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 Jimmy is an automotive mechanic,but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart,but always fears applying for a new job.

  One day,he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10:00 am and it was already 8 ： 30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed,he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car,the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him;he just helped someone in need,and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well,I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist. ” Jimmy agreed. 

  Upon arrival,Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (油腻物) on him after the repair,but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one,the applicants left the interviewer’s office with a disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth,he asked, “Do you really need to be in-terviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now,how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

  Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise,it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning.

  It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.

 “Sorry to keep you waiting,but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job. 

(   ) 1. Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?

   A. He was out of work.

   B. He was bored with his job.

   C. He wanted a higher position.

   D. He hoped to find a better boss.

(   ) 2. What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?

   A. A friend’s car had a flat tyre.

   B. A wild man was pushing a car.

   C. A terrible accident happened.

   D. An old man’s car broke down.

(   ) 3. Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?

   A. He was also to be interviewed.

   B. He needed a travelling companion.

   C. He always helped people in need.

   D. He was thankful to Jimmy.

(   ) 4. How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?

   A. He was sorry for the other applicants.

   B. There was no hope for him to get the job.

   C. He regretted helping the old man.

   D. The interviewer was very rude.

[文章大意]本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Jimmy帮助一位老人修车的故事，而Jimmy帮助的那位老人正是面试的主考官一一公司的总经理。

1. A根据文章第一段中的"…he lost his job a few months ago."可知，他找新工作是因为他失去了工作。故选A.

2. D根据文章第二段中的"…he saw an elderly man wildly kic?king the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car."可知，老人的车坏了。故选D.

3. D根据文章第二段中的"…'I could take you to the office for your interview. It's the least I could do —"'可知，老人送Jimmy 是因为他对Jimmy表示感激。故选D.

4. B根据文章第三段中的"Jimmy's heart sank. ' With the way I look now. how could I possibly pass this interview?'…"可以推知，Jimmy丧失了信心，感到面试无望通过。故选B.

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  Mum penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins,and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.

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  Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mum always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.

  We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson,Clayton,spends the night,he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week,I drew a picture of me,waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “You forgot his tie”’ he said. 1 quickly drew a line of stripes (条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa ,” he whispered,running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”

(   ) 1. When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes,

she felt        .

   A. moved

   B. nervous

   C. proud

   D. awkward

(   ) 2. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?

   A. Words of love.

   B. Pictures of flowers.

   C. Famous words of wisdom.

   D. Drawings of their favourite animals.

(   ) 3. It can be inferred that        .

   A. the author’s husband is an environmentalist

   B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes

   C. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins

   D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes

(   ) 4. What’s the best title for the text?

   A. Old generation’s way of expressing love

   B. Different brands of lunch box notes

   C. Some interesting family traditions

   D. Lunches packed with love

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  But the truly amazing thing is that I have received double over the course of my life. When my mother passed away,our house was filled with fresh dinners for weeks. A woman from the church of our community stopped by each evening with some food. The gift of food was her small way of trying to ease our pain.

  Later in my life,when I was on bed rest during my pregnancy with twins,women of the church again stepped in to help. They arranged babysitting for my two-year-old daughter,and brought lovely dinners to our house. Even when I was put in the hospital,my husband would bring cooked meals to my hospital room. How we relied on these dinners to feed my tired husband and young daughter!

  Food is all about comfort. It feeds our bodies,but it can also feed our souls. When you hear people talking about their favourite holidays,it usually includes their feelings connected with sharing food. I know that I will have many more opportunities in my lifetime to prepare food for others. It is truly a gift I want to prepare and deliver to someone in need.

(   ) 5. The author has given lots of food to others because    

   A. she is poor at cooking

   B. she is a church member

   C. she is friendly to others

   D. she has received others’ food

(   ) 6. We can learn from the first paragraph that the author    .

   A. had to stay in bed for several weeks

   B. knew the family in need very well

   C. was glad to be able to lend a hand

   D. was tired of preparing food

(   ) 7. Which of the following is TRUE about the author?

   A. Her mother died when she was in hospital.

   B. She didn’t get enough food during her pregnancy.

   C. She received food as well as comfort in her hard times.

   D. She thinks offering food is the best way to show love.

(   ) 8. According to the passage,which of the following conclusions can we get?

   A. A good beginning makes a good ending.

   B. One good turn deserves another.

   C. Actions speak louder than words.

   D. Every man has his faults

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  “I can’t read my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes. ”

  That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the phototaking camp,motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper,they reasoned,but they wouldn’t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.

  Yet the use of cameras as note takers,though it may be convenient,does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?

  Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method,but a method having a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’s brain in listening,visual,and kinesthetic (动觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory,and to process and combine it,establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.

Taking a picture does indeed record the information,but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?

  I’m not sure how to measure the effectiveness of either method. For now,I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed—because I figure that some notes,no matter the method of note-taking,are better than none.

(   ) 1. The woman apologized in the class because she    

   A. took a picture of the board

   B. missed the teacher’s directions

   C. had the bad handwriting

   D. disturbed other students’ learning

(   ) 2. Students refuse to take notes by hand because    

   A. they are unable to take notes

   B. they are more likely to lose notes

   C. they are interested in using their phones

   D. they have a good memory of teachers’ instructions

(   ) 3. According to the passage,taking notes by hand    

   A. requires students to think independently

   B. is unsuitable for students to learn new ideas

   C. helps students actively participate in learning

   D. proves to be an old and useless learning method

(   ) 4. What’s the author’s opinion towards taking notes by phone?

   A. Supportive.

   B. Neutral.

   C. Doubtful.

   D. Disapproving.

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Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January,according to UCAS,the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.

Professor John Beath,the president of the society,and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University,said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments— were drawing crowds of 400,rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors,who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.

University applications rose by 7 % last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump,with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector,which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters,and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on,although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking,the head of Child Trust Funds,said, “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty. ”

(   ) 5. Professor John Beath’s lectures are.

   A. given in a traditional way

   B. open to both students and their parents

   C. connected with the present situation

   D. warmly received by economists

(   ) 6. Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their.

   A. greater stability   B. higher pay

   C. fewer applications   D. better reputation

(   ) 7. According to Zack Hocking,the global economic crisis might make the youngsters.

   A. have access to better equipment

   B. wiser in money management

   C. confident about their future careers

   D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds

(   ) 8. What’s the main idea of the text?

   A. Universities have received more applications.

   B. College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.

   C. Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.

    D. Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

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