When we asked students what they want to be, they often talk about unusual jobs, things like teachers and doctors. But if you think about it, many people don’t plan to do their jobs. They just start doing them by accident. We have talked to two people with unusual jobs.

Emily is a dentist but she doesn’t work with people. She works with horses. After university she took care of animal’s health for several years, but she notices that there were few people who could help horses’ teeth. She decides to go to college and study again. Then she had to buy special tools, but she is never out of work. She’d always very busy taking care of horses’ teeth. “I couldn’t be a dentist for people now,” Emily said, “because I really enjoy working with horses.”

As soon as David could read, he read books about robots, but the robots he build today don’t look like the strange robot people in his books. He builds robots for industry. Early one he made up his mind to study math, science and computers so that he could break into the world of robot engineering. “Some of the math is very difficult.” says David, “but you must study math to be an engineer.” Fortunately he got top marks in all his math exams.

1. Emily doesn’t want to be a dentist because       .

   A. the pay is low                                B. she has to buy special tools

   C. she will be out of work                   D. she likes working with horses

2. To become a robot engineer, David       .

   A. need to worry                  B. bought a lot of robots

   C. had to study hard             D. didn’t have to go to college

3. David got top marks in all his math exams, although       .

   A. math was not easy to study                    B. he has to study math to be an engineer

   C. he could break into the world of robot engineering

    D. he made up his mind to study math, science and computers

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Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.
When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past，some walked past and a few wheeled past.
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On the day of the race，it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles，I was thinking，“I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking？” And at one moment，I said to myself，“I am never doing this again！”
That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑)，I walked，I jogged and walked. At times，I didn’t know if I could finish.
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【小題1】What did the writer do at a local race as a volunteer?

A．He helped old runners.
B．He cheered up the runners.
C．He passed out water to the runners.
D．He took back the cups from the runners.
【小題2】Why did the writer join the race?
A．He just wanted to experience.B．He was crazy about running.
C．He had practiced running very hard.D．He wanted very much to win a prize.
【小題3】How did the writer’s feeling change after running about 5 miles?
①He regretted.
②He encouraged himself.
③He felt a little embarrassed.
A．①—②—③B．②—①—③C．①—③—②D．②—③—①
【小題4】 What is the best title (標(biāo)題) of the passage?
A．To be No.1.B．Let’s compare.
C．A volunteering job.D．Running your own race.

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根據(jù)括號(hào)中所給的漢語寫出單詞，使句子意思完整正確。

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When I was a foreign teacher in China，every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China．One day the topic mined to saying “I love you”．I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers，nor had their mothers said it to them．“Does your mom love you?” “Of course，”they answered．

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