Ⅰ. Read the passage on Pages 138~139 and choose the best answer.
1. In which order did the following things happen to David Beckham?
a. He was invited to join Manchester United as a trainee.
b. He was chosen to play for the Red Devils’ senior team.
c. He has become England’s most famous mid-field player and world superstar.
d. He attended training sessions with a London club.
e. He and his players won the FA Youth Cup in 1992.
A. b, a, e, d, c B. a, b, c, e, d C. e, d, b, a, c D. d, a, e, b, c
2. The sentence in Paragraph 5 “…but it is not just what they do with their feel counts.”means____.
A. It is enough for footballers to have excellent skills of playing football.
B. Top players must have excellent ball control.
C. Top players must know how to use the space on the pitch.
D. Besides excellent skills of playing football, footballers must also have good team spirit, a strong character, mental strength and a positive attitude.
3. How do employers find and employ players with the right abilities?
A. They advertise in the newspapers or on the Internet.
B. Players have to fill in application forms and have interviews in order to be employed.
C. They themselves go to many football clubs or send scouts around the country to discover plays with the right abilities.
D. They ask schools and universities to find right players for them.
4. Who can become a youth trainee and join the club as a paid member of staff ?
A. a strong boy of 15 who is good at playing football.
B. a young man of 18 who has talent of playing football.
C. a man of 35 who has excellent ball skills.
D. a strong girl of 16 whose ball skills are just so-so
5. The main idea of Paragraph 6 is about _______.
A. programmes to encourage and develop young footballers.
B how to discover talented boys and girls.
C. how to train young footballers in China and the UK.
D. trainees’ life in the football clubs.
6. Which of the following is wrong ?
A. Football is different from most careers.
B. Football is not a good career choice for all people.
C. All trainees in the club can be offered a contract with a club and can become professional footballers.
D. David Beckham made the red Number 7 shirt famous throughout the world.
7. In which of the following sentences “take off” has the same meaning as in the second paragraph ?
A. When I got to the airport, the plane had taken off.
B. He took off his coat and went to bed as soon as he got home.
C. When he saw the police coming he took off in the opposite direction.
D. Sales of home computers have taken off in recent years.
8. The whole passage mainly tells us _______ .
A. Football is a good career choice.
B. It is easy to have a successful career in football.
C. It is difficult to have a successful career in football.
D. Not all persons have the same happy ending as David Beckham as footballers.
9. The job of a football scout is to ______.
A. train young footballers B take care of the football field.
C. search for talented young players D choose the team
ⅡRead the passage on Page 143 and fill in the blanks with less than three words.
The personal statement section of an applicant form
The main contents in the personal statement Dos for writing the personal statement Don’ts for writing the personal statement
1. the reasons why you ① the job.
2. your career goals.
3. ② showing you will be successful in the job.
4. ③ your applying for the job. 1. ④ on what the company or organization does and on what the job or course will involve.
2. show your ability to be successful by giving your ⑤
3. be honest and modest, and show ⑥
4. the form should be ⑦ to read.
5. should be ⑧ , and give the employer some fresh ideas and appealing information. 1. don’t ⑨ .
2. don’t send an application form with mistakes.
3. avoiding ⑩ .
Ⅲ. Master the following language points.
1. One of the students gets in touch with a careers-adviser.
He keeps in touch with me by writing now and then.
They have remained/kept/stayed/been in touch with each other for 20 years.
The net brings us into touch with the things which are happening in the other parts of the world.
He lost touch with his family during the war.
I have been out of touch with my former teacher for 20 years.
2．dreamt of becoming a leading scientist.
She dreamt a terrible dream. He dreamed that he saw his dead father.
We never dreamed him to be a cheat.
3． Hughes scored two goals before half-time.
She scored 120 in the IQ test. Who is going to score?
The final score was 4 to 3.
In his class scores of students have three score and ten books.
4．He adores the cinema/going to the cinema.
Every time he plays football he is watched by thousands of adoring Becks fans all over the world.
The little girl was adorable.
5…but it is not just what they do with their feel counts.
Many countries have set up programmes to encourage and develop young footballers, and this is where the clubs go to assess athletes and find stars of the future.
When they spot young people with talent, they invite them to train with the club.
6． He should have several years of experience and be up to date with modern men’s haircut styles. My passport is out of date.
7．Assist (sb) in/with sth. Assist sb in doing sth.
The deputy principal assists with many of the duties of the principals.
You will be required to assist Mrs Smith in preparing a report.
