2 . It goes without saying that everyone has bad days at work. You hit an unexpected problem with a project you’ve been working on for weeks.     1    You are severely criticized by your boss in the company. Whatever your workplace problem is, one effect it has is to make you feel more alone. There are times when you feel as though your colleagues are upset and you can only rely on yourself.     2    

When you’re feeling upset about a problem at work, take a minute to think of someone in your life that you’re grateful to and write a sentence or two on a notepad about what you appreciate.     3     Why does it have such power? Gratitude is often a positive emotion you   feel when someone else has gone out of their way to do something helpful for you that they didn’t have to do. That person has done something selfless in order to make your life little---or perhaps a lot---better.

    4     It might be a relative who took care of you when you were little, a teacher who   helped you out in a tough situation or a colleague who put you up for a great opportunity.

Picking one of those folks out and reminding yourself of why you’re grateful to them has two benefits.     5     It also reminds you of the deep social connections you have so that you   don’t feel quite as isolated anymore.

A．You have a quarrel with your beloved.

B．In those moments, a little gratitude can help

C．Here are some reasons to explain these situations.

D．All of us have people in our lives who fit that bill.

E．Research shows practicing gratitude can make you happier.

F．You forget the appointment with a VIP customer and keep him waiting.

G．For one, it gets you thinking about something positive and lifts your mood

3 . ※Project Management Assistant

Responsibility:

—Provide service for the project in Tianjin.

—Provide assistance to the project manager for everyday work.

—Responsible for file management, customer service for students & parents.

Requirements:

—College degree and above.

—Good English and computer skill.

—Related working experience in an international organization.

—Patient, careful, supportive. Have strong team work spirit.

※English Teacher

Responsibility:

—Conduct English teaching according to British education system.

Requirements:

—University degree and above in English major or normal English.

—Eager to learn and open-minded with creativity.

—With deep understanding for different cultures.

(Warmly welcome the fresh graduates to apply for this position.)

※Marketing Assistant

Responsibility:

—Responsible for the local management of marketing & sales activities according to the instructions from the head office.

—Collect related information to the head office.

—Develop relationship with local media and customers.

Requirements:

—College degree and above with good English (speaking & writing).

—With basic idea of sales and marketing,related experience is preferred.

—Working experience in the international organizations is a must.

—Good communication and presentation skills.

※Accountant

Responsibility:

—Accountant work for Tianjin office and project.

—Perform the finance management locally according to the rules & policy of the company.

Requirements:

—College degree and above in finance area.

—Good English and good computer skill.

—Have sense of finance management.

—At least 2 years' experience as an accountant in an international organization is a must.

—Self-management, hardworking, independent and able to deal with pressure.

You can go to http://www.51job.com for more information.

Please mail or fax your resume(both in English & Chinese), diploma, training certificates and expected salary to the following address within two weeks. No personal visit or telephone call before that. Your materials will be kept in ACE files.

Add: Room 1806 Plaza Building Hexi District Tianjin300221

Fax Number: 022-3728428

Email: lircarehxtj@sina.com

1. If you want to get the position as the project management assistant in your resume you'd better say ________.

A．you always have new ideas

B．you can decide everything for yourself

C．you are good at becoming a good leader

D．you are always ready to listen and help carry out good decisions

2. If you have just graduated from a university, you should apply for the position as ________.

A．a project management assistant	B．an accountant
C．a marketing assistant	D．an English teacher

3. If you want to apply for a position, you can ________.

A．make a telephone call at any time

B．tell the company how much money you want for your position

C．go to the company

D．write about yourself either in English or in Chinese

4 . 假如你是李华，你的美国朋友George发来邮件，想了解你未来想做什么职业。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 你未来想从事的职业；2. 你选择该职业的原因；3.……
注意：
1. 词数80字左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 划横线部分不计入总字数。
Dear George,
I’m more than delighted to hear from you.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . 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.    1    

Being your own boss is definitely one big advantage.    2     You must commit to work on your business regularly to make profits. If not, you will find that your income becomes non-existent.So, have set office hours where you productively work on building your business.

    3    Doctors’ appointments and family commitments can simply be worked into your schedule. Again, you need to arrange your appointments carefully and try to book them together. This way you can get all of your running around done in one day.

Working in your pajamas may seem appealing initially. But it can also prevent you from actually getting your work done.     4     After that, just walk into your office and start your day’s work. Being too casual means getting less work done on a regular basis.

In order to run a successful business from home you need to have a good mindset.    5    

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.

6 . If you think about it, work-life balance is a strange ambition for a fulfilling life. Balance is about stasis(静止): if our lives were ever in balance—parents happy, kids taken care of, work working—then our overriding 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 tell-tale 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 (织物) 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 inverse write down what you were doing in the column “Loathe”. 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．Doubtful.

B．Disapproving.

C．Supportive.

D．Neutral.

2. “Red threads” in Paragraph 4 refer to the activities that __________.

A．arouse your passion	B．satisfy your desires
C．improve your motivation	D．require your efforts

3. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?

A．Red threads are necessary for a balanced life.

B．Recording activities helps create positive feeling.

C．Find love in work instead of keeping work-life balance.

D．Maximize what you love to remove the heaviness from work.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How long has Louise been working at the center?

A．About six months.

B．About one year.

C．About two years.

2. How did Louise feel when she started working at the center?

A．Excited.

B．Nervous.

C．Confident.

3. What is the most fruitful part of the job?

A．Seeing children have a lot of fun.

B．Thinking of new things for children to do.

C．Helping the less able children achieve more.

4. What does Louise say about working at night?

A．It’s unfair for her to do it.

B．It’s something that she enjoys.

C．It’s a necessary part of the job.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the conversation take place?

A．In a shop.

B．At home.

C．At a TV station.

2. What does Bob like doing?

A．Playing tennis.

B．Taking photos.

C．Riding bikes.

3. What did the woman dream of being?

A．A shop owner.

B．A bank clerk.

C．A tennis player.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Being a teacher is always believed to be one of greatest occupations, because teachers make great contributions for the world. Last week, I got a chance to experience teaching students. Our school asked us to teach some kids live in the countryside. The kids was so happy that they gave me a warm welcome. I teach them English and after class, we played games happily. We had a lot of funs together. When I returned back to school, I missed the students so much. They like me but some of them have kept in touch with me ever since. I felt so proudly of being a teacher.

10 . I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was __________.

A．excited	B．interested
C．ashamed	D．disappointed

2. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A．She forced him to continue.	B．She punished him.
C．She gave him some money.	D．She changed her plan.

3. What is the text mainly about?

A．The early life of a journalist.

B．The early success of a journalist.

C．The happy childhood of the writer.

D．The important role of the writer in his family.