Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;

     1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

There are isolating(使孤立)jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

2) How do you handle change?

Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.

3) Do you enjoy working with computers

I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.

4) What type of work environment do you enjoy

This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

5) How do you like to get paid?

Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Isolating jobs usually drive people mad.

B.Interactive jobs make people shy easily.

C.Extreme people tend to work with others.

D.Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.

2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

A. Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position

B. There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

C. Nothing is important than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

D  You should ignore your skills when you select job.

3.What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart?

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A.Design.           B.Changes.          C.Cooperation.       D.Hobbies.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Lifestyles and Job Pay                    B.Jobs and Environment

C.Job Skills and Abilities                    D.Personalities and Jobs

 

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A.want to be as rich as their neighbors

B.want others to know or to think that they are rich

C.don’t want others to know they are rich

D.want to be happy

2.It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.

A.live outside New York City                 B.live in New York city

C.live in apartments                       D.have many neighbors

3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____.

A.an important name                      B.a popular name in the United States

C.his neighbor’s name                    D.not a good name

 

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, a flight attendant 41 me and asked, "Would you mind changing your seat? A couple would like to sit together. “The only other  42 seat was next to a woman with both arms in casts(石膏), a black-and-blue face, and a depressed emotion."  43 am I going to sit there" was my immediate thought.  44  then a deeper, quieter voice spoke, "Opportunity.”Finally I took my new seat and   45  that Kathy had been in an auto collision, and she was on her way for  46 

When the snack of nuts and juice arrived, 47 did not take me long to realize that Kathy would not be able to 48  herself. I considered offering to feed her but 49 , as it seemed too close a service to offer to a stranger. But then I decided that Kathy's need was more important than my  50 . I offered to help her eat, and although she too was uncomfortable about __51___it, she did. The experience was   52  and she and I ___53__close in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart was fully   54, and the time was __55___ better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached beyond my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love sometimes   56 beyond human borders and dissolves the fears   57  keep us separate. When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live in a larger, more  58 world.

Help me move   59 the small self so I can connect with the hearts of others.

When I give  60 to another, I feed my own soul.

1.                A.touched        B.approached     C.deserved D.proposed

 

2.                A.available        B.accessible       C.acceptable    D.comfortable

 

3.                A.No case        B.No means       C.No manners   D.No way

 

4.                A.So             B.Otherwise       C.But  D.And

 

5.                A.intended       B.discovered      C.defended D.advocated

 

6.                A.holidays        B.treatment       C.sightseeing    D.interview

 

7.                A.that           B.what           C.this  D.it

 

8.                A.help           B.dress           C.eat  D.drink

 

9.                A.hesitated       B.rejected        C.insisted   D.refused

 

10.               A.discomfort      B.guilt           C.convenience   D.situation

 

11.               A.attending       B.accepting       C.convening D.behaving

 

12.               A.desperate      B.pleasant        C.adequate  D.awkward

 

13.               A.maintained      B.grew           C.stayed D.remained

 

14.               A.awake         B.alone          C.alive  D.asleep

 

15.               A.typically        B.properly        C.reasonably D.definitely

 

16.               A.flows          B.suits           C.seizes D.drags

 

17.               A.what           B.that           C.whether   D.when

 

18.               A.answering      B.demanding      C.rewarding D.offering

 

19.               A.toward         B.across          C.beyond   D.through

 

20.               A.sympathy       B.care           C.virtue D.love

 

 

But for the help of my English teacher,I________the first prize in the English Writing Competition.

A.would not win                          B.would not have won

C.would win                             D.would have won

 

She paused _____ over the unfamiliar word but soon continued.

A.frequently         B.briefly            C.anxiously          D.casually

 

—I’m thinking of the driving test tomorrow. I’m afraid I can’t pass this time.

—_____! I’m sure you’ll make it.

A.Go ahead         B.Good luck         C.No matter         D.Cheer up

 

______ seems to be no possibility ______ the shy girl can win the first prize in the contest.

A.There; that        B.It; that            C.There; whether     D.It; whether

 

With so many different forms of poetry ______, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.

A.choosing from      B.chosen from       C.to choose from     D.to be chosen from

 

On hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation, ______ the luggage ______ on the floor, and ______ in the dark.

