A company advertised in the newspaper for a sales position. Details of the requirements, salary and benefits were given. It was also clearly stated that applicants needed to take an aptitude test (能力倾向测试) and an interview. However, looking at the whole advertisement, one could not find any contact information of the company.
Most interested applicants thought that it was the company’s HR department’s carelessness or a printing error. They therefore waited patiently for the newspaper to publish an amendment(订正). But instead of waiting for the newspaper to publish the company details, another three applicants took the initiative(主动性) to find out the company’s contact information themselves.
Tim did a search on the Internet. By typing the company’s name, he easily obtained all the information including its contact number. Lisa called up the local telephone number search service and found out the company’s office number. She called up the office and got the required contact information. Donna put in a greater effort in her search. She remembered seeing a poster by the same company in the city so she drove all the way down and made a few rounds to search for it. She finally found it together with the company’s contact information.
Three days after that advertisement was published in the newspaper, most interested applicants were still waiting eagerly for an amendment. On the other hand, the application letters and resumes of Tim, Lisa and Donna had already reached the hands of the company’s HR manager. They were then called up for an interview. During the interview, all went well and immediately they were hired. The three of them were a little surprised at how fast things went on. They were expecting for an aptitude test as stated in the advertisement. The HR director answered them, smiling, “Our test is hidden in the advertisement itself. To be a good salesperson in this age, he or she has to be broad-minded and very importantly, does not follow rigid (死板的) steps or rules. You are all clever. In a short time, you’ve managed to find ways of contacting us. It shows clearly that you have passed the test with flying colors!”
The fools sit around waiting for their chances whereas the wise actively take actions with great initiative.
小题1:According to the passage the company wanted to test the applicants’ ______. | A．sales skills | B．carefulness | C．attitude | D．initiative |
小题2: Whose search skill is the easiest of all?| A．Tim’s. | B．Lisa’s. | C．Donna’s. | D．None. |
小题3:What can we infer from the passage?| A．The HR manager of the company made a mistake. | | B．The company meant to omit (遗漏) its contact information. | | C．The HR manager of the company was unfit for his / her job. | | D．A printing error occurred in the advertisement in the newspaper. |
小题4:Which of the statements is NOT correct according to the passage?| A．Many applicants thought the company made a mistake. | | B．The advertisement was very special to many applicants. | | C．Whoever found the company’s contact information didn’t need to have an interview. | | D．The company needed broad-minded and clever salespersons. |
小题5:The writer wants to tell us through this passage that ______.| A．no contact information seen in an advertisement might not be the company’s mistake | | B．applicants should be careful not to be fooled by the company’s advertisement | | C．opportunity always belongs to whoever is active and broad-minded | | D．there are many successful chances to be found in this age |
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Transport Guide
The Brisbane City Council (BCC) is responsible for bus and ferry services with in the city limits and suburbs. Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught．BCC buses operate from 5:30 am to 11:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5:30 am to 12:00 a m on Fridays. On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently Pre-paid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT (Queensland University of Technology)bookshop, the campus news agency, most other news agencies and general stores, and any BCC Customer Service Centre. Short-term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to gain a discount fare on BCC public transport. You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel. Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel. There are several types of ticket:
Zone
| Cost (AUD)
| Single
| Daily
| Off-peak Daily
| Ten-Trip Saver
| Weekly
| Monthly
| 1
| 2.50
| 4.20
| 3.50
| 16.80
| 16.80
| 67.20
| 2
| 2.90
| 5.00
| 4.10
| 20.00
| 20.00
| 80.00
| 3
| 3.30
| 5.80
| 4.70
| 23.20
| 23.20
| 92.80
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Single: one way ticket to reach your destination, including transfers within 2 hours.
Daily: unlimited travel within the zones.
Off-peak Daily: discounted unlimited travel between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm and after
7:00 pm Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and public holidays.
Weekly: unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue.
Monthly: unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue.
Ten-trip Saver: 10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only.
Transport routes, timetables and fare information are available from:
Public Transport Information Centre
69 Ann Street (corner of George St)
Brisbane City
Phone l3 12 30(Transport Information Service)
小题1: The transport guide above is most likely provided by ．| A．Public Transport Information Centre | B．the Brisbane City Council | | C．Queensland University of Technology． | D．BCC Customer Service Centres |
小题2: We can learn from the passage that ．| A．buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays | | B．regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets | | C．Pre-paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre | | D．Ten-trip Savers can be used at off-peak time |
小题3:An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day．What type of ticket would he probably buy?| A．Single． | B．Weekly． | C．Off-peak Daily． | D．Ten-trip Saver． |
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When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously（同时的）about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’ s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen -- they can’ t do both -- and they don’ t understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships -- not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.
