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Once a week, after his day job as medical director of a mental health center, the 40-year-old psychiatrist
(精神病大夫) heads to a part-time job at a treatment center for young people. Twice a month, he travels three
hours to another teenage treatment center.
Last year, 5.4 percent of the American workforce held second jobs, according to the US Labor Department, and that looks set to increase this year.
Many workers like the safety that moonlighting provides, says Carl Hausamn, the writer of"Moonlighting:
148 Great Ways to Make Money on the Side."
The information from he US Labor Department shows that 40 percent of US moonlighters in 1997 took a
second job to meet household expenses or pay off debts. Others save money or buy some special things.
People also take second jobs with an eye to the future-wanting to try out a new field or gain experience.
Michel started moonlighting when medical systems were unstable(不稳定的). He wanted to make sure he
wasn"t tied to one system that ended up failing.
Just as the purposes for moonlighting vary, the moonlighters cross all age and racial groups. And they work
in a variety of industries-no longer just service, office and sale jobs.
"Technology just affects your ability to make money," Hausman says."That makes a frequent change in
moonlighting."
As its name means, moonlighting still occurs mostly at night. And that results in some pressures. Chief
among them is time.
Full-time employers could misunderstand, too. Some companies do not allow after-hour work because
they fear it will affect their employees" 9-to-5 performance.
"The primary employer is saying, "Wait, I"m paying you for the sharp, fresh, energetic you,"" says Tom
Gimbel, president and founder of LaSalle Staffing in Chicago."If you"re burning yourself at both ends, It"s
going to show."
Still, the good done to the moonlighters can be great. Besides extra income, moonlighters enjoy variety,
freedom and chance to do something new. They also may find their part-time jobs strengthen what they do
full time.
Besides, "it"s fun," Michel says. Not only do this part-time jobs offer a chance to network, stretch his
professional skills and make more money, but they also give him the variety he wouldn"t find just in a full-time
job. "It"s a way of pulling from the spice cabinet," he says,"and offering a little variety throughout the day."
B. The reasons for moonlighting.
C. The problems with moonlighting.
D. The kinds of people who moonlight.
B. he needed to make ends meet with more money
C. he feared he would lose his present job one day
D. he felt more and more pressure from his employer
B. their workers will be too tired to try their best at work
C. their workers will one day turn to some other different jobs
D. their workers will not get to work and be off work on time
D. moonlighting offers you freedom to make extra money
D. moonlighting strengthens your professional skills
D. moonlighting brings you chances to do something different
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试题【阅读理解。 Fred Michel is one of 7.2 million Americans who moonlight, or hold mor】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is
becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing
bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don"t get much rain. But they still don"t become deserts. This is because some
green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don"t let
the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the
plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.
B. can all be turned into good land before long
C. are becoming smaller and smaller
D. get very little rain
B. they don"t let the wind blow the soil away
C. they hold water
D. All of the above
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven"t done what scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts
B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.
Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs,
rays and small fish gather by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into
marshes (沼泽), never to be seen again.
Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster (英国石油公司漏油事件) are seeing some strange
phenomena. Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters
along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign. The animals" presence close
to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run
out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily be captured by their enemies.
The nearly two-month-old spill (漏油) has created an environmental disaster in US history as tens of millions
of gallons have flown into the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Scientists are seeing some unusual things as they try
to understand the effects on thousands of species of marine life.
For nearly four hours Monday, a three-person crew with Greenpeace cruised past delicate islands and
mangrove-dotted inlets in Barataria Bay off southern Louisiana. They saw dolphins by the dozen frolicking (嬉
戏) in the oily sheen (光泽) and oil-tinged pelicans feeding their young. But they spotted no dead animals.
"I think part of the reason why we"re not seeing more yet is that the impacts of this crisis are really just
beginning," Greenpeace marine biologist John Hocevar said.
The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise; the deaths will help determine
how much BP pays in damages.
B. Dolphins and sharks show up in deep water.
C. Tens of thousands of marine animals are found dead.
D. Sea creatures flee from the spilled oil, gathering near the seashore.
B. the lack of environmental sense of BP
C. the nearly two-month-old oil spill
D. the crowding marine life
B. Disappointed.
C. Depressed.
D. Optimistic.
B. marine scientists have seen some strange phenomena
C. the disaster has little influence on dolphins
D. a three-person crew reached no conclusion
The move is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million
a year.
But the rules have been criticized, because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore
them.
Many business owners hate rules that force them to ban smoking on their premises (经营场所) because
many customers do not like the rules and complain.
The rules do not allow smoking in places like restaurants, hotels, railway stations or theatres, but not at the
office.
Employers have a duty to warn staff off the dangers of smoking but do not have to forbid them from
lighting up at their desks.
Shanghai introduced similar rules a year ago, but people do not seem to take much notice of them. Often
you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar. The
problem is that the rules do not include punishments for businesses or individuals who ignore them.
It appears that many Chinese people are unaware of the dangers of smoking. Research suggests that only
one in four knows the harm cigarettes of second-hand smoke can cause.
Officials say they have to try to persuade people not to smoke to reduce the numbers dying from
smoking-related diseases.
At the same time the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firm
that makes and sells all tobacco products throughout the country.
B. 44%
C. 33%
D. 55%
B. are curious about
C. don"t know
D. don"t care
B. Because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore the rules.
C. Because the rules are ignored by all the people who smoke.
D. Because nobody takes notice of the rules.
B. take more effective measures
C. do punish those who ignore the rules
D. let people know more about the dangers of smoking
●Stop getting junk mail. Billions of junk mail can be sent every year. Half of it is never opened Get-your
name off mailing lists. If 100,000 people stopped getting junk mail today, it would save 150,000 trees a year
●Stop reading newspapers. All over the world, millions of newspapers are thrown away every day,44
million newspapers in the USA alone-that"s half amillion trees a week. Either recycle your newspapers or read
the news online.
●Buy clothes made from organic materials. Conventional cotton farming seriously pollutes the environment, most of which uses chemical pesticides （农药） and fertilizers. Organic is better!
●Switch to solar energy. In one day, the sun will provide enough energy to power the planet. Why aren"t
we using it?
●If you have to drive, share the ride. Most cars in the USA have only one occupant. Also, 25 percent of car
rides are less than 1.5 kilometres. Get out and walk!
●Unplug your PC, TV and VCR. Simply turning them off isn"t enough Sets left on standby are still using 25
percent of their power.
●Hold on to your balloons. Helium-filled balloons which fly away usually end up in a lake or river, where
they can choke aquatic (水生的)creatures. Save your balloons and use them again. Or better still, don"t use
them at all.
●Feed the birds. Wild birds need food, especially in winter when other sources can be scarce. The greater
the range of foodstuffs you put out for them, the more types of birds you will attract.
●Plant a garden at your school. Learn the connection between the land and the table. Plant vegetables to eat,
flowers to admire and trees to improve the air.
B. To suggest some ways how to make full use of solar energy.
C. To advise protecting environment and saving energy.
D. To advise on how to recycle waste and save energy.
B. ready to be turned off
C. ready to be repaired
D. ready to be put away
B. Don"t accept junk mail.
B. Read your newspaper online.
D. Read only one newspaper
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