主题语境10：工作与职业

2021-12-12本刊试题研究中心

疯狂英语·爱英语 2021年10期

本刊试题研究中心

I. 阅读理解

There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses. Or， job searchers can look at newspapers. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.

Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example， people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist website to buy objects， meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.

Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example， students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course， looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example， there is a book called What Color Is Your Parachute？ by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in 1970.

Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths， goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.

1. What is the text mainly about？

A. Finding a job.

B. College students part?time jobs.

C. Craigslist website.

D. The relation between study and work.

2. What can you do by logging on the Craigslist website？

A. Sell your old things.

B. Do some shopping online.

C. Create your own announcement board.

D. Get useful information about 450 cities.

3. How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the text？

A. Three. B. Four.

C. Five. D. Six.

4. According to Susan W. Miller， whats the first step to get a job？

A. To get training.

B. To have enough money.

C. To have a good background.

D. To know about yourself.

Ⅱ. 完形填空

An Indian school teacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize and he has___1___to give half of the $1 million prize money to other finalists. The award is to celebrate “exceptional” teachers who have made___2___contributions to their profession.

Disale， a teacher of an Indian___3___school， was chosen as the winner from more than 12，000 nominations from over 140 countries around the world. The award recognized his efforts to___4___girls education at the school， whose pupils are mostly from primitive communities. In order to___5___class textbooks into his pupils mother tongue， he learned the___6___language. Besides， he created unique QR codes on the textbooks to give students___7___to audio poems， video lectures， stories and assignments， greatly___8___school attendance. His QR technology is now___9___across India， which has been adopted by many schools. At the___10___ceremony， Disale told the host that he would share the prize with the other nine finalists from different countries in the world， giving them $55，000 each. He also said， “I believe that my doing this means I can___11___their work， which is___12 . We can reach out and___13___the lives of as many students as we can.”

Disales action drew praise from around the world.___14___young children， especially from poor and needy backgrounds is perhaps the best way to help them as individuals， and___15___contributes to creating a better world.

1. A. refused B. sworn

C. hesitated D. demanded

2. A. shocking B. touching

C. satisfying D. outstanding

3. A. public B. private

C. remote D. famous

4. A. challenge B. promote

C. design D. defend

5. A. translate B. transform

C. divide D. move

6. A. intelligent B. particular

C. local D. accurate

7. A. inspiration B. access

C. approaches D. analysis

8. A. preventing B. influencing

C. controlling D. improving

9. A. rare B. advanced

C. popular D. fresh

10. A. award B. meeting

C. school D. community

11. A. finish up B. scale up

C. set up D. pick up

12. A. temporary B. attractive

C. convincing D. worthy

13. A. lighten B. instruct

C. guarantee D. arrange

14. A. Feeding B. Protecting

C. Educating D. Evaluating

15. A. relatively B. properly

C. smoothly D. actively

Ⅲ. 語法填空

Some graduates， highly established in their careers， got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into

1.__________（complain） about stress in work and life. Smiling， the professor went to the kitchen and 2.__________（return） with a large pot of coffee and 3.__________collection of cups—porcelain， plastic， glass， crystal， some plain looking， some delicate， 4.__________（tell） them to help themselves to hot coffee. 5.__________all the students had a cup of coffee in hand， the professor said， “Have you noticed all the nice?

looking and expensive cups were taken up，

leaving behind the plain and cheap ones？ While it is normal for you to want only the best for

6.__________（you）， that is the source of your problems and stress. 7.__________all of you real? ly wanted was coffee， not the cup， but you con?sciously went for the best cups and 8.__________（eye） each others cups. Now consider this： Life is the coffee， and the jobs， money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools

9.__________（hold） and contain life， and doesnt change the quality of life. Sometimes， by concentrating only 10.__________the cup， we fail to enjoy the coffee in it. So dont let the cups drive you， enjoy the coffee instead.”

Ⅳ. 读后续写

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Mrs Peterson was my tenth?grade biology teacher， a cool woman in her late twenties. She has taught us for several months. She was an easy?going and nice teacher that loved to walk into our hearts and often cared about us. And she had a wonderful way of making the most boring lessons fun. All of these made her popular with all of us students.

On a Tuesday morning， early before the biology class， we were seated in the classroom as usual， waiting for the coming of Mrs Peterson. To our surprise， it was a teacher we were not familiar with that stepped into our class. She wore white tennis shoes and thick glasses. “Hi， everyone. I am Mrs Ferguson，” she introduced herself. And then she added， “From now on， Ill teach you biology. Mrs Peterson has had her baby， and she couldnt return to teaching this year.”

Hearing the unexpected news， all of us immediately felt upset and missed Mrs Peterson. During Mrs Fergusons first class given to us， clearly we were not as active as before. And actually， during Mrs Fergusons several following classes， we still remained inactive. One reason was that there seemed to be a thick wall standing between Mrs Ferguson and us.

I was a basketball cheerleader of our sch?ool. One day after school and a long cheer?leading practice， my friend Alex and I were looking for a place to fix our hair before attending the tryout （选拔） for cheerleaders in a national basketball game. When walking past Mrs Fergusons room， we were surprised to see her at her desk grading papers. Seeing us look at her， she said with a smile， “Hi， girls， can I help you？”

Hearing it， we stopped. “Were just looking for a place to plug in（給……接通电源） our hair?fixing tool，” I said. She probably considered we were vain （自负的） and stupid cheerleaders.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2. 續写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1：

Thinking of that， my face felt hot.

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Paragraph 2：

When we were to leave， Mrs Ferguson said， “Can I watch your tryout？”

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