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The summer job is very much popular among some university students. Long before the summer vacation begins, many a student start their summer job search. They send letters to businesses, going to job interviews, and ask our friends and relations for help. By June the students usually had found jobs and then they begin preparing enter the world of work.
Reasons for wanting a summer job differs from student to student. Some students work to pay their school expenses; some work to gain experience or just to fun. Salesmen or waiters are two of the most common job that students try to find.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science.1.(build) over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering2.(achieve) is still used today.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands3.(suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. 4.(help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. 5.(good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making 6. suitable for farming.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live7.(peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams 8. the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, 9. (enable) ecosystem(生态系统) and fish populations to exist10. harmony.
Dr. Lee was one of my favorite professors in college. He was ________because of a trick he employed at the beginning of his first class. “I will put a__________into each of my lectures. Your job is to try and_________me in the Lie of the Day.”
That was a _________way to focus our attention at the dry and ________subject---Capital Markets. On those days we actively ________Dr. Lee’s statements. Every once in a while, a lecture would end with _______seeing through the lie. Dr. Lee would say, “Ah ha! Each of you has a lie in your notes. _______among yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you next Monday.”
What made Dr. Lee’s teaching ________smart was that there was no lie during the most technically_________lecture. He offered the same challenge to___________ our lecture notes. On the following Monday, he would hear our ________for almost ten minutes before he finally said, “Do you_________the first lecture---how I said that every lecture has a lie?”
Tired from having our best theories shot down, we_________.
“Well, that was a lie. My previous lecture was completely true and_________. But I am glad you reviewed your notes _______ this weekend. Moving on …”
While my knowledge of the Capital Markets has_________over time, the lessons have stayed with me. “Experts” can be___________and say things that sound right---so build a habit of ________new information and check it against things you already accept as _________.
1.A. funny B. memorable C. careful D. upset
2.A. game B. puzzle C. joke D. lie
3.A. catch B. tell C. hear D. stop
4.A. simple B. common C. brilliant D. terrible
5.A. boring B. interesting C. meaningful D. guessed
6.A. asked B. read C. challenged D. guessed
7.A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. nobody
8.A. Agree B. Discuss C. Find D. Perform
9.A. technique B. step C. problem D. subject
10.A. pretty B. difficult C. entertaining D. successful
11.A. carry out B. set down C. take over D. work through
12.A. suggestions B. theories C. plans D. hopes
13.A. like B. know C. remember D. preview
14.A. nodded B. waited C. paused D. sighed
15.A. easy B. decisive C. obvious D. reliable
16.A. happily B. carefully C. early D. secretly
17.A. come B. changed C. faded D. developed
18.A. wise B. powerful C. wrong D. confident
19.A. evaluating B. gaining C. forgetting D. seeking
20.A. advice B. evidence C. knowledge D. fact
We all know that a hot, milky drink and a warm bath are supposed to relax you before bed, but many of us still can’t slip into sleep. Here are some tips to help you go to sleep.
●Breathe in through your left nostril(鼻孔)
1.. Sleep specialist Peter Smith says, “Lie on your left side, resting a finger on your right nostril to close it. Start slow, deep breathing in the left nostril.” Peter, author of Sleep Better With Natural Therapies, says this technique is particularly good when overheating is preventing sleep.
●2.
Relaxing all your muscles can prepare your body for sleep. Anxiety expert Charles Linden says: “Lying on your back, take a deep, slow breath in through your nose and, at the same time, squeeze your toes tightly as if you are trying to curl them under your foot, then loosen them slowly. Breathe again, contract your leg muscles, then your thigh, belly, chest, arms, and so on until you heat all the way up your body. 3.
●Try to stay awake
Challenge yourself to stay awake--- your mind will fight against it! “It’s called the sleep paradox(悖论).” says psychotherapist Julie Hirst. She explains: “Keep your eyes wide open, repeat to yourself ‘I will not sleep’.4.but instead view this as an instruction to sleep and eye muscles tire quickly as sleep turns up.”
●5.
Use at least three senses imagining yourself in a situation where you feel content—a paradise(乐园), sailing on calm waters, walking in flower fields.
A. Just imagine
B. Enjoy a paradise
C. Squeeze and relax
D. The brain doesn’t process negatives well
E. You must repeat what you have done
F. This yoga method is thought to reduce blood pressure and calm you
G. When you have gone from head to toe, you should feel ready for sleep
Open Letter to an Editor
I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently --- one who works for you. In fact, he’s one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.
Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume(简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues(问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I’m sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you’ve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.
So why is he looking for a way out?
He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.
The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.
He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he’s doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That’s what you want for him, too, isn’t it?
So your reporter has set me thinking.
Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists --- everyone --- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can’t do it, they’ll find someone who can.
1.What does the writer think of the reporter?
A. Optimistic. B. Imaginative. C. Ambitious. D. Proud.
2.What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?
A. Finding the news value of his stories. B. Giving him financial support.
C. Helping him to find issues. D. Improving his good ideas.
3.Who probably wrote the letter?
A. An editor. B. An artist. C. A reporter. D. A reader.
4.The letter aims to remind editors that they should ______.
A. keep their best reporters at all costs
B. give more freedom to their reporters
C. be aware of their reporters’ professional development
D. appreciate their reporters’ working styles and attitudes
When it's five o'clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave when the clocks tell them they’re done.
These days, the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches, but on cellphones and computers. That may be a bad thing, particularly at work. New research shows that clock based work schedules hinder creativity.
Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m, research from 10 a. m to noon, etc. On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish. They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed. It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.
What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under “ clock time” vs. “ task time”. They found clock timers to be more efficient(有效率的) but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.
The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture. This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time. While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity. It’ll make those tasks easier, and the task-doers will be happier.
1.What does the author say a clock-based work?
A. It makes workers very tired.
B. It reminds workers to leave on time.
C. It makes workers aware of the precious time.
D. It may have a bad effect on the creativity.
2.What does the underlined word “hinder” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Block. B. Consider.
C. Increase. D. Value.
3.What did Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier find in their experiments about clock-timers?
A. They seize opportunities as they come up.
B. They always get their work done in time.
C. They tend to be more productive.
D. They can control their lives.
4.What do the researchers suggest?
A. Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.
B. It is important to keep a balance between work and life.
C. Performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier.
D. A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.
