阅读理解。 Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths abo
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Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start
looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at
your next interview.
Myth 1: The aim of interviewing is to obtain (means "get") a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job
offers you don"t want! So before you please an employer, be sure you want the job.
Myth 2: Always please the interviewer
Not true. Try to please yourself. Of course, don"t be hostile-nobody wants to hire someone disagreeable.
But there is plainly a muddle ground between being too ingratiating (逢迎) and being hostile.
Myth 3: Try to control the interview
Nobody "controls" an interview. When someone tries to control us, we resent (憎恨) it. When we try to
control others, they resent us. Remember you can"t control what an employer thinks of you, just as he can"t
control what you think of him. So he is ready to give and take when being interviewed; never control the
interview.
Myth 4: Never interrupt the interviewer
Study the style of the effective conversationalists: they interrupt and are interrupted! An exciting
conversation always makes us feel free-free to interrupt, to disagree, to agree enthusiastically. Just hang loose.
Try being yourself for a change. Employers will either like or dislike you, but at least you"ll have made an
impression. Leaving an employer indifferent (冷漠的) is the worst impression you can make. |
| 1. To be your natural self in a job interview will _____. |
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A. make your interviewer angry
B. please your interviewer
C. leave an impression on the interviewer
D. leave the interviewer indifferent to you |
| 2. For job seekers, efforts to control the interview are likely to _____. |
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A. affect the interviewer"s opinion of them
B. lead to the offer of a job
C. enable them to express themselves fully
D. help to create a favorable image of themselves |
| 3. The most important thing to keep in mind when being interviewed for a job is to _____. |
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A. try to obtain the job
B. reject the job first
C. qualify yourself for the job
D. see if it is a job you want |
| 4. The right attitude to a job interviewer is to be _____. |
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A. obedient
B. hostile
C. pleasing
D. agreeable |
| 5. "hang loose" in last paragraph means to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. stay calm and relaxed
B. become weak and passive
C. take charge
D. sit back comfortably |
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If you walked past the supermarket, you would find many foods that have been treated 1_____ (kill) any
harmful germs that might have been in them. Milk is a good example. Raw milk-that is, milk just as it comes
from the cow-may be 2_____ (safe) to drink. But 3_____ the milk is heated and then cooled, the harmful
germs are killed. The man 4_____ discovered this way of treating milk was a Frenchman by the name of
Louis Pasteur.
In the supermarket you would also find many frozen foods-frozen fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. As
techniques for 5_____ (freeze) food are being improved, more frozen foods are appearing on the market,
and more people are buying them. Fruits and vegetable to be sold in the supermarket are often frozen the
moment 6_____ are picked. The 7_____ fruits and vegetable are frozen, the better. 8_____ machines are
often taken into the fields where 9_____ food grows, so that little time is lost 10_____ picking and freezing. |
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Advertising informs consumers about new products available on the market. It gives us information
about everything from shampoo to tooth-paste to computers and cars. But there is one series problem
with this. The "information" is actually very often "misinformation". It tells us the products, benefits but
hides their disadvantages. Advertising not only leads us to buy things that we don"t need and can"t afford,
but it also confuses our sense of reality.
Advertisers use many methods to get us to buy their products. One of their most successful methods
is to make us feel dissatisfied with ourselves and our imperfect lives. Advertisements show us who we
aren"t and what we don"t have. "Why don"t I have any dates (约会)?" a good-looking girl sadly asks in a
commercial. "Here," replies her roommate, "Try Zoom tooth-paste!" Of course she tried it, and immediately
the whole football team falls in love with her. "That"s a stupid commercial," we might say. But we still buy
Zoom tooth-paste out of fear of being unpopular and having no friends.
If fear is the negative motive (动机) for buying a product, then wanting a good self-image is the positive
reason for choosing it. Each of us has a mental picture of the kind of person we would like to be. For
example, a modern young woman might like to think that she looks like a beautiful movie star. A middle-aged
man might want to see himself as a strong, attractive athlete. Advertisers know this. They write specific ads
to make certain groups of people choose their products.
Advertisers get psychologists to study the way consumers think and their reasons for choosing one brand
instead of another. These experts tell advertisers about the motives of fear and self-image. They also inform
them about recent studies with colors and words. They have found that certain colors on the package of an
attractive product will cause people to reach out and take that package instead of buying an identical (同一的、
相等的) product with different colors.
Many people believe that advertising does not affect them. They like to think they make wise choices.
