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It"s that time of year again! The holidays are coming up, and you know what that means … it"s time to
shop! Being the busy person that you are, most likely you will do some of your shopping online. And who can blame you? Great prices, great selection, free giftwrap( 礼品包装) … what"s not to love?
But take care; taking advantage of the convenience in shopping online could bring risks to both your
personal information and your PC. As long as you"re aware of the key issues, you can shop anytime, with
the knowledge to protect you.
Not every Website and online shop is a safe and reputable merchant! The truth is many thieves are
quite skilled at crafting very convincing, legitimatelooking( 貌似合法的) online shopping sites. Be very
careful who you purchase from! Make sure you know where you"re shopping and that you read all the
rules.
A common phishing tactic ( 网络钓鱼策略)targeting( 把……作为目标) online shoppers makes use of online promotions and sales to encourage a consumer to enter personal information in order to receive
coupons ( 赠劵) or other gifts. While many reliable sites offer coupons or samples, they will never ask for extra amounts of personal information, most only require a name and email address.
But don"t back away from the PC just yet! By taking into consideration a few simple actions, you can
protect your credit, purchases, and personal information while shopping online. Go ahead and give that
credit card a practice. You can be safe.
(1)Always shop from a safe PC.
(2)Try to stick to the sites you know and trust … such as Amazon, Overstock, and large store websites.
(3)If you heard about a "great gift" or "special offer" through an email from an unknown address, it is
likely fake( 虚假的) and should be avoided.
(4)Make sure that the connection to the website is an http. This doesn"t guarantee safety, but in most cases these sites are safe.
(5)Consider choosing ways of payment, such as cash upon delivery.
So enjoy your online holiday shopping. Giving the gift of happiness this holiday season doesn"t
have to cost you more than you"ve expected.
| Title: Online Shopping: 1.________ Yourself | | | 2. ________of online shopping | ?You will be offered great prices. | | ?Online shopping offers more 3.________than regular shopping. | | | ?Services such as wrapping gifts are free. | | | 4.________with online shopping | ?Criminals are expecting to steal your personal 5.________. | | ?Your PC might be at the 6.________of being attacked by cyber?criminals. | | | Tips on online shopping | 7.________ entering more of your privacy than your name and email address.
| | ?Shop on 8.________websites like Amazon and Overstock. | | | ?Think twice when an email from an unknown address claims a "special offer". | | | ?9.________ the websites beginning with "http"．. | | | ?Better not 10.________your bill until your goods have arrived. | |
1. Protect
2. Advantages/Benefits
3. choices/selections
4. Problems
5. information
6. risk
7. Avoid
8. trusty/reliable/safe
9. Connect
10. pay |
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Almost every career requires such skills as listening, speaking, reading, writing, decision making,
researching, reasoning, creativity, persuasion, leadership, interpersonal communication, and organization.
In addition, a number of characteristics that may be important for specific jobs: achievement,
aggressiveness, ambition, dependability, discipline, honesty, initiative, motivation, people orientation,
persistence, responsibility, selfconfidence, selfstarting, sensitivity, sincerity, tenacity, and toughmindedness. The way you acquire these skills and behaviors is, to a great extent, up to you. Without them, no matter
how bright and knowledgeable you may be, landing a top job is of extreme difficulty, if not impossible.
The most likely way to obtain these skills and behaviors is through courses, reading, internships, parttime
or fulltime employment, extracurricular activities, and participation in community functions.
Knowing what an employer is looking for in a potential employee can help an applicant to prepare for
an interview. An interviewer for a major corporation was asked these questions: What specific skills are
you looking for in applicants? And how do you identify these skills? He responded :
Most important for us in the way of skills is the ability to communicate-can people speak clearly?
Can they articulate the kind of person they believe themselves to be? In what kind of work situations do
they perform well? What are their strengths and weaknesses? We want to know about the personal
qualities of the individual, so I try to ask questions to draw them out and attempt to find out if they have
a sense of themselves. What I"m looking for is an ability to verbalize an idea in clear, simple,
understandable language. I"m also looking for the ability to listen attentively and then to be able to
respond to an idea or thought that has been presented to them. If they do have good communication
skills, they will be able to do this logically and succinctly.
I am looking for creativity -can they be spontaneous? I will ask some "offthewall" questions just to
see if this throws them. How do they respond in these tough situations-can they be creative with their
answers? This is very important when they are out in business situations with customers. They will have
to respond to very sudden changes and problemsolving situations that they are not necessarily familiar
with, and I want to know if they can handle them.
