1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A shopping trip.

B．A family argument.

C．A working environment.

2. What does the woman probably want the man to do?

A．Do some cleaning.

B．Be careful in his job.

C．Take out the trash in turn.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Mother and son.

B．Brother and sister.

C．Manager and new worker.

2 . Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

I     1     a string around the diaper box and mailed it without a     2     stamped envelope and without making a copy of the     3    . A month later I received a contract, an advance on royalties, and a     4     to start working on another book.

3 . The Companies Doing the Most to Make Their Employees Happier

Fat paychecks, light workloads, and endless vacation days don’t necessarily add to happy employee. In fact, the happiest employees in the U. S. owe their happiness to first-rate employee motivations, sufficient benefits, career advancement programs, and great work-life balance. The companies that have been the most devoted to cultivating and advancing these things in the past year have seen employee happiness _____ .

The jobs site CareerBliss.com just announced the winners of this year’s “Leap Awards,” which honor the companies that have made the biggest leaps to improve employee happiness year-over-year. CareerBliss evaluated more than 250,000 company reviews and ratings it received from _____nationwide to determined the top 50 deserving companies. To_______the list, each company had to have at least 50 reviews.

“The Leap Awards are important because they highlight _____ in our workforce,” says CareerBliss’s chief executive, Heidi Golledge. CaareerBliss asked the respondents to evaluate the key factors that ______work happiness, including work-life balance, one’s relationship with the boss and co-workers, the work environment, job resources, salary, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks, and job _____ .

Each respondent valued each of these things on a 1-to-5 scale, and indicated how important each was to their overall happiness at work. These numbers were______to find an average rating of overall employee happiness for each company. These averages were compared to last year’s numbers to find which companies had ______the most.

“Every employer who receives a Leap Award should ______their workplace happiness initiatives,” says Golledge. “Even though we are coming out of a difficult time, it is _____to see companies putting their efforts into providing a great environment for their employees. These efforts in workplace happiness will ensure that their employees will be around for years to come, as happiness breeds _____ .”

“We find each year that work-life balance is a key factor in determining employee happiness,” says Golledge. “Employee want to know that they can balance their career with their family and personal life. Often this______ over things like salary. Having programs that allow managers to offer employees flexibility can be a key factor in creating a happy work environment. ______, we see career advancement programs have a big impact on overall employee happiness. Often employees would rather take a job for a ______salary, if the company provides a comprehensive program which will help grow their career. Employees want to learn, develop and sustain a successful career path.”

Workplace happiness is the core of Career Bliss’ mission, Miller says“An individual’s happiness at work will create happiness throughout all areas of their life, and ______a company with a happy, motivated workforce will see exceptional results in its products and services.”

1.

A．soar

B．change

C．cease

D．disappear

2.

A．netizens

B．administrators

C．candidates

D．employees

3.

A．make up

B．quality for

C．count on

D．refer to

4.

A．change

B．power

C．duty

D．variety

5.

A．lay in

B．resulted from

C．focused on

D．contributed to

6.

A．analysis

B．vacancy

C．flexibility

D．responsibility

7.

A．applied

B．combined

C．compared

D．remembered

8.

A．benefited

B．improved

C．changed

D．produced

9.

A．approve of

B．account for

C．take pride in

D．get used to

10.

A．good

B．easy

C．impossible

D．interesting

11.

A．profit

B．honesty

C．creativity

D．loyalty

12.

A．turns

B．runs

C．advantages

D．skips

13.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Besides

D．Instead

14.

A．lower

B．fair

C．regular

D．similar

15.

A．obviously

B．frankly

C．fortunately

D．similarly

4 . Question are based on the following passage.
1.

A．Women now want to be car repairwomen instead of teachers.

B．Women tend to do jobs that are traditionally intended for men.

C．More girls are choosing fixed jobs in Scotland.

D．British women choose non-traditional jobs more than women in other countries.

2.

A．Because women see many job opportunities on TV.

B．Because women feel car repairing is cool on TV.

C．Because women are influenced by their stars on TV.

D．Because women are told about job choices by career officers on TV.

3.

A．Britain needs more women to do non-traditional jobs.

B．The media should call for women to do non-traditional jobs.

