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Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Read the passages carefully and decide on the best choice.[题数：10；分数：20分；参考时间：20分0秒] Passage 1 A strong resume and cover letter combination is your √ 1. What only chance to land an interview. The average hiring question is the manager will review over 1 000 resumes to fill a single first paragraph position listed on popular job sites like Monster or in intended to the classified sections of major newspapers. Faced with answer?____ this daunting (使人畏缩的) task, the hiring manager [A] How does looks for reasons not to interview you and may even use the interviewer a computerized resume tracking system to screen out 90% screen out the of the resumes. A Resume Edge resume can ... · Enhance resumes? your lifetime earning potential. We have helped clients [B] Why is a add $40 000 to their annual income and over $1 million resume and to their lifetime earning potential. Undermarketing cover letter yourself can be the biggest mistake you ever important? make. · Dramatically increase your resume success rate and secure you more interviews than you ever thought [C] How many possible. We will make your resume stand out from the resumes will six-inch stack of homemade resumes on a busy hiring the hiring manager's desk. · Shorten your time spent searching for manager review a job. According to the US Dept. of Labor, the average in order to find job search time is longer than three months. The time one person saved searching for a job translates into tens of appropriate for thousands of dollars in salary for many of our the position? unemployed clients. · Eliminate the screen-out factors [D] How do the that relegate (丢弃) many resumes to the trash. Do you bosses employ a have a typo (印刷错误)? Do you use the word \Do you worker? sound like a boss's nightmare? You would be surprised 【参考答案】：B how many screen-out factors the average resume 【干扰项】：C（有contains. · Ensure you rank highly in a computerized 12.00%的学生选resume tracking system like Resumix or Monster. 择了该选项） Currently, half of all mid-sized and almost all large companies scan resumes into a computerized tracking system, which is searched for keywords by hiring ResumeEdge managers. · Put you in control of your interview by resume is steering your interviewer away from potential probably a weaknesses. Interviewers love to focus on resume ____. liabilities (不利条件,缺点) like extended time off, [A] school frequent job changing, etc. We write your resume to minimize potential liabilities and showcase (陈列) your [B] city strengths. [C] website [D] non-profit organization 【参考答案】：C 【干扰项】：A（有84.00%的学生选择了该选项） × 2. A × 3. Which of the following is not the screen-out factor?____ [A] Use the word \ [B] Have a typing mistake. [C] Sound like a boss's nightmare. [D] Avoid mentioning shortcomings in the resume. 【参考答案】：D 【干扰项】：A（有84.00%的学生选择了该选项） × 4. How does a computerized tracking system work for the hiring manager?____ [A] Resumes are scanned into the system and then the hiring manager will search for the key words. [B] A computerized tracking system can locate the best resume as soon as possible. [C] A computerized tracking system can remove unqualified resumes as soon as possible [D] A computerized tracking system can find out which resume is best written. 【参考答案】：A 【干扰项】：B（有88.00%的学生选择了该选项） × 5. What is the passage mainly about?____ [A] The importance of resumes and cover letters. [B] What A ResumeEdge resume can do for you. [C] How to put yourself in control of the interview. [D] How to avoid your shortcomings. 【参考答案】：B 【干扰项】：A（有95.00%的学生选择了该选项） Passage 2