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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.

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Dear Mr. Smith，

I've read your advertisement for the assistant teacher for a children's winter camp. I am quite interesting in this position. Most importantly, I love working with children! As the monitor in your class, in the past two years I proved myself to be an excellent helper to my teachers. I speak fluent English, what enables me to help native English teachers communicate freely and effective with students in an English-only environment.

I will soon have a three-week winter vacations, so I have no problem working evenings and weekends. I would be pleased to assist for both the teachers and students in this challenging or rewarding environment.

Looking forward to receive your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

   54-year- old Abdul has a special job. He has been working as a living statue (活雕像) for over three decades, standing perfectly still for six hours a day and resisting people’s attempts to make him move or smile, anything that proves he is a living person.

Abdul, known as “India’s Statue Man”, has been performing his daily routine ever since 1985, soon after getting a job as a security guard. His boss had ever traveled to the UK, where he was so impressed by the statue-like members of the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace that he wanted to do something similar back home. So he had his guards receive three months of training, where they would sit perfectly still for around four hours. They weren’t allowed to talk, smile, eat, drink, or even shoo away a fly if it sat on their faces. In the end, Abdul proved the best of the group, so he got the strange job.

Abdul isn’t the only person in the world acting as a living statue, but what makes him special is the fact that he can do it for as long as six hours without even blinking his eyes. Once, a $155 prize was put up for anyone who can make him move a muscle. But try as they might, no one had ever succeeded. Actually, Abdul tries to move about as much as he can in his spare time, and only eats healthy home-cooked food to keep his body in shape. But he claims yoga has been the biggest help. In the 12 years, Abdul has become a celebrity in India and other Asian countries. Many Bollywood celebrities have come to witness this living statue and try to make him move, but none have succeeded finally.

Abdul earns about 10,000 rupees ($156) a month, which is enough to support his family, but definitely not enough to encourage his children to follow in his footsteps. It’s just too stressful and taxing (费力的) on the body. “Despite all the hardship and health problems, I love my job and I am thankful to people for the love and respect they have showered on me,” he says. “When the time comes, I want to die playing a statue.”

【小题1】What is Abdul’s daily routine?

A．Performing as a living statue.	B．Proving to be a living person.
C．Smiling at his customers.	D．Keeping his body in shape.

【小题2】Why could Abdul get the strange job given by his boss?

A．He had his special ambition.	B．He was quite familiar with the job.
C．He stood out among the guards.	D．He knew the boss more than others.

【小题3】What does Abdul do in his spare time?

A．He eats a lot of snacks.	B．He gives some performances.
C．He cooks for his family.	D．He always moves a lot.

【小题4】How does Abdul feel about his job according to the passage?

A．It’s overpaid.	B．It’s satisfying.
C．It’s boring.	D．It’s instructive.

What are the biggest problems that society will have to deal with in the new age? There are diseases like AIDS and cancer. There’s climate change, of course. And what about producing enough cheap food and energy for the world’s growing population? Who’s going to solve all these terrible problems? Yes, politicians and world leaders will have a big part to play. Yes, businesses will need to create the economic wealth to pay for some of these things. But who’s going to make a much greater difference to something like AIDS or climate change? It’s going to be a scientist. It is the scientist who can turn some new bit of science into a new technology to solve these problems.
If you like thinking about the world around you, why not become a scientist? It doesn’t mean you have to wear a white coat and plastic glasses and spend all your time in a lab as most people often imagine! Scientists do all kinds of amazing things that are actually interesting!
Military scientists develop not only new weapons but new military technologies that could help make wars out of date. Forensic(法医的) scientists work with the police to find quite small clues to catch criminals. Scientists work in schools and colleges as the teachers and professors who will train tomorrow’s scientists. Don’t think a scientist is far away! Maybe you like cooking? You could be a food technologist helping to keep fruit and vegetables fresher for longer. Perhaps sport is your thing? Do you know that most top athletes work with sports scientists in order to improve their performance? You could even be the science writer who gets to spend the life studying the latest advances and sharing them with the world.
Looking for something to do for the rest of your life? My advice? Take a long and hard look at science. It is interesting and ever.
【小题1】Many problems are mentioned in the first paragraph to ________.

A．suggest they are impossible to be solved

B．introduce the causes of these problems

C．show the writer’s worry about the future world

D．show scientists play an important part in solving them

【小题2】What is needed to solve these problems?

A．Advanced weapons.	B．Enough energy.
C．New technologies.	D．A growing population.

【小题3】Most people think the life of scientists is ________.

A．amazing

B．boring

C．colorful

D．unreal

【小题4】Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Military technologies could help prevent wars in the future.

B．For those interested in cooking, food technologies may be a choice.

C．Forensic scientists play an important part in dealing with crimes.

D．Politicians and world leaders can solve all the social problems.

【小题5】The passage is intended for people who ________.

A．haven’t decided on their career

B．have no interest in science

C．hope for the world peace

D．have little knowledge of science

   What should you think about in trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to do well at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. Knowledge of history is not required for most jobs hut if history is one of your good subjects you must have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.

Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metal work or cookery (烹饪术) and look for a job where you can improve these skills.

If you have had a part-time job on weekends or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside of a part-time job.

Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be ashamed of it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.

【小题1】According to the passage, what does the author encourage us to do?

A．Have a specially strong subject.

B．Take up part-time jobs as much as possible.

C．Make efforts to be good at all subjects.

D．Use school performance to help to choose a career.

【小题2】We can learn from the third paragraph that as a student, having a part-time job __________.

A．is a good way to earn extra money

B．is helpless to find out the weak points

C．may be useful for the future work

D．is a must to experience various jobs

【小题3】If a student’s school record is not good, he __________.

A．may do well in his future work if he chooses the right career

B．will be a failure in his future work sooner or later

C．must regret not having worked harder at school

D．should receive further education after graduation

【小题4】What does the underlined part in the fourth paragraph suggest?

A．You may be weak at using your thumbs.

B．You may not be good at handling tools.

C．You are required to use all the thumbs to handle tools.

D．You are not expected to handle tools with all the thumbs.