I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company. I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important to me to keep her present high school.
Bruce, the interviewer, was politely kind, but he didn't search any further. He acknowledged(承认) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of interviews, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had 3 children. I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help.
From that one act of kindness, when he had no idea if we could ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of life's greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of earing and supporting for another person in a time of extreme need.
1.According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very .
A. generous B. kind C. happy D. mean
2.The underlined word "principal" in the first paragraph probably means .
A. main B. unimportant C. necessary D. possible
3.We can infer from this passage that .
A. the writer didn't get the job in the company
B. Bruce made the writer pass the interview
C. another manager also lost his wife
D. the business interview was cold
4.Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. The writer's daughter was studying in Boston at that time.
B. Both the writer and the interviewer experienced the same pain.
C. Bruce was a senior manager of a big firm.
D. Bruce wanted to make Mends with him because he gave him his business card and home phone number.
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1.If you were a housewife, which program would probably interest you most?
A. Let's Talk! B. Wall Street Today.
C. Cooking with Cathy. D. Farm Report.
2.If you'd like to watch a game show, you could turn on the TV to
A. Channel 5 at 6: 00 B. Channel 8 at 7 : 00
C. Channel 3 at 7 : 30 D. Channel 3 at 8 : 00
3.Which is most probably the News Channel?
A. 3. B. 5. C. 8. D. 9.
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n) 1bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will 2you up in the morning! Here is how it 3.
The bed 4an alarm Clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 5music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 6, "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording 7The sound recording can be loud music or 8sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss 9," Wake up immediately, 10you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 11the second recording, you 12be sonly! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 13minutes. What ! You're 14in bed! Slowly the 15of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 16, the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become 17.
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 18a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new 19. If their ideas win, the employees win 20.
Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.
1.A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2.A. get B. catch C. make D. let
3.A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
4.A.is separated from B.is made up of C.is connected to D.is made into
5.A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
6.A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
7.A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
8.A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
9.A. shouts B. calls C. whispers D. persuades
10.A. and B. but C. so D. or
11.A. before B. until C. since D. after
12.A. can B. will C. may D. would
13.A. other B. another C. more D. one
14.A. still B. yet C. already D. even
15.A. end B. middle C. body D. top
16.A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. otherwise
17.A. angry B. asleep C. happy D. awake
18.A. achieve B. win C. gain D. defeat
19.A. ideas B. problems C. facts D. ways
20.A. praises B. positions C. prizes D. medals
I think it was a bit boring to work here because there wasn't always much to do.
A. such B. that C. more D. very
At the 2003 Special Olympics in Ireland, more than 6,500 athletes from over 150 countries .
A. participated B. joined C. benefited D. relied
Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths; , it is our duty to master it.
A. thus B. therefore C. otherwise D. however
