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Part 1 Reading Comprehension 一、 1．Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people A. get back into the habit of reading B. relieve stress from office work C. find interesting books online D. buy books more conveniently Dont have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100 000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A- Day, an online book club created two years ago. Its a free email service that provides a short dai- ly reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit it to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3 000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. 2．Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because A. there were not enough American teachers B. a program for foreign teachers was started C. the school board was interested in foreign teachers D. foreign teachers taught better than American teachers Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers--now the school district recruits teachers from other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers. It all started in 1999, when Rouses Hannon, a math and physics teacher from Palestine, visited Chicago. He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if theyd hire him. The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign-born teachers like Hannon, and he was the first teacher hired. 3．Workforce is composed of A. both the employed and the self-employed B. people employed to work for others C. both employers and employees D