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In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year--except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according to a survey of World at Word. About one-third of companies froze raises altogether.
For 2010, World at Work’s survey projects an average salary increase budget of 2.7 percent, a figure that shows the situation has improved but the job market is still weak. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of companies said they would freeze raises--far fewer than in 2009, but still more than in most years.
How can you get a raise? Avalos and others offer the following tips:
* Do your job well. This means producing high-quality work, of course, but also keeping the big picture in mind.
“It really comes down to positioning yourself as a high performer, somebody who is aware of business goals and helps the company meet their goals as an organization”, Avalos said
* Be visible. When times are tough, some workers think. “I’m going to hunker down and hope that nobody notices me, because I don’t want to be on a layoff list,” said Richard Phillips, owner of Advantage Career Solutions. This is a mistake, because you’re unlikely to get a raise if no one knows what you have accomplished. “If anything, what you want to do is be more visible.”
* Make your boss’s life easier. This means everything from having a good attitude to taking on extra tasks. If you don’t know how you can help your boss, ask.
* Ask for a raise. Talk to your boss and present your case: Here’s what I’ve done, here’s how it fits with the company’s goals, and here is why I think it’s worth a salary increase. In some cases, even if your company has an official raise freeze, you can get a raise if you make good case.
If the answer is no -- or if you’re not ready to ask directly -- Phillips suggests asking, “What would you like to see from me that would put me in line for a raise?”
A question like this can improve your standing. “Just asking the question says to the boss, ‘I’m thinking about where I fit in here, what I can do,” Phillips said, “That in and of itself has value.”
小题1:The passage is mostly from aan________.
A.novel | B.science fiction |
C.magazine | D.biography |
A.4 | B.2.1 | C.2.7 | D.10 |
A.have your job done well | B.be visible everywhere as possible as you can |
C.ask your boss for a raise directly | D.change your job |
A.the situation has improved but the job market is still weak |
B.salary increases should recover as the economy does |
C.producing high-quality work will surely help you get a raise |
D.that in and off an employee makes no difference |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
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试题【As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same. In the pa】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.
Life was tough. I couldn’t stand, much less walk. I rarely left the farmhouse—and then only in someone’s arms. Mom bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.
“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”
Mom devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.
A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.
“There’s nothing anyone can do but you can’t,” Mom said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”
The next day Mom dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mom took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.
We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I’d walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mom"s eyes shining with a mother"s pride.
That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I’d done on my walk.
Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mom"s words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.
I’ve sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world’s finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mom’s words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn"t feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mom’s promise lived.
小题1:What was the problem with the author as a baby?
A.He was expected unable to walk. |
B.He was born outward in character. |
C.He had a problem with listening. |
D.He was shorter than a normal baby. |
A.shortcoming | B.disadvantage |
C.disability | D.delay |
A.To hide their depressed feeling. |
B.To indicate it an unusual day. |
C.To show off their clothes. |
D.To celebrate his successful operation. |
A.determined | B.stubborn | C.generous | D.distinguished |
A.His consistent effort. | B.His talent for music. |
C.His countless failures. | D.His mother’s promise. |
★ Subway transfer
“Transfer” is a word frequently used by volunteers helping visitors choose the best way of transport during the ongoing Beijing Olympics to save time.
On the seven subway lines now in operation, the transport authorities have set up a total of 16 transfer stations:
Transfer between Line 2 and Line 1 at Jianguomen and Fuxingmen stations;
Transfer between Line 2 and Line 5 at Chongwenmen and Yonghegong stations;
Transfer between Line 2 and Line 13 at Dongzhimen and Xizhimen stations; Dongzhimen station can also bring you to Beijing Capital International Airport via the Airport Line;
Transfer between Line 1 and Line Batong at Sihui and Sihuidong stations;
Transfer from Line 1 to Line 10 at Guomao station to reach Zhongguancun, the north Third Ring Road (going north and west) or Jinsong (going south).
