题目
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The goal of the yearly competition is to accurately repair a car that has been disabled on purpose:
Responding to the call, "Gentlemen, start your engines, if you can" at 9:15 a.m., the teams ran to 50 cars
with the same mechanical problems. They had 90 minutes to find and repair many "bugs" in the starting,
electrical, lighting, braking, temperature control, and power systems. The team from Texas first drove
their car across the finish line, winning the contest after judges determined that they had removed all of
the bugs.
Bradley J. Bolton and Aaron Clay were able to get their car started in less than 30 minutes. In feet,
the pair from Texas spent months preparing for the competition with, their instructor. They walked
away with $2,500 in scholarships and something interesting to add to their resumes (履历). With many
regional competitions, Ford and AAA gave away a total of $6 million in prizes and scholarships to this
year"s competitors.
"Aaron and Bradley proved today that they are America"s best teen auto-repair team," Allan Stanley,
manager of Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills, said. "Their hard work and drive to be the top high school
auto technicians are typical of every participant here. The auto industry must attract such talented young
people to keep America"s vehicles operating safely." Each year, the Student Auto Skills competition
determines the nation"s best high school auto technicians with a two-part test. After a written exam
worth 40% of their grade, the 50 two-person teams — each representing a state — compete in
hands-on repair work, which is worth 60% of their total.
Darryl Hazel, senior president of Ford Motor Company, said, "Ford and its dealer (经销商) network
are offering these talented young people opportunities to train for high-tech careers with excellent
wages."
Read the passage and then answer the following questions.
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2. What does the -Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge test the participants for? (回答词数不超过15个)
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3. From what Darryl Hazel said, what do we learn about working as an auto technician?
(回答词数不超过10个)
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答案
2. Knowledge of vehicles and the ability to repair a disabled vehicle.
3. It"s a high-tech and well-paid job.
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For many the idea of one day having your dream home is not buying a bigger home, but a home that
you have built by yourself. A house that is unique and fit for your tastes and your lifestyle. It sounds great
but where do you begin to design your dream home? Here is a quick guide that can help you make your
dreams come true.
The first step is to get an idea of what type of home you want. You can get inspiration from others.
Drive around to neighborhoods that have the styles of homes that you like and take pictures. You
can also cut out pictures from magazines, newspapers, or print-out pictures you find on the Internet.
The next step will be to make two lists of items for yourself. The first list will be those items or features
that you feel your new home must have, such as granite (花岗岩 ) counter tops or a hot water heater.
The second list will be those items or features that are on your wish list like a fireplace or slate (石板)
floors.
At this point you will probably have a good idea what your dream home will look like, so you will
need to seek some professional help. You will need to hire an architect to put your ideas down on paper. You may need to interview a few different architects to find one that you are comfortable with. Make
sure whomever you choose to make the final drawings has a full understanding of local building codes
and zoning by-laws (地区议事程序).In any case your final plan will need to be approved by the city
and a building permit must be obtained before any construction can begin.
It is time to look for a contractor (承包人). Whichever way you do it, be sure you are comfortable
with your contractor and you have gotten references from his past clients (客户). Remember the more
homework you do in the beginning, the more enjoyable the process will be.
London. First, I noticed so many people were on a trip in a busy way. When I first saw the machine on
the underground where you are expected to feed your ticket in and have to run through moving barriers (拦板), I was completely fascinated (被迷住了) at it. Flashing with the light, the little green man, telling
you when to cross the road, was also quite interesting, and so were those street advertisements which
kept changing subjects as you look.
In my native place, my life is so different from people’s here. I am a market gardener from Makono,
a village which is led by a market-managing group. People there usually walk two hours a day to get
water from a well. What’s more, I am used to going, for many hours, without drinking , so it was strange
to be offered cups of tea all the time here in London.
In my native place, on market days, I usually walk for several hours with my basket full of fruits and
vegetables on my head, carrying them to the market for sale, to earn ￡1per basket. Without the produce
from my garden, I could not pay for education or healthcare for my children. Gardening is not a hobby
for me - it’s survival . But here people are planting something only to kill their leisure time.
During our visiting-time in Britain, we visited some local government agencies, schools, churches and
farms in Sussex, Scotland, Yorshire, Loncolnshire and Cambridgeshire, meeting people who were of the
same profession as we are. Children in Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire, prepared a special get-together
to greet us and we were also asked a lot about our life which was quite fascinating to them. For example,
how we make our houses out of mud and how we get our water for our daily necessities, as well as for
our garden.
B. Londoners are always in a hurry .
C. It was easy to get lost in London.
D. Everything looked new to the writer.
B. the lack of water makes the life there even harder
C. people there like to travel about on foot for enjoyment
D. people support themselves using the garden produce
B. a habit to live a better life
C. a kind of very practical idea
D. a custom followed by people
B. Communicating with the British
C. Experiencing Modern Life
D. How Can One Live Leisurely(休闲地) ?
tasks and dreams you may have. While it is true that goals can help you sometimes, in some cases they
just lead to frustration(挫折) and they actually bring you down.
Let"s look at this a little closer with an example. Many people jump online and are looking to start a
business online as a way to make money from home and let"s say they set a goal to make $10,000 in
their first month. They do this because they seem tons of people making large sums of money in very little
time so they think $10,000 a month shouldn"t be too hard. But what happens when you only bring in
$1,000 in your first 30 days online?If this is pure profit(利润) you might still be happy, but this is
nowhere near reaching the goal you originally set out to meet. So naturally you would feel like you failed
to reach your goal and you may be a little disappointed in yourself.
If you continue not to reach this goal month in month, it starts to add up and really weighs on you. I"m
not saying that you shouldn"t set goals, but you need to realize that you should not be emotionally attached
to your goals.
An alternative approach would be to set certain goals when you want to accomplish things and start
out small. Build your confidence by accomplishing smaller feats and if you overproduce then it will be a
nice surprise. It makes it a lot easier for you to handle by just knowing every day you have to complete a
few small tasks and over time the snowball will roll into great things.
B. prove the disadvantages of setting goals.
C. suggest a way of setting goals to reach success
D. introduce how to reach success by setting high goals.
B. prove that goals often result in frustration.
C. show goal setting sometimes stops you realizing your dreams.
D. advise readers not to set goals to avoid frustration.
B. unnecessary
C. ridiculous
D. natural
B. Side effects of goal setting.
C. Success achieved without goal setting.
D. One more useful suggestion for goal setting
合各段意思的小标题，选项中有一项是多余选项。