. What does the father's advice imply?

A．It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers．

B．Don’t believe them if they are paying you more．

C．Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers．

D．It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy．

3. The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______．

A．it is a totally shared experience	B．it is considered as the most dangerous
C．it does great harm to human relationship	D．it may lead to the loss of his sports team

4. It can be concluded from the text that ______．

A．his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B．working in the sports team was his most important experience

C．he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

D．his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

2 . Want to find a job? Now read the following advertisement.

FAIRMONT HOTELK Five Waiters and Ten Waitresses -Aged under 22 -At least high school graduate -Good-looking; men at least 1．72 meters tall and women at least 1．65 meters -Those knowing foreign languages favoured -Paid 1, 600-2,200 dollars per month One Secertary -Aged under 30 -Female favoured -Good at writing and skilled at computer If interested, call 465-4768 or write to: Mr. Jack Hundris Room 0825, Fairmont Hotel 567 wood Street, San Markers, 78003 Fax:6954828

WILSON BOOKSTORE Accountant(会计) -Aged between 25 and 40 -With an experience of at least two years With a degree and an accountant certificate(证书) -Paid 3, 000-4,000 dollars monthly -With a practical knowledge of computer Salesclerk -Basic education of 12 years or more -Good at computer -Paid 1, 800-2,2000 dollars monthly Tel:447-4398 Fax:3485269

1. If you don’t know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position as         .

A．a secretary	B．a waiter or a waitress
C．an accountant	D．a salesclerk

2. If you want to get the position of accountant in Wilson Bookstore, you have to satisfy the following conditions EXCEPT        .

A．being a woman	B．knowing well how to use a computer
C．having been an accountant	D．having n accountant certificate

3. If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel, you           .

A．have to be a woman and know foreign languages

B．should be a university graduate

C．have to be taller than 1.72 meters

D．should be younger than 30 years old

4. From the ads we can conclude that           .

A．you’ll be better paid in Wilson Bookstore than in Fairmont Hotel

B．all the jobs offered require experience

C．the better education you’ve received, the more money you’ll make

D．if you want to be an accountant, you may call 465-4768

3 . Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most situations these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a computer. “You've got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”                                                                                                                                    The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune (运气) there are thousands more whose longing (渴望) is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿人), I had no chance of being successful at all; What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used type-writer and felt like a real writer.       

After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely(几乎不) made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering (胡思乱想), what if? I would keep putting my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with dream must learn to live there.

1. The passage is meant to ________.

A．warn young people of the hardship that a successful writer has to experience

B．advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional （职业的）writer

C．show young people it's unrealistic （不现实的）for a writer to gain wealth and fame

D．encourage young people to make efforts to be a writer

2. What can be concluded（推理） from the passage?

A．Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.

B．A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort.

C．Famous writers usually live in the state of being poor and lonely.

D．The chances for a writer to become successful are small.

3. “Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to ________.

A．the wonderland one often dream about

B．the bright future that one is looking forward to

C．a world that exists only in one's imagination

D．the uncertainty before one's final goal is reached

4 . Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia．He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years．In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).
Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men．At the high school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women．As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low．Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers．States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent)．
There is no definitive(确定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did．However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders．
1. What worries Maggiano is that_______．

A．nobody will take his place when he retires

B．male teachers are not so excellent

C．men are not interested in teaching

D．there is not enough teachers in the schools

2. According to the text , we can infer that______．

A．the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008

B．it is not certain that students will learn better from male teachers

C．male teachers get a higher pay

D．organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession

3. In which state are male teachers most badly needed?

A．Alaska

B．Virginia

C．Georgia

D．Arkansas

4. What does the last paragraph suggest?

A．The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage．of male teachers in the school.

B．Students find it easy to learn from male teachers.

C．I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school.

D．The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students．

5 . If you are in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go. In the 1986 movie, “Nothing in Common”, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.
Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.
Gleason nodded.
“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with name on them—the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”
Gleason nodded.
“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”
He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”
I stood up and turned up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”
After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile. “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”
You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.
1. According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you should______.

A．make everyone work for you	B．get everyone willing to help
C．let people know you have the idea	D．keep talking to them

2. “The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

A．Gleason

B．the director himself

C．Max

D．Max’s boss

3. After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s because Gleason________.

A．thought the director gave him a good idea

B．formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking

C．was not confident about his acting

D．appreciated the director’s directing skill

4. The most suitable title for the passage is “_______”.

A．Directing a Film	B．The Key to Success
C．A Wonderful Experience	D．Working with Film

6 . As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.

In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year--except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according to a survey of World at Word. About one-third of companies froze raises altogether.

For 2010, World at Work’s survey projects an average salary increase budget of 2.7 percent, a figure that shows the situation has improved but the job market is still weak. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of companies said they would freeze raises--far fewer than in 2009, but still more than in most years.

How can you get a raise? Avalos and others offer the following tips:

* Do your job well. This means producing high-quality work, of course, but also keeping the big picture in mind.

“It really comes down to positioning yourself as a high performer, somebody who is aware of business goals and helps the company meet their goals as an organization”, Avalos said

* Be visible. When times are tough, some workers think. “I’m going to hunker down and hope that nobody notices me, because I don’t want to be on a layoff list,” said Richard Phillips, owner of Advantage Career Solutions. This is a mistake, because you’re unlikely to get a raise if no one knows what you have accomplished. “If anything, what you want to do is be more visible.”

* Make your boss’s life easier. This means everything from having a good attitude to taking on extra tasks. If you don’t know how you can help your boss, ask.

* Ask for a raise. Talk to your boss and present your case: Here’s what I’ve done, here’s how it fits with the company’s goals, and here is why I think it’s worth a salary increase. In some cases, even if your company has an official raise freeze, you can get a raise if you make good case.

