2006年6月恩波英语四级模考（一）

　　Passage three:
　　The interview is an important event in the job-hunting process, because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may determine whether or not you get the particular job you want. Therefore ,it is important to remember that your objective during the interview may differ from the objective of the potential employer. You want to make yourself stand out as a whole person who has personal strengths, is well qualified, and should be considered the right person for the job. It is encouraging to know that the interview’s task is not to embarrass you or to trip you up, but to hire the right person for the job.
　　Remember, job hunting is very competitive. Anything you can do to enhance your interview techniques will be to your advantage. The following suggestions may help you land the most important job.
　　Your goal in this interview is to make sure your good points get across. The interviewer won’t know them unless you point them out, so try to do this in a factual and sincere manner.
　　Do not make slighting references to former employers or professors. If you have been fired from a job and the interviewer asks about it, be frank in your answer.
　　Show the interviewer that you are interested in the company by asking relevant questions. Ask about responsibilities, working conditions, promotion opportunities and fringe benefits(附加福利)of the job you are interviewing for.
　　If at some point you decide the interview is not going well, do not let your discouragement show. You have nothing to lose by continuing a show of confidence, and you may have much to gain. It may be real, or it may be a test to see how you react to adverse conditions.
　　Some interviewers may bring up salary early in the interview. At this time, you may indicate that you are more interested in a job where you can prove yourself than a specific salary. This politely passes the question back to the interviewer. If possible, you should negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and when you are when you are ready to complete the paperwork.
　　21. To get the job you want, during the interview you should_________
　　A) avoid the interviewer’s questions that are designed to trip you up.
　　B) remember that you are the best qualified candidate.
　　C) make yourself stand out as the right person for the job.
　　D) keep in mind that it determines whether or not you get the particular job you want.
　　22. If you did not get along with your former employer, you_______
　　A) should tell the interviewer frankly.
　　B) should not speak ill of him.
　　C) should refer to him in a factual manner.
　　D) should never mention it.
　　23. When you find the interview is not going well you should_________.
　　A) keep up your confidence .
　　B) bring it to an end as soon as possible.
　　C) tell you interviewer how you react to adverse conditions.
　　D) tell yourself you have much to gain and nothing to lose.
　　24. The best time to discuss your salary is _________.
　　A) keep up your confidence .
　　B) at the end of the interview.
　　C) after you have completed the paperwork,.
　　D) when the interviewer brings this matter up.
　　25. The most important thing to do during an interview is _________.
　　A) to make your strengths understood.
　　B) to show your intense interest in the job you are applying for.
　　C) to be frank and sincere.
　　D) to be natural and confident.
　　Passage four:
　　Psychological tests are tools. Like all tools, their effectiveness depends on the knowledge, skill, and sincerity of the user. A hammer can be used to build a beautiful kitchen cabinet of it can be used as a weapon of assault. Like a hammer, intelligence tests can be used for positive purposes or they can be abusive. It is important for both the test constructor and the test examiner to be familiar with the current state of scientific knowledge about intelligence and intelligence tests.
　　Even though they have limitations, intelligence tests are among psychology’s most widely used tools. To be effective, though, intelligence tests must be viewed realistically. They should not be thought of as a fixed, unchanging indicator of a person’s intelligence. They should also be used in conjunction with other information about a person and should not be relied upon as the sole indicator of whether a child should be placed in a special-education or gifted class. The child’s developmental history, medical background, performance in school, social competencies, and family experiences should be taken into account, too.
　　The single number provided by many IQ tests can easily lead to stereotypes and expectations about a person. Many people do not know how to sweeping generalizations about a person are too often made on the basis of an IQ score. Imagine, for example, that you are a teacher sitting in the teacher’s lounge the day after school has started in the a fellow teacher remarks that she had Johnny in class last year, and goes on to say that he was a dunce. You cannot help but remember this information, and it may lead you to think that Johnny Jones is not very bright so it is useless to spend much time teaching him. In this way, IQ scores are misused and stereotypes are formed.
　　26. According to the author, intelligence tests_______.
　　A. cannot be used as the indicator of a person’s intelligence.
　　B. Can be used for positive purposes and can also be misused.
　　C. Are widely used because it is the sole indicator of one’s intelligence.
　　D. Are not so effective due to their own shortcomings
　　27. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
　　A. The knowledge, skill and the sincerity of the user are the factors determining the effectiveness of the psychological test
　　B. Since the intelligence tests have limitations, their results are not reliable although they are used very often.
　　C. A person’s intelligence can be measured with precision and accuracy if he or she takes an intelligence test.
　　D. Whether a child should be placed in a gifted class can easily be decided by his performance in the intelligence test.
　　28. The word “dunce”( Para. 3) stands for______.
　　A. an average student B. a slow learner
　　C. a dancing genius D . a lazy boy or girl
　　29. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that_______.
　　A. low score in intelligence test indicate that one is a slow learner
　　B. intelligence tests are not scientific and must be prohibited
　　C. teacher should not treat students unequally according to their intelligence difference
　　D. intelligence tests are often misused and often lead to stereotype
　　30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
　　A. The Merits of Intelligence Tests
　　B. The Use and Misuse of Intelligence Tests
　　C. The importance of Intelligence Tests
　　D. The Limitations of Intelligence Tests