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Duringyourworkingdaywhatkindofworkmightyoutypicallydo?

Mydaymainlyincorporatesrespondingtoemails（Q2）,writingandeditingstoriesandcomingupwithnewfeatureideas.

Howdoesthejoboffeatureseditordifferfromthatoffashioneditoror

othereditorialpositions?

Thefeature'

steamdealswitharticlessuchascareers,reports,confidenceandconfessions.Everythingexcepttofashionandbeauty.

Alotofpeoplebelievethatworkingatamagazineisaglamorousjob

（Q3）.Isthisanaccuraterepresentationofwhatyoudo?

I'

dsayit'

sglamoroustoanextent,butnotinthewayit'

sportrayedinfilms.Wedohaveourmomentssuchasinterviewingcelebritiesandattendingpartieswhichisahugethrill.Ultimatelythough,we'

rethesameasourreaders.Butworkinginajobwe'

reallveryluckytohave.

Didyouhavetoovercomeanydifficultiestoreachthispointinyourcareer?

Howdidyoumanagetodothis?

Ihadtobereallypersistentanditwasveryhardwork.AfterthreeyearsofworkinginapetrolstationanddoingunpaidworkIstillhadn'

tmanagedtogetanentryleveljob.Iwasluckythatmylastdesperateattemptledtoajob（Q4）.Itoldmyselfthatallexperiencesmakeyouabetterjournalistinthelongrunandluckily,Iwasright.

Q1:

Whatisthewoman'

sprofession?

Q2:

Whatisoneofthewoman'

smainresponsibilities?

Q3:

Whatdomanypeoplethinkaboutthewoman'

sjob?

Q4:

Whathelpedthewomantogethercurrentposition?

LongConversation2:

Areyouwatchinganygoodshowsthesedays?

Actually,yes.I'

mwatchingagreatsatire（Q5）calledFrankie.Ithinkyou'

dlikeit.

Really?

What'

sitabout?

It'

saboutarealguynamedFrankie.HeisafamouscomedianinNewYorkandshowsamixtureofcomedyanddramalooselydepictinghislife.

msorry,doyoumeantosay,it'

sareal-lifeseriesaboutarealperson?

It'

snon-fiction,isn'

tit?

No⋯Notreally,no.It'

sfiction,aswhathappensineveryepisodeismadeup.HowevertheleadroleisacomedianbythenameofFrankie,andheplayshimself.SoFrankieinbothreallifeandintheTVshowlivesinNewYorkCity,isacomic,isdivorced,andhastwolittledaughters.Allthosethingsaretrue,butasidefromhim,allhisfriendsandfamilyareplayedbyactors.Andtheplotsandtheeventsthattakeplacearealsoinvented.

Oh,IthinkIseenow.Thatsoundslikeaveryoriginalconcept.

Yes,itis.Infact,（Q6）thewholeshowiswritten,directed,editedandproducedbyhim,and（Q5）isveryfunnyandhaswonmanyawards.

That'

scool.Iwilltrytodownloadit.（Q7）I'

mwatchingacomedycalled

TheBigBangTheory.It'

sahugehitaroundtheworld.

Ohyes.I'

veheardofit,butneveractuallywatchedit.

Well,thenyoushouldcheckitout.It'

salsoveryfunny.It'

saboutfourmalescientistsandafemalewaitress.Themenareverysociallyawkwardbutverybright.Andthisiscontrastedbythelady'

ssocialskillsandcommonsense.（Q8）Theshowhasbeenrunningforovertenyears,andsomeoftheactorsarepracticallyglobalsuperstars.Nowthattheyaresuchfamouscelebrities.

Q5:

WhatdoesthemanthinkofthesatireFrankieherecentlywatched?

Q6:

WhatdoesthemansayespecialaboutthesatireFrankie?

Q7:

WhatdoesthewomansaysheisgoingtodowiththesatireFrankie?

Q8:

WhatdoesthewomansayaboutthecomedyTheBigBangTheory?

SectionB

Passage1

Relatedtothe‘use-it-or-lose-itlaw'

isthe‘keep-movingprinciple'

.Welearnedaboutstagnationfromnature.Ariverthatstopsmovinggetssmelly.Thesamethinghappenstopeoplewhostopmoving,eithermentallyorphysically.Thosewhoplaycontactsportsknowthat[9]theplayerwhousuallygetshurtthemostistheonewhoisstandingstill.Ofcourse,you'

llneedsometimetocatch

yourbreatheverysooften,buttheessentialmassageiskeepmoving,extendingandlearning.Shipslastalotlongerwhentheygotoseathanwhentheystayintheharbor.Thesameistruefortheairplanes.Youdon'

tpreserveanairplanebykeepingitontheground,youpreserveitbykeepingitinservice.Wealsogettolivealonghealthylifebystayinginservice.[10]Longevitystatisticsrevealthattheaveragepersondoesn'

tlastverylongafterretirement.Themorewe'

llhearisdon

Ifafellowsays“I'

m94yearsoldandIworkedallmylife”,weneedtorealize,

thatishowhegottobe94,bystayinginvolved.GeorgeBernardShawwonaNobelPrizewhenhewasnearly70.BenjaminFranklinproducedsomeofhisbestwritingsattheageof84,andPabloPicassoputbrushtocanvasrightthroughhiseighties.

