Attitudes towards criticism differ from person to person 什么意

I learned how our attitudes made a big difference in our everyday lives from my friend Mary.
She doesn’t have any pets. I happened to see her outside on a -30 degree morning walking a dog. I felt sorry for Mary, out there walking a dog that’s not hers in such cold weather. I thought maybe she was saying to herself, “Yeah, this is why I don’t have any pets! I hate walking dogs.”
Later that day I saw Mary and said, “I saw you out there walking a dog this morning. Are you unhappy because you had to walk it on such a cold day?” To my surprise, she said that she enjoyed getting out there and walking the dog and that she got good exercise because of the dog. She also said she had talked to her brother, the dog’s owner, who was on holiday in Orlando, Florida with his family. He said his children were enjoying Disney World and the resorts (胜地). His four-year-old son had breakfast with Mickey Mouse and said it was the best day in his life. Mary said, “If I can help my brother and his family have a wonderful time relaxing for a week, knowing that their pet is being loved and cared for, what more could I ask for?” She added, “It’s worth it for me to make the sacrifice (牺牲) so that they can go and have fun.”
I learned a lesson from Mary.
小题1:What do we know about Mary?

A．She liked exercising outside before that day.

B．In fact she likes taking care of dogs very much.

C．She likes helping others.

D．She was sorry for not going on holiday with her brother.

小题2:Why did the author feel sorry for Mary?

A．It was a cold morning.

B．He thought Mary was suffering because of others.

C．Mary didn’t have any pets.

D．He found Mary was unhappy to walk the dog.

小题3:Mary’s brother and his family could have a wonderful holiday because __________.

A．the children could have breakfast with Mickey Mouse

B．the children enjoyed Disney World and the resorts

C．Mary did not go with them

D．Mary looked after their dog

小题4:What lesson did the author learn from Mary?

A．Traveling is fun, and walking dogs is also fun.

B．Walking dogs will make you feel warm.

C．Helping others is also a kind of enjoyment.

D．Walking dogs is also a kind of exercise.

小题5:What can we infer from the passage?

A．The author mistook Mary that morning.

B．Mary would raise a dog after helping her brother.

C．Mary made a lot of sacrifices for her brother.

D．Mary disliked raising any pets.

People’s attitudes towards gift giving may from country to country.

A．adapt

B．shift

C．cover

D．vary

There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries, and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.
It’s easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them. They believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they consider fit, including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.
However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use —now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.
In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force, and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, many parents think that ____________.

A．they are free to use physical punishment on their children

B．most of the children behave badly in their daily life

C．they have changed their attitudes towards their children

D．physical punishment is effective to educate their children

小题2:Many parents won’t give up physical punishment because _____________.

A．they are disappointed with their children

B．they were brought up just in the same way

C．they don’t want to hurt their children badly

D．they don’t know what to do with their children

小题3:The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show ____________.

A．most people are used to wearing seat belts

B．it’s not difficult to change some negative habits

C．seat belts are really very necessary and useful

D．people won’t change their old habits unless forced

小题4:The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ____________.

