Question

    Quite often, no matter how good you are, your success is dependent on how other people such as your boss, peers, clients and customers perceive your communication and responses. So when you come to people who make the key difference between helping you or holding you back, how can you influence and persuade them to give what you want.

Psychological research repeatedly show that people generally make up their minds on whether to help or hinder you based on whether they like you or not. It is human nature. What can you do about it? You need to make a good impression on others to ensure they like you and give you what you want. Research again shows that people give opportunities to the people they like best. In fact, most people actually make up their minds about other people in the first five minutes or less of meeting someone. These are called first impressions or “moments of truth.”

Once they make up their minds, they tend to be very reluctant to change their opinions. You hardly have room for error when making that first impression on a new acquaintance. Therefore, whether you are applying for a job, going for an interview, attending a meeting with your boss or peers, or serving a customer, you need to prepare yourself mentally and rehearse how you will manage the first few minutes of your interaction. This includes doing your homework to gather information and researching all possible issues so you will know how to address them should the other party raise them unexpectedly.

It is amazing how poorly some people can come across at the beginning. The worst thing is that they do not even seem to realize it. Having good qualifications and an excellent work performance does not excuse candidates from trying to make good first impression.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Making a good first impression B. People making the key difference

C. Winning strategies for a job interview D. Persuading people to like you

2.Which of the following is the way by which people tend to decide whether to like other people or not?

A. They make quick decisions

B. They prefer people who are experienced

C. They change their opinions frequently

D. They pay much attention to good qualifications

3.Which of the following strategies might help in an interview according to the author?

A. Ask the interviewers for homework to do.

B. Know as much as possible about the situation.

C. Show your friendliness and confidence.

D. Do something unexpected to impress interviewers.

4.What will probably be talked about in the next part of the passage?

A. Questions that might be asked by the interviewers.

B. Examples of how good first impressions help people succeed.

C. How to win over people who don’t like you at first.

D. Some practical advice to help making a good first impression.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要说明了第一印象的重要性，它很大程度上决定了人们是否喜欢你，并决定帮助你。

1.主旨大意题。文章的第一段是引入话题，指出一个人的成功会依赖于人们对你的看法。接下来的三段内容都是关于第一印象的重要性，它很大程度上决定了人们是否喜欢你并决定帮助你。所以这篇文章最好的题目应该是“给人良好的第一印象”，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的倒数第二句话In fact, most people actually make up their minds about other people in the first five minutes or less of meeting someone.（事实上，大多数人在和别人见面的前五分钟甚至更短的时间内就对别人有了想法。）由此可知人们决定是否喜欢别人，很快就会做出决定，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句This includes doing your homework to gather information and researching all possible issues so you will know how to address them should the other party raise them unexpectedly.（你要做功课，收集信息，研究所有可能出现的问题，这样，当另一方提出一些出乎意料的问题时，你会知道如何解决。）由此可知根据作者的观点，尽可能多地了解情况，可能有助于面试，故选B。

4.推理判断题。前文已经讲述了第一印象的重要性，故B选项可以排除。文章的最后一段也在讲述即使你有优秀的资历和工作表现也要尽量留下良好的第一印象。后文应该会更细节地讲述一些如何给别人留下良好的第一印象的建议，故选D。