Buy One Give One
Buy One Give One (B1G1) is a Singapore-based business and non-profit organization with a job to create a world full of giving. We help businesses around the world give back in meaningful ways so that they can create measurable and long-lasting influence. Since 2007, we have worked with more than 1,600 businesses creating more than 88 million giving activities.
Our business allows consumers, who may feel disconnected from the problems of the developing world, to become involved in social problems while still purchasing for themselves. For example, shoe brands like TOMS promise to donate one pair of shoes for every pair purchased. Soapbox gives soap to a needy child with every purchase. Watch company WeWood plants a tree every time you buy a watch. They have helped socially-conscious consumers purchase products and feel good about providing help to others.
See what some of our members say about being a part of B1G1.
*Karen Ormerod
Every product purchased at our store influences the lives of disadvantaged people in the world. I had never imagined I would be operating a business that could change people’s lives. We are making a real difference by just doing what we normally do. It is a wonderful experience.
*Ben Baker
What a good way of distributing resources to where they need to be, giving people the gifts of giving, and adding value to organizations along the way. We have already made 160,000 giving activities through B1G1. Giving has become a necessary part of our everyday business. It’s absolutely brilliant.
B1G1 focuses on the influence of giving on people’s lives rather than simply the amounts donated. Our programs stress giving habitually in order to create growing influence around the world. When you join the B1G1 giving program, you create your own unique giving stories.
We do hope you can become a member of us!
1.According to the passage, what does B1G1 do?
A. Donate the profits to the people in need.
B. Help consumers purchase their favorite products.
C. Give away something extra when a product is sold.
D. Instruct owners how to operate businesses effectively.
2.How do the members feel about themselves as a part of B1G1?
A. Confident.
B. Proud.
C. Generous.
D. Energetic.
3.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To invite businesses to B1G1.
B. To promote the products B1G1 sells.
C. To describe the gifts B1G1 gives.
D. To introduce the activities B1G1 involves.
假如你是李华，今年的中国国际旅游节下个月将在你们城市举行，组委会拟招聘一些高中生担任英语导游，你打算应聘。请根据下列内容要点给组委会写一封申请信。
1．自我介绍(年龄、性别等)；
2．英语水平(口语表达能力等)；
3．特殊优势(相关经历、对当地旅游景点的了解、沟通能力等)；
4．你的承诺。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计人总词数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Hi Thomas,
How is everything with you recently? I'm very exciting because I have applied for a holiday job, taught English conversation in a teacher training college near Shanghai. I’m a bit of worried because I don't know if I should bring some present for the teachers I’ll meet. Should 1 shake hands when I meet people, or just smiling? What topics will my students want to talk then? Might I say or do something that will seem rudely? This may seem unimportant with you, but I want to plan everything in advance, or I'd love to know what you think. You had been to China before.
Looking forward to your reply.
All the best,
Bruno
This is a story of a little girl and her grandmother. One day, I was looking for medicine in a store1.I saw an old woman with a little girl in her arms. The little girl asked her grandmother, " 2.do you think about a brand new face cream that is supposed3.(reduce) laugh lines?" The grandmother just laughed and said, "Sweetie, I am 80 years old. I 4. (learn) to love all my laugh lines. I have 5. (actual) earned every one of them. "Then just to prove her point, she laughed again and amused 6.granddaughter. The laughter of the little girl and the old woman mixed together with a sound 7. was as musical and beautiful as an angel's song.
I left the store feeling a lot 8. (good) about all the laugh lines I had earned in my own life. I remembered all the beautiful faces I had seen 9. the years. Their beauty is ageless no matter how old they are. May you have a time in your life earning10.most attractive laugh lines.
