BABYSITTER

   Sex: female

   Aged more than 50, at least from senior high school.

   Rich experience of looking after children

   Apply to: Job center, Sogo Street, NO.18, Colton.

PART-TIME DRIVERS WANTED

    Clean driving license.

    Must be of smart appearance.

    Aged over 23. Apply to: Capes Taxi, 17 Palace road, Colton.

AIR HOSTESSES

 Southern Airlines require air hostesses for international flights.    Applicants must be between 20 and 33 years old, height 1.60 m to 1.75 m, education to GCSE standard, two languages, must be able to swim.

Apply to: Recruitment Officer, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37 KK.

MEN NURSES NEEDED

  For private hospitals

  Education: (At least) graduate from Nursing School

Working experience: unnecessary.

  Apply to: The Personnel of Bear Hospital, 279 Canal Street, Colton.

21. Jack is excellent in appearance and an experienced taxi driver. Why is his application refused as a result?

A. Aged 32.                B. Punished and fined because of speeding.

C. Unable to speak a foreign language.    D. Not having college education.

22. Ben, aged 21, fond of swimming and driving, just graduated from a medicine college, Nursing Department , which job might be given to him?

  A. Driving for Capes Taxis.          B. Working for southern Airlines.

  C. Nursing in Bear Hospital         D. None of the three.

23. What prevents Mary, aged 52, becoming a babysitter?

A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined.

B. She can’t speak Japanese very well.

C. She has before worked as a babysitter. 

D. She never receives education.

A taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to give training to company executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride.

   I had flown into Dallas for the purpose of calling on a customer. Time was limited and my plan included a quick turn-around trip from and back to the airport. A spotless taxi pulled up. The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before he closed the door. As he got in the driver’s seat, he mentioned that the neatly-folded Wall Street Journal next to me was for my use. He then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I would enjoy. I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the opportunity to say, “Obviously you take great pride in your work. You must have a story to tell.”

“You bet,” he replied, “I used to be in Microsoft. But I got tired of it, thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to find my position in life where I could feel proud of being the best I could be. I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, helping people and feeling like I have done a full day’s work and done it well. I thought about my personal strengths and ... wham! I became a taxi driver. One thing I know for sure, to be good in my business I could simply meet the expectations of my passengers. But, to be GREAT in my business, I have to go above the customer’s expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being ‘great’ better than just getting by being ‘average’.”

24．What does the writer really want to say in Paragraph 1?

A．The writer thought the driver motivational.

B．The writer benefited a lot from the ride.

C．The writer was over charged for the ride.

D．The writer paid less for the ride.

25．What caused the writer’s curiosity about the taxi driver?

A．His wonderful CD.            B．His touching speech.

C．His high-quality service.    D．His neatly-folded journal.

26．From the last paragraph we know that the taxi driver        .

A．is enthusiastic about his work   B．expects much from his work

C．thinks too highly of himself     D．goes above his own expectations

27．Which of the following is the taxi driver likely to agree?

A．Being great is a must in life.       B．Life is not easy for all of us.

C．Don’t expect too much in life. D．Every one of us has strengths.

D．AI does better than humans in sight and balance. Who is smarter? A human being or artificial intelligence（人工智能）?

The question swept the world last year when a Google-developed program called AlphaGo defeated the world top player, South Korean Lee Se-del, 4-1.

So, what comes next?

Some people have been arguing that artificial intelligence, or AI in short, will be a bad thing for humans. In an interview with the BBC in 2014, UK scientist Stephen Hawking warned that “the development of full artificial intelligence could mean the end of the human race.”

So are we really about to live in the world shown in the Terminator movies?

   “Not quite,” answered The Economist. After all, it’s not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce facts. What is hard is getting computers to use their knowledge in everyday situations.

“We think that, for the human being, things like sight and balance（视觉平衡）, are natural and ordinary in our life.” Thomas Edison, founder of Motion Figures, a company that is bringing AI to boys, told the newspaper. “But for a robot, to walk up and down just like human beings requires various decisions to be made every second, and it’s really difficult to do.”

As The Economist put it, “We have a long way to go before AI can truly begin to be similar to the human brain, even though the technology can be great.”

Meanwhile, John Markoff of The New York Times said that researchers should build artificial intelligence to make people more effective.

“Our fate is in our own hands,” he wrote. “Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make human choices that use technology to improve the world.”

28．What was the result of the match?

A．Lee Se-del won AlphaGo 4-1.      B．Lee Se-del was defeated.

