1、A体裁说明文话题住家保姆词数339A full-time nanny is employed by the parents to provide high quality childcare for their children and to undertake all tasks related to the providing of that care. Nannies provide childcare in the familys private home. Full-time nannies with parents meet the physical, social, emotio
2、nal and intellectual needs of the children. They typically do the childrens laundry, keep the childrens areas neat and clean, and prepare meals and snacks for the children. Depending on the age of the child and the familys needs, the nanny may be responsible for bathing the child, transporting the c
3、hild to activities and assisting the child with homework. Since nannies work in the private home and serve as caretakers, and educators, nannies must be trustworthy. Nannies are often hired so that parents can fulfill their personal and professional tasks. For this reason, nannies must be dependable
4、 and reliable. Full-time nannies work on average 40 to 60 hours per week and may live with the family as live-in nannies. For parents who hire a live-in nanny, at minimum they should provide a separate bedroom and bathroom and all meals and snacks. One of the benefits of nanny care is that the paren
5、ts set the nannies weekly schedule. Nannies are typically required to have some scheduling flexibility. Nanny employers must pay what is commonly referred to as the nanny tax, which includes social security taxes and medicare taxes, total about 7. 65% of the nannys wages. The other federal tax is re
6、ferred to as FUTA. It is the Federal Unemployment Tax. State unemployment taxes may also apply and vary from state to state. In addition to nanny employer taxes the nanny is responsible for her share of the FICA taxes. Nannies are responsible for paying their own income tax payments, however many em
7、ployers agree to manage the payments for them. Typical nanny benefits include 2 weeks of paid vacation, paid sick days and paid personal days and full contributions to health insurance. Nanny employers may also wish to contribute to a retirement savings plan for their nanny. 1. What does a full-time
8、 nanny usually do? A. She should do all the tasks connected with childcare. B. She must be able to communicate well with parents. C. She should provide excellent care for the family. D. She must avoid dealing with her private secrets. 2. We can learn from the second paragraph that. A. the nanny shou
9、ld stop the kid from eating snacksB. the parents must prepare every meal for the nannyC. the nanny should be a person with educationD. the parents must take responsibility for the nanny3. If you applied to be a full-time nanny. A. you would work at most 8 hours a dayB. you would get your private spa
10、ceC. you would work seven days a weekD. you would have no time of your own4. What do you know about the nanny tax? A. The nanny must pay such a tax according to her wages. B. The tax almost covers one-fifth of the nannys wages. C. The employers should pay the nanny tax for nannies. D. The tax is sai
11、d to be the highest of all walks of life. 5. Which one is NOT the benefit of the typical nanny? A. Having a 2-week holiday with payment. B. Getting paid for sick leave. C. Having full contributions to health insurance. D. Having personal days but without pay. B体裁记叙文话题智能化住宅词数358Before leaving work, S
12、teve Lee likes to use his cell phone to turn on his heat and air condition system at home. So by the time he gets through traffic into his front door, the temperature inside is perfect. You may wonder what a so-called smart home can do inside. Lee works for a company called Smarthome. com, testing a
13、nd living with many of his companys home automation gadgets(自动化小配件), like this multifunction touch screen that controls devices around the house and even connects to the Internet traffic cameras. “I have cameras, and they follow all the way down the freeway to work, ”said Lee with pride, “Whats goin
14、g on at home when you are away? No problem, install some wireless cameras and controllers and from any computer in the world with an Internet connection, you can watch your house. ”“You can check on the house, and I can look at the temperature. Believe it or not, if I want to turn on lights ahead of
15、 time, I can, ”added Lee. We sat in Steves California kitchen and with the right password, turned on the kitchen counter lights at his boss house in Wisconsin. Steve did have permission to log on(登录). “If you do know the password and you want to play a trick on your wife, you could turn lights on an
16、d off remotely. ”This new technology, which can automatically turn on water sprinklers when humidity is low, or turn off a pool pump when it is not in use, is no longer expensive. Several hundred dollars for a basic system is enough and it is not hard to install. Sure the convenience is nice but man
17、y people who like the security advantages like making sure kids are safe with the help of camera monitors and bedside alerts. “I can notice that maybe one of my children wakes up in the middle of the night once the light switch is turned on. ”What a smart home cant do is get you a snack and you have
18、 to leave the couch for that. 6. What does the underlined word“password”in Paragraph 5 mean? A. Security code. B. Crossword. C. Passport. D. Touch screen. 7. What can be inferred from this passage? A. Steves boss trusted him very much. B. Steve doesnt like to play jokes on his family. C. Steve could
19、 log on his boss home because he had been given the key. D. Its expensive and difficult to apply a basic smart home system. 8. According to the passage, the following is often a must for a smart home EXCEPT a. A. cell phoneB. computerC. cameraD. car9. What cant a smart home do according to the passa
