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Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected at any time -- with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keeper sometimes had advance notice.
Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.
Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. he never did.
One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. "He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight," Glenn late wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.
【小题1】What does Paragraph 1 tell us about the inspection at the light station?

A．It was carried out once a year.

B．It was often announced in advance.

C．It was important for the keeper's fame.

D．It was focused on the garage and yard.

【小题2】The family began making preparations immediately after ______.

A．one of the members saw the boat

B．a warning call reached the lighthouse

C．the keeper put on the dress uniform and cap

D．the inspector flew special flags in the distance

【小题3】Mrs. Byrnes put the dishes in the oven because this would ______.

A．result in some fun

B．speed up washing them

C．make her home look tidy

D．be a demand from the inspector

【小题4】If the inspector had opened the oven door, he would have seen _______.

A．an empty pan

B．many clean dishes

C．pieces of baked bread

D．a cloth covering something

【小题5】The inspector waved his arms ______.

A．to try his best to keep steady

B．to show his satisfaction with the floor

C．to extend a warm greeting to Glenn's mother

D．to express his intention to continue the inspection

第24届冬奥会将在北京举行。目前，冬奥会组委会正在全国范围内选拔奧运会火炬手。请你以李华为名，按照所给表格的内容，给组委会办公室的张先生写一封信，申请报名参加。

个人情况	17岁，男，高二学生
健康状况	身体健康
爱好	热爱体育运动，曾得过学校男子一万米长跑的冠军
个性	工作认真负责，乐于奉献，具有团队合作精神，容易与他人相处
态度	……
其他	……

 
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．必须包含所有要点，但不要逐字翻译；
3．文章的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
参考词汇：火炬手torch bearer 冬奥会the Winter Olympic Games
Dear Mr. Zhang,

My name is Li Hua. I’m writing this letter ______________________________________________________

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

短文改错

My dream was to become a school teacher in the future. In fact，I have had the dream since my childhood. In my opinion，with teachers，no society could make progresses. There is no doubt whether teachers play an importantly role in children's growth. Not only do teachers pass on knowledge to children，but we also teach children how to behave themselves. Comparing with other jobs，teaching is hard and the pay is low. And to me，what a great fun it is to be with children！They make me feel young forever so I'll study hard and try my best realize my dream.

假如你是李华，最近你们班举行了一场关于职业选择的讨论会。主要观点如下：
1．有些人选择自己感兴趣的职业，认为这样的工作最有意义；
2．有些人放弃自己感兴趣的职业选择了髙薪职业。
请就上述观点用英文给校报英文专栏写一封信，表达你的观点，阐述你在自己感兴趣的职业和高薪职业之间会作出怎样的选择。
注意：词数100左右。
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   All of my friends had jobs but I didn’t. That’s because they had a “hook up”. At times, I wished I had a hook up! If I did, I wouldn’t have to go through all those nervous interviews, or waste my ink on those applications that probably got thrown.

One day I asked my grandmother, “Why does no one want to hire me?” She said it was because I didn’t have any experience. How was I supposed to have experience when I’d never had a job before? Even McDonald’s wouldn’t hire me. I applied there so many times. It was a shame.

The Gap was one of the hardest places to apply. Once you filled out an application, the managers would interview you right on the spot. It made me so nervous that I couldn’t talk right. The first question they asked was, “Why do you want to work for the Gap?” Your mind was telling you to say, “For the money.” But you didn’t want to say that because you didn’t want to make yourself sound greedy, even if it’s the truth. So I said, “Because I’m familiar with what the company does, which is selling clothes.”

However, not for long there was another question that always seemed to get me every time, “What can you bring to this company?” I didn’t know, maybe more customers? By the time I got ready to pick it up, I heard them say, “If we don’t contact you in 24 hours, you don’t get the job.”

But if I was asked that question now, I would say, “I’m a hard worker and a very reliable person, and with these kinds of abilities I cannot only do a good job, but I can influence other employees to do so too.”

Despite all the bad luck I seemed to have, I didn’t give up. Eventually, I finally found a summer job.

【小题1】The underlined phrase “hook up” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “________”.

A．comparison	B．experience
C．application	D．connection

【小题2】According to the passage, the main reason why I was not hired by McDonald was that ________.

A．I was too young to work there	B．I had no working experience
C．I applied there so many times	D．my grandmother stopped me

【小题3】What can be learned about the Gap’s interview?

A．The managers paid attention to the interview.

B．I was not nervous at all during the interview.

C．The managers were satisfied with my answers.

D．I influenced other employees to do a good job.

【小题4】What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph following the passage?

A．My tips on job interviews.	B．My good luck in job-hunting.
C．The story about my summer job.	D．The process of more job interviews.