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The Most Unusual Jobs
Pet Food Tester .
Yes, it's a thing and yes it's totally gross(恶心的). But Mark Gooley ---the owner of a pet food company, eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.
Teddy Bear repair Engineer
When your favorite toy loses an arm, or suffers a bad injury, it is upsetting. But now you can get help in the Build-A-Bear Workshops, the teddy bear repair engineers repair your favorite teddy bears and get them back to themselves.
Water slide Tester
Monday morning surely seems more enjoyable if you spend your working week slipping down water slides in a theme park, especially in summer.
You might also spend your lunch break on a roller coaster, eating a hot dog for lunch.
Working holiday, am I right?
Paint Watcher
You may have heard some people say they'd "rather watch paint dry" than do something they don't want to do. Well, if they really mean it, the chance is there---- studying the drying time and effects(效果)of paint as a full-time job for a paint company.
What is Mark Gooley's job?

A． A paint watcher

B．A water slide tester.

C． A pet food tester.

D． A teddy bear repair engineer

Where can you get help if your favorite toy loses an arm?

A．In a theme park

B．In a paint company

C．In a pet food company

D．In a Build-A-Bear Workshop.

What does a paint watcher do as a full-time job?

A．He paints the wall.

B．He repairs the water slide.

C．He studies the effects of paint.

D．He watches others repair the wall.

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Winter sports have become something new. It is taking China by storm in the last few years. Skiing（滑雪）and snowboarding have become very popular. Development has given many people more money to join these sports.
There are dangers in snow sports. One should know something basic about the sports in order to do the sport in safety. The first thing that must be taken care of is the place you wish to use. People like to go skiing in mountains. You may know that every skiing area has a danger rating（等级）. You must pay attention to these so that you can keep yourself away from dangers.
The second thing is that you must be in good shape for all this exercise. What you eat is very important to keep your health up and if you haven’t seen a doctor for a body exam in a while, please do .
The third thing is that you must have the right equipment（装备）. Also, never try to ski alone, so bring a friend. If there is an accident, you must try to keep warm and wait for others to save you.
If you are careful, you can have an enjoyable time in the snow.
What has become something new?
Where do people like to go skiing?
What must you do if there is an accident?
What should you do to have a safe ski?

Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared（比较）children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the words showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding.
Shayne Piasta, a professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, says most preschool teachers would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed words.
Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word spelling. But she says studies show that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic（系统的）way.
They watched more than three hundred children aged four and five in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were poor in their language skills. They may become bad readers when they enter primary schools later.
Professor Justice says children’s language skills can be improved by discussing with him or her when you are reading a book to a child. There are different ways that adults can talk to children about the letters and words on the page. They can point to a word and discuss the shape of it with a finger. They can point out a word: “This is ‘dog’.” They can discuss the meaning of the word or how the words tell the story. And they can also show how words are written left to right in English.
What does the underlined phrase “it makes sense” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．It can be understood and agreed.

B．It is impossible to happen.

C．It can be difficult to imagine and describe.

D．It is surprising to see.

What can we infer from the passage?

A．Parents are more important than teachers for little children.

B．Teachers need to learn a lot to use the new teaching way.

C．It’s impossible for preschool children to understand words.

D．Skills are important to children’s reading development.

The writer wants to tell us that _________.

A．preschool children should have higher discussing skills

B．parents should make a plan to teach their children reading

C．teachers should help children pay attention to printed words

D．languages skills should be discussed with preschool children

Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property（财产）. Soon a new kind of protection will be used—robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will guard factories, warehouses（仓库）and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on wheels. They will be able to detect（察觉，发现） people through walls and pick up sounds, such as breaking glass. They can be fixed with loud sirens to frighten thieves, or radios to signal police or guards.
To protect a building, a robot will have to move around without knocking into the walls. Information about the building will have to be stored in the robot’s small, built-in computer. A floor map could be programmed into the computer’s memory, for example.
A mobile robot will not be able to do everything. Unlike human guards, it will not be able to climb stairs, open doors, or move along rough ground. It won’t be able to tell the difference between friends and enemies. Because of that, people will have to be prevented from entering the area it moves.
One kind of mobile robot will be able to “sense” whether a chair or a box has been moved and go around it. This robot will also judge size well enough so that it won’t send an alarm if a cat crosses the room. And if someone tries to steal this robot, it will sound a loud, painful siren. The three-foot-tall robot is hard to be stolen anyway. It weighs about 200 pounds.
U.S. companies pay almost $10 billion a year to protect their property with alarm systems and human guards. Mobile robots may be cheaper.
Why is the new kind of robots called mobile robots? Because they can _______________.

A．guard factories, warehouses and museums

B．send loud, painful sirens when it is stolen

C．sense moving objects and signal police

D．move around and do the programmed work

How will a robot get directions for moving around a building?

A．From a human guard.	B．From a built-in computer.
C．From another robot.	D．From radio signals.

What can be the best title of this passage?

A．New Guards.	B．Science and Technology.
C．Alarm Systems.	D．Engineers and Robots.

When I was seven years old, my mom was diagnosed（诊断）with cancer. The doctors told us my mom might be saved with operation. But it could also kill her. She chose to have it.
The day before the operation I was off school, and my mom planned the best day of my life, everything I loved at seven and everything that would put a smile on my face. The day began with her waking me up saying, “Kate, I have a surprise for you. Come and see.” The surprise was a doll I had wanted for the longest time. Throughout the day, she told me everything that she thought I would need to know to grow up and be a good person; she told me to be the best I could be and that I would always make her proud. We had a picnic in the park, and it was so cold that we moved to the car. The day was filled with laughter. For the first time in a long time I could see she was really happy. I would never forget her smile, or the way her eyes shone as if we were the same age. It was the best day of my life, and I will never forget the conversations we shared.
My mother managed to live through the operation. Now when I look back, I realize that the best day of my life could be her last and this could be the last day I would remember with her, the last one we shared. I also understand how unselfish a mother is.
Who decided to have the operation?

A．The doctors.	B．Kate’s mother.
C．Kate.	D．Kate’s family.

What was the surprise to Kate?

A．Kate’s mother gave her a doll.

B．Kate’s mother woke her up late.

C．Kate’s mother talked a lot to her.

D．Kate’s mother was getting better.

Why was Kate’s mother happy that day?

A．Because she was proud of what her child had done.

B．Because she expected the operation to be successful.

C．Because she realized her child had grown up.

D．Because she left her child a special memory.