1 . It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened on the night when Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway40, blue lights and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder (路肩).”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of the injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination. At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn't needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
“Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop.”
“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn't have a driver’s license.”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty — a thousand dollars for the new engine — not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.
1. Why did Floyd Hyde drive the car before he got onto Highway 40?| A．To arrest a criminal. | B．To catch up with a car. |
| C．To go to the police station. | D．To deal with an accident. |
| A．Another nearby unit could stop the speeding car. |
| B．The driver of the Firebird would turn his car around. |
| C．Another nearby unit could take care of the injured people. |
| D．The driver of the Firebird would show him his identity card. |
| A．Something was wrong with the wheel. | B．Something was wrong with the engine. |
| C．The car crashed into another one. | D．The car turned upside down. |
| A．The driver had to face the music. | B．The driver was finally under control. |
| C．The driver was actually in a dilemma. | D．The driver had to turn to others for help. |
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▲ A Registered Nurse
Average salary: $65,470 per year
Top cities for hiring: San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas
In the United States, registered nurses (RNs) are clinicians who have completed at least an associate degree in nursing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has identified it as one of the top ten occupations for career growth. RNs can either practice independently or as part of a healthcare team.
▲ A Retail Associate
Average salary: $21,410 per year
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Retail workers sell products and help customers find the products they want. According to the BLS, nearly 14.8 million people were employed as retail workers in 2017. Top places to find retail positions include Walmart, Target and Macy’s.
▲ A Truck Driver
Average salary: $46,000 per year
Top cities for hiring: Atlanta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana
Truck driving doesn’t require a college degree and can pay well even at the entry-level stage. It takes a certain kind of person to work the long weeks away from home—but with a high level of demand, it can be a great career choice for someone who wants job security without the cubicle （格子间）.
▲ A Web Developer
Average salary: $62,500 per year
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Tech jobs like Web Developer frequently top lists of the best jobs for pay, work-life balance, and career welfare. The wide use of the Internet means that web developers are in continuous demand, and there are no education barriers preventing job seekers from learning programming languages like Java or Python.
1. Who may get the highest salary every year according to the text?| A．A truck driver. | B．A web developer. |
| C．A registered nurse. | D．A retail associate. |
| A．They design products and help produce them. |
| B．They help customers get their desired products. |
| C．They must have an associate degree in business. |
| D．They should learn programming languages like Java or Python. |
| A．They can find a job more easily. |
| B．They can work as part of a healthcare team. |
| C．Designing a web doesn’t require much mental work. |
| D．The job is fit for someone who doesn’t need a cubicle. |
3 . Flextime is a flexible hours schedule in which employees choose their own working hours, usually within approximate limits set by the employer or by the government.
For employees, flextime has a clear advantage.
Most flextime schedules include core time.
A classic example of a flexible time schedule is that someone who works four 10-hour shifts a week can take three days off. Flextime can also be combined with flexplace, in which the environment is better than that of the office.
| A．Employers benefit from flextime a lot, too. |
| B．Flextime is also seen as a family-friendly policy. |
| C．This method has been adopted by many employers. |
| D．For example, home offices are increasingly popular. |
| E．However, flextime may not be applicable to all fields. |
| F．It allows them to create work schedules that suit their lives. |
| G．It is a period of the day that everyone is expected to be at work. |
4 . A flash of light, then an explosion — BAM! I sit upright up out of a sound sleep. I’m not thinking clearly, but I know I’m on a mountaintop, in a fire tower, in the middle of the night and a lightning storm in progress and it seems there is a fire outside the house. With my headlamp on, I step out into the night storm to put the fire out...
That was in mid-August, 2018.
There are thousands of such fire spotters like me across the US national parks. Some of them are paid, and some are volunteers. My fire tower in Montana’s Glacier National Park was built in 1934.
Everything about the towers are designed to look out. My tiny home has 19 large windows and one windowed door. All the furniture sits no higher than two feet, so none of the windows are blocked.
Even in bad fire years, there’s a rhythm to the days. I usually wake up to early morning light, make a steamy cup of coffee on my stove and drink it outside on a chair, while listening to the birds and insects. Without a doubt, this is my favorite part of the day.
