“Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Do you agree wit

“Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day inyour life.” Do you agree with this old saying? Joanne Gordon does. She is theauthor of Be Happy at work and other books about careers(职业). Gordon believes that about 30% of employees(雇员) in North America do not like their jobs, and shethinks that is terrible. She wants to help people who do not feel satisfiedwith their jobs find work that is good for them. Joanne says, “There are nohappy jobs, only happy workers.” She believes that happy workers share threemain characteristics.

First, happy workers enjoy the daily activities oftheir jobs, and they look forward to the workday. Take Tony Hawk, for example.At age 14, he became a professional skateboarder. Now he is a businessmanworking on projects related to skateboarding—films and video games, but hestill skates every day. He once said, “My youngest son’s pre-school wasrecently asked what their dads do for work. My son said, ‘I’ve never seen mydad do work.’” Tony agrees that his job doesn’t look like work. He has found away to spend each day doing a job he enjoys.

Second, happy workers like the people they work with.Sally Ayote says, “I work with the coolest people in the world.” She and hergroup cook for almost 1,200 people in Antarctica. Most of these people arescientists who are doing research. Sally loves to sit and talk with them. Shesays, “There is no television here, no radio, so I get to know the scientistsand what they’re studying.” Sally thinks she has a great job, and the best partabout it is the people.

Third, happy workers know that their work helpsothers. Caroline Baron’s work helps people who have had to leave their homecountries because of war or other dangers. She is a filmmaker who started anorganization called FilmAid, which shows movies in refugee(难民) camps around the world. Caroline believes thatmovies can be very helpful in these camps. For one thing, entertaining movieslet refugees forget their troubles for a little while. Movies can also teachimportant subjects like health and safety. For example, in one camp, thousandsof refugees saw a movie about how to get clean water. Caroline knows that ishelping other people, and this makes her feel proud and happy about her work.

Tony Hawk, Sally Ayote, and Caroline Baron all getgreat satisfaction from their work. Tony Hawk says, “Find the thing you love.If you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than beingrich or famous.” Joanne Gordon would agree. She encourages people to findsomething they enjoy doing, find people they like to work with, and find waysto help others. Then they can be proud of what they do, and they will probablybe happy at work.

1.Who is the book, Be Happy at Work, written for?

A. Joanne Gordon herself.

B. Tony Hawk, Sally Ayote, and Caroline Baron.

C. People who do not feel satisfied with their jobs.

D. The workers who agree with the author’s ideas.

2.Why did Tony Hawk’s son say, “I’ve never seen my daddo work.”?

A. Because Tony Hawk’s job doesn’t look like work.

B. Because Tony Hawk always finds something enjoyablein his job.

C. Because Tony helps people forget their troubleswhile skating.

D. Because the best part about his job is to spendeach day skating.

3.Tony Hawk, Sally Ayote, and Caroline Baron are goodexamples that show us ____________.

A. how to be a successful businessman

B. how to help people in difficulties

C. how to get along with the coolest people

D. how to become a happy worker

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to thepassage?

A. Some people believe that only a few kinds of jobscan really make people feel happy.

B. The writer of the passage tells us that manydifferent kinds of work can be enjoyable.

C. The author of Be Happy at Work thinks thathappiness at work is really important.

D. Joanne Gordon believes that people will probably behappy at work when they are proud of what they do.

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1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

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