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Chances

I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career（职业）.

I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.

I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.

Now I’ve got a full – time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.

56．What is the author’s present job?

       A．Working part – time in a college.

       B．Taking care of children for a family.

       C．Helping children with their schoolwork.

       D．Looking after children at a kindergarten.

57．When staying with the two girls’ family, the author       .

       A．was paid for extra work                              B．often worked long hours

       C．got much help from her boss                       D．took a day off every other week

58．Why did the author leave her first job?

       A．She found a full – time job.

       B．She was fed up with children.

       C．She decided to attend a part – time course.

       D．She needed a rest after working extra hours.

59．What has the author learned from her own experiences?

       A．Less successful students can still have a career.

       B．Qualifications are necessary for a career.

       C．Hard work makes an excellent student.

       D．One must choose the job she likes.

       Those who plan to film a hostage （人质） scene might want to make it obvious to everyone around them that it' s a simulation．That may be the lesson that an independent film crew learned in Larimer County, Colo．after sheriff s deputies （治安警察） surrounded them during a shoot for a low -budget feature movie．Members of the crew were at a campground near Lake Carter, shooting a scene where the lead actor takes a girl hostage and beats up on a man who tries to intervene （干涉）．"It happened very suddenly after that．We heard, 'freeze' " said Director Eileen Agosta．They were in the middle of the scene when a team of Larimer County sheriff s deputies ran over, shouting orders to get on the ground, pointing guns at the crew, actor Chris Borden said．Members of the crew were cuffed （戴上手铐） and held on the ground until the situation was sorted out．Borden said he believes the only reason the deputies didn't shoot him was because they saw a cameraman．Maj．Justin Smith of the Larimer County Sheriff s Department said deputies received a call from someone at the lake and sheriff s deputies raced to the park, blocking roads．"I think it shows great self - control, great training and great judgment " said Cpl, Scott Shellhaas, a sheriff s spokesman．"They didn't rush into the situation and make a potentially bad situation worse．"Borden said the incident would have been funny except for the fact that he was issued a citation （传票） for disorderly conduct．Agosta was also cited for being an accessory to disorderly conduct．"It was complete ignorance on my part," said Agosta．"I honestly thought you could tell what we were doing… I wouldn' t have chosen a state park at 3 : 30 （p．m．） on Saturday if I was going to hurt somebody．" Authorities said the scene they saw was realistic enough - - - a woman handcuffed to a car, a man handgun - striking another man, people injured and bloodied and someone with a small video camera filming the event．"It is certainly not beyond belief these days that individuals do videotape crimes as they commit them," said Smith．"Having a video camera there did not necessarily mean there was not a threat．"

1.The underlined word probably means something that is ______．

       A．not real                                       B．really interesting

      C．simply terrible                                  D．seemingly true

2.The sheriff s deputies surrounded the film crew, because _____．

       A．they found a girl hostage was terribly beaten

       B．they were informed of a terrible scene at the lake

       C．shooting a film was illegal at a state park in the county

       D．they saw a cameraman shoot the hostage scene

3.According to the spokesman, the sheriff s deputies _____．

       A．needed to be well trained later

       B．made the situation from bad to worse

       C．dealt with the situation successfully

       D．made the situation from good to better

4.What the authorities and Smith said suggested that _____．

       A．people should have told what really happened when they saw the scene

       B．they couldn' t believe that individuals should do videotape crimes publicly

       C．it was very surprising that the film crew shot such a bloody scene at the park

       D．it' s not the sheriff s deputies but the film crew that was to blame for the incident

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As sixth graders, kids were separating into groups, but I wasn’t sure where I belonged．
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week．We were supposed to do nice things   1  our friends without letting them know who was doing it．We could leave   2  notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks．Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we   3  a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days．
Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving    4  instead of notes．Everyone was getting cool presents except me．My friend    5   what the teacher had told us without a fault．I received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me．
On the last morning, I finally got a package．When I   6  it, the girls around all   7 ．It was perfumed powder, an "old lady" gift．My face went red．
I tried to forget about the   8  gift, but when the same girls   9  it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, "How stupid! My grandmother wouldn’t  10  want it．" The girls laughed at my   11  and filed （排着队走）out of the bathroom．Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers _12_  I thought about my words．It wasn’t   13  like me to say things like that．
"I’m your secret friend．" It was Rochelle．" I’ m sorry about the gift," she __14 to me, tears streaming down her face．
From a poor family, she was a   15  at school for those with rich parents．Yet she just took all the16  and the horrible treatment silently．
I was sick to my stomach as my   17  words ran through my mind．She had heard everything．How could I have been so cruel?
Later I learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury（奢侈品）．
And I had   18 everything for her．
I told her that I had only said those things to try to   19  .
"We aren’t that different from each other, are we?" She smiled   20 ．Her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine．