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A team from Paris High School in Texas won the past weekend"s Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge. The goal of the yearly competition is to accurately repair a car that has been disabled on purpose: Responding to the call, "Gentlemen, start your engines, if you can" at 9:15 a.m., the teams ran to 50 cars with the same mechanical problems. They had 90 minutes to find and repair many "bugs" in the starting, electrical, lighting, braking, temperature control, and power systems. The team from Texas first drove their car across the finish line, winning the contest after judges determined that they had removed all of the bugs. Bradley J. Bolton and Aaron Clay were able to get their car started in less than 30 minutes. In feet, the pair from Texas spent months preparing for the competition with, their instructor. They walked away with $2,500 in scholarships and something interesting to add to their resumes (履历). With many regional competitions, Ford and AAA gave away a total of $6 million in prizes and scholarships to this year"s competitors. "Aaron and Bradley proved today that they are America"s best teen auto-repair team," Allan Stanley, manager of Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills, said. "Their hard work and drive to be the top high school auto technicians are typical of every participant here. The auto industry must attract such talented young people to keep America"s vehicles operating safely." Each year, the Student Auto Skills competition determines the nation"s best high school auto technicians with a two-part test. After a written exam worth 40% of their grade, the 50 two-person teams — each representing a state — compete in hands-on repair work, which is worth 60% of their total. Darryl Hazel, senior president of Ford Motor Company, said, "Ford and its dealer (经销商) network are offering these talented young people opportunities to train for high-tech careers with excellent wages." Read the passage and then answer the following questions. |
1. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word "bug". _________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the -Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge test the participants for? (回答词数不超过15个) ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. From what Darryl Hazel said, what do we learn about working as an auto technician? (回答词数不超过10个) ____________________________________________________________________________ |
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1. Problems. 2. Knowledge of vehicles and the ability to repair a disabled vehicle. 3. It"s a high-tech and well-paid job. |
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For many the idea of one day having your dream home is not buying a bigger home, but a home that you have built by yourself. A house that is unique and fit for your tastes and your lifestyle. It sounds great but where do you begin to design your dream home? Here is a quick guide that can help you make your dreams come true. The first step is to get an idea of what type of home you want. You can get inspiration from others. Drive around to neighborhoods that have the styles of homes that you like and take pictures. You can also cut out pictures from magazines, newspapers, or print-out pictures you find on the Internet. The next step will be to make two lists of items for yourself. The first list will be those items or features that you feel your new home must have, such as granite (花岗岩 ) counter tops or a hot water heater. The second list will be those items or features that are on your wish list like a fireplace or slate (石板) floors. At this point you will probably have a good idea what your dream home will look like, so you will need to seek some professional help. You will need to hire an architect to put your ideas down on paper. You may need to interview a few different architects to find one that you are comfortable with. Make sure whomever you choose to make the final drawings has a full understanding of local building codes and zoning by-laws (地区议事程序).In any case your final plan will need to be approved by the city and a building permit must be obtained before any construction can begin. It is time to look for a contractor (承包人). Whichever way you do it, be sure you are comfortable with your contractor and you have gotten references from his past clients (客户). Remember the more homework you do in the beginning, the more enjoyable the process will be. |
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My first experience of modern city life was quite impressive. I was very curious when I arrived in London. First, I noticed so many people were on a trip in a busy way. When I first saw the machine on the underground where you are expected to feed your ticket in and have to run through moving barriers (拦板), I was completely fascinated (被迷住了) at it. Flashing with the light, the little green man, telling you when to cross the road, was also quite interesting, and so were those street advertisements which kept changing subjects as you look. In my native place, my life is so different from people’s here. I am a market gardener from Makono, a village which is led by a market-managing group. People there usually walk two hours a day to get water from a well. What’s