A．talk about a ban on using physical punishment

B．tell us we should educate our children in other ways

C．advise parents to give up using physical punishment

D．suggest physical punishment should be used at home

Attitudes differed to small errors of grammar and usage, or inappropriateness of vocabulary and idiom, with the native speakers finding such errors a little irksome(令人厌烦的)，though sometimes amusing, while the Chinese panel members paid hardly any attention to such errors as, for example, misuse of phrasal verbs and similar usages: “When I saw the job description, I decided to apply the position.” “I expect to find out a lot of challenge in the job.” “I can deal the emergency situations efficiently.”
Errors of idiom or appropriateness caused more comment, during the post interview discussion, from the native speakers than from the Chinese panel members, on whom the errors were sometimes lost. For example, one candidate, when asked what salary he expected, replied: “I don’t care about it.” The message was clear enough, namely that he was primarily interested in the job, but the formulation of the message was not quite right. Even such ribticklers(笑话)as “I am a well planned person .”and “I would like to expose myself in another field”(both actually heard at interviews) tended to cause lipbiting among the expatriate rather than the Chinese interviewers.
Panels with two Chinese and one expatriate used to be more common, but are becoming less common. The reason is that with more of the interview now being conducted in Chinese, the non Chinese speaker does not know what has already been asked and is liable to repeat in English questions that have already been covered in Chinese. This caused, naturally enough, confusion in the interviewee and can adversely affect the whole interview.
The sensible procedure would seem to be to open the interview in the mother tongue of the candidates, to put them at their ease, then at a later stage turn to English, to test English proficiency. In practice, however, possibly because of the problem mentioned in the previous paragraph when the panel contains a foreigner, it is often the reverse, with a few, fairly standard, opening questions in English, and if these are successfully answered, then the job interview properly gets underway in Cantonese.
One of the worst interview scenarios(方案)is when a foreigner who thinks she/he can speak Cantonese (but does so, in fact, badly) decides to question the interviewee in Cantonese. In other circumstances of a social nature the interviewee would no doubt politely compliment the foreigner on his or her good Cantonese, but in the seriousness of a job interview situation, the Chinese is confused and slightly embarrassed for the foreigner. These forays(初步尝试)into Chinese usually end pretty quickly with one of the Chinese members of the panel rescuing the foreigner and continuing the interview in English.
64．Concerning misuses of phrasal verbs,____.
A．both Chinese and the native speakers of English find them amusing
B．the Chinese interviewers tend to be tolerant
C．the Chinese interviewers and the English native speaker interviewers often have a discussion
D．might sometimes become a laughing stock to the native speakers of English but draw hardly any attention from the Chinese
65．It is implied in the passage that ____.
A．Chinese are generally liable to make mistakes in English grammar and vocabulary usage
B．expatriate interviewers are generally more friendly with interviews
C．braver candidates can often get the upper hand
D．the candidates often deliver an improper message for the use of inappropriate expressions
66．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The non Chinese speaking interviewer might ask the questions which have already been asked by the Chinese and hence cause confusion.
B．It is more practicable to start an interview with a few fairly standard questions in English before switching to Chinese.
C．The best procedure of an interview would seem to be beginning in Cantonese and then testing English proficiency.
D．The Chinese interviewee often politely compliments the foreign interviewer if he or she speaks cantonese if it is not actually so good in the interview.
67．This passage is mainly concerned with ____.
A．whether language proficiency or work ability counts in job interviews
B．how to avoid awkward situation in a job interview in HongKong
C．the language used in a job interview with both Chinese and expatriate panel members
D．the sensible procedure of getting on with an interview where the Chinese interviewee’s English is to be tested

Public attitudes towards people with disabilities must be changed. The disabled
more opportunities to develop their potential.

A．deserve

B．possess

C．reserve

D．acquire

in britain, people have different attitudes(态度) to the police. most people generally appreciate(欣赏) them and the job they do—although there are some people who do not believe that the police _ have the power that they do.
　　what does a policeman do in fact? it is not _ job to describe. after all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. a policeman often has to control traffic, either on foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. indeed, in britain, he might be in the traffic police and spend all, or a lot of, his time driving up and down main roads and motorways. a traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop _ motorists and help when there is an accident.
　　a policeman has to help keep the peace, too. if there is a fight or some other disturbance(***), we _ _ the police to come and keep order. and they often have to _ the situation at great risk to their own _.
　　we expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary(普通) policeman, even if he is not a detective, will often have to help _ _ and arrest criminals.
　　and _ __ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a _ , a road accident, or a robbery? we call the police. so a policeman has to be _ to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the modern world.
　　the police do a necessary job, and they do it very well and i support them, but i do not envy policemen. i do not think that i could ever do the job of a policeman.

小题1:	a．should b．would c．could d．must

小题2:	a．a funny b．a pleasant c．an interesting d．an easy

小题3:	a．resting b．tired c．speeding d．drinking

小题4:	a．wait for b．believe c．think of d．expect

小题5:	a．turn to b．stop c．deal with d．treat

小题6:	a．safety b．families c．future d．friends

小题7:	a．remove b．question c．look for d．sentence

小题8:	a．how b．where c．what d．who

小题9:	a．power failure b．fire c．thunder storm d．thief

小题10:

a．provided b．promised c．prepared d．presented