This was one of my experiences 1 ．When I was in my 30s, I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London．I was working in the 2 department．
The company had a training centre which was just outside London．Different courses were held there throughout 3 and I 4 go on one training course a year．These usually started 5 a Sunday evening and lasted six days．
Once I was 6 a week's training course with about forty 7 sales people．I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 8 behind the bar asked me a curious question．“I hope you don't 9 my asking, ”she said, “but I've been 10 about it all week．Have you got a sister 11 Mary?”The woman's name was Jane, and she used to do various jobs at the training centre．She worked in the office; she organized all the food and drink for the centre and she worked in the bar at lunch time and in the evening．My answer 12 Jane's question was
“Yes”, and Jane said, “I thought 13 ．I met her last September when she was organizing a course here．”At that time, my sister was working for 14 company but in a different part of the country．That was 15 she came to be at the training centre．
16 surprised me was how Jane guessed we were brother and sister．Three things made it even more 17 ．First, she had met my sister six months before she met me．Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the training centre．So about one thousand five hundred people had 18 the centre in those six months．And 19 , my sister is married, so she doesn't have the same family name as me．
We're not 20 , but I guess we must look quite like each other．
Go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Barona, a luxury hotel and resort．Your tour guides will be actual employees who can give you the inside sight about running this great business and what it takes to get an exciting career in hospitality industry．
Tour #2：Cooking demonstration
Who want to be a top chef(厨师)?Watch and smell as award winning chefs demonstrate their cooking art and share some of their kitchen secrets with you．
Tour #3：Opportunities fair
Take advantage of this opportunity to speak with various professionals from hotels, schools and other businesses in the hospitality industry．Learn about education and career options; and don’t forget to stop by the interview skills workshop．
Dat Phan
Dat was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up struggling and poor in California．He worked at Barona Resort before he made it big as a comedian!
His culturally insightful(发人深省的)comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shared his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage(文化遗产)．He has been honored as The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-Americans．
Dat Phan aims to create a more positive image of Asian-Americans in the world of entertainment and Hollywood．“We want to be seen as more than just martial artists(武术家), or bad stereotype roles in American TV & Movies．”
(1)
The majority of the people present at the conference are probably ________．
[ ]
A．
tourists from other cities
B．
students who plan to work in hotels or restaurants
C．
news reporters of a local TV station
D．
managers who wish to take in some new staff
(2)
What is the right order of the activities?
a．Enjoy the funny show．
b．Give away prizes．
c．Watch a cooking demonstration．
d．Talk about interview skills．
e．Take a tour around an expensive hotel and resort．
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A．
a－e－c－d－b
B．
a－d－c－e－b
C．
d－e－a－c－b
D．
c－d－b－a－e
(3)
Which of the following is NOT true about the comedian Dat Phan?
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A．
He was born in Vietnam and grew up in the USA．
B．
He is a very successful comedian in the USA．
C．
He is working in Barona Resort now．
D．
He is not satisfied to be seen just as a martial artist．
(4)
All the following can be learnt from the conference EXCEPT ________．
This was one of my experiences 1 ．When I was in my 30s, I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London．I was working in the 2 department．
The company had a training centre which was just outside London．Different courses were held there throughout 3 and I 4 go on one training course a year．These usually started 5 a Sunday evening and lasted six days．
Once I was 6 a week’s training course with about forty 7 sales people．I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 8 behind the bar asked me a curious question．“I hope you don’t 9 my asking,”she said,“but I’ve been 10 about it all week．Have you got a sister 11 Mary?”The woman’s name was June, and she used to do various jobs at the training centre．She worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the centre and she worked in the bar at lunch time and in the evening．
My answer 12 June’s question was“Yes”,and June said,“I thought 13 ．I met her last September when she was organizing a course here．”At that time, my sister was working for 14 company but in a different part of the country．That was 15 she came to be at the training centre．
16 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister．Three things made it even more 17 ．First, she had met my sister six months before she met me．Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the training center．So about one thousand five hundred people had 18 the centre in those six months．And 19 , my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as me．
We’ re not 20 , but I guess we must look quite like each other．
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons：a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing．Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart．
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home, ’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education, ” says Jacobs．
The Jacobs family did work out a solution：They asked and received more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan(贷款)program．They will each graduate with $20, 000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school．
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs．More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans．College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around．
At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise．A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439％ from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147％．Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,
“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education, ” says Patrick M．Callan, president of the center．“The middle class families have been financing it through debt．They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt．”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them．The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted．
(1)
According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
[ ]
A．
The twins wasted too much money
B．
The father was out of work
C．
Their saving ran out
D．
The family fell apart
(2)
How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
[ ]
A．
They asked their kids to come home．
B．
They borrowed $20, 000 from the school．
C．
They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs．
D．
They got help from the school and the federal government．
(3)
Financial aid administrators believe that ________．
[ ]
A．
more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses
B．
the government will receive more letters of complaint
C．
college tuition fees will double soon
D．
America’s unemployment will fall
(4)
What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
[ ]
A．
They blamed the government for the tuition increase．
B．
Their income remained steady in the last decade．
C．
They will try their best to send kids to college．
D．
Their debts will be paid off within 25 years．
(5)
According to the last paragraph, the government will _________．
[ ]
A．
provide most students will scholarships
B．
dismiss some financial aid administrators
C．
stop the companies from making student loans
D．
go on providing financial support for college students
This was one of my experiences at work．When I was 1 , I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London．I was working in the 2 department．
The company had a training centre which was just outside London．Different courses were 3 there throughout the year and I 4 go on one training course a year．These usually started 5 a Sunday evening and lasted six days．
Once I was 6 a week’s training course with about forty 7 sales people．I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 8 behind the bar asked me a curious question．“I hope you don't 9 my asking,” she said, “But I've been 10 about it all week．Have you got a sister 11 Mary?” The woman's name was June, and she used to do various jobs at the training centre．She worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the centre and she worked in the bar at lunchtime and in the evening．
My answer 12 June's question was“Yes”, and June said, “I thought 13 ．I met her last September when she was organizing a course here．”At that time, my sister was working for 14 company but in a different part of the country．That was 15 she came to be at the training centre．
16 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister．Three things made it even more 17 ．First, she had met my sister six months before she met me．Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the training centre．So about one thousand five hundred people had 18 the centre in those six months．And 19 , my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as me．
We're not 20 , but I guess we must look quite like each other．