Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at your next interview.
Myth 1: The aim of interviewing is to obtain (means “get”) a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job offers you don’t want! So before you please an employer, be sure you want the job.
Myth 2: Always please the interviewer
Not true. Try to please yourself. Of course, don’t be hostile—nobody wants to hire someone disagreeable. But there is plainly a muddle ground between being too ingratiating（逢迎）and being hostile.
Myth 3: Try to control the interview
Nobody “controls” an interview. When someone tries to control us, we resent（憎恨）it. When we try to control others, they resent us. Remember you can’t control what an employer thinks of you, just as he can’t control what you think of him. So he is ready to give and take when being interviewed; never control the interview.
Myth 4: Never interrupt the interviewer
Study the style of the effective conversationalists: they interrupt and are interrupted! An exciting conversation always makes us feel free—free to interrupt, to disagree, to agree enthusiastically. Just hang loose. Try being yourself for a change. Employers will either like or dislike you, but at least you’ll have made an impression. Leaving an employer indifferent（冷漠的）is the worst impression you can make.
1.To be your natural self in a job interview will__________.
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A．make your interviewer angry |
B．please your interviewer |
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C．leave an impression on the interviewer |
D．leave the interviewer indifferent to you |
2. For job seekers, efforts to control the interview are likely to __________.
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A．affect the interviewer’s opinion of them |
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B．lead to the offer of a job |
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C．enable them to express themselves fully |
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D．help to create a favorable image of themselves |
3.The most important thing to keep in mind when being interviewed for a job is to _________.
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A．try to obtain the job |
B．reject the job first |
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C．qualify yourself for the job |
D．see if it is a job you want |
4.The right attitude to a job interviewer is to be _________.
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A．obedient |
B．hostile |
C．pleasing |
D．agreeable |
5. “hang loose” in last paragraph means to _________.
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A．stay calm and relaxed |
B．become weak and passive |
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C．take charge |
D．sit back comfortably |
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
1.The writer is probably ______.
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A．worker |
B．a college teacher |
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C．manager of a company |
D．a clerk |
2.He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday.
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A．from his friends |
B．from one of his colleagues |
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C．over the radio |
D．from the newspaper |
3.He could go and buy the ticket ______.
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A．any day before work hours |
B．both before and after work hours |
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C．only during lunch time |
D．on Saturday and Sunday |
4.The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”.
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A．surprised |
B．pleased |
C．puzzled |
D．sorry |
5.The story is about ______.
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A．a good concert |
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B．someone enjoying a good concert |
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C．someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends |
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D．someone’s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert |
The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his 21 still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 22 .
One incident is 23 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 24 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 25 , the guy didn’t deliver.
Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness 26 Terre and me, and we let him know it.
“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”
My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with 27 . ”
I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 28 . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t 29 the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.
After my father died in 1991, a (n) 30 came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to 31 his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am 32 the loss of your father. I know he 33 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”
Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 34 . And then, because he’d 35
our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”
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句子翻译（共5小题，每题2分；满分10分）
1.中国的人口是40年前的两倍。(as…as)
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2.他宁愿被嘲笑，也不愿和她吵架。(would rather)
________________________________________________________________________________3.在深圳的头几年，那时什么都没搞定，他经常感到沮丧。(first few, settled)
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4.我们再也不能等了，否则会误飞机的。(afford)
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5.到目前为止，他们已经为那所希望小学筹集到了3万元。(so far)
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词组（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分; 每空1词。）
1. Her name is Alex, _______ _______ (缩写) Alexandra.
2.He gave the speech _______ _______ _______ (不看)his notes.
3. I’m afraid you’re not _______ _______ _______ (取得很大进步) in your study.
4.Many people went to countryside at weekends to _______ _______ _______ (逃避摆脱) the city noise.
5.She was _______ _______ _______ _______ (盼望看到) the grandchildren again.
6. He bothered me with _______ _______ _______ (许多) questions.
7.The dresses on sale in this department store are _______ _______ _______ (过时的) .
8.They try to avoid _______ _______ (修建) the new school buildings next to the highway.
9. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he _______ _______ (睡着了).
10. After World WarⅡ, Germany _______ _______ _______ (被分成) two separate countries.
单词（共20小题；每题0.5分，满分10分）
1.The children are doing well a____________ (学业上).
2.Her abilities are not fully a____________ (欣赏) by her employer.
3.They brought back a few s____________ (纪念品) from their holiday in Greece.
4.Her husband’s death left a v____________ (真空) in her life.
5.Kids e____________ (精疲力竭) themselves by running wildly around the park.
6.Crowds poured into the Beijing Worker’s S____________ (体育场) to watch the performance.
7.She knew she hadn’t done enough r____________ (复习) for tomorrow’s exam.
8. With winter a____________ (临近), many animals are storing food.
9. I didn’t want to ask her a lot of e____________ (尴尬的) questions in front of her friends.
10.The singer got an e____________ (热情的) reception at the airport.
11.She’s a very i____________ (印象深刻的) public speaker.
12. “Artificial I____________ (智能)” is a famous science fiction directed by Steven Spielberg.
13. Many modern arts are being displayed in that art g____________ (美术馆).
14. A lot of small companies have to fight for s____________ (生存).
15.The captain gave the order to a____________ (遗弃) the ship since it was sinking fast.
16.The hotel room had a g__________ (美丽的) view over the lake.
17.He first went to France as an e__________ (交换) student from Beijing.
18.The baby was f_________ (害怕) of being left by itself in the house.
19. In general, the bride’s father gave her away at the wedding c____________ (仪式).
20. Is there a good restaurant in the n____________ (周围)?
