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  • 1. (2023八上·杭州期中)  阅读理解

    ①Do you have a dream job? What will you choose? Here are three that will be on our list!

    ②Swizzels is a company that makes sweets. When the company makes a new sweet, it will send the sweet to Harry's house for him to test. He eats it, writes a report about it and sends his report to the company. And then Swizzels makes the decision about whether to make the sweet or not. Harry is one of the company's workers, but he's only 12 years old! Is Harry paid (得到报酬) for the job? Well, no. He isn't paid because he's too young to work for money. But he gets free sweets! Harry says excitedly, "When I start the job, I feel like I am in the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!"

    ③Would you like to look after an island in the Pacific Ocean? Ben Southall gets the job. He lives by himself on the island and writes blogs(博客) every day. Many people start to show great interest in visiting this island after reading his blogs. The local government (政府) is happy with that and they pay him $111, 000 for six months' work.

    ④Usually, sleeping on the job is a big problem! But Roisin, from the UK, is paid £1, 000 every month to do that. A company that makes beds wants to know more about what makes a good night's sleep. So they have Roisin test the beds. Roisin spends up to eight hours a day in a bed and then writes about it. Over 600 people asked for the job, but they didn't get it!

    1. (1) We can learn that Harry ____. 
      A . likes his job B . is the youngest worker C . gets much money D . decides what sweets to make
    2. (2) According to Paragraph 3, Ben Southall writes blogs to ____. 
      A . make friends with foreigners B . tell people to save the island C . make the island more popular D . ask more people to go for the job
    3. (3) Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
      A . ①/②③④ B . ①/②/③④ C . ①/②③/④ D . ①②/③/④
    4. (4) According to the passage, all the jobs mentioned are ____. 
      A . easy and well-paid B . special and interesting C . difficult but meaningful D . exciting but dangerous

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