Day 117选5阅读3.docx

1、Day 11 7选5阅读3Day 11 7选5阅读(3)Passage 1文体：说明文 词数：264 限时：7分钟While you may be doing everything right, ignoring just one or two steps in the process may keep you from getting a job, especially in this fierce market. Here is a checklist that covers some of the major links in the job-search chain. 1.Prepar

2、e a good rsum. Make sure it is up-to-date and tailored to the types of jobs you are seeking for. 1 If you cannot afford a career coach, give your rsum to friends or family members to check. Have copies of your rsum printed so that you are ready to hand them out at interviews. 2.Pay attention to your

3、 clothes. Check your wardrobe to ensure that you have the appropriate professional dress, including shoes, ready for interview. 2 3. 3 Dont isolate yourself from others for days. Network through e-mail messages, phone calls, appointments and meetings, keep you in touch with the outside world and pre

4、vent you from becoming depressed. You are more likely to succeed through the people you know via networking. It is important to network with as many people as possible on a face-to-face basis. 4.Follow up properly. It is quite common to apply for job and never hear back from the company. If you know

5、 someone at the company, take measures, such as following up with a phone call a week or so after you apply. 4 Finally, recognize that looking for a job is rather difficult. 5 Staying in touch with family, friends, professional networks and fellow job seekers can help you to maintain a positive atti

6、tude and a sense of perspective. A.Take a look at your interviewing skills. B.Exploit the opportunities of networking. C.Have someone else look at your r sum . D.Even at the best of times, a job hunt is often about rejection. E.Often surf the Internet for more information. F.Tidiness in your dress a

7、nd appearance is necessary. G.Check whether that person will put in a good word for you. Passage 2文体：说明文 词数：247 限时：7分钟Every day has just 24 hoursand this applies to all people. Some people are constantly pushed for time. This article is about how we can learn to manage our valuable time more effecti

8、vely. In reality we cannot manage time. We can only manage ourselves and our relationship with time. 1 And habits are not that easy to change. Below here are tips that can help you manage your time better. Organize your goals.Organize your goals based on two criteria:degree of urgency and importance

9、: a.Should be done today, tomorrow, etc. b.Should be done at “that date”, c.Can be put off for so many days. d.Can ask someone else to do it. 2 Clean up your list. Make a list of everything you think that is not helping or benefiting you and do not do them!Focus on one goal.Concentrate only on one g

10、oal at a time. Otherwise, if while dealing with something you think about everything you can do later, most likely you will get bored and disappointed. 3 The boredom(厌倦) is guaranteed with this way of thinking. Identify your deadlines. 4 Divide the activities per day/week and long-term goals to get

11、a clear picture of what you have to do and when. Find suitable work environment. 5 Be realistic. Make sure that your goals are realistic and do not try for the impossible. Say “NO”. Learn to say “no” to other activities, requests and people who eat your time (unless indeed at that very moment it is

12、necessary for you to help them). A.Allow time to adjust your list if necessary. B.After all, how we use our time is largely a matter of habit. C.Create a suitable environment to work, one that fits your style. D.Check the list of what you should do and when it must be completed. E.After organizing y

13、our goals, start with the most important and urgent. F.It is like every time you eat you think all the meals you must eat in your life. G.Do not let boredom discourage you if what you have to complete is boring. Passage 3文体：说明文 词数：327 限时：8分钟It makes no difference what you read or study if you cant r

14、emember it. You just waste your valuable time. 1 One dependable aid that does help you remember what you study is to have a specific purpose or reason for reading. Why does a clerk in a store go away when your reply to her offer to help is, “No, thank you. Im just looking.”? Both you and she know th

15、at if you arent sure what you want, you are not likely to find it. But suppose you say instead, “Yes, thank you. I want a pair of sun glasses.” She says, “Right this way please”. 2 If you choose a book, “just looking” for nothing in particular, you are likely to get just thatnothing. But if you do k

16、now what you want, you are almost sure to get it. Your reasons will vary；they will include reading or studying “to find out more about”, “to understand the reasons for” and “to find out how”. 3 Before you start to study, you say to yourself something like this, “I want to know why Stephen Vincent Be

17、net happened to write about America”. Because you know why you are reading or studying, you relate the information to your purpose and remember it better. 4 At least two important processes go on at the same time. As you read, you take in ideas rapidly and accurately. But at the same time you expres

18、s your own ideas to yourself as you react to what you read. You have a kind of mental conversation with the author. This additional process of thinking about what you read includes evaluating it, relating it to what you already know, and using it for your own purposes. 5 One part of critical reading

19、, as you have discovered, is distinguishing between facts and opinions. Facts can be checked by evidence, opinions are ones own personal reactions. Another part of critical reading is judging sources. Still another part is drawing accurate inferences. A.Maybe you have already discovered some clever

20、ways to keep yourself from forgetting.B.It is important for students to have a positive attitude to their study. C.You remember better when you know what youre reading. D.In other words, a good reader is a critical reader. E.Its quite the same with your studying. F.Reading is not one single activity

