The China Daily newspaper group is hunting for English-language senior business editors, senior copy editors, copy editors and graphic designers to strengthen its international team. We offer a competitive salary package, free accommodation with utilities paid for, 90 per cent medical reimbursement, a seven-day paid leave, eleven day public holidays and a return ticket to the country of residence.

Senior Business Editor

You must:

　　Assist the Business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them;

　　Be an excellent team person who can generate ideas and think creatively and be able to rewrite totally if needed and mentor junior staff;

　　Ideally have been working or have worked in a position of responsibility and understand what leadership entails;

　　Have had at least five year’s editing experience working on editing the Business Desk and be familiar with industry software.

Senior Copy Editor

　　You must:

　　Work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print;

　　Edit or rewrite copy and give snappy headlines and captions;

　　Have had at least two years’ editing experience working on editing desks and be familiar with industry software.

CopyEditor

You must:

　　Be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing snappy headlines and captions;

　　Be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print;

　　Have two years of editing experience working on copy desks, and be familiar with industry software.

Graphic Designer

You must:

　　Have excellent skills in information graphics;

　　Be good at illustrations and freehand drawings;

　　Be experienced in newspaper or magazine layouts;

　　Have a good sense of typography;

　　Have good news judgment;

　　Be wellversed with Macintosh software, including in Design, Illustrator and Photoshop;

　　Be fluent in English.

　　For enquiries or to apply, write tojob@chinadaily.com.cn.

1.What is the purpose of this passage?

    A．To describe the positions of the China Daily newspper group.

    B．To deseribe the working conditions of the China Daily newspaper group.

    C．To tell you how to become part of this group.

    D．To advertise for recruiting some good employees.

2.What is not required about Graphic Designer?

    A．Be well-versed with Photoshop.

    B．Have excellent skills in information graphics.

    C．Having a good sense of typography.

    D．Writing snappy headlines and captions.

3.Which can be the title of the advertisement?

    A．China Daily: Newspaper               B．China Daily: New Employees Wanted

    C．China Daily: An International Team   D．China Daily: The Best Working Condition

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．Free accommodtions are available to the workers.

    B．The workers there can enjoy a seven-day leave without pay.

    C．The senior business editor’s only job is to help the business editor to set goals.

    D．The employees have the right to enjoy eleven day public holidays.

One night this summer, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air­ conditioned and I couldn’t face my 36 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to 37 the opening between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the　38　every time she leaned over to talk to him, 39　he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such　40 in a public place？I thought the movie would help improve my English, but as it 41 ,it was an Italian movie. 42 about an hour I decided to give up the movie and 43　my popcorn. I’ve never understood why they gave me so much popcorn！It tasted pretty good , 44. With time going by, I understood 45 of the romantic­ sounding Italians. I just heard the 46 of the popcorn chewed between my teeth. My thought started to 47.I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 48 to watch a host on TV frequently. He seemed like a good friend to me, until I saw him　49　on TV in New York speaking　50　English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t　51　have a Korean accent！I felt like I had been betrayed (背叛)．
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 　52 we had picked up a few words, my mother suggested that we all should practise English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became terribly　53 and we all seemed to avoid each other. When we couldn’t avoid seeing each other, our expressions were stiff (僵硬的)．Sitting at the dinner table we preferred silence to　54　a difficult language. Mother　55　to say something in English but it came out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it！We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.

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Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We're not exactly sure 　1.　 we were doing it. Part of it was to test ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was 　2.　 teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States 　3.　I graduated from high school. 　 4.　，I didn't do that. Before I knew it I was in my thirties, married, 　 5.　 (have) a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each　6.　(pass) year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed. Then, a few years ago，I met Tony,　 7.　 was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn't doing it for a cause　8.　 as part of an organization. He was doing it　9.　（simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to. take about 6 months realizing it could take　10.　（long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.