The principles about applying for jobs have altered greatly lately. In the past, people preferred a hand-written application letter．However, nowadays it is becoming more and more common to apply for a job through the Internet．You can find information on the Internet about how to apply for jobs．Information can be found about how to fulfill your application letter, the clothes that you should wear and how to carry out the interview itself．

The importance of body language is often mentioned，but doesn’t always get the attention it deserves．After all，before a word has even been spoken，your body language will have already given people their first impression of you．Additionally, your body language will also give out a lot more information．Based on your body language it can be seen if you are self-confident．It can also show if you are a busy or a quiet type and it helps give an impression of whether you are speaking truthfully or not．Body language can show how enthusiastic you are and if you are a nice person．someone who will take his work seriously, but also someone who has a sense of humor and can enjoy a joke from time to time．The members of the application committee will ask you questions，but your answers won’t only be oral．The committee will not only pay attention to what you say, but also to how you say it! Body language will determine first if it ‘clicks’，and sometimes all it takes is just a few seconds．Everybody uses body language，but it takes place mostly at a subconscious（下意识的） level．Using body language appropriately, you can definitely increase your chances of getting a job．

What kind of people is the text mainly meant for?

         A．Interviewers   B．Job-hunting people   C．Employers  D.Lay-off workers

We can learn form the first paragraph that_______．

         A．hand-written letters are not used in finding a job

         B．the more expensive clothes interviewees wear, the better

         C．body language is more important than spoken words

         D．Internet is of significance in applying for a job

Using body language well in a job interview will probably _______．

        A．get rid of the interviewers’ prejudice         B．determine what position one will get

        C．increase the possibility to get the wanted job    D.help one remove nervousness

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

      A．Those using body language are usually confident．

B．Body language is often used on purpose in job hunting．

C．Body language is a mirror to reflect one’s personality．

D．People enjoying jokes are preferred in a job interview．

 “Regardless of social class, race, age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they’ll say, ‘Well, that’s not shopping. That’s research.’”

In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.

Women will wander through several 1,000-square-meter stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder(摄录像一体机).

Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.

“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, the latest one and if they do that it makes them happy.”

When women shop, “They’re doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They’re kind of shopping for love.”

“Teenage girls learn to shop from their moms and older sisters, but they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” City University Zukin says.

“And although men’s magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it’s TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” says Ann and Zukin.

“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen magazine or Lucky are used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry(化妆品) choices.”

“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Loyola’s Ann says.

And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don’t want to get cheated.

Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home --- they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”

78. From the first paragraph we can find that ______.

A. men are all dishonest                             B. men are all book lovers

C. men hate to shop actually                       D. men like to shop in fact

79. Compared to women men usually treat shopping ______.

A. honestly            B. seriously                  C. frequently         D. foolishly

80. The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means ______.

A. magazines that attract young women              B. persons that have a powerful attraction

C. tools that can help housewives much              D. vegetables that make women beautiful

The villagers, ______ damaged by the flood, were given help by the International Red Cross.

A. all whose houses       B. all their houses   C. all of whose houses   D . their all houses

-- It’s thirty years since we last met.

--- But I still remember the story, believe it or not, ______ we got lost on a rainy night.

A. which             B. what         C. that                 D. when

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

"Down-to-earth" means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is  36  to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and  37  other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the  38  of someone who acts important and proud.

Down-to-earth persons  39  be important members of society, of course.  40  they do not let their importance "go to their heads", that is to say, they do not  41  themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is  42  to have "his nose in the air". There is  43  way person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.

Americans  44  another expression that means almost the same as "down-to-earth". The expression is "both-feet-on-the-ground". Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good  45  of reality. He  46  what is called "common sense". He may have  47 , but he does not allow them to  48  his knowledge of what is real.

The opposite kind of  49  is one who has his head-in-the-clouds". A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose  50  is not in the real world.

 51 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth.  52  words from a teacher can usually bring a daydreaming student down-to-earth.

Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very  53  to have both-feet-on-the-ground.  54  we are down-to-earth and have both our feet on-the-ground, we act honestly and openly toward others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and  55 .

36. A. pleasant                     B. impossible                C. common            D. surprising

37. A. meets                 B. welcomes                 C. loves                 D. accepts

38. A. case                    B. kind                         C. opposite            D. example

39. A. must                   B. may                         C. should               D. can't

40. A. But                    B. So                           C. Though             D. And

41. A. wish                   B. expect                      C. desire                D. consider

42. A. said                    B. told                         C. asked                D. made

43. A. some                  B. a                             C. no                    D. every

44. A. discover                  B. find                         C. make                D. use

45. A. understanding      B. wish                        C. reason               D. expectation

46. A. demands             B. lacks                        C. has                   D. likes

47. A. fortunes                     B. dreams                     C. plans                 D. disadvantages

48. A. block                  B. protect                            C. own                  D. gain

49. A. idea                    B. expression                C. attitude             D. person

50. A. mind                  B. life                          C. body                 D. head

51. A. Always               B. Therefore                 C. However           D. Sometimes

52. A. Sharp                 B. Sweet                      C. Cruel                D. Bad

53. A. possible                     B. probable                   C. likely                D. able

54. A. Though               B. Whether                   C. When                D. Unless

55. A. strong                 B. fast                          C. happy               D. wet

Barack Obama

    In the past hundred years, the U.S. presidency has turned more and more to the left – not in policy, but in handedness. Barrack Obama is the latest to join a long list of left – handed presidents from the 20th century: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were all southpaws.

What makes lefties so electable? Some experts think left-handed people have a greater aptitude for language skills, which may help them craft the rhetoric necessary for political office. And as for the bout of recent left-handed presidents, some think it’s because teachers only recently stopped working to convert lefties to rightist at an early age.

Bill Gates

Claiming the nation’s richest man among their number is a source of considerable pride for America’s society of southpaws. In fact, the Microsoft titan and philanthropist(巨头兼慈善家) is one of a surprising number of U.S. business moguls to be left-handed, including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and former IBM head Lou Gerstner. But the club seems to be a guys-only fraternity — research suggests that while left-handed men tend to earn more than their right-handed colleagues, there is no similar advantage for women. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research floated the idea that left-handed men favor "divergent" thinking, a form of creativity in which the brain moves "from conventional knowledge into unexplored association." Maybe that’s what it takes to develop a net worth estimated at $ 57 billion.

Oprah Winfrey

The talk-show queen doesn’t need much more to set her apart from the rest — what with her estimated $ 2.7 billion fortune and a magic ability to sell books just by glancing at them — but she also has the distinction of being a member of the left-handed club. Since men are more likely to be left-handed than women, that makes Oprah doubly impressive. She’s in good company: Other show-business ladies of the left – handed  persuasion include Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie

Marie Curie

Not only was atomic scientist Marie Curie left-handed, but she was the matriarch of a whole family of accomplished, southpaw scientists. Curie, who discovered the principles of radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes, was married to fellow lefty Pierre Curie, who was instrumental in helping Marie’s atomic research and shared one of her Nobel awards. Historians believe their daughter, Irene, was also left-handed. Irene went on to win a Nobel Prize of her own with her husband — who, you guessed it, was also left-handed.

59．The underlined word “southpaws” in the last sentence of Paragraph 1 means_______.

      A．people coming from the south B．powerful presidents

       C．people who use their left hand D．forceful speakers

60．What makes it so easy for lefties to be elected as presidents according to the passage?

       A．Their great gift for foreign language.

       B．Their great language skills to make speeches.

       C．The need of left – hinders in the political office.

       D．Teachers stopping to force them to use their right hand.

61．It can be implied that Bill Gates, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and Lou Gerstne_______.

       A．have creative thinking               B．have formed a special club.

       C．earn more money than their wives    D．are wealthy philanthropists

62．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 “She is in good company” means “_______”.

