题目
A.Dry and factual
B.Humorous and witty
C.Lucid and matter-of-fact
D.aggressive
第1题
Please do not()when somebody else is talking.
A、intend
B、interpret
C、interrupt
D、invest
第2题
Passage Two
The letter you write is your personal representative. It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person. It goes to the hospital to cheer a sick friend. It goes to your hostess to thank her for entertaining you. It conveys your best wishes, congratulations, condolences--when you are not able to do so in person.
A friendly letter is like a visit on paper. If you "hate to write letters", it's simply because you have not yet discovered the fun it can be to write and receive letters that are good talk on paper. Many people neglect to answer letters from relatives and friends. To a letter unanswered is like saying, "I don't think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter."
36. According to the passage, when you can't come to a certain place in person, you can ______.
A. send somebody else instead
B. make a telephone call
C. send a telegraph
D. write a letter
第3题
A bunch of behavior sensors and a clever piece of software could do just that,by analyzing your behavior to determine if it's a good time to interrupt you.If built into a phone,the system may decide you're too busy and ask the caller to leave a message or ring back later.
James Fogarty and Scott Hudson at carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania based their system on tiny microphones,cameras and touch sensors that reveal body language and activity.First they had to study different behaviors to find out which ones strongly predict whether your mind is interrupted.
The potential"busyness"signals they focused on included whether the office doors were left open or closed,the time of day,if other people were with the person in question,how close they were to each other,and whether or not the computer was in use.
The sensors monitored these and many other factors while four subjects were at work.At random intervals,the subjects rated how interruptible they were on a scale ranging from"highly interruptible"to"highly not interruptible".Their ratings were then correlated with the various behaviors."It is a shotgun approach.we used all the indicators we could think of and then let statistics find out which were important,"says Hudson.
The model showed that using the keyboard,and talking on a landline or to someone else in the office correlated most strongly with how interruptible the subjects judged themselves to be.
Interestingly,the computer was actually better than people at predicting when someone was too busy to be interrupted.The computer got it right 82 per cent of the time,humans 77 per cent.Fogarty speculates that this might be because people doing the interrupting are inevitably biased towards delivering their message,whereas computers don't care.
The first application for Hudson and Fogarty's system is likely to be in an instant messaging system,followed by office phones and cell phones."There is no technological roadblock to it used in a couple of years,"says Hudson.
1.A big problem facing people today is that().
A、they must tolerate phone disturbances or miss important calls
B、they must turn off their phones to keep their homes quiet
C、they have to switch from a desktop phone to a cell phone
D、they are too busy to make phone Calls or write e-mails
2.The behavior sensor and software system built in a phone().
A、could help store important messages
B、could send messages immediately
C、could tell when it's right to itererupt you
D、could refuse important phone calls
3.Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University tried to find out().
A、why office doors were often 1eft open
B、when it was a good time to turn off the computer
C、what questions office workers were bothered with
D、which behaviors could tell whether a person was busy
4. During the experiment, the subjects were asked ()
A、to control the sensors and the camera
B、to rate the degrees to which they could be interrupted
C、to compare their behaviors with one another's
D、to analyze all the indicators of nterruption
5. The computer performed better than people in the study because().
A、the computer worked harder
B、the computer was not busy
C、people tended to be biased
D、people were not good at statistics
第4题
阅读理解
The smart job-seeker needs to rid herself of several standard myths about interviewing What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some suggestions to help you do your best at a job interview.
Myth I: The aim of interviewing is to obtain a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job offers you don't want! So, before you 面 back-flips for an employer be sure you want the job.
Myth 2: Always please the interviewer.
Not true. Try to please yourself. Giving answers that you think will suit a potential employer and practicing a policy of appeasement (讨好) are certain to get you nowhere. An effective interview (where you are offered the job or not) is like an exciting encounter in conversation with your seatmate on an airplane.
Myth 3: Never interrupt the interviewer.
An exciting conversation always makes us feel free-free to interrupt, to disagree, to agree enthusiastically. So, when interviewing, try to be yourself. Employers will either like or dislike you, but at least you'll have made an impression. Leaving an employer indifferent is the worst impression you can make. And the way to make an effective impression is to feel free to be yourself!
Another silly myth. Don't be afraid to disagree with your interviewer in an agreeable way. And don't hesitate to change your mind. The worst that could happen would be that the interviewer says to herself 0There's a person with an open mind!"
31. By 11my'di" the author means ____________.
A. an old traditional story or legend
B. something that is unknown
C. something false, that most people believe to be true
32. According to the passage, if you are looking for a job, your aim in the interview is________.
A.to obtain the job offered by the employer
B.to obtain a desirable job
C.to let the employer understand your desire
33. The right attitude for you is to ___________.
A. please the potential employer
B. avoid disagreement with the interviewer
C. talk to your interviewer in a warm and friendly way
34. When interviewing,________.
A. try to be natural and relaxed
B. keep an open mind
C. don interrupt the interviewer
35. The best title for this selection would be __________.
A. The aim of job-seeking
B. Myths About Interviewing
C. How to Obtain a Job
第5题
A、somebody’s else's
B、somebody’s else
C、somebody else
D、somebody else’s
第7题
A.interpret
B.interfere
C.interrupt
D.disturb
第8题
A.confuse
B.interrupt
C.exclaim
D.disturb
第9题
We have found that there is major obstacle that parents need to overcome in connection with TV viewing. Surprisingly enough, we are going to advocate that parents act rudely—at least as fat' as the TV set is concerned. Most of us have been socialized all our lives with the warning "Don' t interrupt when someone else is speaking." Yet our ancestors never imagined a mechanical visitor sitting in the middle of our home who talks without stop and never allows the listener an opportunity to put a word in edgewise.
During our research, we found upon questioning parents that they usually reacted to TV content they disliked or disagreed with by remaining silent. This brings to mind an old saying that parents might well be advised to consider, "Silence gives consent."
We advocate loud reactions and exclamations of disapproval when something is presented on TV which is in opposition to the family' s values or offends them in any way. Similarly, when a program is in accordance with the family' s views, parents should approve of its content and applaud loudly. There is much that Shakespearean audiences of old could teach us in regard to such spontaneous, public reactions. Silence is misleading to our children.
This process of direct intervention vocal approval or disapproval of TV content—is highly effective with young children, because they ant curious, lemming rapidly and ready to place a great deal of confidence in the information and attitudes of their parents and other significant adults, such as teachers. For teenagers indirect intervention is recommended, because this group is more resistant to adult statements and does not like to be "Iectured." Indirect intervention is the practice of making comments about TV to other members of the family, but in such a way that teenager is sure to overhear the comments.
Our research shows that through such parental comments of approval or disapproval, adults can dramatically influence the information their children receive and retain from watching TV.
We may infer from the first paragraph that parents______.
A.find that their children like to watch those sex or violence TV programs
B.hope that school or society can do something to control bad TV programs
C.feel that they can exert some influences on their children at home only
D.realize that there is a generation gap between them and their children
第10题
A.listens
B.is listening
C.has listened
D.has been listening
第11题
A: Excuse me, I don't want to interrupt you... B: ______.
A.No. no. It's quite all right.
B.Well. never mind.
C.It won't bother me.
D.Of course not.
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