What we look for the most are personal qualities-assertiveness, selfmotivation, drive, ambition, and
a competitive instinct. They should be high achievers and want to work hard. I can usually tell about
these qualities from the way the person presents himself or herself and some of the activities they have
engaged in. I pick up things from the applications and resume-how they have written them and the kinds
of things they say. How they present their experiences is often very informative. For example, an
assertive person will say, "I can do these things" and "I decided on this course of action, " whereas a
more passive person might say, "These are the experiences I have had." All of these things describe the
person in some way.
Qualities Employers Seek
| 1.______skills | | | Listening, speaking, reading, writing, decision making, researching… | | | Without them, 2.________bright and knowledgeable you may be, landing a top job is extremely 3.________. | | | Knowing what an employee seeks can help an applicant to make good 4.________ for an interview. | Speak clearly. | | The ability to communicate | | | 6.________the kind of person they believe themselves to be. | | | 7.________kind of situations in which they perform well. | | | 5.________ | | | Be 8.________with their answers. | | | 9.________to very sudden changes and problem?solving situations. | | | What we look for the most are 10.________qualities—assertiveness, self?motivation, drive, ambition… | | | 阅读理解。 | Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes.
Many people feel that the United States has the worst taxes in the world.
Taxes are the money that people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of
government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes.
Salaried people who earn more than four to five thousand per year must pay a certain part of their
salaries to the federal government. The percentage varies for different people. It depends on the salaries.
The federal government has a two level income tax: that is, 15 or 28 percent. $17，850 is the cutoff. The
tax rate is 15 percent below $17,850 and 28 percent above.
The second tax is for the state government: New York, California, or any of the other fortyeight states. Some states have an income tax similar to that of the federal government. Of course, the percentage for the state tax is lower. Other states have a sales tax, which is a percentage charged to any item which people
buy in the state. Some states use income tax and sales tax to raise their revenues (收入).
The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax (people who own a house have
to pay taxes on it ) and excise (执照) tax, which is collected on vehicles in a city. The cities use this money for education, police, public works, etc.
Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to
pay their taxes. People always complain about taxes. They often say that the government misuses their tax dollars. They all believe that taxes are too high in this country. | 1. How much money does an American earning $40,000 per year pay to the federal government as
income tax according to the passage? | A. $11,200.
B. $6,000.
C. $17,850.
D. $5,000. | | 2. What happens to buyers when a sales tax is collected? | A. They have to pay more than what the item costs.
B. They can pay less than what the item costs.
C. They have to pay exactly what the item costs.
D. They will all give up buying the item. | | 3. What tax does an American have to pay to the city if he owns a car? | A. Property tax.
B. Excise tax.
C. Income tax.
D. Sales tax. | | 4. After reading the passage, we might feel that Americans seem to be _____. | A. satisfied with their taxes
B. proud of their taxes
C. unhappy about their taxes
D. happy about their taxes | | 阅读理解 | Have you ever asked your customers and potential customers how they"d like to hear from you?Some
of them might check email messages regularly throughout the day; some of them might check their messages only once or twice a day; and some of them might not use email at all.
If you"ve been automatically using email to avoid lengthy phone conversations, first check to see if that"s
also your customers" preferred method of communication.Then consider the benefits of picking up the
phone.
I know, email is convenient.It gives you a record of what was said, and it lets you communicate without wasting any time on chitchat.But it also removes that little human bond of friendliness.It prevents you from
finding a common ground-such as a shared interest in a hobby.The phone allows that.
Using the telephone also aids in communication.A misunderstood question in an email can take several
messages back and forth to clarify.On the phone you can say "No, I meant..."and then you can restate your question in a different way.Instead of being a timewaster, the phone can sometimes be a timesaver.
Be sure to ask your customers if they"d prefer documents sent to them by email or fax -because some
people really do prefer the fax.Remember that they"re busy too.They might not want to sit at their computer opening files and printing pages of documents.For some, it"s much more convenient to walk over to the fax machine and pick up the preprinted documents.
There"s an old saying:People don"t care how much you know until they know how much you care.Let
your customers know that you care about communicating with them in their way.Asking is merely adding
another level of customer service.
Knowing how your people like to communicate can be even more important with prospective customers.
Say you"re sending a proposal for a project and competing with another vendor.If you assume that your prospective client reads his or her email regularly you might transmit your proposal as an attachment.
If your assumption is wrong, and if your competitor has taken the time to learn that your prospective
customer really wants to receive documents via fax, your prospective client might not even see your
proposal until after the job is awarded.
It only takes a minute to ask the question, and it might make a big difference in your income.
Ways of__1__with your customers
| Advantages | Disadvantages | | 2 ways | | | | Using email | 3 long phone conversations. | There is a 4 of friendliness. | | Using the tele phone | ?Help you find what others have in__5__with yourself.
