Itsnevertoooldtolearn．KarlMaxb-优题课

What do you do during your free time？Travel？Play with friends？Well，some American teenagers over the age of 14may get a part﹣time job．Their part﹣time jobs can be taking care of children，waiting tables or even working at a movie theater．

But why do teens do this？Some want to have extra（额外的） money．Others want to start saving money for college because some US parents may not pay for their children's tuition（学费）．Some teens might want to save money for something big，like buying a car．

Many teens choose to get part﹣time jobs during the summer holiday．That's because they are busy studying in the school year．

Having a part﹣time job is great for any US teen．Thet get an idea of what the real working world is like．And it gives them skills and experience．That will help them get a full﹣time（全职的） job later in life．

Part﹣time jobs in America

Kinds	taking care of children，waiting tables，working at （56）
（57）	•making extra money •saving money （58）　　 •saving money for something big
Time	during （59）
Benefits（好处）	◇getting an idea of the real working world ◇getting （60）　　 ◇getting a full﹣time job later in life

In the tenth grade，I began volunteering at an animal hospital．I wanted to get experience for my future job．（36）　　，that particular（特别的） Saturday morning taught me something more important．

The（37）　　 was in the middle of a poorer section of the city．One Saturday morning a man and his young（38）　　，who was about seven years old，walked in with a small cat in a box．I （39）　　the cat had an eye problem，but the man could not （40）　　 the cost of the medicine．When he asked where the nearest animal shelter（庇护所） was，his son（41）_____ and started to argue with his father．Just then，an old lady in the waiting room walked up to them．She said that she could pay for the cost．The man（42）　　 her and the son got to keep a healthy cat．

I had （43）　　 thought it was the right thing to help out a person in need，but it was only seen on TV or in movies．The woman taught me that these things do（44）　　in real life，and should happen more often．When I can't decide whether to help someone in need or not，I will remember that woman，and have the （45）　　 to do it．

36．A．Anyway	B．Besides	C．However
37．A．hospital	B．school	C．store
38．A．wife	B．daughter	C．son
39．A．promised	B．remembered	C．imagined
40．A．take up	B．pay for	C．give away
41．A．cried	B．smiled	C．cheered
42．A．refused	B．stopped	C．thanked
43．A．always	B．hardly	C．never
44．A．happen	B．have	C．change
45．A．time	B．courage	C．advantage．

Yang Jiang，the famous woman write and translator，is well﹣known to us all．

She was born in Beijing in 1911，originally named Yang Jikang．As a baby she likes laughing．Her parents let every daughter develop their character freely，which is rare at that time and even at present．Jikang，therefore，had a happy childhood in 1920s．

She graduated from university and went to Tsinghua University as a postgraduate （研究生）in 1930s．There she met Qian Zhongshu，they fell in love and married．

In 1940s，she started to use the name Yang Jiang as her pen name．Since then，she was commonly known as Madam Yang Jiang．

In 1950s，she worked for Peking University，and started to learn Spanish．She was the first to translate"Don Quixote （唐吉坷德）into Chinese．

She began to write short novels in 1980s．The novel The Old Wang《老王》written in 1984 was selected as the passage in our middle school text book．

Besides，her famous works After Baptism《洗澡之后》and We Three《我们仨》also became a househould name in China．

Sorry to hear that Madam Yang died at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing，on May 25，2016．

Such was Madam Yang，the best wife and the talentest woman!Her legend is still continuing!

Yang Jiang
Introduction	Born：in Beijing in 1911 Original name：Yang Jikang （61）　　：Yang Jiang Her husband：（62）
Experiences	In 1930s，graduated from university In 1950s，worked for Peking University，started to learn （63）　　 In 1980s，began to write （64）
Famous works	The Old Wang，After Baptism．（65）

Last year Jeff left school．He came to Guangzhou to find a （31）　　．He went to one company after another company．But no one wanted him．Then he had （32）　　 money．He had to go back to his small town．（33）　　 he came to the station．He （34）　　 very sad and tired．It was very late at night and the station was （35）　　 of people．They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train．He bought the （36）　　 ticket，so he was very happy．

At that time，a woman （37）　　 a crying baby walked to him．She asked him to （38）____ her the ticket．He gave her the ticket．He thought they needed it more than he．After the train left，he sat on the bench and didn't know （39）　　 to go．Just then an old man came and said．"Young man，I saw what you did to help the woman．I have a big company．I need a good young man like you．Would you like to （40）　　 for me？"

31．A．school	B．work	C．job
32．A．a little	B．little	C．few
33．A．Because	B．So	C．But
34．A．felt	B．thought	C．saw
35．A．filled	B．some	C．full
36．A．second	B．last	C．first
37．A．with	B．in	C．inside
38．A．lend	B．buy	C．sell
39．A．what	B．where	C．when
40．A．work	B．study	C．learn．

Mary is a book lover．She could read by （61）　　（her） at the age of four．Last year，she decided to try out for a volunteer after﹣school reading program．She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read．"The kids are （62）　　（sit） in the library，but you can see in their （63）　　（eye） that they're going on a （64）　　（differently） journey with each new book．Volunteering here is a dream come true for me．I can do what I love to do （65）　　 help others at the same time．"