Collecting information about pre-employment and filling out an application form are closely connected, However, filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.
　　That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or terms and conditions, you can make some changes before signing(簽約)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there; and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.
　　I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything. If anyone questioned them, we would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both sides.
　　So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position, of course, and that is something only you can determine.
小題1:Filling out application forms is much “easier” because_______.
A．everything connected with application forms is easier
B．you can control the form filling with enough time
C．you can plan and have control of the needed time
D．it is easier to collect information about pre-employment
小題2:We can learn from the underlined part “Each word is important” that _______.
A．questions in a form must be answered
B．everything in a form must be read carefully
C．the conditions that interest you are changeable
D．something of your interests is most important
小題3:It can be inferred from the 4th paragraph that_______.
A．you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed
B．questions in a form are more important
C．you have little right to determine the conditions you like most
D．it depends on yourself to settle things in a form

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題解析：考查社會生活類文章閱讀，本文講的是填寫入職表格時應(yīng)該明確知道的該填寫的不能改變的條款和可以通過協(xié)商達(dá)成一致的條款。
小題1:B 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句：filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.，天下申請表更加容易，因?yàn)槟阌幸驗(yàn)槟阌薪^對的自主權(quán)以及足夠的時間去思考安排，所以得出B正確。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第二段What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there;你必須知道知道那些條款條件是高薪請來的律師擬定的，字字關(guān)鍵，否則也不會書諸文字，所以判斷出B正確。。
小題3:D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段段意：所以當(dāng)你看到印有問題或是條款條件的申請表，慢慢地通讀。如果你不喜歡某些地方，你完全可以予以更改，記住沒有協(xié)商解決不了的事。至于解決的程度就看你的立場了，這種事當(dāng)然取決于你，所以得出D正確。
練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A Charlotte N.C. man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. Can the guy be held responsible for the woman’s death? Prosecutors (公訴人) said that he can under the state’s murder rule, which allows someone to be charged with murder if he or she causes another person’s death while committing or fleeing from a severe crime—even if he or she doesn’t kill someone on purpose.
But, medically speaking, can someone actually be frightened to death? We asked Martin Samuels, chairman of the neurology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Absolutely, no question about it.
The body has a natural protective method called the fight-or-flight response, which was originally described by Walter Cannon，chairman of Harvard University’s physiology department from 1906 to 1942. If, in the wild, an animal is faced with a life-threatening situation, the automatic nervous system responds by increasing heart rate, increasing blood flow to the muscles, and slowing digestion, among other things. All of this increases the chances of succeeding in a fight or running away from an aggressive beast. This process certainly would be of help to early humans. However, in the modern world there is obvious decline of the fight-or-flight response.
The autonomic nervous system uses the chemical messenger to send signals to various parts of the body to activate the fight-or-flight response. This chemical is poisonous in large amounts; it damages the organs such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. It is believed that almost all sudden deaths are caused by damage to the heart. There is almost no other organ that would fail so fast as to cause sudden death.
By the way, any strong positive or negative emotions such as happiness or sadness can cause the same result. There are people who have died in excitement or in religious passion. There was a case of a golfer who hit a hole in one, turned to his partner and said, “I can die now”, and then he dropped dead.
小題1:What is Martin Samuels’ attitude to the possibility of being frightened to death?
A．Approval.B．Disapproval.C．Doubtful.D．Indifferent.
小題2:What can we learn about the fight-or-flight response according to the passage?
A．The fight-or-flight response was raised and proved by Martin Samuels.
B．It is a natural protective method that can’t be found in all creatures but humans.
C．The ancient humans had a better fight-or-flight response than modern ones.
D．The fight-or-flight response is beneficial to both our actions and organs.
小題3:What activity can we infer is less likely to damage the organs?
A．Winning an unexpected fortune.
B．Missing a dead family member.
C．Watching a horror movie.
D．Listening to a sweet song.
小題4:The purpose of the passage is ______.
A．to explain why people will die of a heart attack
B．to offer some advice on protecting us from heart failure
C．to compare different kinds of feelings to cause a death
D．to show strong emotions can cause a sudden death

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

How do you think of the following example? Many Japanese never take the vacations they should enjoy, but with the coming of “Golden Week”, several holidays following one after another in late April and early May, they pour out of the country in the tens of thousands.
So when traveling, whether on business or for pleasure, the first thing to think about are hotels. The kind of hotel you choose is decided according to how much money you want to spend. There are small hotels with very few services, where the prices are low, or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts, where you could spend all the money you have in the bank for a very comfortable night.
There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels. Some want to live, rather than just stay, in a hotel; hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels. However, most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists on holiday.
In most hotels, there are two kinds of rooms: single rooms, for the use of one person, and double rooms, for the use of two people. In addition, in large hotels, there are also suites (套房), which include two or more rooms connected together — perhaps a bedroom and a living room. They are for people who are very rich or very important.
小題1:From the example of many Japanese, we can learn that           .
A．they don’t enjoy taking vacations because it’s too expensive
B．they enjoy touring in “Golden Week” because it consists of several holidays
C．they don’t have vacations unless they go abroad
D．they enjoy staying at home unless they have enough time and money
小題2:A person’s choice of a particular hotel is made mainly according to           .
A．how much he is willing to pay for a night
B．whether he is traveling on business or for pleasure
C．whether the hotel is in the central part of a city
D．how good the services of the hotel are
小題3:If the president of a certain country comes, he will most probably             .
A．live in a new hotelB．stay in a single room of a hotel
C．stay in a double room of a hotelD．stay in a suite of a modern hotel
小題4:If a person stays in a modern hotel with the latest comforts for a night,           .
A．he will become poor
B．he will have to pay a lot of money
C．he will have to spend all the money he has in the bank
D．he will have to draw all of his money out of the bank

