| A．An actor. | B．An athlete. | C．A scientist. |
1. How many people are there in Steven’s family?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
| A．Steven’s mother. | B．Steven’s father. | C．Steven’s brother. |
| A．In a shop. | B．In a supermarket. | C．In a restaurant. |
4 . In the US, tornadoes(龙卷风） are responsible for 80 deaths and more than 1,500 injuries each year. Although they happen quite frequently, tornadoes are difficult to predict. Why? Tornadoes develop from storms, but only some storms are likely to become tornadoes. Scientists don’t know where and when a storm will touch the ground and turn into a tornado. Today, the warning time for a tornado is usually just 13 minutes.
Time Samaras is a storm chaser. His job is to find tornados and follow them.When he gets close to a tornado, he puts a special tool called a turtle probe on the ground. This tool measures things like a tornado’s temperature, humidity (湿度), and wind speed. With this information, Samaras can learn what causes tornadoes to develop. If meteorologists(气象学家) understand this, they can warn people about tornadoes sooner and save lives.
How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It’s not easy. First, he has to find one Tornadoes are too small to see using weather satellites. So Samaras can’t rely on these tools to find a tornado. Instead, he waits for tornadoes to develop. Every May and June, Samaras drivers about 40,000 kilometers across an area known as ToknownTornado Alley, looking and hoping to spot a tornado.
Once Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change direction several times—for example,moving east and then west and then east again. When Sanaras finally gets near a tonrnado, he puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to a tornado is terrifying. Debris (碎片) is flying in the air . Then wind is blowing at high speed. He must get away quickly.
The work is risky, even for a skilled chaser like Samaras. But danger won’t stop his hunt for the perfect storm.
1. What do we know about tornadoes?| A．They can be predicted by satellites. | B．They usually come down in winter |
| C．The warning time for them is very short . | D．They often develop into storms. |
| A．predict tornadoes | B．collect information about tornadoes |
| C．chase tornadoes | D．decrease the power of tornadoes |
| A．how tornadoes develop | B．how the turtle probe works |
| C．how powerful Tornado Alley is | D．how Samaras chases a tornado |
| A．difficult and dangerous | B．stressful and troublesome |
| C．mysterious and interesting | D．exciting and popular |
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Worship Music Leader -- First Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Napa is looking for someone who will select songs and use media for church services on Sundays. Applicants must be able to commit 8-10 hours per week for service and meetings as well as being available every Sunday from 9:00am to 12:00 pm. The pay is about $18 an hour. Detailed job information will be posted on the Payroll Office’s window. If interested，send your cover letter and resume to David Stoker at david@fpcnapa.org.
Catering Company Oak Avenue is a most successful catering company in St. Helena searching for enthusiastic people to join their talented team of chefs and service professionals. Hours are flexible and positions are available for ambitious chefs，bakers，service helpers，and captains. Please send a brief cover letter and resume to Maritza@oakavenuecatering.com or call 707-963-9278 for more information.
1. To work as a housekeeper, one needs to .| A．be a local in Angwin | B．be able to speak two languages |
| C．work about 8 hours per week | D．be able to drive |
| A．She cannot walk by herself. | B．She has a poor memory. |
| C．She is likely to fall down. | D．She has difficulty in sleeping. |
| A．707-963-9278 | B．925-785-8500 |
| C．david@fpcnapa.org | D．recruitingangwin@gmail.com |
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1. Which address should you email at if you want to be a support worker？| A．careers@golden-care.com | B．info@wowee.com |
| C．info@top-model-agency.uk | D．jobs@coffeebeans.co.uk |
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| B．get a free uniform |
| C．choose working hours |
| D．receive free tickets to events |
| A．The model opportunity is only meant for adults. |
| B．There is no need to be trained as a support worker. |
| C．Employees at Coffee Beans have few management opportunities. |
| D．Applicants to Wowee Magazine should be sociable and enthusiastic. |
1. Where was the man born?
| A．In Philadelphia. | B．In Springfield. | C．In Kansas |
| A．Drawing. | B．Traveling. | C．Reading. |
| A．Education. | B．Family love. | C．Nature |
8 . My brother Stanley died last January from cancer，and I spent a lot of time with him in hospital over his last few months. I witnessed the care he received and，at the time，I thought it was poor. It shocked and hurt me.
While Stanley was sick，I was a medical student. I therefore put a lot of time and energy in the medical profession. It gave me an insider's view of the care Stanley received，when most people spending time with a very sick loved one only have an outside view. However，as I see now it made me judge the care that his doctors and nurses gave him too harshly(严厉的).
We experienced long waits in emergency departments，and doctors were unsure of the details of Stanley's case. We waited around for doctors to arrive，but they seldom turned up. But worst of all was Stanley's senior doctor. Near the end，he announced coldly that there was nothing left to try. “All the choices have been used，"he said. And with that，he left，never to be seen again.
