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Motherhood is a career to respect
A WOMAN renewing her driver’s license at the CountyClerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a...”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation... ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate (研究员) in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement (声明) was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with interest, “just what you do in your field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the laboratory and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (激励) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants – ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6-month-old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood... What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
小题1: How did the female clerk feel at first when the writer told her occupation?
A.Cold-hearted. | B.Open-minded. |
C.Puzzled. | D.Interested. |
A.3 | B.4 | C.7 | D.13 |
A.Because she thought the writer did admirable work. |
B.Because the writer cared little about rewards. |
C.Because the writer did something that she had little knowledge of. |
D.Because she admired the writer"s research work. |
A.To show that how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
B.To show that the writer had a grander job than Emily. |
C.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career. |
D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:C
解析
核心考点
举一反三
Why doesn’t the unemployment rate ever reach zero? Economists, who generally believe that supply tends to meet demand, have long thought about this question. Even in good times, i.e. not now, there are people who can’t find work. And even in bad times, i.e. now, there are job openings. With over 14 million people out of work and looking for a job, you would think every available job would be filled. But that’s not the case. Not now and not ever.
On Monday, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the prize for economics to the three scholars who have done the most to explain this phenomenon. Two of the winners are Americans, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern. The third winner is Christopher Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics and was born on Cyprus.
Like most of economics, what they have found about why the jobless and ready-employers don’t find each other seems obvious. You have to find out there is job opening you are interested in. Employers need to get resumes (简历). It takes a while for both employers and employees to make the decision that this is what they want. And these guys came up with a frame-work to study the problem of why people stay unemployed longer than they should and what can be done about it.
So what would today’s Nobel Prize winners do to solve the current problem of the unemployed? And does the awarding of the prize contribute to the politicians’ lowering joblessness?
Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic.
For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government policy aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long periods of unemployment, “is very much based on our work,” he said.
“One of the key things we found is that it is important to make sure that people do not stay unemployed too long so they don’t lose their feel for the labor force,” Pissarides told reporters in London. “The ways of dealing with this need not be expensive training – it could be as simple as providing work experience.”
小题1:According to the writer, which is true about finding jobs?
A.It is always difficult to find a job. |
B.Everyone can find a job in good times. |
C.Contrary to popular belief, it is easier to find a job in bad times. |
D.It is possible to find a job even in times as bad as now. |
A.They have found the reason for unemployment. |
B.They have put forward a set of ideas to deal with unemployment. |
C.They have found out why people don’t want to be employed. |
D.They have long studied the problem of unemployment. |
A.Pissarides thinks his work surprising. |
B.The work of Pissarides has influenced many economists. |
C.Some of the winners’ ideas have been put into practice. |
D.It is probable that unemployed young people in Britain benefit from Pissarides’ work. |
A.spending large sums of money on training |
B.teaching some knowledge of economics |
C.providing work experience |
D.keeping people unemployed for some time |
Working in the restaurant was a cause of great 40 because I was also working for the good of the family.But my father 41 that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team.I 42_ to be punctual(守时的),hard-working,and polite to the 43 .
I was 44 paid for the work I did at the restaurant.One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he 45 give me $10 a week.He said,“OK.How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And 46 the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He 47 I owed him about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being 48 in the US Army for about two years.I had just been promoted to Captain at that time.And full of pride,I walked into my parents’ restaurant,but the 49 thing Dad said was,“How about your 50 up tonight?” I couldn’t 51 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t 52 as far as Dad was concerned,I was just 53_ member of the team.I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a _54 is above all.It has nothing to do with 55 that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.
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The first day of course is always terrifying, but, then again, the first day of middle school was probably the 39 .Of course you might get lost during the first few days 40 your classes, but after a while what seems like a large school really isn’t.
One thing that’s really cool about high school is that there are so many more classes that you can 41 .For example, if you like 42 ,there are many art classes. At the same time, there are 43 classes, which you can’t take in middle school 44 photography and psychology(心理学).There are many new things in high school that make it much more 45 .
In high school, you’re able to join more clubs, play more sports, and take part in more 46 ,and at the same time make new friends with kids with the same 47 as you. Also, these activities can give you a 48 to learn something that you might not have had the opportunity to learn in 49 .
High school is different 50 everyone, but there’s one thing that’s 51 .You’re going to have just as much fun here as you 52 before. But having fun isn’t enough though! You’re 53 so you have to be more responsible. Everything changes when you get 54 ,but the changes aren’t that bad. You 55 worry too much about growing up.
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1. After-school activities
When it comes to high school activities, quality is better than quantity (数量). Admissions (录取) officers do not want to see a student who has joined dozens of organizations (组织) for a short period of time.
Many students try to do this towards the end of their high school. But schools want to see a student who has been with one organization for all or most of high school. A student who can do this shows maturity (成熟). It is the quality that admissions officers look for as it is one of the markers of future success.
2. Leadership
Schools want to see a student who has taken on a leadership role in an organization. A student can show leadership by taking on any role that needs extra commitment (奉献) and responsibility.
If you do not have a great title (头衔) such as president, be sure to explain any leadership roles you have taken. This kind of involvement (参与) in school activities shows you are the responsible person that admissions officers look for.
3. Consistency (一致性)
Admissions officers like an application (申请) to be consistent. For example if there is a high school activity you particularly (特别地) love, it would help if that activity matches your future academic and career interest.
Of course not everything needs to be consistent. Otherwise (否则) the student would be narrow and this is not what schools are looking for. However, you cannot have different parts of your application saying conflicting (矛盾的) things.
小题1:Who was the article written for?
A.US college students hoping to study in China. |
B.Chinese college students hoping to study in the US. |
C.Third year high school students hoping to study in the US. |
D.Teenagers hoping to study in the US. |
A.made clear | B.something unchangeable |
C.become obvious | D.at the right level(水平) |
A.try as many different organizations as possible |
B.start planning for college at the beginning of high school |
C.make everything in an application consistent |
D.put non-academic tasks before academic tasks |
A.Students should choose after-school activities they have great interest in. |
B.It’s already too late for first year students to apply for a US university. |
C.It is necessary for a student to be a president if he/she is to apply for a US university. |
D.Students should concentrate on just one activity in high school. |
One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”
Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why haven"t we got a post-office box yet?”
This was the answer from the post-office:
“Dear sir,
We gave you a post-office box two months and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”
小题1:When you have a post-office box, _____.
A.it is easier for you to write letters | B.you will have more letters than parcels |
C.you get your letters in front of your house | D.you got to the post-office to get your letters |
A.邮件 | B.密码 | C.编号 | D.钥匙 |
A.wrote many letters to the post-office | B.didn’t like the postman |
C.didn’t know how a post-office box worked | D.forgot to pay for the post-office box |
A.you may go to the post-office to get your mails |
B.you must wait to get the post-office box |
C.you must write again to get the key |
D.you must pay for the box before you got it |
A.If you want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know. |
B.When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman. |
C.You go to the post-office to get the key to your box. |
D.After you get a post-office box, the post man will not send mails to your house. |
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