How to Keep Your Job for a Long Time
Work Hard.
Many bosses don’t mind you spending a little time on some little things，but they do focus on your job attitude and the wealth you can create for this company. When it comes to making lay­off decisions，the company will also choose the most productive employees to keep the job instead of the workers who are always late to work，leave early every day and do nothing important to the company.【小题1】________
Be a Team Player.
【小题2】________As an employee，you should work in a team with others，and learn from others. You should get along well with others.
Be Flexible.
【小题3】________When the company needs someone to change shifts，work weekends，put in some overtime，or work a different schedule，you can think about it if your personal schedule permits.
【小题4】________
You should be making yourself available to take on some additional tasks or help with projects that you might not have otherwise had to do. Maybe there is no additional pay，but it is also very helpful to increase your own value. Maybe due to this additional help，your boss begins to take advantage of you and give you more important work.
Don’t Complain.
If you don’t like your job，I can guarantee there are plenty of other people who would jump at the chance to get it. You should be really careful about complaining.【小题5】_______

A．Or your job security may be indirectly affected.

B．You should not gossip about other workers.

C．Make Yourself Available.

D．So you should remember to work hard.

E．Team spirit is an important quality for everyone.
F．Flexibility is a very important component to your job.
G．You become someone that they can rely on.

Celebrating sleep

World Sleep Day, observed on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern world ignore its importance. As a result, sleep problems are increasingly common.

In 2002, scientists at the University of Athens in Greece conducted a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Of the people that responded to the survey, 24 percent said that they did not sleep well, and based on their responses, 31.6 percent were diagnosed with insomnia (失眠) and another 17.5 percent were diagnosed with borderline insomnia. In addition, 30.7 percent of survey respondents reported visiting a doctor for help with sleep problems and 11.6 percent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.

Overall, the survey found that many people suffer from the effects of poor quality sleep, some examples of which are being unable to fall asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. The main factors causing these problems are pressure from school or work and a fast pace of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also interfere with sleep and contribute to poor quality sleep. The survey’s findings are particularly troubling because large numbers of people were found to have difficulty sleeping at night. The short­term effects of this are tiredness and trouble concentrating. If this happens for a long time, the risk of gaining weight and having a heart attack may increase.

There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from sleeping.

Getting a good night’s sleep is important for everyone. By following the advice above, you can rest better at night and work better during the day.

Title: Celebrating Sleep

Topic	Content
World Sleep Day	Owing to 1.________ of the importance of sleep, people celebrated World Sleep Day, bringing attention to the increasing problems of sleep.
Responses of the survey	Of 35,000 people in 10 countries in the world, there were 24% of the people2._______ from sleeplessness. 31.6 % were diagnosed with insomnia and another 17.5% were on the edge of insomnia. The 3.________ of the people feeling sleepy during the day is 11.6. 30.7 % reported 4._______ to a doctor for sleep problems.
5._______ causing sleep problems & their consequences	Under 6._______ from school or work, people may have sleep problems. Poor quality sleep also 7._______  from noise or light pollution. Feeling tired and sleepy, people have difficulty 8._______ on what they are doing. It is likely that sleepless people easily put on weight and have a heart attack.
9._______ to  take  to improve sleep quality	Have regular sleep habits. Make your bedroom cool, dark and quiet. Avoid things 10._______ caffeine.

 

Silence is unnatural to man．He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness．In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else．Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence．If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox（喋喋不休的人）.He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure（蜡塑人像）.
The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito （蚊子）.But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing -with his neighbors.
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists.
【小题1】According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors_____.

A．in the hope of learning something new

B．in the hope of getting on well

C．about whatever they want to

D．about whatever they have prepared

【小题2】According to the author, people make conversation to______.

A．achieve success in life

B．overcome their fear of silence

C．exchange ideas

D．prove their value

【小题3】What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A．To persuade people to stop making noises．

B．To explain why people keep talking．

C．To discuss why people like talking about weather．

D．To encourage people to join in conversations．

【小题4】By "the buzzing of a fly"(Para.1), the author means"_____".