C．British women have taken up too many traditional jobs for men.

D．The change in men’s attitudes is not important for women job choices.

5 . Being attractive isn’t usually considered much of a disadvantage in today’s world. Actually, there is the endless potential benefit about it, but researchers have found one area that being pretty makes life a challenge securing yourself a boring, low-paying job.

This stands in contrast to a large body of research that attractiveness, in general, helps candidates in the selection process. For the most part good looks is a blessing. We treat pretty people more favorably in general, often vote for them more in elections, and pay them more in their professions. The research suggests that attractive people may be discriminated against in selection for relatively less desirable jobs.

Researchers carried out four experiments involving more than 750 participants, including university students and managers who make hiring decisions in the real world. Participants were shown photos of two potential job candidates, one attractive and the other unattractive. Participants were then asked a series of questions designed to measure their opinions of the job candidates and whether they would hire these candidates for a less-than-desirable job.

The less desirable jobs included a warehouse worker, housekeeper, customer service representative and the more desirable jobs included things like a manager, project director, IT elite(精英). In all experiments where they were asked, participants were significantly less likely to hire the attractive candidate for the less desirable job and more likely to hire the attractive candidate for the more desirable job.

Ms Lee said, “In the selection decision for an undesirable job, decision makers were more likely to choose the unattractive individual over the attractive individual. Co-author Dr Madan Pillutla said, “It is interesting that decision makers consider others’ opinions in their decisions. They thought that attractive individuals would want better outcomes, and therefore would be less satisfied, so they favored unattractive candidates when selecting for a less desirable job.”

The research also suggests the established view that attractive candidates are favored when applying for jobs might be limited to high-level jobs.

1. What do people generally think of being attractive?

A．It is a disadvantage.

B．It is a blessing.

C．it is not important.

D．It has nothing to do with jobs.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．The participants of the experiment

B．The importance of the experiment

C．The process of the experiment

D．The result of the experiment.

3. An ordinary-looking graduate may have an advantage when applying for ________.

A．a manager

B．a project director

C．a warehouse worker

D．an IT elite

4. Why are less attractive applicants preferred for less desirable jobs?

A．Because they are more hardworking.

B．Because they will be more satisfied.

C．Because they have no requirements at all.

D．Because they will want better outcomes.

5. Which of the following agrees with the research?

A．Attractive people are more fit for high-level jobs.

B．Less attractive people are easy to find high-level jobs.

C．Attractive people can always be hired when applying for jobs.

D．Less attractive people can easily get highly paid if they work hard.

6 . Migrant workers

In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some newly independent countries have ____ most jobs to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the ____ in the Middle East, where increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to ____ outsiders to improve local facilities. Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the USA and Europe. It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries, including South Korea and Japan.

In view of the ____ living and working conditions in the Middle East, surprising it is not that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a ____ attraction. An allied (联合的) benefit is the low ____ or a complete lack of it. This ____ the amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them.

Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating (补偿的) advantage. ____, the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other for safety and comfort. ____, many migrant workers can save large sum of money partly because of the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater ____ to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do ____ work in their home country.

One major problem which affects migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are ____ ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be ____ since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any case, migrant workers accept this ____, along with others, because of the ____ financial benefits which they receive.

1.

A．presented

B．devoted

C．adapted

D．restricted

2.

A．style

B．evidence

C．case

D．hint

3.

A．call in

B．bring up

C．turn down

D．help out

4.

A．excellent

B．difficult

C．fair

D．stable

5.

A．casual

B．familiar

C．major

D．final

6.

A．consumption

B．pressure

C．competition

D．taxation

7.

A．occupies

B．increases

C．blocks

D．protects

8.

A．For example

B．In particular

C．By comparison

D．In other words

9.

A．Therefore

B．Likewise

C．Consequently

D．However

10.

A．agreement

B．outcome

C．prediction

D．challenge

11.

A．skillful

B．vivid

C．routine

D．potential

12.

A．temporary

B．ordinary

C．voluntary

D．revolutionary

13.

A．claimed

B．criticized

C．considered

D．expected

14.

A．sacrifice

B．reminder

C．disadvantage

D．appreciation

15.

A．limited

B．considerable

C．reasonable

D．potential

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．What job to do in the future.

