Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.

Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.

1.From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to ____________.

A. have dinner with their friends B. go shopping

C. watch a football game D. enjoy themselves

2.Which of the following is true?

A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.

B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.

C. People go to the nearest college.

D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.

3.Job-hopping means “_______________”.

A. looking for a job B. having a job

C. changing jobs often D. losing a job

4.In the USA job-hopping _______________.

A. is very popular

B. helps young people go to college

C. helps workers in traveling

D. helps students begin to work

5.The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.

A. does good only to the workers

B. does good only to the boss

C. must be stopped

D. is helpful

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old mal stove(火炉).A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there One morning they to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged(拖)the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was taken to a nearby county hospital.

The doctor told the boy's mother that the lower part of his body was seriously burnt, he couldn't use his legs anymore. However, the boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs hung there, all but lifeless.

Finally he returned home from the .Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, .Yet his determination that he would walk was as as ever.

When he wasn't in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass,dragging his behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence(栅栏)around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he more than to develop life in those legs.

In the end,through his determination he did .He began to walk to school,then to run to school,to run the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.

Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!

1.A. fire B. class C. game D. story

2.A. left B. waited C. arrived D. hid

3.A. clearly B. quickly C. suddenly D. nearly

4.A. when B. unless C. before D. because

5.A. honest B. brave C. worried D. calm

6.A. just B. also C. once D. ever

7.A. school B. yard C. hospital D. square

8.A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing

9.A. strong B. simple C. strange D. similar

10.A. helped B. threw C. picked D. enjoyed

11.A. arms B. chair C. legs D. mother

12.A. believing B. doubting C. promising D. suggesting

13.A. afforded B. hated C. forgot D. wanted

14.A. set off B. get back C. stand up D. run away

15.A. to B. for C. from D. without

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