It often happens that a number of applicants with almost the same qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.

       There are many arguments for and against the interview as a way of selection. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly subjective decision. As often as not, employers do not choose the best candidate. They choose the candidate who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a good assessment of each candidate’s likely performance. The main argument in favor of the interview is that an employer is concerned not only with a candidate’s ability, but with his or her suitable personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional mistakes from their secretary if she has a pleasant personality.

       It is perhaps true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assessable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the things that are hard to measure, such as personality, character and social ability. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants for jobs, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees. Candidates who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful(自夸的), direct and straightforward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be either very shy or over-confident. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over polite or a bit rude.

59.People argue over the interview mainly because they have    .

A.different purposes in the interview

B.different experiences in interviews

C.different standards of selection

D.different ways of selection

60.The underlined word “subjective” means “based on one’s      rather than facts” .

A.personality      B.character  C.opinion     D.ability

61.The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate     

A.a link between success in interview and personality

B.connections between work abilities and personality

C.differences in interview experience

D.differences in personal behavior

62.What is the author’s attitude towards the interview?

A.He thinks it is a good way of selection

B.He doesn’t quite agree with it

C.He is neither for nor against it

D.It is not clear

Three years ago, I had a job in a retail store (零售店). I    21   to talk to everybody and know what was going on in their    22  . I remember a girl who started    23   there a few months after me. We seldom talked but we always    24   each other and smiled.
She always smiled in a really happy way    25   one day when we got to work in the    26   department. She smiled as if she was the    27   girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very    28  , but you’re always trying to    29   it.”
Her mouth just dropped as if I had    30   her deepest secret, so we started talking. She told me    31   she was feeling unhappy and why she was trying to    32   that nothing was wrong. Time went by and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had   33   her life in so many ways.
Today that girl is one of my best   34  . I really don’t know what I would do    35   her. She has been there for me in every    36   way a friend could be.
What I’m trying to say is that you never know    37   you’re helping yourself. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a    38   friend.
So the next time you see a    39   and he needs someone who will    40   to him, wait and let him say what he wants to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.

【小题1】
A.managedB.intendedC.rememberedD.liked
【小题2】
A.livesB.jobsC.studiesD.marriages
【小题3】
A.shoppingB.talkingC.going D.working
【小题4】
A.assistedB.looked atC.realizedD.stared at
【小题5】
A.thoughB.sinceC.untilD.unless
【小题6】
A.similarB.nearbyC.sameD.different
【小题7】
A.quietestB.happiestC.busiestD.luckiest
【小题8】
A.sadB.angryC.happy D.surprised
【小题9】
A.keepB.stop C.hideD.show
【小题10】
A.caughtB.discoveredC.controlledD.checked
【小题11】
A.whenB.howC.whyD.what
【小题12】
A.pretendB.become C.makeD.admit
【小题13】
A.protectedB.recoveredC.supportedD.changed
【小题14】
A.customersB.friendsC.neighborsD.classmates
【小题15】
A.withoutB.forC.upon D.with
【小题16】
A.simpleB.possibleC.strangeD.perfect
【小题17】
A.beforeB.sinceC.becauseD.when
【小题18】
A.truthfulB.usefulC.hopefulD.careful
【小题19】
A.strangerB.workerC.passengerD.visitor
【小题20】
A.belongB.referC.listenD.turn

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked   36   at me and said, “I love you.” I didn't know what to say.   37   several seconds all I could do was to stand there and    38    down at him . My first thought was that he must need   39 with his homework or he was trying to   40  me for some news.
Finally I asked, “What was that all about?” “Nothing,” he said. “My teacher said we should   41 our parents that we love them and sees what they say. It’s   42 .
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had   43 .
“Basically, most of the fathers had the   44   reaction as you did,” the teacher said. “When I first   45  we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.
“The   46  is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of  47  . It is something all people   48 . What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too   49  we don't all express those feeling. A boy   50   tell his dad he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how   51  it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for a (n)  52  moment. And just   53  he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too . ”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole   54   to think of the right        55  .

