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C.interrupt
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He worked for a while as a typesetter on various newspapers and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi. Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn't last however, because of the outbreak of the civil war. Twain was in the army for just two weeks and then he and his whole company went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain tried to find silver and gold without much luck but did succccd as a writer.
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B．His short stories.
C．His wealth.
D．His family.
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The life of David Woods was the stuff of an Australian boy's dream. He played professional rugby league football in a country that treats athletes as idols. At the age of 29, he had a loving family, a girlfriend, a 3-month-old baby, plenty of money, everything to live for. And, for unfathomable(高深莫测的)reasons, nothing to live for. On New Year's Day, Woods ran a hose from the exhaust pipe to the window of his Mitsubishi sedan and asphyxiated(使窒息)himself. His family still has no idea why. One day he called his mother to announce that he had signed a new contract with his team, Gold Coast, recalls his elder brother, Tony. "Twenty hours later," says Tony, "he gassed himself to death."
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A variety of job assignments, including job or project rotation, also keep a job【36】______becoming dull.
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Probably the greatest offense to guard【39】______when dealing with younger specialists is to reject ideas out of hand. You must listen—and listen objectively—to their suggestions. Avoid【40】______overcritical. You want to nurture an inquiring mind with a fresh approach. You'll frustrate it quickly if you revert too often【41】______ "We've tried that before and it won't【42】______here. "
One sure way to disenchant【43】______college graduates is flagrantly misusing their talents. Expect them to do some routine work, of course. But don't make their【44】______work just one long series of errands. This includes such break-in assignments【45】______performing routine calculations, digging up【46】______material, 【47】______operating reproduction equipment. One large manufacturing company recently interviewed a number of【48】______engineers who had left them. The company found that the overwhelming complaint was that the company not only did not offer work that【49】______challenging but also expected【50】______too little from them in the way of performance.
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Probably the greatest offense to guard【C9】______when dealing with younger specialists is to reject ideas out of hand. You must listen--and listen objectively--to their suggestions. Avoid【C10】______overcritical. You want to nurture an inquiring mind with a fresh approach. You'll frustrate it quickly if you revert too often【C11】______"We've tried that before and it won't【C12】______here. "
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Look at the statements and the materials about marketing disasters below.
Which story (A, B, C or D) does each statement 1-7 refer to ？
For each sentence, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
You will need to use some of the letters more than once.
A
Hoover offered any customer who spent at least ￡ 100 on its products two complimentary flights to Europe and the US. The offer attracted more than double the anticipated applications, leading to the dismissal of three senior managers and a bill for ￡ 19 million.
B
A large computer hardware retailer positioned itself at the bottom end of the market by undercutting all its competitors. To attract customers, it even offered a 0% interest Buy Now, Pay One Year Later deal. People did buy, but unfortunately, serious cash flow problems forced the company into liquidation before customers repaid them.
C
Lever Brothers rushed Persil Power onto the market to coincide with a rival company's launch of its own new washing powder. Despite millions of pounds spent on research, Persil Power was fatally flawed, having the unfortunate effect of damaging clothes. It was quickly withdrawn and reformulated.
D
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1 Don't change something which is already a proven success.
2 Don't spend more on the promotion than the product.
3 Don't let competitors dictate your strategy.
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7 Work out the exact cost of a promotional gift.
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Direchons :
Read the texts from a magazine's LETTERS section, /n, which five people wrote about health. For
questions 61 to 65, match the name of each person, to one of the statements(A to G) given, below. Mark your answers on, ANS WER SHEET 1.
Lee Beaty:
Your "Health For Life" articles give excellent advice on simple lifestyle. changes to improve
health. Whenever possible, I ride my bicycle to work. While I was a student, I also rode to class.
We need to educate motorists about sharing the road with cyclists, and create bike lanes to encour-
age more people to go from point A to point B while getting some exercise, saving fuel and impro-
ving the environment.
Roberto Anson:
You had a fascinating exploration in your " Health For Life" articles. Technology often makes us give up responsibility for our health. The United States has the best medical technology but une-qual access to care. The point is that, increasingly, only the healthy and well-off can affOfd health care. Your advice to skip the heart scan and spend the money on a health club membership shifts the focus from technology to personal responsibility.
Fred Leeds:
Dr. Nancy Rigotti 's "Kicking the Habit" is tried, but not necessarily true advice. As a for-mer three-pack-a-day smoker, I tried these approaches many times with no success until I finally accepted a fundamental truth about myself. Only after I got my mind set to the point where my de-sire to quit smoking was stronger than the desire to continue was I able to put the cigarettes down.
Bill Wittig:
It is well documented that people with the Type D personality have chemicals in their brains that differ from those of normal people. Many of them never get mental health treatment because they work, have families and by all observable criteria are functioning well. They do not realize their problem. What might prevent the Type D personality from having a heart attack is some psy- chological treatment as well as fish oil.
Kristin Linklater:
Your magazine tells me that not only must I exercise to avoid heart attacks, but I must be hap-py. I must laugh a lot, or my heart will be starved of necessary chemicals. I must have friends and community to support me, or I'll certainly die soon. I tried to take the Type D personality test that will determine whether I'm going to die of negativity, but your column headings, "False, Less false, Neutral, Less true, True, "make it impossible to figure out my behavior.
Now match the name of each person, (6/ t0 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
[A] You can hardly force yourself to do a thing until you feel likedoing it
[B] Mental health treatment may help prevent some physical prob-lems.
