one, she may quite innocently not know the (9) _______ . She may be a schoolgirl with a Saturday job, or a housewife (10) _______ part-time.
D. shopping
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“The public can have this car in What does the speaker think of
(1) Henry Ford's standardization in
any color they like as long as it
making cars?
is black.” Henry Ford, the
first of the world’s great car makers, said those famous words back in 1911. Since then
everyone has tried to show that
B. People are wrong to A. It is still the most modern method in the industry.
he was wrong. The development of the car economy has resulted in a move away from standardization.
Marketing professionals often use car ownership as a kind of
shorthands for different social or economic groups. The “Sierra man” is a young junior executive. He is sales oriented, very ambitious and likes sports.
He drives a large, powerful Ford Sierra. The “Galaxy man” has
fulfilled most of his career ambitions. His home and family are the most important things in
his life, so he drives a Ford
Galaxy, an MPV.
The ability to make these
statements is naturally limited by spending power. Some car
makers like BMW and Mercedes concentrate on the upper income ranges. Others, like Ford,
Toyota and Volkswagen develop
large families of cars to cover
different tastes in the mass prove that Ford was wrong.
C. It was possibly acceptable in the 1910s but is out of date now.
D. Black is still one of the most popular car colors. What is a typical “Sierra man” ? A. A young and powerful man.
B. A young and ambitious junior manager. C. A man who has fulfilled his career ambitions.
D. A family man who likes sports.
What is a typical “Galaxy man”?
A. He pays more attention to his work than his family. B. He has not completely realized his ambition yet.
C. He pays equal attention to his work and his family.
D. He pays more attention
(2)
(3) market.
Originally, car ownership was limited to the head of the family, nearly always the father. As women have become increasingly financially independent, car makers have to his family than his work. Which of the following makers (4)
aims at the rich and wealthy? A. Ford. B. Volkswagen. C. Toyota. begun to produce cars for this market too.
D. BMW.
When cars first became popular, who was the normal owner of a car
in the family? A. The eldest son. B. The wife. C. The daughter.
D. The father.
(5) The interview has been going on Why do companies increasingly ask
(1) applicants strange questions in
for about 20 minutes and
interviews?
everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the
A. To test the
interviewer asks an unexpected applicant’s range of
knowledge. question. “Which is more important, justice or mercy?”
B. To find out the
Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this
is beginning to happen in China. These questions are the result
of a problem with the interview process. Employers want staff who are skilled, enthusiastic and committed. So these are the
qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and reveal the
applicant’s true personality.
The question at the beginning comes from a test. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude testing.
applicant’s IQ.
C. To find out the applicant’s true personality.
D. To confirm the applicant’s qualifications. What is the correct answer to the question in an aptitude test?
A. A smart answer.
B. A funny answer.
C. An honest answer.
D. A cunning answer.
According to the article, what is the problem with the interview
process?
A. It is unable to show whether the applicant is really skilled.
B. It is easy for the applicant to demonstrate his personality.
C. It is difficult for the
interviewers to think up different questions.
(2)
(3) According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a
D. It is easy for the
applicant to guess what the
interviewer wants.
Increasing number of companies in
Chinese person fills out an China are starting to use
(4)
aptitude test to aptitude test he or she tends to
discover_______. think there is a right answer, and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.
This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma. Applicants are trying to act rationally in their own interests. But they fail because they don’t
understand what the interviewer
is looking for. Remember that in
an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.
A. how the applicant solves problems
B. what the applicant knows about life
C. how skilled the
applicant is at his job
D. how committed the applicant is to his work
According to the article, many
Chinese applicants fail in the
aptitude test because
_________.
A. they tend to think there is a right answer
B. they do not know the right answer
C. they think the question is a trick
D. they are unable to understand the question
(5)