Rat race rebelsMost of us are trapped in a nine-to-five office routine

1.Passage 14 (46)“Mom, can I have some money?” those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “why don’t you get a job? Not to make the happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio.After I got this __1__, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing __2__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __3__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting us have every new brand sneaker just because you __4__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __5__ on what I need and what I want. 选项： A: decision B: like C: sit D: in E: Job

2.听力原文：Man: I didn't want to go to university, so when I finished school, I went and got a job. My parents said if I was in full-time education, they'd give me an allowance, but if not, I'd have to work. So, I got a job in a big store in the menswear department ... Actually, I think I had to go out and find out what I could do because in school I wasn't particularly brilliant, so, when it came to doing work, I think I had to prove a lot of people wrong. So I really felt like doing it ... even though it was just selling socks in Hayrides. 选项：A、You overhear a young man talking about his first job. How did he feel in his first job？ A．Bored.B．Confused.C．Enthusiastic.

3.Passage 14 “Mom, can I have some money?” those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “why don’t you get a job? Not to make the happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio. After I got this __21__, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing __22__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __23__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting us have every new brand sneaker just because you __24__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __25__ on what I need and what I want. 选项： A:decision B:like C:sit D:in E:Job

4.Passage 14 “Mom, can I have some money?” those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “why don’t you get a job? Not to make the happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio. After I got this __21__, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing __22__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __23__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting us have every new brand sneaker just because you __24__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __25__ on what I need and what I want. 选项： A:decision B:like C:sit D:in E:Job

5.Did you do any farm work when you were a child? Absolutely not. I grew up in a large urban area. So, I don’t have any farms in the vicinity of my home,but I think it would have been a very rewarding experience and I would have learned a lot if I had worked in a farm. 选项： A:none

6.[单选题]The thinking habit that changed my lifeI remember one evening three years ago, when my life was very different. I was overweight. I was deeply in debt. I was a smoker. I felt hopeless and helpless. I couldn’t change anything.Then I looked up at the sky and thought what a miracle life is. And I resolved to list the good things in my life. I had a wonder wife. I had five amazing children. I could see and appreciate the beauty of the world around me. The list went on, but you get the idea. Even when things seemed terrible for me, actually I was OK.That night I resolved to be grateful for what I had, and for people in my life. I started the habit of gratitude. Now many people consider it unimportant. I’m here to tell you it’s very important. It changes lives.Now I appreciate my wife Eva more. I feel good about having her in my life. And we have deepened our relationship. I also appreciate my kids more. Instead of criticizing them. I tend to notice their loveliness, curiosity and humor. I’m kinder to others around me, at work and everywhere else, because instead of seeing the faults in everyone, I see the good, and am grateful for them. I need less, because instead of thinking about what I don’t have, I am grateful for what I do have. Each and every moment becomes easier.Without the habit of gratitude, we tend to complain and see the bad in people and things, we can’t change that at once, but you can do something. For example, you can start with a small action. Really feel the happiness that something or someone is in your life, or take a moment to make a list of the things in your life that you’re thankful for.6 Now I have a closer relationship with my wife. A True B False C Not given

7.[单选题]The thinking habit that changed my lifeI remember one evening three years ago, when my life was very different. I was overweight. I was deeply in debt. I was a smoker. I felt hopeless and helpless. I couldn’t change anything.Then I looked up at the sky and thought what a miracle life is. And I resolved to list the good things in my life. I had a wonder wife. I had five amazing children. I could see and appreciate the beauty of the world around me. The list went on, but you get the idea. Even when things seemed terrible for me, actually I was OK.That night I resolved to be grateful for what I had, and for people in my life. I started the habit of gratitude. Now many people consider it unimportant. I’m here to tell you it’s very important. It changes lives.Now I appreciate my wife Eva more. I feel good about having her in my life. And we have deepened our relationship. I also appreciate my kids more. Instead of criticizing them. I tend to notice their loveliness, curiosity and humor. I’m kinder to others around me, at work and everywhere else, because instead of seeing the faults in everyone, I see the good, and am grateful for them. I need less, because instead of thinking about what I don’t have, I am grateful for what I do have. Each and every moment becomes easier.Without the habit of gratitude, we tend to complain and see the bad in people and things, we can’t change that at once, but you can do something. For example, you can start with a small action. Really feel the happiness that something or someone is in your life, or take a moment to make a list of the things in your life that you’re thankful for.Now I have a closer relationship with my wife. A True B False C Not given D E F