Via Line 10, transfer to Line 8 at Beitucheng station to reach the Olympic central zone, where the “Bird’s Nest” and other venues are located; transfer to Line 5 at Huixinxijie Nankou; transfer to Line 13 at Zhichunlu and Shaoyaoju stations; Sanyuanqiao station takes you to the airport via the Airport Line.
★ From subway to bus
Beijing’s subway system is thoroughly linked with bus routes.
The Beijing Railway Station, which can be reached via the Line 2 subway, has bus lines going north, southeast and to the West Railway Station, covering Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Daxing and other districts.
Xizhimen station is linked to many bus routes that go south and northeast. The long-distance bus routes near Dongzhimen station pass through Shunyi, Pinggu and other outskirts.
★ Park and ride
Park and ride facilities allow commuters to leave their personal vehicles in a parking lot and transfer to a bus or rail system.
In Beijing, because of city planning and other factors, park and ride is limited to bus and subway stations beyond the Fourth Ring Road. Since the Line 5 subway began operating, a low-fare parking lot, the largest in Beijing, was created at Tiantongyuan Beizhan station. Drivers are encouraged to spend just two yuan per day parking their vehicles and take the subway into the city.
小题1:At which of the station, passengers can go to the Beijing Capital International Airport by subway?
A.Dongzhimen and Xizhimen. | B.Jianguomen and Fuxingmen. |
C.Dongzhimen and Sanyuanqiao. | D.Zhichunlu and Shaoyaoju. |
A.Transfer to Line 1 at Jianguomen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station. |
B.Transfer to Line 5 at Chongwenmen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station. |
C.Transfer to Line 13 at Dongzhimen station, and then transfer to Line 8 at Beituchengstation. |
D.Transfer to Line 1 at Dongzhimen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station. |
A.You can get to the Beijing Railway Station via the Line 5 subway. |
B.Park and ride is limited to bus and subway stations beyond the Third Ring Road. |
C.Drivers can spend a little money in parking their vehicles in the largest parking lot. |
D.Drivers must park their cars in the largest parking lot and transfer to a bus or rail system. |
A.From the Beijing Railway Station, you can take buses to the West Railway Station. |
B.From the Beijing Railway Station, you can take the subway to the West Railway Station. |
C.The Beijing Railway Station has bus lines going north and southeast. |
D.The Beijing Railway Station has bus lines going southeast and to the West Railway Station. |
A.To help volunteers save time during the ongoing Olympic Games. |
B.To help tourists enjoy the places of interest in Beijing. |
C.To make people learn about the daily transport in Beijing. |
D.To make it convenient and efficient to travel in Beijing during the ongoing Olympic Games. |
The mother has an additional influence on her sons: she not only gives them clues to what they will find attractive in a mate, but also affects how they feel about women in general. So if she is warm and nice, her sons are going to think that’s the way women are. They will probably grow up to be warm and responsive lovers and also be cooperative around the house.
Conversely, a mother who has a depressive personality, and is sometimes friendly but then suddenly turns cold and rejecting, may raise a man who becomes a “dance-away lover”. Because he’s been so scared about love from his mother, he’s afraid of commitment and may pull away from a girlfriend for this reason.
While the mother determines in large part what qualities attract us in a mate, it’s the father—the first male in our lives—who influences how we relate to the opposite sex. Fathers have an enormous effect on their children’s personalities and chances of marital happiness.
Just as mothers influence their son’s general feelings toward women, fathers influence their daughter’s general feelings about men. If a father lavishes praise on his daughter and demonstrates that she is a worthwhile person, she’ll feel very good about herself in relation to men. But if the father is cold, critical or absent, the daughter will tend to feel she’s not very lovable or attractive.
In addition, most of us grow up with people of similar social circumstances. We hang around with people in the same town; our friends have about the same educational backgrounds and career goals. We tend to be most comfortable with these people, and therefore we tend to link up with others whose families are often much like our own.
小题1:Why do our mother’s characteristics leave us an indelible impression?
