| Take Action for a Better World: Volunteers Needed Six months" preparation in Denmark: Africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk group teenagers. Six months" community work in Malawi in People to People Projects: Child Aid, HIV/AIDS Figure and Teacher Training. | |||||||||||
| Part-time Work with Exchange Students YOUTH International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The Community Representative is a part-time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money. Applicants (申请人) best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in cross- cultural communication, and feel comfortable network. Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the U.S. Positions available in most states. If interested, please email: staff@youth.org or call 888-123-9872. | |||||||||||
| International Summer Job Hi, I"m an ESL student in China. I"m 20,quite and polite, and I speak reasonable English. I am looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country. I can teach Chinese or do house and garden work, and cook Chinese dishes. Can anybody offer me a job? I don"t need to earn much, just enough in 2 months (July-August) to pay for my return ticket to China. My goal is to improve my English and see a bit more of the world. My email is: ram3462@hotmail.com | |||||||||||
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| If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include: 584 Asians 124 Africans 95 Eastern and Western Europeans 84 Latin Americans 55 former Soviets ( including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups) 52 North Americans 6 Australians and New Zealanders The people of the village would speak: 165 Mandarin 86 English 83 Hindu/Urdu 64 Spanish 58 Russian 37 Arabic The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village. One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments. This year 28 babies will be bom. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can-cer. Two of the deaths will be of babies bom within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018. In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re-ceive only 2 percent of the income. About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water. Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write. The village has a total yearly budget (预算), public and private, of over $3 million-$ 3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million: $ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare $ 159,000 to education $ 132,000 to health care These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together. | |||||||||||
| 1. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text? | |||||||||||
| A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village. B. About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village. C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village. D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village. | |||||||||||
| 2. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text? | |||||||||||
| A. Poverty. B. Education. C. Environment. D. Marriage. | |||||||||||
| 3. The underlined part "have access to" (in Para. 4) means _____. | |||||||||||
| A. use B. buy C. produce D. try | |||||||||||
| 4. The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____. | |||||||||||
| A. a peaceful world B. good education C. better health care D. a life without anxiety | |||||||||||
| Apollo For lovers of the arts, Apollo is a truly necessary magazine. Covering the ages and the great civiliza-tions of the world, Apollo brings you well-illustrated yet academic articles by internationally famous scholars, as well as information on exhibitions and sales. Experience five monthly issues for as little as ￡ 5 each. The Guardian Weekly The Guardian Weekly gives you a global view with articles from four of the world"s most respected newspapers. Read the news from different views and draw your own conclusions on the stories shaping our world. Try it for 3 months for just ￡ 15.55. Plus get a free copy of The Guardian Year 2003. New Internationalist Full of excellent writing and photography, the N1 covers one key subject each month, from Terror-ism to Poverty to Climate Change. Reporters from around the globe provide you with a comprehen-sive world view. PLUS: masses of fresh reports and stories to keep you up-to-date on world affairs. 3 months free and free World Map. The Week The Week is the only weekly summary giving you the best of the British and foreign newspapers in just 35 pages. Designed to be read in just 1 hour, it provides you with everything you need and want to know. Try The Week now with 13 issues for just ￡ 13. 75. If you decide it"s not for you, just tell us within the first 6 weeks and you can get your money back. | |||||||||||
| 1. Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintmgs? | |||||||||||
| A. Apollo. B. The Week. C. New Internationalist. D. The Guardian Weekly. | |||||||||||
| 2. It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ______. | |||||||||||
| A. men B. women C. children D. grown-ups | |||||||||||
| 3. Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world"s most popular newspapers? | |||||||||||
| A. Apollo & The Week. B. Apollo & New Internationalist. C. The Guardian Weekly & The Week. D. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist. | |||||||||||
| 4. The purpose of writing these four texts is to ______. | |||||||||||
| A. tell the readers the latest news B. get more readers to subscribe (订阅) C. show the importance of the four magazines D. introduce the four magazines to new readers | |||||||||||
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| Welcome to Ontario Parks, a new body set up to manage Ontario"s most treasured special places, the parks in our area. We are entering a very exciting year for Ontario Parks. Last season we asked some 15,000 visitors in 45 parks how we could improve our programs and services. We also looked at the thousands of comment cards we received. As a result, new comfort stations have been added, the number of campsites has been increased, and we"ve made other facility (设施) improvements. In addition, we"ll be providing more educational programs. This year, for example, more than 40 parks will offer special day and evening activities to excite your curiosity about nature and history. Through the Internet, you"ll be happy to know that you can now explore all 270 parks on line. Let your family plan your park vacation, study a map of canoe routes, listen to the call of a loon or find up-to-date information about programs, services and facilities. So come and discover what Ontario Parks has to offer. Our parks are places to go with families and friends, for relaxation and fun, or simply to get away from it all. They are places where we can enrich our souls and "recharge our internal (内部的) batteries". They provide chances to explore nature, see wildlife, swim, canoe, camp, hike, picnic, ride a bike… You"ll enjoy some of the best outdoor experiences available anywhere in the world. We urge you to make 2006 the year that you come out and have an Ontario Parks experience! | |||||||||||
| 1. The writer"s purpose in writing the text is to _____. | |||||||||||
| A. tell more people the improvements in Ontario Parks B. attract more people to explore the parks on line C. praise the beauty of nature in Ontario Parks D. have more people visit the parks | |||||||||||
| 2. The facility improvements of Ontario Parks include _____. | |||||||||||
| A. new programs and services B. new comfort stations and campsites C. comfort stations and special activities D. new campsites and educational programs | |||||||||||
| 3. From paragraph 4, we know that Ontario Parks offers visitors _____. | |||||||||||
| A. the world"s new sports and games B. the most exciting adventures in the world C. many choices to relax and refresh themselves D. chances to experience all the outdoor activities | |||||||||||
| 4. According to the text, we can safely say that _____. | |||||||||||
| A. some visitors suggested more campsites B. about 15,000 people visited 45 parks last season C. many more people will visit Ontario Parks in 2006 D. the manager of Ontario Parks worries they will have fewer visitors | |||||||||||
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