8.Passage 5 “Mom, can I have some money?” Those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “ Why don't you get a job? Not to make me happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio. After I got this job, I had to do football, homework and job ___21___. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing in many courses. My teachers were mad ___22___ me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only ___23___ back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them it was for the things I need, when actually it was for the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting is to have every new brand sneaker just because you like it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to ___24___ my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt to make a wise decision ___25___ what I need and what I want. 选项： A:on B:manage C:sit D:at E:at the same time

9.- , if I may.- I'd rather you didn't, because there is too much work for you to do in the office. A．I'd like to have a cup of teaB．I'd like to have a day offC．I want to stay in my office for the nightD．I want to have all my work done in my office

10.- , if I may.- I'd rather you didn't, because there is too much work for you to do in the office. 选项： A、I'd like to have a cup of tea B、I'd like to have a day off C、I want to stay in my office for the night D、I want to have all my work done in my office

11.Passage 5 “Mom, can I have some money?” Those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “ Why don't you get a job? Not to make me happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio. After I got this job, I had to do football, homework and job ___21___. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing in many courses. My teachers were mad ___22___ me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only ___23___ back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them it was for the things I need, when actually it was for the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting is to have every new brand sneaker just because you like it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to ___24___ my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt to make a wise decision ___25___ what I need and what I want. 选项： A:on B:manage C:sit D:at E:at the same time

12.You know how it is when we get together. They talk about impossible dreams. “If I won the lottery (彩票), I would …”, “If I had plenty of money, I would …” But I never told anyone about my dream. I was afraid they would laugh if they knew. My aunt died and left everything to me. So I went around the world in search of the perfect woman that I really loved.I first went to America, but I didn’t find I was looking for. The women I met were either too thin or too fat, too quiet or too noisy. So I started off for Spain. Most of the women I met were much too self-confident. Then I went to China. The women there were lovely, but much too shy, and I like taller women. Finally, I found myself back in my own country. I was sad.Well, you can never guess what happened. In my own country, I found the woman I was looking for! Funnily enough, she lived near me, and I was surprised that I had not noticed her before. We met in the local shop. She dropped her bag. I picked it up and give it to her. I knew at that moment that she was the woman for me. But I wanted to be very careful. I didn’t want to say or do anything that might frighten her away. So I just made small talk as we walked back to the car park.Back home, I planned to win her heart. After a few more meetings, I finally invited her to have dinner with me. She accepted. Everything went well during dinner and seemed to enjoy the food. Finally, I told her about my search.“That’s amazing (令人惊奇的)！” she said. “I’ve just come into a lot of money, too, and I have decided to go round the world in search of the perfect man. I think I’ve found him.” Question： What’s the writer’s dream? 选项： A:To win the lottery.; B:To have plenty of money.; C:To travel around the world.; D:To marry a perfect woman.; E:To meet many women.

13.写作题：Be OK what is the search in person to my friend that I'm a friend that you know when you know when we have been trying so sorry I don't have you want my house in this one that one day at work for it to be there in the way you are a great day to be on the way home from a great I was just don't think it's just got me up for it to get me up with you are you are going to be the time and the way back and the other person in your phone I was a great and the time and the same way you are we don't wanna do I love to go to get out of my mom to be there was a great day and the way too and she is the other people in the time and I'm going back and the same as long I can go get a new friends house to the best……

14.[音频] Interviewer: So, what was so wonderful about your forties, Laurie? Laurie: Well, ’cuz, well, I had, I had basically (1) myself ’cuz I got my master’s degree during my forties, and that was a very exciting time – I really enjoyed that a lot. And, um, my children had grown up, so I was beginning to feel free of a lot of my responsibilities and (2) , and I could focus on my own work, which is painting. And I also started studying music, which was really great ’cuz I hadn’t done that before. And I met some wonderful people. It was a beginning. Interviewer: So, Gene, you say you don’t know what age is best, but is there any(3) in your life that you really loved more than others or Gene: The older, the older I get, the more I think about when I was younger but uh, but that’s probably . . . I think the older you get, (4) . Interviewer: And the more – Gene: At least when you (5) . Interviewer: Yeah, and the more you value it? The more you miss it? Gene: Yeah. You know, when you’re younger, you can’t wait to grow up. And when you’re old, you think, “What an (6) I was, and I should’ve understood that there were, that there were things that weren’t quite so bad then,” y’know. But you don’t know when you’re younger.

15.9.Passage 14 (46)

“Mom, can I have some money?” those are the words my mother used to hear all the time. In return, I heard, “why don’t you get a job? Not to make the happy, but so that you have your own money and gain a bit more responsibility.” So last year I got a job working about 25 hours a week. For $5 an hour, working as a salesman in a photo studio.After I got this __21__, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing __22__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __23__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting us have every new brand sneaker just because you __24__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __25__ on what I need and what I want.

