Hi! My name's Wang Mang. I'm fifteen years old, and I'm a Grade 3 student in Shangjing in
the year 2053! 
       I expect you find that pretty hard to believe. Let me explain. This book is a journal I wrote
last month for a very special competition. I won the first prize, which was that my book would
become part of the first ever experiment in time travel. It would be put in a time capsule to be
sent back almost fifty years into the past. So, if everything went according to the plan, you should
be reading this in about the year 2005. 
       Do you know what time capsules are? They are usually containers made of some very strong
material-so strong that it should last for hundreds or thousands of years without being destroyed.
Inside these containers, you put things that are typical of the place in which you live. For example,
in 2005 you might put a copy of a popular comic, a CD by a famous musician, videos of television
programmes-all sorts of things. The idea is that when people in another century open up the time
capsule. They'll be able to see what life was like in the past.
       Until now, all time capsules have been left for people in the future to find. This one is the first
that has been sent from the future to the past. I don't understand how it's going to be done, but I
think it's a really cool idea. If it works, my own grandparents will be able to read this when they
were secondary school students! But if my grandparents did read this, why haven't they ever
mentioned it to me?

1. If we believe what the passage says, this book was written ______.

A. last month
B. about fifty years ago
C. in the future
D. by a time traveler

2. Time capsules are usually ______.

3. The main purpose of most time capsules is to ______.

A. show people in the past what life will be like in the future
B. show people in the future what life was like in the past
C. keep copies of old comics or CDs
D. store recording of old television programmes

4. The last sentence shows that Wang Mang finds the idea of time travel ______.

A. confusing
B. exciting
C. uninteresting
D. cool

       All these five people plan to take a job on ads but can't decide which to choose. Read the information
about them and help them find a suitable job. 
       1. Rosa Evans is a housewife. She has no job experience, but she can fix microwaves, lights, sinks
and toilets. She can fix cars and trucks, too. She has a driver's license. She needs a full-time job. 
      2. Lisa Robins works at Best Supermarket every day from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. She wants a part-time
job. She likes to take care of children. She likes to cook and clean, too. 
      3. John Woods was a doctor in his country. He can take a full-time or a part-time job. He has three small
children. His wife's job starts at 4:00 p.m.. John needs to be home at 3:00 p.m. to take care of his children. 
     4. Mrs. Joan Crane is a housewife. She is good at cooking, cleaning and likes to take care of children. But
she has an 8-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter and has to get them from school at 3:30 pm, so she
needs a part-time job. 
     5. Mr. Fox used to be a worker as an electrician in the Engineering Office. He worked from 1998 to 1999
in Mexico. He can fix lights, he has a driver's license. His wife has to work at 2:00 p.m., Mr. Fox has to be
home at 1:30 p.m. to take care of his children.