Unfortunately, they probably don"t realize the powerful effect of advertising. They may not clearly understand
that advertisers spend billions of dollars each year in aggressive (强有力的) competition for our money, and
they are extremely successful. |
| 1. Advertising _____. |
| [ ] |
A. gives us valuable information about new products
B. misinforms us
C. doesn"t influence us very much
D. doesn"t always tell us everything about a product |
| 2. "A modern young woman might like to think that she looks like a beautiful movie star" That means _____. |
| [ ] |
A. a modern young woman wants to be as attractive as possible
B. every modern young woman wants to act in movies
C. most modern women think that they are beautiful
D. modern woman are not always satisfied with themselves |
| 3. Advertisers _____ to make us buy their products. |
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A. offer very low prices
B. get information from psychologists
C. use similar method
D. need to use better detergent (洗涤剂) and shampoo |
| 4. Psychologists tell advertisers _____. |
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A. which brands of tooth-paste to produce
B. to stop influencing shoppers
C. about people"s motives for buying
D. how much money to spend on television |
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Many of us are thought to be creative. 1_____ Don"t worry, if you are one of the latter group. Just take
the following tips.
First of all, learn how to set your imagination free. Be creative and inventive and think beyond what
everyone already knows. Remember that creativity is not looking at what everybody is looking at, but seeing
what no one else sees. 2_____ Creativity is seeing possibilities that others see as problems. You see, real
intelligence is the creative use of knowledge, not only the gathering of facts.
The second thing to do is see the picture of what you are aiming for. 3_____ Seeing what your end product
will look like will give you the ability to break it down easily.
Thirdly, develop the right principles to get there. 4_____ This is where many people get bored, because
always following those principles can indeed be hard. 5_____ Bear these tips in mind and they will lead you
to success. |
A. Good principles are the key to success.
B. Using your brain creatively has never been easier.
C. You may have to learn from others for school or for work.
D. But some others may find it hard to come up with good ideas.
E. When you see the pictures very clearly, you can work on it, bit by bit.
F. It also sees stepping stones while others see stumbling blocks (绊脚石).
G. Do what others can"t do and follow them to help you do what others can"t. |
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The British are the most voracious (如饥似渴的) newspaper readers in the world.
They read newspapers at breakfast; they walk to the bus reading a newspaper; they read a newspaper
on bus, as they go to work; and on the way back home, after work, they are engaged in reading an evening
newspaper.
There are many "morning papers", both national and provincial. The most famous is The Times. Different
from what many foreigners believe, this is not a government newspaper. The various newspapers usually
have their own views on politics, but they are not organs of the political parties, with the exception of the
Communist Morning Star. The Labor Party and the Trades Union Congress no longer have a daily newspaper
to represent them.
Bold headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press. Some newspapers, such as
the sober Daily Telegraph and The Times, use photographs sparingly (节省). The more "popular" newspapers,
using the small or "tabloid" (小报) format, such as the Daily Express, the Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Sun,
use pictures extensively and also run strip cartoons and humorous drawings, some of which present striking
pictorial comment on politics.
Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world, British newspapers specialize in pages
devoted to criticism of the arts and a woman"s page. One feature found in many foreign newspapers is missing
in British papers: the serial (连载).
Nearly all papers pay special attention to the reporting of sports and athletics. The evening newspapers
are often bought because the buyer wants to know the winner of a race, or to get good tip for a race that is
still to be run. There is no censorship (审查) of the press in Britain (except in wartime), though of course all
newspapers-like private persons-are responsible for what they publish, and can be sued for libel (为诽谤而
被起诉) for publishing articles that go beyond the bounds of decency (正派), or for ignorance of court. (e.g.
calling a man a murderer while he is still being tried. Such cases are not often) |
1. Which of the following does NOT serve as an evidence (证据) that the British are the great newspaper
readers? |
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A. They read newspapers at breakfast.
B. They read newspapers at work.
C. They read newspapers on bus.
D. They read newspapers on the way back home. |
| 2. Many of foreigners think that _____. |
| [ ] |
A. The Times is an organ (喉舌) of the government
B. The Times has its own views on politics
C. The Times is the most famous newspaper in the world
D. The Times pays too much attention to the reporting of political events |
| 3. British newspapers are characterized by _____. |
| [ ] |
A. bold headlines
B. various kinds of photographs
C. striking pictorial comment on politics
D. both A and B |
| 4. Which of the following conclusions can NOT be drawn from the passage? |
| [ ] |
A. Englishmen always take every possible chance to read newspapers.
B. In Britain, newspapers must be carefully examined by the authorities (当局) before their publication for
fear that they present anything offensive.
C. Few British newspapers publish libelous articles.
D. The Times is one of the world-famous newspapers. |
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I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind 1._____ constantly
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first. 7._____, my friend and guide, Wang Ping, was very understanding and gave me some green tablets
8._____ helped a lot. Well-known for their expertise, his parents" company, called "Future Tours", transported
me safely 9._____ the future in 10._____ time capsule. |
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