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On May 2nd, 1933, the Lorch Ness Monster, known as Nessie, was introduced by a newspaper to
the world for the first time after Mrs Aldie Machay described her sighting of a whalelike creature in Lorch Ness in April. From 1.________ on, news about the monster appeared in the media from time to time.
Lorch Ness is a lake in northen Scotland. As 2.________ largest fresh water lake in Britain, it can
be a possible living place for large creatures.
Nessie is said to have a long neck, a horselike head with a dark or grey coloured body. 3.________ is supposed to be about 15 to 40 feet long and 1,134 kilograms in weight. As 4.________ as the
6th century, people recorded sightings of a big monster in Lorch Ness. 5.________ Mrs Machay"s
description of the sighting in 1933, the public didn"t pay much attention. 6.________ the photos of the monster, the one taken in 1934 by a doctor is the most famous. 7.________ people found out in 1993
that the photo was fake(假的).
In recent years, even 8.________ the help of more advanced equipment, scientists haven"t yet
collected evidence to make people believe that Nessie is real.
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with thousands of other hopeful students. Sometimes you get the interview, but don"t quite seem to land
the job because you don"t have related experience. Don"t despair! Here are a few tips that might give
you an edge.
Get connected to your network and try to expand it. Talk to friends, family and acquaintances. Let
everyone know you are looking for a job.
Prepare your resume (个人简历) carefully and be sure it"s perfect. Have someone else read it over
for typos (打字错误) and grammatical errors. Get professional help. It"s worth the money to present
yourself well. If money is tight, read books on resume writing from your public library or search for free
help on the Internet.
When you apply for a job, be sure you match and list any skills listed on the posting with the skills
you have. If you get an interview, be sure to describe those skills thoroughly. Just having the skills is not
enough. Expressing your abilities well can make all the difference in getting the job.
Research typical interview questions and practice interviewing. Be well prepared for every interview.
Don"t be afraid to accept a position for which you are overqualified-if there"s room for advancements. Many great job advancements come from first doing well at an entrylevel position. If you have the right
skills and attitude, it won"t be long before you"re in the job you want.
Volunteer for a few weeks in your field of study to gain experience if you feel your resume needs an
improvement.
When deciding what to wear for an interview, think about the position level and the dress code of the
organization.
Use every tool available to you. For example, this site has many job links for your use.
Good luck!
B. The serious competence.
C. Your lack in related skills.
D. Your lack in related experience.
B. To get professional help even if it costs.
C. To copy something from books.
D. To publish it on the Internet.
B. read books to get secondhanded one
C. do some related voluntary work
D. get some training at schools
B. Describe clearly your ability to the interviewer.
C. Refuse the interviewer"s offer of another position.
D. Wear new clothes for the interview.
B. wish people good luck
C. encourage people not to despair
D. give advice on how to find a job
of relationships. Many adults believe that somehow boys need friends less than girls do, in truth, though,
no boy is an island; boys value their friends throughout childhood and adolescence and are happier and
healthier when they have solid relationships with peers(同龄人).
Despite the common belief that girls are better at relationships, most boys consider their friends a very
important part of their lives, and boys may actually be better at keeping friendships than girls are. A recent study of 10 to 15yearold boys and girls found that girls" friendships are actually more fragile. Girls tend to
say and do hurtful things to each other more frequently than boys, and girls are more hurt by the end of a
friendship.
Boys are the living definition of the phrase "peer group"； they love games with rules, competition,
and doing things together. Boys seem to enjoy, even need the opportunity to test themselves against
others, and many lasting friendships begin in karate(空手道) class or on the basketball court. Competence and skill are widely respected; being picked last for a team or left out altogether is an experience that can
haunt(萦绕心头) a boy for years.
As boys mature, the friendship becomes even more important, and it frequently widens to include girls. During the teen years, friends can become the most important part of a boy"s life-and a part in which his
parents are not included. The confusion of being a teenager leads boys to form close bonds with friends.
There is the sense for many boys that a friend is someone who is "always there for me", someone he can
trust. They may be partners in crime or partners in study, but the friendship of adolescent boys can run
surprisingly deep.
