Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west of coast. Even since she was a young girl,she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn‘t changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor’s degree (B A) in English and her teaching certificate(证书)。 Then she went to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. Blake takes more classes; she hopes to get a master‘s degree (M A)。 With an MA, she will receive a higher salary and if possible, she hopes to get a doctor’s degree as well. The school day at Mrs. Blake‘s high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into one hour each. Mrs. Blake must teach five of these periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 P.M. , Mrs. Blake must meet with parents, make out examinations, check assignments at all, Mrs. Blake works continuously from the time she arrives at school in the morning till the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.

  According to the article, which is the right order of the degrees a person can receive after going to university?

    A. a doctor‘s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a master‘s degree

    B. a bachelor’s degree – a master‘s degree – a doctor’s degree

    C. a master‘s degree—a bachelor’s degree – a doctor‘s degree

    D. a bachelor’s degree – a doctor‘s degree—a master’s degree

Which of the following sentences is not true?

    A. Mrs. Blake teaches in the inner area of big city on the east of the United Sates

    B. Mrs. Blake has turned her wish of becoming a teacher into reality.

    C. Mrs. Blake is still studying in her holidays in order to get higher degrees.

    D. The working hours in the school where Mrs. Blake works are similar to those of many other high schools in the states.

   According to that third paragraph,Mrs. Blake is ______ during the school day.

A. lonely         B. free         C. funny         D. busy

Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Even since she was a young girl, she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn’t changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor’s degree (BA) in English and her teaching certificate(证书). Then she went to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. Blake takes more classes; she hopes to get a master’s degree ( MA ). With an MA, she will receive a higher salary and if possible, she hopes to get a doctor’s degree as well. The school day at Mrs. Blake’s high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into one hour each. Mrs. Blake must teach five of these periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 P.M, Mrs. Blake must meet with parents, make our examinations, check assignments at all, Mrs. Blake works continuously from the time she arrives at school in the morning till the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.
【小题1】How long is it since Mrs. Blake graduated from middle school?

A.four yearsB.eight yearsC.twelve yearsD.twenty years
【小题2】According to the article, which is the right order of the degrees a person can receive after going to university?
A.a doctor’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree
B.a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree – a doctor’s degree
C.a master’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree
D.a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree – a master’s degree
【小题3】How many degrees has Mrs. Blake achieved so far?
A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four
【小题4】Which of the following sentences is not true?
A.Mrs. Blake teaches in the inner area of big city on the east of the United States.
B.Mrs. Blake has turned her wish of becoming a teacher into reality.
C.Mrs. Blake is still studying in her holidays in order to get higher degree.
D.The working hours in the school where Mrs. Blake works are similar to those of may other high schools in the states.

Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young Adults

The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults. Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September, three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community. The course titles will be Yoga for Teenagers; Hip Hop Dance: Learning the Latest Moves; and Creative Journaling for Teens: Discovering the Writer Within. The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.

Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes. Ms. Cousins is an accomplished choreographer (舞蹈教师) as well as an experienced dance educator. She has an MA in dance education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she wrote a thesis on the pedagogical (教学法的) effectiveness of dance education. The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford. Ms. Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist for the professional journal Library Focus.

The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen, which was initiated by Leah Martin, Director of the Cultural Center. According to Martin, this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community. Over the last several years, the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined. Project Teen is primarily funded by a generous grant from The McGee Arts Foundation, an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults. Martin oversees the Project Teen board, which consists of five board members. Two board members are students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School; the other three are adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.

The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School, and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal entries in Pulse, Brookdale’s student literary magazine. Students who complete the hip hop class will be eligible to participate in the Allendale Review, an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors, musicians, and dancers. All classes are scheduled to begin immediately following school dismissal, and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library. For more information about Project Teen, contact the cultural center’s programming office at 988-0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog. The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.

1.Which of the following statements is correct? 

A. Tricia Cousins will teach two of the new classes.

B. The new classes will begin on June 1.

C. People who want a complete fall catalogue should stop by the Allendale Public Library.

D. The cultural center’s annual concert is called Pulse.

2.According to Leah Martin, what was the direct cause of Project Teen?

A. Tricia Cousins was available to teach courses in the fall.

B. Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.

C. The McGee Arts Foundation wanted to be more involved in Allendale’s arts programming.

D. She wanted to make the cultural center a more important part of the Allendale community.

3.Which of the following factors is implied as another reason for Project Teen?