There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond the brain bias of their children. Since a girl’ s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply.
小题1:While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they | A．are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends | | B．can both talk and watch the screen at the same time | | C．think they can have a good time and develop relationships | | D．have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands |
小题2: After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to .| A．experience the happy time again | B．keep a close tie with her | | C．recommend her a new scenic spot | D．remind her of something forgotten |
小题3:What does the author want to tell us most?| A．Women’ s brains are better organized for language and communication | | B．Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men. | | C．Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts. | | D．Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking. |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?| A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk | | B．Talking Maintains Relationships | | C．Women Love to Talk | | D．Men Talk Differently from Women. |
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According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything that they do. It does not help them build self-confidence.
Most parents and teachers agree that praise can help increase children’s self-confidence —the more, the better. However, according to some researchers, only proper praise is good for children. If adults praise everything children do, it makes children look for praise all the time, not trying to do their best. "Teachers should not say things like ’good job’ or ’nice work’ whenever a child does anything. They should encourage them to continue to improve," some researchers advise.
Another idea is that children with high self-confidence are happier, and do better at school. About this, Marshall Duke, a researcher in children, says, "High self-confidence brought in by too much praise does not make children happier, get more, or become able to do more. Finding a child’s advantages (强项) and developing them can help build confidence more than too much praise can." Praise also loses its effect (影响) if it is given equally to all students.
"It’s important to tell children the truth about what they’ve done. Honest feedback (反馈) is far better than empty praise," Duke adds. "People have got into the habit of not telling children when they’re wrong. That makes it hard for them to deal with difficulties when they grow up. That’s just how the world is."
小题1:According to some researchers, if parents praise their children too much, their children will ______.| A．always look for praise | | B．increase self-confidence | | C．become strong | | D．do better in their studies |
小题2: In order to help children build self-confidence, some researchers advise parents to ______. | A．make them live more happily | | B．let them do more difficult work | | C．help them do better in school | | D．encourage them to improve |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?| A．Praise makes children become successful. | | B．Children don’t know what they’re really good at. | | C．The same praise for all children has no meaning. | | D．Duke thinks praise is more important than finding children’s strengths. |
小题4: What is the last paragraph about?| A．It’s important to have the habit of praising children. | | B．Children should know their mistakes as soon as possible. | | C．We should praise children honestly and tell them their mistakes. | | D．What children with high self-confidence are like. |
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I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace -- I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online businesses are run from one-room home offices. Others have hundreds of employees (雇员) across the world. Have you ever heard of Amazon.com, Yahoo.com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal (交易) on Steve Madden shoes that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, not knowing about all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes (信封) had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15 in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s a way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
小题1:From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author | A．had no experience using computers | | B．had no idea of what e-commerce is | | C．only used the Internet to check e-mail | | D．thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time |
小题2: The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until | A．he stopped web-surfing | | B．he visited a store in his backyard | | C．his sister explained the packages she got by mail | | D．his friends told him about the online deals they made |
小题3:We can infer from the last paragraph that the author .| A．never enjoyed shopping that much | | B．loves the big store in her backyard | | C．feels she is a true master of the Internet | | D．has begun to enjoy online shopping |
小题4:What’s the purpose of the article?| A．To tell the readers how he begins online shopping. | | B．To do business on the Internet. | | C．To make an online shopping ad. | | D．To advise people not to do online shopping |
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As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___36___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___37___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___38___ up late so that they will not ___39____ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___40___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___41___ at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I ___42___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___43___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___44___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___45___ he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, ___46___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly___47___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___48___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___49____ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___50___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___51___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___52_____ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ____53_____ the baby arrived. He moved ___54____ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___55___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !
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| 小题2: | | A．question | B．matter | C．Problem | D．business |
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| 小题4: | | A．lose | B．break | C．miss | D．leave |
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| 小题5: | | A．awake | B．wake | C．asleep | D．sleep |
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| 小题6: | | A．look | B．stare | C．glare | D．watch |
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| 小题7: | | A．hopefully | B．busily | C．gladly | D．successfully |
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| 小题8: | | A．liked | B．feared | C．surprised | D．hated |
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| 小题9: | | A．answer | B．tell | C．ask | D．search |
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| 小题10: | | A．sadly | B．unluckily | C．possibly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题12: | | A．morning | B．midnight | C．evening | D．daybreak |
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| 小题13: | | A．filling | B．sewing | C．mending | D．preparing |
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| 小题14: | | A．present | B．stocking | C．bike | D．tree |
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| 小题15: | | A．going | B．sure | C．glad | D．excited |
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| 小题16: | | A．troubled | B．frightened | C．woken | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．Before | B．After | C．Until | D．Since |
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| 小题20: | | A．all | B．nearly | C．happily | D．completely |
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