C．Google program beat AlphaGo.     D．Neither side won the match.

29．What does Thomas Edison possibly mean in his remarks?

A．It’s very hard for AI to beat the human brain.

B．AI would take the place of human beings.

C．AI can make various decisions quickly.

D．AI does better than humans in sight and balance.

30．Who believes much has to be done to improve AI?

A．Stephen Hawking.             B．John Markoff.

C．The New York Times.      D．The Economist.

31．What does the underlined part in the last paragraph imply?

A．AI will improve the world completely.   

B．AI is in the control of human beings.

C．AI may bring disasters to human beings.

D．AI will make our future out of control.

China's admiration of outstanding scholars has turned the well-preserved childhood home of Tu Youyou, the Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家)  who won this year's Nobel Prize in physiology(生理学) or Medicine, into a popular tourist destination.

     Since it was announced on Monday that 84-year-old Tu had become the first Chinese citizen to win this international prize, her former home in the old town of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has attracted visitors, especially parents and their children-even though it is not open to the public.

     The house, where Tu lived until she went to university in Beijing, covers an area of 2,200 square meters and is priced at 150 million yuan( $ 23. 6 million) . It is part of a complex of 37 traditional buildings, including several city-and-district-level cultural relic preservation sites, that have been trans -formed into a high-end art, and commercial zone, ' .

"There are continually parents taking their children, from infants in strollers to college students, to take photos in front of Tu's former home. Security guards have been ordered to go on patrol around the clock," said Mr. Zhao, a salesperson from Ningbo Real Estate Inc Co.

     Shanghai resident Xu Lingfei, who was on a trip to Ningbo, took her 9-y.ear-old son to walk around the complex on Wednesday. "Chinese people believe in exams and awards and have a strong preference for high performers. Taking children to visit the former dwelling places of celebrities(名人)  is a way to inspire them to study harder," Xu said.

Something similar happened. after Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012. Tourists started visiting Mo's former home in rural Gaomi, Shandong Province, in an endless stream starting the day after he won the prize. Some even pulled the radishes planted in front of the house. and carried away some bricks.

 32. Tu Youyou's former house is now popular mainly because .           .

  A. Tu won the Nobel Prize       B. it has some cultural relics

  C. it covers a large area         D. it is a great art and commercial zone

 33. Why did Xu Lingfei take her son to visit Tu's former home?

  A. She admired Tu very much.      B. She planned to buy the house.   .

  C. She intended to take photos there. D. She wanted her son to be inspired.

 34. Where is Mo Yan's former home located?

   A. Shanghai.       B. Gaomi.       C. Ningbo.        D. Beijing.   

 35. What is the main idea of the text?

  A. Tu Youyou's former home is for sale.

  B. More Chinese have won the Nobel Prize.

  C. Nobel winner's home becomes instant attraction.

  D. Children benefit from visiting Nobel winner's home.

When it comes to the benefit of volunteering, a lot of people think it’s all about the warm feeling after helping someone. ___36___ As is known, charity work requires a wide variety of people to do a wide variety of things for everything to work. It means that there are some surprising benefits for volunteers. For example, volunteering ...

*Teaches you new skills

From helping make websites to teaching immigrant kids your native language, or to arranging events for charity, volunteering can really be almost anything. It means that when you get involved in charity work, a lot of the time you will face challenges. ___37___

*Teaches  you what truly matters

It’s a great way to find new perspectives on life. When you’ve been at it for a while, you just might find yourself re-evaluating your advantages. ___38__ One of my friends went from wanting to be a lawyer to discovering a true passion for teaching.

*___39___

Maybe it’s not so surprising, but what might surprise you is how genuine these friends are. Some of my long-term friends are people I’ve met through volunteering. I’m not the kind of guy that makes friends for connections, but sometimes it’s very convenient to have a broad network.

Summed up in one line: Volunteering helps you grow. ___40___ You meet a very wide variety of people you don’t have a lot in common with. You learn to get along with people involved in many different walks in life. You learn to know what you are to do. So if you’ve ever considered volunteering, what are you waiting for?

A. Helps you make new friends.

B. Can help improve social skills.

C. You might even decide on a completely new path to take in life.

D. As it turns out, that’s far from the only benefit.

E. Volunteering helps you look outside yourself and your problems.

F. Through overcoming the challenges you learn completely new skills.

G. Not only does it help you grow into a perfect person but it helps you develop your skills set as well.