Collecting information about pre-employment and filling out an application form are closely connected, However, filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.
That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or terms and conditions, you can make some changes before signing(签约)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there; and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.
I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything. If anyone questioned them, we would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both sides.
So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position, of course, and that is something only you can determine.
1.Filling out application forms is much “easier” because_______.
A. everything connected with application forms is easier
B. you can control the form filling with enough time
C. you can plan and have control of the needed time
D. it is easier to collect information about pre-employment
2.We can learn from the underlined part “Each word is important” that _______.
A. questions in a form must be answered
B. everything in a form must be read carefully
C. the conditions that interest you are changeable
D. something of your interests is most important
3.It can be inferred from the 4th paragraph that_______.
A. you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed
B. questions in a form are more important
C. you have little right to determine the conditions you like most
D. it depends on yourself to settle things in a form
We’ve reached a strange—some would say unusual—point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.
Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. What’s going on?
We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through—up to a point.
In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.
Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the world’s most body-conscious country.
We know what we should be doing to lose weight—but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.
Others blame good food. They say: it’s just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.
Some also blame their parents—their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because they’re normal in shape, or rather slim.
It’s a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say—not as I do.
1.What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?
A. Starvation is taking more people’s lives in the world.
B. WHO report shows people’s unawareness of food safety.
C. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.
D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO’s efforts.
2.Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?
A. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.
B. A lot of effective diet pills are available.
C. Body image has nothing to do with good food.
D. There are too many overweight people in the world.
3.The example of Finland is used to illustrate (说明)_________.
A. the cause of heart disease
B. the effectiveness of a campaign
C. the fashion of body shaping
D. the history of a body-conscious country
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Overweight or Underweight? B. WHO in a Dilemma
C. No Longer Dying of Hunger D. Actions or Excuses?
Sparrow is a fast-food chain with 200 restaurants. Some years ago, the group to which Sparrow belonged was taken over by another company. Although Sparrow showed no sign of declining, the chain was generally in an unhealthy state. With more and more fast-food concepts reaching the market, the Sparrow menu had to struggle for attention. And to make matters worse, its new owner had no plans to give it the funds it required.
Sparrow failed to grow for another two years. Until a new CEO, Carl Pearson, decided to build up its market share. He did a survey, which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fast-food chains were unwilling to turn away from them. Sparrow had to develop a new promotional campaign.
Pearson faced a battle over the future of the Sparrow brand. The chain’s owner now favored rebranding Sparrow as Marcy’s restaurants. Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designed to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun. Such an attempt to establish a positive relationship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time. Pearson strongly believed that numbers were the key to success, rather than customers’ speeding power. Finally, the owner accepted his idea.
The campaign itself changed the traditional advertising style of the fast-food industry. The TV ads of Sparrow focused on entertainment and featured original sons performed by a variety of stars. Instead of showing the superiority of a specific product, the intension was to put Sparrow in the hearts of potential customers.
Pearson also made other decisions which he believed would contribute to the new Sparrow image. For example, he offered to lower the rent of any restaurants which achieved a certain increase in their turnover. (营业额)
These efforts paid off, and Sparrow soon became one of the most successful fast-food chains in the regions where it operated.
1.Which was one of the problems Sparrow faced before Pearson became CEO?
A. The number of its customers was declining
B. It was in need of financial support
C. Its customers found the food unhealthy
D. Most of its restaurants were closed
2.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Customers of Sparrow restaurants
B. Sparrow restaurants
C. other fast-food chains
D. Customers of other fast-food chains
3.For what purpose did Pearson start the advertising campaign?
A. To stress the unusual tradition of Sparrow
B. To lean about customers; spending power.
C. To meet the challenge from Marcy’s restaurants.
D. To build a good relationship with the public
4.What was Pearson’s achievement as a CEO?
A. He made Sparrow much more competitive
B. He managed to pay off Sparrow’s debts.
C. He helped Sparrow take over a company
D. He improved the welfare of Sparrow employees
In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.
“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”
“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”
“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?”
“No,” she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”
Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop, His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment could show returns. What’s more , they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful；otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.
I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study, I won a full college scholarship .My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.
1.The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because___________
A.his father graduated from the university
B.his mother did not think it a great university
C.his parents needed him to help support the family
D.his parents did not have enough money for him
2.The father started his small shop with the money from___________
A. local league B. his university
C. his relatives D. his college friends
3.Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?
A. To help with her husband’s business
B. To raise money for her son
C. To meet her long-forgotten friends
D. To better manage her life
4.According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?
A. To get a well-paid job for himself
B. To improve relations with his mother
C. To go to his dream university
D. To carry on with his father’s business
It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 37 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38 a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40 happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of 41 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor. 44 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was 45 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47 I would often see her in the morning 48
them to school. And I’d be there when they 49 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50 them grow up. Now I was fired, but the 51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s 52 relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 53 them? As a matter of fact. I’m 54 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
1.A. moving B. coming C. jumping D. stepping
2.A. hanging B. making C. changing D. wearing
3.A. washed B. cleaned C. swept D. brushed
4.A. duty B. pay C. work D. money
5.A. never B. seldom C. already D. yet
6.A. loss B. surprise C. fear D. regret
7.A. started B. improved C. developed D. broken
8.A. why B. what C. that D. which
9.A. but B. and C. or D. for
10.A. less B. more C. least D. most
11.A. story B. life C. activity D. experience
12.A. so B. as C. since D. however
13.A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling
14.A. left B. marched C. went D. returned
15.A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized
16.A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange
17.A. meaning B. result C. nature D. importance
18.A. for B. to C. with D. at
19.A. merely B. certainly C. probably D. hardly
20.A. member B. person C. relative D. companion
--- I want to make a kite for my son..
---____ You can easily buy one in the market.
A. Why not? B. Good idea! C. Why bother? D. No way!
