必修3Unit 5 Canada“The True North”李仕才一、阅读理解They say if you love your job, youll never work a day in your life. We say if you travel for work, youll never have a boring commute(上下班往返) a day in your life. If the typical 9-to-5 isnt working for you, here are some options that will pay you to travel. No matter your current skill set, you can probably do it somewhere else.Represent abroad The State Department is actively hiring Foreign Service Officers, and its probably easier than you think to become one. Youll have to a lot of tests, but if you pass, youll spend the next years of your life working around the world. A Junior Foreign Service Officer starts at $71,000 a year. Teaching English as a Second Language abroad is one of the best ways to deepen understanding of another culture. Theres no need to be a certified English teacher in order to go abroad. In this program in China, soon-to-be teachers go abroad to obtain their Teaching English as a Foreign Language(TEFL) certifications. A beginning teacher in China will earn $2,500 for working six months, plus room and board. A cruise ship is a floating village. Therefore, any job that you could have in a village you could have onboard a ship-even auctioneering(做拍卖师). Carnival is hiring an art auctioneer to work aboard a luxury cruise ship. The only qualifications necessary are a college degree and public speaking skills. Goinggoingsold.Write the rails Writers can reimagine themselves as rail-surfing Jack Kerouacs, crossing the country and writing from coast to coast on the Amtrak Writers Residency. The application process consists of two questions, as well as the opportunity to provide up to a 20-page writing sample. Amtrak will select 24 writers to participate in the program with the help from a panel of judges. Although the project wont replace a full-time job, its really a fun opportunity. The application period for 2016 has closed, but applications will reopen in the fall.1. Which job requires a college degree?A. Representing abroad B. Teaching English in ChinaC. Selling art on the seas D. Writing the rails2. The advertisement is intended for .A. those who are tired of their present jobsB. those who want to have a job with travelingC. those who just graduate from universityD. those who want to go on vacation abroad3. What may Jack Kerouacs be?A. Director of the Amtrak Writers ResidencyB. A sportsman devoted to rail-surfingC. An applicant of the programD. A famous writer【语篇解读】这则广告是为那些想要在旅行中工作的人，推荐了一些职位。1. C【解析】细节理解题。由Carnival is hiring an art auctioneer to work aboard a luxury cruise ship. The only qualifications necessary are a college degree and public speaking skills. Goinggoingsold.可知在海上卖艺术品要求大学学历，选C。3. D【解析】细节理解题。由Writers can reimagine themselves as rail-surfing Jack Kerouacs, crossing the country and writing from coast to coast on the Amtrak Writers Residency.可知Jack Kerouacs可能是一位著名作家，选D。二、完形填空I spent last summer volunteering at a hospital.It was a gift to _1_ so many amazing people and Id like to share one of these moments.One day，I was called to a room where a(n) _2_ woman was staying.Usually I helped with _3_ who were ready to leave.Instead，she _4_ to go to the gift shop.I got a _5_，helped her into it，and headed down to the entrance.When we got there，it wasnt open yet.After a 30minute _6_，we entered the gift shop.As I pushed her around，I could see the _7_ in her face as she looked at everything，happy to be out of her room.She _8_ some window decorations，and then saw chocolates.She asked me to push her in that _9_，and then I helped her _10_ all the different chocolate arrangements. _11_ she decided on three different boxes.She told me to write the numbers 1,2，and 3 on the boxes.She _12_ that the nurses were taking such good care of her，so she _13_ chocolates for each of the three shifts of nurses.As we gave the current shift of nurses their box of chocolates，they _14_ offered some to me before taking some themselves.There were _15_ all around.Witnessing the old ladys _16_ and getting the opportunity to spend time with someone who got so much joy from life were a _17_ in itself.I have so many more stories，and each person made an impact on my life.Ive _18_ that health has a way of bringing people together._19_ is a blessing，and being in a place where health is so _20_ and appreciated is unlike anything else.1A.introduce BmeetCattract Ddescribe2A.elderly BstrangeCimportant Dfamous3A.nurses BkidsCpatients Dparents4A.pretended BwantedCfailed Dpromised5A.car Bshopping cartCwheelchair Dbike6A.ride BwalkCdrive Dwait7A.relief BanxietyCjoy Dpuzzle8A.chose BmadeCused Dreceived9A.manner BcaseCdirection