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significant had happened in the way of promotions or salary increases. Martha felt that her supervisor, a
younger and less experienced person than she, did not like her. In fact, the supervisor often said unpleasant
things to her.
One day, while talking with her friend Maria, she mentioned how discouraged she was. Maria gave her
the name of a cousin of hers who was director of Human Resources Department for a large chemical
company. Martha called him the next day and set up an interview on her lunch hour.
During the interview, Mr. Petri said, "You"re just the kind of person we need here. You"re being wasted
in your other job. Give me a call in a day or two. I"m sure we can find a place for you in our organization."
Martha was so happy she almost danced out of the building.
That afternoon, Ruth Kenny, her supervisor, saw that Martha had come in ten minutes late from her lunch
hour and she said. "Oh, so you finally decided to come back to work today?"
This was the last straw. She could not take another insult. Besides, Mr. Petri was right:she was being
wasted in this job.
"Look," she said angrily, "if you don"t like the way I work, I don"t need to stay here, I"ll go where I"m
appreciated! Good-bye!" She took up her things and stormed out of the office.
That night she called Maria and told her what had happened and then asked Maria, "What do you think?"
"Well," said Maria carefully, "are you sure about the other job?"
"Well, not exactly, but …"
Maria continued, "Will you be able to get a recommendation from Ms.Kenny if you need one?"
"A recommendation?…from Ms.Kenny?" hesitated Martha, in a worried tone.
"Martha, I hope you didn"t burn your bridges," Maria said. "I think I would have handled it differently."
B. the work in not significant
C. her supervisor is younger than she
D. there is too much work with little payment
B. Mr. Petri felt Martha was not valued in her present job.
C. Martha"s interview with the director was on her lunch hour.
D. Martha got the name of the director through her cousin.
B. the straw that saves Martha"s life
C. the last reminder
D. the final unpleasant thing
B. Martha shouldn"t have set the bridge on fire.
C. Martha should have found a new job before leaving.
D. Martha shouldn"t have lost her temper with her supervisor.
答案
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试题【Reading comprehension. Martha had been working for Miller Laboratories for t】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange 1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so
much. There was never total 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair
take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when
there was no 7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My
8 would run wild,and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the "enemy" would not
discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school. Every
morning I got on the school bus right near my home -that was no 11 . After school 12 , when all the
buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I"d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14
neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn"t 15 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being
popular was so important to me 18 , and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one.
One of the processes (过程) of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears. Understanding
the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
| ( )1. A.way ( )2. A.wounded ( )3. A.quietness ( )4. A.got ( )5. A.spirit ( )6. A.eye ( )7. A.breath ( )8. A.belief ( )9. A.lay ( )10. A.especially ( )11. A.discussion ( )12. A.though ( )13. A.called ( )14. A.old ( )15. A.leave ( )16. A.above ( )17. A.protected ( )18. A.then ( )19. A.strict ( )20. A.realize | B. time B. destroyed B. darkness B. forced B. height B. window B. wind B. feeling B. hide B. simply B. problem B. yet B. backed B. crowded B. let B. in B. guided B. there B. powerful B. remember | C. place C. surprised C. emptiness C. made C. body C. mouth C. air C. imagination C. rest C. probably C. joke C. although C. lined C. poor C. order C. of C. believed C. once C. heavy C. recognize | D. reason D. frightened D. lonelinese D. caused D. shape D. door D. sound D. doubt D. lie D. directly D. matter D. still D. packed D. unfamiliar D. send D. at D. accepted D. anyway D. right D. recover | ||||||||||||||
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| What am I doing with my daughter at home? Rather than read aloud from books, we go go dinner and have a very a good time. This is usually when her Mom isn"t around, and this is when my little girl and I relate better. They"re alone together so much. We"re seldom alone. When we"re alone together, she and I somehow behave differently. We learn about each other.She learns that I"m her father.I learn that she"s my daughter. It"s a strange feeling, but any parent knows what I"m talking about when I say that I often look at my daughter and wonder just whose kid she is. Where"d she suddenly come from? And why on earth did she pick Laura and me for parents? When my daughter and I are along she"ll hold my hand and say, "I just love you so much, Daddy!" She"s so used to my leaving that when I tell her she and I are going to hang out all night, she gets this great look on her face and says, "We"ve got so much to do, Dad!" There"s nothing like it in the world. I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing, so I"ve been giving my wife a couple of hundred dollars each week and making her go to the shopping center with her girlfriends,or something-anything! But this closeness is not without its problems. When I"m sitting there playing with her Barbie doll (巴比娃娃), washing her hair, a voice in me suddenly says, "I"ve got to get a drink and get out of here." Right in the middle of all this pleasantness,the voice goes, "Look at yourself! You"re washing dolls!" | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Why does the husband give his wife so much money each week? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. He wants her to buy more things for the family B. She can do whatever she likes with the money C. He can spend more time with his daughter D. She can spend more time with her friends | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Which of the following statements is true? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. The father spends more time with the daughter than the mother does. B. The daughter is happy when the father tells her he will be away. C. The father is happy, hearing "We"ve got so much to do, Dad!" D. The father is sure that the daughter is not his own. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. What does the last paragraph tell us about the father? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. He doesn"t enjoy being with his daughter. B. He doesn"t like washing his daughter"s hair. C. He likes to enjoy himself by going out for a drink. D. He has mixed feelings when he is with his daughter. | |||||||||||||||||
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| The 28-year-old had spent six years working nights while she gained her university degree during the day. When she finally graduated, she had her eye on a teaching 1 at a nearby primary school. With the help of her friends, she had an interview with the Head. "I noticed a tiny hole in one of my stockings earlier," she 2 . "I thought about changing them, but I knew I"d be late if I did. And by the time I got to the interview, 3 enormous. I walked in apologizing for not 4 ." The would be teacher didn"t get the job. In fact one of her friends told her that the 5 only comment was:"If someone doesn"t take the time to present her best 6 at an interview, what kind of 7 is she going to be?" First impressions are 8 ones. In other words, if you"re viewed positively within the critical (关键的) first four minutes, the person you"ve met will 9 assume everything you do is positive. Leave the interviewer a bad impression, and often he will assume you have a lot of other unsatisfactory characters. Worse, he or she may not take the time to give you a second 10 . Most employers believe that those who look as if they care about themselves will care more about their jobs. | |||||||||||||||||
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