高中英语 Module 2 A Job Worth Doing试题（含解析）外研版必修5.doc

module 2 a job worth doingthe worthwhile job 有价值的工作there were five brothers who wanted to do something important.有兄弟五个，都想干点大事。they had their own certain jobs that they wanted to do.他们都有自己想做的工作。each thought his job was the best.每个人都觉得自己的工作是最好的。i will be a great man. i want to make bricks.我会成为大人物的，我想造砖。the oldest brother wanted to be a brick burner and make bricks.老大想做个烧砖的去造砖。but the second laughed at him, making bricks is a laborers worthless job.可是老二嘲笑他造砖是件毫无价值可言的体力活。the second oldest brother wanted to be a bricklayer, and he thought the bricklayer was much more important than a brick burner.老二想当个砌砖的工匠，他认为砌砖比烧砖更重要。he wanted to have a much more valuable job than his older brother did.他想找份比他大哥做的事更有价值的工作。then, the third brother laughed at his two brothers after he listened to their dream jobs.听了两个哥哥的理想工作，老三嘲笑他两个哥哥，hum! they are all unimportant jobs. i will be a great architect and wear a rimless hat.哼!这些工作都不重要。我要当一名建筑师，戴无沿的帽子。his dream was to be an architect and to leave his name in posterity.他梦想成为一名建筑师，流芳百世。the third oldest brother said he would build great buildings.老三说他要建许多伟大的建筑。he wanted to leave great buildings for the next generation after he died.他想死后给子孙们留下这些伟大的建筑。after listening to his brothers, the forth said that he wanted to design better buildings than his third brother.听了哥哥们的话，老四说他设计的建筑要比老三造的更好，i will design more advanced buildings than you will build.我要设计比你造的更先进的建筑。he did not like normal materials.他不喜欢常规的建筑材料。he wanted to have buildings made of rare materials so that he could have better buildings than his third brother did.他想用更稀有的建筑材料，这样他的建筑要比老三建造的那些更好。i will be a critic and will criticize my brothers work. isnt it the most valuable job? 我要成为一名评论家，来评论哥哥们的工作。难道这不是更有价值的?the last promised to himself that he would never follow his brothers paths.老小暗自发誓，他不会走他哥哥们的路。he wanted to correct his brothers mistakes.他想纠正哥哥们的错误。as time went by, the oldest brother became a brick burner.时光流逝，老大成了一名烧砖工。the second brother became a bricklayer.老二成了一名砌砖匠。the third one became an architect, and the forth became an architectural designer.老三成了一名建筑师，老四成了一名建筑设计师。they all passed away after they did what they really wanted to do.做了他们真正想做的，他们全都成为他们想成为的人。the only one left is me.就只剩我了。the last one lived longer than any of his brothers, and he became a critic.老小活的比他的哥哥们都要长，他成为了一名评论家。i did the most important job.我做的工作是最重要的。the last still insisted that he had the most worthwhile job among his brothers.老小依旧坚持认为他做的工作比他的哥哥们做的都要有价值。after he died, even though he could go to heaven only with his brothers help, he murmured to himself continuously in front of the gate of heaven.死后，即便凭借哥哥们的帮助他才来到天堂，在天堂的门口，他还是不停的叨念。i am the best. 我是最好的。whatever your job is, they are all of the same importance.不管你的工作是什么，它们都是同样重要的。（二）the most and least meaningful jobs最有意义和最没意义的职业each year, forbes reports on payscales list of the most meaningful jobs that also pay well. but when the caveat of income is removed, medical professionals, criminal justice workers, and youth ministers still find their way to the top of the list, while some highly-paid jobs are found to provide little meaning to those that hold them.福布斯每年都会对payscale发布的最有意义的高薪工作的榜单进行报道。当剔除和收入相关的光环后，医学专家、刑事司法工作者和青年导师依然能够高居榜首，但有些从事高薪职业的人却发现其工作毫无意义。to create this list, payscale asked workers in more than 400 jobs from the occupational information network (o*net) to provide compensation data and respond to questions about whether they feel their work makes the world a better place.为编制这份榜单，payscale邀请职业信息网络（occupational information network）中逾400种岗位上的员工分享了他们的薪酬数据，并回答有关他们是否认为其工作可以让世界变得更加美好等问题。compensation, as listed here, factors in salary or hourly wages, bonuses, and additional compensation such as profit sharing, tips, or commission, but does not include the value of stock awards, retirement plans, or benefits such as healthcare. median pay is defined as the 50th percentile of national earnings for a particular occupation half of all people in that job earn above the median while half earn below.