All this affected the way I thought about my studies. Did I want to work in a field where people treated patients as if they were numbers on a chart？After Stanley died，I finished my studies and graduated with all the rest of students in my year. They went on to get jobs in hospitals，while I took a year out. I simply couldn't face working in medicine.
Finally，I applied for and got a position as a cancer doctor in a busy clinic in a big city. Now I was a cancer doctor myself，and I often had to tell patients bad news. It is a terribly difficult thing to inform someone that they have a serious illness. I also found that I couldn't always answer patients' questions. They would want to know whether they could be cured，or how long they would live，but it wasn't always possible to say.
It was then that I understood what difficult job health providers do. It made me think back to my experiences with doctors and nurses when Stanley was sick. Perhaps what I had thought was unprofessionalism(不专业)or coldness was just a reflection of the demanding nature of the work.
I began to see my patients as Stanley，and myself no longer as his sister，but one of his caregivers.
Now I was in their shoes-the people who spend every day caring for others.
I still miss Stanley horribly，but at least now the anger has gone.
1. Why did the author feel upset in hospital？| A．Because it was too late to cure her brother. |
| B．Because the treatment was too painful for the author to bear. |
| C．Because she couldn't help the doctors with her medical knowledge. |
| D．Because the care given to her brother was far below her expectations. |
| A．the insider's view of the care | B．the care her brother received |
| C．the author's medical profession | D．the author's long stay in hospital |
| A．suffered a serious illness |
| B．met Stanley's doctors again |
| C．communicated with her classmates |
| D．experienced caring for cancer patients directly |
| A．She put in efforts o save patients. |
| B．She gave up her study in medicine. |
| C．She applied for a job in a big city immediately. |
| D．She took a year out and then got a job in a clinic. |
| A．give advice on how to be a professional doctor |
| B．explain how her attitude to being a caregiver changed. |
| C．tell the young people the importance of being a doctor. |
| D．share how she became a doctor after her brother's death |
9 . For most of her life, Suanne Laqueur’s passion for storytelling was shown on the dance floor.
Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother’s dance studio in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, for years. But when her mother was ready to retire and an opportunity opened for Laqueur to take over the studio, she realized she had no interest in taking on the business side of her art: “Owning a studio is a lot of work—financially, logistically. I love the teaching, the choreographing(编舞), the staging, but I didn’t want to own it.”
Yet Laqueur’s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a self-published author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Self-publishing as a way of sharing her first completed novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose.
Starting with her second self-published novel, she began investing more time in marketing and building her audience. Her investment paid off. Since 2014, Laqueur, now 49, has self-published six novels, which collectively have hundreds of ratings and reviews on Goodreads. Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize.
“You have to write the most truthful story to you, and I think self-publishing allows that freedom,’ she says. “If you work with traditional publishing, it’s more about what’s marketable, There are trade-offs, which everyone will tell you, but by self-publishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I’m cool with that.”
1. From Paragraph 2，we can learn that Laqueur _______.| A．was a part-time writer when she was young |
| B．didn’t like teaching dancing in fact |
| C．wanted to own a publishing house |
| D．was interested in running her mother’s studio |
| A．Her mother’s persuasion. | B．The desire to make money |
| C．Self-publishing her novels. | D．Her own passion toward art. |
| A．became a failure. | B．was shown to people. |
| C．got all the attention. | D．was accidentally stolen. |
| A．Self-publishing will replace traditional publishing. |
| B．She will never use traditional publishing. |
| C．Traditional publishing only focuses on the market. |
| D．She enjoys the way of self-publishing. |
Work is a very important part of life in the United States. When the early immigrants came to this country, they brought the idea that work was the way to God and heaven. This attitude still influences America today. Work is not only important for the salary, but also for social and psychological working, being productive. For most Americans, they are what they do. What happens, then, when a person retires at the age of sixty-five or seventy? It’s easy to imagine that retirement is no easy thing. Retirees often feel they are unproductive and no longer needed by others.
Once people retire, they may also get into financial trouble. Many people rely on Social Security checks every month. During their working years, employees contribute a certain percentage of their salaries to the government. When people retire, they receive this money as income. These checks do not provide enough money to live on, however, because prices are increasing very rapidly. After retirement, they have to change their lifestyles. They have to spend carefully to be sure that they can afford to buy food, fuel, and other necessities.
Of course, not all senior citizens feel sad when they are in face of retirement. Working for so many years, they eventually have time to spend with their families or to enjoy their hobbies such as reading, traveling or joining some senior citizen clubs. Some continue to work part time; others choose to do volunteer work like helping young people to get started in new business.
American government is taking steps to ease the problems of retired people. They are building new housing, offering discounts in stores and museums and on buses, and providing other services, such as free courses, food service, and help with housework. It is wise to do so. Retired citizens are an important part of the population and their special needs must be concerned about. After all, everyone will be a senior citizen someday.
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