I work as the reception manager at my hotel. A ______came in a few weeks ago with a note saying that the guest would be travelling with her________ father. His daughter wanted to make his trip to Ireland as ______as possible.
Upon seeing this note, I ______I would be the one to check them in as I was scheduled for their arrival time. I ______to learn some very basic sign language. I ______ the guest in my usual fashion, asking for the surname on the booking. Once I heard the name I ______ immediately who was standing in front of me.
I had been learning for two weeks how to say "welcome to Ireland. My sign language is ______, but please if you need anything during your stay just let me know and we will help you".
I ______ at the father and daughter and greeted him in the sign language I had learned for him. His daughter broke down ______ and called me sweet when she learned about the truth. But the father just smiled and was so ______. Honestly, seeing his ______ was enough for me. It was so worth the last few weeks of learning basic sign language.
On check-out, I ______ wasn't working, but they had ______ a gift for me---a small box with some chocolates and a book on sign language. Inside was a ______ saying "Thank you very much for what you did on check-in. You have no idea how much this ______ to my father and me. We can't ______ you enough. You've made his trip home to his family after 50 years very ______ with one simple gesture".
They wrote a letter to the general manager, ______ to give me a raise, which I really ______. I cried for 5 minutes when I came into work today to find this gift in my locker.
1.A.stranger B.woman C.booking D.call
2.A.deaf B.retired C.lonely D.blind
3.A.exciting B.cheap C.smooth D.long
4.A.worried B.knew C.thought D.hoped
5.A.pretended B.preferred C.had D.decided
6.A.greeted B.eyed C.helped D.attended
7.A.recognized B.realized C.wondered D.remembered
8.A.excellent B.helpful C.terrible D.useless
9.A.smiled B.stared C.pointed D.shouted
10.A.laughing B.singing C.complaining D.crying
11.A.entertained B.embarrassed C.happy D.encouraged
12.A.presence B.disability C.appearance D.reaction
13.A.fortunately B.sadly C.hopefully D.recently
14.A.left B.made C.posted D.ordered
15.A.book B.poster C.proverb D.note
16.A.showed B.meant C.happened D.explained
17.A.help B.pay C.give D.thank
18.A.useful B.special C.meaningless D.important
19.A.asking B.offering C.promising D.demanding
20.A.needed B.cared C.appreciated D.deserved
Are you always embarrassedat social events？Or do you often struggle (挣扎)to enter into conversations because you are shy？If so，your social life and career may have been influenced in some way. 1.Then，you’ll be able to enter into conversations with confidence.
Behave like a social person. You can behave like a more social creature even if you don’t feel like it. Don’t allow anxiety to hold you back. Make the decision to talk to new people andenter into conversations even when you’re feeling nervous about it.2.
Create goals for yourself.3.Perhaps you want to practice one particular skill or maybe you want to attenda social activity in your community. Set a goal and begin to work on skills that will improve your social life.
Offer compliments (赞美)generously.4.Offer your colleague a compliment on his presentation at a meeting or compliment your neighbor on his new car. Compliments can show others that you are friendly.
5.There are many books on the market that can help you learn specific social skills and ways to start conversations. However，keep in mind that reading about these skills won’t make you an expert. You’ll needto practice them over andover again.
A.Ask open-ended questions.
B.Read books about social skills.
C.You can set some small goals for yourself at first.
D.Good manners go a long way in improving social skills.
E.It can be a great way to open the door to a conversation.
F.You will findit easier to start a conversation with others over time.
G.However，you can improve your social skills by following the tips below.
Making beers on the moon might seem like a pipe dream to many, but for a group of students from the University of California at San Diego, there is a chance to take their research beyond Earth’s surface.
The Lab2Moon competition, held by TeamIndus, is offering students the chance to secure a spot on the TeamIndus rocket this year.
Taking craft beer to the next level, the students want to test whether it’s possible for yeast(酵母) to work and create beer on the moon. However, they believe the experiment is not just a creative concept for astronauts, it’s also important for the development of drugs and yeast-containing food, like bread.
“The idea started out with a few laughs among a group of friends,” said Neeki Ashari, a fifth-year bioengineering students at UC San Diego. “We all appreciate the craft beer. When we heard that there was an opportunity to design an experiment that would go up on India’s moonlander, w e thought we could combine our hobby with the competition by focusing on the practicality of yeast in outer space.”
The preparation work for the beer — up to the stage of adding yeast — will all be done on Earth, and rather than separating the fermentation ( 发酵) and carbonation stage of making beer, the team plans to combine them.
This removes the need to release CO2 accumulated in the process, which may result in cleanliness and safety issues out in space.
If selected, Team Original Gravity will be the first to make beer in outer space, and the fermentation will take place in a container no bigger than a soda can.
All teams competing for the place will showcase their ideas in Bangalore, India, in March.
Sadly, you won’t be enjoying moon beer in your local craft beer bar anytime soon, as no samples will be brought back. However, this small experiment could provide important data on just how practical it is for us to make and create our own resources on other planets and moons by learning how consumables (消耗品) behave in different environments.
1.How did the students feel when they got the chance to design the experiment ?
A.Excited. B.Nervous.
C.Confident. D.Casual.
2.What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.The mixing of two stages. B.Adding yeast on Earth.
C.The preparation work on Earth. D.Fermentation and carbonation.
3.What can we learn about the experiment from the passage?
A.It has been designed based on similar experiments.
B.It’s quite competitive compared with other designs.
C.It’s design has already been approved by TeamIndus.
D.Its process was adapted to make it safer and greener.
4.What does the author think of the students ’ idea?
A.It seems like a pipe dream. B.It’s extremely complicated.
C.It’s meaningful and hopeful. D.It’s creative but impractical.
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.
