C
If you want to find a part­time job or learn something different during your spare time, you can have a look at the following jobs offered by the DC Public Library.
Teens of Distinction Program
The DC Public Library offers part­time jobs for teens through the Teens of Distinction Program. Teens work 10­12 hours per week all year long, helping the library with important tasks and projects. The Teens of Distinction Program is now hiring! To apply, you have to：
● be a DC resident
● have and maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average
● be 16 to 18 years old
● be able to work 10 - 12 hours per week
● be able to work for DCPL for at least 9 months
Oh, and of course you have to impress us with your wonderful personality!
Teen Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to earn community service hours for school, Youth202 is a good choice.
Youth202 is a radio program created by youth and for youth. You can learn radio production skills, interview people around you, and help keep other teens to learn news, events, and anything else you think is important.
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Every summer, teens can work here to help library customers organize books and learn lots of new skills, such as program planning, writing and media production.
On Friday, January 25 at 12：15 p．m., the application for the 2014 SYEP will be open to teens between the ages of 14 and 21.
Applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited this year, so teens are encouraged to apply early, and remember not to miss the deadline, Saturday, February 16.
9. Working for the Teens of Distinction Program, teenagers will ________．
① become a DC resident　           ② work 10­12 hours per week
③ work for DCPL for at least 9 months　④ have a wonderful personality
A. ③④         B. ①②③         C. ②③         D. ①③④
10. Who has the biggest chance to work for the 2014 SYEP? 
A. A teenager who is smart.         B. A teenager who is popular.
C. A teenager who applies early.     D. A teenager who gets high grades in exams.
11. The aim of text is to ________．
A. introduce the DC Public Library
B. describe the job of library workers
C. teach how to apply for part­time jobs
D. offer teenager part­time jobs in the DC Public Library
                                      D
Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley. “The world has never been a better place to live in，and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”
Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational，because he's carefully weighed the evidence optimistic，because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he's set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that，on the whole，has done little but progress for 100, 000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.
Here's how he explains his views.
1) Shopping fuels invention
It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty，our own generation has access to more nutritious food，more convenient transport，bigger houses，better cars，and of course，more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange，the better off we'll be.
2) Brilliant advances
One reason we are richer，healthier，taller，cleverer，longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour's light cost six hours' work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes' work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it's half second.
3) Let's not kill ourselves for climate change
Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village，where the use of fassil­fuel(化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world，is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climatic change proves to be mild，but cutting carbon causes real pain，we may well find that we have stopped a nose­bleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.
12. What is the theme of Ridley's most recent book?
A. Weakness of human nature. B. Concern about climate change.
C. Importance of practical thinking. D. Optimism about human progress.
13. How does Ridley look at shopping?
A. It encourages the creation of things. B. It results in shortage of goods.
C. It demands more fossil fuels. D. It causes a poverty problem.
14. The candle and lamp example is used to show that ________.
A. oil lamps give off more light than candles
B. shortening working time brings about a happier life
C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles
D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods
15. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost.
B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous.
C. People's health is closely related to climate change.
D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.
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