After the drink, I use my powerful telescope to scan miles of the edges where mountains meet the sky in case something wrong has escaped my eyes. At 10 am, I report to the Forest Service Center in Kalispell the weather at my location.
My official working day ends at 4:30 pm. It means I’m free to take a walk before I return to my tower to enjoy the beautiful sunset! This is a long-drawn-out process with breath-taking color and light changes. If I don’t think it’s a show worth watching, I should probably find another job.
Despite living in such a quiet house with killer views, fire spotters’ life is definitely not for everyone. The first summer that I was hired in the 1970s, I was the third fire spotter of the season—the first two decided in a matter of days that it wasn’t what they imagined, or perhaps they never imagined how the loneliness would affect them.
1. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To describe fire spotters’ dangerous work. |
| B．To report an accident in mid-August, 2018. |
| C．To introduce the author himself or herself. |
| D．To show the hardships faced by a firefighter. |
| A．Some of them are designed for tourists. |
| B．Most of them are built in Montana. |
| C．They are uncomfortably small and old. |
| D．All of them have broad and unblocked views. |
| A．The beautiful scenery. | B．The high income. |
| C．The short working hours. | D．The adventurous trips. |
| A．Fire spotters’ life is very exciting. |
| B．Fire spotters have to get used to loneliness. |
| C．Applicants understand fire spotters’ job well. |
| D．Applicants have to ignore the effects of loneliness. |
5 . Finding a new job can be extremely challenging and lengthy, even for the most experienced professional.
No matter how well you prepare for your job search,
Finding a new job ran be tough, so it’s important to try and keep a positive outlook, both for your own emotional well-being and for the impression you give to potential employers. To avoid letting your job search consume you. Try to keep a healthy balance in your life,
Unfortunately, you can’t control how last a potential employer calls you back, or whether or not you get offered an interview. Rather than worrying about things that are out of your hands.
| A．make full use of your time to do some research |
| B．focus your energy on the things you can control |
| C．finding a new role will probably take longer than expected |
| D．Spare some time for friends, regular exercise, rest and relaxation |
| E．Most importantly, you must take down what you want to do in your notebook |
| F．You will need to invest a large amount of time, energy and effort to get a good Job |
| G．The best way to keep your job search productive is to set a schedule and stick to it |
6 . What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
1. We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.| A．we should think about how to find our career |
| B．learning ability at school shows power in your job |
| C．a knowledge of each subject may be of value in your career |
| D．learning each subject well is an ability in many jobs |
| A．have no hope in his future work |
| B．be hopeful to find a suitable job |
| C．regret not having worked harder at school |
| D．have an opportunity of a new beginning in his future work |
| A．be the best | B．be clumsy | C．be important | D．be skilled |
| A．how to show strengths in your work |
| B．working experience and knowledge at school |
| C．the relationship between school performance and career |
| D．how to get a job |
7 . Come to think of it, the balance between life and work is a strange ambition for a fulfilling life. Balance is about stillness: if our lives were ever in balance — parents happy, kids taken care of, work working - then our primary thought would be to shout "Nobody move!” and pray all would stay perfect forever. This false hope is made worse by the categories themselves. They imply that work is bad, and life is good. And so the challenge, we are told, is to balance the heaviness of work with the lightness of life.
Yet work is not the opposite of life. It is instead a part of life — just as family is, as are friends and community. All of these aspects of living have their share of uplifting moments and moments that drag us down. The same is true of work. Treat work the same way you do life: by maximizing what you love.
We have interviewed several anesthesiologists (麻醉师) about the thrills they feel in their jobs. One said he loved the thrill of holding each patient hovering at that one precise point between life and death. Another said she loved the bedside conversations before the operation aiming to calm the panic that affects many patients. Another was drawn mostly to the anesthetic mechanism and has devoted himself to defining precisely how each drug does what it does.
Think of your life's many different activities as threads. Some are black and some are white. But some of these activities appear to be made of a different substance. These activities contain all the signs of love: before you do them, you find yourself looking forward to them; while you're doing them, time speeds up and you find yourself in flow; and after you've done them, you feel energetic. These are your red threads, and research by the Mayo Clinic suggests that doctors who weave the fabric of their life with at least 20% red threads are significantly less likely to experience burnout.
