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As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.

    In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year--except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according to a survey of World at Word. About one-third of companies froze raises altogether.

   For 2010, World at Work’s survey projects an average salary increase budget of 2.7 percent, a figure that shows the situation has improved but the job market is still weak. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of companies said they would freeze raises--far fewer than in 2009, but still more than in most years.

  How can you get a raise? Avalos and others offer the following tips:

* Do your job well. This means producing high-quality work, of course, but also keeping the big picture in mind.

“It really comes down to positioning yourself as a high performer, somebody who is aware of business goals and helps the company meet their goals as an organization”, Avalos said

* Be visible. When times are tough, some workers think. “I’m going to hunker down and hope that nobody notices me, because I don’t want to be on a layoff list,” said Richard Phillips, owner of Advantage Career Solutions. This is a mistake, because you’re unlikely to get a raise if no one knows what you have accomplished. “If anything, what you want to do is be more visible.”

 * Make your boss’s life easier. This means everything from having a good attitude to taking on extra tasks. If you don’t know how you can help your boss, ask.

* Ask for a raise. Talk to your boss and present your case: Here’s what I’ve done, here’s how it fits with the company’s goals, and here is why I think it’s worth a salary increase. In some cases, even if your company has an official raise freeze, you can get a raise if you make good case.

  If the answer is no -- or if you’re not ready to ask directly -- Phillips suggests asking, “What would you like to see from me that would put me in line for a raise?”

A question like this can improve your standing. “Just asking the question says to the boss, ‘I’m thinking about where I fit in here, what I can do,” Phillips said, “That in and of itself has value.”

1.The passage is mostly from a\an________.

A. novel                                                           B. science fiction

C. magazine                                                            D. biography

2.Employers have raised workers’ salaries by about _______percent in 2007.

A. 4                                   B. 2.1                          C. 2.7                    D. 10

3.If you want to get a raise, the most important thing you should keep in your mind is to ______.

A. have your job done well                                  B. be visible everywhere as possible as you can

C. ask your boss for a raise directly                D. change your job

4.All the statements are true except________.

A. the situation has improved but the job market is still weak

B. salary increases should recover as the economy does

C. producing high-quality work will surely help you get a raise

D. that in and off an employee makes no difference

 

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One warm May day, two eighteen – year – old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers’ Beach. The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O’Neill. They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 meters. Robert was in front.

“Suddenly, I heard him scream,” Shirley recalls. “I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air. The water seemed to be alive.”

Robert screamed again. “It’s a shark! Get out of here!”

An eye – witness, Army Sergeant Leo P. Day was on guard at the nearby army post. He saw exactly what happened next. “I could see this boy struggling with the shark in the water,” he said. “The sea was red with blood. He was shouting and signaling someone to go back, go back. Then I saw the girl. She was swimming towards him. She completely ignored his warning.”

Shirley reached Robert, and tried to take his hand.

“When I pulled, all I could see was his arm, handing by a thread,” she said.

So she put her arm about Robert’s back, and started to swim towards the shore. She kept praying “Don't’ let it attack again!” That journey to the shore seemed to last for hours. At last, as they neared the shore, a fisherman threw them a line, and pulled them both the rest of the way.

The young man had lost a lot of blood, and died two and a half hours later. From the teeth marks, experts identified the attacker as a Great White Shark.

For what Sergeant Day called “the greatest exhibition of bravery I have ever seen,” the President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery.

1.When Robert was attacked by a shark Shirley          ?         .

       A.was swimming in the sea

       B.was watching him on the shore

       C.was on guard at the nearby army post

       D.was shouting and struggling with a shark, too

2.Choose the right time order of the following events in the story.

       a. Army Sergeant saw the girl swimming to the boy.

       b. Shirley saw a great grey thing.

       c. They headed out to sea.

       d. Robert died.

       e. A fisherman threw them a line.

       f. He saw a boy struggling with a shark.

       A.b, c, e, d, f, a        B.c, a, f, d, e, b C.b, c, f, a, d, e    D.c, b, f, a, e, d

3.We can learn from the passage that ______.         .

A.the two students were brave and considerate

B.the fisherman was adventurous and helpful

C.the experts didn’t do much research on sharks

D.the Sergeant cared too much about his own life

4. Which of the following is true?

   A.The President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery.

B.They were swimming in a lake.         

C.There is no eye – witness.

D.Shirley saved Robert’s life.

 

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Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.

    One day the child asked God: “You are going to send me to   21   tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and   22 ?” God replied:“  23   the angels, I have chosen 24   for you, she will be waiting there and   25   you.”

“But,” said the child:” Leave me here in Heaven. I don’t want anything else   26 sing and smile. That’s what I need to be happy!” God said: “Your angel will sing and smile for you. And you will feel your   27’ s love and be happy.” How am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that   28   talk?” “That’s easy”, said God: “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet   29   you will ever hear, and  30  much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to   31  .”

The child looked up at God   32  : “And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?” God smiled: “Your angel will place your   33   together and will teach you how to pray.” The child said: “I’ve heard on earth there are 34   men. Who will protect me?” God put his arm around the child, saying: “Your angel will defend you-  35   it means risking life!” “But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.” God   36 the child: “Your angel will always talk about me and will teach you the way to   37    to me, even though I will always be   38   you.”

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24. A. the one                            B. ones                      C. the ones                        D. one

25. A. make fun of                  B. take care of         C. do with                          D. arrange with

26. A. besides                            B. none other than C. but                                   D. except for

27. A. angel                                B. mother                 C. father                             D. parents

28. A. women                              B. boys                      C. girls                                D. men

29. A. voice                                 B. words                   C. songs                             D. poems

30. A. in                              B. through                C. by                                    D. with

31. A. dance                               B. write                     C. speak                             D. sing

32. A. said                                   B. saying                   C. to say                             D. say

33. A. hands                               B. legs                       C. fingers                           D. toes

34. A. ugly                               B. considerate         C. bad                                 D. criminal

35. A. though                         B. in spite of             C. no matter how            D. even if

36. A. shook                            B. hugged                 C. slapped                          D. patted

37. A. call back                      B. look back              C. come back           D. go back

38. A. next                              B. on                 C. in front of              D. close to

39. A. was going to                B. have to             C. will                                  D. would

40. A. simply                 B. largely                  C. proudly                          D. happily

 

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—_______? Mom isn’t at home and she can’t hear you.

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