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Linda Abraham, co-founder of Scores, a leading digital analytic company, established her organization on a simple premise(前提): hire people you respect, not necessary people you like. Since starting the business in 1999, she has intentionally brought in people she didn’t like but thought they would be good for the team. "They’re almost like allergy shots for your organization," she says.

A few years back, she hired Dan against the wishes of other people on her team. Even during the interview process, he rubbed people the wrong way. But Linda thought he had the right skills and experience. He came from a large tech company and tended to talk a lot about scale, which many people regarded as advocating bureaucracy(官僚主义) — a no-no (不可接受的事) in the start-up culture.

For the first six months, he made regular observations about one of the company’s products and how it could work better. "When I really dug into what he was trying to say, I was impressed," Linda says. While he wasn’t very experienced in his comments (he often described things as "dumb"), he was insightful. "We ended up scrapping (废弃) the job we hired him for and had him take on the improvements he suggested," she says.

Even in the new role, he wasn’t likable. But Linda tried to focus on the content of what he was saying rather than the way he was saying it, and she coached others to do the same. She also invested time in helping Dan understand how he was coming across and what he could do to change his style. Eventually her attitude toward him changed. "I’ve come to like him quite a bit," she says. "He’s ruffled more than a few feathers along the way, but he’s been promoted and has really crushed it."

1. Linda probably hires people who .

A. are very popular with others B. can benefit her company

C. respect others very much D. have different personalities

2.The underlined sentence "he rubbed people the wrong way" means " ".

A. he misunderstood what people said

B. he blamed others for their mistakes

C. he got lost on the way to the interview

D. he didn’t get on well with people present

3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .

A. Linda accepted Dan’s style B. Dan changed his style completely

C. Linda fell in love with Dan deeply D. Dan had to practice speaking a lot

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. How to run a big company B. How to live with other people

C. How to change a person quickly D. How to manage someone you don’t like

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. 1.,and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

2.. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. 3. .All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. 4., When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy , because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it closes, it also opens. 5..

A. When you meet with difficulties, you can give them up and be happy

B. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person

C. Happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.

D. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too

E. Those who have no houses

F. Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely

G. It is a feeling of your heart.

Often during a conversation I’ll get the question. “Where have you traveled?” I’m always a little hesitant to answer because travel is typically viewed as going somewhere abroad and my travels haven’t exactly consisted of going abroad. 1. Travel is experienced when you ...

1. Step out of your comfort zone.

Have you ever heard of the saying “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”? The same goes for travel. You cannot travel unless you get planning! But the act of stepping out of your comfort zone doesn’t just stop once you’ve finished planning. 2. You have to let yourself be involved in whatever experience may come your way to really experience the beauty of travel.

2. Open your mind.

Wherever your destination may be, you need to arrive with an open mind. You’re going to be experiencing new sights, cultures, foods, maybe even languages. 3. Be open to trying new things, be open to understanding and be open to accepting. More importantly, open your mind to learning. You will learn so much more than you’ve ever dreamed of learning in a classroom.

3. 4.

Through experience, travel can really help you reflect on who you are as a person, what sights your heart responds to and what cultures have powerful influences on you. You begin to realize through the different experiences you find just how capable you really are. Traveling is not about the journey to the destination; it’s about the journey you take into yourself. 5.

A. Discover yourself.

B. Experience something new.

C. It continues throughout your travels.

D. Travel can be experienced in the next city, state or country.

E. You become equipped with a new pair of eyes and a more accurate sense of self.

F. What I want to share with you is that travel is not experienced by your destination.

G. You can’t learn to see the beauty within them unless you view them with an open mind.

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