2. Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.

A. three　 B. six　　 C. nine　　 D. eleven

1. Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A. he liked listening to the radio

B. he had a big family to support

C. he spent a lot of time writing letters

D. he didn’t do the jobs well

1．第一段or...就相当于对前文的解释。2．美国人频繁地变换工作一是为了更高的工资，二是为了提升职位。3．从文中第二段可知。此题为推理判断题，文中可知美国人并不把友情看得过重。4．就作者个人观点而言，作者是赞成跳槽的，因文中提到不光对既槽的人可以带来提升或加薪的好处，而且对老板也有益，可以反思，带来巍念上的收获。

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John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age 1 was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.

“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleas-ant things.”

“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”

In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

“John Smith,” he said as he banded him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”

When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.

“When you told me to earn some money, 1 decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”

Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As be left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”

4. 　Personally, tbaauthor _______ job-hopping.

A. is against　　　　 B. thinks well of

C. wants to stop　　 D. doesn’t go along with

答：1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B

解析：

3. 　It is inferred that _______.

A. Americans like to make friends but don’t specially attach importance to it

B. it’s impossible to find lifetime friendships or relationships in the United States

C. Americans ignore friendships and relationships with others

D. Americans make friends just for fun

2. Why do Americans change their jobs so frequently? Because _______.

A. they have the habits of moving

B. they want a higher position and better wages

C. job-hopping benefits the bosses

D. it gives them a good opportunity of traveling

1. 　“Job-hopping” means _______.

A. moving from place to place　

B. looking for work

C. hoping to get a job　

D. moving from job to job

1．从第二段可知答案。2．从上下文猜测firewall应是一种防御系统。3．通过排除法，选择D项。4．电脑专家建议不要急于打开邮件信箱。5．从文章末尾一段可确定出C项。

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Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place very often. In some states only one house in five has people living in it who have been there for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school educa tion in two or three cities and attend a college far across the country. And when he has en-tered business, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from job to job, or jo-hopping, is a very common practice in the United States.

This practice is not good by and large. Yet every chance to change a job offers the worker an opportunity to move up to a higher position and to get better wages. And job-hopping also gives employers-the bosses, the managers the-chance to benefit from the new ideas and skills that different people bring to their firms or factories. Then, most A-mericans love traveling. People often drive their automobiles 120 to 160 kilometers just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to Europe and back just for watching a football match. It is because of this-the fact that Americans are in constant motion and, in this way, it is also easy for you to become friends with Americans. And the friendship can be close and strong for a while, but then disappears as soon as the individuals move away from each other. But if these people should meet again, even years later, they would be delighted to continue the friendship. So don’t be unhappy when you fail to find lifetime friendships or relationships in the United States.

5. Which of the following is not right according to the passage above? ______.

A. We can do something to keep our computers safe

B. Antivirus software made in 1995 is hard to protect our present day computers

C. We should unplug our computers to fend off viruses

D. An email attachment even coming from a friend may not always be safe to be opened

答：1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C

解析：

4. Which of the following is suggested by computer experts? ______.

A. Do not rush to open any email attachment

B. Never open any email attachment

C. It is always safe to open an email attachment from a friend

D. Whenever you receive any email, you should make a call to ensure its source