1、1. What does the writer think of the job as a waiter/waitress？ _ A. It needs a period of trainingB. It pays much more than other jobsC. It can improve ones leadership skillsD. Making diners comfortable is part of the job2. A student who is busy with his research paper will probably choose to work _
2、A. in a restaurantB. in a libraryC. on the InternetD. in an IT company3. The writer wrote this text to _ A. tell us the importance of doing part-time jobsB. advise teenagers how to choose a part-time jobC. teach young people how to make lots of moneyD. introduce his/her experience of doing part-time
3、 jobs4. Why do some companies ask the teens to do surveys？A. The teens have more free timeB. They can pay less to the teensC. They need advice to make products for teensD. The teens usually express their true opinionsBJust what is a tiger mother？Amy Chua is a law professor at Americas Yale Universit
4、y and her recent book on the subject is making wavesShes been calleddangerous，outrageous，even amonsterfor her descriptions of how she brought up her two daughtersHer book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother describes fighting with a daughter for hours at the piano to ensure the child gets a piece of mus
5、ic rightShe rejected birthday cards made for her by her girls because she didnt think they had made enough effortsShe compared one child negatively with the other，threatening to burn their toysHer rules include：schoolwork always comes first； an A-minus is a bad grade； children must be two years ahea
6、d of their classmates in math，and playing the violin or the piano is a mustMsChua considers the Chinese hard work ethic as a way of creating happy，successful children-at least in her caseAlthough shes had a large amount of flak for her theories，one thing cant be ignored-the success of Chinese childr
7、en in the education systemIn Britain，shocking research shows that Chinese girls，for example，are outperforming all other foreign groups at GCSE-79 percent getting 5AC Grades，compared with 58 percent of white British girlsSo what is it about Chinese parenting thats leading to high achievers？And how do
8、 Amy Chuas theories play into that success？She told me that if her daughter came back from school with 96/100 in a test，Chua would ask her what happened to the other4pointsIts about always knowingyou can do better，she told meInterestingly，in China，the birthplace of the tiger mother，people are moving
9、 away from traditional Chinese parentingThey are following more western parenting styles5. After reading Amy Chuas recent book，the public _ A. feel very sorry for their own childrenB. consider her a very successful motherC. realize their methods of bringing up children are wrongD. dont think highly
10、of her methods of bringing up her children6. What can we learn about Amy Chua according to Paragraph 2？A. She is very strict with her childrenB. She doesnt think her children are cleverC. She is very interested in playing the pianoD. She knows playing is important to children7. Paragraph 4shows that
11、 _ A. Chinese parents dont think grades are very importantB. Chinese children are cleverer than British childrenC. Chinese parents are proud of their childrenD. Chinese children do well in their study8. The underlined wordflakin the third paragraph probably means _ A. attentionB. criticismC. curiosi
12、tyD. contributionCNearing the age of 101has not slowed down one Japanese womanIn fact，in the swimming pool-she is only getting fasterRecently，a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the worlds first centenarian to complete a 1，500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter poo1Her name is Mieko
13、 NagaokaMsNagaoka set a world record for her age group at a recent Japan Masters Swimming Association event in the western city of MatsuyamaShe swam the race in 1hour，15minutes and 54secondsBy comparison，the overall female world record holder completed the same distance in just under 15and a half mi
14、nutesBut that swimmer，Katie Ledecky，is only 17years oldAnd MsNagaoka was not competing against herIn fact，MsNagaoka was the only competitor in the 100-104year old categoryHer race was not a race of speed but of endurance，or not giving upBreaking swimming records is nothing new to MsNagaokaSo far she
15、 has broken 25recordsBut she began competing when she was much younger-at 88MsNagaoka sufferred a knee injury in her 80s，so she began swimming to help her body recoverSince her first international swimming competition，she hasnt looked back，except maybe to see if her competition is catching upIn 2002
16、at a masters swim meet in New Zealand，MsNagaoka took the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstrokeIn 2004，she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meetMasters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming to promote health and friendship among participantsSwimmers compete within age groups
17、 of five yearsJapan has a large number of people who live beyond 100years oldUntil she passed away this month，the oldest person in the world was also from JapanMisao Okawa was born in 1 898She said her secrets for longevity，or long life，were good genes，regular sleep，sushi and exercise9. The underlin
18、ed wordcentenarianrefers to someone who is _ A. from JapanB. 100or olderC. an old competitorD. a new swimmer10. Which is possibly the age category of the masters swimming competition？A. 82to 87years oldB. 93to 97years oldC. 95to 99years oldD. 106to 110years old11. It can be inferred from the passage
19、 that _ A. some people are born with longevity genesB. people who like swimming live longerC. the Japanese are interested in swimmingD. woman usually live much longer than men12. Which can best explain the spirit of MsNagaoka？A. Not to advance is to go backB. After a storm comes a calmC. The early b
20、ird catches the wormD. Keep on going，never give upDDoes Fame Drive You Crazy？Although being famous might sound like a dream come true，todays stars，feeling like zoo animals，face pressures that few of us can imagineThey are at the center of much of the worlds attentionPaparazzi （狗仔队） camp outside thei
21、r homes，cameras readyTabloids（小报） publish thrilling stories about their personal livesJust imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature! According to psychologist Christina Villarreal，celebrities-famous people-worry constantly about their public app
22、earanceEventually，they start to lose track of who they really are，seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them，not as the people they were before everyone knew their namesOver time，Villarreal says，they feel separated and aloneThe phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for agesIn the
23、 4th century BC，painters followed Alexander the Great into battle，hoping to picture his victories for his admirersWhen Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century，his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans，leading him to complain about his lack of privacyTabloids of the 1920s and 1930
24、s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites doBeing a public figure today，however，is a lot more difficult than it used to beSuperstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern camerasWhen they say something silly or do something ri
25、diculous，there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep theirstoryalive foreverIf fame is so troublesome，why arent all celebrities running away from it？The answer is there are still ways to deal with itSome stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and famil
26、y or by escaping to remote places away from big citiesThey focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first placeSometimes a few celebrities can get a little justiceStill，even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives
27、 areThey are tired of being famous already13. It can be learned from the passage that stars today _ A. are often misunderstood by the publicB. can no longer have their privacy protectedC. spend too much on their public appearanceD. care little about how they have come into fame14. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？A. Great heroes of the past were generally admiredB. The problem faced by celebrities has a long histor
