Careercast.com is out with its list of best and worst jobs of 2012. It’s bad news for the writer of this story, but much brighter for the folks who program the code that keeps this website busy.
Using a method that looked at physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook, career Website Careercast.com, ranked the top 200 jobs. They also ranked the jobs with the most stress. Not surprisingly, none of the most stressful jobs show up on the best jobs list.
At the top is software engineer and at the bottom is the lumberjack. Cutting trees failed to skate above the bottom 10 percent in all ranking categories, except income. “Unemployment for lumberjacks is very high, and the demand for their services is expected to continue to fall through 2016. And while working outside all day may seem like a great job perk(有額外津貼的工作), being a lumberjack not only is considered the worst job, but also one of the world’s most dangerous,” according to Careercast.com. And, for that most dangerous job, a lumberjack earns a little more than $32,000 a year. That’s about $56,000 less than the easy job of a software engineer, which has the average salary at $88,000 a year, according to Careercast.
Here’s a complete look at the best and worst jobs. And, take a look at the most stressful jobs. You may be surprised.
Best Jobs                     Worst Jobs             Most Stressful Jobs
Software Engineer                   Lumberjack              Enlisted Soldier
Actuary                         Dairy Farmer                Firefighter
Human Resources Manager         Enlisted Military Soldier       Airline Pilot
Dental Hygienist                    Oil Rig Worker         Military General
Financial Planner                   Reporter (Newspaper)        Police Officer
Audiologist                     Waiter/Waitress         Event Coordinator
Occupational Therapist              Meter Reader                Public Relations Executive
Online Advertising Manager          Dishwasher              Corporate Executive Computer Systems Analyst          Butcher                 Photojournalist
Mathematician                       Broadcaster             Taxi Driver
小題1:Who might be most interested in the passage?
A．Job-hunters.B．Net surfers.
C．Employers.D．Educators.
小題2:Which of the following was not considered when Careercast.com ranked the top 200 jobs?
A．Hiring outlook.B．Pressure.
C．Mental demands.D．Salary.
小題3:What do we know about the lumberjack?
A．Although the lumberjack has high unemployment, it isn’t considered the worst job.
B．On the best jobs list, the lumberjack isn’t at the bottom.
C．More lumberjacks’ services will be needed after 2016.
D．A lumberjack earns less than half of a software engineer’s salary a year.
小題4:According to the passage, the list is good news for ______.
A．Online Advertising Managers.B．Reporters.
C．Firefighters.D．Dairy Farmers.
小題5:What is the main purpose of the passage?
A．To describe the advantages of different careers.
B．To provide career information.
C．To explain why a software engineer is the best job.
D．To analyze why a lumberjack is the worst job.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
文章是提供就業(yè)信息，那些屬于好的工作，那些是不好的工作。
小題1:推理題。文章講述了各種工作的優(yōu)缺點，當然是找工作的人要考慮的。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行Using a method that looked at physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)第三段最后三行a lumberjack earns a little more than $32,000 a year. That’s about $56,000 less than the easy job of a software engineer, which has the average salary at $88,000 a year, according to Careercast.伐木工人一年掙$32,000，工程師一年掙$88,000，當然是比他們的一半還要少。
小題4:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)四個選項可知只有A屬于好工作。
小題5:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知文章是提供就業(yè)信息的。
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完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空內處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had   21 to buy what he needed  22   his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  23  ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was  24   for him. And it would 25  him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it  26  over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   27  about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door  28  . He could not imagine that a thief would  29   his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石場).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   30   anything was different. He  31    his wet coat, and pushed the meat  32   the fire.  33   he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.  34    he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he  35  the floorboards near the loom (織布機)，and saw the 36   hole ,he did not understand  37  . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was  38   ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39   every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been   40  ！
小題1:
A．arrivedB．beenC．leftD．gone
小題2:
A．toB．inC．forD．with
小題3:
A．holidayB．homeC．supper-timeD．meat
小題4:
A．ordinaryB．unusuallC．normalD．common
小題5:A. pay       B.spend    C take       D. cost
小題6:
A．boilingB．cookingC．smokingD．making
小題7:
A．interestingB．worriedC．interestedD．worrying
小題8:
A．unlockedB．uncoveredC．discoveredD．locked
小題9:
A．goB．leadC．findD．lose
小題10:
A．whetherB．thatC．becauseD．as
小題11:
A．turned offB．threw intoC．threw offD．got off
小題12:
A．away fromB．farther onC．on toD．closer to
小題13:
A．As soon asB．As well asC．As far asD．As long as
小題14:
A．ButB．AsC．SoD．For
小題15:
A．took downB．took offC．took overD．took up
小題16:
A．darkB．emptyC．smallD．deep
小題17:
A．at lastB．at onceC．at mostD．at least
小題18:
A．everythingB．somethingC．nothingD．anything
小題19:
A．searchedB．gathered C．researchedD．found
小題20:
A．GoneB．missingC．lostD．stolen

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