People can find jobs in many ways.
Sometimes you can find a job easily, by walking into a local store and looking at its notice board(布告栏). Local stores often have areas for people to put small signs telling the services that they need or they can provide. Such services include looking after children or cleaning houses.
Another popular tool for finding a job is the Internet. For example, people around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy things, meet people or find a job. It is said that the site can receive two million new jobs each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a university. For example, students at the University
of Texas can go to the job center to get help. Many college students like this way better.
At times, some experts(专业人士)can also help people find a job. Susan Miller has her own company called California Job Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find a job by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods to help them find the right job. So with her help, many people have succeeded in finding a good job.
1.On the Craigslist Web site, you can't________ .
A. find a job B.meet people
C. sell your old things D. do some shopping online
2.According to the passage, college students prefer to find jobs by _________
A.visiting the Internet
B. asking experts for help
C. looking at the notice board
D. going to a job center in the university
3.The underlined word "strengths" in the last paragraph means_________ .
A. 长处 B. 强度 C. 力量 D.人数
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE.？
A. Local stores have few areas for people to put signs
B. You can only get one service on the notice board
C. The Craigslist Web site can get two million new jobs each week
D. Susan Miller has helped many people find a good job successfully
5.The main idea of this passage is about________ .
A. how to find experts B. ways of finding a job
C. how to study and work D. ways of setting up a job center
Clean water is not only important for people to produce food, but necessary for our life. However, many people in Asia and Africa don’t have enough clean water to use. The World Health Organization reports that almost 4,000 children die each day of dirty water or lack of water.
Farmers use 70%~85% of the world fresh water to produce food. People usually don’t pay much attention
to how much water industry (工业) uses, but you may be surprised to know that industry uses 59% of the water in developed countries.
Home use takes up only 8% in the world. But as cities grow, more water will be used. The local government has to try to make people use less water.
In 60% of European cities, people are saving water by using less. They even keep waste water for other use.
In Australia, the government has encouraged people to collect rainwater and recycle water from showers for a second use.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has made a water saving program to encourage families and businesses to check their water use and save more water. Scientists and the UN are looking for good water management as the key to solving the problem. We can all work together to protect our fresh water in our daily life.
1.The underlined phrase “lack of” in the passage means__________.
A. 需要 B. 喜欢 C. 缺少 D.饮用
2.In developed countries, most water is used by ____ __.
A. industry B. farmers C. people D. families
3.According to the passage, people save water by using less in __ __.
A. Australia B. America C. Africa D. European
4.From the passage, we know that scientists good ways to deal with water problem.
A. have found B. find out C. are looking for D. has found
5.The passage is about__________.
A.saving water B. waste water C. using water D. recycling water
It is easier to go down a hill than to climb up a hill, so it is to fall into bad habit than into good ones.
Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little while people do not notice their danger. Some schoolboys first pick up bad habits in school and on the streets. When they cannot finish their lessons, they copy from their classmates. If they see bigger boys smoking, they also want to learn to smoke. When they are older, the habits become so strong that they can never get rid of them. From copying, they fall behind, then learn 
to steal, and smoking is bad for their health. At last they become worse and worse.
How necessary it is that we get rid of the bad habits at the very beginning.
1.Bad habits come _____________.
A. quickly B. suddenly C. quietly and slowly D. easily
2.Some schoolboys first pick up little bad habits _____________ .
A . only in class
B. in schools and on the streets
C. when they were born
D. at home
3.“ get rid of “ here means ___________.
A. put on B. ring up C. pick up D. give up
4.When they grow, bad habits will ____________ .
A. become too strong to get rid of B. become smaller
C. run away D. leave
5.Smoking is__________.
A. harmful only to young people B. bad for their health
C. not bad for us D. bad for their study
What do you do when you are in trouble on a lonely island? Surely you need to a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane.
The smoke from a fire can be seen from far away, it is a good way to attract attention. If the weather is dry, it's to start a fire. But remember that fires can be very dangerous if they are out of control. make a fire unless you're sure that it can't spread. If the ground is dark, smoke can be seen more easily. Green grass and leaves produce white smoke.
It's a good idea to make some , too. For example, "F" means "I need food and water'', "IF' "I need medicine" and “I” for "I am too hurt to move from here". These are useful symbols. Use large pieces of wood to make them. If you find any wood, use earth.
You can be found more easily in this way.
1.A. give B. find C. show
2.A. place B. service C. chance
3.A. so B. but C. or
4.A. hard B. easy C. impossible
5.A. Never B. Always C. Sometimes
6.A. light B. black C. blue
7.A. plans B. rules C. symbols
8.A. looks for B. waits for C. stands for
9.A. quietly B. badly C. slowly
10.A. can’t B. mustn’t C.needn’t
--I called you yesterday morning ,but no one answered.
--Oh, I in my garden.
A. watered the flowers
B. am watering the flowers
C. was watering the flowers
-- Excuse me, sir, smoking in the gas station.
-- Oh, I'm really sorry.
A. doesn't allow B. isn't allowed C. aren't allowed
