Terry Thomas has a very boring job ,although it pays very well .What Terry does is sitting in a rowboat all day long .He makes $ 16.37 an hour ,which is certainly an excellent wage for sitting in a little boat and doing nothing.
The boat stays all day under a bridge that is being rebuilt. There is a distance of about 100 feet between the boat and the workers on the bridge overhead. The rest of Terry’s fellow workers are up on the bridge working . Terry’s job is to rescue anyone who falls off the bridge into the water. So far, no one has given him anything to do .Although he’s delighted that none of his companions has fallen into the water, he also admits that the job is very boring because there is nothing to do.
No one on the work crew really wants duty on the boat. But the job is a union requirement ,and it must be filled. To quality for the job, a person must be an excellent swimmer and have training in lifesaving skills. Only a few men on the work crew meet those standards. Before Terry took the boat job, several others had it and gave up because they found it so tedious.
What does Terry do in his little boat all day? He spends a good bit of time making sure that his suntan lotion is adequate for the job of protecting his skin. He reads and listens to the radio .Each day he looks forward to lunch and then to quitting time.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．A Boring Job B．The Man in a Rowboat
C．A Job of Great Skill D．Hard Physical Labor
2.Another word for the underlined word “tedious” is .
A．difficult B．boring C．serious D．tiring
3.Terry uses the suntan lotion because .
A．he likes the smell B．he’s out in the sun all day
C．his shirt is torn D．it keeps the fly away
4.The best part of Terry’s job is .
A．the books they give him B．getting to work with his friends
C．the chance of promotion D．the pay, lunch, and quitting time
Greenwich is on the River Thames. It is five miles from the middle of 1. The first English people were fishermen there, 2they named the place Greenwich, meaning “green village”. Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful palaces.
The 3of the earliest palace was Placentia. Henry VIII lived there .He knew that England must be 4at sea. So he started two big shipyards at Greenwich, and for 350 5the ships made there were the best in the world.
But trouble was coming to Greenwich. In 1649, a war 6in England and a for eleven yesrs there was no king. The men who worked for him at Placentia 7to live in the palace themselves. 8sold all its beautiful things and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money. 9, the war ended and King Charles II came 10. But Placentia was falling down. So King Charles II built a new and 11palace, which is now open to the public.
At this time, Charles was 12about losing so many of its ships at sea. So in 1675, Charles 13John Flam Steed, the first astronomer in England, try to find the 14. Flam Steed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park. 15it, with a telescope which he made himself, Flam Steed could look all around the 16. And he did night after night, for twenty years. Carrying on Flam Steed’s work a hundred years 17, an astronomer called Garrison finally made a 18which told the time at sea, and help 19to know there they were . Because of Flam Steed’s work, every 20in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time.
1.A．London B．Paris C．Berlin D．Brussels
2.A．because B．and C．but D．so
3.A．title B．shape C．name D．form
4.A．great B．helpful C． strong D．brave
5.A．months B．days C．weeks D．years
6.A．started B．found C．needed D．wanted
7.A．moved B．rushed C．hurried D．decided
8.A．He B．They C．We D．She
9.A．Unfortunately B．Finally C．Mainly D．Gladly
10.A．back B．out C．around D．along
11.A．smaller B．higher C．stronger D．bigger
12.A．interested B．worried C．excited D．puzzled
13.A．got B．helped C．made D．forced
14.A．key B．answer C．question D．problem
15.A．From B．On C．at D．over
16.A．sea B．palace C．park D．sky
17.A．ago B．later C．before D．after
18.A．clock B．computer C．compass D．beacon
19.A．drivers B．workers C．sailors D．farmers
20.A．watch B．country C．ship D．scientist
—Two tickets for Friday evening.
—Sorry, we’ve got left.
A．no one B．quite a few C．nothing D．none
Which of the following is WRONG?
A．They didn’t find the secret until they got there.
B．Not until they got there did they find the secret.
C．It was not until they got there that they found the secret.
D．Not until did they got there that they found the secret.
The library’s study room is full of students for the exam.
A．busily prepared B．busy preparing
C．busily preparing D．are busy preparing
—What do you think of the newly designed mobile phone?
—It well its high price.
A．sells, except of B．sells, but
C．is sold, except for D．is sold, besides
