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done" means the same to employees as a modest pay__2__, researchers say.
Praise and encouragement also__3__employees more likely to work hard and stay in their jobs,
saving on the cost of finding__4__.
A third of 1,000 workers__5__said they did not get thanked at all when they did well, and a(n)
__6__third said they were not thanked enough.
In both__7__, the employees said they felt__8__, meaning they were less likely to be__9__to their
jobs and were more likely to look for employment elsewhere.
According to the survey, praising employees has the same__10__as a 1 percent pay rise, and works
out much__11__for bosses.
Three out of four employees said that regular__12__by their bosses was important to them, __13__
only a quarter said they were actually given as much praise__14__they felt they needed. Those doing
manual (体力的) jobs were less likely to be given any __15__for doing well.
Scottish employees felt__16__undervalued, eight out of ten saying they would like more praise.
However, workers in the northeast are less__17__by being buttered up by the boss, as only 69 percent
said they felt the__18__to be told "well done" regularly.
The research found that words of praise did more than__19__a pleasant place to work-they could
__20__increase profits.
| ( )1. A. properly ( )2. A. rise ( )3. A. forces ( )4. A. possibilities ( )5. A. surveyed ( )6. A. adequate ( )7. A. surveys ( )8. A. privileged ( )9. A. caught ( )10. A. motivation ( )11. A. less convenient ( )12. A. inspection ( )13. A. but ( )14. A. that ( )15. A. solution ( )16. A. least ( )17. A. charged ( )18. A. chance ( )19. A. create ( )20. A. alone | B. consequently B. ride B. catches B. replacements B. reported B. total B. cases B. favored B. attached B. advantage B. more likely B. acknowledgement B. otherwise B. when B. situation B. the less B. impressed B. need B. demand B. still | C. insistently C. surprise C. makes C. responsibilities C. employed C. special C. parts C. undervalued C. involved C. development C. cheaper C. commitment C. thus C. while C. recognition C. the more C. delayed C. potential C. require C. even | D. frequently D. incident D. contributes D. disadvantages D. inspired D. further D. points D. evaluated D. devoted D. feeling D. more expensive D. outlines D. so D. as D. communication D. most D. exploded D. function D. restore D. yet | |||||||||||
| 1-5: D A C B A 6-10: D B D C A 11-15: C B A D C 16-20: D B B A C | ||||||||||||||
| Everyone has good days and bad days. Sometimes, you feel as if you"re on top of the world. But occasionally you feel horrible, and you lose things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork. For more than 20 years, scientists have suggested that high selfesteem (自尊) is the key to success. Now, new research shows that focusing just on building selfesteem may not be helpful. In some cases, having high selfesteem can bring bad results if it makes you less likeable or more upset when you fail at something. "Forget about selfesteem, " says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Michigan, US, "It"s not the important thing. " Feeling good Crocker"s advice may sound a bit strange because it is good to feel good about yourself. Studies show that people with high selfesteem are less likely to be depressed, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low selfesteem. But, after reviewing about 18,000 studies on selfesteem, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your selfesteem will not necessarily make you a better person. He believes that violent and wicked (邪恶的) people often have the highest selfesteem of all. He also said:"There"s no evidence that kids with high selfesteem do better in school. " Problems All types of people have problems. People with high selfesteem can have big egos (自我) that can make them less likeable to their peers (同龄人), said Kathleen Vohs, a psychology professor at Columbia University. People with high selfesteem tend to think more of themselves, Vohs says. People with low selfesteem are more likely to rely on their friends when they need help. What to do Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people. Find positive ways to contribute to society. If you fail at something try to learn from the experience. "The best therapy (药方) is to recognize your faults," Vohs says. "It"s OK to say, I"m not so good at that, and then move on." | ||||||||||||||
| 1. It is concluded in the research that high selfesteem________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. is not important at all B. has taken on a different meaning C. may not be the key to success D. does not help you do better at school | ||||||||||||||
| 2. According to the research, people with high selfesteem________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. have better relationship with people of their own age B. are more likely to become violent and wicked C. tend to be proud and do not care much about others D. often feel depressed and can"t focus on their work | ||||||||||||||
| 3. The advice in the last paragraph is mainly for people________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. with high selfesteem B. with low selfesteem C. who are still at school D. who are good at everything | ||||||||||||||
