More and mor people want to work these days. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m　

　　　　 , it has become harder and harder in today’s world to 1.　　　

find work for everybody. The　　　　 （经济）of the world need 2.　　　

to grow　　　　 4% each year to keep the old number of jobs for people.　 3.　　　

Often this is impossible, so more and more people are out of w 4.　　　

On the other h　　　 , new machines can do the work of many people 5.　　　

in a short time. What’s　　　　　 , machines do not ask for more money 6.　　　

and longer holiday. All over the world, machines are t　　　　　 the place 7.　　　

of people little by little, not only in cities but also in the　 　　　（乡村）. 8.　　　

Thousands of people are　　　　 （搬家）to cities every day and 9.　　　

l　　　　 for jobs, but how many of them can find one?　 10.　　　

k.s.5.u.c.o.m

 

Since the beginning of human evolution, men have migrated（迁移）across continents in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and overpopulation.
    Three million migrants are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People are moving within the developing world for the same reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations. People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, fleeing wars and conflicts. They are also responding to population pressures because some countries are densely populated, and they often have high population growth. Those people need to go somewhere else.
    There are three main reasons why people move. The basic categories and percentages are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys (CPS):
    Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marital（婚姻的） status, establishing a household and other family reasons; work-related reasons 16.2%, including job transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons; the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of climate and health reasons.
    Americans have been migrating south and west for decades in search of better job opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950, nearly a fifth of the population lived in the nation’s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. That’s why many American people say, “Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West.”
    Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same country. Twenty percent were between counties but in the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went abroad.
Title: People on the   71 

Lead-in	Throughout human　 72 , people have migrated across continents.
	An　 73　 number of people from poor countries are moving to　 74　 countries, especially neighboring ones.
_75　 for people’s migration	According to the CPS, the　 76　 of people move to other places for reasons　 77　　　 to housing.
	Americans have long been moving south and west, looking 78　　 a better job chance, a warmer　 79　 and a bigger yard, etc.
Conclusion	Now every year more and more people move to other places, which seems to have become a global　 80 .

 

In general , people talk about two groups of colours : warm colours and cool colours . 　1 in psychology think that there are also two 　2　 of people : people who prefer warm colours and people who prefer cool colours .

The warm colours are red , orange and yellow . 　3 there are warm colors and a lot of light ,people　 usually want to be 　 4 . People think that red , 　 5　 , is exciting . People who like to be with 　 6 like red . The cool colours are green , blue and violet . These colours 　 7 warm colours, are . 8　 . Where there are cool colors , people are usually 　 9　 . People spend time 10 often 　11 blue。

Red may be exciting , but one researcher says that time seems to pass 　12 in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors . He thinks that a warm color , such as red 　13　 orange , is a good color for a (an) 　14　 or restaurant . People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to pass 　15　 　. Cool colors are better for offices of factories if people who are working there want time to pass quickly .

Researchers do not know 　16　 people think some colors are warm and others are cool . 　17　 , almost everyone 　18　 that red , orange and yellow are warm and that green , blue and violet are cool. Perhaps warm colors 　19　 people of warm days and the cool colors remind them of cool days . Because in the north the sun is low during winter , the sunshine seems quite . Because the sun is higher during summer ,the hot sunshine 　 20　 yellow .

1. A. Teachers　　 B. Researchers　　　 C. Workers　　　 D. Managers

2. A. groups　　　 B. dozens　　　　　 C. couples　　　 D. classes

3. A. That　　　　 B. If　　　　　　　 C. Whether　　 D. Where

4. A. happy　　　　 B. active　　　　　 C. quiet　　　 　 D. hopeless

5. A. such as　　　 B. as it is　　　　　 C. for example　 D. that’s to say

6. A. colors　　　　 B. children　　　　 C. others　　　　 D. grown-ups

7. A. for example　 B. unlike　　　　　 C. such as　　　 D. as we say

8. A. relaxing　　　 B. cool　　　　　　 C. warm　　　　 D. active

9. A. happy　　　　 B. quiet　　　　　　 C. warm　　　　 D. welcome

10.A.alone　　　　 B. wholly　　　　　 C. much　　　　 D. together with others

11.A.like　　　　　 B. care for　　　　　 C. prefer　　　　 D. spend

12.A.too slow　　　 B. faster　　　　　　 C. quickly　　　 D. more slowly

13.A.like　　　　　 B. and　　　　　　 C. or　　　　　 D. as

14.A.living room　　 B. office　　　　　 C. away　　　　 D. by

15.A.slow　　　　 B. quickly　 　　　　C. away　　　　 D. more slowly

16.A.if　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　 C. why　　　　 D. whether

17.A.And　　　　 B. But　　　　　　　 C. Think　　　 D. However

18.A.thinks　　　　 B. guesses　　　　　 C. agrees　　　 D. likes

19.A.remind　　　 B. tell　　　　　　　 C. give　　　　 D. make

20.A.looks　　　　 B. appears　　　　　 C. seems　　　 D. is

 

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It is amazing to see how fast and how far the mobile phone has spread. Because it extends a basic human quality—the ability to communicate—there are few aspects of life that it fails to touch.

