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　　In general, employers(雇主) are looking for two things in job applicants: the proof that a candidate(应聘者) can handle a specific job and the evidence that the person will fit in with the organization. Too often, employers are most concerned with the candidates' experience, but communication skills, enthusiasm and motivation are closely behind.

　　Every position requires specific qualifications. When you are invited to interview For a position, the interviewer may already have a fairly good idea of whether you have the right qualifications, based on review of your resume. But during the interview, you'll be asked to describe your education and previous jobs in more details so the interviewer can determine how well your skills match the requirements.

　　Another consideration is whether a candidate has the right personality traits (特性) for the job. Each job requires a different mixture of personality traits. The task of the interviewer is to find out whether a candidate will be able to do the job comfortably.

　　In addition to determining whether the applicant has the right professional qualifications and personality for a particular job, the interviewer must decide whether the person will be compatible with the other people in the organization.

　　Every interviewer approaches this issue of “fit” a little differently. Physical appearance is often a consideration, because clothing and grooming(修饰) reveal something about a candidate's personality and awareness of industry standards. Apart from noting a candidate's clothes, interviewers also size up such physical factors as eye contact, handshake, facial expressions and tone of voice.

　　An interviewer might also consider age in deciding whether an applicant will fit in with the organization, although job discrimination(歧视)against the middle-aged is prohibited(forbidden) by law. If you feel your youth could count against you, counteract its influence by emphasizing your experience, dependability and mature(成熟的) attitudes.

1．During the interview, a job interviewer usually asks the candidate to describe his education and previous jobs in order to ________.

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A．help him to adapt to(适应) a new work place and new responsibilities

B．inform him of the training opportunities available

C．avoid using some objective tests to evaluate his professional quality

D．decide whether he has the professional qualifications required

2．What subject does the fourth paragraph introduce?

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A．What an interview may look for about a candidate's abililty to get on well with others in the organization.

B．What a candidate should find out about the future job and employer.

C．Now a candidate can effectively prepare for a job interview.

D．Now an interview can avoid asking illegal(非法的) questions.

3．The author implies that clothing and grooming ________.

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A．can show something about the candidate's academic (学术的) preparation and job history

B．may help to show whether the candidate has the job-related personality traits

C．are far more important than such physical factors as eye contact and facial expressions

D．are suggestions of the candidate's family background, social status and beauty value

4．Why does the author mention job discrimination against the middle-aged in the sixth paragraph?

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A．To suggest that the middle-aged are not at a disadvantage in finding jobs.

B．To show that employer can benefit from the middle-aged candidate's experience.

C．To make it clear that age is one of the interview's major consideration.

D．To suggest that the young applicants have the advantage over the middle-aged ones.

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The most striking single fact about chimpanzees is the flexibility of their social life, the lack of any rigid form of organization. It represents about as far a departure from the baboon(狒狒) type of organization as one can find among the higher primates(灵长类动物), and serves to emphasize the great variety of primate adaptations. Chimpanzees are more human than baboons, or rather they jibe better with(与……相一致) the way we like to picture ourselves, as free-wheeling individuals who tend to be unpredictable, do not take readily to(喜欢) any form of regimentation(限制), and are frequently charming. (Charm is relatively rare among baboons.)

　　Two researchers have described what they found during more than eight months spent among chimpanzees in their natural habitat the forest:“We were quite surprised to observe that there is no single distinct social unit in chimpanzee society. Not only is there no ‘family’ or ‘harem’(妻妾) organization; neither is there a ‘troop’ keep permanently together. On the contrary, individuals move about at will, alone or in small groups best described as bands, which sometimes form into large aggregations. They leave their associates if they want to, and join up with new ones without conflicts.

　　The general practice is best described as “easy come, easy go”, although there are certain group-forming tendencies. As a rule chimpanzees move about in one of four types of band: adult males only; mothers and offspring(后裔) and occasionally a few other females; adults and adolescents of both sexes, but no mothers with young and representatives of all categories mixed together. The composition of bands may change a number of times during the course of a day as individuals wander off and groups split or combine with other groups. On the other hand, certain individuals prefer one another's company. One of the researchers observed that four males often roamed together over a four-month period, and mothers often associated with their older offspring.

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．the difference between chimpanzees and baboons

B．the charm of chimpanzees

C．the flexibility(灵活性) of chimpanzees' social life

D．the similarities with chimpanzees and human beings

2．According to the first paragraph, baboons are ________.

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A．one kind of the higher primates

B．frequently very charming

C．more human than chimpanzees

D．like free-wheeling individuals who tend to be unpredictable

3．According to the author, which of the following statements proves the great variety of primate adaptations?

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A．The flexibility of chimpanzees' social life.

B．That baboons are rarely charming.

C．That chimpanzees do not take readily to any form of regimentation.

D．That the organization of chimpanzees represents a far departure from that of the baboon type.

4．After more than eight months of observation, the two researchers found out that ________.

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A．chimpanzees often form permanent families

B．individual chimpanzee never moves alone

C．there is often conflict when a chimpanzee leaves its associates and joins up with new ones

D．there is no single distinct social unit in chimpanzee society

5．Which of the following sentences is NOT a type of band in which chimpanzees move about?

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A．Adult females only.

B．Mothers and offspring and occasionally a few other females.

C．Adults and adolescents of both sexes, but no mothers with young.

D．Representatives of all categories mixed together.

LONDON, England（CNN）--- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.
Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.
“It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.”
Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.
The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.
Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.
The teenager's school --- which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip --- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mike's Web site.
There haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.
Bad weather in the Southern Ocean --- between Australia and Antarctica --- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.
“My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, ‘Why am I here?’ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, ‘This is brilliant!’”
Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.
49. Mike Perham returned to Britain in ________.
A. August      B. November      C. October          D. September 
50. Mike Perham is ________ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.
A. the first       B. the bravest     C. the luckiest     D. the youngest
51. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the English school is the same as ours
B. the English school gives students a lot of course work
C. the English school has a humane management
D. the English school doesn’t care for students
52. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. Mike’s exciting sail trip around the globe
B. how Mike’s father taught him to sail a boat
C. why CNN wanted to report the news to the public
D. the introduction of the Guinness World Records