Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
1.What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning?
A.A chairman. B.A worker. C.A manager. D.An assistant.
2.Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?
A.He could become famous.
B.He liked to have a nickname.
C.It could make his workmates happy.
D.It could advertise for his company for free.
3.How did Rockefeller feel after hearing Albert’s words?
A.Surprised. B.Puzzled. C.Excited. D.Interested.
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.Ways to Make Advertisements B.Albert and Rockefeller
C.Four Dollars a Bucket D.The Second Board Chairman
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. In the end ,I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
1.The writer argued with his son because ______________.
A.he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B.they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish
C.he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion
D.he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.
2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.
A.won the race by his own hard working
B.took a risk by agreeing to run a race
C.was not given a fair chance in the race
D.in fact did win the race luckily
3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.
A.boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father
B.boys who Sonny has run races with before
C.boys who Sonny has never raced with before
D.boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again
4.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?
A.The tortoise B.Sonny
C.The hare D.Sonny’s father
If you are looking for part-time jobs at the Penn State University Park campus, you’ve come to the right place! Chances are that we have right jobs for you. So, where should you begin? Just look through the jobs below and you’ll immediately find the part-time jobs you like.
PART-TIME LIBRARY STAFF ASSITANT
Date Announced: 04/03/2019 Job Number: 84944
Work Unit: University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
Department: Common Services
Process library materials and staff service desks in the Pattee/Paterno Library. Duties include circulation (借出) of course reserves (课程参考资料) and computers; processing, sorting and shelving materials; and assisting with opening or closing library areas. Service desk duties include checking out materials, assisting users with accessing various types of library resources, providing user reference services and safe entrances to the equipment. Successful applicants (申请人) must be dependable, flexible, and willing to provide excellent customer service for library visitors. Weekend and evening availability (可用) preferred. Your cover letter and CV listing scheduling availability (days and times) should go with your completed online job application.
PART-TIME STUDENT SERVICES SUPPORT
Date Announced: 03/31/2019 Job Number: 84218
Work Unit: College of Engineering
Department: SEDTAPP
The College of Engineering, School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) seeks to hire numerous Penn State students at University Park to fill part-time positions in each of its programs, which include Engineering Design programs, Engineering Leadership Development programs, and Entrepreneurship (企业家精神) programs. These positions may include undergraduate teaching assistants, graduate teaching assistants, SEDTAPP Make Space assistants, or staff assistants. Hours and payments for these positions will vary and working time will be not over 20 hours per work week. Positions open until filled.
1.What is required for the library staff assistant?
A. Professional competence. B. Working experience.
C. Available working time. D. Having various hobbies.
2.What do we know about assistants working for SEDTAPP?
A. They work mostly at weekends.
B. They are likely to get paid differently.
C. They work for at least 20 hours per week.
D. They are required to be good at engineering.
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To offer advice to job seekers. B. To compare different jobs.
C. To encourage students to do part-time jobs. D. To provide job information.
假定你是李华，你居住的社区将举办包粽子（wrapping zongzi）活动。请给你的外教Smith写封信。邀请他参加，内容包括：
1. 活动的时间和地点；
2. 活动的目的和意义；
3. 表达你的期待。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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（∧）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。
Sometimes 1 feel that living in a city makes people lonely than before. People always feel strangers cannot trusted. They think this is not normal to start talking to anyone or even smile at anyone. I desire to change that. Last week, while I was skate, a man ran by, smiling at me. He said something to me about doing sports or he hoped to be able to finishing his run. I smiled back and said that he certain would. And then a family cycles by when I was in the park. One of the girl waved at me with a big smile, and I waved back enthusiastically. I do believe such small gestures can change into the world we live in.
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。
Since the beginning of the year, a mystery donor in the German city of Braunschweig 1. (give) away several “miracle (奇迹) bags” containing over 200,000 euros in cash to 2. (differ) charities.
The bags, each 3. (fill) with banknotes worth between 20,000 and 100,000 euros, started appearing at the Braunschweiger Zeitung newspaper headquarters earlier this year, with specific instructions of which local charities the money should go to. The recent one, a bag which contained 100,000 euro bills, 4. (receive) last Monday along with instructions that it should be donated to a local hospice (收容所), but other “miracle bags” have gone to 5. (church), organizations and several other causes.
“To make it easier for seriously sick people is a sign of human warmth and earns respect and recognition,” a letter attached to 6. latest “miracle bag” read. Employees at the local hospice are 7. (obvious) delighted to have received their largest donation ever, 8. will help them look after even more patients.
What’s even more special about this mystery donor 9. (be) that he seems to have been donating since 2011. That’s when local newspapers started receiving “miracle bags” along with instructions of where the money should go, but no one can say for sure 10. it’s the same person or not.