此处提到的薪酬包含月薪或者时薪、奖金以及利润分成、小费或者佣金等其他现金收入，但不包括股权、退休金或者医疗等非现金福利。工资中位数是指对于某特定职业，在全美年薪排名第50位的水平在所有从事这项工作的人当中，年薪高出和低于那个中位数的员工各占一半。topping the list for the most meaningful job is a three-way tie of jobs as different in compensation as they are in nature: orthopedic surgeon, police chief, and youth minister.在最有意义的职业榜单中，骨科医生、警察局长和青年导师并列第一，但他们的薪酬和工作性质不尽相同。orthopedic surgeons, those who perform surgery to correct musculoskeletal issues, take home median pay of $337,800 each year, and 100% of respondents found strong meaning in their work. the field is heavily male-dominated, as is that of police chief. while these professionals dont bring in nearly the salaries of orthopedic surgeons, 100% found their work meaningful. the job pays a respectable median of $63,100.进行骨骼修复手术的骨科医生的年薪中位数为337,800美元，而100%的受访者认为其工作有深刻意义。该领域男性居多，警察局长也同样如此。后者的年薪虽不及骨科医生，但是100%的受访者认为其工作有意义。这份职业的年薪中位数也相当不错，为63,100美元。youth minister, the third party in this tie for first, pays the least by faran annual median $35,000 but 100% of respondents still find strong meaning in the role.并列该榜第一的第三份职业是青年导师，这是是目前为止三份职业中薪资最低的年薪中位数为35,000美元但100%的受访者能在其工作中发现深刻的意义。while many of the roles designated as most meaningful are management or leadership positions like elementary school principal, assisted living administrator, or executive director of a non-profit, the majority of these jobs involve working closely with people in a helpful capacity, for example, as a sign language interpreter.虽然很多被认为最有意义的工作都是管理或者领导职位，比如小学校长、辅助生活管理员或者非营利组织的执行董事，但其中大多数工作需要以一种能给予帮助的方式与与他人密切合作，比如，手语翻译。the average salary among meaningful occupations is $85,280, compared with an average $51,180 among those deemed less meaningful. but when the average is calculated without the salary of orthopedic surgeons who outearn the next best-paid profession by more than $200,000the average salary for the most meaningful jobs is reduced to a more comparable $57,222.最有有意义的十种职业的平均年薪为85,280美元，相比之下，那些被认为没意义的职业的平均年薪为51,180美元。但如果不计入骨科医生的收入它要比排在第二位的高薪职业高出20多万美元那么最有意义的职业的平均年薪会降至57,222美元，如此一来，这二者似乎更具可比性。only 7% of senior media buyers felt their job makes the world a better place, though it pays nearly $60,000 a year. 虽然高级媒介采购专员的年薪将近6万美元，但只有7%的受访者认为其工作会令世界变得更美好。low wage occupations such as assistant manager of a fast food outlet and shipper also landed on the list alongside more prestigious and well-compensated jobs like senior web designer, fashion designer, and merchandise planner.在十种最没意义的职业中，除了快餐店副经理和快递员等低收入工作，还包括高级网页设计师、时装设计师和店面规划员等更受人尊敬和待遇丰厚的职业。. 核心单词1. _ vi. (主动)提出(愿意做某事)2. _ n. 信号3. _ vt. 尊重，尊敬4. _ n. &v. 相遇；邂逅5. _ adj. (影响)深刻的；极大的6. _ vt. 挣(钱)7. _ vt. 签字；签署8. _ adj. 必不可少的；绝对重要的9. _ adj. 感激的；感谢的10. _ adj. 可获得的11. _ adj. 合格的；称职的 _ v. 使具备资格；取得资格；合格12. _ adj. 令人满意的 _ adj. 感到满意的 _ vt. 使满意；使满足 _ n. 满意；满足13. _ adj. 充满压力的；紧张的 _ n. 压力14. _ n. 志愿者 _ adj. 自愿的15. _ vi. 申请 _ n. _ n. 申请人16. _ adj. 组织的_ vt. 组织，安排 _ n. 机构；团体17. _ vt. 需要 _ n. 要求，必要条件18. _ n. 要求；需要 _ adj. 要求高的；要求极严的19. _ adj. 传统的 _ adv. 传统上；照惯例 _ n. 传统20. _ vi. 遭受(痛苦) _ n. 痛苦. 重点短语1. 尤其；特别_2. 平均_3. 理论上；从理论上来说_4. 以为理所当然_5. 对产生影响_6. in practice_7. pass by_8. take up_9. take notice of_10. in response to_. 核心单词1.found6.earn7.sign8.essential9.grateful10.available11.qualified；qualify12.satisfying；satisfied；satisfy；satisfaction13.stressful；stress14.volunteer；voluntary15.apply；application；anisational；organise；organisation17.require；requirement18.demand；demanding19.traditional；traditionally；tradition20.suffer；suffering. 重点短语1.in particular2.on average3.in theory4.take.for granted5.have an effect on6.实际上；在实践中7.经过8.占据(时间、空间)；从事9.注意到10.作为的回应重点单词1. offer v. (主动)提出(愿意做某事)；提议；给予；提供n. 出价；建议our government offered to help the philippines people when philippines was hit by typhoon haiyan. 当菲律宾受到台风海燕袭击时我国政府主动提出帮助菲律宾人民。(1)offer sb sth offer sth to sb 主动把某物给某人offer to do sth 主动提出做某事offer sb money for sth 出价买某物offer sb sth for money 索价卖某物(2)make an offer of help/support/food 主动提供帮助/支持/食物make an offer to do sth 主动要做某事2. apply v. 