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　　Less than a month from graduation day, Theresa Casebeer of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, had yet to find the right job．The career placement center referred her to JOBTRAK, an internet site listing 45, ooo positions．

　　Casebeer selected four keywords：Chicago, business, marketing and full-time．Immediately she found 45 jobs meeting her criteria(标准), including one as an assistant to an administrator at the university of Chicago's business school．Four weeks later she was hired at a starting salary of ＄32,000．

　　“I had no training,”says Casebeer．“but the Internet was extremely easy to use．I'd never have known about this job without it．”

　　Casebeer is one American who clicked her way into a job．Steven Toole is another．

　　Toole came across an employment site named Career-Builder．He had just been promoted to director of marketing for a company and wasn't looking for a job．But curiously, he decided to “give it a try”．

　　Toole filled out a profile with the key words marketing manager and entered his electronic-mail address．Within a week his computer's mailbox was filling up with available positions．Two interviews later he jumped to a new job．”The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant,”says Toole．“Effortlessly you can become aware of opportunities that may promote you career．”

　　Most major newspapers and trade publications have online versions of their classified listings, enabling jobseekers to scan for work available across town, in another states or around the world．All 50 states, plus Washington, D．C, and Guam, have their local job banks available online, too．“The Internet is a wonderful place to explore, especially when combined with traditional job-search methods,”notes Richard Nelson, author of What Color Is Your parachute?

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　　I used to live selfishly, I should admit．But one moment changed me．

　　I was on my lunch break and had 　　1　　 the office to get something to eat．On the way, I 　　2　　 a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him．I had some 　　3　　 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 　　4　　 use the money to feed his addition to drugs or alcohol．He 　　5　　 like that type－young and ragged．　　6　　 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addition to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 　　7　　 I had no right to place myself above 　　8　　 just because he was busking．

　　I 　　9　　 and dropped all the coins into his 　　10　　, and he smiled at me．I watched for a while．As 　　11　　 as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment－a feeling of 　　12　　 or satisfaction, for example．But nothing happened．　　13　　, I walked off．“ It proved to be a waste of 　　14　　,” I thought．

　　On my way home at the end of the 　　15　　, I saw the busker again and he was 　　16　　．I watched him pick up the hat and walk 　　17　　 a café counter．There he poured the 　　18　　 contents into a tin collecting 　　19　　 an earthquake fund-raising event．He was busking for charity(慈善)!

　　Now I donate any 　　20　　 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving．

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　　I am always eager to do experiments, especially chemistry ones．It’s 　　1　　 to work with test tubes and beakers , even though sometimes my efforts end in failure．Experiments were fun for me 　　2　　 a recent accident．

　　The accident happened when I was heating a big test tube with an alcohol burner , chatting to my partner．All of a sudden, the tube cracked．Even though I jumped from my seat when I heard the crack, the hair on my forehead was burnt as I was leaning too close to the test tube．

　　 　　3　　 I had no time to be sad about my hair：the liquid in the test tube poured onto the table and caught fire．I’d never 　　4　　 anything so bad! My mind went blank for a moment．Then I quickly covered the fire with a damp cloth to put it out．

　　The teacher told me that the test tube broke in half at the bottom because we didn’t dry it properly before 　　5　　 it．

　　We calmed down and did the experiment, again．But our hearts were still 　　6　　 rapidly even after we walked out of the lab．

　　But my bad luck didn’t end there! Since all our 　　7　　 was focused on the flames while we were in the lab, I didn’t see the liquid falling onto my trousers．

　　During the following class, I felt a pain in my leg．Soon it became more and mere painful and I touched the area with my fingers, 　　8　　 to make things better．But to my great 　　9　　, the material of my trousers turned into powder!“Vitriol!!!The terrible word came into my mind．I rushed out right away to wash and examine my poor skin．”　　10　　, it was not a serious injury．

　　After changing my trousers I thought it’s very important to have a serious attitude in chemistry class．Doing scientific experiments as a learner is no laughing matter．