| People of older generations often complain about the selfishness and lack of respect they find among the younger generations. It is undeniable that some young people do need to be educated on mutual respect and concern for others, especially senior members of society. But we older people should have some understanding about the young, too. Today"s society is rather different from what it was when we were young. The social, financial and psychological pressure today"s young people have to face is much higher than what we did back in the 1950s through the 1990s. They are in the early stage of their career. They have to find proper jobs to support themselves and work diligently to rise. They have to live in smaller houses, because they are unable to afford the soaring housing prices. Considering these facts, we may find it understandable why young people sometimes appear aloof and disrespectful. I don"t mean that we should put up with it without reminding them of the need to mend_their_ways. What I mean is that we should be more patient, understanding and tolerant toward them. For instance, when we get up on a bus or a subway train, we should not complain about not being offered a seat. A young person does not offer a senior citizen his/her seat probably because he/she has to travel a long way to work or because the carriage is too crowded for one to move at all. In fact, young people do offer their seats to the seniors. I seldom take a bus or a subway train, but more than a quarter of the times I have done so, I was offered a seat. That is fair enough, given that I do not look so senile. But on occasions, I have seen old people not showing any sign of gratitude when offered a seat. China has become an aging society since the end of the last century. According to a recent survey, people older than 60 accounted for 11. 4 percent of the nation"s population. And the percentage is expected to rise, given the onechild family planning policy our country has practiced for more than three decades. In other words, the younger generations will have to shoulder a heavier burden in looking after the parents and grandparents. Theoretically, there will come a day when one couple may have to support four parents and eight grandparents. What a burden it would be! All this demands that we show more concern and understanding to our younger generations. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. What can be the best title for the text? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Should the young show respect for the old? B. Young people deserve more understanding C. Who should be blamed, the young or the old? D. A debate between the young and the old | ||||||||||||||
| 2. The author"s attitude towards young people not giving up seats to the old is________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. unreasonable B. unacceptable C. understandable D. unusual | ||||||||||||||
| 3. According to the passage, the underlined phrase "mend their ways" is closest in meaning to "________". | ||||||||||||||
| A. give way to the old B. stop behaving badly C. respect the old D. take on more responsibilities | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following will the author agree with? | ||||||||||||||
| A. It is the old rather than the young who are to blame for their misunderstanding. B. It is time that the society lightened the burden on the shoulder of the young. C. It is time to change China"s onechild family planning policy. D. The old and the young need mutual understanding. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. How is the passage mainly developed? | ||||||||||||||
| A. By reasoning. B. By comparing. C. By listing examples. D. By following the natural time order. | ||||||||||||||
| President Barack Obama shouldn"t be surprised if his approval rating among students has plummeted (陡然变差). In a recent speech about US education, he called for extending the school day and year. The challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom. Why more time? Because US students are falling behind students in other countries, he said. More school US schools need to lengthen school days and the school year. If we intend to stay competitive with the rest of the world on test scores and in the job market, we need to add classroom hours and get rid of summer break almost entirely. As President Obama said, South Korean students spend more than a month longer in school-and achieve better results than us. The current twoterm school year and the school days that form it were developed based on an old system of agriculture. The long summer break allowed children to be home to help tend the fields. It is not necessary anymore. It may not be popular to cut summer break or extend school days, but that"s the only way to improve US education and get back the American jobs lost to foreign countries. Home Time Adding school hours won"t solve the problems with our school system. The USA is different from other countries. US families have full schedules, with participation in sports, community groups, and other interests. In places such as South Korea, where only several hours of a day aren"t spent on school work, children don"t have time to participate in many of those activities. Giving kids time outside of school allows them to grow in other areas. That"s just as important as learning fractions (分数). Fingers shouldn"t be pointed at the school year for being too short, but at teachers and schools that don"t challenge their students and just pass kids along to the next grade. We do need to hold ourselves accountable for an education system falling behind other countries, but we also need a solution that actually works.
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