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Attitudes differed to small errors of grammar and usage, or inappropriateness of vocabulary and idiom, with the native speakers finding such errors a little irksome(令人厌烦的),though sometimes amusing, while the Chinese panel members paid hardly any attention to such errors as, for example, misuse of phrasal verbs and similar usages: “When I saw the job description, I decided to apply the position.” “I expect to find out a lot of challenge in the job.” “I can deal the emergency situations efficiently.”?
Errors of idiom or appropriateness caused more comment, during the post interview discussion, from the native speakers than from the Chinese panel members, on whom the errors were sometimes lost. For example, one candidate, when asked what salary he expected, replied: “I don’t care about it.” The message was clear enough, namely that he was primarily interested in the job, but the formulation of the message was not quite right. Even such ribticklers(笑话)as “I am a well planned person .”and “I would like to expose myself in another field”(both actually heard at interviews) tended to cause lipbiting among the expatriate rather than the Chinese interviewers.?
Panels with two Chinese and one expatriate used to be more common, but are becoming less common. The reason is that with more of the interview now being conducted in Chinese, the non Chinese speaker does not know what has already been asked and is liable to repeat in English questions that have already been covered in Chinese. This caused, naturally enough, confusion in the interviewee and can adversely affect the whole interview.?
The sensible procedure would seem to be to open the interview in the mother tongue of the candidates, to put them at their ease, then at a later stage turn to English, to test English proficiency. In practice, however, possibly because of the problem mentioned in the previous paragraph when the panel contains a foreigner, it is often the reverse, with a few, fairly standard, opening questions in English, and if these are successfully answered, then the job interview properly gets underway in Cantonese.?
One of the worst interview scenarios(方案)is when a foreigner who thinks she/he can speak Cantonese (but does so, in fact, badly) decides to question the interviewee in Cantonese. In other circumstances of a social nature the interviewee would no doubt politely compliment the foreigner on his or her good Cantonese, but in the seriousness of a job interview situation, the Chinese is confused and slightly embarrassed for the foreigner. These forays(初步尝试)into Chinese usually end pretty quickly with one of the Chinese members of the panel rescuing the foreigner and continuing the interview in English.?

  1. 1.

    Concerning misuses of phrasal verbs,____.

    1. A.
      both Chinese and the native speakers of English find them amusing
    2. B.
      the Chinese interviewers tend to be tolerant
    3. C.
      the Chinese interviewers and the English native speaker interviewers often have a discussion
    4. D.
      might sometimes become a laughing stock to the native speakers of English but draw hardly any attention from the Chinese
  2. 2.

    It is implied in the passage that ____.

    1. A.
      Chinese are generally liable to make mistakes in English grammar and vocabulary usage
    2. B.
      expatriate interviewers are generally more friendly with interviews
    3. C.
      braver candidates can often get the upper hand
    4. D.
      the candidates often deliver an improper message for the use of inappropriate expressions
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The non Chinese speaking interviewer might ask the questions which have already been asked by the Chinese and hence cause confusion.
    2. B.
      It is more practicable to start an interview with a few fairly standard questions in English before switching to Chinese.
    3. C.
      The best procedure of an interview would seem to be beginning in Cantonese and then testing English proficiency.
    4. D.
      The Chinese interviewee often politely compliments the foreign interviewer if he or she speaks cantonese if it is not actually so good in the interview.?
  4. 4.

    This passage is mainly concerned with ____.

    1. A.
      whether language proficiency or work ability counts in job interviews
    2. B.
      how to avoid awkward situation in a job interview in HongKong
    3. C.
      the language used in a job interview with both Chinese and expatriate panel members
    4. D.
      the sensible procedure of getting on with an interview where the Chinese interviewee’s English is to be tested
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注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product;the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external(外在的)result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion,the student whose grades improve,the foreigner who learns a new language—these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast(对照),the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine,since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.The process is not the road itself,but the attitudes,feelings people have,and their caution or courage,as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties.In this process,the journey never really ends;there are always new ways to experience the world,new ideas to try,new challenges to accept.
In order to grow,to travel new roads,people need to have a willingness to take risks,to face the unknown,and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious?If so,then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we're shy and indecisive?Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate,to move slowly,and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we're not smart enough to deal with a new challenge?Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
These feelings of insecurity and self-­doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much,then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.

Two basic ways to see growth
   【小题1】   
Examples
Product
Easily identified and measured
●The worker  【小题2】   a promotion
●The students making 【小题3】 in grades
●The foreigner learning a new language
Process
【小题4】 to determine
● Never really ends
●People's attitudes,feelings and their caution or courage,as they are   【小题5】  with new experiences and difficulties beyond     【小题6】   .
●Being 【小题7】  to take risks,to face the unknown,and to accept possible   【小题8】  
  【小题9】    
●Too much self     【小题10】   can prevent us from growing.
 

The English, as a race, are very different from all other nationalities, including their closest neighbors, the French, Belgians and Dutch. It is claimed (声言) that living on an island  36  from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the  37  are, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has  38  many attitudes and habits which make them  39 from other nationalities.

Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a  40  , shy and reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he  41  well. In the  42  of strangers or foreigners he often seems embarrassed. You have only to walk around a city any morning or evening to  43  the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit  44  their newspapers or have a light sleep in a corner with no one speaking.  45 , to do so would seem most unusual to many foreigners. An Englishman pretending to be giving 46  to overseas visitors, once suggested, “On entering a railway carriage, shake hands with all the passengers”. Obviously , he was not being  47  . There is an unwritten  48 clearly understood code (规则) of behaviour which, if  49  , makes the person immediately suspect(怀疑).

