.概括大意与完成句子
How to Argue with your Boss
1. Before you argue with your boss, check with the bosss secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss's secretary, there are keys to timing: don't approach the boss when he's on deadline; don't go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don't go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
2. If you're mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don't let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.
3. Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
4. Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can't put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they can't get past the secretary.
5. To deal effectively with a boss, it's important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work you to achieve your goals.
23. Paragraph 2________
24. Paragraph 3________
25. Paragraph 4________
26. Paragraph 5________
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Bosss Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Dont Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
27. If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first________.
28. It is necessary to make clear to the boss____________
29. It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________
30. You must be considerate and think of the troubles__________
A. to give the boss your advice
B. how he is feeling
C. the boss may have
D. what you really want to talk to him about
E. without suggesting a way to solve it
F. how unhappy you are
3.阅读理解
第一篇
Knitting
My mother knew how to knit, but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter. A combination of feminism, consumerism and household gadgetry made many women feel that such homely accomplishments were no obsolete. My grandmother still knitted, though, and every Christmas she made a pair of socks for my brother and me, of red wool. They were the ones we wore under our ice skates, when it was really important to have warm feet.
Knitting is a nervous habit that happens to be productive. It helped me quit smoking by giving my hands something else to do. It is wonderful for depression because no matter what else happens, you are creating something beautiful. Time spent in front of the television or just sitting is no longer time wasted.
I love breathing life into the patterns. Its true magic, finding a neglected, dog-eared old book with the perfect snowflake design, buying the same Germantown knitting worsted my grandmother used, in the exact blue to match my daughters eyes, taking it on the train with me every day for two months, working feverishly to get it done by Christmas, staying up late after the stocking are filled to sew in the sleeves and weave in the ends.
Knitting has taught me patience. I know that if I just keep going, even if it takes months, there will be a reward. When I make a mistake, I know that a temper tantrum will not fix it, that I just have to go back and take out the stitches between and start over again.
People often ask if I would do it for money, and the answer is always a definite no. In the first place, you could not pay me though for the hours I put into a sweater. But more important, this is an activity I keep separate from such considerations. I knit to cover my children and other people I love in warmth and color. I knit to give them something earthly that money could never buy.
Knitting gives me life an alternative rhythm to the daily deadline. By day I can write about Northern Ireland or the New York City Police Department and get paid for it, but on the train home, surrounded by people with laptops, I stage my little rebellion. I take out my old knitting bag and join the centuries of women who have knitted for love.
31. Which of the following reasons does NOT explain the fact that "Knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter"?
A） The struggle of women for equal rights.
B） The belief that it is good to buy and use a lot of goods.
C） The plain feature of Knitting.
D） The introduction of domestic devices.
32. At what time did the author wear the stocks her grandmother had knitted for her?
A） In winter.
B） When she went skiing.
C） During the Christmas holiday.
D） When she needed to keep her feet warm for skating.
33."Knitting is nervous habit" means _____ .
A） knitting involves the work of one's nerves
B） Knitting gets on one's nerves
C） Knitting makes one nervous
D） Knitting may act as a trigger for a nervous breakdown
34. Which of the following is false concerning knitting according the author?
A） It helps one give up ones bad habit.
B） It helps one get rid of ones bad mood.
C） It requires patience.
D） It is profit-making business.
35. What is NOT her purpose for knitting according to this passage?
A） It saves money.
B） It activate one's life.
C） It enriches one's life.
D） It is a pleasant pastime.