Exited about landing your first job after graduation? Good, work hard and get learning. Don’t forget to listen to young professional’s advice about the “real world” you’re stepping into.
1. Keep up with current events.
In school, it’s easy to live in a cocoon, where you focus on studies and social life. But in the working world, not knowing who Alan Greenspan is or why North Korea is in the news so often can lead to potentially embarrassing conversations.
2. Consider living with parents, even if you have a job.
Think it over before you rule it out. Not only can you save a lot of money by living at home, but your parents may provide emotional support that you may need. They can help pave the way for you to move once you are settled into your new life.
3. Don’t compare yourself to other people your age.
Young adults are good at putting up impressive appearance, but you don’t really know what their lives are like. Those who seem to have the perfect job may spend part of the day making coffee and picking up boss’s dry-cleaning.
4. Pay attention to small jobs as well as big ones.
Don’t stress if, in your first job or internship(实习期), you get a lot more face time with the copy machine than with clients. You may wonder why you spent so much time studying in school only to do such tasks. But you may also be learning more about your new professional than you realize.
5. Know when it’s time to move on.
Give a new job a chance, perhaps a year, before you make up your mind to leave, especially if it’s your first job out of school. When you’re sure that the job isn’t for you, figure out what you want to do and how to do it. Zhang Yue, 26, spent three years working as an accountant in Shanghai before becoming a financial planner. He loves his new job and spent 10 months searching for it: “To find something you really want to do takes time.”
1. By mentioning Alan Greenspan, the author wants to show ____.
A. how he succeeded
B. why he is important to the world nowadays
C. it is necessary to know key figures
D. he has a strong effect on the world
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Comparing yourself to other people your age will make you harmed.
B. If you don’t have impressive appearance, you can’t pick up boss’ dry-cleaning.
C. What you have learned in school may come to nothing in your first job.
D. Even a small job can do good.
3. The last sentence means “____”.
A. It’s easy to find a new job once you have experience
B. If you hope to do something, you need suffer too much
C. You needn’t be worried, even though you are trying to find a good job
D. It will take you time to find a job that suits you well
4.The aim to write the passage is to ____.
A. show how and why to get a satisfying job after graduation
B. give some advice about how to behave when you work
C. encourage people to ask for help from parents
D. expect people to fit in with the working conditions as soon as possibl
Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another．Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open．People here change jobs and move house quite often．As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly．So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal．
On the other hand there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long – term relationships are more important．A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business．But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society．
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first．On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer．
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them．All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place．This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with．
Some societies have ‘universalistic’ cultures．These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way．
‘Particularistic’ societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person．So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person．
This difference can cause problems．A traveler from a particularistic society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalistic culture．The Indian traveler has two much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family．He expects that the check – in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him．The check – in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers．But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem．
1.Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians _____．
A．like traveling better B．easy to communicate with
C．difficult to make real friends D．have a long–term relationship with their neighbors
2.People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those _________．
A．who will tell them everything of their own
B．who want to do business with them
C．they know quite well
D．who are good at talking
3.A person from a less mobile society will feel it _______ when a stranger keeps talking to him or her, and asking him or her questions．
A．boring B．friendly C．normal D．rough
4.The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different _______．
A．interests B．habits and customs C．cultures D．ways of life
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I was 9 years old when I found out my father was 36 ．It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it 37 yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food 38 your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．”
AIDS wasn’t 39 we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family 40 ．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s 41 children lived far away, so it 42 to me to look after him．We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and 43 Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t 44 buy food for dinner．I would sit 45 feeling completely 46 , the teacher’s words muffled（压低）as I tried to figure out 47 I was going to manage．
I didn’t share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids __48__ classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was __49__ weak to feed himself．I had known that he was going to die, __50__ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and __51__, I __52__ a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support．That day, she __53__ me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life．
I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me．He didn’t want to call attention to __54__．I __55__．
1.A．bad B．ill C．good D．well
2.A．were B．was C．had been D．has been
3.A．to B．from C．in D．on
4.A．anything B．everything C．something D．all
5.A．secret B．problem C．trouble D．matter
6.A．another B．other C．the other D．others
7.A．came B．fell C．felt D．turned
8.A．before B．after C．because D．so
9.A．still B．even C．yet D．already
10.A．at homeB．in the hospital C．on the chair D．in class
11.A．lost B．sad C．puzzled D．curious
12.A．what B．where C．how D．when
13.A．laughed at B．smiled atC．played a joke about D．made fun of
14.A．too B．so C．enough D．very
15.A．and B．but C．however D．yet
16.A．hopeful B．excited C．disappointed D．hopeless
17.A．visited B．called C．asked D．advised
18.A．kept B．told C．spoke D．talked
19.A．him B．me C．disease D．AIDS
20.A．do B．did C．am D．will
After our government launched a (n) to popularize Chinese language worldwide, lots of Confucius colleges have appeared in foreign universities.
A．campaign B．arrangement C．measure D．struggle
The cruelty of the terrorists towards the two Chinese engineers in Pakistan and____of the terrorists towards America in September 11 filled everyone with horror.
A.those B.that C.one D.it
____ regular training in nursing,she could hardly cope with the work at first.
A.Not having received B.Since receiving
C.Having not received D.Not received
