There are several changes in the procedure for employees who wish to apply for vacant positions within the company. These changes make it much easier for in-house employees to fill vacancies that occur.
First, the most important difference is that employees will now be notified of all available positions before the positions are advertised for the general public. Accordingly, all in-house candidates will be interviewed before we see any outside candidates, and we will offer the job to outside candidates only if no current employees are able to fill the position.
Second, under the new procedure, in-house employees can be hired even if they don’t meet all job requirements. Under our old policy, in-house employees had to meet all job qualifications in order to obtain the vacant position. Now, however, employees who have proven themselves dedicated to the company will be hired for a vacant position even if they are lacking in some minor qualifications; training will be provided.
A third change involves recommendations. From now on, employees do not need to be recommended for an in-house position before they apply. Instead, employees may apply as soon as they are aware of the vacancy. The remaining procedures and policies (those regarding increase in pay, interview procedure, and hiring approval) remain the same.
1. What can we infer from the second change?| A．It becomes difficult for the company to find qualified employees. |
| B．The employees’ loyalty is highly valued by the company. |
| C．The company has lowered the requirements for some positions. |
| D．More and more training will be offered by the company. |
| A．A job application. | B．An interview. |
| C．A recommendation letter. | D．A hiring approval. |
| A．More outside applicants will be attracted. |
| B．Higher salaries will be offered to the employees. |
| C．The procedures of vacancy application will be simplified. |
| D．In-house employees will have a better chance to fill the vacancy. |
| A．On a poster about the company. |
| B．In a hiring advertisement. |
| C．In an inter-department email. |
| D．In a personal notebook. |
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【推荐1】A Day with a Chinese Tea Farmer
The day begins early for Minzhe. It is only 5 o’clock in the morning, and he has already started working.
Minzhe owns a large tea plantation (种植园) in his hometown in Guilin, Guangxi. It covers an area of more than 350 square (平方) meters.The tea farmer walks through the plants slowly. He carefully presses a leaf between his thumb (拇指) and index finger (食指) and gently picks it.
A tea plant can only be picked once it is about three years old. At each picking, only young leaves can be picked. And the tea plants are usually of different heights. Therefore, tea farmers can rarely (罕有地) rely (依赖) on machines.Anyone can see that planting tea requires great patience and lots of hard work.
Minzhe knows the quality of tea depends not only on the tea plants. The picking and processing play an important part, too. As an experienced tea farmer, he knows which leaves are to be picked and when to pick these leaves.
April is usually the busiest month for Minzhe. It is the best time for harvesting (收获) top﹣quality green teas, Minzhe has to pick about 90 % of green tea.
Shortly after picking the leaves... Minzhe begins processing them. The leaves are dried, rolled (卷成球状) and then shaped. A heavy smell of the cut leaves fills the air in the workshop.
For Minzhe, a full day’s work produces about 50 pounds of leaves to be made into delicious tea. It brings great pride to him. A day in the life of Minz he involves (包含) lots of hard work. However, it is always worth it.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Minzhe?| A．He gets up at 5 o’clock every morning. | B．He just starts learning how to plant tea. |
| C．He has his own tea plantation in Guilin. | D．Autumn is usually the busies t season for him. |
| A．Only in early April. | B．After it turns green. |
| C．Only when it is young. | D．When it is about three years old. |
| A．The tea plants. | B．Where the leaves are sold. |
| C．Which leaves to be picked. | D．The processing of the leaves. |
| A．is very proud of his job | B．considers his job boring |
| C．is kept busy throughout the year | D．prefers picking tea to processing tea |
【推荐2】University of Wisconsin — River Falls
Student Custodian (保管人) Position Description
Title: Student Custodian
Department: Facilities Management
Reports to: Custodial Services Chief
Appointment: Academic Year 2022-2023
Payment: $7. 50 per hour
Position Summary:
The Facilities Management Student Custodian position is an undergraduate student employee working in the academic buildings of campus to assist permanent staff in providing basic custodial duties. This position requires early morning and midmorning hours starting as early as 6:00 a.m.
Responsibilities:
*Maintain classrooms and labs through cleaning floors, blackboards, erasers; replacing chalks; straightening furniture; removing garbage; cleaning wastebaskets, furniture, glass, doors, walls, and other surfaces.* Perform minor building and furniture repair.
