高一下学期英语周末限时训练11.docxVIP

高一英语周末限时训练11第一局部阅读（共两节，总分值22.5分） 第一节（共4小题；每题2.5分，总分值10分） 阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项。 Growing up, Peter McPartlin showed a great interest in newspapers. He started his studies in 1978 and it set him on a path that saw him climb to the upper limits of the media world, including working as media director for Irish International, strategic director at Carat Ireland and, until 2018, CEO of MediaCom Ireland, which he left to become a media consultant （顾问）. Most of his career was spent on the media buying and planning side of marketing, except for four years in charge of Today FM. He describes himself ashaving a creative brain but just not great at doing creative work”. He says the best thing about the industry is the people: At the end of the day its interesting people that you want to work with. It was one of those people, former workmate Una Herlihy, who came up with the idea for the Indie List. They had worked at Irish International and kept contact.Una had the list set up on Linkedln as a way to help freelancers （自 由职业者）during the pandemic. At the time we were wondering, what can we do? Its not as if we were frontline workers, so how can we help?” Their idea was to promote the wealth of independent talent in the marketing, media and creative services areas. It could help organizations find freelance talent in the creative area more easily, and help those freelancers find work. They took an inclusive （广泛的）approach to creatives, including talent from strategy and project management and digital services such as e-commerce, social media and search engine marketing/It took off like a rocket J he says. They have more than 850 freelancers on the list, for whom they have generated about €2 million in new income. Herlihy and McPartlin dont take a cut from the freelancers, but charge a fee （费用）to the employers, such as Laya Healthcare, Kerry Group, Life Style Sports and Eason. What differentiates the Indie List from global online marketplaces for freelancers is that “were