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1、 万学全国分校 2014 届钻石卡 12 月份 模拟考试 (英语二) 万学全国分校 2014 届钻石卡 12 月份 模拟考试 (英语二) 1. 考试要求 考试时间:考试要求 考试时间:180 分钟分钟 满分:满分:100 分分 2.基本信息(必填) 学员姓名:_ 学员手机:_ 本科学校:_ 本科专业:_ 报考学校:_ 报考专业:_ 2.基本信息(必填) 学员姓名:_ 学员手机:_ 本科学校:_ 本科专业:_ 报考学校:_ 报考专业:_ 万学教育公共课教学与研究中心万学教育公共课教学与研究中心针对性教学:一切以提高学生学习成绩为宗旨 1Section I Use of English Direc
2、tions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be _1_ than their plain-Jane colleagues because people ten
3、d to project _2_ traits _3_ them, such as a sensitive heart and a cool head. They may also be at a/an _4_ in job interviews. But research suggests otherwise. Bra Hanks at Georgia State University looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their resume, as is the _5_in much of Europe
4、 and Asia. The pair sent made-up applications to over 2,500 real-life _6_. For each job, they sent two very similar resume, one with a photo, one without. Subjects had previously been graded for their attractiveness. For men, the results were _7_ expected. Hunks were more likely to be called for an
5、interview if they included a photo. Ugly men were better off not including one. However, for women this was _8_. Attractive females were less likely to be offered an interview if they included a mugshot. When applying directly to a company an attractive woman would need to send out 11 CVs on average
6、 _9_ getting an interview; a/an_10_ qualified plain one just seven. At first, Mr. Hanks considered _11_ he calls the “dumb-blonde hypothesis”that people _12_ beautiful women to be stupid. _13_, the photos had also been rated on how _14_ people thought each subject looked; there was no_15_ between pe
7、rceived intellect and beauty. So the cause of the discrimination must _16_else where. Human resources departments tend to be _17_ mostly by women. Indeed, in the Israeli study, 93% of those tasked with selecting whom to invite for an interview were female. The researchers unavoidable conclusion is t
8、hat old-fashioned _18_ led the women to discriminate _19_ pretty candidates. So should attractive women simply attach photos that make them look dowdy? No. Better, says Mr. Hanks, to discourage the practice of including a photo altogether. Companies might even consider the _20_ model used in the Bel
9、gian public sector, where CVs do not even include the candidates name. 1. A recruited B offended C promoted D flattered 2. A possible B peculiar C perfect D positive 3. A with B to C in D on 4. A advantage B benefit C favor D edge 5. Astandard B norm C criterion D example 6. A places B sites C vacan
10、cies D spaces 7. A as B below C beyond D above 8. A diversified B conversed C reversed D reserved 9 A unless B before C while D when 10. A suitably B fully C equally D ideally 11. A what B as C which D that 12. A assert B define C judge D assume 13. A Therefore B However C Additionally D Consequentl
11、y 针对性教学:一切以提高学生学习成绩为宗旨 214. A intellectual B intelligent C integrated D integral 15. A conflict B overlap C correlation D alliance 16. A locate B rely C lie D lay 17. A staffed B occupied C populated D inhabited 18. A admiration B jealousy C prejudice D stereotype 19. A about B against C with D for
12、20. A analogous B unanimous C anonymous D anecdoted Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following text. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Youre your answers on the ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 Generation Ythe group of Americans currently i
13、n their late teens to early 30sgets called a lot of names. Personal finance advisers dub gen Y-ers spendthrifts. Marketers consider them brand-lovers. Pop psychologists describe them as coddled products of helicopter parents:a generation that can barely survive in the real world on its own. But one of their defining characteristicstheir savviness as consumers, derived from growing up in the Internet age as