One rainy afternoon I was sitting at home feeling so bored._____ feeling sorry for myself，I wanted to meet people and have new _____ so I decided to start volunteering.I found a website where I could volunteer on a farm in France.
Volunteering _____ so many opportunities to have fun and share _____ stories.It was the first time for me to work on a farm.It was almost a(n) _____ holiday as food and accommodation were provided.It was not one _____ holiday，however，as I had to _____ fifteen horses and sheep！I soon discovered that I was a(n) _____ farmer but it did not matter because I made some great friends and also improved my _____．
However，you do not ______ go abroad to volunteer.I have had plenty of adventures at home as volunteering can become a ______．For example，I love ______ so I had a good laugh waving my arms in order to ______ my local choir(合唱团)．At university，I organized a concert for charity with my friends.It was really ______ to find bands and raise money for a cause.
It is true that you feel good volunteering but there are also other ______．I once volunteered as a steward (干事) at a charity sports event where the organizers ______ gave me cupcakes from an expensive London bakery to thank me for my ______．I also volunteered in a charity shop so I found loads of nice cheap clothes to ______ my wardrobe.
While this is all fun，my favourite aspect of volunteering is ______ and sharing stories.My terrible ______ at farming has given me funny stories to tell!
1.A.Apart from B.Due to C.Instead of D.But for
2.A.experiences B.discoveries C.opportunities D.changes
3.A.recommends B.demands C.offers D.seizes
4.A.popular B.fantastic C.familiar D.important
5.A.impressive B.free C.cheap D.special
6.A.unique B.regular C.typical D.convenient
7.A.attend to B.research into C.hunt for D.communicate with
8.A.skillful B.suitable C.hard－working D.awful
9.A.English B.French C.Russian D.Chinese
10.A.normally B.basically C.naturally D.necessarily
11.A.hobby B.trend C.job D.reality
12.A.dancing B.writing C.singing D.performing
13.A.greet B.control C.organize D.conduct
14.A.powerful B.hopeful C.meaningful D.successful
15.A.adventures B.advantages C.factors D.achievements
16.A.generously B.cautiously C.equally D.proudly
17.A.services B.patience C.determination D.choices
18.A.decorate B.replace C.beautify D.update
19.A.creating B.imagining C.choosing D.completing
20.A.offence B.shame C.attempt D.annoyance
For many people, working from home part time or full time can be an attractive option. 1.. You’ll have to plan out your strategy, work out all the little details, and then put in the work to make it happen.
Evaluate your talents.
Keep in mind that there is a huge difference between talents and things you enjoy. 2.. Think about your skills that you do better than anyone else.
Assess your financing needs.
While starting a business from home can be more affordable than starting a traditional business, you will still need money to get started. 3.. If you don’t have a lot in savings, you can get a business loan to get started, but this would mean afterwards being responsible for a loan.
Know your competition.
If you plan on working from home locally, look around town for other businesses offering the same services or products. You’ll have to find a way to stand out from the competition. Be sure to check around and analyze your competitors’ pricing. 4..
5..
If no business ideas are coming to mind, think about some of the tried home business types. Some common ideas include tutoring, tax preparation, accounting, web designing, dance instructing. These home based business ideas just require your personal skills.
A．Understand the needs of your market.
B．Consider some of the more common ideas.
C．Most of these business ideas can also be done online.
D．Think about how much money you need to cover all the initial costs.
E. Just because you enjoy something does not mean you can turn it into a business.
F. However, like starting any other business, it requires planning and personal devotion.
G. If you can offer the same product for less, you may be able to draw some of their customers away.
The interview is an important event in the job-hunting process, because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may decide whether or not you get the particular job you want. Therefore, it is important to remerber that your purpose during the interview may differ from that of the potential employer. You want to make yourself stand out as a whole person who has personal strengths and should be considered the right person for the job. It is encouraging to know that the interviewer’s task is not to embarrass you, but to hire the right person for the job.
Remember, job hunting is very competitive. Anything you can do to improve your interview techniques will be to your advantage. The following suggestions may help you land the most important job.
