If the world were a village of 1,000 people, it would include:

    ★ 584 Asians

    ★ 124 Africans

    ★ 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

    ★ 84 Latin America

    ★ 55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

    ★ 52 North Americans

   ★ 6 Australians and New Zealand

  The people of the village would speak:

   ★ 165 Mandarin

   ★ 86 English

   ★ 83 Hindu/Urdu

   ★ 64 Spanish

   ★ 58 Russian

   ★ 37 Arabic

  The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

   One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.

   This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1018.

   In this village of 1,000 persons,200 people receive 75 percent of the income: another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

   About one third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

   Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

   The village has a total yearly budget(预算), public and private, of over $ 3 million--$ 3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $ 3 million:

   ★ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

   ★ 159,000 to education

   ★ 132,000 to health care

  These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

   A. Nearly one third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

   B. About 25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

   C. About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

   D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

   A. Poverty       B. Education.     C. Environment.       D. Marriage.

The underlined part “have access to”(in Para. 4) means____.

   A. use     B. buy     C. produce     D. try

The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for ___.

   A. a peaceful world    B. good education    C. better health care  D. a life without anxiety

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请将下列各小题中的人物与A-F中的工作匹配起来。

A. Employer: an International School in Beijing

Position: Administrative Assistant

Requirements:

1. Bachelor Degree or above majoring in English; A high-level of Chinese-English and English-Chinese oral and written proficiency

 

2.     Computer proficiency (i.e.: Word, Excel)

3.     Minimum 2 years relevant experience as a professional translator or  

administrative assistant

B. Employer: An International Foreign Trade Company in Shenzhen 

Position: foreign trade clerk (males only)

Requirements:

o                 Be familiar with foreign trade business processes, work experience

preferred

o                 Good at speaking, reading and writing in English

o                 Travelling often both at home and abroad

4.  Strong business sense and negotiation skills

 

C. Employer: Good Day travel Agency in Guangzhou

Position: Tour Guides

Requirements:

1. Aged less than 30

2. Easygoing, open-minded, willing to meet and good at getting along with people of different kinds, especially foreigners

3. Good at spoken English, acquisition of one more foreign language preferred

4. Fit, adaptable enough for frequent travelling abroad

 

D. Employer: Bright Foreign Languages School

Position: English Teachers

Requirements:

1.     College graduates with at least Bachelor degree in English; and those from  

teaching universities are preferred

2.     Enthusiastic about teaching and have a will for life-long devotion to

education

3.     Working in the suburban Senior campus. Males preferred

 

E. Shanghai Daily

Position: English editors

Requirements:

1. A recognized degree in English or a related discipline

2. Excellent writing skills, preferably with editing/journalism experience

3. Teaching or training experience in English or related subjects

 

F.    Duran Education Group

Position: Teachers

 

Requirements:

1.     Native English speakers

2.     At least 1 year’s teaching experience in college; major in various subjects like  

math, accounting, physics, economy, English etc

3.     Teaching in the branches of this group in Asia

4.     Comfortable with living in foreign cultures for a long time.

 

1.Mary, an English major, will graduate from college this July. As the chairman of the Students Union, she is thought highly of as good leadership, outgoing, extraverted. She herself looks forward to a job that allows her to travel as much as possible around the world, instead of a sedentary job in the office.

2. Sarah majored in English and American Literature in a college in Texas and continued to teach there after graduation. She is quite curious about Chinese culture and desires to have a profound understanding of it by staying there for a long time. At the same time, however, loss of income is one concern that holds her back from making her dream come true.

3. Tim didn’t go to college. He started as an office clerk in a trade company and later rose to get involved in the business due to his hard work and intelligence. He also has taken part-time course of English to improve his competence. Now, he is seeking to make a change in a large-scale company.

4.Helen, a quiet girl, has been an English-Chinese translator for 3 years. Now tired of spending the whole day translating documents in the office, she wants a new job that involves more responsibilities in addition to written translation.

5. Jeff is about to graduate with a double degree in Journalism and English. He has taken a 3-month internship in a local newspaper, which arouses his strong interest in working with press. Of course, the ideal job is one that can also use his English proficiency to the full advantage. 

 

 

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