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Traditionally, only men have filled professional drivers in Saudi Arabia(沙特阿拉伯). And the majority of professional drivers are from poor     1    (country) like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Until recently, many Saudi men refused     2    (do) the job because they believed the work to be below their social station.

Saudi Arabia was the last country in the world to stop women from     3    (drive). And, women still must get permission from a male relative before they can drive, get a job or passport, and travel outside     4     country.

For many women     5     sign up to become drivers, the job provides another earnings source and greater financial     6    (independent).

The government provides jobs for about 70 percent of Saudis. However, with falling oil profits, the government cannot provide the growing number of Saudis entering the workforce     7     enough jobs.

2,000 women have registered as drivers since September, when officials     8    (announce) they would cancel the ban. The international car service company, Uber, said over 100 Saudi women had expressed interest in employment as drivers.

In recent years, thousands of young Saudi men     9    (sign) up also. More than 150,000 registered with Uber. About 170,000 signed up with Careem. But 80 percent of Uber's customers are women; for Careem that percentage     10    (be) 70.

3 . 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。

Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment     1     a reporter in China Daily. At the office his talk with his new boss left him a strong     2     ( impress). His boss first put him as     3     assistant to an experienced journalist and later required him     4     ( cover ) a story and submit the article himself. During the interviews, he had to listen for detailed facts and prepare the next question depending on     5     the person said.     6     the interviewee agreed, he could use a recorder to get the facts straight. The boss also gave him an example of the importance of a recorder,     7     benefited him in his career. Once a footballer     8     ( accuse ) of taking money for deliberately not scoring goals to let the other team win. He admitted that someone had tried to bribe him, but denied     9     ( take) the money. With the recording, it was proved that he was     10     ( guilt).

4 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

We have to admit that happiness and work do not tend to go hand in hand. A 2016 Gallup study (民意调查),    1    reported some relative data from more than 180 million people, found that just 13% of us consider ourselves to be “happily engaged at work”.

    2    (compare) with unhappy people, happy ones are six times more energetic. The good news is that just 50% of happiness    3    (influence) by genetics, and the rest is up to you. When it comes    4    making yourself happy, you need to learn    5    works for you. Once you discover this, everything else tends to fall into place. And making yourself happy not only improves your    6    (perform), but is also good for your health.

    7    important skill that happy people tend to have in common is emotional intelligence(EQ). At TalentSmart, we’ve tested the EQs of more than a million people and know what makes high EQ people. So, we will keep    8    (dig) until we find the ways that emotionally    9    (intelligence) people create    10    own happiness at work.

5 . Bank of China and Alibaba are the dream employers for Chinese students, according to a new survey.

The survey of more than 55,000 students,     1    (conduct) by a research firm Universum, found that     2    (rough)a quarter want to work for an international company, while only 9% want to work for a start-up. Five percent want to start     3    own business.

When it comes to desirable companies, business students    4    (name)Bank of China the top choice for seven years, and it shows no signs of     5    (give)up its lead.

William Wu, manager of Universum, said that banking remains    6    attractive industry for young Chinese. “China’s government is now emphasizing the revolution of finance industry,     7    leaves the younger generation with the impression that though banking is a     8    (tradition)industry, there are still a lot of development     9    (opportunity),” Wu said.

Alibaba improved six places from 2014,     10    (rank)second among business students. It held a record-breaking $25 billion IPO in September.

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Eileen Taylor had something sweet on her mind in the drive－through line at Heav'nly Donuts.Just the day before，a stranger ahead of her in line had     1    (generous) paid for her coffee.“The good deed made such     2     big difference in my day，” says Eileen.She had recently lost her job as a physician's     3    (assist)，and money was tight.But Eileen     4    (inspire) to pay the $12 bill of the family in the car behind hers.    5     she didn't know was that her kindness would set off a chain reaction.In two and a half hours，fifty－five drivers paid for the order of the person behind     6    (they)．The doughnut shop's employees     7    (see) this before.This Heav'nly Donuts，in fact，is known as a special place，the customers of     8     are considered as “the best in the world”．But，even so，the workers were     9    (amaze) that the shop had more than doubled its previous record by the end of the day.

