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B. sorry for what has happened
C. eager to disclose the affair
D. anxious to solve the problem
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| Fred Michel is one of 7.2 million Americans who moonlight, or hold more than one job. Once a week, after his day job as medical director of a mental health center, the 40-year-old psychiatrist (精神病大夫) heads to a part-time job at a treatment center for young people. Twice a month, he travels three hours to another teenage treatment center. Last year, 5.4 percent of the American workforce held second jobs, according to the US Labor Department, and that looks set to increase this year. Many workers like the safety that moonlighting provides, says Carl Hausamn, the writer of"Moonlighting: 148 Great Ways to Make Money on the Side." The information from he US Labor Department shows that 40 percent of US moonlighters in 1997 took a second job to meet household expenses or pay off debts. Others save money or buy some special things. People also take second jobs with an eye to the future-wanting to try out a new field or gain experience. Michel started moonlighting when medical systems were unstable(不稳定的). He wanted to make sure he wasn"t tied to one system that ended up failing. Just as the purposes for moonlighting vary, the moonlighters cross all age and racial groups. And they work in a variety of industries-no longer just service, office and sale jobs. "Technology just affects your ability to make money," Hausman says."That makes a frequent change in moonlighting." As its name means, moonlighting still occurs mostly at night. And that results in some pressures. Chief among them is time. Full-time employers could misunderstand, too. Some companies do not allow after-hour work because they fear it will affect their employees" 9-to-5 performance. "The primary employer is saying, "Wait, I"m paying you for the sharp, fresh, energetic you,"" says Tom Gimbel, president and founder of LaSalle Staffing in Chicago."If you"re burning yourself at both ends, It"s going to show." Still, the good done to the moonlighters can be great. Besides extra income, moonlighters enjoy variety, freedom and chance to do something new. They also may find their part-time jobs strengthen what they do full time. Besides, "it"s fun," Michel says. Not only do this part-time jobs offer a chance to network, stretch his professional skills and make more money, but they also give him the variety he wouldn"t find just in a full-time job. "It"s a way of pulling from the spice cabinet," he says,"and offering a little variety throughout the day." |
| 1. What is the article mainly about? |
| A. The ways of moonlighting. B. The reasons for moonlighting. C. The problems with moonlighting. D. The kinds of people who moonlight. |
| 2. The reason why Fred Michel began to moonlight is that ____. |
| A. he found it exciting to do a part-time job B. he needed to make ends meet with more money C. he feared he would lose his present job one day D. he felt more and more pressure from his employer |
| 3. Some companies don"t allow their workers to moonlight because they are afraid ___. |
| A. their workers can not do extra-hour work for them B. their workers will be too tired to try their best at work C. their workers will one day turn to some other different jobs D. their workers will not get to work and be off work on time |
| 4. The underlined sentence "It"s a way to of pulling from the spice cabinet." In the last paragraph means___. |
| D. moonlighting gets you away from the job you don"t enjoy D. moonlighting offers you freedom to make extra money D. moonlighting strengthens your professional skills D. moonlighting brings you chances to do something different |
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| Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don"t get much rain. But they still don"t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don"t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily. |
| 1. Deserts _____. |
| A. never have any plants or animals in them B. can all be turned into good land before long C. are becoming smaller and smaller D. get very little rain |
| 2. Small green plants are very important to dry places because _____. |
| A. they don"t let the sun make the earth even drier B. they don"t let the wind blow the soil away C. they hold water D. All of the above |
| 3. Land is becoming desert little by little because _____. |
| A. plants can"t grow there B. there is not enough rain C. people haven"t done what scientists wish them to do D. scientists know little about the deserts |
| 4. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph? |
| A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land. B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land. C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there. D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time. |
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Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, |
| 1. What does the marine life react to the BP disaster? |
| A. Birds crawl deep into caves. B. Dolphins and sharks show up in deep water. C. Tens of thousands of marine animals are found dead. D. Sea creatures flee from the spilled oil, gathering near the seashore. |
| 2. The environmental disaster was caused by ____. |
| A. the damage of the Mexico Gulf ecosystem B. the lack of environmental sense of BP C. the nearly two-month-old oil spill D. the crowding marine life |
| 3. What is John Hocevar"s attitude towards the disaster? |
| A. Worried. B. Disappointed. C. Depressed. D. Optimistic. |
| 4. From the passage, we can infer that ____. |
| A. BP will pay much money according to the number of the dead wildlife there B. marine scientists have seen some strange phenomena C. the disaster has little influence on dolphins D. a three-person crew reached no conclusion |
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| A ban on smoking in public places has come into force in China-home to a third of the world"s smokers. The move is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million a year. But the rules have been criticized, because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore them. Many business owners hate rules that force them to ban smoking on their premises (经营场所) because many customers do not like the rules and complain. The rules do not allow smoking in places like restaurants, hotels, railway stations or theatres, but not at the office. Employers have a duty to warn staff off the dangers of smoking but do not have to forbid them from lighting up at their desks. Shanghai introduced similar rules a year ago, but people do not seem to take much notice of them. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar. The problem is that the rules do not include punishments for businesses or individuals who ignore them. It appears that many Chinese people are unaware of the dangers of smoking. Research suggests that only one in four knows the harm cigarettes of second-hand smoke can cause. Officials say they have to try to persuade people not to smoke to reduce the numbers dying from smoking-related diseases. At the same time the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firm that makes and sells all tobacco products throughout the country. |
| 1. The number of smokers in China makes up about ______ of the world"s smokers. |
| A. 66% B. 44% C. 33% D. 55% |
| 2. We can replace the underlined part in the passage with ______. |
| A. are concerned about B. are curious about C. don"t know D. don"t care |
| 3. Why have the rules been criticized by some people? |
| A. Because those people don"t want to be punished. B. Because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore the rules. C. Because the rules are ignored by all the people who smoke. D. Because nobody takes notice of the rules. |
| 4. If the government wants to ban smoking in public places, ______. |
| A. only rely on educating people B. take more effective measures C. do punish those who ignore the rules D. let people know more about the dangers of smoking |