Isn'

theissuehowoldwethinkweare?

[11]Abonuswiththe‘keep-moving

principle

isthatwhilewekeepmoving,wedon

thaveachancetoworry.Hence

weavoidthedreadedparalysesbyanalysis.

Q9.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutplayersofcontactsports?

Q10.Whatdolongevitystatisticsrevealabouttheaverageperson?

Q11.Whatbonusdoesthekeepmovingprinciplebringusaccordingtothespeaker?

Passage2

In2014,oneinsixteenAmericansvisitedthehospitalemergencyroomforhomeinjuries.Oneofthemaincausesoftheseaccidents?

Awanderingmind!

[12]Byoneestimate,peopledaydreamthroughnearlyhalfoftheirwakinghours.Psychologistshaverecentlyfocusedonthetendencytothinkaboutsomethingotherthanthetaskoneisdoing.Foroneexperiment,[13]researchersdevelopedanapptoanalyzetherelationshipbetweendaydreamingandhappiness.Theyfoundthattheaverageperson'

smindwanderedmostfrequentlyabout65%ofthetimeduringpersonalactivities,suchasbrushingtheirteethandcombingtheirhair.Respondents'

mindstendedtowandermorewhentheyfeltupsetratherthanhappy.Theyweremorelikelytowandertowardpleasanttopicsthanunpleasantones.Howdodaydreamsaffectdaydreamers?

Awanderingmindleavesusvulnerablewhendriving.Inonestudy,researchersinterview955peopleinvolvedintrafficaccidents,themajorityofthemreportedhavingdaydreamjustbeforetheaccident.Yetotherresearchsuggeststhatdaydreaminghasbenefits.[14]Researcheshavefoundthatitgivesusachancetothinkaboutourgoalsanditalsoseemstoincreasecreativity.Inoneexperiment,145undergraduatescompletedfour

unusualusestasks,eachrequiringthemtolistasmanyusesaspossibleforeverydayobject.Afterthefirstpairoftaskswascompleted,onegroupofparticipantswasassignedanundemandingactivityintendedtocausetheirmindstowander.Whenalltheparticipantsproceededtothesecondpairoftasks,[15]thedaydreamersperformed40%betterthantheothers.

Q12:

Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutpeople'

smind?

Q13:

Forwhatpurposedidtheresearchersdevelopthenewapp?

Q14:

Howdoesdaydreamingbenefitpeopleaccordingtosomeresearchers?

Q15:

Whatwasthefindingoftheexperimentwith145undergraduates?

SectionC

Recording1

Datingfromasfarbackasthe12thcentury,theyareclaimedtobetherarest

historicbuildingsinwesternEurope.ThesebuildingsoffervitalinsightintoScandinavia'

sVikingpast.Butnow,withonly30woodenchurchesremaining[16]

andtheirconditiondeteriorating,expertsareworkingtopreservethestructuresforfuturegenerations.

Someofthesespectacularchurchesarenomorethansmallbuildings,barely4

meterswideand6meterstall.Othersaremuchlargerstructures.Theysoarupto

40metersintothecoldair.[17]Mostconsistoftimberframesthatrestonstoneblocks.Thismeansthattheyhavenofoundations.Althoughmanyofthechurchesappearfromtheoutsidetobecomplexstructures,theynormallyfeatureonlyasinglestoreybutnumerousdifferentrooflevels.

StafffromtheNorwegiangovernmenthavecarriedoutconservationworkon

10ofthechurchesoverthepasttwoyears.Mostofthesechurchesdatefrom

betweenthe12thand14thcenturies.Otherchurcheswereconservedinprevious

years.Sofar,specialistshaveworkedtoaddpreservativematerialstothechurches

exteriors.Theyalsoreplacedrottingrootsandhaltedthesinkingofthechurches

intotheground.Intwocases,hugemachineshavebeenusedtoliftthebuildings

upto30centimetersintotheair.Thiswasaccomplishedsothattheteamcould

examineandrepairthechurches'

originalmedievalstoneblocks.Theteamplans

toreturntoaroundadozenofthebuildingstoassessprogressandconsiderfurtheraction.

Theearliestfree-standingwoodenchurchwasprobablybuiltinNorwayin

around1080.However,thelargestknownwoodenchurcheswerebuiltfromthe

1130sonwards.Thisperiodwasoneofinter-eliterivalry,inwhichnoblessoughtto

increasetheirinfluencebyfundingtheconstructionofchurchesandotherbuildings.

Thereasonforconstructingthebuildingsfromwoodisprobablythatideally

proportionedstraightand[18]slendertimberwasavailableinlargequantitiesin

Scandinavia'

svastpineforests.Aswoodwassoplentiful,itwascheapertouse

thanthestoneusedinthebuildingsofotherEuropeancultures.Thearea'

s