Now     10     (work) as a chemist，Eileen visits Heav'nly Donuts every Saturday morning，picking up a coffee and paying for the order of the customer behind her.

7 . Before accepting a job offer, you should consider seriously    1    the job is really what you want to do. Why are you interested in this position?

The reasons for    2    (take) a job mainly depend on your desires and your ability. It may be okay to take a job that is not something you    3    (real) want to do right now, if it allows you to get into a     4    (good) position in the future.

What’s more, you should consider the company    5    offers you the position. Is it a good company    6    (work) for? Do they share your values? If not, does this matter to you?

One of the most     7    (satisfy) parts of a job for many people is that the job    8    (challenge) them. It allows them to think and focus on    9     (problem). It’s more than just     10     desk job.

8 . Cathy: Stan, do you have a minute?
Stan: Oh, hi, Cathy. What’s up?
Cathy: Well, I am really     1     (disappoint) with the situation in the office.
Stan:   I am not in that very often. It is     2     noisy that I can’t work.
Cathy: Yeah. I     3     have finished my papers yesterday, but Jack kept     4     (ask) his students to come in and out.
Stan: Has anybody spoken to him about it?
Cathy: No, not yet. So we should come up with an idea     5    (stop) him doing that kind of things.
Stan: Yeah. I am not able to do my work and     6     are you.
Cathy: Could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When teachers have to talk with their students, they could use the meeting room instead     7     the office. You know, there is     8     room down the hall.
Stan: You mean that little storage room? Oh,     9     would be too small.
Cathy: Are you sure? With those things taken out, it might be     10     (big) than it looks.
Stan: Good idea.

9 . 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。

Mr.Swales was talking about jobs in his class. He also    1    (want) to find out what his students wanted to be    2    they grew up. He asked Billy Mitzer to say something about it first.

“My daddy works in a bank,” Billy Bitzer said . “I guess I want to work in a bank too.

There    3           (be) lots of money in the bank. ”

“My parents have a grocery store,” Emmy DiSalvo said. “But I want to be an airline pilot.”

Shirley Danes yelled, “Jodie's daddy is a garbage man!”

Everybody in the class laughed out loud except Jodie. She felt her face turn red. Everyone was laughing. Jodie looked at Mr. Swales. He was sad with     4    (angry). He almost never raised his voice, but now he did.

“Silence! I want everybody to be quiet.”

The laughter stopped    5    (immediate). “You should be ashamed of yourselves,” Mr.Swales said. “    6     (become) a garbage man is a difficult and very useful job. We should all be grateful    7     Jodie's father. Where would we be without    8    (he)? I think you're all going to write his father     9    nice letter to tell him how much you are    10    (thank) for what he does for all of us.”

10 . 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。

What did you want to be when you were growing up? A doctor,    1    engineer or maybe a footballer? We all had big plans for our futures and believed there was a dream job    2    (wait) for us — one that would pay well and give great job    3    (satisfy). But how realistic was that? Research by the charity Education and Employers    4    (suggest) five times as many 17 and 18 year-olds in the UK want to work in art, culture, entertainment and sport as there are jobs.

The excitement of working in these employment sectors is    5    (obvious) an attraction. But those looking for these types of job will feel    6    (disappoint). Katherine Sellgren points out that while young people are keen to work in art, entertainment, culture and sport, the economy is unlikely    7    (need) them all.

Previous research about the career aspirations of young people also found a “reality gap”    8    their dreams and the sometimes disappointing truth by the time they reached their early to late-20s. Apart from those    9    aimed to go into teaching, fewer than one in 50 were in the jobs they    10    (want) — such as a doctor, vet, firefighter or actor. Most were working as sales assistants, careers or in sales and marketing.