1.---Would you like to go out for a walk with us?---_________， but I must finish my homework first.

1-2 My life as a bed tester Last year， I graduated from art school without any definite ideas about what I wanted to do. I knew I didn’t want to work nine to five， and I also didn’t really want to work in an office. Then one day， I saw an advertisement on the graduate career website. It said: “Do you appreciate the importance of a good night’s sleep? Are you interested in flexible working hours? Why not consider a career in bed testing!” I’ve always enjoyed sleeping， so I decided to send my résumé and a cover letter. The interview was very unusual. I was asked to lie down on two different beds and make notes on what I thought about them. It was the strangest interview I’ve ever had， and I couldn’t believe my luck when I found I had got the job. After that， I worked for a year testing beds. I think I slept in about 50 or 60 beds every month! My biggest job was when I visited a big， luxury hotel. I was offered $10，000 to sleep in each one of their hundreds of beds and write about how comfortable they were. It wasn’t a bad salary for such relaxing work. One of the best things about the job is when people at parties ask me what I do. Telling them I am a professional sleeper always gets the conversation started! I don’t know if I’ll do this job forever， but for now it suits me just fine. 7. In what way was the job interview unusual?

A. 　 The interviewers were in bed.

B. 　 The writer had to lie down for some of it.

C. 　 The questions were all about beds.

D. 　 The interviewees had to talk about their sleep habits.

4. 她不停地发牢骚，终于使我厌烦了。

4. This can be good news or bad news.

5-2 We all know that employers check out the social media accounts of potential candidates， but did you know that they also look at staff accounts? Three months ago， I had just started a job in a restaurant. The first Saturday I worked there we had a staff shortage as quite a few people were off ill. At lunch time， I was left to serve about 20 customers by myself! As you can imagine， service was slow， and a few customers were quite rude to me. By the end of the day， I had a terrible headache， sore feet and was in a very bad mood. I just wanted to let off some steam， so I went home and wrote a blog post about the terrible day I＇d had. It was supposed to be funny， but I did bad-mouth some of the customers， especially a large woman wearing a purple coat who had shouted at me because her coffee was cold. Then I shared the blog post to my social media accounts. That was a big mistake. I had forgotten that I was friends with my boss on social media. Unfortunately for me， the woman in the purple coat who I had described in my blog post turned out to be his wife! I was called into my boss’ office and fired the next day. What did I learn from this? Never write anything negative about your work on social media: it will always come back to bite you. 48. Why was there a staff shortage?

A. 　 The boss couldn’t afford to pay a lot of staff.

B. 　 The boss had fired a lot of staff.

C. 　 A lot of staff members were ill.

D. 　 Nobody wanted to work there.

35. I _______ （had / was having）an interview yesterday and I think it went really well.

1、Let’s begin with how to answer difficult job interview questions.

45. She would give up her job tomorrow if she _______（has / had）more money.

4-1 Do you often feel stressed out on a Sunday night? Do you dream of how much better your life would be if you had a different job? And are you jealous of your friends’ careers， which always sound much better than yours? If you recognise any of the above， you probably need a career change. The question is， how are you going to go about getting one? First of all， think about what you’d rather do. Deciding what you like and dislike in your current job is a good starting point. Once you have a good idea of what you want to do， it＇s time to upgrade your skill set. Think about what you are able to do and how this matches the career you are interested in. For example， you may be interested in a career as a tour guide. Which skills does a tour guide need? Which of these do you have， and which do you need to work on developing? Finally， set yourself some goals， both long and short term. Write a list in which you include your goals for the year， the next six months and then the next six weeks. It can be a good idea to share the goals you have made with a friend， as this can help you to stay motivated. Changing your career is not always easy， but life is too short to stay in a job which does not make us happy and which does not fully utilise our skills. 34. What advice does the writer have about skills?

A. 　 Develop as many new skills in as short a time as possible.

B. 　 Think about the skills your chosen career requires and develop the ones you don’t have.

C. 　 Try to develop skills which very few jobseekers will have， to give you an advantage.

D. 　 Make sure you list all of your skills on your résumé.

10. He jumped over the high wall __________ （athletic / athletically）.

3.---Thank you for your delicious dinner.---__________.

A. 　 Don’t say that

B. 　 It’s nothing

C. 　 I don’t think so

D. 　 I’m glad you enjoyed it