* Maintain outside entry areas through the removal of snow, litter, leaves, etc.
* Attend meetings, safety training, etc.
Qualifications and Conditions of Employment:
* Must be enrolled (注册) as a full-time student during the period of employment.
*A grade point average (GPA) of 2.25 or higher before and during employment.
* Must possess the physical and mental strength to perform required work including moving furniture, and work on one’s feet for long periods of time including frequent lifting of up to 50 pounds or more.
*Must attend custodial staff meetings every two weeks.
1. Which of the following describes the position rightly?| A．It is a voluntary job. | B．It is an assistance job. |
| C．It is an afternoon job. | D．It is provided for a graduate student. |
| A．Purchase new furniture. | B．Keep classrooms clean. |
| C．Assist students to do their studies. | D．Provide safety training for students. |
| A．The grade point average should be 2.5 at least. |
| B．Attending staff meetings weekly. |
| C．Having enough strength to move furniture. |
| D．Being enrolled as a full-time teacher. |
【推荐3】Establishing a strong professional image helps individuals maintain positive workplace relationships and present themselves appropriately. Being mindful of how you speak and behave around others is important.
Assess your communication style
You can use certain verbal (言语的) and nonverbal techniques to interact with others.
Use social media thoughtfully
Increase your time management skills
Arrive on time when attending meetings, presentations or other events.
Strengthen your emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence involves the ability to perceive the moods of others.
| A．Consider rules about clothing at work. |
| B．It’s important to be mindful of your online image. |
| C．That can convey a strong sense of professionalism. |
| D．It also includes changing your behavior accordingly. |
| E．Employ a clear speech pattern when communicating. |
| F．It may be beneficial to express a confident professional image. |
| G．Here we provide some helpful tips on your professional image. |
【推荐1】Do you have a summer firefly (萤火虫) memory? I have many. I knew it was finally summer when I would be outside playing after dinner and those little flying lights appeared. I imagined each light was a fairy with long hair. But fireflies are disappearing. While the exact reason isn't known, several factors are suspected: habitat (栖息地) loss, light pollution and harmful chemicals.
As the human population continues to grow, more and more wild habitats will be developed for our use. The more we destroy forest land, the fewer fireflies there will be--- unless we start living in some totally different ways.
Another part of the problem is light pollution. Both female and male fireflies use their glowing lights to communicate with one another to find mates. Research has shown that lights — both streetlights or lights from a house, and temporary, like car headlights — make it harder for fireflies to communicate. If mom and dad fireflies can’t find each other to mate (交配) because they're thrown off by car headlights, young fireflies never get created.
White firefly number will continue to decline in some places, in others they're becoming an attraction. In China, firefly pupae (蛹) were brought into some special parks. One of the first of these parks, in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, opened in 2015. The response was so positive that the park planned to open annually.
Kids who grow up without fireflies will never know what they're missing. The little lovely bugs are a magical addition to the landscape, but once they die out, they will exist only in the memories of older people. If you'd like to keep fireflies around in real life, you can help create firefly habitats in and around your own home.
1. What might cause the number of fireflies to decrease?| A．The effect of air pollution. |
| B．The loss of natural habitats. |
| C．The growth of population. |
| D．The over-use of chemicais. |
| A．likely to get lost | B．find mates easily |
| C．lose sight temporarily | D．unable to produce young |
| A．How to keep fireflies around. |
| B．How chemicals harm fireflies. |
| C．How to stop fireflies' habitat loss. |
| D．How fireflies struggle to live on. |
【推荐2】Showrooming
One of the biggest challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers (实体零售店) in recent years has been the “showrooming”. Driven by the desire to get the best prices, many shoppers are now visiting brick-and-mortar stores to personally check on products that interest them, only to leave and then buy the items online. The new trend is forcing retailers to find out new ways to keep consumers from leaving their store for cheaper prices online.
