Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
"One time, I couldn’t find Paro and was looking for ’him’ everywhere," says one caretaker at the Kirara nursing home in Japan’s Nanto City. "Finally I found Paro sleeping in a patient’s bed."
Paro is a robotic baby seal -- covered with white fur -- that was developed over 12 years at a cost of some $10 million by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Nanto is one of the first cities in the world to experiment using robots to help care for the elder citizens.
According to the nursing staff, Paro, which responds to human voices and loving touches, has become part of the family. In fact, nurses often find elderly patients covering the robot in blankets and trying to feed it snacks, even though Paro can’t really e
A. suspicious
B. confused
C. optimistic
D. disagreeing
Task 2
Directions:
This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.
The eight airlines of the oneworld alliance(联盟)have joined forces to give world travelers a simple way to plan and book a round-the-world journey. It’s called the Oneworld Explorer program. Oneworld Explorer is the perfect solution for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday or an extended business trip. It’s a great way for you to explore the four comers of the earth in the safe hands of the eight Oneworld airlines. You can have hundreds of destinations to choose from, because the Oneworld network covers the globe. And, as you travel around the world, you’ll have the support of 260,000 people from all our airlines, who are devoted to the success of your journey, helping you make smooth transfers and offering support all along the way. The Oneworld goal is to make global travel easier and more rewarding for every one o
A. a travel agency
B. a union of airlines
C. a series of tourist attractions
D. the title of a flight program
Directions:This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 16 through 20.
Advice given by human resources officers in large foreign companies can help you find a satisfying job. Here are more useful suggestions.
1. Don’t start writing your resume before your graduation. From the first day you enter the university, you have begun writing it. Plan to put your four years to full use so that at graduation your resume will be full of valuable experiences and remarkbale academic (学术) results.
2. Never apply to a company or for a job blindly. Find out where your interests lie and what your advantages are. Decide first what road you want to take for the rest of your life. Choose a company and a job that fits you well.
3. Don’t feel inferior(低下的) to boys if you are a girl job-hunter. Except for some physical work, girls are as capable as boys. Girls even have lots of advantages over boys. For Example, girls
A. your interests and strong points
B. your life experiences and skills
C. the job or jobs that are easier for you to find
D. the company that can offer you a good job
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