Here 's your weekly roundup of who's hiring in town and in nearby St. Charles County and Maryland Heights.
Who's Hiring: Petco
Location: St. Charles
Job: Cashier
Description: The cashier will help achieve store sales goals while helping to provide customers with the products they need for happy and healthy pets. Petco is looking to you to provide exceptional customer service as you perform all aspects of point of sale service - cash, credit and check sales, returns and exchanges: This means offering quick and polite response to those customers who choose to shop with us.
Requirements: While a high school diploma is preferred, you must be able to demonstrate basic math skill and strong communication skills. You must be customer service focused and able to interact professionally and effectively through both verbal and written communication with everyone with whom you come into contact.
To Apply: Apply online.
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Who's Hiring: City of St. Peters
Location: St. Peters
Job: Temporary Parks Worker
Description: Performs general labor to repair and maintain parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, and trails. Operates and performs minor maintenance to light and heavy equipment, power tools, motorized equipment, and vehicles.
Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen. High School graduate certificate. One year of applicable experience. Ability to frequently lift and/or move up t0 50 pounds and carry it a reasonable distance, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 75 pounds.
Pay: $15.27 per hour
To Apply: Apply in person, fax t0 636-477-1044, or mail to: #1205-Human Resources, City of St. Peters, P.O. Box 9, St. Peters MO 63376.
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Who's Hiring: Commerce Bank
Location: Maryland Heights
Job: Teller
Description: Responsible for handling deposits, check cashing, money orders, official checks, traveler's checks, and saving bonds. Know customers’ needs and suggest appropriate bank services. Make referrals (移交) to sales staff to assist the branch in meeting its sales goals. Commerce Bank reserves the right to fill all Part Time Teller positions as soon as qualified candidates are identified.
To Apply: Apply online.
1.What can we conclude from the passage?
A.St. Charles County witnesses less job chances.
B.There are more people seeking for jobs.
C.Maryland Heights will accept professions.
D.There are some job opportunities mentioned.
2.If you want to be a cashier ________.
A.you should provide customers what they need for free.
B.you should make the customers satisfied all the time
C.you should exchange ideas with customers freely
D.you should select goods instead of helping the customers
3.If you apply for the Temporary Parks worker________.
A.you must be an excellent athlete
B.you should finish the college course
C.you must be an American citizen
D.you should have your own vehicle
4.Which of them doesn’t refer to education requirements?
A.Commerce Bank. B.City of St. Peters.
C.Petco. D.All of them.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.A teller should make advice for customers wisely.
B.A parks worker should weigh less than 75 pounds.
C.You must get in touch with Commerce Bank by phone.
D.You can earn the most if you choose City of St. Peters.
The most destructive(破坏性的)wildfire in California’s history started on Nov 8, 2018, ______ by bad electrical cables(电缆)in the town of Paradise. It burned for 17 days and caused $16.5 billion in ______, destroying nearly 19,000 buildings, killing 85 people and leaving 50,000 others homeless. Paradise was ______ a paradise(乐土).
Shane Grammer grew up 15 miles away in Chico, and he ______ the news of the fire’s deadly path from his home in Los Angeles. The 47-year-old father of three works as a creative director for Disney’s theme parks. Grammer still has ______ in the Paradise area. When his childhood buddy, Shane Edwards, posted pictures of his white chimney ― the only part of his house to ______ ― Grammer felt helpless. And then he had a(n)______.
“I’ve got to paint that ______,” he told Inside Edition. “It was an opportunity for me to express myself and be a(n)______.
On Dec 31, Grammer ______ three hours painting a beautifully sad black-and-white image(画像)of a woman on the chimney — a reminder, perhaps, of the ______ of life, or even just of life itself.
Grammer ______ the image on Instagram. The victims(受害者)）of the fire, especially, had ______ feelings. “You bring beauty and hope,” one said.
____, Grammer realized that his artistic expression had ______ into something deeper, the hallmark(特征)of true art. Over a period of three months he returned eight times, ______ 17 pictures of victims and mythical(神话里的)heroes on walls, pickup trucks, and ruined buildings. “There is______,” he explains. “There is beauty in the ashes.”
Grammer’s work in Paradise has become a bigger ______. He has traveled the world painting big pictures in ______ places that needed some light: a home for orphans(孤儿)in Tijuana, Mexico; a youth center in San Francisco. “I want to do something powerful and create art that ______ people,” he says.
1.A.turned down B.put forward C.brought about D.broke out
2.A.damage B.use C.waste D.question
3.A.as usual B.at last C.once again D.no longer
4.A.made B.followed C.ignored D.missed
5.A.students B.co-workers C.friends D.children
6.A.survive B.disappear C.continue D.exist
7.A.dream B.idea C.excuse D.chance
8.A.fire B.wall C.house D.chimney
9.A.artist B.director C.reporter D.tourist
10.A.wasted B.saved C.took D.spent
11.A.purpose B.truth C.beauty D.choice
12.A.sold B.noticed C.discovered D.posted
13.A.angry B.upset C.strong D.strange
14.A.Generally B.Suddenly C.Luckily D.Hopefully
15.A.changed B.divided C.cut D.formed
16.A.printing B.painting C.buying D.collecting
17.A.luck B.doubt C.hope D.happiness
18.A.task B.game C.experiment D.project
19.A.busy B.dark C.lonely D.quiet
20.A.moves B.excites C.warns D.surprises
______ you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope, with which you can live a happy life and achieve your goals.
A.Whenever B.Wherever C.Whatever D.Whoever
People crowd into ________ cherry trees are blooming, appreciating the fresh spring sight.
A. what B. when
C. which D. where
We live in this society now ________ literally someone is always helping.
A.when B.where
C.that D.what
With the number of homecoming overseas students ________ up in recent years, the attraction of foreign degree holders has gradually faded.
A. shot B. being shot
C. shooting D. to shoot
