Part-time jobs for 15 and 16 years olds

1.What does the writer think of the job as a waiter/waitress?

A. It needs a period of training.

B. It pays much more than other jobs.

C. It can improve one’s leadership skills.

D. Making diners comfortable is part of the job.

2.A student who is busy with his research paper will probably choose to work ______.

A. in a restaurant B. in a library C. on the Internet D. in an IT company

3.The writer wrote this text to ______.

A. tell us the importance of doing part-time jobs

B. advise teenagers how to choose a part-time job

C. teach young people how to make lots of money

D. introduce his/her experience of doing part-time jobs

4.Why do some companies ask the teens to do surveys?

A. The teens have more free time.

B. They can pay less to the teens.

C. They need advice to make products for teens.

D. The teens usually express their true opinions.

Many people go to work each day to a job they hate. The harmful feelings influence their entire life, putting a negative cloud over the home, their friends and many of their other activities. There is a better way to live your life. Meaningful purpose is a driving force that adds enthusiasm to your days. Here are a few steps to get the new career rolling:

Do some self-analysis. Ask yourself -- What really matters to me? What problem or wrong would I like to fix? What do I enjoy? Where are my interests and hobbies? What are my priorities? What is my secret passion? What do I want to do with the rest of my life? Reviewing these questions can give you new insight to where you want to go.

Use your unique genius and talents. Every person is born with a unique set of natural abilities. Talents, such as managing, creating, researching, training others, drawing, can all seem like easy work because you have a natural flair（才能）for them. True happiness comes from combining your natural talents, developing and excelling in them, and working in a field, job, industry that you have a passionate interest in.

Make a decision. Only action can change your life. Read a book. Take vocational tests. Use a good career-management professional. Do some career exploration and gather all the information you need. Then make a decision and go forward. Outline the action steps to reach your career goal. Finding meaning, passion and purpose every day you go to work is the wonderful reward, so don’t wait any longer. Begin right now and set in motion your own plan to live a happier, more satisfying life.

1.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Suggestions on How to Build a More Meaningful Career

B. Steps on How to Live Happily and Comfortably

C. Do not Hate Your Job Any Longer.

D. Find Out Your Natural Talents and Make a Success.

2.According to the passage, by analyzing ourselves, we can .

A. know the true meaning of our life

B. understand better about the career we want

C. find out our own unique genius and talents

D. improve relations with our family and friends

3.The purpose in writing this passage is to _____.

A. persuade people to work hard to make a happier life

B. reveal some wrong-doings at work

C. direct people to choose their career

D. give some solutions to deal with troubles at work

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Stress is a normal part of life and usually comes from everyday occurrences.

1. .

◆ Try physical activity

When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. 2. .

◆ 3. .

You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest. If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough, or if you are not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should ask doctors for help.

◆ Make time for yourself.

Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. 4. . Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.

◆ Make a list of things to do.

Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. 5. .Set out to do the most important task first.

A. If you feel stress is hard to control, seek professional help.

B. Take care of yourself.

C. Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.

D. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.

E. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, and then do one thing at a time.

F. Here are some ways you can deal with everyday sources of stress.

G. Competing with others, whether in accomplishments, appearance, or possessions, is an avoidable source of stress.

Since the one-baby policy____1.____(carry) out in China, Chinese families have been shrinking from one with over 10 members to the other with only three including parents and one baby. Things are usually out of our expectation. Apart from the benefits____2.____have been mentioned enough, small families are now beginning to have ___3.___own problems. Because parents are having fewer children, they increasingly feel the need___4.___(control) the lives of those children. As a result, many children are becoming less___5.___(depend), determined and ambitious than in the past.

Parents today discourage their children from doing housework, extracurricular activities and socializing___6.___they fear it will interrupt their education.For example, when I was younger I wanted to learn the guitar___7.___my parents wouldn’t allow me because they believe it would distract me from my studies. They are happy as long as I perform___8.___(wonder) in my exams but don’t seem concerned about how I develop___9.___a person.

To some extent, I understand parents’ concerns, but I think they should love their children for___10.___they are, not what they want them to be. We deserve the chance to chase our own dreams and learn on our own. Even if we fail, we can learn from those failures.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在却此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear David,

I have recently felt guilty, stay sleepless at night. You may wonder how. To tell you the truth, it is just because of the fact that I seldom cheat in exams and I just can’t stop me. In many exams, I used cellphones to surf the net for answer. Besides, I sometimes referred them to my notebooks so copied something. As you know, cheating do much harm to our learning and self-confidence. It’s time that I take action to stop it. I would appreciate it you could offer me some advice.

Looking forward to your reply!

假如你叫李华，你校高三同学正在开展一场讨论，讨论的主题是：高三学生要不要参加体育锻炼？请你根据以下信息，给China Daily报社写一封信，介绍讨论的情况并谈谈你的看法。

注意：1）开头已为你写好 2）字数100-120左右

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Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt --- the highest rank in the martial art and combat sport judo(柔道). Fukuda is now one of only four living people who’ve earned the tenth-degree (or dan) black belt. Throughout history, only sixteen people have ever achieved this honor.

