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My working life started as a fitter. Then I became a photocopier technician and went on to run a few businesses of my own and that was a sad story.
My telecoms (电信) career began when I got the chance to fix twoway radios in vehicles. I just found a passion (热情) for all things in that field.
I was happy and settled in a great company, doing the “telco” work I loved, when a new job approached me. While I was sure that I could do it, I was happy with my employer at that time and wasn't that interested. That was until I spoke to a friend who worked for that company — Nokia. Rather than focusing on his work tasks, Gary talked about the lifestyle he had lived through his career with Nokia. How he had grown as a person, travelled the world with his family and got to drop his kids off at school. My eyes lit up. Where do I sign up?
Working here has lived up to even my great expectations. They are humans. They understand that when my personal priorities (首要事情) are met, I can give back more than what is asked of me. All I need is to know that someone_has_my_back.
My average day starts with walking my dog and then I prepare breakfast for my daughter and myself. By 7：30 am I drop my daughter off at school and this allows me to start working at about 8：30 am. My work can involve emergency fault callouts for the radio access network infrastructure and mobile telephone exchange faults. Being a technician really gives me a wide variety of areas to focus on what makes it extremely exciting on a daytoday basis! Things wind down by 4：30 pm when I head off to pick up my daughter from afterschool care and we spend some time together.
I just love doing what I'm doing. I challenge myself to learn and do different things on a daily basis and at the same time, I enjoy being an active parent.
语篇解读：作者现在是诺基亚的一名员工，在那里的工作允许他过自己想过的生活。
1．What do we learn about the few businesses run by the author?
A．They required him to be a photocopier technician.
B．They were all about telecommunications.
C．He had a great passion for all of them.
D．They were not very successful.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第一段的“went on to run a few businesses of my own and that was a sad story”可知，作者的那些生意并不怎么成功。
2．Why did the author have little interest in the job in Nokia at first?
A．Because he wasn't sure he could do it well.
B．Because he didn't know anyone in that company.
C．Because he found the job he was doing satisfying.
D．Because he didn't want to give up his telecoms career.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“I was happy and settled in a great company, doing the ‘telco’ work I loved ... I was happy with my employer at that time and wasn't that interested.”可知，是因为作者觉得自己当时所从事的那份工作很令他满意。
3．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．He is needed by others.
B．Someone looks like him.
C．He is supported by others.
D．Someone looks at him behind him.
解析：选C 句意理解题。根据第四段的“They understand that when my personal priorities (首要事情) are met”可猜测画线部分是指：有人支持他。
4．What is the text mainly about?
A．The author's life at Nokia.
B．The jobs the author has done.
C．The life the author expects to live.
D．Working in the telecommunications field.
解析：选A 主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，作者主要讲述了他在诺基亚公司工作后的生活状态。
