1 . Perhaps,you are a smart person with good knowledge and creative ideas, but when you move to a new environment or have to work with some new people,it is not always easy for them to recognize you or respect you immediately.
Be curious and be willing to learn new things.
Moving to a new working environment,you may need to deal with new things or skills.
Learning or working in a new environment,you need to have a good sense of judgement when joining a discussion or making a decision. You should consider what is virtually right, and look for long-term goals,and not be distracted by small choices for the short term.
Be confident and make eye contact when talking to people.
When you go out and meet people,it is important to look confident. For example, if you are going to an interview,but you don’t feel confident, what can you do? Before you walk in, think to yourself,“I own the room.”
Set clear goals and learn.
When working together with others,it is important that you have a clear vision and a working plan to achieve it. Let people know what you stand for. You need to find out which ideas can really unite people and then express those ideas clearly.
Be helpful to others. When working, don’t focus on what is your work and what isn’t. After do-ing your own work,always be ready to help others.
| A．How can you be a leader soon? |
| B．How can you get along with others? |
| C．Then, walk in holding your head high and smile. |
| D．Quite often, they don’t belong to your own field. |
| E．Remember not to judge a person by his appearance. |
| F．Also, treat your team members respectfully as equals. |
| G．Have a good sense of judgement on important aspects. |
Every morning, I will go to school with lunch bags that contained a sandwich, fruit, and dessert.
Then, one day, much to my surprise, there was no dessert in my lunch! What could have happened to it? Did Mom forget to make or buy it? Oh, well, I thought. It's only one time, so it's no big deal. But, for the next few days, my lunch contained no dessert! So one day, after school, as soon as I got home, I asked," Mom! Why haven't you been putting a dessert in my school lunches?" Mom answered, "Why, Eugene. I have been including a dessert in your lunch. If you're not getting them, then who is?"
So then we thought of my activities, and what I did with my lunch each day. As soon as I arrived at school I always put my lunch in the classroom closet（储物间）along with all of the other lunches. And that brought us to Carl---the bad boy of the third-grade classroom. The teacher didn't like him in class and would send him to the closet, where he would spend most of each day.
Carl lived in a group faster home（集体寄养之家）.He was loud and somewhat of a thief; he would take just about anything that wasn't fastened down, so he wasn't welcome at school. Mom and I concluded that with nothing else to do Carl was probably going through the lunches and eating what he liked.
3 . What do you do when you can’t figure out how to finish a difficult task at work or when you’re lost in an unfamiliar place? In life, when you get into trouble，there are many solutions. For example，you could invest more time and effort by trying different methods over and over again or looking up the answers online.
But there is one thing most people know to avoid for sure：asking for advice.It is inconsiderate— we don’t want to bother others. After all，they have their own problems to solve. Also, they may not have the answer we need, anyway. These reasons may or may not be true. But we are pretty sure that people will think less of us. So, good reasons or no, we don’t ask.
However, our research suggests that the instinct(直觉) to not seek advice is wrong. Fears about appearing to be having no ability to do things by asking for advice — though extremely common — are totally misplaced. Here’s why. when you ask for advice, people do not think less of you；instead, they actually think you’ re smarter. By asking someone to share his or her personal wisdom, advice seekers can gain a deep understanding of something. In their minds, advisors actually think“I’m brilliant, so this guy is smart to ask for my advice.”
This finding is important, because seeking advice encourages information exchange, learning and meaningful connection between us and our friends and colleagues.In addition，there is another side benefit. asking for advice allows us to make a surprisingly positive impression on our mentors(导师).
Asking for advice is an effective way not only when we are facing a difficult task. The study shows that when facing conflict，asking your friends for advice makes you be able to look at it from more than one angle(角度)，thus leading to quicker and more likely solutions to the conflict.
1. According to the text，people usually________ when they get into trouble.| A．call their friends for help |
| B．turn to their computer first |
| C．ask for advice from others |
| D．solve the problem by themselves |
①they don’t want to bother others
②they don’t think others’ advice can help
③they believe others will think less of them
④they are afraid of showing they are unable to do something
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ |
| C．②③④ | D．①②③④ |
| A．Asking for advice often is wrong. |
| B．Asking others for advice will make a good impression. |
| C．People who don’t ask for advice are smarter. |
| D．Advice seekers can get everything they want from others. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. |
| C．Cautious. | D．Objective. |
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.
“And you’ll be sorry that you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll surely be the best lawyer in our town!”
After graduation, George never became a lawyer and Richard was anybody but a millionaire …. Instead, it happened that both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street, while it was hard to make much money from books then, which made the competition between them worse. Eventually, Richard closed down his, dreaming of making a fortune elsewhere.
Now, with only one bookshop in the town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival (竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries, and he had recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was quite delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished — the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading: “Bookends Company has bought ten bookstores from its competitors. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in this country.”
1. George and Richard were ________ at school.
| A．roommates | B．good friends | C．competitors | D．booksellers |
| A．He envied Richard’s good fortune very much. |
| B．He thought about Richard from time to time. |
| C．He felt unlucky with no more rival in the town. |
| D．He was unhappy of Richard’s disappearance. |
| A．a dictionary collector in Australia |
| B．one of Richard’s competitors |
| C．some rare edition of a dictionary |
| D．the wrapping paper of a book |
| A．Both George and Richard became millionaires by selling books. |
| B．Both of them realized their original ambitions, which were the same. |
| C．George established a successful business while Richard was missing. |
| D．Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success. |
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life，take my experience．I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded，polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics，bathroom furnishings，and anything else my wife wanted． “You’re looking for what exactly？ Why not try it？ ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day．With that，my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began．
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying．Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit，and leading that group is Taobao，with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find． TMall．com is Alibaba’s other big site，where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices．
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U．S．is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites．In smaller towns than Beijing，where big retailers have not yet traveled，shopping online is shopping，and shopping is Taobao．
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is．Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping．I’m not even a big buyer，because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site．When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad，which helps me buy goods，I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine．
1. Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ___________．
| A．its big size |
| B．its business-to-business service |
| C．its not charging small sellers |
| D．its low price |
| A．Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites |
| B．Alibaba will continue to develop． |
| C．Alibaba stands out as the best online site． |
| D．Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers． |
| A．a new store |
| B．Alibaba |
| C．a business |
| D．a foreign website |
| A．The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover． |
| B．Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites． |
| C．Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now． |
| D．TMall．com provides more profit than Taobao． |
| A．Shopping online is TaoBao． |
| B．The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping． |
| C．Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China． |
| D．How the author purchases online in China． |
