______________________Freelancing has always been a common way of working for writers, artists and performers, but the range of occupations with a substantial number of freelancers is growing steadily. Anyone with a marketable skill can choose to go it alone. Websites offer a free directory listing for those with skills to sell. Their categories include accountants, healthcare consultants, landscape architects and computer trainers. Areas of work that have problems recruiting staff are always keen to employ freelancers.

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• 1______________________What you gain is freedom of movement, what you can lose is a sense of belonging. You can end up feeling isolated from normal support networks, because suddenly you are responsible for your own welfare, training, safety, career development, equipment, professional updating and a thousand other things. It is easy to remain unaware of these things in the relatively cosseted existence of full-time employment. So before you leap up into this exciting and potentially rewarding way of working, stand back and take a look at the risks.

  A.Who does freelancing、

  B.The advantages and disadvantages of freelance

  C.The definition of freelance

  D.Key to freelance success

  E.What is freelancing really like、

  F.The best way to develop a career

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• 2______________________Freelance is a word that goes back to medieval times when it was used to describe soldiers who sold their skills to those prepared to pay their market rate. Today it’s an increasingly common way of working for people in a range of occupations and appeals to many who feel constrained by corporate culture.

  A.Who does freelancing、

  B.The advantages and disadvantages of freelance

  C.The definition of freelance

  D.Key to freelance success

  E.What is freelancing really like、

  F.The best way to develop a career

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• 3What is the writer’s purpose of writing the letter、

  A.Encouraging his daughters to run for President in the future.

  B.Explaining the whole international situation to his daughters.

  C.Educating his daughters how to defend their country.

  D.Apologizing to his daughters for his not being able to stay together with them for such a long tim

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• 4According to the letter, which of the following is NOT true、

  A.The writer and his two daughters had been apart for a long time.

  B.The writer hoped that his daughters would live up to his great expectations.

  C.The only way to settle the differences in the world is through violence.

  D.There still exist some divides of race and region, gender and religion somewhere in the world.

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• 5From the letter we can learn that the writer was ________.

  A.kind and hesitant

  B.ambitious and considerate

  C.selfish but merciful

  D.successful but stubborn

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• 6______________________Being a freelance is different from other forms of self-employment—you still work for an employer or several employers but have to develop a completely different set of relationships with them. Employers are now your customers, you are their supplier. You have to become indispensable to them, providing solutions to their problems, some of which they may not even realize they have. In many ways you have to behave like their dream employee, being more willing and available than you may have got used to while in a “proper job”.

  A.Who does freelancing、

  B.The advantages and disadvantages of freelance

  C.The definition of freelance

  D.Key to freelance success

  E.What is freelancing really like、

  F.The best way to develop a career

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• 7______________________You also have to be aware of, and sensitive to  ,the fact that you can be seen as a threat by your customer’s conventional employees, who may regard you as taking work they can do. Successful freelancing relies on the co-operation of everyone you come into contact with. Work that brings you into conflict with an existing workforce can be more trouble than it’s worth.

  A.Who does freelancing、

  B.The advantages and disadvantages of freelance

  C.The definition of freelance

  D.Key to freelance success

  E.What is freelancing really like、

  F.The best way to develop a career

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