Finding the Real You
Psychometric testing — personality testing — has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. These tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment (招聘) and are widely used in the selection of managers.
The most popular of these personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is based on the theory that we are born with a tendency to one personality type which stays more or less fixed throughout life. You answer 88 questions and are then given your “type”, such as Outgoing or Quiet, Feeling or Thinking.
Critics of personality testing raise doubts about “social engineering”. Psychologist Dr. Colin Gill warns that the “popular” personality traits (特性) have their disadvantages. “People who are extremely open to new experiences can be butterflies, going from one idea to the next without mastering any of them.” However, the psychometric test is here to stay, which may be why a whole sub-industry on cheating personality tests has sprung up. “It’s possible to cheat,” admits Gill, “but having to pretend to be the person you are at work will be tiring and unhappy and probably short-lived.”
So can we change our personality? “Your basic personality is fixed by the time you’re 21,” says Gill, “but it can be affected by motivation and intelligence. If you didn’t have the personality type to be a doctor but desperately wanted to be one and were intelligent enough to master the skills, you could still go ahead. But trying to go too much against type for too long requires much energy and is actually to be suffered for long. I think it’s why we’re seeing this trend for downshifting — too many people trying to fit in to a type that they aren’t really suited for.”
Our interest in personality now exists in every part of our lives. If you ask an expert for advice on anything, you’ll probably be quizzed about your personality. But if personality tests have any value to us, perhaps it is to free us from the idea that all of us are full of potential, and remind us of what we are. As they say in one test when they ask for your age: pick the one you are, not the one you wish you were.
1.The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is based on the belief that __________.
A. personality is largely decided from birth
B. certain personality traits are common
C. some personality types are better than others
D. personality traits are various from time to time
2.According to Dr. Gill, what is the problem with personality tests?
A. The results could be opposite to what employers want.
B. People can easily lie about their true abilities.
C. Employers often find the results unclear.
D. They may have a negative effect on takers.
3.In Dr. Gill’s view, how easy is it to change your personality?
A. It’s possible in your adult life.
B. It’s easy if you have great motivation.
C. It’s unlikely because it requires much energy.
D. It’s difficult before the age of 21.
4.What final conclusion does the author reach about the value of personality tests?
A. They are of doubtful value to employers.
B. They are not really worth doing.
C. They can strengthen the idea we have of our abilities.
D. They may encourage greater realism.
Counterfeit (假冒的) goods, or false versions of products, may cost the government of Kenya as much as $1 billion each year. The fake goods also hurt business owners who find it hard to keep customers. But information technology is being used to try to stop the problem. Jemima Mwafigu is a 34-year-old businesswoman who sells products like perfume. But in the first year of running her business, she found it hard to keep customers because of counterfeit goods.
Ms. Mwafigu says her business has improved since she began using a smart phone application called Barcode (条码) Scanner. The app is used to authenticate (验证) products. It checks to make sure the products are not counterfeit.
“With this application I'm able to scan the bar codes of each perfume and instantly I get the production date, the expiration date and I'm able to know the safety,” she says. “That way, I have confidence in selling to my customers.”
In 2010, Kenya created the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, or ACA, to fight against illegal trade. The ACA has successfully asked government officials for stronger punishments for counterfeiters.
Agnes Karingu is the agency’s acting director for research and awareness. She says the ACA is trying to stay one step ahead of those making fake goods.
“We are also looking into IT solutions where we can be able to use SMS programs, bar codes and information sharing,” she says. “The end users of the products will actually be able to get the authentication information, and this information comes back to ACA and intellectual property rights holders.”
The agency is testing another program called Allvirtuous. The application is another way to find out if a product is real or not by scanning its barcode. The barcode information is sent to a database. Then a result is sent back to the app.
The International Chamber of Commerce is a global business organization. It says the value of counterfeit goods produced around the world is expected to be more than $1.7 trillion (万亿) this year.
1. What’s the main purpose of this passage?
A. To tell us that Information Technology is developing fast.
B. To persuade us to resist counterfeit goods.
C. To advise us to use phone apps while going shopping.
D. To inform us that phone apps can help stop counterfeiters’ trade.
2. Why did Kenya create ACA?
A. To raise people’s awareness of counterfeit goods.
B. To ask the government to punish counterfeiters.
C. To deal with illegal trade.
D. To look into IT solutions.
3.The underlined phrase “expiration date” in Paragraph 3 means the time when __________.
A. the product is unable to be used
B. the product is packed
C. the product is first out of the factory
D. the product is made
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Measures should be taken immediately to prevent counterfeit goods.
B. The business of counterfeit goods is falling off.
C. The value of counterfeit goods is likely to be more than $1.7 trillion this year.
D. Counterfeit goods make a great contribution to the world economy.
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假如你叫李华，现作为交换生在澳大利亚一所中学学习，你校新建的图书馆很漂亮，但存在如座位少，周末不开放等一些问题。请就图书馆的情况给校长（Mr Johnson）写一封信，并针对反映的问题提出自己的建议。
注意：1、词数100左右；
2、可适当增加细节，使行文连贯，内容充实。
Dear Sir,
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
20-year-old swimmer Fu Yuanhui placed third in the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke of the Rio Olympics. While interviewing, she said she was so satisfied with her performance that she expects nothing in the finals.
Her lovely memes(表情包) and directly remarks amazed audience worldwide, which aroused various comment. Some people think she is too content for her achievements. Others argue the process herself is more important than the result.
In my opinion, as long as you have tried your best, which doesn’t matter whether you can win or not. Just as the old saying goes this, “Happiness lies in contentment.” Only in this way we relax ourselves and achieve more progresses.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
With my tenth birthday 1. （approach）, I couldn’t help imagining what kind of present my parents would give me. 2. (surprising), they gave me a book, My Life Story, 3. (write) by an American writer—Helen Keller. In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak. Disabled4. she was, with the help of Miss Sullivan, she learned how to write English words and published many 5. (fame) works, including My Life Story. It was Miss Sullivan’s continuous encouragement and instruction that inspired her to live her life 6. the fullest.
I 7. (impress) with Miss Sullivan’s kindness and the writer’s8. (determine). Whenever I felt depressed because of learning difficulties, I would read the book once more.
Although it was ten years ago 9. I read the book, it shows me 10. universal truth that books are friends, always pushing us to move on.