A.left, lied, disappeared                    B.leaving, lying, disappeared

C.leaving, lie, disappeared                  D.left, lay, disappear

 

_____ the steep mountains,he had no difficulty reaching the top.

A.Having accustomed to climb               B.Having accustomed to climbing

C.Accustomed to climb                     D.Accustomed to climbing

 

The film “Let the Bullets Fly” ______ a great success and ______ a large profit to the cinema.

A.appreciated; took up                    B.enjoyed; brought in

C.won; accounted for                      D.seized; cut down

 

To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to ______rich and famous.

A.become           B.have become       C.having become     D.becoming

 

He is the first person you can think of to rely on, for he is always willing to ________ whoever is in trouble.

A.cut out           B.figure out         C.test out           D.help out

 

—Why do you look so worried?

A.had left           B.has left           C.was left           D.has been left

 

It won’t be quite a long time ________ your son is back, so don’t be worried.

A.that              B.since             C.before            D.until

 

—What's the matter with the man hanging his head there?

—Well,if you ________ know, he was caught stealing my bike.

A.must             B.may              C.can              D.shall

 

GM, Chrysler and Ford expressed their desire that they ________ in want of a $25 billion    government aid to pull through the financial crisis.

A.were             B.would be          C.be               D.ought to be

 

The gasoline _______. Let’s fill the car up at the next gas station.

A.is running out                          B.has run out

C.is being run out                         D.has been run out

 

Little _______ about her own safety, though she was in great danger herself. 

A.did Rose care      B.Rose did care       C.Rose does care     D.does Rose care

 

More than 100 students have entered for the competition and_______ gains the most points will be the winner.

A.anyone           B.the one           C.that              D.whoever

 

_____ any change about the date,please tell me immediately.

A.Will there be                          B.Should there be

C.There will be                           D.There should be

 

There are over 58000 rocky objects in ______space,about 900 of which could fall down onto ______ earth.

A.the; the           B./; the             C.the; /             D.a; the

 

--So you missed the important meeting yesterday?

--_________. I got there five minutes before it was finished.

A.No way           B.Not exactly        C.No doubt          D.All right

 

近来你们学校正准备创建和申报“省绿色学校”请你据此给某英文报写一篇短文

内容包括 ※建设绿色校园的重要性……

※绿色校园不仅是指绿色的环境……

※为了建设绿色校园我们应该……

注意 1、词数100左右2、可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯 3、开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。

Recently, our school is aiming at building a green campus. What is a green school?

 

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。

Great changes have been taken place in my village. Ten years ago, the small and low houses, which lie on the north of a lake, produced much waste. As the result, the lake was serious polluted. To the west was a sandy field, that was the source of dust. Better still, a brickyard on the southwest side of the lake used up a great deal good soil. Now the poor house have been replaced by green trees and the brickyard by tall buildings. The sandy field that the villagers used to ploughing has been covered with fruit trees. On the lake the villagers often spend his spare time boating and fishing.

 

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What is a big dream? (1)           Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.

The Self

Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. (2)           Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

(3)         

Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

The World

If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. (4)           In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. (5)          

A.Family and Friends

B.How Big Dreams Die

C.Does a big dream show one’s future?

D.They simply fail until they succeed.

E.It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

F.Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong

G.And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.

 

Published in 1896 and one of the most memorable horror stories ever written, Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker,is the story of a vampire(吸血鬼),someone who lives on human blood. Stoker wrote the book after reading stories about Central European vampires and set his novel in Transylvania. Even today,there are readers of the book who believe that Transylvania is a mythical(神话的)country,a figment(虚构)of Stoker’s imagination. Nothing could be further from the truth. Transylvania is part of modern-day Central European country Romania,and the country does indeed have a history of mythological vampires.

However,Romanians are always puzzled by the description of the novel’s central character, Count Dracula,a tall,elegant aristocrat(贵族)with impeccable(完美的)manners who also happens to speak very good English. This is a world away from the images of vampires that they have grown up with. Romanian vampires are half-human creatures who live solitary lives in the forests,not aristocrats living in castles with well-stocked libraries.

