解析:选B 细节理解题。根据文中的"The successful candidate will have experience of managing complex and largescale public art projects"可知,这个岗位要求应聘者负责过大型的公共艺术项目,即组织过大型的艺术活动。
2.Why are black candidates more likely to be chosen?
A.To guarantee more options.
B.To show they haven't racial discrimination.
C.To have a balanced staff structure.
D.To increase the competition among applicants.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据最后一段"We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within UCL at this level"可知,学校该级别的员工中黑人和少数民族群体的人数较少,其代表性不足,故他们被雇用的可能性更大,因为该大学希望其员工结构更加均衡。本题的解题关键在于理解underrepresented"代表人数不足的,代表人数低于适当比例的"。
3.What type of writing is this passage?
A.An introduction to UCL. B.A guide to UCL.
C.An activity ad. D.A job ad.
解析:选D 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知,本文是一则伦敦大学学院的招聘广告,招聘职位是Public Art Manager,故选D。
B
Elon Musk is a man of big ambition. He says his goal is to save humanity. And as strange as that sounds, the South Africanborn, CanadianAmerican inventor might actually be doing it.
On December 22nd, SpaceX, the company Musk founded, successfully launched its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. The moment furthered Musk's goal of making space travel more affordable and eventually colonizing Mars for humanity's longterm survival. As if this wasn't enough, Musk, 44, is also the founder of Tesla, an electric car company. He has also helped to create three Internet startups including the online payment company PayPal. All of them could be said to have turned their industries upside down.
The companies Musk started cover three areas: the Internet, sustainable energy and exploring space. Since college, Musk has believed that those areas will most affect the future of humanity and that he should spend his life working on them. "There's no shortage of people with a vision for the future," Microsoft founder Bill Gates said to Vogue magazine. "What makes Elon special is his ability to make his vision come true."
Nothing showed this ability better than the crisis Musk faced in 2008. In 2008, both