【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 mbs when you handle tools。 perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it, but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.27. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to face one’s weakness. B. Advice on choosing a career. C. The significance of working hard at school. D. The direct and indirect value of school work.28. According to the passage, doing a parttime job as a student _______ . A. can help afford one’s education B. is a good way to practice the skills learnt in school C. can help you prepare for future work D. is a waste of time that could have been spent on study29. From the passage we learn that if a student’s school performance is not good. he _______. A. could restart his study in school B. may also do well in his future work C. will be regretful about the bad results he has got at school D. should pay more attention to learning skills and developing abilities30. The phrase “be all thumb” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______. A. be bored at doing things B. be skillful in doing things C. be interested in doing things D. be awkward at doing things31. From the last paragraph we know that one should _______. A. face one’s own weak points wisely B. study harder for a new school record C. make full use of one’s own weak points D. feel sorry for one’s own school recordQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage. Mandy Naylor writes an about her progress so far working as a social worker in Kazakhstan:“Things are going well. There have been some real high points and some times when I’ve felt totally inadequate and thought VSO had wasted a whole load of money and time on me!But I’ve never doubted that this was the right place and thing for me to do. I’ve made some great friends both with volunteers who are off in many different regions of Kazakhstan and some lovely local people.As for work—we have just e back from the cold North of Kazakhstan from a conference and I will go back next year to lecture with my counterparts and hopefully, parents and disabled children, on the new social work course that we are busy developing. We are also looking at developing services for parents and children within the centre and a few funding bids will be submitted for that. I’ve also made good links with DIFID and the British Embassy and the British Embassy and we’re looking to submit a big funding bid for a National Children’s Rights Project. It’s a great achievement to have been able to ensure that a project like that gets started.I’m busy and generally happy. I’m running a British club at work that has 32 members. And I’m just about to start a women’s selfdefence group. Every day is a challenge and I quite often feel exhausted. I’m not doing too badly with the language either!Kazakhstan is beautiful and where I am based is well developed. It’s cold but quite mild pared with the rest of Kazakhstan. The mountains really are very beautiful and I am going to the large outdoor ice skating park tomorrow with friends from work.” 32. How did Mandy Naylor think of her work in Kazakhstan? A. She sometimes doubted her choice. B. She thought is was wellpaid. C. She enjoyed her work very much. D. She often felt totally inadequate. 33. What is Mandy Naylor busy doing in Kazakhstan now? A. Attending a conference in the North of Kazakhstan. B. Trying to raise a big funding for children. C. Preparing for a new social work course. D. Making great friends with volunteers.34. Which of the following dose Mandy Naylor hope to establish? A. VSO. B. DIFID. C. A women’s selfdefence group. D. National Children’s Rights Project.35. From the passage we can find that Mandy Naylor’s work has much to do with _______. A. women and children B. club members C. volunteers in Kazakhstan D. parents and childrenPart Ⅲ ClozeDirections: There is a passage in this part with 10 blanks in it. Read the passage carefully and then choose the most the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A., B., C. and D. Then you should write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. I teach economics at UCLA. Last Monday in class, I 36 asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that it had not been so good. Then he proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful. His question 37 me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a 38 about how you want to approach life that day ,” I said.“I choose to be cheerful.” Then I told them a story. One day I was 39 to the college I taught in at Henderson, 17 miles away from where I lived. When a quarter mile was left down the road to the college, my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t 40 . So I walked to the college. My secretary asked me what had happened. “This is my lucky day,” I replied, smiling. “Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?” She was 41 . “What do you mean?” I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. 42 , it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of the college. I’m still able to teach my class and get help from the tow truck. If me car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been in a more convenient way.” The secretary’s eyes opened 43 , and then she smiled. I scanned the sixty faces before me. 44 it was a big crowd, no one made any noise. Somehow, my story had 45 them. In fact, it had all started with a student’s observation that I was cheerful.36. A. n