首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
You are going to read an article about people who changed their jobs. For questions 23-35, choose from the people (A-D). The peo
You are going to read an article about people who changed their jobs. For questions 23-35, choose from the people (A-D). The peo
admin
2010-12-18
36
问题
You are going to read an article about people who changed their jobs. For questions 23-35, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Which person mentions
enjoying their pastime more than the job they used to do?
enjoying being in charge of their own life? 【S1】______
being surprised by suddenly losing their previous job? 【S2】______
not having other people depending on them financially? 【S3】______
missing working with other people? 【S4】______
undergoing training in order to take up their new job? 【S5】______
a contact being useful in promoting their new business? 【S6】______
not being interested in possible promotion in their old job? 【S7】______
disliking the amount of time they used to have to work? 【S8】______
surprising someone else by the decision they made? 【S9】______
a prediction that hasn’t come true? 【S10】______
consulting other people about their businesses? 【S11】______
the similarities between their new job and their old one? 【S12】______
working to a strict timetable? 【S13】______
A NEW LIFE
A The Farmer
Matt Froggatt used to be an insurance agent in the City of London but now runs a sheep farm.
"After 14 years in business, I found that the City had gone from a place which was exciting to work into a grind-no one was having fun any more. But I hadn’t planned to leave for another five or ten years when I was made redundant. It came out of the blue, but it made me take a careful look at my life. I didn’t get a particularly good pay-off but it was enough to set up the farm with. My break came when I got to know the head chef of a local hotel with one of the top 20 hotel restaurants in the country. Through supplying them, my reputation spread and now I also supply meat through mail order. I’m glad I’m no longer stuck in the office but it’s astonishing how little things have changed for me: the same 80- to 90- hour week and still selling a product."
B The Paniter
Ron Able white was a manager in advertising but now makes a living as an artist.
"My painting began as a hobby but I realised I was getting far more excitement out of it than out of working. The decision to take redundancy and to become an artist seemed logical. The career counsellor I talked to was very helpful. I think I was the first person who had ever told him, ’1 don’t want to go back to where I’ve been.’ He was astonished because the majority of people in their mid-forties need to get back to work immediately -they need the money. But we had married young and our children didn’t need our support. It was a leap into the unknown. We went to the north of England, where we didn’t know a soul. It meant leaving all our friends, but we’ve been lucky in that our friendships have survived the distance plenty of them come up and visit us now."
C The Hatmaker
After working for five years as a company lawyer, Katherine Goodison set up her own business in her London flat, making hats for private clients.
"My job as a lawyer was fun. It was stimulating and I earned a lot of money, but the hours were terrible. I realised I didn’t want to become a senior partner in the company, working more and more hours, so I left. A lot of people said I’d get bored, but that has never happened. The secret is to have deadlines. Since it’s a fashion-related business, you have the collections, next year’s shapes, the season -there’s always too much to do, so you have to run a very regimented diary. I feel happier now, and definitely less stressed. There are things I really long for, though, like the social interaction with colleagues. What I love about this job is that I’m totally responsible for the product. If I do a rubbish job, then I’m the one who takes the blame. Of course, you care when you’re working for a company, but when your name is all over the promotional material, you care that little bit more."
D The Masseur
Paul Drink water worked in finance for 16years before becoming a masseur at the Life Centre in London.
"I had been in financial markets from the age of 22, setting up deals. I liked the adrenaline but I never found the work rewarding. I was nearly made redundant in 1989, but I escaped by resigning and travelling for a year. I spent that year trying to work out what I wanted to do. I was interested in health, so I visited some of the world’s best gymnasiums and talked to the owners about how they started up. I knew that to change career I had to get qualifications so I did various courses in massage. Then I was offered part-time work at the Life Centre. I have no regrets. I never used to feel in control, but now I have peace of mind and control of my destiny. That’s best of all."
