B. What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for companies. C. Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates. D. Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidates. 59. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Employees Matter B. Personal Choices Matter C. Appearances Matter D. Hiring Managers Matter
60. The author?s attitude towards strange dress styles in the workplace may best be described as_______.
A. enthusiastic B. negative C positive D. sympathetic 积累与运用
查一查这些词与短语在原文中的含义并用他们的适当形式填空。
1. tough ___________________________________________________________________ 2. seeker ______________________________________________________________ 3. unfair ________________________________________________________________ 4. discourage _______________________________________________________________ 5. impression ______________________________________________________________ 6. appearances _______________________________________________________________ 7. standard _________________________________________________________________ 8. concern ___________________________________________________________________ 9. a matter of _______________________________________________________________ 10. represent _________________________________________________________________ 11. candidates_________________________________________________________________ 12. disappoint __________________________________________________________________ 13. blame_____________________________________________________________________ 14. but________________________________________________________________________ 15. match____________________________________________________________________ 16. simply____________________________________________________________________ 17. as long as _________________________________________________________________ Other words or phrases that you don?t know:
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_____________________________________________________________________________ 1. The report blames poor safety standards for the accident. 2. The company admitted that it had been a tough year. 3. I can come and see you any day but Tuesday.
4. Your father is dying and there's nothing we can do. I'm afraid it's just a matter of time. 5. I can't see any use in us talking about that idea at all - it's simply not practical. 6. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there aren't any tickets left.
7. We need to discourage the use of cars for short journeys to save energy. 8. We'll help you find a home that will match your requirements. 9. When it comes to job interviews, first impressions are important.
E
Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he?d told his wife. “I?ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o?clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex?s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted “Where?s my toast, where?s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy?s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o?clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所）.“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife?s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
49. When his wife left home. Brad expected to ________.
A. go out for a walk in the park B. watch TV talk show with his children C. enjoy his first day off work D. read the newspaper to his children 50. Which of the following did Randy do?
A. Drawing on the wall B. Eating apple jam C. Feeding the fish. D. Reading in a room 51.Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?
A. Because he wanted to clean up his house. B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys home. D. Because he had to take his wife back 52. This text is developed _________.
A. by space B. by comparison C. by process D. by time 积累与运用
查一查这些词与短语在原文中的含义并用他们的适当形式填空。
1. very ____________________________________________________________________ 2. out of control ______________________________________________________________ 3. show off ________________________________________________________________ 4. appeared ________________________________________________________________ 5. examination ____________________________________________________________ 6. exactly __________________________________________________________________ Other words or phrases that you don?t know:
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_____________________________________________________________________________ 1. The fire was out of control when the police arrived.
2. The figures may not be exactly right, but they're close enough. 3. Then she went and did the very thing I had asked her not to.
4. The gene appears to make people have a higher risk of developing cancer.
5. After a brief examination by a local doctor, I was taken to the city's main hospital.
F
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn?t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there?s a dark period in-between where you?re neither one thing nor the other. You?re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you?re too ashamed to say, “Well, I?m writing a novel, but I?m not quite sure if I?m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside. Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — or fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there?s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.
49. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. I was waiting for good fortune. B. I was trying to find an admirable job.
C. I was being aimless about a suitable job. D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. 50. The author decided to write a novel ______ .
A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers? wish D. to earn more money 51. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain. 52. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph? A. It pays to stick to one?s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.
C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.
D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something. 积累与运用
查一查这些词与短语在原文中的含义并用他们的适当形式填空。
1. degree ____________________________________________________________________ 2. sense of ______________________________________________________________ 3. take … off ______________________________________________________________ 4. structure ________________________________________________________________ 5. confidence _________________________________________________________________ 6. period ____________________________________________________________________ 7. ashamed __________________________________________________________________ 8. put … aside __________________________________________________________________ 9. sign _____________________________________________________________________ 10. position ____________________________________________________________________ Other words or phrases that you don?t know:
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1. For a long time I was ashamed of my father and the fact he never finished school. 2. So do you think that we could put our differences aside for just one evening? 3. He felt a huge sense of relief after he finished his last exam. 4. France has just signed a new trade deal with Japan. 5. I rang my boss and arranged to take some time off.