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Questions 11-15 are based on Passage Three:Passage ThreeIf you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training.A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor’s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.But in the long run, too much specialization doesn’t pay off. Business, which has been flooded wjth MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.As further evidence of the erosion of corporate faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices, although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn’t constrained by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture," says Scheetz.This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberalarts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve probiems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, "I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things," says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior-plus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, "A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the market-place," says Scheetz.

David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ( ).

A.they are more capable of handling changing situations

B.they can stick to established ways of solving problems

C.they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields

D.they have attended special programs in management

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参考答案:A

解析:David Birch谈到,他愿意雇用文科生,因为他们做事的方式不刻板。不愿意雇用学MBA和学工程的,即不喜欢雇用具有专业知识背景的人。因此,正确答案为A。

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Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at 36. When I made my first visit 37 the Unites States, I was 38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any 39 problem. But how 40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to 41 my friend Jenny I had 41 . A worker asked if he could 43 me. “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.” “Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “I just want to tell her 44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a 45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are 46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your 47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went 48 49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a 50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did 51. She 52 the misunderstanding(误会): American say “to give someone a 53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash 54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the 55 floor is the second for Americans.
小题1:
A.workB.schoolC.homeD.table
小题2:
A.to B.byC.fromD.on
小题3:
A.afraidB.worriedC.wonderingD.sure
小题4:
A.foodB.lifeC.languageD.travel
小题5:
A.lateB.wrongC.rightD.early
小题6:
A.sayB.tellC.mean D.call
小题7:
A.got B.worked C.spoken D.arrived
小题8:
A.help B.stay with C.lift D.drive
小题9:
A.by B.in C.with D.on
小题10:
A.policemanB.shopC.phoneD.gate
小题11:
A.listeningB.talkingC.saying D.coming
小题12:
A.phoningB.arrivingC.journeyD.drive
小题13:
A.offB.backC.insideD.down
小题14:
A.watchingB.learningC.bringingD.leaving
小题15:
A.walkB.sleepC.restD.meal
小题16:
A.meetB.quarrelC.get outD.phone
小题17:
A.showedB.calledC.explainedD.pardoned
小题18:
A.visitB.presentC.callD.meal
小题19:
A.downB.upC.outD.back
小题20:
A.oneB.firstC.anotherD.down
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