What do photography and foster（收养的）care have in common? Apparently a lot. Jennifer Loomis, an experienced local photographer, and her husband were a childless couple, so they were considering ______ a kid. As part of their ______ , they went online and visited sites containing________of children up for adoption.________, the photos didn't really express the children. To Loomis' artful eye, they ______ to let people know who the children truly were. Loomis then contacted Northwest Adoption Exchange and________a free photo shoot（专业摄影） to help_______children show better pictures of them to adoptive parents. The_______readily agreed.
One child who ______ the photo shoot was Deon, a lonely child who had bounced around the foster system. With Loomis' great ______ , a new and more handsome Deon was photographed. And this had a(n) ____ effect! Soon prospective parents Joanna Church and Sean Vaillancourt saw Deon's new photo on the website and were attracted by the boy with bright, happy eyes (They had previously seen his old photo, but got no ______ impression of him). Contact was made, he was________their home.
Now Church and Vaillancourt have become Deon's parents. The ______ was a godsend（天赐之物）to Deon. He had been in mid out of various foster homes since the age of 5, and was losing ______. At age 18, children no longer qualify for foster care and must begin to ______ themselves. This is a bitter reality for a child at age 16, ______ one who has never really found ______ from a home.
Deon is now paired with a loving family simply _____ Jennifer Loomis took a better photo of him. She has completely changed Deon's ______ and that of his adoptive parents.
"When you give someone a chance," Deon said, "you are basically saving a life.”
1.A. photographing B. interviewing C. adopting D. sponsoring
2.A. study B. treatment C. search D. design
3.A. images B. plans C. stories D. ideas
4.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
5.A. managed B. failed C. decided D. tried
6.A. required B. accepted C. offered D. allowed
7.A. curious B. lonely C. Happy D. willing
8.A. team B. couple C. government D. organization
9.A. attended B. helped C. refused D. learned
10.A. concerns B. skills C. abilities D. courage
11.A. permanent B. immediate C. positive D. adverse
12.A. unique B. first C. clear D. new
13.A. taken for B. called at C. brought into D. carried away
14.A. match B. performance C. practice D. struggle
15.A. hope B. opportunity C. energy D. interest
16.A. teach B. support C. control D. trust
17.A. usually B. particularly C. specially D. definitely
18.A. freedom B. happiness C. answers D. chances
19.A. though B. unless C. but D. because
20.A. attitude B. manner C. behavior D. life
The job interview is an important part of your job search because it's an opportunity for the employer to figure out if you're right for the job. The following tips may help you prepare for your job interview.
●Dress for success. Professional business clothes are always appropriate, regardless of the type of job you are applying for.
●Be there on time. Try to arrive 5 to 10 minutes early to be safe. Find out ahead of time where you're going and how long it will take you to get there. Drive or travel the route a day or two ahead, at the same time of day as you will on the day of the interview. 1. Have a backup（备用）plan.
●Let your personality shine. If you're excited about the job, don't be afraid to show it. Employers want passionate employees, so be yourself.
●Be confident. 2. But just don't let your nerves overpower your interview. Eye contact and a calm, clear speaking voice are excellent ways to show your confidence.
●Watch your body language. During your interview, relax and sit naturally, but don't slouch（没精打采地坐）in your chair or lean on the interviewer’s desk.
●Be polite. 3. Remember, this is your first introduction to the organization, so be polite to everyone you meet and turn off your cell phone.
●Listen and ask for clarification（阐明）, if you need it. Remember to listen carefully to the interview questions so that you can actually answer the questions, and never interrupt. 4.
●Let them know what you have to offer. When answering the questions, let the employer see what you have to offer to his organization. Talk about your past. experiences and achievements honestly, and tie those experiences to how they can help you contribute to his organization.
●5. Although you want to be open and honest in your interview, avoid talking about your personal or financial problems.
A. Think before you speak.
B. Confirm how often the buses run.
C. This begins with a smile and a firm handshake.
D. If you believe in yourself, you will surely succeed.
E. Feeling nervous in an interview is perfectly normal.
F. Make sure you have enough to answer the questions.
G. If you don't understand something, just ask for explanation.