So where did Stoke get the image for his Dracula? The answer becomes clearer when one learns of his relationship with a man called Henry Irving,the greatest British stage actor of his time.

Stoker was working as a civil servant in his home city of Dublin when he first met Irving. Bored with his tedious life and work, Stoker took every opportunity to visit the theatre and for a while was the drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail. One of the reviews he wrote was of a performance of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet,with Irving in the lead role.

Irving was so pleased with Stoker’s review of his performance that he asked to meet him. Stoker couldn’t believe his luck when one night,he was invited to a dinner party where Irving was the guest of honour. Irving entertained the assembled dinner guests with some renditions(表演)of famous poems and speeches from Shakespeare.

Stoker was already writing the first chapters of Dracula and began to base the central character on Irving,in the vain hope that if it ever became a stage play, Irving would play the central character. Sadly,Irving never did,but the two men became close friends,and in 1878 Stoker left the civil service and became Irving’s manager in London.

1.Bram Stoker set his novel in Transylvania because       .

A.it is in modern-day Romania

B.Transylvania is a mythical country

C.he wanted to tell a true story

D.he had read stories about vampires from the area

2.The central character of the novel       .

A.is very similar to the vampires that Romanians know about

B.Is completely different from the vampires Romanians know about

C.Has impeccable manners,like a real Romanian vampire

D.Is puzzled by the comparison with Romanian vampires

3.What was Stoker’s hope?

A.That the book would become a stage-play.

B.That Irving would play the central character in the stage play.

C.That he could live in London.

D.That Irving would work for him.

 

Uganda is a country in East Africa and,as in many such countries,a high percentage of the population,about 80 percent,are village-dwellers living in huts,which are often no bigger than a garage. The walls of the huts are made of mud,which is held together by reeds and sticks,and the roofs of the older ones are thatched(覆盖)with grass,although an increasing number of newer village houses have roofs made from corrugated(波纹形的)iron.

Several generations of the same family live together in the huts,which are usually divided into two sections by a curtain. The inner section,the one furthest from the open door of the hut,is where everyone sleeps and food is prepared and served in the outer part. If the family owns chickens or goats,they are kept in a small room attached to the main house.

Food is usually prepared on open fires although some people prefer to cook inside. However,this is quite dangerous and also means that the walls of the hut are stained by smoke and the atmosphere is acrid. The family sit in a circle on mats while they eat.

Newer village houses are almost always made of corrugated iron and are bigger,with one or two separate bedrooms and the kitchen in a smaller building beside the main house. But,old or new,the houses are not powered by electricity,and all homes are lit by paraffin(石蜡)candles called “tadobba”.

Nor is there any running water in the houses. Some villages have their own well,but in many cases,collecting water involves a long and arduous walk to a river or spring,carrying plastic containers or pots made of clay.

Children are the ones who have to fetch water,and they have to do this early in the morning before they go to school,or in the evening when they come home. They often have to climb high hills or walk through valleys with narrow paths through dense vegetation. It is no surprise that they grow up muscular and fit after such daily exercise,walking for several kilometres carrying such heavy weights.

1.Most Ugandans live        .

A.with their whole family in large mud houses in the countryside

B.in towns in small houses made of mud and iron

C.in villages in small houses made of wet earth,grass and wood

D.With their parents and children as well as their chickens and goats

2.Where is food usually prepared?

A.In the kitchen.

B.On the floor in the middle of the house.

C.On fires in front of the hut.

D.In a small room attached to the main house.

3.How are the old and new houses the same?

A.Both of them have roofs made of corrugated iron.

B.Neither of them have a garage or kitchen.

C.Neither of them have electricity,lights or running water.

D.Both of them have water inside but no electric light.

4.The majority of Ugandan children have to          .

A.go to a well or a river and often carry it for a long distance

B.do a lot of work cooking and carrying water

C.collect water on the way home from school

D.get water out of their own well

 

Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims. Herbert was a blacksmith(铁匠), and had a thriving trade making horseshoes. He was determined that his first-born son would follow him into the blacksmith. For this reason, Edward had to leave school at the age of 12,and worked with his father.

However, Edward was not cut out to be a blacksmith. Although he has an athletic body, he didn't have strong arms like his father, and he felt dizzy in the heat of the smithy.  When he tried to find alternative employment, he found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.