A. The number of people visiting the cultural center has declined over the last several years.

B. The cultural center wanted a grant from The McGee Arts Foundation.

C. The young people of Allendale have complained about the cultural center’s offerings.

D. Leah Martin thinks classes for teenagers are more important than classes for adults.

4.This article is organized in which of the following ways?

A. In time order, from the past to the future.

B. Most important information first, followed by background and details.

C. Background first, followed by the most important information and details.

D. As sensational news, with the most controversial topic first.

 

It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor(光标) had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out.

Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a crucial(紧要关头) undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.

I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company's Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don't know what continent they're standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we've been having when there was a monsoon(季风) at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.

"My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don't have the Windows Setup CD."

"So you're having a problem with your Windows Setup CD." She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention.

It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper. Her only duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.

To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows' creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don't know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and polite.

When my voice hit a certain decibel (分贝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.

"You don't have the Windows Setup CD, ma'am, because you don't need it," he explained cheerfully.

"Windows came preinstalled on your computer!"

"But I do need it."

"Yes, but you don't have it." We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. "Of course, you'd lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos." It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. "You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive." He sounded delighted. "And it's not covered by the warranty (产品保证书)!"  The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.

I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I'd heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn't be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.

1.Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly?

A.She had saved what she had written.

B.She couldn't move the cursor.

C.The computer refused to work.

D.The computer offered to repair itself.

2.Which of the following is the author's opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?

A.She sounded helpful and knowledgeable.

B.She was there to make callers frustrated.

C.She was able to solve her computer problem.

D.She was quick to pass her along to a technician.

3.According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician was_________________.

A.effective          B.economical        C.unpractical        D.unsatisfied

4. "It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache" in the last but one paragraph means that_____________________.

A.the technician's proposal would make things even worse

B.the technician's proposal could eventually solve the problem

C.files stored on her computer were like a safe

D.erasing the entire system was like curing a headache

5.It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the followings except ________________.

A.efficiency         B.location           C.setup CDs         D.attitude

 

LINDA  MAYNARD

11 Windrift Circle

Methuen, MA

978 – 555 – 4539

JOB OBJECTIVE

Seek special education, primary school, or middle school math teaching position.

EDUCATION

Rivier College, Nashua, NH

Bachelor of Arts in Education – May, 2006

Major: Elementary Education

Have successfully completed PRAXIS I and PRAXIS II. Meet highly qualified testing requirements for Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

November, 2005 – January, 2006

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Student Teacher

· Developed and completed student – centered lessons in all subject areas for various groups of fifth grade special and regular education students.

·Adapted lessons to meet students’ needs by reviewing their backgrounds and learning needs through IEPs.

·Communicated with parents on a regular basis via newsletters, daily or weekly progress reports, phone calls, and email, resulting in increased parental participation at home.

September, 2005 – November, 2005

Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

Student Teacher

·Taught reading and writing through Language Experience Approach methods.

·Introduced a Writer’s Workshop appropriate for first grade students to help them to develop their writing skills.

·Developed learning stations in reading and science, enabling students to be more independent learners.

Spring, 2005

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Designed and taught a unit on Insects and Spiders, based on New Hampshire Standards to 23 self -contained, third and fourth grade students with disabilities.

Fall, 2004

Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

Taught a class of 24 third grade students with a wide range of abilities.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

·After-School Aid, Amherst School District, Amherst, NH (2004 – 2005)

·Summer Camp advisor, YMCA, Nashua, NH (Summers, 2002 and 2003)

·Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer, Nashua, NH (2002 – 2005)

1.What kind of job does Linda want to get?

A.A Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer.

B.A middle school math teacher.

C.A special education advisor.

D.A summer camp advisor.

2.Linda has worked for the following schools EXCEPT ________.

A.Rivier College, Nashua, NH

B.Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

C.Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

D.Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

3.What can we know about Linda according to the passage?

A.She was merely interested in developing student’s math abilities.

B.She was not active in participating in after – school activities.

C.She is permitted to teach in any high school of New York.

D.She has plenty of experience in teaching.

4.Which of the following is NOT included in the ways Linda used to communicate with the students’ parents?

A.Newsletters.

B.Phone calls.

C.Face-to-face talks.

D.Daily or weekly progress reports.

 

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