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 in the newspaper. 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 Web site 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 (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
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.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Finding a job.B.College students’ part-time jobs.
C.Craigslist Web site. D.The relation between study and work.
【小题2】“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _____.
A.work on the airplaneB.buy a parachute
C.publish a bookD.find a suitable job
【小题3】It can be learned from the passage that ______.
A.companies often put job information in local shops
B.the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA
C.Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers
D.California Career Services mainly serves university students
【小题4】How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?
A.Three. B.Four. C.Five.D.Six.

Federal regulators(调整者) Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计) more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation’s emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers –telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2010.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the approved plan?  

A.To warn people of emergencies via messages.
B.To popularize the use of cell phones.
C.To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D.To promote the wireless industry.
【小题2】The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____. 
A.CTIAB.the Warning Alert and Response Network
C.FCCD.federal regulators
【小题3】The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by _____. 
A.the US federal governmentB.mobile phone users
C.the carriers themselvesD.the law of the United States
【小题4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?  
A.Cell Phone Alerts Protecting StudentsB.Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry
C.Cell Phone Alerts of National DisastersD.Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon

Federal regulators Wednesday approved (批准a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert(警报)system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计)more than 48billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation's emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission(FCC)with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers -telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction(绑架)emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2010.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the approved plan?

A.To warn people of emergencies via messages.
B.To popularize the use of cell phones.
C.To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D.To promote the wireless industry.
【小题2】The improvement to the present system is in the charge of________.
A.CTIA                                      B the Warning Alert and Response Network
C.FCC                                       D.federal regulators
【小题3】An alert message will NOT be sent if________.
A.a child loses his way
B.a university shooting happens
C.a natural disaster happens
D.a terrorist attack occurs
【小题4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students
B.Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry
C.Cell Phone Alerts of National Disasters
D.Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon

There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at the 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 in the newspaper. 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 Web site 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 a university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Centre 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(降落伞)?”by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was published in nineteen seventy.
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.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about? __________

A.Finding a jobB.College students’ part-time jobs
C.Craigslist Web siteD.The relation between study and work
【小题2】By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can _________ .
A.sell your old thingsB.do some shopping online
C.create your own announcement boardD.get useful information about 450 cities
【小题3】“What Color is Your Parachute(降落伞)?”is a book giving tips to those who want to ________ .
A.work on the planeB.buy a parachuteC.publish a bookD.find a suitable job
【小题4】It can be learned from the passage that _______ .
A. companies often put job information in local shops.
B. the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA.
C. Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers
D. California Career Services mainly serves university students.
【小题5】How many ways of finding jobs are mentioned in the passage?
A.ThreeB.FourC.FiveD.Six

The iPhone has become one of the most popular mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-o1d student in California has used his knowledge of the device to create his own business,gaining national recognition for his work.

Vincent Quigg is the CEO of TechWorld. His company is kind of like a hospital for iPhones,specializing in customizing and repairing iPhones. Vincent Quigg launched TechWorld while in high school. “My mom became single a couple of years ago and I had to grow up. And in order to keep my lifestyle, I had to find different ways to keep my phone, keep a car, transportation and all that stuff. So I had to find ways to be entrepreneurial.” An organization cal1ed the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. or NFTE, helped the young man get started. His mother, Carla Quigg: “He quit the class, which made me very disappointed.”

“It was extremely hard for myself to find a business to start and run with it. But once I had that ‘aha moment’or what I knew I wanted to go with, it was really easy and extremely fun.”

At the time, Vincent worked for the electronics store BestBuy. He says people always came into the store with broken electronic devices. He decided that repairing those devices was what he wanted to do. He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but he also won the organization’s national competition for best young entrepreneur.His business has grown through word-of-mouth. Vincent says he now fixes up to l0 phones per week. He earns about $l,500 each month in sales. TechWorld has two other employees. Kacee Wheeler is one of them. He works on the technical side of the business while Vincent Quigg now deals with finances and planning. He says he wants to continue to grow his business.

1.What is Vincent Quigg’s company specialized in?

A.Customizing and repairing iPhones.          B.Advertising and selling iPhones.

C.Helping students set up business.           D.Offering people medical advice.

2.What drove Vincent to start his own business?

A.His special family education background.

B.The need to keep his former way of 1ife.

C.The desire to be the CEO of a company.

D.The encouragement from another company.

3.What does the underlined phrase “aha moment” probably mean?

A.The moment to celebrate success.

B.The moment to comp1ain hardship.

C.The moment to have a great idea.

D.The moment to have great fun.

4.What can we 1earn from the text?

A.Vincent started his own business with the help of his col1ege.

B.Vincent went through great difficulty in the beginning.

C.Vincent promotes his business by large scale advertisements.

D.Vincent’s mother was disappointed by his achievement.

 

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