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Exploit your parking space
An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you
could make anything up to ￡200 or ￡300 a week. Put an advertisement (广告) for free on Letpark or
Atmyhousepark.
Rent (出租) a room
Spare room? Not only will a lodger (房客) earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-
backed "rent a room" program, you won"t have to pay any tax on the first ￡4500 you make per year.
Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.
Make money during special events
Don"t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a
room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your
space.
Live on set
Renting your home out as a "film set" could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the
film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring
up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free-but you will be charged if
your home gets picked.
Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment
(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused
energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier,
which could prevent you from changing the roof. |
| 1. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _____. |
A. ￡800
B. ￡500
C. ￡4500
D. 5000 |
| 2. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event? |
A. On Letpark.
B. On Roomspare.
C. On Grashpadder.
D. On Roommateeasy. |
| 3. If you want to use energy free, you have to _____. |
A. sign an agreement with the government
B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment
C. sell the roof to some energy companies
D. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years |
4. For whom the text most probably written?
A. Lodgers.
B. Advertisers.
C. House owners.
D. Online companies. |
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While small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particularly when it comes to staying
in hotels and eating in restaurants.
The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs
of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, showed heads that are too
low, and restaurant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it
says.
But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average night of the population has been
increasing ye the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.
"The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even a king-size
bed at 6′6″ (6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 6′3″ bed caters for less than
half of the male population." said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, "seven-foot beds would work fine."
Similarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to
sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.
Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledoman Hotl in Edinburgh, 6′6″ beds
are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans. |
| 1. What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign? |
A. To provide better services.
B. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.
C. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall.
D. To attract more people to become its members. |
| 2. Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy? |
A. 7′2″.
B. 7′
C. 6′6″
D. 6′3″ |
| 3. What may happen to restaurants with small tables? |
A. They may lose some customers.
B. They may start businesses elsewhere.
C. They have to find easy chairs to match the tables.
D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged. |
| 4. What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh? |
A. Tall people pay more for larger beds.
B. 6′6″ beds have taken the place of 6′3″beds.
C. Special rooms are kept for Americans.
D. Guest rooms are standardized. |
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Money Matters
Parents should help their children understand money. 1_____ so you may start talking about money when
your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.
1. The basic function of money
Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services.
It"s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a
toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier.2_____ when your child grows a bit older
and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.
2. Money lessons
Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. 3_____ If you must say no to a child"s request to
spend money, explain, "You have enough toy trucks for now." Or, if the request is for many different things,
say. "You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy."
3. 4_____
Begin at the grocery store. Pick put similar brands of a product-a name brand butter and a generic (无商
标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product
so that you can save money. 5_____ If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase
with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other
purchases. |
A. wise decision.
B. The value of money.
C. Permit the child why he can-or cannot-have certain things.
D. Talk yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.
G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest. |
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[1] Do you spend over an hour each day texting messages to your friends? Do you frequently ignore
work, study, and other activities to check your phone for messages? Are you anxious and restless if you
are separated from your mobile phone? Do you hardly ever use your phone to talk any more, and do your
thumbs hurt from texting too much?
[2] If _____, then it is very possible that you are a textaholic. A textaholic can be defined as someone
who is addicted to sending and receiving messages. The main symptoms are a strong desire to text
messages, which takes precedence (优先) over everything else, and bad moods, low spirits and a lack of
self-confidence if messages fail to come in. The root of the problem, as with many addictions, is the desire
to escape from emotional difficulties such as stress, anxiety and relationship problems. Experts warn that
text addiction is likely to become the most common form of addiction in the future, especially among the
young.
[3] So what can you do if you think you may be a textaholic? The key is to get your life back in balance.
Make sure you resist the urge to answer every message you receive, and consider leaving your mobile phone
behind occasionally when you go out. Most importantly, make a point of spending quality time with friends
and family, and make time to re-learn the art of face-to-face conversation instead of conducting your
relationships by means of text messages. Not only will you save time and money, but you may also rediscover
the pleasure of true communication. |
1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text? (no more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________
2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 8 words)
________________________________________________________________________
3. What emotional difficulties may be the causes of text addiction? (no more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. What do experts say about text addiction? (no more than 14 words)
________________________________________________________________________
5. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? (no more than 8 words)
________________________________________________________________________ |
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest
possible words. |
Sociologists have long recognized that organization of less than 200 individuals can operate through the
free flow of information among the members. Once their size goes beyond this figure, the organizations are
getting less flexible. So it seems necessary to prevent total disorder resulting from failures of communication.
One solution to this problem would, of course, be to structure large organizations into smaller units of a
size that can act as a group. By allowing these groups to build reliance on each other, larger organizations
can be built up. However, merely having groups of, say, 150 will never of itself be a complete solution to the
problems of the organization. Something else is needed: the people involved must be able to build direct personal
relationships. To allow free flow of information, they have to be able to communicate with each other in a
casual way. Maintaining too formal a structure of relationships inevitably prevents the way a system works.
The importance of this was drawn to my attention two years ago by the case of a TV station. Whether by
chance or by design, it so happened that there were almost exactly 150 people in the station. The whole
process worked very smoothly as an organization for many years until they were moved into purpose-built
accommodation. Then, for no apparent reason, the work seemed to be more difficult to do, not to say less
satisfying.
It was some time before they work out what the problem was. It turn out that, when the architects were
designing the new building, they decided that the coffee room where everyone ate their sandwiches at lunch
times was an unnecessary luxury and so did away with it. And with that, they accidentally destroyed the close
social networks that strengthened the whole organization. What had apparently been happening was that, as
people gathered informally over their sandwiches in the coffee room, useful information was casually being
exchanged. |
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)
1. What size of an organization may lead to communication failures?
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the two solutions to the communication problem within a large organization?
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. After the TV station moved into new accommodation, its operation ___________________________.
4. From the case of the TV station, we can conclude it is _________________________ that make(s) an
organization more successful. |
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Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something that
is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, some might say, "I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票). It was great. I took
that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for on e hundred dollars!"
This guy"s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets,
and only on e was a winner. He"s really a big loser!
He didn"t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That"s called a
half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick. Let"s say that during Governor Smith"s last term, her state lost one
million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents (对手) says,
"During Governor Smith"s term, the state lost one million jobs!" that"s true. However, and honest statement
would have been, "During Governor Smith"s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."
Advertisers (广告商) will sometimes use half-truths. It"s against the law to make false statements so they
try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, "Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients
to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache." It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them
work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too of often. It"s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth
can lie as well. |
| 1. How much did the lottery winner lose? |
A. One hundred dollars.
B. Two hundred dollars.
C. Three hundred dollars.
D. Four hundred dollars. |
| 2. We may infer that the author believes people should _____. |
A. buy lottery tickets
B. make use of half-truths
C. not take anything at face value
D. not trust the Yucky Company |
| 3. What do the underline words "net gain" in Paragraph 5 mean? |
A. final increase
B. big advantage
C. large share
D. total saving |
| 4. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement? |
A. False statements are easy to see through.
B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.
C. Doctors like to act in advertisements.
D. Advertisements are based on facts. |
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