If the answer is no -- or if you’re not ready to ask directly -- Phillips suggests asking, “What would you like to see from me that would put me in line for a raise?”

A question like this can improve your standing. “Just asking the question says to the boss, ‘I’m thinking about where I fit in here, what I can do,” Phillips said, “That in and of itself has value.”

1. The passage is mostly from a\an________.

A．novel

B．science fiction

C．magazine

D．biography

2. Employers have raised workers’ salaries by about _______percent in 2007.

A．4

B．2.1

C．2.7

D．10

3. If you want to get a raise, the most important thing you should keep in your mind is to ______.

A．have your job done well

B．be visible everywhere as possible as you can

C．ask your boss for a raise directly

D．change your job

4. All the statements are true except________.

A．the situation has improved but the job market is still weak

B．salary increases should recover as the economy does

C．producing high-quality work will surely help you get a raise

D．that in and off an employee makes no difference

7 . A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr. James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”.

“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. A work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there… or engineers or scientists?”

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men.

B．Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys.

C．60% Western European women wish that they were born men.

D．60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany.

2. “It is still men’s world.” means“      .”

A．There’re more men than women in the world

B．There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world

C．Women have not been given the same chance as men

D．Women cannot live without men

3. Anne Harper considers that women should       .

A．live a better life than men

B．be really liberated

C．be well paid

D．get better jobs than men

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Usually the best jobs are not open to women.

B．Women are less paid than men for the same job.

C．There’re more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women ones.

D．Women are looked down upon because they’re the second - class citizens.

8 .
1. What you have just read is a _____．

A．note

B．report

C．schedule

D．poster

2. According to the passage, teachers would be working with students            .

A．immediately after they are admitted

B．in the National City Center across China

C．21—25 hours a week even on national holidays

D．ranging from kindergarten students to teenagers

3. How much can Smith get on July 15 if he promises to teach for a year on January 15?

A．9500 RMB．	B．28500 RMB．
C．34200 RMB．	D．57000 RMB．

4. Who will be possibly admitted as an English teacher according to the passage?

A．Bo Savino from American．35, a native Chinese．

B．Douglas Carter from Canada, 30．a former doctor．

C．Abigale from Australia, 42, an experienced teacher．

D．Alexa Joy Nino from India．39, an experienced teacher．

5. We can conclude that teachers admitted by this school group are allowed to _____．

A．get a rise in salary

B．live in Hong Kong

C．see a doctor for free

D．take a part-time job

9 . There are plenty of beauty schools throughout the country that can help you to start a career in cosmetology(美容业). Nowadays, young people may not be able to afford a four-year college. Students can look forward to attending a beauty school program which will only take a few months to complete and start their career right away to earn money.
There can be many benefits of going to beauty school. The expense is much less than attending a four-year university. Besides, attending beauty school is mostly a hands-on(动手的) experience which appeals to many people. Some students don’t like sitting all day listening to lectures and then having to study at night. What’s more, most beauty school programs keep up with the changing trends and fashion. So you will always be working on different hair types which can be fun and will give you a lot of experience throughout the years of your career.
If you are worried about finding a job after graduation, many beauty schools will offer assistance for immediate job placement and give you peace of mind that you will not be stranded looking for a job. Most colleges and universities are not equipped to do that because of the large number of graduates each year.
Cosmetologists will also make a good salary. The average salary will depend on your location, but you may earn a salary around $3,000 — $3,500 a month. This is not including tips which could be $600 or more a month.
Not only can young people go to cosmetology school, but people of all ages can start this career. As you can see, there are many benefits of beauty schools that can be the perfect opportunity for anyone to become a great cosmetologist.
1. How many advantages of going to beauty school are mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. The underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.

A．focused on

B．given up

C．stuck in

D．turned to

3. What can be learnt from the passage?

A．A cosmetologist gets paid at least $3,600 a month.

B．Beauty schools are not popular with young people.

C．Graduates can easily be offered jobs by universities.

D．It isn’t suitable for the old to start a career in cosmetology.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The development of cosmetology

B．How to become a cosmetologist

C．The benefits of beauty schools

D．Going to college or beauty school

10 . Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were not willing to work on farms along the Atlantic because they worried about the terrible storms that destroy buildings and crops. The farmer received a steady stream of refusals at the interview for a farmhand
Finally, a short, thin man approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
^“Well, I can sleep when the wind blows. ” answered the little man.
Although puzzled by this answer ，the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm ，busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly from offshore. Jumping out of bed，the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand’s sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled， “ Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they are blown away! ”
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows. ”
Enraged (激怒）by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire   him on the spot ,Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement，he discovered that all of the hay had been covered. The cows were in the bam，the chickens were in the coops，and the doors were barred The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down, Nothing could be blown away.
The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he also returned to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing.
1. Why did the farmer constantly advertise for hired hands?

A．Because he needed hired hands all. the year round.

B．Because there was too much work to do on the farm.

C．Because he could hardly hire a farmhand.

D．Because he offered poor conditions for the hired hands.

2. The farmer felt amazed because _______

A．the Little man was sleeping	B．everything was in safety
C．the wind was too strong	D．he could not open the doors

3. What did the man mean by saying “I can sleep when the wind blows. ” ?

A．He needed much sleep after working hard on the farm.

B．He was very brave and not afraid of wind

C．He enjoyed sleeping when the wind blew.

D．He would get everything done before the wind blew.

4. Which of the following   statements about the Little man is TRUE?

A．He was not afraid of storms.

B．He was a heavy sleeper under any condition

C．He was hard-working and devoted to his work.

D．He was fired shortly after he tied everything down.