Five Booming Careers in Health Care

Loving what you do is great, but knowing your career will be there tomorrow is even better. And when it comes to booming fields,the health care industry is one that's primed(准备好) for growth.

Want to prepare to take your place in the health care field?Check out these five in­demand health care careers.

Career 1 Medical and Health Services Manager

If you want to take your leadership skills into the growing health care field,consider pursuing a career as a medical and health services manager.

As a medical and health services manager you might plan,direct,and organize health services in an entire health care facility,or a specific department or clinical area,says U.S. Department of Labor. Daily duties could include handling a facility's finances,creating work schedules,and making sure that health care services are delivered efficiently.

Career 2 Medical Assistant

If you are interested in working in a doctor's office,consider preparing for a career in the in­demand field of medical assisting.

As a medical assistant,you could play a role in helping patients' visits go smoothly from when they first walk in the door. Your duties might include measuring vital signs,assisting the physician with examinations,recording health information,and scheduling appointments,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Career 3 Registered Nurse

Ready to put your helpful nature to use in the largest health care field?Look into prepping(准备) to pursue a career in registered nursing.

As a registered nurse,you could work closely with patients by providing care,education,and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments,observe their conditions,or perform diagnostic(诊断的)tests,says the U.S. Department of Labor.

Career 4 Physical Therapist (理疗师)Assistant

Want to enter an in­demand health care field where you could really play a hands­on role in helping patients restore their physical functionality?If so,a career as a physical therapist assistant could be a good fit.

Under the supervision of a physical therapist,you could help patients regain movement as they recover from injuries,illnesses, or surgery. Your role in the rehabilitation process could include assisting patients with techniques(massage[按摩],stretching)and therapeutic methods like electrical stimulation and mechanical traction,says the U.S. Department of Labor. Career 5 Pharmacy Technician(药剂师)

Prefer a health care career that is less hands­ome? Consider pursuing a career in the growing pharmacy technician field.

Pharmacy technicians can be responsible for counting pills,filling prescriptions,providing customer service,and fulfilling administrative tasks under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist,according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

1.As a medical assistant,your duties might NOT include ________.

A.scheduling appointments

B.providing customer service

C.assisting the physician with examinations

D.recording health information

2.Which of the following is TRUE about a physical therapist assistant?

A.His / Her duty might include measuring vital signs and recording health information.

B.His / Her function includes assisting patients and providing customer service.

C.He / She could play a practical role in helping patients restore their physical functionality.

D.He / She can help patients gain movement as they are in the illness.

3.What does the underlined word “rehabilitation” mean?

A.The process of recording somebody's name on an official list.

B.The process of cutting a part of a person's body in order to remove or repair a damaged part.

C.The process of helping somebody to have a normal life again after they have been ill for a long time.

D.The process of improving or becoming stronger.

4.The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A.advocate five booming careers in health care

B.persuade you to go into five booming careers in health care

C.introduce five booming careers in health care

D.classify health care into five careers

The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things,which have helped to

make the world better,smarter and a little more fun. Now,let's take a look at some of the inventions.

Super banana

Australian biogeneticist(生物遗传学家)James Dale

visited Uganda,a poor African country,in the early 2000s,

where he found that 15%-30% of children under 5 were at

the risk of going blind because they didn't get enough vitamin

A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They

eat 3 to 11 bananas a day. So hecame up with an idea to

plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve

Ugandans' health .With the help of Bill Gates' foundation,Dale developed the“super banana,’·He added a gene to the fruit,making it rich in vitamin A.

1.Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with?

A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.

B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.

C .Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product.

D. People's eating habits can be used to develop new food.

2.What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?

A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.

B. It can help players to improve their shooting and ball-handling skills.

C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.

D. The Bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.

3.What can we learn about the hovercraft from the text?

A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely.

B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.

C. It still needs to improve its power and efficiency.

D. It is an affordable means of transport for a family.

4.What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?

A. They create magnetic fields to produce power.

B. They apply technologies to many things in life.

C. They are technologies which can produce electricity.

D. They use wireless technology to improve their products.

Are you ready to take off? Launch into the adventure of a lifetime when you join the ranks of Space Camp where explorers train to live and work in space.This is your opportunity to command,navigate(航行)and contribute to an advanced space mission simulation(模拟).

Space Camp is located at the U.S.Space&Rocket Center,the Official Visitor Center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.The program encourages trainees to pursue science,technology,engineering and math disciplines through, exciting,hands-on educational activities.

During the five-night program,trainees participate in two,one-hour simulated missions.Our trainers guide participants through the past,·present and future of space exploration with the help of high-fidelity(高保证的)test articles or actual rockets and shuttles.visitors explore the first rocket that put an American in space-the real National Historic Landmark Saturn V moon rocket-and actual capsules earlv

astronauts used during their missions·Trainees experience walking on the moon in the 1/6th gravity chair to feel what it's like to work in a frictionless environment.

Space Camp trainees also climb the tallest mountain on the red planet with the Mars Climbing Wall and experience four times the gravity of Earth with the takeoff force of the Space Shot simulator.They get an astronaut's view of Earth while watching amazing films in the IMAX Spacedome Theater and Digital Theater.

Space Camp begins on Sunday afternoon and graduation is on Friday morning.Parents and family members are encouraged to attend the graduation ceremony。

There is no other camp like it!

1.Whom is the Space Camp intended for?

A.Tourists. B.Students.

C.Astronauts D.Scientists.

2.How long will the Space Camp last?

A.About a day B.About three days.

C.About six days D.About twelve days.

3.Space Shot simulator will let the trainees know_·

A.the takeoff force of a rocket

B.the highest mountain on mars

C.the history of space exploration

D.the feeling of being in the 1/6th gravity environment

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