It’s family first at this Michigan economic development advising agency. CEO Ron Kitchens says that in the past year，the company has made a push to go green，initially started by the millennial employees who make up half the agency’s workforce. A new staff position was created for the purpose of making sure every employee. is able to balance working and cheering at their

kids’ sporting events or going fishing.

21.What’s the purpose of the ShineShares program?

A. To raise money for a research. B. To let employees leave earlier.

C. To share the company’s benefits. D. To partner with a local university.

22. What does Southwest Michigan First encourage their employees to do?

A. To create new staff positions. B. To accompany their families.

C. To join in cooking competitions. D. To enjoy themselves in sporting events.

23. Which company allows its staff a flexible working time?

A. Shine United. B. GroundFloor Media.

C .Southwest Michigan First. D. Ergodyne.

24. What can we know about the companies mentioned in the text`?

A. They care about employees’ happiness.

B. They offer employees financial support.

C .They have strict rules about dressing.

D. They have training programs.

Keep Running into Mary Richards

When I was 13，I first met Mary Richards，the central character in the sitcom(situation comedy)"The Mary Tyler Moore Show". She was a single and independent career. woman. As soon as I heard the show’s theme song Who can turn the world on with her smile?，I was hooked. My friends were huge fans as well. Passing in the hallway at school，we would shout to each other，trying to imitate(模仿)Mary’s accent. “Hi，Rho! See ya later，kid?”

The show lasted seven years , but our fascination(着迷)faded earlier. But that wasn’ t the end of Mary for me. In the 1990s，when I was single，living alone in a city，a TV-station began airing reruns of "The Mary. Tyler Moore Show" at 10 p.m. I was hooked all over again.

But this time was different. The way she handled her career and relationships，sending a clear message that being 30-plus and single was just fine，won my respect on a whole new level.

Once again，however，life moved on. I went to live in a different , city，and 10 p.m. became the perfect time to call my mother each night. For me，talking to Mom was always a great pleasure. So when my mom passed away，it was as if the sun had gone out of the sky. That feeling seemed particularly intense at 10 p.m.，when I’d find myself staring at my silent phone. And then I heard the song I’d first heard at age 13，Who can turn the world on with her smile?. Mary Richards，of course! Thanks to the wonder of technology，Mary was now as close as my phone. So every night at 10，I would dial up an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

Weeks later，I realized I didn’t need my nightly sessions with Mary anymore，because mom’s and Mary’s elegance was showing itself in other corners of my life and，once again，I was ready to move on.

25. What does the author’s imitation with her friends indicate?

A. They had a very happy childhood. B. The theme song was well received.

C. They valued their friendship a lot. D. The sitcom was popular with them.

26. How did the sitcom influence the author in the' 1990s?

A. Her career was changed greatly. B. She decided to stop living singly.

C. She became more confident in life. D. Her fascination with it disappeared.

27. What does the underlined word "intense" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Contradictory. B. Strong. C. Natural. D. Serious.

C

Few people are aware that Waterloo Bridge，crossed by thousands of daily commuters(上班族)and celebrated as a London landmark，was mainly built by a female workforce.

There are no written or photographic records of the women who built the bridge since the construction company that built it closed in the 1980s and with it went all the records: What’s left is anecdotal evidence，kept alive by the tourist boat captains who have called it the Ladies Bridge.

During the Second World War，with the majority of the active male .labor force away at the front，women increasingly took on traditionally male roles. By 1944，25，000 women were working in the construction industry，carrying out back一breaking tasks. These women were permitted to carry out this exhausting and dangerous work on the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than that of men. So the trend in women working in construction and engineering did not continue after the war.

September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce. Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled "the Singing Bridge"，which runs at Somerset House from 9 to 25 September. In late September，the "Light up the Ladies Bridge" event saw the National Theatre’s fly tower lit up by large scale photographic projections(投影)of female construction workers working in construction during World War II.

Let’s all celebrate the women who have helped to build the cities in which we live.

28. Why do few people know about the builders of Waterloo Bridge?

A. Female workers received little attention.

B. The records of their work have been lost.

C. The construction took place long ago.