Teenagers have become the channel through which mobile phones have found their way into the wider society. The young were also the first to see the potential of the text messaging. More than two million text messages were sent around the world alone, and by 2004 this had grown to 8 million!

In Japan, the teenage generation has become known as the thumb tribe, because of the speed and accuracy with which they text.

However, teenagers and text messaging are only part of the mobile story. Historians of technology have noted that the telephone arrived at the exact period when it was needed for the reorganization of great cities and the unification of nations. Never before have so many people been on the move, whether as commuters, or travelers.

Mobile phones encourage and respond to this mobility. In China, which is witnessing vast movements of people, the mobile has become a vital part of life: a way to keep in touch with families back home and also a means of establishing oneself in a new social environment.

Connecting people rather than places, the mobile phone has changed the way people organize their lives. Plans can be made or changed on the spur of the moment (一时兴起)and where organizing in advance used to be made. It is ridiculous to compare a mobile to a body part, but it is something to which people grow attached. Mobiles even change the experience of being alone as they provide countless ways to pass the time.

It is in developing countries that the mobile phone’s influence has been the most immediate. Bangladesh is one of several countries in which mobile phones are used as public village telephones, sometimes powered by solar energy. The mobile has become a political and media tool, too. Text messaging first went about across the world by means of gossip and jokes but now important news and information, and even advertising, are moved around the networks.

1.　　　　　 Times

Teenagers and text messaging	Parts of the mobile story
The 2.　　　 of great cities and the unification of nations
The arrival of mobile was to meet the 3.　　 of mobility.
Encouraging and 4.　　　 to this mobility: ·A way of keeping in touch with families back home ·An 5.　　　　 to establishing oneself in a new social environment ·Connecting people rather than places	6.　　　 of the mobile
·At first, gossip and jokes 7.　　 text messaging but now important information, even advertising, are moved around the networks. ·It has changed the 8.　　　 of people and even changed the experience of being 9.　　　 .	10.　　　　　 of the mobile

 

WASHINGTON---At least four more U.S. air-traffic controllers are caught nodding off on the job at three separate airports across the nation, the government said Wednesday.

The controller working alone in the tower fell asleep and was out of communication for 16 minutes while a medical flight carrying a patient was trying to land at about 2 A.M. Wednesday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.

The FAA announced that it is also investigating a controller who fell asleep Monday at Boeing King County International Airport in Seattle and two controllers who were unresponsive at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee on Feb.19.

“I am sick of this,” Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement. “We can’t have a system where some of the people responsible for safety are asleep at the switch.”

As the incidents pile up, sleep experts say it demonstrates that the agency faces a systemic issue with the thousands of people expected to work through the night in safety-critical jobs. Scientific research shows that workers on midnight shifts make more errors because it is so difficult for the body to adapt to sleeping during the day, they say.

The agency will add an extra controller at the 27 towers staffed with one worker on the midnight shift, the FAA statement said.

Representative John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the House transportation committee, criticized the decision to add controllers. “Only in the federal government would you double up on workers, averaging $161,000 per year in salary and benefits, that aren’t doing their job,” Mica said in a statement. Mica has pushed legislation that would allow as many as 90 smaller airports to switch from federal to private controllers.

“People have known these problems with fatigue（疲劳）have existed for years,” said John Goglia, a Boston-based aviation safety consultant. “They’re now showing up. The FAA is admitting they exist. Now the FAA needs to work on it.”

The four controllers in Nevada, Seattle and Texas have been suspended(暂时停职) during the investigations, the FAA said.

40. The underlined part “double up on workers” means “______”.

A. add two more workers　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. staff two workers at a post

C. settle two workers in a double room　　　　　　　 D. give the workers double pay

41. According to John Goglia, fatigue problem ______.

A. is a known potential danger　　　　　　　 B. has never appeared before

C. is common for day-time shift workers　　　 D. seldom shows up at night

42. Which statement is true?

A. A controller fell asleep without communication for 16 minutes in Knoxville, Tennessee.

B. A medical flight carrying a patient failed to land with the controller asleep.

C. Jay Rockefeller pays little attention to sleeping at the switch.

D. Mica refused to support the decision to staff more controllers on the midnight shift.

43. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. All the controllers in the US were working alone while they were on duty

B. The incidents are rooted in fatigue problems and those on midnight shifts need an extra nap

C. In the U.S. , thousands of people expect to work through the night in safety-critical jobs

D. The agency has added an extra controller at the 27 towers