20、ge? A. Turning on the light automatically. B. Getting the owner some food. C. Turning off a pool pump. D. Watching over the homes safety. 10. In which section of a newspaper will this passage probably be found? A. Entertainment. B. Science & Technology. C. Health & Care. D. Biography. C体裁说明文话题公司文化词数
21、305Companies with female board members are more likely to make decisions that benefit everyone from investors to staff, a study showed. Business school researchers said the findings show that having women in the boardroom is not just good for equality but good for business, too. The study surveyed 6
22、00 board directors about their approach to decision making and other company problems. It found that when there are conflicting interests, women board members tend to make fairer decisions than men. Female directors are more likely to consider how the decision will affect others, whether it is emplo
23、yees, investors for example. To do this, women on the board are also more likely to use others in the decision making process, which leads to a much more co-operative feeling within the company itself. As a consequence, female influenced companies are generally more successful than those only in cha
24、rge of males. Of the 600 board members studied, 75 percent were male and it found men were more likely to take decisions based on rules, regulations and traditional methods. Women, however, were more likely to try new ways. Professor Bart said, “Weve known for some time that companies that have more
25、 women on their boards have better results. ”Our findings show that having women on the board is no longer just the right thing but also the smart thing to do. “Companies with few female directors may actually be shortchanging their investors. ”Gregory McQueen said, “Women seem to be more inquisitiv
26、e and to see more possible solutions. At the board level where directors have to act in the best interest of the corporation while taking the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders into account, this quality makes them more effective corporate directors. ”Previous studies have shown that corporations w
27、ith women on the board perform better and are less likely to go bankrupt. 11. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. Benefits of having women board members. B. Advantages about corporations with women. C. Popular female directors. D. Female directors and male directors. 12. Which of the following is
28、 NOT the advantage of having female board members? A. Corporations with women on the board perform better. B. Female board members are more likely to make decisions that benefit investors. C. Female board members are more likely to take decisions based on rules. D. Corporations with women on the boa
29、rd are less likely to go bankrupt. 13. What can we learn from Paragraph 3? A. Female directors will only take investors seriously. B. Women on the board think little of others in the decision making process. C. Companies only in charge of males are less successful than those having female directors.
30、 D. Women on the board have a less co-operative feeling. 14. Which section of a website do you think the passage probably belongs to? A. Entertainment. B. Science. C. Education. D. Career. 15. The underlined word“inquisitive”in the last paragraph can be replaced by. A. curiousB. interestedC. corpora
31、tiveD. considerate【拓展训练】阅读A篇, 完成下列各题。1. The meaning of the underlined word“them”in Para. 6 is _. 2. Translate the following sentence into Chinese. Nanny employers must pay what is commonly referred to as the nanny tax. _答案解析A【文章大意】全职保姆也叫住家保姆, 她们帮助雇主看小孩, 照顾孩子的起居、住行, 给孩子提供所需的一切。1.【解析】选A。细节理解题。依据文中的A f
32、ull-time nanny is employed by the parents to provide high quality childcare for their children and to undertake all tasks related to the providing of that care. 可知, 一个全职保姆是家长雇来照顾孩子的, 她需要做一切与孩子有关的保育工作。因此选项A正确。2.【解析】选C。推理判断题。依据文中的the nanny may be responsible for bathing the child, . . . and assisting
33、the child with homework可知, 全职保姆必要时还要协助孩子做作业。因此做全职保姆应该是受过教育的人。因此选项C正确。3.【解析】选B。细节理解题。依据文中的For parents who hire a live-in nanny, at minimum they should provide a separate bedroom and bathroom and all meals and snacks. 可知, 聘请住家保姆的父母, 至少应该给保姆提供一间独立的卧室和浴室。因此选项B正确。4.【解析】选C。细节理解题。依据文中的Nanny employers must
34、pay what is commonly referred to as the nanny tax可知, 保姆的雇主必须支付保姆税。因此选项C正确。5. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章的最后一段可知D项错误。B【文章大意】随着科技的发展, 我们的住宅又要上一个新台阶, 我们可以下班时就将家里的一些电器通过手机进行远程遥控。读完本文, 我们会对这种智能化住宅有一个大致的了解。6.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。联系后句里的log on可知是需要密码才能登录。7.【解析】选A。推理判断题。从第五段Steve可以在网上登录老板的家可以推知老板很信任他。8.【解析】选D。细节理解题。手机、相机和电脑是智
35、能住宅的配套装置, 它们起着遥控和监控的作用。9.【解析】选B。细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知答案为B。10.【解析】选B。文章出处题。本文讲的是随着科技的发展, 智能化住宅产生了。故本文很可能出自报纸中的“科技”栏目。C【文章大意】有研究说, 有女性董事成员的公司更有可能做出有利于每个人的决策, 除了自己和其他董事的利益外, 还能惠及投资者和员工。11.【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据全文首段首句Companies with female board members are more likely to make decisions that benefit everyone from inv
36、estors to staff, a study showed. 可知, 文章从一项研究调查开始展开大意, 即公司中拥有女性董事成员的好处。12.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句Of the 600 board members studied, 75 percent were male and it found men were more likely to take decisions based on rules, regulations and traditional methods. 可知, C项是公司拥有男性董事成员的特点。13.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句
37、As a consequence, female influenced companies are generally more successful than those only in charge of males. 可知拥有女性董事成员的公司比只拥有男性董事成员的公司效益要好。14.【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据全文谈及的公司董事成员的话题推断应该和“事业, 职业”有关。所以选D。15.【解析】选A。词义推测题。根据语境Women seem to be more inquisitive and to see more possible solutions. 可知女性似乎有更强的好奇心, 能找出更多的可行的解决方案。【拓展训练】1. nannies 2. 保姆的雇主必须支付通常所称的保姆税。关闭Word文档返回原板块