?Help you to__6__time in communication.
| Maybe the conversation 7 long. | | Using the fax | Busy people can gain more time,, by means of picking up the preprinted 8 . | | | 9 | Knowing your customers"way of communication might have an__10__on your income.
| | | 完形填空 | You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes" break between classes.But when the bell for
the next class rings, you can"t __1__ how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this __2__, you"ll know how time flies when you are having fun and__3__
when you are bored.Now scientists have __4__ a reason why this is the case.
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain __5__ according to how we focus on a task.
When we are __6__, we concentrate more on how time is passing.And this makes our brains __7__ the
clock is ticking more slowly.
In an experiment __8__ by a French laboratory,12 volunteers watched an image __9__ researchers
monitored their brain activity.
The volunteers were told to __10__ concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then __11__
the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color.The results showed that__12__ was
more active when the volunteers paid attention to__13__ subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is __14__ focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to__15__its
resources, and pays less attention to the clock.__16__, time passes without us really __17__ it, and
seems to go quickly.If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its __18__ energies on monitoring the
passing of time.__19__, time seems to drag.
Next time you feel bored __20__, perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is
saying! | ( )1. A. guess
( )2. A. view
( )3. A. drags
( )4. A. thought over
( )5. A. change
( )6. A. sleepy
( )7. A. report
( )8. A. produced
( )9. A. so
( )10. A. partly
( )11. A. remember
( )12. A. the researchers
( )13. A. less
( )14. A. busy
( )15. A. focus
( )16. A. However
( )17. A. recognizing
( )18. A. enough
( )19. A. In fact
( )20. A. in class | B. learn
B. point
B. stops
B. made up
B. develop
B. bored
B. think
B. carried
B. when
B. quickly
B. focus on
B. the experiment
B. no
B. likely
B. gather
B. Furthermore
B. watching
B. full
B. As a result
B. with work | C. believe
C. scene
C. backs
C. suggested
C. grow
C. excited
C. decide
C. tried
C. while
C. how
C. forget
C. the clock
C. fewer
C. ready
C. reach
C. Therefore
C. noticing
C. right
C. For example
C. in mind | D. doubt
D. chance
D. gains
D. come up with
D. slow
D. active
D. see
D. performed
D. but
D. first
D. tell apart
D. the brain
D. more
D. sure
D. spread
D. Finally
D. counting
D. proper
D. Instead
D. of lessons | | 阅读理解 | Adopting a vegan diet dramatically(显著地)reduces one person"s impact on the environment.
It would help deal with the problem of climate change if people ate less meat, according to a
government agency.
A leaked email to a vegetarian campaign group from an Environment Agency official expresses
sympathy with the environmental benefit of a vegan diet, which bans dairy products and fish.
The agency also says the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA)is
considering recommending eating less meat as one of the key environmental behavior changes needed
to save the planet.
It says that this change would have to be introduced"gently"because of"the risk of alienating(使疏远)
the public".
David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, has raised the issue that farm animals are blamed for
producing large amounts of powerful greenhouse gas, methane, and told farmers they need to do
something about it but the agency"s response appears to go further than official advice.
It has provoked(引起)an immediate response from the National Farmers Union, which said the
suggestion was"simplistic"and"a cause of concern".
The agency"s official was responding to an email from the vegan group Viva, which argues that it
is more efficient to use land to grow crops for direct consumption by humans rather than feeding them
to dairy cows or livestock(家畜)raised for meat.
The campaign group entered a comment on the Environment Ageney"s website saying:"Adopting
a vegan diet reduces one person"s impact on the environment even more effective than giving up their
car or forgoing several plane trips a year!Why aren"t you promoting this message as part of your
World Environment Day campaign?"
An agency official replied:"While potential benefit of a vegan diet in terms of climate impact could
be very significant, encouraging the public to take a lifestyle decision as substantial as becoming a vegan
would be a request that few are likely to take up."
You will be interested to hear that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is
working on a set of key environmental behavior changes to mitigate climate change.Consumption of
animal protein has been highlighted within that work.As a result the issue may start to figure in climate
change communications in the future.It will be a case of introducing gently as there is a risk of alienating
the public.
"Future Environment Agency communications are unlikely to ever suggest adopting a fully vegan
lifestyle, but certainly encouraging people to examine their consumption of animal protein could be a
key message."
Juliet Gellatley, director of Viva, said, "I think it is extraordinary that a government agency thinks
becoming a vegetarian or a vegan could have such a positive impact on the environment yet it is not
prepared to stand up and argue the case."
A DEFRA spokesman said:"The government is not telling people to give up meat.It isn"t the role
of government to enforce a dietary or lifestyle change on any individual."
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