No one wants to look stupid or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place.

It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:

1. First impressions can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.

2. Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra(额外的)15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.

3. Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers(同事). These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.

4. Ask plenty of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.

5. Never be the first one to leave. Observe(观察) what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班时间). It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.

1. Before you arrive at work on the first day, you should __________.

A. dress in a right way

B. introduce yourself

C. know your duties

D. know your co-workers well

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. You should be the first one to arrive at work.

B. You should ask your co-workers about your duties.

C. You should not be eager to go back home after work.

D. You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.

3. According to the passage, your supervisor is most likely your _____________.

A. visitor                             B. teacher          C. workmate               D. leader

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Getting a New Job.

B. Tips on How to Work.

C. The First-day Work.

D. The Importance of Co-workers.

 

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People who drink a little, exercise, give up smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who have none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday . A collection of evidence has shown that these things contribute to healthier and longer lives, but the new study actually proved their mixed effect, the British team said.

“These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference to health, ” the researchers wrote in the journal PLOS Medicine.

Between 1993 and 1997 the researchers questioned 20，000 healthy British men and women about their lifestyles. They also tested every participant’s(参与者) blood to measure vitamin C intake, an indicator（指标）of how much fruit and vegetables people ate.

Then they assigned(分配,分派)the participants---aged 45-79 a score of between 0 and 4，giving one point for each of the healthy behaviors. After allowing for age and other factors(因素) that could affect the likelihood of dying, the researchers found people with a score of 0 four times as likely to die.

The researchers, who tracked deaths among the participants until 2006，also said a person with a health score of 0 had the same risk of dying as someone with score of 4 who was 14 years older.

The lifestyle change with the biggest benefit was _____________________ ,which led to an 80 percent improvement in health, the study found. This was followed by eating fruits and vegetables. Drinking a little and keeping active brought the same benefits, Kay-Tee Khaw at the University of Cambridge said. Do you have the four healthy living habits?

1. What is the best title of the passage?（within 10 words））

 ____________              ____________________________________________.

2.Complete the following statement with proper words.( no more than 3 words)

 _______               _ is an important figure to show how much fruit and vegetables people ate.

3. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with a proper sentence.（within 3 words）

______________________________________________      ________      _.

4.What should be encouraged according to the result of the research?（within 10 words）

______________________________________________      ________      _.

5.What does the words “ these things”( Line 3, Paragraph 1) probably refer to? (no more than 15 words)

______________________________________________      ________      _.

 

The passport photographs of the future could turn out to be more than just another pretty picture if a new computer technique developed by Israeli scientists catches on.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University, in Israel, have invented a way to hide information such as a fingerprint or signature in color images. They believe this could improve passport safety or be used to produce product bar codes(条形码) or designs that cannot be seen.

“The papers can be faxed, scanned(扫描) and reprinted without hidden data disappearing,” New Scientist magazine said last week.

Joseph Rosen and a team of scientists worked out the new instrument by creating a mathematical model.

The model turns a fingerprint or signature into a series of numbers which are used to shape the dots that make up a color picture.

“Each dot can be forced out of the usual place slightly without noticeably changing the final appearance of the image,” the magazine said.

Several images that can be hidden in a single picture are scanned into a computer which does the work.

The hidden images or fingerprints cannot be shown until the picture is scanned again.

The computer rebuilds the fingerprint by measuring the displacement of the dots in the picture.

The magazine said that if he model is used for passport checkpoints the picture can be unscrambled(解码) to show the fingerprint or signature and checked against the person holding the passport.

The researchers are now working on a handheld, and instrument which could make unscrambling the hidden information easier.

1. The new passport photos will probably contain all EXCEPT _____.

A．one’s picture	B．one’s fingerprint
C．one’s signature	D．one’s blood type

2. The writer probably got the information about the new passport photos from ___.

A．Israeli scientists

B．a radio or TV

C．a newspaper

D．a magazine

3.What is the best title for the passage?