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Two thirds of the singles looking for love in Britain turned to the Internet last year, according to figures made in public yesterday. Special sites offer introductions to smokers, to Roman Catholics, tall people, beautiful people, frequent flyers and vegans (素食者). Technology has brought about a great change in the dating game.
A survey by Parship, a British branch of Europe’s largest dating service with more than 1.5 million members, says that 65 percent of the 5.4 million Britons looking for a relationship used online dating services last year.
A spokeswoman for Relate, the relationship advisor, confirmed that a figure of two third feel it all right. “Doing it online allows people quite a lot of privacy, because they can do a bit of quiet research and look around from the comfort of their own home. You don’t have to meet a middleman or go to an actual dating agency office, which takes a lot of courage,” she said.
There are more than 100 independent online dating agencies in Britain. Parship says that 50 percent of single people believe they will meet a suitable partner through the Internet, up from 35 percent six months ago.
Mary Balfour, the founder, says that the Internet has changed the dating industry completely. “It’s like a return to old-fashioned love letters,” she said. “You don’t base your initial judgment on how someone looks or what his or her figure is like. You e-mail or talk before you actually see each other. Everybody you know who is single these days has at least had a good look at a dating website, introduction agency or personal ad. They have to, because all the old matchmaking institutions have gone. People work harder, settle down later and live more isolated lives. They’re much more likely to end the day with a DVD and a can of beer than by going to a village dance.”
小題1:Singles in Britain can look for love online mainly because of ________.
A．ParshipB．the help of go-betweens
C．technologyD．the revolution of dating game
小題2:About ________ Britons tried to find love online last year according to this passage.
A．1.5 millionB．3.5 millionC．5.4 millionD．65 million
小題3:For those who want to look for love online, they _________.
A．don’t need to do any research at all
B．have to meet first before they can e-mail each other
C．don’t have to find a go-between.
D．must go to an actual dating agency office first
小題4:From this passage we can infer that ________.
A．not all single people believe the Internet can help them find their partners
B．looking for love online needs a lot of courage
C．old-fashioned love letters become popular again
D．single people don’t like to look for their partners online.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

McDonald's is the world single biggest food provider with annual sales of around $12.4bn. And the company's symbol Ronald McDonald is now （or so the company claims） the word's most recognized person after Santa Claus.
　　The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, in 1948 by brothers Mac and Richard “Dick” McDonald. Mac ran the restaurant side; Dick was the marketing genius. He had already invented the drive-in laundry and had been the first person to use neon lights in advertising. Now he spotted the gap in the post-war, baby-boom market for cheap, family-orientated restaurants with simple menus, standardized food and efficient service.
　　After a slow start, business began to boom. By 1954, the brothers were joined by another entrepreneur, a kitchen equipment salesman called Ray A Kroc who owned the franchise to the Multimixer, milk shake maker used throughout the McDonald's chain. A year later, Kroc had bought the McDonald brothers' chain of 25 franchises for the equivalent of around $70m（￡44m）. Dick remained with the company until the Seventies, when he and Kroc fell out over Kroc's claim that the chain was his creation.
　　Today, an almost Stalinist cult of personality surrounds Kroc （who died in 1984） at McDonald's, while the brothers who gave the company its name have all but been written out of its history. But though Kroc did not found McDonald's, he was certainly responsible for the empire-building philosophy which led to its world domination. He ushered in such essential contributions to international cuisine as the Big Mac （1968） and the Egg McMuffin （1973）; and helped launch Ronald McDonald —— “in any language he means fun” —— on to television in 1963.
　　Every three hours, a new McDonald's franchise opens somewhere in the world; it can be found in more than 100 countries including India （vegetarian-only to avoid offending the non-beef-eating populace） and Israel （non kosher, despite fierce local objection）. McDonald's chain embodied the thrusting, can-do spirit of Fifties America with staff mottoes such as “If you've got time to lean, you've go time to clean.”
小題1: McDonald's was founded _____.
A．by a kitchen equipment salesman
B．in California.
C．by a marketing genius called Dick McDonald.
D．a(chǎn)fter the first World War.
小題2:What do we know about McDonald's brothers?
A．They were not McDonald's founders although they named the restaurant.
B．Their business was still in depression after several years.
C．They had clear job separation on business.
D．They sold their restaurant to a salesman in 1954.
小題3: Which is not Kroc's contribution to McDonald's ?
A．He launched the restaurant image Ronald McDonald on to television.
B．Under his lead, international cuisine as the Big Mac and the Egg McMuffin earned worldwide fame
C．He spotted the gap in postwar market for cheap, family-orientated restaurants.
D．He built McDonald's empire with a philosophy which led to its world domination.
小題4:Which statement is true according to the passage?
A．The single biggest food provider was however, not named after its founder
B．The international cuisine as the Big Mac, a beef hamburger, is provided every chain restaurant in the world.
C．Employees in McDonald's have no time to lean.
D．The symbol Ronald McDonald, means fun in any language, is said to the word most recognized person after Santa Claus.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well．
First, let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it．
This has several implications（含義）. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now，however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”，but "text me around 8 and we'll see where we all are."
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”－those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well．
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera- phones intrude（侵入）on people's privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn't worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
小題1:According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on                    
A．talkersB．the “speakeasy”C．the “spacemaker"D．texters
小題2: We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are
A．quite revealingB．well written
C．unacceptable by othersD．shocking to others
小題3:According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
A．Talkers. B．The“speakeasy”
C．The “spacemaker”.D．Texters.
小題4:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．The SMS Effect
B．Cultural implications of Mobile Phone Use
C．Changes in the Use of the Mobile
D．Body Language and the Mobile Phone

