1、D. he knows little about car repairing【解析】选A。推理判断题。第一段开头提到世界上到处都是聪明有才, 学识渊博的人, 并举了一个年轻机械工的例子, 故A项正确。2. The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by“_”. A. spend more than they can affordB. do in their own wayC. live in their own circleD. live within what they earn【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根
2、据第三段可知, 学校并不认为有经济头脑是智慧, 大多数工人自己工作, 自己付账, 由此可推知大多数工人只靠所赚的钱生存, 故画线部分表示“量入为出”。3. Why do talented people earn so little according to the author? A. They dont work hard enough. B. They lack financial intelligence. C. They dont make full use of their talents. D. They have no specialized skills. 【解析】选B。根据第
3、三段内容再结合最后一段最后两句话“The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger. ”可知有天赋的人赚得少是因为缺少经济头脑。4. The main purpose of the author is to tell us_. A. how young people can find a s
4、atisfactory jobB. what schools should teach about financeC. why so many talented people are poorD. how McDonalds makes much money【解析】选C。主旨大意题。文章第一段通过一个机械工的故事引出话题, 第二段的第一句话点明了本文要论述的中心问题有才能的人赚钱并不多, 下文详细解释了这一现象的原因, 故C项最能概括本文主旨。BInterested In Childcare?Qualified person or preschool teacher needed for bu
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9、vertisements_. A. in a store windowB. in a school magazineC. on a company notice-boardD. in a newspaper文章出处题。从各段的标题来看, 本文是四则小招聘广告, 广告是面向社会招聘的, 所以可能出自报纸。6. The position of a(n)_is a part-time job. A. florist B. artistC. preschool teacher D. dental nurse细节理解题。根据第四则广告可知卖花服务生是兼职工作。7. Which of the follow
10、ing is the most important for the childcare job?A. Cooking skills. B. The ability to work well with other people. C. Childcare experience. D. The ability to start work in two weeks. 根据第一则广告中的The candidate must be able to work as a co-operative team member. 一句可知做儿童保育员最重要的是合作与沟通能力。8. An office cleaner
11、 will be required to work_hours a week. A. 5B. 10C. 15D. 45根据第二则广告中的每5个小时轮一次班, 且每周一、三、五工作, 故每周要求工作15个小时。. 完形填空My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had1it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the2. Christ
12、mas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every3with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to4if there was any sign of it on our end. The5always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be6. We talked about our
13、 family, such as parents, our kids, 7and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much8for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spent together in our childhood. By Christmas Eve we finally had to9the fact that the package was10lost. On Christmas mornin
14、g, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my11and told us what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the12package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I13the door, a man was standing there. “I14this is yours. ”he said, hold
15、ing a package. Just then I15that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation, ”he explained, “16I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas. ”I thanked this17stranger for taking so much trouble to18this gift to us on Christmas Day, and19thanked God that the
16、 package had been lost in the first place. The real gift that holiday season was the new20to my sister who lives far away from us. Now theres one gift I never want to give back!【语篇概述】圣诞节提前发出的礼物, 却迟迟没有收到。就在圣诞节的那天, 有位陌生人把礼物送来了。原来是寄错了地方。真正的礼物其实就是亲人的亲近。1. A. bookedB. decoratedC. mailedD. listed前后照应题。根据上
17、下文可知, 提前邮寄是为了节日前收到礼物。2. A. appointment B. holidayC. deadline D. party词汇复现题。从下文可知, 是圣诞节, 即节日(holiday)到来之前。3. A. year B. monthC. week D. morning背景常识题。由于圣诞节快到了, 还没有收到包裹。所以每天早上跟踪邮局信息, 好知道邮寄到哪个地方了。4. A. find out B. take outC. figure out D. pick out习语搭配题。晚上的时候则打电话查明是否有迹象收到包裹。find out查明; take out拿出; figure
18、 out计算出; pick out挑选出。5. A. complaint B. discussionC. conversation D. quarrel词语辨析题。电话的谈话总是以包裹的问题开始。complaint抱怨; discussion讨论; conversation谈话; quarrel争吵。6. A. kidding B. arguingC. chatting D. scolding逻辑推理题。但是, 20分钟以后, 我们的聊天仍在继续。7. A. gifts B. husbandsC. secrets D. clothing我们聊天谈家庭: 父母, 孩子, 丈夫等。8. A. fo
19、od B. money C. achievement D. time我们还谈到了工作, 以前从未给对方腾出这么多的时间聊天。9. A. accept B. ignoreC. consider D. study圣诞节前夕, 我们终于接受(accept)了包裹确实丢了的事实。10. A. entirely B. suddenlyC. mostly D. simply结合语境, 时间过去这么久, 包裹还没收到, 因此我认为事实就是: 包裹丢了。simply意为: 确实; 仅仅; 简单地, 符合语境。11. A. restaurant B. houseC. office D. class圣诞节早上打电
20、话告诉我们每个人(everyone in my house)她的包裹里所准备的礼物。12. A. terrible B. missingC. big D. outstanding圣诞节晚餐后, 我都已经忘了这丢失的(missing)包裹的时候。missing丢失的, 作前置定语。相当于lost。13. A. opened B. lockedC. left D. watched有人敲门, 所以我要去开(open)门。14. A. understand B. forgetC. know D. believe我相信(believe)这是您的包裹。15. A. expected B. dreamedC
21、. realized D. remembered这时我才意识(realize)到, 包裹是被送到了错误的地址了。16. A. because B. but C. or D. so句意: 我刚刚度假回来, 但是(but)我想让你们及时打开圣诞礼物过圣诞节。17. A. generous B. honestC. polite D. kind我非常感谢这位善良(kind)的陌生人。18. A. show B. presentC. return D. offer感谢这位陌生人, 因为他不辞辛劳地在圣诞节这天把圣诞礼物归还(return)到我们这里。19. A. silently B. carefullyC. gently D. actually我默默地(silently)感谢上帝。20. A. connection B. guideC. recognition D. closeness其实真正的礼物是我们对遥远的姐姐的新的亲近(closeness)。
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