A.How to succeed in career.B.How to resolve personal problems.C.How to deal with busin
A.How to succeed in career.
B.How to resolve personal problems.
C.How to deal with business.
D.How to make money.
A.How to succeed in career.
B.How to resolve personal problems.
C.How to deal with business.
D.How to make money.
The best title for the passage might be _______.
A.How to Succeed in Job Hunting
B.What to Write in a Resume
C.Advantages of Girl Job Hunters
D.Secrets of Getting a Well-Paid Job
A.How can we succeed
B.Whether we can succeed
C.When can we succee
D.That we can succeed
听力原文: Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of How to books are useful: in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the word how to earn money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many How to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to become rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Millionaire. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called How to Live on Nothing.
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love life, you can read How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Miserable.
Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instructions on how to repair things like plumping and electrical wiring, or how to redecorator or enlarge a house.
Why have How to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How to books help people deal with modern life.
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A.How to succeed in career.
B.How to resolve personal problems.
C.How to deal with business.
D.How to make money.
Reading Comprehension (1)
When a customer finds that an item he bought is faulty or does not live, up to the manufacture's claim for it, the first step is to present the warranty(保单)or any other helpful records at the store of purchase. In most eases, this action will produce results. However, if it does not, there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction.
A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the"higher up"the consumer takes his complaint, the faster he can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer's favor, if he has a just claim.
Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, especially when the consumer call demonstrate what is wrong with the item. If this cannot be done, he will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements. The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as firmly as possible, but if a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go a step further. He can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting the consumer's rights.
The passage tells us______ .
A.how to make all effective complaint about a faulty item
B.how to deal with complaints from customers
C.how to settle a consumer's complaint about faulty item
D.how to avoid buying a faulty item
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of How to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the word how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many how to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to become rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Millionaire. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called How to Live on Nothing.
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love life, you can read How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Miserable.
Many of these hooks help people use their time better. Some people want hooks which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instructions on how to repair things, or how to redecorate or charge a house.
Why have how to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How to books help people deal with modem life.
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A.How to earn more money.
B.How to save money.
C.How to give your money away.
D.How to spend money.
This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as
modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowing the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybody's mind at the present time, you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested (无利害关系的) desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race.
Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments (增强) our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity for evil, if our purposes are unwise.
Disagreement arises when people try to decide ______ .
A.how much more wisdom we have now than before
B.what wisdom is and how to develop it
C.if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age
D.whether wisdom can be developed or not
If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists (心理学家), this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects. But unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not unrealistic- about what they expect their children to do, but are hope ful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well -- especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, she supports her son. Michael's father plays the trumpet(小号) in a large orchestra(管弦乐队). However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they make him enter every piano competition. They are very unhappy when he doesn't win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition ! entered. "Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
The main idea of the passage is ______.
A.how parents should make a child a musician
B.how parents should bring up a child
C.what differences there are between two kinds of parents
D.what aim of a child can be much easier to reach
For example, in France, business meetings begin promptly at the designated time and everyone is expected to be there. Foreign business people who are tardy are often left outside to cool their heels as a means of letting them know the importance of promptness. Unless one is aware of such expected behaviors he may end up insulting the people with whom he hopes to establish trade relations.
A second traditional problem is that of monetary conversions. For example, if a transaction is conducted with Russia, payment may be made in rubles. Of course, this currency is of little value to the American firm. It is, therefore, necessary to convert the foreign currency to American dollars. How much are these Russian rubles worth in terms of dollars? This conversion rate is determined by every market, where the currencies of countries are bought and sold. Thus there is an established rate, although it will often fluctuate from day to day. For example, the ruble may be worth '0.75 on Monday and '0.72 on Tuesday because of an announced wheat shortage in Russia. In addition, there is the dilemma associated with converting at '0.72. Some financial institutions may be unwilling to pay this price, feeling that the ruble will sink much lower over the next week. As a result, conversion may finally come at '0.69. These "losses" must be accepted by the company as one of the costs of doing business overseas.
A third unique problem is trade barriers. For one reason or another, all countries impose trade barriers on certain goods crossing their borders. Some trade barriers are directly related to exports. For example, the United States permits strategic military material to be shipped abroad only after government permission has been obtained. Most trade barriers, however, are designed to restrict import. Two of the most common import barriers are quotas and tariffs.
The best title for the passage would be ______.
A.How to Succeed in International Trade
B.Monetary Conversion
C.Trade Barriers
D.Unique Problems in International Trade
A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the “ higher up” the consumer takes his complaint, the faster he can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer’s favor, if he has a just claim.
Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item. If this cannot be done, he will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements. The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as firmly as possible, but if a polite complain does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go a step further. He can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting the consumer’s rights.
The passage tells us ____.
A.how to make an effective complaint about a faulty item
B.how to deal with complaints from customers
C.how to settle a consumer’s complaint about a family item
D.how to avoid buying a faulty item
If the consumer wants a quick settlement of his problem, it is better to complain to ____.A.a public organization
B.the manufacturer
C.the store manager
D.a shop assistant
Suppose a customer finds fault in his tape recorder, what would he say to the store manager?A.This is the warranty; you must change a new one for me
B.The tape recorder is not so good as before
C.The sound coming out of the right speaker is unclear.
D.This tape recorder doesn’t work.
The most effective complaint can be made by ____.A.asking politely to change the item
B.saying firmly that the item is of poor quality
C.showing the faulty item to the manufacturer
D.explaining exactly what is wrong with the item
When a customer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, the first thing he should do is to ____.A.write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase
B.show some written proof of the purchase to the store
C.complain personality to the manager
D.threaten to take the matter to court
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