There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement(通告) board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking(寻找) workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist(网站名)Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin（奥斯丁 (美国得克萨斯州首府)） can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts(专家) also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources(对策) to help them find the right job.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Finding a job.

B．College students’ part-time jobs.

C．Craigslist Web site.

D．The relation between study and work.

【小题2】It can be learned from the passage that ______.

A．companies often put job information in local shops

B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA

C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers

D．California Career Services mainly serves university students

【小题3】How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

beep …beep … There went the bell! Robbie opened his eyes. He had been sitting in the room for a whole day, and now it was time for him to do something.
Robbie looked out of the window. It was still snowing heavily and there was ice on the window. It was another cold day. Robbie was told to turn the heat on before the family got home. And he did it.
Then Robbie was told to do some cleaning work at once. It was an easy job for him, but a tough one for his master, Helen. He kept on working until every room was clean and tidy.
For now, he had to cook supper for the family.
The first thing Robbie did was to get the big pot(锅) in the kitchen. Then he put some water in the pot and put it on the stove. He used one of his hands to cut up a chicken and added the pieces to the water to make a good soup. Then he got some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots to make a vegetable salad.
At ten past eight he laid the table. Then he put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on it. What a sweet smell! The moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.
“The soup smells great, Victor,” said Helen. “You really know how to tell Robbie what to do.”
Robbie is one robot that really saves the family a lot of work.
【小题1】What is Robbie?

A．A cook.

B．A robot

C．A cleaner

D．A computer

【小题2】What do the underlined words “did it” in the second paragraph mean?

A．Looked out	B．got home
C．turned the heat on	D．did some cleaning

【小题3】What time did Robbie lay the table?

【小题4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The story happened on a rainy day.

B．Robbie didn’t have to be told what to do.

C．Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at home.

D．Victor and Helen felt comfortable when they got home.

It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(横幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃惊). No one forgets his birthday after all!
【小题1】What is this story about?

A．Eating cake.	B．Celebrating a special day.
C．Forgetting a birthday.	D．Having fun at a friend’s party

【小题2】Why is Charlie not happy?

A．He doesn’t like his party.	B．He doesn’t like his presents.
C．He wants to eat cake.	D．He thinks people forgets his birthday.

【小题3】Why does the living room look different?

A．There are many decorations(装饰).	B．The lights are on.
C．There is a birthday cake.	D．There are many presents.

【小题4】What does the underlined（划线的） word “light up” properly mean(意思是) here?

A．点燃

B．容光焕发

C．抬起来

D．照亮

【小题5】Which of the following（下面的） is not right?

A．There are many lovely things in the living room.
B．Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.
C．Charlie is happy all day.	D．No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.

Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.
【小题1】What is the passage about?

A．The development of online bookstores.

B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores.

C．The great advantages of online bookstores.

D．The challenges traditional bookstores face.

【小题2】What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?

A．The small sales of his books.

B．The tiring work of selling books.

C．The high cost of running the bookstore.

D．Competition with other traditional bookstores.

【小题3】To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to        .

A．lower the prices of books

B．provide 24-hour service

C．provide relaxed reading areas

D．exhibit books in a better way

【小题4】We can know from the passage that       .

A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later

B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China

C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet

D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students

下面方框中的图表示一本书的目录，请根据其内容选出各题的最佳答案。

Basketball
Basketball  quiz	211-223
College  teams	172-182
Equipment	98-112
Famous players of the NBA	309-345
History	1-26
Rules of the Game	27-39
Teams  in  Europe	114-171
Teams  in  the  USA	184-208
Women  players	224-266

【小题1】What is the author’s purpose(目的)of this writing?_____-

A．Tell somebody something	B．Wait for somebody
C．Receive somedody as a guest(客人)	D．None of these

【小题2】What information can you find on pages 27-39 ?________

A．Teams in Europe	B． Teams in the USA
C．Rules of the Game	D． Equipment

【小题3】The History of Basketball can be found on pages _______.

A．224-266

B．98-112

C．172-182

D．1-26

【小题4】What pages will give you information about basketball teams in Europe ?

A．211-223

B．114-171

C．184-208

D．None of these

【小题5】What information can be found on pages 184-208?

A．Teams in Europe	B．Rules of the Game
C．Teams in the USA	D．None of these