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I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and
awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I
would never have that sort of career(职业).
I wasn"t an excellent student because I didn"t do much schoolwork. In my final term I
started thinking what I might do and found I didn"t have much to offer. I just accepted that I
wasn"t the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job,looking after two little girls. It wasn"t too bad at first. But the
problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out
for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week,
she"d
give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn"t often work out. I was getting extremely
tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday,I was in the park with the children,and met Megan who used to go to
school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course
and get a qualification(资格证书)if I wanted to work with children. I didn"t think I would
be accepted because I didn"t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the
local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on
a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family,and got work helping out at a
kindergarten.
Now I"ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had
known earlier that you could have a career,even if you aren"t top ofthe class at school.
B. often worked long hours
C. got much help from her boss
D. took a day off every other week
B. She was fed up with children.
C. She decided to attend a part-time course.
D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.
A. Less successful students can still have a career.
B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C. Hard work makes an excellent student.
D. One must choose the job she like.
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nuary he said to his wife, "I"m going to fly to New York next week because I"ve got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?"
his wife asked. "I don"t know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there
in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city.
He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of
his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn"t have any work, so he went to a cinem
a. He came out at nine o"clock and said,"Now I"m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick
didn"t remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the
driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent
his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
Choose the right answer
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观
光)D. his home was there
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn"t leave her husband by himself in New York
A. In the center of the city.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
D. At his friend"s house.
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.
D. His wife
and began her explanation.
"The big hoofs are to keep us from sinking into the sand."
"Oh!So why do we have long eyelashes?"
"It"s to protect our eyes from the sand."
"Why the big humps?"
"That is to store fat and have enough energy to go long distances in the hot desert!"
"I see!"the baby camel stretched his neck and looked up at his mother."Then what are we doing in
this cage in the middle of a zoo?"
Like the baby camel, I had asked the same kind of questions. When my blindness set in, I first
locked myself in a cage of self-pity and bitterness. I was tired of walking out of that dark cage.
Heavens! What was I thinking? Those bars were self-imposed (自我强加的). Finally, eagerness to
leave it inspired me to open my ears to hear a reassuring whisper--I was created for much more.
I broke down those bars and stepped out into the desert of life. I walked difficultly through the heat
with determination. And the hooves of confidence kept me from sinking into the sand of danger.
Each time I reached another point on my journey, my eyes saw a whole new world with opportunities
to make a difference. Best of all, I was pleased that I was indeed created for much more! Bars come in
all sizes and shapes. But none can hold up the force of determination that breaks them down.
Step back and peek at what bars limit you. Take a deep breath, break them down, and come out
into the freshness of a new life!
1. The dialogue between the baby camel and his mother is quoted to _____.
A. show the hard life of camels
B. encourage readers to ask questions
C. introduce the topic of the passage
D. make the passage interesting
2. In the passage, the underlined word "bars" refers to ______.
A. the cage for the author to stay in
B. the cage for the camels to stay in
C. the bad self-imposed situation around the author
D. something lying here and there in the desert
3. According to the passage, we know that the author _______.
A. feels sad about the baby camel
B. seems to like the mother camel"s situation
C. still can"t recover form the bitterness
D. once felt hopeless in his life
daughters on a walking safari(旅行)last year in Tanzania. Barbara told about their experience in
Kinbero, "It is the most remote(遥远的)place we have ever been to," camping with a few other
Americans, two Tanzanian guides, and several Hadza(哈扎人)who had time to sit and chat
because they had just killed a giraffe.
About 400 members of the Eastern Hadza tribe(部落)live in Tanzania today, the only
hunter-gatherers who remain in Africa. The Hadza hunt game, gather edible plants and honey,
and move from place to place whenever the weather changes. Every two weeks or so, they move
to a new campsite.
At the Pinchoffs" campsite, three Hadza men stopped by to visit and ended up staying three
days. One of the guides gave the men a cigarette. They took out the tobacco, put it in a pipe, and
lit the pipe with fire they started.
It takes less than two hours for Hadza women to build a new camp. They make huts(茅屋)by
bending branches into round structures about six feet high, and then covering them with long,
golden grass. If the weather is very wet, the women may choose a dry cave to set up a camp. Some
rock caves have been used over thousands of years and are decorated(装饰)with ancient rock
paintings. Whether they sleep in huts, caves or in the open, the Hadza cover themselves only with thin
cloths and depend on fire to keep them warm.