21、. G.This is the way it works. Passage 4文体：说明文 词数：240 限时：7分钟Confidence is your childs passport to a lifetime of mental health and social happiness. 1 . Improve Your Own Self-confidenceHaving a baby gives you the chance to become the parent you wish you had. If you suffer from low self-confidence, esp

22、ecially if you feel its a result of how you were parented, take steps to heal yourself. 2 . Be a Positive MirrorDo you reflect positive or negative images to your child? Do you give him/her the confidence? Your child looks on you as a mirror for his/her own feelings 3 . Children translate your unhap

23、piness with yourself to mean unhappiness with them. If you are not content, they must not be good(or good enough). If you are experiencing serious problems with depression or anxiety, seek help so that you can resolve these feelings before they affect your child. Raise a Confident Child by Playing T

24、ogetherYou will learn a lot about your childand yourselfduring play. Playtime gives your child the message, “You are worth my time. You are a valuable person.” 4 . Instead of viewing playtime as a chore, use it to make an investment in your childs behavior. Set Your Child Up to SucceedHelping your c

25、hild develop talents and acquire skills is part of discipline. If you recognize an ability in your child that he/she doesnt have, encourage him/her. 5 . Both are necessary. If you dont encourage your child to try, his/her skills dont improve, and youve lost a valuable confidence builder. A.Its the f

26、oundation of a childs well-being and the key to success as an adultB.As your child grows, you can involve him/her in your play and your workC.It improves a childs behavior by giving him/her feelings of importanceD.List the specific things your parents did to build your self-imageE.Try these tips and

27、 advice to help raise a confident childF.You cant reflect good feelings if you are worriedG.Strike a balance between pushing and protecting答 案 及 解 析Passage 1【语篇导读】文章介绍了求职过程中要注意的一些细节问题：要认真准备简历，注意着装，多参加社交活动、建立关系网，还要适时地跟进用人单位的反馈等。1.C 【解析】本段主题为 Prepare a good rsum，关键词为 rsum。C项 Have someone else look at

28、your rsum.谈到了该信息。设空下一句提到如果没有钱请职业咨询师，就让你的朋友、家人检查一下简历，这是对该空(找人帮忙看看你的简历)的进一步解释。故选C项。2.F 【解析】该部分阐述了参加面试时要注意穿着，关键词为 clothes，professional，appropriate.这与F项中的 Tidiness in your dress and appearance一致。3.B 【解析】根据下文中 Network through e-mail messages，phone calls，appointments and meetings，keep you in touch with th

29、e outside world可知，本段的关键词为network。故B项(从关系网中发掘机会)与本段的主题相符合。4.G 【解析】设空处前一句中提到 If you know someone at the company由此推测G项中的 that person 指代的就是 someone，符合上下文语境。5.D 【解析】该段说的是求职的艰难(rather difficult)，D项中所说的a job hunt is often about rejection.(求职常常被拒绝)，是对该主题的进一步说明，由此可知选D项。Passage 2【语篇导读】本文提供了一些高效利用闲暇时间的建议。1.B 【

30、解析】根据该空后面的 habits 提示可知选B项。2.E 【解析】该空前面讲 organize your goals (列出你的目标)，接下来讲 clean up your list (清理你的欲望清单)，由此可推知这里选E项。句意：列出目标之后，从最重要最紧急的事情着手。3.F 【解析】该空前面的句意是“当你正在做一件事情时，你想着以后要做的每一件事，你就会感到厌倦和失望。”选项中只有F项与这句意思最接近。句意：就像你每次吃饭的时候想着你以后要吃的每顿饭。4.D 【解析】根据上面一句“确认最后期限”可知选D项。5.C 【解析】根据上面一句“找到合适的工作环境”可知此处选C项。Passage

31、 3【语篇导读】本文提出有目的地阅读可以让人记住所学内容，并论证了这一论点。1.A 【解析】由前文if you cant remember it.You just waste your valuable time.及后文One dependable aid可知，只阅读却不去记忆无异于浪费时间，也许你已经发现一些防止你遗忘的方法，作者提出一个有助于改善这种情况的建议，那就是 to have a specific purpose or reason for reading (有目的地读书)。2.E 【解析】由前一段中的 Im just looking.与本段中的“just looking”for

32、nothing in particular 以及两段段落大意可知，本段与前一段形成类比，作者将读书比作买东西。故选E项。3.G 【解析】本段作者做了一个假设以此来论证这种方式的有效性。故选G项 This is the way it works。4.F 【解析】由后面 At least two important processes go on at the same time.可知，阅读不是一个单一的活动，它由至少两个重要的过程同时进行。5.D 【解析】下文中 critical reading 与D项中的 critical reader 相呼应。一个好的读者是一个批判性的读者。批判性阅读一方面要求区分事实与观点，另一方面要求判断来源并作出确切的推断。Passage 4【语篇导读】自信的重要性是人所共知的，那么，对于那些家有儿女的年轻父母来说，如何才能构建孩子的自信心呢？1.E 【解析】本句为承上启下句。前一句说的是自信的重要性，下文讲的都是如何培养出自