1 . What did the man do?

A．He bought a computer.

B．He set up a company.

C．He hunted for a new job.

2 . The way that others judge you is similar to placing marbles (玻璃弹珠) on a scale (天平盘) as soon as they get any information. We form impressions of people the same way we form an impression of anything: As soon as our scale of marbles starts tipping one way, we start collecting evidence to back that up by picking up the marble that’s easiest to pick up.

Why? Our brains are lazy and our time is limited. As we get more choices, we become more careless about everything. “Basically, we get around choice overload by ignoring most of the choices we have,” says the decision-making researcher Peter Todd.

Think about an employment manager working through a stack of résumés (一摞简历), one of which advertises an applicant’s (申请人的) fluency in French. Does it matter, even if the position is for a web designer? It just might.

“Suppose the manager has a great interest in learning French to talk to her elderly aunt in Montreal. No doubt the applicant would feel excited about being offered the job,” writes Warren Thorngate in Judging Merit. “But how would you feel about such a one-step judgment, especially if you’d spent three days preparing your résumé for the job opening but did not trouble to note in your résumé that you, too, spoke French?”

I called Thorngate to ask how such things manage to continue. “Some very good applicants may be missed, but they don’t care,” the judgment and decision-making researcher replied.

“It’s one of those problems where everybody thinks that they’re a good judge of character,” says the researcher Kristine Kuhn. “But obviously people just are not nearly as good as they think they are. Even if they met someone and judged them as great employees and employed them, and then they turned out to be bad, that doesn’t shake people’s confidence. They can always explain away that it really didn’t have anything to do with them not being a good judge of character.”

1. What does the author say about first impressions in Paragraph 1?

A．They’re lasting.

B．They’re important.

C．They’re hard to make.

D．They’re often unreliable.

2. Why does the author give the example of an employment manager’s judgment?

A．To prove it is not easy to prepare a résumé.

B．To suggest the employment manager is irresponsible.

C．To explain how your résumé makes a first impression.

D．To show first impressions are formed quickly and easily.

3. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Employment managers.

B．Decision-makers.

C．Researchers.

D．Applicants.

4. What would happen if people made a wrong judgment according to Kristine Kuhn?

A．They would hide it.

B．They would be punished.

C．They would excuse themselves.

D．They would lose their confidence.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the man probably work?

A．In a hotel.

B．In a church.

C．In a film company.

2. How did the man help the film star?

A．He woke him up.

B．He lent him his pants.

C．He sent him back to the room.

3. What does the man’s wife think of him?

A．He is of great help at home.

B．He is of no help with the housework.

C．He is busy with his work all the time.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Strangers.

B．Close friends.

C．Interviewer and interviewee.

2. What happened to the woman's band?

A．All members of it felt stressful.

B．One of its violinists was ill.

C．It failed to attract lots of people.

3. What does the man think of the woman's idea at last?

A．Perfect.

B．Interesting.

C．Terrible.

4. What do we know from the conversation?

A．The speakers will eat together after talking.

B．The man used to play for the woman's band.

C．The man really enjoys doing his work now.

5 . 你的堂兄李华在国外学习，你们经常用英语通信。他即将完成学业，不久前来信就是否回国工作征求你的意见。请根据下列提示和要求给他回一封信。
[写作内容]
1．建议他回国；
2．你的理由是：
(1)学有所用，就业容易；
(2)照顾父母。
Dear Li Hua,

I'm very glad to receive your letter.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

6 . At what time does Gregory usually get off work?

A．5:30 p.m.

B．6:30 p.m.

C．8:30 p.m.

7 . PENRICE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Cornwall County Counicl

We Need Two

ASSISANT HEADTEACHERS

From January 2006

L13—17(£44,703—£49,314)

Penrice Community College is a highly regarded and successful 11-16 specialist languages college. Following the recent appointment of a new headteacher we’re restructuring the leadership team to create two new roles.

One post will involve leading teaching teams with responsibility for developing curricula(课程) and time-tabling.

The other post will be leading student based teams and responsibility for student learing outcomes and the removal of barriers to student success such as poor attendance or disaffection.

Penrice Community College is:

A school with 1,350 wonderful students

High achieving with results well above average

Mentioned twice in HMCl’s outstanding schools list

A British Council International School

Situated in a beautiful part of mid-Cornwall

All enquires for information and application packs should be made to Danielle Eyres on 01726—72613 or at secretary@penricornmvall .sch.uk

Closing date for applications is Tuesday October 4^th at noon. Interviews will be held on Monday 17^th and Tuesday 18^th October 2015.

1. The underlined word “restructuring’ probably means ________.

A．formally telling sb to do	B．Joining the two parts together
C．rebuilding sth and making it work again	D．extending the size of sth

2. The purpose of the above passage is to ________

A．introduce the advantages of a school	B．report the appointment of a new head teacher
C．call on more students to go to school	D．advertise for new assistant headteachers

3. The two new posts are required to do all the following EXCEPT ________.

A．stop students missing classes	B．get students interested in learning
C．lead students-based teams	D．arrange new curricula

4. HMCI is probably the name of ________.

A．an educational organization	B．a school leader
C．a political party	D．a news reporter

10 . Before you accept a job offer, it’s important to really think about the offer. Here are some suggestions about the things you need to consider.

    1    

Firstly, is the salary (薪水) listed on your contract and documents the same as you were offered? Secondly, are you happy with the amount? Do you think that the pay you’ll receive is fair for your skill sets and experience? Be sure to do a little market research to ensure you’re being paid a reasonable amount.

Will the location work for you?

No matter how good a role, there’s no point accepting a job offer that is too far from your home. If you’re already spending 40 hours a week at work, adding three hours a day commuting (来回上下班) is far from ideal.     2    

Is there any career development?

It’s all very good if the job you’ve been offered is exactly what you want at the moment, but what about the future?     3     We recommend asking your potential employer before   accepting.

Will you like the work culture?

As previously mentioned, you’ll most likely be spending 40 hours a week at this new job.    4     Does the company promote a good work / life balance? Do they agree with your environmental / social values? Essentially, will this be a company that you enjoy working for?

How does the new job compare with your current one?

This is relatively simple. If the job you’re being offered doesn’t have as good a role, salary or satisfaction level as your current one, then why are you considering it at all?       5     Have a think about why you want to leave your current job before deciding on the next one.

A．Be realistic & consider whether or not the job’s location is going to work for you in the long run.

B．There’s a big difference between just doing your job and doing your job well.

C．Although change is good, sometimes it’s not always smart.

D．So it’s important that the company’s culture meets your values.

E．Is the salary reasonable?

F．It is very important that you understand exactly the duties in your new job.

G．Whether or not you have the opportunity to grow within a business is an important thing.