题目内容
Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ________.
A.tragedy
B.vacuum
C.question
D.barrier
解析:
考查名词词义辨析。错误的眼神会产生交流障碍”。前两项分别表示“悲剧”、“真空”,不符合语境;C项表示有问题需要回答,语意不恰当。
A firm handshake is the key to interview success. As any serious job-hunter knows, it helps to dress smartly and smile at that all-important interview. But research has showed that a firm handshake is what really matters when it comes to impressing potential employers.
A US research looked at 98 undergraduates taking part in mock(模拟)interviews with businesses. As each undergraduate was graded on their general performance, five “handshake raters(评估人)” also marked them on their grasp, strength, duration, vigor and eye contact.
Professor Greg Stewart, from the University of Iowa, who led the study, said those who scored highly with the handshake raters were also considered to be the most hirable by the interviewers. Students with “wimpy” shakes were judged to be more timid(胆怯的)and less impressive.
The study also found women with a firm handshake were likely to be evaluated more favorably than their male counterparts.
Professor Stewart said: “We’ve always heard that interviewers make up their mind about a person in the first two or three minutes of an interview. But we found that the first impression begins with a handshake that sets the tone for the rest of the interview. We don’t consciously remember a person’s handshake but it is one of the first non-verbal(非语言的)clues we get about the person’s general personality, and that impression is what we remember.”
Women were less likely to have a highly rated handshake, partly because traditionally they shake hands less than men. But when women did possess a firm handshake, they were likely to be evaluated more favorably than their male counterparts.
Body language experts warn, however, that the firmness needs to be just right, —as an overenthusiastic “bone crusher” handshake can indicate self-importance, a controlling personality and a lack of reliability.
The handshake is thought to have originated in medieval Europe as a way for kings and knights to show that they did not intend to harm each other and possessed no hidden weapons.
【小题1】The passage is probably intended for_______.
| A.job-hunters | B.an undergraduate | C.employers | D.handshake raters |
| A.The firmer your handshake is the better impression you leave. |
| B.The undergraduates without a firm handshake are less competitive. |
| C.Generally speaking, women shake hands less with others. |
| D.The handshake dates back to medieval Europe. |
| A.The handshake determines a person’s personality. |
| B.A successful job interview starts with a firm handshake. |
| C.The first few minutes of the interview really counts. |
| D.Job interview success depends on a number of factors. |
My 8-year-old daughter is making an experiment. She has been making her own colorful smile cards and often takes them with her everywhere.
Last Sunday, I took my kid to go shopping with me. She was hoping to see John, who is an elderly man and gives out samples. We see him from time to time and he is so happy and friendly. John wasn’t at the store on Sunday, so my daughter decided that it would be a good idea to distribute her smile cards to the store’s other employees.
So she did. In the produce department, she gave a card to a young man and she hoped it would make him smile. And he smiled at her and thanked her. Then she came across an older gentleman who looked rather impatient. And she snuck a card into his cart on top of his groceries, remarking to me later that he looked at her suspiciously as if she was dumping trash in his cart. But I thought he would be happy later.
When we got back from our shopping trip, she had run out of cards. She was walking by a woman with two babies in her cart. My daughter smiled at her and the young mother smiled back. My daughter came to me and said excitedly, “Mom, I just realized something. You don’t need cards to make someone smile. All you need to do is make eye contact and smile into their eyes and they will smile back.”
What a beautiful lesson my daughter reminded me of. You are never too young or too old to experiment with kindness and smiles.
【小题1】At first, the writer’s daughter made an experiment by ______.
| A.giving smile cards | B.giving samples |
| C.making eye contact | D.giving groceries |
| A.who is very young and lively | B.who may be a salesman |
| C.who is in trouble and needs smiles | D.who is never seen to smile |
| A.make up | B.tear up | C.give out | D.sell out |
| A.John got a smile card from the writer’s daughter |
| B.the older gentleman would smile later after he got the smile card |
| C.we could make others smile only by giving them what they wanted |
| D.the mother with two babies smiled because she got a smile card |