Can you remember a world before the Internet? If you answer is “no,” then you are probably a millennial. Millennials are the new generation of young Americans. They were born between 1982 and 1992. There are 33 million of them, and they are just starting to enter the workforce(勞動力). Many experts believe that millennials are different from young Americans of past generations. They also believe that millenials will change the workforce in important ways.
How are millennials different? They are the first generation born in the computer age. The internet has always been a part of their lives. They spend about 16 hours a week on the Internet, and this doesn’t include e-mail. And they spend 72 hours a week using other electronic media(媒體), including mobile phones and video games. They are “nation speakers” of the language of the computer age. People who were born earlier will never be native speakers of that language. Why not? They did not grow up “speaking” it.
How will millennials change the workforce? To answer that question, it is important to understand how millennials use the Internet. They use the Internet to communicate. They visit website such as FaceBook and MySpace every day. They share(分享)ideas, music, information, games, and friendships with people all over the world. When they start working, they will want to share their work and ideas with others.
It is also important to understand the way millennials grew up. Thair parents and teachers gave them a lot of attention. They taught them that their opinions were valuable(有價值的). As a result, amny millennials are very cinfident. At work, they will expect their co-workers and bosses to listen to their opinions.
Millennials also grew up with a lot of structure in their lives. Many of them went to school from the age of two or three and played on sports teams. At work, they will expect the rules to be clear. They will also expect a strong but fair boss, like a coach on a sports team. They will follow the person in charge (主管) if he or she is fair. But they will not follow an unfair boss. They will also expect their work to be fun and creative, similar to their experience on a sports team.
These are a few of the changes that experts believe millennials will bring to the American workforce. But the world is changing very fast. There will probably be more changes that are difficult to imagine today.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph of the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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Father: ____1____

Mother: He is in bed.

Father: ____2___. What’s wrong with him?

Mother: ____3____.

Father: Well, we must take him to the doctor’s. Are you free this morning?

Mother: ___4___I have a lot of things to do.

Father: Then I’ll call the doctor. ___5____.

Mother: Yes. It’s 6674290.

Father: I see. I’ll do that at once.

A. He says he is ill.

B: Can you remember the doctor’s telephone number?

C. It’s time to go to school.

D. I’m afraid not.

E. Where is James?

—Can you remember when Mr. Green left _____ city?
—Sorry, I can’t. I only remember it was _____ Monday.

-----Can you remember this park? We______here.

? ------Sure. But now I________in that swimming pool.

A. are used to take a walk; am used to swim??

B.used to take a walk; am used to swimming????

C. are used to taking a walk; am used to swimming

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P: Can you 1______ a discription of the man you are trying to find?

M: Yes, he is about the same age 2______ I am. He is very tall.

P: I have some pictures. Look, does any one of these look like him? What 3______ this man? He is a man 4______ is as old as you and who is very tall.

M: No, it wasn’t 5______. The man I’m looking for 6______ black hair.

P: Was 7______ long?

M: No, he has hair that is very 8______, and has very small nose.

P: Can you remember anything 9______ about him?

M: Yes, he has eyes that are very big and a face that is round.

P: How about his mouth?

M: Oh, his mouth is very small.

P: Is this 10______ man you are looking for?

M: Yes, that’s him! That’s the man.