Fukuda began practicing judo in 1935 and is the only surviving student of its founder, Kano Jiguro. Urged by her teacher, she learned English to help spread judo internationally.

During a time when getting married, building a family, and becoming a housewife was the standard, Fukuda went against tradition, opting out of marriage to pursue the martial art.

“All I did was judo ... this was my marriage,” Fukuda reflected tearfully to the San Francisco Chronicle. “This is when my life destiny was set. I just never imagined how long this road would be.”

She described the Jiguro’s school, known as the Kodokan, as “old-fashioned and sexist(性别歧视的) about belts and ranks”. In fact, an order that prevented women from achieving any higher than a fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level for thirty years. She was finally promoted to sixth dan in 1972 when a woman’s division was created.

Fukuda said she approached judo and her life with the intention to “be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically”. Fukuda said this kind of beauty is decidedly not external (外部的). “ A kind soul is inner beauty,” she explained to the paper. “I believe this is true beauty … All my life this has been my dream.”

Dream realized, the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda continues to teach judo three times a week at a woman’s judo.

1.It can be learned from the passage that ____________.

A. Fukuda achieved the tenth-degree black belt at 97.

B. four people earned the tenth-degree black belt in history.

C. nearly all of Kano Jiguro’s students were dead.

D. the Kodokan was founded in 1935.

2.The underlined part “opting out of” in the 3rd paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. choosing or welcoming B. longing for or desiring

C. keeping out of or avoiding D. missing or having no chance of

3.Why did Fukuda remain at fifth-degree black belt for so long a time?

A. It was hard for her to improve her level.

B. She suffered from a foolish rule.

C. Her family life took up too much of her time.

D. She didn’t want to improve her level.

4.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A. The only surviving student of Kano Jiguro remains single.

B. The tenth-degree black belt is the highest rank in judo.

C. Sensei Keiko Fukuda spreads judo throughout the world.

D. 98-year-old woman becomes the first woman ever to earn judo’s highest-degree black belt.

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound (装订) between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.

1.”Londoners are great readers” means that ___________.

A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.

B. There are a great number of readers in London.

C. Londoners read a lot.

D. Londoners are readers who read only great books.

2.According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.

A. is in the suburbs of London B. is the busiest street in London

C. contains various kinds of shops D. is famous for its bookshops

3.In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?

A. move away from a busy street

B. buy books in a most busy street

C. waste time looking for books

D. take a risk of losing one’s life

4.On Farringdon Road, _______________.

A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books

B. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books

C. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts

D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold

The illegal ivory(象牙) trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain ivory. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday key African states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade to protect elephants.

Over the past few days, top officials and experts from 30 states met at the African Elephant Summit. The conference, organized by the IUCN and the government of Botswana, was held in Gaborone, Botswana.

Conservation efforts will include China and Thailand, where much of the ivory is sent. “Now is the time for Africa and Asia to join forces to protect this universally valued species,” said Botswana President Ian Khama.

In the 1980s, as many as 1 million elephants across Africa were killed for their ivory. The ivory was used to make jewelry and other items. This continued until 1989, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to ban all the trade in ivory. As a result, demand for ivory fell. Governments cracked down on poachers. Elephant populations slowly began to increase. However , this progress was short-lived.

According to the IUCN, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. Around 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa that year. Data from the IUCN show even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. “With an estimated 22,000 elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,” said John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. “Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinction if the present killing rate continues.

At the African Elephant Summit , key African states where elephants make their home agreed to develop a “zerotolerance approach” to poaching. The deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. Officials are committed to classifying wildlife trafficking (交易) as a serious crime --- and to making sure that the people who commit it are punished. All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. With these states working together, there may yet be hope for elephants.

1.The purpose of holding the African Elephant Summit is to _________.

A. make new laws to punish poachers.

B. prevent elephants from being poached.

C. collect money for elephants’ protection

D. call for African countries to save elephants.

2.Why are China and Thailand mentioned in the text?

A. The ivory is illegally sold in these two countries.

B. Elephants need protecting in these two countries.

C. They know how to protect wildlife like elephants.

D. They prefer jewelry and other items made of ivory.

3.What can we learn from Paragraph 5 ?

A. The governments do nothing to protect animals.

B. Elephant poaching in Africa is out of control.

C. A large number of elephants have been killed.

D. Illegal ivory trading is to blame for the elephants’ extinction.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Wild Animals Are at Risk B. New Hope for Elephants

C. Elephants Need Our Help D. Wildlife Protection in Africa

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September 4, 2013 by Michelle

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1.What is the first step to get the gift card?

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2.CVS customers can get the gift card when their purchases happen on _________.

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3.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Goods at CVS are always sold at discounted rates.

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