The Hadza refuse to be "settled" into villages or to have the life of farmers. By 1979, almost all of
them had returned to their old ways. They Hadza may be the only tribe in Africa that has never paid
taxes.
1. The passage mainly tells us .
A. one of the author"s travel experiences
B. the life of the Hadza tribe in Tanzania
C. Barbara"s walking safari in Tanzania
D. the efforts of the Hadza to keep their old ways
2. What do we know about the life of the Hadza?
A. They change their campsites regularly.
B. They live mainly on farming.
C. They keep warm using leaves at night.
D. It takes them a long time to set up a camp.
3. Where do the Hadza live in wet weather?
A. On the farm.
B. In huts.
C. In caves.
D. In the open.
history, admired the United States greatly. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a famous artist. De Laboulaye was thinking about 1876, when the country he respected so much would celebrate its 100th birthday.
What gift would be good enough for the people of France to give? Right away, Bartholdi thought of a
giant statue.
Bartholdi kept thinking about a statue for several years. Then, in 1871, he visited the United States
and saw the perfect place for a huge statue. It was Bedloe"s Island in New York.
The project - the Statue of Liberty - got started almost immediately, and Bartholdi went home to
France to begin work. However, the statue was not finished in time for the 100th birthday. The United
States Congress approved (批准) the use of Bedloe"s Island on February 22, 1877. During the 100th
celebration in 1876, the arm of the statue that would hold the torch was shown in Philadelphia. In 1879
the huge head was put on display in France. For the face of the statue, Bartholdi used his mother as a
The statue was finally completed in 1884. The work had been difficult enough, but then some really
hard work began. The statue had to be taken apart and packed into boxes. It was not until May 1885
that the statue - in pieces - left France for its new home.
The statue arrived in June. However, the Americans fell behind on their part of the project. They
hadn"t raised enough money for building the base of the statue. People wondered if the country really
needed or wanted such a gift. Finally, though, the money was raised and the base was completed. The
last piece of the statue was put in place on October 28, 1886.
1. What"s the right order of the following events?
a.The arm of the statue that would hold the torch was shown in Philadelphia.
b. The United States Congress approved the use of Bedloe"s Island.
c. The huge head of the statue was put on display in France.
d. Bartholdi visited the United States.
A. d a b c
B. d b a c
C. b a c d
D. b d a c
2.When did the work on the statue begin?
A. As soon as Bartholdi thought of it.
B. After the United States Congress agreed to it.
C. After Bartholdi saw Bedloe"s Island.
D. Not until the US had raised enough money.
3.What happened after the Statue of Liberty was completed?
A. It was put together for shipping.
B. It was taken apart and packed for shipping.
C. It was cleaned up for shipping.
D. It was put in place on its base in France.
(凑合过日子). One Sunday afternoon, I went to buy a 1 for my daughter with my friend. A woman
who was also buying books in the bookstore saw me and said, "I 2 you must be having a hard time." I
just smiled and said, "I"m okay. I have eight dollars and I have food at home, so I"ll be 3 ."
A
bout ten 4 later she came up to me and said, "Can I take a look at the book that you"ve 5 ? It seems very interesting!" I said all right and gave it to her. Just then 6 called me and I immediately went
out. 7 I returned she thanked me and 8 my book.
On my way home my friend who was driving said, "You told me you didn"t had much 9 ?" I replied, "I don"t."
She said, "Oh yes, you do!" I assured (向……保证) her I 10 had two dollars left, but still she
insisted I 11 plenty of money.
"Look at your book in your bag," she 12 . "There"s a hundred dollar bill in it." I turned over the
page and got so 13 ! There actually was a hundred dollar 14 that seemed to have fallen out of my
book!
I 15 her, very surprised, and said, "I don"t know 16 that came from. I have no idea because I
certainly did not have a hundred 17 !"
I thought and thought about the money for days after that. Then I realized it must have come from
18 who asked to borrow my book in the bookstore. How 19 of her! And what a wonderful gift
to 20 when I am down to my last two dollars!