New Books this Month

The Long Night

This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.

Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and …    Hard Work

This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth.

Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… Hospital or Cinema

Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.

Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

1.The Long Night was written by _________.

A．David Reilly        B．Maha             C．Joanna            D．Marcie Jacome

2.The story of Hard Work happened in _______.

A．Australia          B．Thailand           C．India             D．England

3.From the passage we can see Tina is_________.

A．a doctor          B．a film star          C．a writer           D．a college(大学) student

4._______ is about a difficult journey.

A．Hospital or Cinema  B．Hard Work         C．The Long Night     D．Harry Potter

5.The passage above is___________.

A．an advertisement(广告)                  B．a story            C．a novel D．a diary

Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.

Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.

1.From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _______________.

A. have dinner with their friends B. go shopping

C. watch a football game D. enjoy themselves

2.Which of the following is true?

A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.

B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.

C. People go to the nearest college.

D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.

3.Job-hopping means “_______________”.

A. looking for a job B. having a job

C. changing jobs often D. losing a job

4.In the USA job-hopping _______________.

A. is very popular

B. helps young people go to college

C. helps workers in traveling

D. helps students begin to work

5.The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.

A. does good only to the workers B. does good only to the boss

C. must be stopped D. is helpful

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