A．the voice of a chatterbox

B．meaningless talk sound

C．a low whispering

D．the noise of an insect

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卡对应的位置上。选项中有一项为多余选项。
以下是6条有关颜色偏好和性格关系的描述。
A

GOLD

People who choose GOLD as their primary color like to fit in or belong. They tend to be reliable people who enjoy serving others. Things like tradition and home are very important to them. They need order and structure. They don’t like waste or change.

B

ORANGE

People who choose ORANGE as their primary color need variety and freedom. They take pride in being highly skilled. They enjoy “hands-on” work and often are good in a crisis. They are risk-takers and challenge-seekers.

C

YELLOW

People who choose YELLOW as their primary color are curious about everything. They are confident and knowledgeable. They love sports very much and they work highly efficiently.

D

GREEN

People who choose GREEN as their primary color are competent and want to control the realities of life. They are analytical and enjoy solving problems and developing systems. They love intelligence and logic. They are often critical of themselves and others.

E

BLUE

People who choose BLUE as their primary color enjoy close relationships, harmony and integrity(正直). They are often very creative and they also enjoy the creative work of others.

F

RED

People who choose RED as their primary color are always full of vigor and tend to be confident. It seems that they are ready to do anything and will be successful. They also have a strong desire for power.

现在阅读以下根据员工性格提出的促进工作效率的方法，然后从以上A, B, C, D, E和F中找出与它们适合的群体。
【小题1】Create a warm and personal working atmosphere; Establish a peaceful working environment and try to avoid conflict(冲突); Allow them freedom to express their feelings; Praise them for their creativity.
【小题2】Assign them work needing detailed planning; Define the tasks in clear terms; Provide a stable work environment and avoid sudden change; Issue rules and regulations; Provide good examples.
【小题3】Assign them work which needs analytical thinking and problem-solving skills; Encourage them to think independently and take their ideas to the next step.
【小题4】Assign them work which is action-packed; Provide opportunities which need skills and challenges; Do not let them do the same job for a long time.
【小题5】Assign them work which needs full energy; Provide competitive opportunities; Let them know that they will be promoted if they do brilliantly.

As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became  1   of getting Halloween candy.  2   , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and   3   to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we   4    one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps   5   to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear  6    me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood   7    at the bottom.

It was  8    that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and   9   my bag of candy. I might   10   my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no   11    I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my   12   .

Fear of the unknown   13   me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was  14    with the career I had chosen. I faced a  15   : step out into the unknown or   16    the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never   17   the best candy.

Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客户), the old fears   18   . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t   19   when I face difficulties. I believe that, though    20   things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.

1.A. afraid         B. happy                   C. fond                D. tired

2.A. Hardly            B. Normally              C. Certainly            D. Approximately

3.A. pointed                 B. rushed                    C. moved             D. traveled

4.A. knocked          B. escaped                      C. reached           D. entered

5.A. pointing        B. belonging        C. opening           D. leading

6.A. encouraged             B. spread             C. prevented           D. attracted

7.A. slightly        B. frozen          C. calmly               D. happily

8.A. unlikely                 B. unlucky           C. possible    D. pitiful

9.A. fall                     B. drop                      C. forget               D. lose

10.A. bury                  B. break             C. tear                 D. catch

11.A. way                      B. need             C. doubt               D. wonder

12.A. bag                        B. life             C. way        D. confidence

13.A. amused      B. controlled                 C. helped              D. ruined

14.A. excited                B. concerned      C. impressive          D. unsatisfied

15.A. difficulty               B. cause             C. fear                 D. choice

16.A. save         B. spend            C. change                   D. escape

17.A. presenting            B. buying                        C. making                  D. tasting

18.A. disappeared          B. warned                        C. returned               D. reminded

19.A. fear                  B. cry               C. fail                       D. complain

20.A. big            B. fortunate                 C. bad                    D. small