选项：A. decision B. like C. sit D. in E. Job

16.[单选题]Just Introduce YourselfIt’s so easy to walk into your first job and feel like a stranger in a strange land. But you don’t have to stay that way, and you shouldn’t.You have to remind yourself to kick your shyness away and introduce yourself. Just a handshake will do. Ask the supervisor who hired you to introduce you around a bit. That’s the best way to make contacts. Then you’ll know what to do and say when you meet these people again.Don’t do what my friend Sue did at her first job at Entertainment Weekly. “That is one of my biggest regrets: I hardly talked to anyone at all when I was there. I was scared and just thought people would talk to me first. For a long time, I was hung up on the thought that if someone was older, I respected them automatically. And even if someone started on Monday, and I started Tuesday, I just felt they had more experience. In the area I worked for four months, I hardly spoke to these people,” she said．“Of course, now I realize that was the most stupid thing. If I could do that again, I’d remember that it’s so important not to feel shy about introducing yourself. It’s not like you have to be very bold, ready to take over the place. Just introduce yourself and ask if there is anything you can do for them. That breaks the ice.”Sue believes that if she had introduced herself around a bit, there would be just no telling what other opportunities or what other acquaintances she might have now. Not that she regrets where she is now at all. But had she talked to more people at her first job, “maybe it would have helped me get somewhere sooner,” she said."I was hung up on the thought" in Paragraph 3 probably means "I_____". A believed B guessed C learned D admitted E F

17.Hi Boris, How are you? I hope you are enjoying the summer vacation. I am writing to ask you for some advice. As you know, I graduated this month, and it is the time to decide what I'm going to do next.The problem is that I have two choices and I'm not very sure which one to choose. Last week, I had a job interview for the position of cashier at a bank. It is a permanent position with full-time hours, and I've been offered the job.The pay is not bad, and the benefits are great. I’ve met the team and my colleagues seem friendly, but the problem is that it is a nine to five job and the hours are not flexible. I'm not sure it's what I really want to do. There’s another job I am really interested in though. I’ve found out about an internship position as a reporter at an online magazine for young people. The hours are flexible,and the job sounds really interesting. In fact, it's what I've always wanted to do. There's just one problem: I would hardly earn any money. What should I do? I don't want to rely on my parents for money.However, I would like to get some valuable experience in doing the kind of work I have always wanted to do. I would really appreciate your advice. If you have time to meet me for a coffee, that would be great! With best wishes, Valerie

18.Read the following job application letter and decide Paragraph 3 deals with the writer’s ___________. Dear Mr. Cartwright,1. I am writing to apply for the job of volunteer worker which I saw advertised in The Guardian last week. I would be interested in teaching maths to primary children in your camp in Chittagong in Bangladesh. I enclose a copy of my CV.2. I am 18 years old and I have just finished secondary school in Newcastle.I would like to work for you because I am very interested in teaching. I would also like to learn about a different culture as I feel that intercultural understanding is extremely important.3. I am a hard-working and committed person. I have participated for the last three years in a voluntary programme, Community Links, visiting elderly people in my local area. I also feel that I can get on well with people from other cultural backgrounds, since I have also taught immigrant children maths at our church school.4. I think I would be a good primary teacher of maths due to my teaching experience. Also I have recently passed my maths "A' level (Grade B) so I have a good understanding of the subject. In addition, I hold a certificate in first aid, which might be useful.5. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Maureen Taylor选项： A:personal qualities; B:work experience; C:skills; D:reasons for writing

19.My good friends i paid pay about my exist in person that one that one I have no one is my mom said I was the way home from a new phone was a hour ago when I can come get my friend that one that one that one that one I love you want a good day at work for you are you are a great I don't like to the time for it is a hour of a hour I can I can you have to。①My good friend is a title_____。② My father Kate______。

20.听力原文：M: I've read your application, and I'd like to ask you some questions.W: Certainl 选项：A、听力原文：M: I've read your application, and I'd like to ask you some questions. B、W: Certainly. C、M: Why do you want this job？ D、W: Well, I expect to get some teaching experience. And I like staying with young people. E、M: The job requires a lot of paperwork. Can you manage it？ F、W: Yes. I have experience of office work. I'm sure that I can do it well. G、M: Good. Could you work well in a group？ H、W: Yes, I like to work with others. But I'm very independent, too. I think I can also work well on my own. I、M: Very good. You might be the right person for the job. We'll think about it. J、W: When can I know your decision？ K、M: We'll contact you within a week. L、(13) A．The woman likes working with others.B．The woman likes working on her own.C．The woman is a student.D．The manager is quite satisfied with the woman.