B. don"t value friendship as much as girls
C. have the same friendship as girls
D. have healthier friendship than girls
B. tends to be in small groups
C. can bear mutual hurt between friends
D. doesn"t suffer from failure
B. most boys consider their friends very important
C. boys may be better at keeping friendships than girls
D. boys may be more active in a friendship
B. shift his focus from his friends to himself
C. leave his parents out of his friendship
D. be confused about what a friendship is
B. Boys and Their Friendship
C. Childhood and Adolescent Friendship
D. Tips on Making Friends with Boys
The royal wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet. It also produced more than
two million tweets on Twitter.
The ceremony took place on Friday at Westminster Abbey in London.
Kate wore a flowing white gown designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander
McQueen. William wore a red army uniform.
It was Britain"s biggest wedding since William and Harry"s parents, Prince Charles and Princess
Diana, were married in nineteen eightyone.
Nearly two thousand guests filled the church on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people went
to the streets and parks of London to watch the wedding on video screens.
Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria,
British Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John.
Bahrain"s crown prince(皇储)was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest in his country.
Britain took back an invitation to the ambassador from Syria over violence against protesters there.
After the ceremony, the royal couple traveled to Buckingham Palace. Crowds cheered when the
newlyweds appeared on a balcony, greeting to them.
Later, William drove his wife out of Buckingham Palace in an opentop Aston Martin car. William
and the newest member of the royal family will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Kate is twentynine years old. William will be twentynine in June. His grandmother is Queen
Elizabeth. His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second
in line. Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line. There was a
big celebration at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. That was where William and Kate first
met as art history students in two thousand one.
B. He wore a red army uniform in the ceremony.
C. As a prince, he is first in line to become king.
D. He once majored in art history.
B. Elton John.
C. The king of Norway.
D. The crown prince of Bahrain.
B. The most luxurious wedding in the world.
C. David Beckham attends the wedding.
D. Royal wedding draws a worldwide crowd.
The money values we learn as children stay with us the rest of our lives. If you are a parent, teaching
your children the value of saving and investing will benefit them the rest of their lives. Here"s what you can
do:
Help your child begin to save. Open savings accounts for your children, and teach them how the bank
adds interest to their savings that makes their money grow. Encourage your children to save a little from
every bit of money they receive, such as allowances, birthday gifts, etc. You may even want to set up a
matching program, contributing fifty cents for each dollar your child saves.
Teach your child about stocks(股票). A child in elementary school can start learning about how
businesses work. Once your child understands the basics, ask him or her to think about some of the
businesses that might be good stock investments. Then use Morningstar Mutual Fund Guide(available at your library)to find a quality mutual fund that holds some of these companies, or a mutual fund that caters
to children such as the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund. Many funds accept regular monthly investments as low as $50 a month, so these funds can be a good way to teach children about the stock market while
saving for their college education.
Encourage early IRA(个人退休金账户)saving. The new Roth IRA is a great way for children who are working in summers or after school to begin saving for their future. Imagine how much money you"d have
today if you had saved $3,000 a year since you were a teenager!
Let your kids handle their own money. We all learn by doing, so letting your kids manage a segment of their budget(预算)will let them earn valuable financial lessons.They may make mistakes, but they will be
small mistakes that may help them avoid larger mistakes as adults.
B. How to Teach Your Children to Save
C. Tips for Saving for Children
D. Start Good Saving Habits Early
B. that you should provide enough money for children so that they can save some
C. that you encourage your children to compete with each other in saving
D. that you encourage your children by giving some extra money for them to save
B. in primary school
C. in middle school
D. in college
B. It accepts regular monthly investments.
C. It accepts small investments as low as $50 a month.
D. It caters to children who can afford small investments.
B. that they will know the difficulty of managing a budget
C. that they will avoid making bigger mistakes in the future
D. that they will share happiness of managing their own budget
"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 4 I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox"s Shadow, the online nickname(网名)used by a Senior 2 girl in China. "Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ
5 school."QQ is the biggest messaging 6 in China. A record 4 million people used it on Saturday nights in October, 7 to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.
And Fox"s Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in (登陆) on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel 8 . I usually 9 about 10 hours chatting online every week,"she said. "But I rarely talk with 10 , especially boys or men."
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making 11 with strangers online. "You don"t know 12 you"re talking to. You should 13 be careful about who you trust online."
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to 14 someone very well. Fox"s Shadow once met one of her on
line friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like 15 and they went to a comic show together.However, not all teenagers have been so 16 . At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl was killed after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals weren"t 17 until last month.
A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. "I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking 18 ," he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a 19 of time and money. "If you are really 20 to it, sometimes you just can"t cocentrate in class," he said.