One day, he went for an interview at a solictior’s office. The job was a runner, taking documents from the office to other offices in the city. The solicitor was pleased to see that Edward was physically fit, but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write, he decided against employing him. "How can you deliver documents to other offices," he asked, "if you can't read the addresses on them?"

Bitterly disappointed, Edward left the building and went to wait for a tram to take him back to the suburb where his father’s smithy was. Next to the bus stop, a man was selling newspapers from a stand .

"Excuse me, son?" he said. "Would you look after my stand for a moment?"

For the next 20 minutes, Edward sold newspapers, lots of them. When the man came back, he was so delighted with his new assistant's honesty, that he offered him a job. Edward took it immediately.

In the next few months, the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands to selling newspapers, tobacco,confectionery(糖果点心)and other goods in a shop. Then they opened a second shop, and a third. Eventually, they had a chain of 25 shops in three cities.

Edward became very rich, so he employed a tutor to teach him to read and write. The tutor  was amazed at what Edward had achieved. "Imagine what you could do if you’d been able to read and write when you were younger!" he said.

“Yes!” said Edward. “I could have run myself to exhaustion delivering documents for a solicitor!”

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Success of illiterate newsboy

B.Local blacksmith becomes famous

C.The thriving trade of the blacksmith

D.Reading and writing-the road to success

2.What can you infer from the underlined expression “not cut out to be” in the second paragraph?

A.Edward Sims did not like being a blacksmith.

B.Edward Sims did not like working with his father.

C.Edward Sims was not strong enough and it made him feel ill.

D.Edward Sims was good at it but wanted to do another job.

3.When Edward applied for the job as a runner for a solicitor,        .

A.the solicitor turned him down because he wasn’t intelligent enough

B.the solicitor offered him the job because he was so fit

C.the solicitor gave him the job but told him he had to learn to read

D.the solicitor didn’t offer him the job because he couldn’t read

4.Which of the following is NOT ture about Edward Sims?

A.He was such a good salesman that he went on to own 25 newsagent shops with another man.

B.The newspaperman liked him so much he gave him a job.

C.He ran himself into exhaustion delivering papers.

D.He learnt to read and write.

 

Welcome to this Website on the British Isles. Over the coming months it will be expanded to allow you to find information on all aspects of life in the British Isles. The British Isles is visited by millions of people each year, many returning time and again.

Wales: Wales is full of fascinating places to visit and stay. The castles of Beaumaris, Conwy, Harlech and Caernarfon are officially listed as world heritage sites and provide an insight into the troubled past of this great land. The national park of Snowdonia is stunning and provides walkers and climbers with many opportunities to challenge their limits. South Wales also has interesting places to visit: Pembrokeshire is especially inviting for tourists.

England: We all know about the attractions lf London but England has a lot more to offer outside of the city. The “English Riviers”, Torquay, is blessed with good weather and is a major tourist attraction. This is a great place to stay and explore the local seaside resorts.

Windsor castle is a great place to visit and the town and surrounding areas are beautiful. Warwick castle in the centre of England is world famous and holds regular evens (同额赌注) to show how life was like in the time it was built.

Scotland: A great place to visit, Scotland still has many places that are relatively uninhabited(杳无人迹的) and are great for getting away from it all. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles and the numerous lakes provide great fishing. In parts you can still hear Gaelic spoken and we all know about the Scottish expertise in making Whisky! You can also visit the ski resorts of Aviemore in the Cairngorms. Glasgow, the capital is now recognized as a centre of culture as well as being a great shopping centre.

1.The highest mountain in the British Isles is in ________.

A.Wales            B.England           C.Scotland          D.Chester

2.A mountain-climber will probably visit ________.

A.Wales and England                      B.Wales and Scotland

C.England and Wales                      D.Pembrokeshire and Torquay

3.Which of the following is NOT true about England?

A.Windsor castle is in the center of England.

B.London is the capital city.

C.You can enjoy good weather in Torquay.

D.There are more than one castles.

4.Where are you likely to get such information?

A.A TV program on tourism.                 B.A newspaper.

C.A geography book.                      D.The Internet.

 

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