【小题1】
A.downB.awayC.outD.up
【小题2】
A.AfterB.ForC.AtD.On
【小题3】
A.sitB.getC.lookD.knock
【小题4】
A.restB.timeC.help D.paper
【小题5】
A.reportB.prepareC.answerD.excuse
【小题6】
A.helpB.tellC.askD.make
【小题7】
A.a matterB.an experiment C.a wordD.a sentence
【小题8】
A.saidB.reactedC.doneD.explained
【小题9】
A.sameB.differentC.usualD.common
【小题10】
A.suggested B.agreedC.allowedD.planned
【小题11】
A.pointB.ideaC.wayD.cause
【小题12】
A.bodyB.healthC.workD.study
【小题13】
A.haveB.knowC.takeD.need
【小题14】
A.badB.goodC.lateD.early
【小题15】
A.mightB.canC.dareD.should
【小题16】
A.easyB.muchC.oftenD.difficult
【小题17】
A.moreB.fullC.exactD.extra
【小题18】
A.beforeB.afterC.becauseD.if
【小题19】
A.dayB.weekC.afternoonD.night
【小题20】
A.answerB.resultC.reasonD.experiment

In a national spelling contest in America,an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her  36 voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and  37 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had  38 the word. But instead of lying,she told the truth that she had said the  39 letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the  40 ,the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her
41 . Later,dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty,even when it  42 her the contest. But the fact is that she  43 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her   44  .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get  45 .This young girl could easily have  46 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you  47 , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own  48 and character more than the prize from a spelling  49 . Her respect for herself was more important than any   50 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the  51 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today  52 what you are tomorrow. Our children will  53 our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we want them to  54 to be honest,we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember,our kids are  55 what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.

【小题1】
A.highB.sweetC.toughD.soft
【小题2】
A.finallyB.kindlyC.secretly D.totally
【小题3】
A.forgottenB.mispronouncedC.misspelledD.lost
【小题4】
A.correctB.wrongC.differentD.same
【小题5】
A.stageB.studioC.testD.classroom
【小题6】
A.braveryB.honestyC.courageD.cleverness
【小题7】
A.cancelledB.costC.offeredD.wasted
【小题8】
A.achievedB.brokeC.wonD.defeated
【小题9】
A.reputationB.knowledgeC.1ifeD.character
【小题10】
A.paidB.awardedC.caughtD.reported
【小题11】
A.escapedB.1iedC.changed D.answered
【小题12】
A.acceptB.fightC.cheatD.insist
【小题13】
A.conscience B.feelingC.diligenceD.modesty
【小题14】
A.contestB.championC.judgerD.expert
【小题15】
A.senseB.prideC.respect D.awareness
【小题16】
A.planB.conclusionC.discoveryD.choice
【小题17】
A.makeB.changeC.keepD.create
【小题18】
A.giveB.takeC.follow D.set
【小题19】
A.grow upB.bring upC.take upD.come up
【小题20】
A.recordingB.inspectingC.correcting D.watching


Watch out, Yahoo. There is a search engine out there with super speed and accuracy. It’s very cool.
Google is the Web’s largest search engine. In just two years it has gained a reputation for surprising speed and accuracy, delivering what you are looking for in a second. The site now does this 40 million times a day --- a number achieved without spending a penny on a TV or newspaper ad.
Google doesn’t need them. In the past six months alone, the site has won a Webby (the online version of the Oscar) for technical excellence, set a new record for search engines by indexing a billion Web pages.
Yahoo still has ten times the audience, but Google consistently ranks first in customer satisfaction: 97% of users find what they are looking for most or all of the time. “You see people smile when they use it, like they’ve found something no one else knows about,” says Danny Sullivan, editor of an online newsletter.
No one is smiling more than Larry Page, 27, and Sergey Brin, 26, who seem certain to become billionaires when the company goes public, probably sometime in 2004. they make a great comedy duo(成对的表演者)。When they first met as Ph. D. students, the pair say, they found each other horrible – “I still find him horrible,” adds Brin – but driven together by a computer-science project aimed at coming up with better ways of searching the Web.
The idea behind the Google is that traditional search engines are stupid. They think relevance (关联) is based on repetition; if you type in a request for Tiger Woods, say, you’ll get websites listed according to how many times those words appear. Not only is this no guarantee of quality, but it’s also open to abuse. If you own a Tiger fan site and want to lead more people to it, simply type his name thousands of times in the site’s source code(编码).
1What does the underlined word “them” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. 40 million times              B. Speed and accuracy. 
C. TV and newspaper ads.        D. Web pages
2. Which of the following win greater customer satisfaction?
A. Yahoo        B. Tiger Woods      C. Larry Page     D. Google
3. It can be inferred that Page and Brin ______________.
A. hold very important positions in Google
B. are two ordinary computer programmers of Google.
C. used to hate each other very much
D. hold quite different opinions of computer-science
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that ___________.
A. Google is open to abuse
B. Google remains a traditional search engine
C. Google thinks relevance is based on repetition
D Google is better than traditional search engines

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