Fay:Hi, Jerry. I’m thingking of applying 1._____a job with a multinational(跨国的) company, but I’m worried about having an interview in English. Can you give me any good tips?
Jerry:Hmm. That’s a tough one. I guess the first thing is to try to make 2.______good impression.
Fay:That sounds good. But3.______(serious), how can I do that?
Jerry: To begin with, you should firmly shake the interviewer’s hand and keep eye contact while 4._______(greet) him or her with a smile.
Fay:Ah, “body language” is really important, isn’t it?
Jerry: Yes. The second thing is to be confident. You gain 5.______(confident) from being prepared. You should learn a little bit about the company before the interview. Find out what they do, how long they’ ve been in business, 6._______their business motto is, that kind of thing.
Fay:I never 7._______(think) about that before. You’re smart, Jeery! But what should I do 8._______I can’t remember an English word when I’m answering a question?
Jerry:In 9._______case, you have to paraphrase. In other words, you have to explain what you want to say.
Fay:That’s very 10.______(help), Jerry. Thanks very much. Ah, one more thing. Should I ask about the salary during the interview?
Jerry: No, either let them bring up the topic of money, or wait for a second interview. Good luck!
Fay:Thanks!
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She _____ the driver and, using her hands to feel the _____ of the seats, walked down and found the _____ which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary,34, ______ a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of _____．Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He ______ her how to rely on her other ______, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and _____ to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could _____ for her, and save her a seat．
_____, Mary decided that she was ready to try the ______ on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their _______ ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was _______ the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I ______ envy you．” Mary had no _______what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you ______?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the _____ week, a fine-looking gentleman ______a military uniform has been standing across the corner _____ you as you get off the bus．He ______ you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．
1.A．thanked B．asked C．discovered D．paid
2.A．location B．shape C．size D．cost
3.A．ticket B．bus C．seat D．bag
4.A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．due to
5.A．anger B．darkness C．happiness D．light
6.A．asked B．encouraged C．taught D．praised
7.A．feelings B．sights C．senses D．abilities
8.A．how B．when C．where D．who
9.A．make out B．watch out C．find out D．work out
10.A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Besides
11.A．visit B．trip C．bus D．work
12.A．Opposite B．separate C．difficult D．usual
13.A．getting on B．getting in C．getting off D．getting up
14.A．must B．may C．will D．do
15.A．idea B．opinion C．way D．thought
16.A．want B．mean C．say D．suggest
17.A．Next B．old C．past D．following
18.A．by B．on C．with D．in
19.A．Searching B．watching C．calling D．noticing
20.A．looks out B．takes up C．believes in D．makes sure
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming to an empty house. 1.______ Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. 2.______
Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys. It never came to my mind what they meant.” 3._______
She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. 4.______ One in every three latchkey children the Logs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. 5.________
The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume. It’s hard to get statistics(情况)on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.
A. Slowly, she learned they were house keys.
B. But they don’t mind.
C. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone.
D. Some deal with the situation by watching TV.
E. Some go to their friends or their relatives.
F. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
G. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet.
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture(潮湿)from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produce pemmican(dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates.
All foods include water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria(细菌)which cause food to go bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. Various methods are used, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun.
Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The method of such dehydration(脱水)is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110℃ at entry to about 43℃ at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced(切碎的)meat, and fish.
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replacing the dried-out moisture with boiling water.
1.According to the text, the open-air method of drying food .
A．is the one most commonly used today
B．was invented by the American Indians
C．has been known for hundreds of years
D．tends to be unhealthy
2.Bacteria which cause food to go bad .
A．cannot live in sunlight
B．are killed by drying
C．are in no way dependent on the water contained
D．have their activity greatly reduced by drying
3.Today vegetables are most commonly dried .
A．on hot and sunny days B．in hot-air chambers
C．in the sun and wind D．using the open tray method
4.Housewives like dried foods because they .
A．are quick to prepare
B．taste better than fresh foods
C．can be packed in a case
D．look fresh when cooked
At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.
Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.
One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.
They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.
“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.
“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.
“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.
“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.
“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.
“Jump in,” said Rolls.
“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”
1.The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.
A. they could watch the car coming from the other direction
B. Rolls’s car could go faster than four miles an hour
C. they could make sure no one was in the way
D. the car would not hit them on the road
2.In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?
A. They greeted Rolls when the car came along.
B. They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.
C. They pretended to be attracted by something else.
D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.
3.The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.
A. teach Rolls a lesson
B. take a free ride home
C. have a talk with Rolls
D. have a car ride experience
4.After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.
A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to
B. could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance
C. could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey
D. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge
One thinks of princes and presidents as some of the most powerful people in the world; however, governments, elected or otherwise, sometimes have had to struggle with the financial powerhouses called tycoons. The word tycoon is relatively new to the English language. It is Chinese in origin but was given as a title to some Japanese generals. The term was brought to the United States, in the late nineteenth century, where it eventually was used to refer to magnates who acquired immense fortunes from sugar and cattle, coal and oil, rubber and steel, and railroads. Some people called these tycoons “capitals of industry” and praised them for their contributions to U.S. wealth and international reputation. Others criticized them as cruel “robber barons”, who would stop at nothing in pursuit of personal wealth.
The early tycoons built successful businesses, often taking over smaller companies to eliminate competition. A single company that came to control an entire market was called a monopoly. Monopolies made a few families very wealthy, but they also placed a heavy financial burden on consumers and the economy at large.
As the country expanded and railroads linked the East Coast to the West Coast, local monopolies turned into national corporations called trusts. A trust is a group of companies that join together under the control of a board of trustees. Railroad trusts are an excellent example. Railroads were privately owned and operated and often monopolized various routes, setting rates as high as they desired. The financial burden this placed on passengers and businesses increased when railroads formed trusts. Farmers, for example, had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers. Exorbitant (过高的) goods rates put some farmers out of business.
There were even accusations that the trusts controlled government itself by buying votes and manipulating elected officials. In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust. Act, legislation aimed at breaking the power of such trusts. The Sherman Antitrust Act focused on two main issues. First of all, it made illegal any effort to interfere with the normal conduct of interstate trade. It also made it illegal to monopolize any part of business that operates across state lines.
Over the next 60 years or so, Congress passed other antitrust laws in an effort to encourage competition and restrict the power of larger corporations.
1. The Sherman Antitrust Act_______________.
A. affected only the companies doing business within state lines
B. sought to eliminate monopolies in favor of competition in the market-place
C. promoted trade with a large number of nations
D. provides a financial advantage to the buyer
2.One might infer from this passage that lower prices _________.
A. are more likely to exist in a competitive market economy
B. usually can be found only in an economy based on monopolies
C. matter only to people who are poor and living below the poverty level
D. are regulated by the government
3.It seems likely that many Americans____________.
A. believed that the trusts had little influence over government
B. expected the wealthy magnates to share money with the poor
C. did little to build up American business
D. were worried that trusts might manipulate the government