Recent research found that 40 percent of U.S. shoppers have showroomed previously, with big-box retailers suffering the most. Specifically, the study shows that Best Buy, Walmart and Target are the most likely brick-and-mortar stores to have shoppers test out a product in-store and then purchase it online later, while Amazon is benefiting most from the practice, with nearly 60 percent of shoppers using the online retail giant (巨人) most often to make their showrooming purchases.
Smartphones have pushed showrooming into the front. Shoppers no longer have to wait until they get home to see if they can find a cheaper price for the products they’re considering buying. With smartphones, consumers can now compare virtual prices, at both other brick-and-mortar stores and online ones while still inside a retail store. If they can find what they’re seeking for less online, the majority will be seeking the first exit. A recent study showed that 45 percent of customers shopping at brick-and-mortar stores walk out and buy their purchase online for a discount of as little as 2.5 percent.
This puts pressure on retailers to provide both an in-store experience worth staying for and an online presence that can attract shoppers who are showrooming in other businesses.
To cut down on showrooming, many retailers are adopting new methods to keep shoppers in their stores. Among the steps they’re taking are price-matching assurances that allow shoppers to pay a discounted price if they find it cheaper online. This ensures that even a showrooming shopper can make the purchase in the store — regardless of whether they find the cheaper price online.
Another popular method to fight against showrooming is to give shoppers the ability to buy something online and pick it up at the store. This reduces shipping costs and gets customers in the store, where they may be encouraged to make an additional purchase.
It is also important for businesses to take into consideration what makes shoppers purchase something in-store rather than online, and meet those needs. Research has found that more than 8 in 10 Americans consider being able to take the goods home immediately and the ability to touch and feel them—the most important aspects when deciding to purchase in a store rather than online.
1. What contributes to the growing popularity of showrooming?| A．The wide use of smartphones. | B．The competition between big stores. |
| C．The advertisement by online retail giants. | D．The decline of the brick-and-mortar stores. |
| A．searching for lower prices | B．leaving as soon as possible |
| C．locating the first exit quickly | D．making a purchase on the spot |
| A．increasing sales at stores | B．preventing purchase online |
| C．satisfying customers’ needs | D．advising shoppers to buy more |
【推荐3】Boxing Day is an institution in the British calendar, but there is no common consensus as to how it got its name. According to some, it can be traced back to the Victorian era when churches often displayed a box into which their parishioners (教区居民) put donations.
However, according to historian Dr Neil Armstrong, the naming of Boxing Day dates back to the 17th century. This was the day, he said, when apprentices would have a box for their employers to tip them a coin or two. While the boxes may have disappeared, the custom of tipping has remained.
In the Victorian age, the custom evolved. On Boxing Day, most tradespeople would give their clients a gift to ensure their custom. There were concerns, said Dr Armstrong, that this was a form of bribery (行贿). This custom declined in the 20th century as fewer people had relationships with their local businesses and shops following the rise of supermarkets and shopping centres.
“It may not be the reason why Boxing Day got its name, but charitable giving was closely associated with Boxing Day in the Victorian era, "said Dr Armstrong. "In the mid-19th century there began to be indiscriminate (随意的) charitable giving. This would often be begging, and children were usually sent out to do this job.” Nevertheless, the habit of generous charitable giving has continued to be associated with the festive period up to the present day.
Boxing Day continued, however, to be a normal working day until 1871, when it was finally classed as a public holiday. "They would often be working until very late on Christmas Eve, so they wanted a break on Boxing Day, "Dr Armstrong said. Then it became known as a day of leisure. Organised sporting events such as football matches became popular—a tradition which has carried on until today.
Boxing Day is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and some other Commonwealth nations. In America, December 26 is known as the Day after Christmas Day, and is observed as a holiday in only a few states.
1. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “institution” in the first paragraph?| A．Charity system. | B．Unpopular festival. |
| C．Local organization. | D．Social convention. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By following time order. | D．By making classification. |
| A．Because of the indifferent relationships between people. |
| B．Because of the rise of supermarkets and shopping centres. |
| C．Because of a strict policy, which banned this form of bribery. |
| D．Because of the decrease in the number of tradespeople. |
| A．To explain the origin of Boxing Day. |
| B．To explain how people celebrate Boxing Day. |
| C．To show that Boxing Day is named after a church donation box. |
| D．To advise people to celebrate Boxing Day. |