In many parts of the world it is quite  50  to show openly their enthusiasm, emotion, excitement, etc. The Englishman is somewhat  51  . Of course, an Englishman lacks no deep feelings, in fact , no less deeply than any other nationality, but he tends to display his 52  far less. This is reflected in his use of  53 . Imagine a man making a comment on the great  54  of a young girl. A more emotional man might  55  her as “extremely beautiful,” “precious”, however, an Englishman might just say, “Um, she is all right.” The girl who heard this should not be angry because "not bad" and " all right" very often have the same meaning as "first class" " excellent" and this unique style of language use is common in England.

1.                A.divided         B.separated       C.parted   D.broke

 

2.                A.problems       B.arrangements    C.reasons   D.differences

 

3.                A.developed      B.got            C.created   D.made

 

4.                A.differ          B.separate        C.suffer    D.vary

 

5.                A.noisy          B.rude           C.noble    D.quiet

 

6.                A.recognizes      B.knows          C.sees D.likes

 

7.                A.front           B.absence        C.lack  D.presence

 

8.                A.look at         B.find out         C.tell D.keep

 

9.                A.publishing       B.selling          C.reading   D.showing

 

10.                                A.In other words   B.On the contrary

C.On the whole                     D.In fact

 

11.               A.advice         B.performances    C.speeches D.way

 

12.               A.funny          B.great          C.serious    D.careful

 

13.               A.as well as       B.or             C.and  D.but

 

14.               A.broken         B.made          C.explained  D.followed

 

15.               A.enough         B.right           C.normal    D.impossible

 

16.               A.proud          B.kind           C.hard D.different

 

17.               A.feelings        B.talents         C.gifts  D.behaviors

 

18.               A.action          B.language        C.time D.life

 

19.               A.speech         B.mark           C.beauty    D.intelligence

 

20.               A.speak          B.describe        C.take D.treat

 

 

When I was six, my mother placed me in a 36.________ school. For the next nine years, I 37.______ slept in a room that 38.______ less than 30 other kids in it. So, when I was promoted to senior at the high school for my39.___ year there, I had the greatest 40._____ of rooming with just one other classmate, and the added feature of a semi-private bathroom.

We seniors also had the feature of walking around the 41._____ in special hats, we called senior bonnets, so all the other kids would know we were the 42._____ in the high school. As seniors, we frequently went on field 43._____ outside the campus, including city museums, city hall , colleges and theatres. The highlight was a senior class trip to Washington, D.C., 44.______ we sat in on a session of Congress, 45.______ the monument and many other government sites around the city.

Another 46.____ of being seniors was that many of us on athletic and other extra-curricular teams were elected to high ranking for the year. I had the honor and pleasure of47._____ captain of our state championship swim team, while my roommate was voted48.______ of the drama club.

49.______ services were on a sunny day in June. Each of us had looked forward to this moment for ten years. Now we were going out on our own to complete freedom, and we should have been flooded with joy.50.________, to my surprise, I found myself 51._____, something I hadn’t done for years. I noticed many of my 52.______, usually proud of their macho attitudes, were also wiping away tears. We knew we would never be together again as we were on that graduation day. Our senior year 53.______deep feelings of sadness for our54.______, as well as joy for our emerging into a new world 55.____the school campus.

1.                A.teaching        B.boarding        C.playing   D.mixing

 

2.                A.never          B.not            C.occasionally   D.frequent

 

3.                A.lived           B.included        C.contained D.put

 

4.                A.next           B.first            C.final D.second

 

5.                A.pleasure        B.sorrow         C.happy    D.merry

 

6.                A.country        B.city            C.classroom D.campus

 

7.                A.youngest       B.lowest          C.oldest    D.highest

 

8.                A.roads          B.trips           C.voyages  D.travel

 

9.                A.which          B.that            C.where    D.when

 

10.               A.approached     B.visited         C.managed  D.spent

 

11.               A.benefit         B.disadvantage    C.profit D.strength

 

12.                                A.being brought    B.being chosen

C.being taken                       D.being realized

 

13.               A.member        B.monitor        C.secretary  D.president

 

14.               A.Graduation      B.Education       C.Volunteering   D.Population

 

15.               A.Therefore      B.Fortunately      C.However  D.While

 

16.               A.smiling         B.laughing        C.crying D.screaming

 

17.               A.students        B.classmates      C.teachers   D.friends

 

18.                                A.began with  B.ended with

C.bargained with                    D.associated with

 

19.               A.loss           B.result          C.love  D.hatred

 

20.               A.over           B.out            C.beyond   D.from

 

 

For many years, I had a belief that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.

Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved,being special, and being cherished. We fantasize(幻想) about what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.

But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self-worth, and, of course, love.

It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.

1.The passage tries to highlight the importance of ________.

A.body size

B.attitudes toward life

C.culture difference

D.different beauty standards

2.What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.All the problems.

B.All the properties.

C.The whole world.

D.The absolute truth.

3.What can be inferred about the author?

A.The author is a Samoan.

B.The author succeeded in losing weight.

C.The author has been troubled by her/ his weight.

D.The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.

4.According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?

A.They feel angry about the regained weight.

B.They are indifferent to the regained weight.

C.They feel optimistic(乐观的) about future plans on weight control.

D.They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

 

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