8．I can’t avoid meeting him.
This could be in a general way, which is often called a personal statement, or is a response to a specific question.
Group work teaches us to be patient and how to respond to different personalities.
9. You have to convince the reader that you understand what the company or organization does.
How can I convince you of his honesty?
What convinced you to vote for them?
10. hold back (from sth) 退縮，躊躇，猶豫 hold sb/sth back 阻止，控制，阻礙， 抑制 hold sth back 扣住， 隱瞞
She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.
She held back from telling him what she thought of him.
Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid fights.
You must tell us the whole story: don’t hold anything back.
What is holding him back is the possibility that the business might not be successful.
11. apply for a job, post, passport, visa.
Our company should apply to the publishers for permission to reprint an extract. (請求準予轉印節錄)
12．She was very tired, nevertheless she kept on working.
13. send off 寄出；發出；派遣；解雇；給……送行
You fill in both parts of the form, then send it off. 你把表格的兩部分都填好,然后寄出。
和send 有關的常見詞組：send away 發送掉；解雇 send back 退還，送還
send for 派人去請；召喚 send forth發出；放出（光、熱等）
send out 發送出，派遣；放出，散發出 send up發射；長出
send的用法：
1) send sb. sth.= send sth. to sb.把某物送給或寄給某人，可以主語派人送，也可以親自送
Did they send any message by you? 他們托你給我捎了什么信兒了嗎？
Can you send me the bill before the end of the month? 你能在月底以前把帳單給我送來嗎
2) send for sb./ sth. 派人去叫某人，派人去拿某物
Now please send for a taxi. 現在請派人叫出租車來。
Please keep these things until I send for them. 請替我保管這些東西，等我派人來取。
3) send sb./ sth. to運輸某人/某物去（某處），派某人去某地
They send their product to Beijing for sale. 他們把產品運往北京銷售。
We will send him to America for further study. 我們要送他去美國深造。
4) send sb. to do 派某人去做（某事）
We’ll send someone to fetch it. 我們將派人去取。
They will send him to work in the countryside. 他們將派他去農村工作。
5) send sb. doing 使某人做某事(cause sb. to do)
Mind how you go---- you nearly sent me flying. 小心點，你差點把我撞倒。
They killed 38 enemies and sent the rest fleeing. 他們打死38個敵人，其余的都逃竄了
Ⅳ. Choose the best answer.
1. The boy ____Manchester United. He watches every match they play.
A. adores B fans C hates D plays
2. Youth trainee footballers are not paid very much , ___they may be stars of the future. A. on the other hand B even though C so that D in addition
3. Practise by writing a ____before you fill out the application form so that you don’t make any mistakes. A. page B draft C letter D line
4. Hong Kong was so busy over the Spring Festival that all the hotel accommodation was full. She phoned several hotels but none of them had a _____room.
A. cheap B nice C separate D vacant
5. ____being talented, he was not good enough to play for a top club.
A. Despite B Even though C In addition to D Apart from
6. A___ prepares documents, a ___cuts hair , and a __cooks food.
A receptionist, barber, greengrocer B typist, barber, chef
C. typist, receptionist, chef D receptionist, trainee, chef
7. It is not what you say but what you do that ______.
A. influence B important C counts D take effect
8. They didn’t care about the use that they can _____the computer.
A. make for B make up C make of D make from
9. A team of nurses ____the doctor in performing the operation.
A. helped B supported C assisted D assured
10. I’d like to go back to the teaching but I ____with my subject now.
A am in touch B keep in touch C. get in touch D am out of touch
11. We’ve applied ____the council ___a home improvement grant.
A. to/for B for/to C to/on D for/for
12. When the micro market really ___, the Japanese will once again its principal competitors. A. takes out B. takes off C takes in D. make it
13. --Why was the road crowded? --The traffic was _____by a car accident.
A. held back B held out C held on D held up
14. Her mother does not ___of her going to study in Britain alone.
A. allow B agree B permit D approve
15. He ___a pop star to come and sing at the concert for free, which was turned down by the pop star. A. persuaded B convinced C advised D suggested
16. After a long walk, Mary’s legs ___ and she couldn’t run any further.
A. gave out B broke out C tired out D stuck out
17. The annual income of school teachers in this place was ___at $ 900.
A. assessed B calculated C counted D adored
18. The weather of a country should be measured in terms of the health and happiness of its people _____the material goods it can produce.
A. but also B rather than C as long as D as well as