[C] We' d better count more on regular exercise than medical care.
[D] I"m not interested in taking any behavior. test proposed in magazines. [E] Cycling is good for health as well as for our surroundings.
[ F ] To save money and improve health, I quit driving to work.
[ G] I'm still puzzled as to whether your advice and the listed personality details suit me or not. 61. Lee Beaty
One characteristic of American folk wisdom is its humor. Humor makes the bitter medicine of life easier to swallow. It sometimes makes the harsh realities of life more attractive. For example, Ben Franklin's clever saying, "A full belly makes a dull brain" means "People who are well-fed or self-satisfied can become lazy and stupid." But this paraphrasing loses the elegance and humor of Franklin's original saying. Some moralists in the United States are successful because they are able to say wise things humorously.
Abraham Lincoln expressed similar opinions about life but in a different way. Lincoln continued the tradition of "horse sense" humor. This type of humor appeals to people who are hungry for practical common sense. Lincoln, both a politician and an idealist, understood the need for horse sense. He knew how to use common sense to influence people's opinion. He could take the highest moral principles or the most critical observations and use them in folksy—or simple commonsense—humor to make them better understood and more easily accepted. Take, for example, this quote, which is one of best known in the United States: "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Another of Lincoln's wise, folksy statements is: "The Lord prefers common-looking people. That's why he makes so many of them."
There is no doubt that people need a little push sometimes to help them see the folly of their ways. Mark Twain used humor to reveal that many popular ideas were false, foolish, or even harmful. Twain thought that most human beings didn't examine why they believe certain things, and that they were too easily influenced by the opinions of people in power. He felt that it was easier for people to be "misled" than to be led correctly, so he tried to show the foolishness of those in power. For example, he said, "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side and ain't that a big enough majority in any town？"
Now you may get the impression that Twain was a misanthrope, a person who saw everyone' s mistakes and never noticed their good qualities. It's true that his humor was sometimes harsh, but it was used to reveal truths about human relationships. Twain thought the result would be a better, more just society. However, he also realized that he irritated a lot of people. He was aware that when newspapers reported his death, many people might be happy to hear the news. The telegram he sent from Europe to the Associated Press is typical of his humor. It read, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Questions:
16.According to the talk, what is major characteristic of "folk wisdom"？
17.According to the talk, what is the major difference between Franklin and Lincoln when composing short sayings of folk wisdom？
18.According to the talk, which of the following statements is true about "horse sense" humor？
19.According to the talk, what was Mark Twain's purpose for using humor？
20.According to the talk, why did Mark Twain send the telegram which said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. "？
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A．It is produced by famous people.
B．It gives advice about life.
C．It's expressed in myths, fairy tales, legends and songs.
D．It is extremely humorous.
听力原文： Every culture has many sayings that give advice about life. These sayings are part of what is commonly called folk wisdom. Of course, folk wisdom is also expressed in other ways, such as myths, fairy tales, legends, and songs. Often however, folk wisdom is shared in the form. of short sayings about the best ways to approach life's joys and sorrows.
One characteristic of American folk wisdom is its humor. Humor makes the bitter medicine of life easier to swallow. It sometimes makes the harsh realities of life more attractive. For example, Benjamin Franklin's clever saying, "A full belly makes a dull brain" means "People who are well-fed or self-satisfied can become lazy and stupid." But this paraphrasing loses the elegance and humor of Franklin's original saying. Some moralists in the United States are successful because they are able to say wise things humorously.
Abraham Lincoln expressed similar opinions about life but in a different way. Lincoln continued the tradition of "horse sense" humor. This type of humor appeals to people who are hungry for practical common sense. Lincoln, both a politician and an idealist, understood the need for horse sense. He knew how to use common sense to influence people's opinion. He could take the highest moral principles or the most critical observations and use them in folksy—or simple commonsense—humor to make them better understood and more easily accepted. Take, for example, this quote, which is one of the best known in the United States. "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. " Another of Lincoln's wise, folksy statements is: "The Lord prefers common-looking people. That's why he makes so many of them. "
There is no doubt that people need a little push sometimes to help them see the folly of their ways. Mark Twain used humor to reveal that many popular ideas were false, foolish, or even harmful. Twain thought that most human beings didn't examine why they believe certain things, and that they were too easily influenced by the opinions of people in power. He felt that it was easier for people to be "misled" than to be led correctly, so he tried to show the foolishness of those in power. For example, he said, "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side and ain't that a big enough majority in any town？"
Now you may get the impression that Twain was a misanthrope, a person who saw everyone's mistakes and never noticed their good qualities. It's true that his humor was sometimes harsh, but it was used to reveal truths about human relationships. Twain thought the result would be a better, more just society. However, he also realized that he irritated a lot of people. He was aware that when newspapers reported his death, many people might be happy to hear the news. The telegram he sent from Europe to the Associated Press is typical of his humor. It read, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. "
Questions:
16. According to the talk, what is major characteristic of "folk wisdom"？
17.According to the talk, what is the major difference between Franklin and Lincoln when composing short sayings of folk wisdom？
18.According to the talk, which of the following statements is TRUE about "horse sense" humor？
19.According to the talk, what was Mark Twain's purpose for using humor？
20.According to the talk, why did Mark Twain send the telegram which said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. "？
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A．It is produced by famous people.
B．It gives advice about life.
C．It's expressed in myths, fairy tales, legends and songs.
D．It is extremely humorous.
