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.

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.1.________

Be a Team Player.

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.

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.

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.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.

 

 Friendsh ip is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends.  Good friendship has many benefits.  It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes health.

There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or  changed our jobs or schools.Such changes often leave us without a friend.____ 1.___.But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage.  Below are some helpful suggestions  on how to make and keep friends.

  1. Associate with others. 

The first step to making friends is associating with people.  You can go to public places to meet new people.  Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

  2. Start a conversation

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.__ 2.____.

You can always start the conversation.  Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.  

 3.____ 3.____

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests

would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4. Let it grow. 

It is a good thing to stay in touch.  However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.   __4._____.   The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5. Enjoy your friendship

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.____ 5._.Try not

to change them from who they are to what you want them to be.  Become the kind of friend you will

want your friend to be to you. 

A. Be cheerful.

B. Do things together.

C. Do not wait to be spoken to.

D. Try not to find fault with your friends

E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G. So you will need to give your friend time to react（做出反应）to you.

 

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1.  A team gets better. A kid practices more and swims a personal best or learns a new move on the basketball court. In 2006, two things happened that got me thinking about change—in sports and in life.

2. Agassi was a terrific player who won 60 titles, including eight major championships. But his greatest accomplishment might have been how much he changed during his career.

When he was young, Agassi was a showoff who seemed to care only about himself. He didn’t train very hard, but he won matches because of his tremendous talent. 3.  He fell from No.1 in the world ranking to No.141.

So Agassi changed. He trained harder and become a world-class player again.  4.

He was nicer to fans and opponents. He stopped thinking just about himself and started thinking about others. Through his Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, he raised more than $60 million to help disadvantaged kids around his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. He even started a school, the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, for at-risk kids.

5. But they do happen. Just remember Andre Agassi. It wasn’t easy, but he changed, and changed for the better.

A. More important, he changed as a person.

B. Finally, everyone should remember that being an excellent player is a tough job.

C. Changes such as those can be difficult.

D. Sports are all about change.

E. Eventually, though, injuries and his bad attitude caught up with him.

F. One of them is tennis champion Andre Agassi, who retired in 2006

G. What Agassi needed to learn was that he should train harder and perform better.

 

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Empathy

Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. __1.__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.

Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __2.__

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __3.__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.

Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __4.__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.

What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __5.__

To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

B. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

C. “One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.

D. Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.

E. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.

F. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

G. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.