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.

1.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.

2.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

3.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.

4.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.

E

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are,it is the same with the challenges that come withfriendship.When we are faced with a challenge,we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits.Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do,in most cases all that is needed is commitment(承诺)and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is,we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it.Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend,“I got my feelings hurt.” rather than“You hurt my feelings.”you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are:small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life.Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger.It is all part of growing up,it happens to everyone,and some day you will look back on all of this and say,“Hard as it was,it made me who I am today.And that is a good thing.”

1.What is the underlined word“committed”can be replaced by ____________.

A.devoted B. satisfied

C.smpdsed D.interested

2.It can be inferred from the text that _____________.

A. friendship needs challenges

B.challenges shape our character

C.small hurdles aren’t worth the trouble

D. commitment promotes friendship

3.The writer suggests that _____________ when faced with a challenge.

A. one should call it quits

B. one should temporarily run away from it

C. one should be committed and communicable

D.one should lay it a side for a while

4.According to the passage,if your friend hurts your feelings,you are well advised to _______________.

A.forget it

B.talk to him/her about it directly

C.communicate properly with him/her

D.run away from it

5.The whole passage is centered on the relationship between _____________.

A.friendship and challenges

B.commitment and communication

C.communication and friendship

D.challenges and the ways to get through

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