The simplest way for you to do this is to spend a week in love with your job. During the week, any time you find yourself feeling one of the signs of love write down exactly what you were doing in the column "Love”. And any time you find yourself feeling the opposite write down what you were doing in the column “Dislike”. By the end of the week you will see a list of activities in your "Love" column, which create in you a positive feeling, one that draws you in and lifts you up.
Our goal should be to, little by little, week by week, intentionally unbalance all aspects of our work toward the former and away from the latter. Not simply to make us feel better, but so that our colleagues, our friends and our family can all benefit from us at our very best.
1. What is the author's attitude towards work-life balance?| A．Unclear. | B．Neutral. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Disapproving. |
| A．show people gain joy from different situations |
| B．indicate doctors take pride in their work |
| C．prove people benefit from work |
| D．imply doctors reduce the pressure of work successfully |
| A．require your efforts |
| B．arouse your passion |
| C．hurt your motivation |
| D．suit your needs |
| A．Red threads are necessary for a balanced life. |
| B．Recording activities leads to negative feelings. |
| C．Find love in work instead of keeping work-life balance. |
| D．Maximize what you love to remove the heaviness from work. |
8 . Do you like the idea of running your own business from home? Most of you do, and the first things you say you like about it are being your own boss, having flexible hours and working in your pajamas.
Being your own boss is definitely one big advantage.
Working in your pajamas may seem appealing initially. But it can also prevent you from actually getting your work done.
In order to run a successful business from home you need to have a good mindset.
Taking off too many hours each week will damage your financial stability and long-term success. Set goals and limits on your time. Build your business first, before taking advantage of what working from home offers.
| A．But it can also become your downfall without care. |
| B．Flexible hours are another huge plus of working from home. |
| C．Once it's achieved, you'll have more opportunities to develop business contacts. |
| D．You may find it more efficient to get up, exercise, then shower and dress for work. |
| E．This includes realizing that you and only you are responsible for your own income. |
| F．One of the biggest drawbacks is that it is so easy to allow yourself to have excuses. |
| G．While these benefits sound great, the reality of working from home can be a little different. |
9 . How To Improve Teamwork In Your Organization
One of the key roles of employees in an organization is to promote cooperation（合作）as this is one of the fundamental parts of organizational success. Times are changing and so is the world of business. Today the competitive business environment requires organizations to employ high-performance teams.
The first step towards improving teamwork is to know what your expectations are.
If you want to improve teamwork in your organization, you need to ensure that the environment where they work is favourable enough.
As an employer, you have to acknowledge the fact that those who are directly affected by a decision have to be a part of the decision-making process. You should, therefore, let your team have a say and participate in such matters as this will help improve team cooperation among your employees. For there to be effective team cooperation in an organization, there has to be a joint, cooperative decision-making.
Respect is the glue that holds a team together. For a team to work efficiently and productively, there has to be a good working relationship among its members. There has to be mutual respect regardless of their age, gender, position, skills, experience, etc. As an employer, you should help your employees to learn to accept the strengths and weaknesses of their colleagues.
| A．If this is done, then there will be fewer conflicts |
| B．The success of your plan rests on your cooperation |
| C．They should be capable of producing excellent results |
| D．You need to make known your expectations of your ultimate team players |
| E．You should take it upon yourself as an an employer to better the situation. |
| F．Teamwork requires people to work together and communicate better as a team. |
| G．If you make the workplace pleasant to employees, then work becomes more enjoyable |
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1. What is the main purpose of this text?| A．To introduce a leading sales firm. | B．To advertise for a sales agent. |
| C．To explain the responsibility of a salesperson. | D．To guide the readers to a linked website. |
| A．Sales skills can be improved. |
| B．Relevant experience is a must. |
| C．Good relationships between the staff are to be built. |
| D．Members are promoted as their working years increases. |
| A．A person who speaks good English. | B．A person with a strong desire to learn. |
| C．A hard-working person full of enthusiasm. | D．A person lacking communication skills. |
