Struggling in the US? Move to China!
I graduated from the university with a degree of civil engineering. It is a good field but my heart was not in it. I wanted to be an actor or work in the entertainment industry…living a creative life. My choice of civil engineering was really a mistake but I realized too late. As soon as I graduated, I moved straight to Los Angeles—the home of the film and television industry!
For three years, I tried to get a job in that field. I often worked as an extra in movies and TV shows—standing in the background while actors are in the foreground. This was fun for a while, but I wanted a real acting job, where I was speaking! Sadly, in Los Angeles, there is too much competition. Every race and age is represented: old, young, black, white, Asian and thousands of blondish-red haired Midwestern types like me. Being an extra couldn’t make enough money for me to live in Los Angeles. I had to do something else for money.
After three years of trying, I gave up my dream of being an actor and started a different career. I then tried network-marketing, but in the end, that failed. Seven years after graduating college, I was still in debt, still searching for a satisfactory life. I decided to go back to civil engineering.
However, I was starting to get very disappointed with my life. Why is life not like what I expected? I expected to have made a lot of money, gotten married, with a house and nice cars, kids, time freedom, etc. Millions of people lead lives with their dreams shelved, existing but not really living. I want my life to be different, more satisfactory, more alive. America was not providing that for me…
In addition, America was too expensive—always worrying about money was a headache. I wanted a life filled with adventure, romance, friendships, successes, and dreams realized.
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I decided to move to China.
69．How can we describe the writer’s attitude toward life?
A．Practical B．Passive C．Disappointed D．Positive
70．What does the underlined sentence mean?
A．A lot of people are living but they are not enjoying their life.
B．A lot of people are living with dreams though their life is not that enjoyable.
C．A lot of people give up their dreams and yet are living a good life.
D．A lot of people don’t have dreams, nor do they want to live either.
71．What did the writer do before he finally decided to move to China?
A．Engineer→extra→marketing→engineer
B．Extra→marketing→engineer
C．Engineer→extra→marketing
D．Extra→engineer→marketing
72．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Life is easier in the US.
B．Life in China is not easy.
C．There is always somewhere in the world where you can enjoy life.
D．More Americans will move to China.