Your goal in this interview is to make sure your good points get across. The interviewer won’t know them unless you point them out, so try to do this in a factual and sincere manner.
Don’t say anything bad about your former employers. If you have been fired from a job and the interviewer asks about it, be honest.
Show the interviewer that you are interested in the company by asking questions. Ask about responsibilities, working conditions, promotions opportunities and benefits of the job you are interviewing for.
If at some point you decide the interview is not going well, do not let your discouragement show. You have nothing to lose by continuing a show of confidence, and you may have much to gain. It may be real, or it may be a test to see how you react to adverse conditions.
Some interviesers may bring up salary early in the interview. At this time, you may indicate that you are more interested in a job where you can prove yourself that a specific salary. This politely passes the question back to the interviewer. If possble, you should negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and have completed the paperwork.
1.To get the job you want, during the interview you should _________________ .
A.avoid the interviewer’s questions that are designed to embarrass you
B.remember that you are the best
C.make yourself stand out as the right person for the job
D.tell yourself that you want to get the job
2.If you did not get along with your former employer, you ________________ .
A.should tell a lie to the interviewer
B.should not speak ill of him
C.should refer to him in a factual manner
D.should never mintion it
3.The underlined word “adverse” in the sixth paragraph can be replaced by _____________ .
A.difficult B.friendly
C.opposite D.different
4.The passage is mainly about _______________ .
A.how to make your strengths understood B.how to show your interest in the job
C.how to be frand and sincere D.how to deal with an interview
Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity( 成熟) and sense of responsibility (责任). A familiar opinion is “You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.” Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be active. If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.
Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial (表面的) only “ friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there whether you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to recognize your friends as the real or the “phoney”.
True friends are most special. Sometimes they might not easy to find, so you can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side, and build up your confidence.
1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.How to make true friends.
B.What is friendship based on.
C.We should make friends in our childhood.
D.Friends play a very important role in our life.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It is easy to have many true friends if you are rich.
B.If you have no music in you, none of your friends will be a music lover.
C.The friendship developing during your school days will be with you for a long time.
D.What you value above anything is the friendship developing during childhood.
3.What does the underlined phrase “so -called ‘friends’”in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.Friends in need.
B.Fair- weather friends.
C.Those who can help you.
D.Those who often gives you money.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards “true friends” according to paragraph 3?
A.True friends are too difficult to find.
B.You can only share sadness with a true friend.
C.You can only share happiness with a true friend.
D.True friends will stand by you whatever happens.
A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.
Rowan’s dad was a hard-working man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan’s mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two Master’s degrees.
While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. “I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, but Rowan had only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it,” Van Stone said.
Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph’s death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived on March 11, 2015. The message read: “Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy.”
Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But they have their own ideas. “I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn’t get to say,” Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph’s last words to her before he died were: “Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters is love.”
1.What did Rowan’s dad do to make his son live well?
A.He got many Master’s Degrees. B.He became a soldier in Navy.
C.He kept writing to his son. D.He said goodbye to his son.
2.When Rowan only received 3 or 4 of postcards, Van Stone ________.
A.paid little attention to that B.let Joseph stop sending postcards
C.drove back to Colorado D.wrote to Rowan every year
3.How long did it take for the last postcard to reach Rowan?
A.2 years. B.5 years.
C.6 years. D.8 years.
4.Where did Rowan’s dad send the last postcard?
A.In Boston. B.In Colorado.
C.In Pennsylvania. D.In New York.
Part-time jobs for 15 and 16 years olds
Waiter / Waitress |
Work in a library |
Internet jobs |
1.A student who is busy with his research paper will probably choose to work ______.
A.in a restaurant B.in a library
C.on the Internet D.in an IT company
2.The writer wrote this text to ______.
A.tell us the importance of doing part-time jobs
B.advise teenagers how to choose a part-time job
C.teach young people how to make lots of money
D.introduce his/her experience of doing part-time jobs
3.Why do some companies ask the teens to do surveys?
A.The teens have more free time.
B.They can pay less to the teens.
C.They need advice to make products for teens.
D.The teens usually express their true opinions.