more, I am used to going, for many hours, without drinking , so it was strange to be offered cups of tea all the time here in London. In my native place, on market days, I usually walk for several hours with my basket full of fruits and vegetables on my head, carrying them to the market for sale, to earn £1per basket. Without the produce from my garden, I could not pay for education or healthcare for my children. Gardening is not a hobby for me - it’s survival . But here people are planting something only to kill their leisure time. During our visiting-time in Britain, we visited some local government agencies, schools, churches and farms in Sussex, Scotland, Yorshire, Loncolnshire and Cambridgeshire, meeting people who were of the same profession as we are. Children in Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire, prepared a special get-together to greet us and we were also asked a lot about our life which was quite fascinating to them. For example, how we make our houses out of mud and how we get our water for our daily necessities, as well as for our garden. |
1. What can we learn from Paragraph One ? |
A. The writer knew London well. B. Londoners are always in a hurry . C. It was easy to get lost in London. D. Everything looked new to the writer. |
2. The most disadvantage in the writer’s native place should be that ___ . |
A. there are many market-managing groups for gardeners B. the lack of water makes the life there even harder C. people there like to travel about on foot for enjoyment D. people support themselves using the garden produce |
3. The underlined word " survival" has the most exact meaning of ___ . |
A. a means of earning one’s life B. a habit to live a better life C. a kind of very practical idea D. a custom followed by people |
4. Which of the following should be the best title ? |
A. How to Get around in London B. Communicating with the British C. Experiencing Modern Life D. How Can One Live Leisurely(休闲地) ? |
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It might sound ridiculous (荒唐的) that goal setting could actually hold you back from completing tasks and dreams you may have. While it is true that goals can help you sometimes, in some cases they just lead to frustration(挫折) and they actually bring you down. Let"s look at this a little closer with an example. Many people jump online and are looking to start a business online as a way to make money from home and let"s say they set a goal to make $10,000 in their first month. They do this because they seem tons of people making large sums of money in very little time so they think $10,000 a month shouldn"t be too hard. But what happens when you only bring in $1,000 in your first 30 days online?If this is pure profit(利润) you might still be happy, but this is nowhere near reaching the goal you originally set out to meet. So naturally you would feel like you failed to reach your goal and you may be a little disappointed in yourself. If you continue not to reach this goal month in month, it starts to add up and really weighs on you. I"m not saying that you shouldn"t set goals, but you need to realize that you should not be emotionally attached to your goals. An alternative approach would be to set certain goals when you want to accomplish things and start out small. Build your confidence by accomplishing smaller feats and if you overproduce then it will be a nice surprise. It makes it a lot easier for you to handle by just knowing every day you have to complete a few small tasks and over time the snowball will roll into great things. |
1. The purpose of the passage is to _________. |
A. show that it"s necessary to set goals. B. prove the disadvantages of setting goals. C. suggest a way of setting goals to reach success D. introduce how to reach success by setting high goals. |
2. In Paragraph 2, the writer used the example to ________. |
A. persuade readers not to focus on making money only. B. prove that goals often result in frustration. C. show goal setting sometimes stops you realizing your dreams. D. advise readers not to set goals to avoid frustration. |
3. According to the passage, always sticking to our goals is ________. |
A. important B. unnecessary C. ridiculous D. natural |
4. What information will probably be proved following the last paragraph? |
A. Benefits of setting small goals. B. Side effects of goal setting. C. Success achieved without goal setting. D. One more useful suggestion for goal setting |
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A. Use business recordings B. Speak slowly and clearly C. Learn telephone manners D. Always be considerate of your friends E. Make sure you understand the other speaker | 按课文内容填空。 | As a new journalist, Zhou Yang is eager to get a scoop, but he has to wait until he"s more e 1 . What he learned from his first assignment is really u 2 . For example, he finds 3 unnecessary to take a camera when he 4 (cover) a story, because a p 5 photographer will assist him. 6 he needs are curiosity and a good nose for a story. During the interview, he should listen 7 the facts, and m 8 prepare for the next questions d 9 on what the person says. There"s also a trick of trade, that is, with the permission of the i 10 , he can use a recorder to get the facts straight to support his story. |
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