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts? Around the holidays, many families don't consider taking proper measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts． With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations． Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home．
●Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return． Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway．
● Set several different lights in your house on random timers（隨機(jī)定時器）. Don't leave your outdoor lights on all the time．Instead, put your outside light on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off．
● If you have pets that you are not taking with you on vacation, leave them with friend, rather than having someone come into your house every day to take care of them, When thefts see a neighbor or friend entering your house every day, they will know you are not home．
● Close all your curtains when you leave town. This is effective to deter possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don't know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in．
●This article just has suggested a few tips to help you keep your house safe on holiday．Nothing can truly protect your home unless you have it monitored by a professional home security system．
小題1:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．To let the outdoor lights on all the time．
B．To tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays．
C．To tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday．
D．To tell us to have our neighbor go to our house to take care of our pets．
小題2:If you are on holiday in other places, the lights in your house should           .
A．be turned on only once a day
B．be kept on all the night
C．be replaced by random timers
D．be lit in an irregular way
小題3:To make your home well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?
A．Equip your home with security system．
B．Stop your mail service at once．
C．Turn to your close neighbors or friends
D．Have all the curtains closed．
小題4:The underlined word “deter” probably means           .
A．discoverB．surpriseC．discourageD．a(chǎn)ttract

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Strange Baby-Naming Laws
Germany Parents are banned by law from using last names and the names of objects and products as first names. A child’s first name must clearly indicate his or her sex, and all names must be approved by the office of vital statistics in the area in which the child was born.
Iceland The country’s naming committee consults the National Register of Persons to determine if a name is acceptable. If parents want to go off-list, they must apply for approval and pay a fee, and the name must contain only letters in the Icelandic alphabet.
New Zealand The country’s Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act of 1995 prohibits parents from choosing a name that “ might cause offense to a reasonable person; is unreasonably long; or is, includes, or resembles an official title or rank,” including, apparently, Adolf Hitler and Yeah Detroit—both names recently rejected.
Denmark If Danish parents prefer a moniker not on the list of 7,000 preapproved baby names, they must get permission from local church and government officials. Fifteen to 20 percent of the 1,100 reviewed names—including creative spellings of common names, last names as first names, and unusual names—are rejected each year.
小題1:You can tell whether a baby is a girl or a boy according to the first name in _____.
A．Denmark B．New ZealandC．IcelandD．Germany
小題2:In Iceland, the names should _____.
A．be approved by the office of vital statistics.
B．be accepted by the National Register of Persons.
C．contain only letters in the Roman alphabet.
D．be paid for some money.
小題3:Which name is accepted in New Zealand?
A．Bin LadenB．Talula Does The Hula
C．Keenan Got LuckyD．John Smith
小題4:According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．Danish babies’ names should be on the list if parents can’t get the permission.
B．Each year about 150-200 reviewed names are rejected in Denmark.
C．Adolf Hitler is banned in Iceland.
D．Parents should pay a fee for babies’ names if the names are rejected.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge(知識)．If you remember the following information，your life will be much safer．
·Always notice the environment around you．You shouldn’t walk alone outside．Make sure where the public phones are．If anything dangerous happens，you can find them easily．
·Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back．When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back．
·If you are followed by someone whom you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way，let the person understand that you know he or she is after you．Next，don’t go home at once．You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift(電梯)．
· If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves．This stops other people from studying you．On the bus，don’t sit alone．Sit behind the driver or with other people．Don’t sleep．
小題1:Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
A．Go home alone late at night．B．Make sure where the public phones are．
C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early．D．Always notice the environment around you．
小題2:You’d better put your bag    when there are too many people on a bus．
A．on your backB．beside you
C．in front of youD．behind the driver
小題3:What can you learn from the text?
A．How to notice the environment around you．
B．How to be safe in your everyday life
C．How to cross the street
D．How to use the public phones

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案