B．Which professor to follow.

C．What abilities to possess.

2. What subject does the man probably prefer?

A．History.

B．Politics.

C．Art.

3. What do the woman’s parents expect her to be?

A．A restaurant manager.

B．A politician.

C．A teacher.

4. What is the woman good at doing?

A．Dealing with people.

B．Working with kids.

C．Painting pictures.

8 . Security guard, truck driver, salesperson—year after year, these jobs appear on lists of the unhappiest careers. Although many factors can make a job _________ —unusual hours, low pay, no chance for advancement—these three jobs _________ for another reason: a lack of small talk.

Psychologists have long said that connecting with others is central to our well-being, but just how much conversation we require is under _________ . In one study, researchers overheard undergraduates for four days and then _________ each conversations either “small talk” (“What do you have there? Pop corn? Yummy!”) or “serious” (“Did they break up soon after?”). They found that the second type is connected with happiness—the happiest students had roughly twice as many “serious” talks as the unhappiest ones. Small talk, meanwhile, _________ only ten percent of their conversation, versus almost 30 percent of conversation among the unhappiest students.

However, don’t just consider small talk _________ yet. Scientists believe that small talk could promote bonding. Chatting with strangers could _________ our morning. In a series of experiments, psychologists found that those who chatted with other train passengers reported a more pleasant journey than those who didn’t.

Small talk can also help us feel connected to our _________ . People who smiled at, made eye contact with and _________ spoke with their Starbucks baristas (咖啡师) reported a greater sense of __________ than those who rushed through the transaction (交易). __________ , when volunteers broke the silence of the art gallery to chat with gallery-goers, the visitors felt happier and more connected to the exhibit than those who were not __________.

Of course, some of us are better than others at turning small talk into something bigger. In one study, people who were rated “less curious” by researchers had trouble getting a conversation __________ on their own. People who were considered “curious”, meanwhile, needed no help   __________ conversations about ordinary things like favorite holidays into friendly exchanges. A “curious mindset,” the researchers concluded, can lead to “positive social __________.”

Therefore, go ahead—small talk needn’t be idle, and nosiness isn’t all bad.

1.

A．rewarding

B．depressing

C．exhausting

D．challenging

2.

A．stand out

B．turn up

C．give off

D．put forward

3.

A．negotiation

B．construction

C．investigation

D．examination

4.

A．divided

B．entitled

C．imposed

D．cataloged

5.

A．figured out

B．made up

C．look over

D．added to

6.

A．worthless

B．essential

C．boring

D．ridiculous

7.

A．occupy

B．satisfy

C．brighten

D．spoil

8.

A．emotions

B．heart

C．customers

D．surroundings

9.

A．purposefully

B．briefly

C．continuously

D．generally

10.

A．responsibility

B．security

C．belonging

D．achievement

11.

A．Consequently

B．Oppositely

C．Unexpectedly

D．Similarly

12.

A．approached

B．attached

C．addressed

D．attended

13.

A．breaking

B．pausing

C．rolling

D．stopping

14.

A．evolving

B．substituting

C．adapting

D．transforming

15.

A．interaction

B．standard

C．impact

D．involvement

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long did the speaker stay abroad?

A．Six months.

B．One year.

C．Two years.

2. Why did the speaker quit the job in the family?

A．She didn’t like the children in the family.

B．She decided to try something else.

C．She wanted to go back home.

3. Why did the speaker think it was good to work in a bakery?

A．It gave her chances of practising her languages.

B．It provided her with free meals and easy work.

C．It offered her much free time in the afternoon.

4. What can we learn about the speaker in the end?

A．She followed her parents’ advice on finding a job.

B．She worked for a bank in a foreign country.

C．She continued her study in the foreign language department.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long did Donna work for the Peace Corps?

A．Three months.

B．Two years.

C．Three years.

2. What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil?

A．Work on an agricultural project.

B．Carry out a cultural program.

C．Teach Portuguese.

3. What did Donna do first after she went back to Brazil?

A．A farmer.

B．A journalist.

C．An English teacher.

4. How does Donna make extra money to support herself?

A．By renting her apartment to someone.

B．By writing stories for newspapers.

C．By planting crops.