【S3】______
选项
答案
B
解析
第25题的问题为:“Which person mentions not having other people depending on them financially?”(谁提到了没有人在经济上依赖他们?)B段中描写道:“the majority of people in their mid-forties need to get back to work immediately—they need the money But we had married young and our children didn’t need our suppod.”(大多数人在他们四十多岁时都需要马上重新回到工作岗位继续工作——他们急需钱。 但是我结婚比较早,孩子无需我们负担。)因此,答案为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/zX2d777K
本试题收录于:
BETS三级笔试题库北京英语水平考试(BETS)分类
0
BETS三级笔试
北京英语水平考试(BETS)
相关试题推荐
Somepeopleholdthatoldpeopleshouldbetakencareathome,whileothersthinktheyshouldbeplacedinoldpeople’shouse.W
Readthefollowingarticleandanswerquestions9-18onthenextpage.HappinessSecretsforToughTimes1.
Readthearticlebelow.Choosethebestsentencefromthelistonthenextpagetofilleachofthegaps.Foreachgap(1
Readthefollowingpassageandanswerquestions9-18.1.Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearli
Readthefollowingpassageandanswerquestions9-18.1.Mostyoungpeopleenjoysomeformsofphysicalactivity.Itmaybewalk
Readthefollowingpassageandanswerquestions9-18.1.Mostyoungpeopleenjoysomeformsofphysicalactivity.Itmaybewalk
Recently,amanwhowasalwaysingoodhealth,spentaweekinbedwithsevereflu.Itwastheworstillnessinhislife.Thepr
It’sapitywedidn’tdomoresportwhenIwasatschool.couldIwishthat____________________moresportwhenIwasa
Icouldn’tunderstandtheinstructionsformynewvideorecorder.senseTheinstructionsformynewvideorecorderdidn’
Therearealtogether13dragstreatingsleepdisordersintheUnitedStates.Theappearanceofoneoranothersideeffectafter
随机试题
生长激素分泌不足可导致肢端肥大症。()
长江公司为上市公司,2016——2017年年度发生如下业务:(1)2016年1月1日,长江公司以发行股份的方式取得非关联公司——黄河公司40%的股权。发行的普通股数量为200万股,面值为1元,发行价为12元,另发生发行费用40万元。取得股权当日,
在使用心里定价策略时,尾数定价一般只适用于()。
甲公司2017年计划投资购入一台新设备,有关资料如下:(1)该设备的初始投资额是600万元,该项目需要两年建成。预计该设备投产后,第一年年初需要投入营运资本25万元,预计投产后每年给公司增加300万元的销售收入,同时每年增加付现成本85万元。(2)该设
位于县城的某农机生产企业为增值税一般纳税人,2015年10月发生以下业务:(1)从小规模纳税人购进一批原材料,取得税务机关代开的增值税专用发票上注明价款50000元,原材料已入库,另支付给运输企业运输费用,取得增值税专用发票注明价款1000元,税款110
1957年与1952年相比,我国生产资料的生产增长了210%,消费资料的生产增长了83%,重工业生产在工业总产值中的比重由35.3%提高到45%。由此说明第一个五年计划期间()。
在按年龄编班的前提下,根据学生的学习能力或学习成绩的发展变化进行分组教学,这种分组属于()。
在分组交换方式中,分组是交换和传送处理的对象,其长度是()。
小明、小亮、小川、小海在网球场进行了几场球赛的较量。比赛结果是:①小明、小亮对阵小川、小海时,双方势均力敌、不相上下;②当小明与小川对调后,小明、小海一方轻而易举地获胜;③当小海腿受伤退出比赛,小亮一个人同小明、小川两人同时较量,结果却取胜了。假设
信息标准化是解决信息孤岛问题的重要途径,也是不同的管理信息系统之间数据交换和互操作的基础。作为信息化标准的一项关键技术,目前流行的()以开放的自我描述方式定义了数据结构,在描述数据内容的同时能突出对结构的描述,从而体现出数据之间的关系。这样组
最新回复
(
0
)