A.Because we are likely to be attached to people with her characteristics. |
B.Because the mother and her child are the centers of each other when her child is very young. |
C.Because our mother is better than our dad. |
D.Because our mother is a woman who is kind to us. |
A.If our mother is warm and giving, we love to be together with warm and generous people. |
B.If our mother is strong and well-controlled, we are going to be attracted to a fair-minded strength in our mates. |
C.Mother not only gives her children clues to what they will find attractive in a mate, but also affects how they feel about women in general. |
D.Fathers influence their daughter’s general feelings about men. |
A.The mother only influences her sons. |
B.The sons always think women are warm and nice. |
C.A mother who has a depressive personality is sure to raise a dance-away lover. |
D.The mother has an additional influence on her sons. |
A.Uses much. | B.Uses little. | C.Never uses. | D.Seldom uses. |
A.Mothers’ influence on their sons. | B.Parents’ influence on their children. |
C.Parents’ impression on their children. | D.Fathers’ influence on their daughters. |
Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity(肥胖), experts said.
Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night’s sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey. Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep. In contrast, North Dakota was below average, with only 1 in 13 reporting that degree of sleeplessness. Health officials do not know the exact reasons for the differences.
In the survey, people weren’t required to answer the question why they were not able to get enough rest or sleep. But experts noted several possible explanations: West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities.
Studies have increasingly found that sleeping problems often occurred among people with certain health problems, including obesity. “You would expect to see poorer sleep within a chronically (慢性地) diseased population,” noted Dr Ronald Chervin, a sleep disorders expert in University of Michigan.
Financial stress and work shifts(倒班)can play roles in sleeplessness, too, Chervin added. He suggested those may be contributing factors in West Virginia, an economically depressed state with tens of thousands of people working in coal mining.
The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans, including at least 3,900 in each state. The survey did not include people who use only cellphones.
小题1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (No more than 15 words.)
小题2:What does the underlined word “notably” in Paragraph 2 mean? (No more than 3 words.)
小题3:What was the possible reason for the high rate of sleeplessness in West Virginia according to Paragraph 3? (No more than 12 words.)
小题4:List three factors that contribute to sleeplessness based on the passage.
(No more than 8 words.)
①______________________②________________________③______________________
小题5:How was the research carried out? (No more than 10 words.)
What attracted her to take up boxing was the unusual sight of two women in the ring on the television screen when she was about to watch a Mike Tyson fight five years ago. She was very excited and said to herself, “I can do that. ”
Laila’s father would prefer her not to take up the dangerous sport. Johnny McClain, her husband and manager (former boxer himself) feels the same way. Even though both the men in her life worry about her, they’re 100 percent supportive. “They don’t want me to get hurt, ” she says.
Long before entering the ring, Laila was a fighter. Being the daughter of an outstanding boxer made her an easy target for high school kids to see how tough she was. They, not she, failed in the test. For the public, her biggest test took place last summer in the New York State when she took on Jacqui Frazier Lyde, the daughter of Joe Frazier, her father’s most famous opponent (对手) during the 1970s.
That fight provided the biggest shot in the arm that women’s boxing has received. News reporters poured in. Some called it “Ali/Frazier-GenerationⅡ”. No match involving women had ever attracted so much attention. Laila had a narrow victory in the fight.
Like it or not, she accepts the fact that she is the face of female boxing. And she hopes that her name and fame will help get the public to take it more seriously.
The name Ali has and always will bring her attention. But she is determined to make her own mark on opponents’ faces as well as in boxing history books. She says, “I want women’s boxing to get its due respect. ”
小题1:Laila took up boxing because of ________.
A.her father’s great status | B.a Mike Tyson fight |
C.her admiration for her father | D.her interest in boxing |
A.Laila’s husband is still a boxer now |
B.Laila wants to make contributions to the sport of boxing |
C.Laila’s husband doesn’t think boxing is a dangerous sport |
D.when Laila was in high school, she often failed in the fight with other kids |
A.That fight proved that Laila was a person of physical power. |
B.That fight made female boxing more popular. |
C.That fight provided people with a good change to enjoy themselves. |
D.Laila made her first public appearance in that fight. |
A.A female boxer—Laila Ali | B.The best-known fight |
C.Ali/Frazie-GenerationⅡ | D.Muhammad Ali and his daughter |
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