Tired of working in Your Country?

With over 500 instructors and 20 years of experience, we are the leader in the field of teaching foreign languages. We now have positions open in Osaka starting September / October 2004 for instructors of English, German, Spanish and French.

◆Teach many different kinds of classes using the latest technology in small classes of up to 3 students.

◆Accommodation （住宿）, and other necessary documents （文件） will be ready before you leave.

◆Applicants will teach their first language only.

◆Excellent teacher training programs.

If you are young with a university degree and are willing to experience different cultures, apply  now. Experience in teaching is an advantage but not specially require D．Knowledge of Japanese language is not necessary but good English skills and practical computer knowledge are basic requirements.

Apply with C.V. and send letters to:

NOVA France, Mr. Sampy （ IHT 3/2）

34, BD．Haussmann, 750009 Paris, France

Fax: 33148014804

Or visit our website: www.teachjp.com

The manager expects to meet and talk with successful applicants in Paris in June and July.

1．What is the purpose of the text?

       A．To introduce a language school in Japan.

       B．To hire language teachers to work in Japan.

       C．To describe working conditions in Japan.

       D．To make clear the requirements for Japanese teachers.

2．We know from the text that those who are going to Japan will_______.

       A．teach English only in Osaka                 B．receive a degree from a university

       C．have free accommodation                    D．get trained for the job

3．Before going to Japan, you need ______.

       A．to see the manager of NOVA France     B．to take some computer courses

       C．to write a letter to Japan                      D．to find a place to live in

4．If you want to work in Japan you should ______.

       A．have some working experience             B．know how to use computers

    C．present good teaching plans                 D．speak several languages

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13^th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning（结网） a web. The spider tried to reach across a place in the rock. He tried six times. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart （鼓起勇气） and to have gone on to defeat the English… Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often. He replied, “Failure? I have no failures. Now I know 50, 000 ways that won’t work.”

       So that? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you well prepared yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?

       Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, what can I get from it?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

       The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

1．This passage talks about ______.

       A．success                                            B．failure

       C．the “spider-story”                               D．the great people

2．In the first paragraph the writer talks mainly about _______.

       A．the value of failure                              B．how people fail

       C．famous failures                                  D．how not to fail

3．Robert Bruce was put in the passage to show that ________.

       A．failure must come before success       B．failure isn’t all bad

       C．nature will help us if we let it              D．people who fail first usually succeed in the end

4．From the passage, we know if we have failed, we should _______.

       A．not think about it any more                  B．be very happy

    C．learn from others                   D．learn to accept it

We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

       The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

       Each of the guests made a particular fuss over （对…关爱备至）Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smiles. They said she was an unusual girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

       I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions （意图）.

       But we seldom think of how it might affect （影响） the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was ignored. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.

       I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”

       She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”

       I tried to explain to her, kissing her to make her feel better.

       Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1．The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” （in paragraph 4） means _______.

       A．show much concern about                  B．have a special effect on

       C．list jobs to be done for                         D．do good things for

2．The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs for her _______.

       A．young age            B．lovely smile        C．pretty clothes        D．beautiful hair

3．Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.

       A．the guests gave her more coats to carry

       B．the guests praised her sister more than her

C．her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests

       D．she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly

4．We can conclude from the passage that _______.

       A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children

       B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt

       C．people usually like the younger children more

    D．adults should treat children equally

1．He has never been to the swimming pool. It is a _____________（挑战） for him to learn swimming in a month.

2．___________ （就我个人而言）I think he is a very good student, but you may not agree. 

3．He is trying to ___________ （减少）the family's expenses.

4．A person’s ______________ （性格） is very important to me when I decide who I want to work with. I like to work with the active people.

5．The life in big cities is too s____________. I prefer living in the countryside because the life there is relaxing.

6．Ben has never lost a match. He is a c______________ tennis player in many world games. 

7．My brother s____________ against the illness for two years and managed to pull through.

8．They’re no longer children, you see, they’re a__________ now.

9．The Lunar New Year is a special o______________ for family to get together in China.

10．The Opening C______________ of the 29^th Beijing Olympic Games is a real success.

根据汉语意思，用所给词翻译句子

1．据说这位志愿者把大部分时间花在了希望工程上。（say; contribute）

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2．这家餐馆早餐供应时间为7点到10点。（serve）

___________________________________________________________________________

3．这男孩用他喜爱的体育明星的照片来装饰自己的房间。 （decorate）

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4．到目前为止，全世界有20位宇航员献出了生命，其中包括两名妇女。（ so far；include）

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5．我洗澡时突然想出了这个主意。（ come to ）

___________________________________________________________________________6．如果有需要，可以申请奖学金。 （ apply for）

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根据短文内容填入所缺单词的正确形式, 使短文意思连贯, 结构完整.  

Jacky looked at the calendar with ____1____（兴奋）. In a week’s time she would no longer be a t_____2_____! She was turning twenty and she was going to have a ____3____ on Saturday night with all her friends to c____4____ it. It was going to be so much f_____5____! And on Sunday she was going to her first wedding. She didn’t know the b_____6____ but the bride was her best friend’s sister. Jacky was going to help them decorate the hall where they would have the reception. Suddenly Jacky remembered that she’d promised to clean up the kitchen b_______7___ her dad came home from work. It was still in a terrible m______8____! Jacky quickly finished writing the last i_____9_____ for her birthday party and put it in an envelope. She ____10____（give） them out to her friends at college the next day.

根据句子意思，用所给词组的适当形式完成句子

1．Her height is her biggest disadvantage, but she refuses to let this stand ________________.

2．I can’t _____________ why he left school at such a young age.

3．What she said didn’t _____________ to me.

4．Han Geng has become a popular star in both China and Korea. But he said he was never _____________by success.

5．The news report is __________ entirely ________ fact.

6．Don’t try to fool us by ________________ stories. Tell us the fact.

7．I ____________ him and hate to see him hurt like that.

8．A small mistake may _____________ a serious problem.

9．He ______________ my apologizing to him first. I refused.

1．Quote… Unquote

“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”  

---- Confucius, Chinese educator and thinker

___________________________________________________________________________

2．Everything was above and beyond what I had expected here.

___________________________________________________________________________

3．Fatherhood has matured（使成熟） me and opened my eyes up to a lot of things.

 ___________________________________________________________________________

4．Beauty from within.

______________________________________________________________

1．moustache   A．account           B．cautious           C．proud              D．cousin

2．postcode       A．adopt               B．novelist            C．loss                 D．motivation

3．wealthy        A．symbol            B．apply               C．type                D．eyesight

4．patience        A．sacrifice          B．secure             C．musician          D．cocoa

5．knocked      A．instructed       B．relaxed        C．struggled        D．appointed

China sent          Change’s l into space, which would circle         moon for a year.

A．a, the       B．/, the        C．a, /         D．the, a