申请；适用；应用于(与to连用)he has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job. 他心地善良，但是他总是害怕找一份新工作。apply for sth 申请某事apply.to. 把应用于apply oneself to sth 致力于某事be applied to sth 应用于某事3. require v. 需要，要求；命令pilots and their aircraft must meet strict safety requirements. 飞行员和飞机必须符合严格的安全要求。(1)require sb to do sth 要求某人做某事require doing需要做(其后跟v-ing)主动形式表示被动的含义require sth of sb 向某人要求某物require that.(should) do sth 要求(2)requirement n. 要求；必要条件；需要meet/satisfy ones requirement 满足/达到某人的要求【名师点睛】(1)require后接that从句时，从句的谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即should动词原形构成，should可以省略。即：require that sb(should)do sth命令某人做某事；要求某人做某事。the situation requires that i (should) be present. 这种情况需要我在场。(2)require后跟动词时用动名词的主动形式表示被动意义，或者用不定式的被动形式，表示需要做某事。即：require doingrequire to be done。类似用法的动词有want, need, require等。【知识链接】像require一样后跟宾语从句用虚拟语气的常用动词有：一坚持：insist二命令：order, command三建议：advise, suggest, propose四要求：request, require, demand, desire4. suffer vt. 遭受痛苦，忍受，允许vi. 忍受，经历not only the environment of a country can suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. the people as well rapidly feel its effects. 不但一个国家的环境会遭受旅游业突然增长带来的后果，而且人民也会迅速感觉到它的影响。(1)suffer表示遭受，蒙受时，常跟pain，loss，defeat，grief，hardship，disappointment，damage，poverty，hunger等作宾语。(2)suffer from患病，受之苦，受损失，常跟the war，the flood，a headache等作宾语。(3)suffering n. 痛苦；苦难 痛苦；苦恼经典短语1. take.for granted 以为理所当然i take it for granted that he will succeed. 我认为他会成功是理所当然的。take sb/sth for granted (因习以为常)不把当回事take it for grantedthatclause 认为理所当然take sth seriously 严肃对待某事，认真地对待某事take.for. 把当作(大都表示把误认为)take the trouble 不辞劳苦，不怕费事，尽力设法2. in response to作为的回应；回答the iphone 5 was developed in response to customers demands. 为了满足顾客的需要，开发了苹果手机第五代。(1)respond v. 反应；回答respond to对回答；对有反应；对负责任(2)make no/little/some response to. 对没有/很少/有些反应make a (quick)response to. 对作出(迅速)回应3. every morning he climbs up to the bend with a large circular board in his hand. 每天早晨， 他手里都拿着一个大圆板爬上弯道。句中with a large circular board in his hand是with复合结构，作伴随状语。the young woman, with a baby sleeping in her arms, was wandering in the street. 那位年轻妇女，抱着一个熟睡的婴儿，漫步在大街上。(伴随状语)with宾语宾补构成with复合结构在句中通常表示伴随情况，作状语，有时也可以作定语，说明所修饰名词的特征。其构成通常为：with宾语 形容词/副词介词短语不定式/现在分词/过去分词【名师点睛】在with宾语宾补这一复合结构中作宾补的有动词的现在分词、不定式、过去分词，这三种形式已成为考查的热点。(1)若该结构中宾语补足语表示的动作为宾语发出，应用v-ing形式； (2)若宾语补足语表示的动作已完成，应用v-ed形式； (3)若还未发生，就用不定式的主动形式。【试题导读】工作是舞台，是责任，是忠诚，是敬业，是激情，是协作。为了生存我们每一个人都需要工作，但工作的意义远非如此。工作不仅是一个人谋生的需要，同时也是贡献社会、实现自我的途径。只有工作我们才能体现出自己的人生价值，通过工作我们才能不断地进步，以下高考题与工作有关，让我们一起来看看吧！高考试题一题型体裁话题词数难度建议时间阅读理解记叙文教学经历和方法2786分钟（2016全国新课标卷ii）five years ago, when i taught art at a school in seattle, i used tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. i put a small set of tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:make something out of the tinkertoys. you have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.a few students hesitated to start. they waited to see the rest of the class would do. several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. another group built something out of their own imaginations.once i had a boy who worked experimentally with tinkertoys in his free time. his constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. i was delighted at the presence of such a student. here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. his presence meant that i had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students. encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. i ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. without fail one would declare, but im just not creative. do you dream at night when youre asleep? oh, sure. so tell me one of your most interesting dreams. the student would tell something wildly imaginative. flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. thats pretty creative. who does that for you? nobody. i do it. really-at night, when youre asleep? sure. try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?5. the teacher used tinkertoys in class in order