A．A New Computer Technique by Israeli Scientists

B．A New Way t Hide Information

C．The New Passport Photo: More Than Meets the Eye

D．Safe Passport Photos

 

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Recently, tests have proved that Beethoven died from lead poisoning. Bill Walsh directed the Beethoven Research Project. Mr. Walsh and his team examined pieces of bone belonging to Beethoven. They found a large amount of lead in the bone pieces. They said the lead levels were equal to those found in pieces of his hair in earlier studies of other scientists.

Genetic tests proved the bone pieces and his hair came from Beethoven. The research also examined bone fragments from someone else who lived during the same period. Both were from the top of the skull. The fragments from Beethoven had more lead than those from other person. Their study didn’t find measurable levels of cadmium(镉) or mercury(汞), which scientists used to consider were the causes of his health problems.

Beethoven was sick for much of his life. He experienced strong stomach pains, a sign of lead poisoning, and a change of personality when he was around 20. he also got angry easily, and suffered from depression and hearing loss. His health problems became worse as he grew older.

Walsh said the lead levels found in his skull suggested that the metal might have been present in his body for many years. He said although there had been recognized cases of deafness caused by lead poisoning, there was no strong evidence to suggest that lead poisoning was the cause of his deafness.

Beethoven visited many doctors to find a cure for his health problems, in a letter he wrote to a friend, he urged researchers to examine his body after he died so that other people would not have to suffer as he did.

61. If too much lead is in a person’s body, he will______.

A. suffer hearing loss             B. get angry easily 

C. suffer serious stomach pains     D. lose most of his hair

62. From the passage we can learn that_______.

A. this is the first research into the cause of Beethoven’s death

B. any amount of lead will do great harm to people’s health

C. more lead was found in Beethoven’s bones than in his hair

D. scientists used to think that his death was caused by other metals instead of lead

63. In which section of the newspaper might you read this report?

A. Health.   B. Technology.   C. Entertainment.   D. Culture.

64. What is the best title of the passage?

A. A surprising discovery about Beethoven   B. Beethoven died from lead poisoning

C. Lead--- a killer metal for human beings    D. New examination of Beethoven’ body  

 

We hear with our ears, right? Yes, but scientists have known for years that we also hear with our eyes. In a study published in 1976, researchers found that people combined both auditory cues(听力提示) and visual ones，like mouth and face movements, when they heard speech.

A new study that looks at a different set of sensory cues adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests such combination is natural. In a paper, Bryan Gick and Donald Derrick report that people can hear with their skin.

The researchers had volunteers listen to spoken syllables. Meanwhile, they connected the volunteers to a device that would blow a tiny puff (气流) of air onto the skin of their hands or necks. The syllables included “ba” and “pa”, which produce brief puffs from the mouth when spoken, and “da” and “ta,” which do not produce puffs. They found that when listeners heard “da” or “ta” while a puff of air was blown onto their skin, they considered the sounds as “ba” or “pa”.

Dr. Gick said the findings were similar to those from the 1976 study, in which visual cues defeated auditory ones — volunteers listened to one syllable but thought it another because they were watching a video of mouth movements corresponding to the second syllable. In his study，he said，cues from sensory receivers on the skin defeated the ears as well. “Our skin is doing the hearing for us,” he said.

Dr. Gick noted that it would normally be rare that someone actually sensed a puff of air produced by another, although people might occasionally sense their own puffs. “What’s so persuasive about this particular effect,” he added. “is that people are picking up on this information that they don’t know they are using.” That supports the idea that combining different sensory cues is natural.

Dr. Gick said the finding also suggested that other sensory cues might be at work in speech perception(知觉) — that, as he put it, “we are these fantastic perception machines that take in all the information available to us and combine it faultlessly.”

1.“Da” or “ta” were considered as “ba” or “pa” when __________.

A. they were spoken quickly

B. puffs of air were blown onto the listener’s skin

C. they were pronounced using a special device

D. they were made with face movements

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Humans combine different sensory cues through experience.

B. Dr. Gick’s new study is more important than the one in 1976.

C. People sometimes can sense their own puffs when speaking

D. Only auditory and visual cues are at work in speech perception.

3.What is the best title of the text?

A. We Can Hear with Our Skin

B. Our Visual Cues Is Doing the Hearing for Us

C. Facial Expressions Are Important

D. We Are Fantastic Machines