Alice Kwak

2551 Lancey Street, Toronto

Ontario M2O 2R5

P. (566) 734-4470

E-mail: akwak@cvva.ca

Ms. Rory Saunders

Human Resources Manager

Trinity Client Publications

881 Second Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M20 3K2

Dear Ms. Saunders,

I am writing in regard to the Administrative Assistant position that is available at Trinity Client Publications.

I have just completed the Office Administration program at Frayer College and am excited to try my skills in the real world. I have a good knowledge of basic computer programs, and have writing, editing, and critical thinking skills. I work well with tight deadlines, and am a highly-motivated self-starter.

At past jobs I have checked and corrected letters, taken notes, and made plans. I also communicated with customers. I am efficient and accurate in all my work. Please consult the enclosed resume（简历） for additional information about my work experience.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my application. If you have any questions you can reach me at (566) 734-4470 or at akwak@cvva.ca.

Sincerely,

Alice Kwak

21. Who is Rory Saunders?

   A. A copy editor.                B. A Job Center employee.

   C. A human resources manager.    D. A teacher at Frayer College.

22. In which of the areas does Alice Kwak claim to have experience?

A. Using database.               B. Editing letters.

C. Arranging travel.                      D. Organizing meetings.

23. How does Alice describe herself?

 A. A creative manager.   B. A famous writer.  C. A team player.       D. A self-starter.

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do?

    A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so lazy that they’d use the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

    Just over 2，000 people were interviewed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain’s largest health charity. The results were surprising.

    About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

    More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

   This led the report to conclude that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese（肥胖） before they start school. Dr.Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too. If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the simple tasks.”

   And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most indolent city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

   The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity­ related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

24. What do lazy British people probably choose to do?

A. Go to stores.                              B. Catch the lift.

C. Cook from scratch.                    D. Climb flights of stairs.

25. How many people surveyed don’t play with children because of tiredness?

A. About 333.      B. About 419.   C. About 654.      D. About 1280.

26. What is the potential result of more and more people, including children, getting obese?

A. People will not get enough exercise.            B. People will not have enough money.

C. People will not be able to do the easy job. 

D. People will not cure themselves of heart disease.

27. What is the author’s attitude towards the finding of the study?

A. Indifferent.              B. Doubtful.          C. Negative.              D. Supportive.

Of course, she wasn’t really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only referred to her as “My Aunt Fannie” because the name always made my father laugh quietly and gave my mother cause to look strictly at both of us—at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions so I looked for every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.

As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. She was well-known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with others. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she never made the jam without Aunt Fannie in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.

Each August, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie’s visit. One year, after I had helped with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a coin and then made me promise that I would never spend it. “Hold onto this coin,” she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first coin, given to me by my grandmother.” So I kept the coin in a small box and waited to become rich.

I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the coin from Aunt Fannie. In people’s eyes Aunt Fannie's success resulted from that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither have significantly made me become a rich person, but I keep them as reminders to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build.

28. Why did the author always use the name “My Aunt Fannie” in conversations?

   A. She was frightened of Aunt Fannie.          B. She liked Aunt Fannie’s recipe.

   C. She enjoyed her parents’ responses.        D. She greatly respected “Aunt Fannie”.

29. The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.

   A. Aunt Fannie                             B. the author’s grandmother

   C. the author’s mother                    D. Aunt Fannie’s grandmother

30. In the last paragraph, the author encourages readers to______.

   A. hold onto the first coin in life                      B. make as many friends as possible

   C. make money with their own hands      D. spend more time with family and friends

31. What could be the best title for this passage?

   A. The Key to Success                     B. Blueberry Jam Recipe   

C. A Fortune Built from a Coin      D. A Relationship of Trust

Where do you keep ice? In the freezer, of course. That’s what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store ice from mountain glaciers from around the world. They’ve decided to store ice in Antarctica because global warming is causing some of the glaciers in places like the Alps to melt.

Jerome Chappellaz of the French National Centre for Scientific Research is involved in creating an ice vault (地下室) there. He says: “We are probably the only scientific community whose sample (样本) is in danger of disappearing from the face of the planet. If you work on rocks or on tree rings, the raw material is still here and will be for many centuries.”

And why do scientists need to study ice from the Alps, for example? Ice formed on the top of a mountain is made of snow accumulated over thousands of years. Trapped air bubbles (气泡) contain samples of the atmosphere that existed when that ice was formed. Ice is a record of climate. By examining ice, we know carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher now than in the last three million years. Researchers use this kind of data to build computer models and try to predict what might happen in the future.

The ice vault will be housed in a snow cave at the Concordia Research Station, which is operated by scientists from France and Italy. The ice samples will be sealed in bags and placed 10 meters below the surface, at a constant temperature of -50℃. This will put the scientists’ minds at rest. Losing the ice samples would be a disaster, and nobody wants to see a mine of scientific knowledge lost forever in a giant pool.

32. What makes Antarctica a safe place to store ice?

A. Its large mountains.                       B. Its function as a freezer.

C. The abundant ice samples there.           D. The absence of global warming.

33. Jerome compares ice with rocks and tree rings to state that ________.

A. it’s necessary to store ice                     B. it’s more valuable to study ice

C. ice disappears very quickly                   D. ice should be stored at home

34. What is the researchers’ purpose of studying ice?

A. To learn about climate.                  B. To learn about the Alps.

C. To trap air bubbles.                       D. To reduce carbon dioxide.

35. What do scientists think of storing ice in Antarctica?

A. They consider it an easy job.         B. They’re not optimistic about it.

C. They think it will cause disasters.   D. They think it’s a reliable way.

Some people just know how to start a conversation with anyone, in any place. If you’re not one of these lucky types, don’t worry.   36   

Remark on the surroundings or occasion. If you’re at a party, for example, you could comment on the food or the music in a positive way like this: “I love this song.” or “The food’s great.”

  37   For example. “How is the wine?” or “Who do you know here?” Most people enjoy talking about themselves so asking a question is a good way to get a conversation started.

  38   For example, “I really like your purse. Can I ask where you got it?” or “You’re really doing well in this. Can you show me how to do it?”

Remark on anything you have in common. People would like your saying “My daughter went to that school, too. How does your son like it?”

  39   Don’t say something that obviously causes offence and avoid heavy subjects such as politics or religion. Stick to light subjects like the weather, surroundings，and anything you have in common such as movies or sports teams.

Listen effectively.   40   You can’t concentrate on what someone’s saying if you’re thinking about what you’re going to say next. The key to effective communication is to focus fully on the speaker and show interest in what’s being said. Nod occasionally, smile at the person, and encourage the speaker to continue with or “uh huh.”

A. Choose subjects you’re interested in.

B. Use a praise to create a good atmosphere.

C. Keep the conversation going with small talks.

D. It is not the same as waiting for your turn to talk.

E. Ask specific questions that are related to the drinks.

F. Ask a question that requires more than just a yes or no answer 

G. Here are some ways to have a conversation with someone new.