to _?a. know more about the studentsb. make the lessons more exciting c. raise the students interest in artd. teach the students about toy design6. what do we know about the boy mentioned in paragraph 3?a. he liked to help his teacher.b. he preferred to study alone. c. he was active in class.d. he was imaginative.7. what does the underlined word downside in paragraph 4 probably mean?a. mistake.b. drawback. c. difficulty. d. burden.8. why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?a. to help them to see their creativity.b. to find out about their sleeping habits. c. to help them to improve their memory.d. to find out about their ways of thinking.【文章大意】本文属于记叙文，作者通过让学生拼装玩具发现并鼓励学生的创造性和想象力。5.a 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第二段可知当我把拼装式玩具放在学生面前的时候，有些学生犹豫着在等着看别人如何行动，有一些学生查看了使用说明并根据模型做出了一些东西。而另外一些学生则根据本人的想象力做出了一些东西。通过观察我对不同的学生的性格有了不同的理解。故a正确。6.d 【解析】推理判断题。文章第三段第一句中提到的这个男孩在空闲时间拼装这些玩具，而且他的作品堆满了艺术教室的架子，家里的卧室里也有很多。第三段倒数第二句here was an exceptionally creative mind at work说明他是一个很有想象力和创造性的人。故d项正确。7.b 【解析】词义猜测题。根据画线单词后一句i ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.可知我冒着失去那些有不同思维方式的学生的危险。说明我的这种教育方法也有不足之处。故画线词意为drawback缺点。故b正确。8.a 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后七段中的对话内容可知作者鼓励孩子们说出最有趣的、有创造性和想象力的梦，并鼓励他们在白天的课堂里把梦的内容做出来。作者这样做的目的就是为了让他们发现自己的创造性和想象力。故a正确。高考试题二题型体裁话题词数难度建议时间阅读理解记叙文快递员运送造血干细胞2565分钟（2016全国新课标卷i）i am peter hodes, a volunteer stem courier. since march 2012, ive done 89 trips of those, 51 have been abroad, i have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because ive got two ice packs and thats how long they last, in all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, weve got 72 hours at most, so i am always conscious of time. i had one trip last year where i was caught by a hurricane in america. i picked up the stem cells in providence, rhode island, and was meant to fly to washington then back to london. but when i arrived at the check-in desk at providence, the lady on the desk said: well, im really sorry, ive got some bad news for you-there are no fights from washington. so i took my box and put it on the desk and i said: in this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please, please, youve got to get me back to the united kingdom. she just dropped everything. she arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for mere-routed(改道)me through newark and got me back to the uk even earlier than originally scheduled.for this courier job, youre consciously aware than that box youre got something that is potentially going to save somebodys life.29. which of the following can replace the underlined word courier in paragraph1?a. providerb. delivery man c. collectord. medical doctor30.why does peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours?a. he cannot stay away from his job too long.b. the donor can only wait for that long.c. the operation needs that very much.d. the ice wont last any longer.31.which flight did the woman put peter on first?a. to londonb. to newarkc. to providenced. to washington【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了作者在一次运送造血干细胞途中的一段经历，表现了人们之间的友爱。29. b 【解析】词义猜测题。根据本段内容 ive done 89 trips和i have 42 hours to carry stem cells in my little box以及第二段内容可知作者是运送干细胞的人，也就是delivery man。故选b。30. d 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第二句i have 42 hours to carry stem cells in my little box because ive got two ice packs and thats how long they last.可知冰盒只能保持42小时适宜的温度。故选d。31. b 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段末句 she arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-routed me through newark可知，这位好心的女士首先安排作者去newark的航班。故选 b。高考试题三题型体裁话题词数难度建议时间完形填空记叙文dale carnegie自信铸就了成功29118分钟（2014江苏卷）dale carnegie rose from the unknown of a missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.it was a need that he first 36 back in 1906 when young dale was a junior at state teachers college in warrensburg. to get an 37 , he was struggling against many diff