Today, we have a world economy. Canadian businesses and workers must compete with businesses and workers in other countries.

   Every year, more Canadian factories are closing or moving。 They cannot compete with factories in countries where wages(工资) are low. In the future, there will be fewer jobs for factory workers in Canada.

   Many Canadian businesses are trying to spend less money. For example, they are hiring more part-time workers and more temporary(临时的) workers. They are employing fewer permanent(永久的)full-time workers. More services, fewer goods. Canada’s economy is changing. Businesses are making fewer goods(for example: shoes and radios). But Canadian businesses are providing more services to people.

   In the future, there will be more jobs for people who provide services. For example: sales people, waiters and waitresses, home health care workers, bakers and cooks.

  There will be fewer jobs for other kinds of workers(for example: farmers , miners , fishermen, forestry workers and factory workers).Many new jobs will be in small businesses with 20 or 30 employees. Technology machines are changing the way people work. Business are using many machines (for example: computers and robots).

Businesses will need fewer workers. And some jobs will disappear. Many grown-ups will have to go back to school or train for new jobs. Workers will not stay in the same job for their lifetime. The population of Canada is changing.

Today, many Canadians are in their 30s and 40s. They need goods and services. As they get older, they will need different goods and services.

Canadians come from many cultures. They have different customs and religions. Employers and workers must learn to work with many different people.

1. World economy means_________ to Canada.

  A. closing and moving      B. competition

  C. low wages          D. improvement

2. Which of the following will be fewer in the future in Canada?

A. Restaurants    B. Shops    C. Doctors D. Farmers

3. Businesses will need fewer workers because_____________.

A. the owners can’t afford them

B. some jobs will disappear

C. machines will take the place of workers in many ways

D. the workers will have to be trained for new jobs

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

.A. Many people who come from different cultures will work together.

B. All Canadians have the same culture and religion

C. Different cultures will do good to Canada

D. Many Canadians will change their jobs in the future.

 

When I looked at the grade on my math paper my jaw almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before.
  I was so ashamed that when I got home that afternoon I lied to my dad. I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay of my report.

A month later, Dad casually asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer. Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.
  For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal – no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.”
  Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that truly care about my well-being.
  In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says: “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” After the crisis between Dad and me, I began to understand those words.
1. The first paragraph may suggest that the author ______.
A. was punished by her father for a bad grade
B. never expected teachers to give her bad grades
C. usually got a higher grade
D. was bad at math
2. The author lied to her father because ______.
A. she thought her father would believe her story
B. she didn’t want to let her father down
C. her father wouldn’t get her grade report
D. her father got angry whenever she got a poor grade
3. Why did her father stay silent after his daughter told him that she had lied?
A. He didn’t understand what his daughter had said.
B. He was angry that his daughter lied to him again.
C. He was unhappy with his daughter’s bad score.
D. He was hurt that his daughter had lied to him.
4. The purpose of the article is to tell us that ______.
A. dishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to pay
B. sometimes a lie can make things easier
C. we should study hard to make our parents happy
D. we should accept the fact that we are not perfect

 

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