       A．she works in a very good company   B．she has many good friends

       C．she has got on well with others         D．she is among many female lefties

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a(n) _36__. I learned this from  37  .

       Last year my mother told me that the _ 38   way I would get a driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on _ 39   I paid for the classes myself. “What?” I asked in _ 40   . But I knew _ 41   that my reasoning would have no_ 42   on the situation,  43__ by the look on my mother’s face.

      Three weeks later, I started working _ 44  a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $ 270 for driving lessons, and then over $ 20 to _ 45   my permit test. My pockets were empty _ 46   as soon as they were filled.

       My mother thought that I’d be _ 47   to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally _ 48   in the beginning, I truly appreciated it, _ 49   if I had just been handed bills from her.

       When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to _ 50   something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had __51__ an immovable block before me and I would never _ 52   it. But my mother was __53 _. She knew that I wanted a luxury（奢侈品）but _ 54   me to get it. That is as _ 55   as this ---- if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.

36. A. office                 B. prison                      C. battlefield                D. bank

37. A. facts                  B. experience                C. lessons                     D. quarrels

38. A. best                   B. proper                      C. same                        D. only

39. A. whether            B. that                          C. how                         D. when

40. A. trouble               B. disbelief                   C. comfort                    D. horror

41. A. hurriedly            B. jokingly                   C. instantly                   D. surprisingly

42. A. effect                 B. sense                        C. effort                       D. result

43. A. judged         B. judging            C. to judge           D. being judged

44. A. with                   B. for                           C. like                          D. as

45. A. pass                   B. take                         C. hold                         D. gain

46. A. almost                B. even                        C. still                         D. yet

47. A. ready                 B. likely                       C. unhappy                  D. unable

48. A. terrified                     B. annoyed                   C. tired                        D. disturbed

49. A. more than          B. rather than                C. no more                   D. no longer

50. A. pay                    B. raise                        C. buy                          D. support

51. A. laid                    B. lay                           C. lied                          D. lain

52. A. get about            B. get by                     C. get through               D. get over

53. A. wise                   B. mistaken                  C. strict                        D. kind

54. A. dared                 B. hoped                      C. encouraged               D. expected

55. A. well                  B. far                           C. soon                        D. simple

I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community．Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say．Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence （吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased （已故的） woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow , she would be alive today．It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today．That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course — keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation — would have turned out better．After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty．The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens．That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

69．The author had to hold the two women’s funerals probably because     .

       A．he wanted to comfort the two families

       B．he was an official from the community

       C．he had great pity for the deceased

       D．he was priest of the local church

70．People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because     .

       A．they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow

       B．they believe that they were responsible

       C．they had neglected the natural course of events

       D．they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

71．According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that     .

       A．everything in the world is predetermined

       B．the world can be interpreted in different ways 

       C．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

       D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

72．What’s the main idea of the passage?

       A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery.

       B．Every story should have a happy ending.

       C．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.

       D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away .

Raising environmental awareness was the aim of our art exhibition ____ last week.

     A．to hold          B．held        C．having held   D．being held

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.

Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship，but I didn’t. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

55. In the writer’s opinion, her friend ________.

   A. was a girl with no self-respect

   B. could find a better boyfriend

   C. was brave enough to stick to her own choice

   D. didn’t value the writer’s suggestion

56. What did the writer worry about?

   A. She would lose the friendship with her.

   B. Her friend’s parents would be worried about their daughter.

   C. Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.

   D. Her friend’s boyfriend would be in great trouble.

57. We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________.

   A. didn’t want to go anywhere else

   B. hated her friend’s hanging with her boyfriend

C. couldn’t believe that her friend’s choice was acceptable

   D. doubted whether she could in any way help her friend

58. What can be concluded from the passage?

   A. Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.

   B. Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.

   C. Friendship should be everlasting once begun.

   D. Friendship can have magical power in life.