A. To praise her good appearance.
B. To give her money.
C. To reprimand her for being late.
D. To reprimand her for telling a lie. 3.
What is the woman? A. A secretary.
B. An assistant manager.
C. The office manager.
D. The accountant. 4.
What does the man say he has noticed over the past year? A. The woman has grown lazier.
B. The woman has become more interested in money.
C. The woman has grown prettier.
D. The woman has improved her work. 5.
What does the dialog say about the training courses? A. The woman has paid a lot to attend them.
B. The man has paid a lot to attend them.
C. They have improved the woman's work.
D. They have turned out to be a failure. 1.
What did the Mexican fisherman say when advised to stay out longer and catch more fish? A. He was tired.
B. He could not find more fish.
C. He had caught enough fish for his family's immediate use.
D. He had caught enough fish for his family's long-term consumption. 2.
Which of the following is the sequence of actions the American suggests for the Mexican?
A. Selling to the factory—owning a factory—owing a fleet of boats
B. Owing a fleet of boats—selling to the factory—owning a factory
C. Owing a fleet of boats—owning a factory—selling to the factory
D. Selling to the factory—owing a fleet of boats—owning a factory 3.
What did the American suggest the Mexican could finally do to make millions of dollars? A. Expand his fleet.
B. Expand his factory.
C. Sell more fish to the middleman.
D. Sell his company's stock to the public. 4.
What did the American advise the Mexican to do after the latter had made millions of dollars? A. Lead a leisurely life.
B. Lead a colorful life in Mexico City.
C. Lead a profitable life in Los Angeles.
D. Follow an MBA program. 5.
What does the Mexican's final answer imply?
A. Playing with one's children is more fun than drinking wine.
B. Drinking wine is more fun than playing the guitar.
C. It is not worthwhile to work hard to expand one's business.
D. It is a good idea to work hard to make plenty of money.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog. 6.
What is the speaker's attitude towards frequent job-hopping? A. Highly positive.
B. Slightly positive.
C. Neutral.
D. Negative. 7.
According to some people, how may people benefit from moving from job to job every few years?
A. They may have more opportunities to move upward in responsibility.
B. They may keep their skills up to date.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. 8.
According to the speaker, what may happen to people who stick to one job at one company?
A. They may have opportunities for promotion.
B. They may lose opportunities for promotion.
C. They will be looked down upon by colleagues.
D. They may be considered professionally incompetent. 9.
According to the speaker, what is the second disadvantage for people who change their jobs too often?
A. They may be considered dishonest.
B. They may be considered professionally incompetent.
C. They may be considered not clever enough.
D. They may be considered too ambitious.
10. What does the speaker finally say about people who change
their jobs too often?
A. They may have a good team spirit.
B. They are unlikely to be self-centered.
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B.
1. How soon can they move into the new office? A. Before July 1st.
B. After July 1st.
C. Before August 1st.
D. After August 1st. 2.
When will the new company probably start operating? A. Before mid-July.
B. After mid-July.
C. Before mid-August.
D. After mid-August. 3.
What experience did the woman have? A. She always bought new equipment.
B. She assisted her former boss in marketing.
C. She was in charge of finance only.
D. She did marketing and finance on her own. 4.
What will the woman do first on Monday morning? A. Buy new equipment.
B. Call the art people.
C. Hand in her marketing plan.
D. Write a marketing plan. 5.
What has the man done about recruiting people? A. He has employed some R & D experts.
B. He has found some candidates for the company's R & D section.
C. He has employed some art people.
D. He has found some candidates for the company's art work.
1. Those who concealed their anger or quickly became irritable were 50 percent more likely than the average person to have an early heart attack. A. True B. False 2.
The study by Patricia Carson and her colleagues involved over 1,000 subjects who were followed for an average of 36 years. A. True B. False 3.
The questionnaire collected information on how the subjects reacted to pressure or stress.