Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following text. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the ONE that best fills the blank.
If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or16in your work would depend, to17great extent, 18your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. 19the utmost importance is your attitude. a person 20begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is21that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure22his belief that he is probably as capable23doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 24it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. 25the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight line with a saw 26hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize 27the strength and overcome the28that you bring to the job of learning. But in groups to measure your development, you must first29stock of somewhere you stand now. 30we get further along in the book, well be31in some details with specific processes for developing and strengthening 32skills. However, 33begin with, you should pause
34examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your35, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.
() 16. A.improvementB.victoryC.failureD.achievement
() 17. A.aB.theC.someD.certain
() 18. A.inB.onC.ofD.to
() 19. A.out ofB.ofC.toD.into
() 20. A.whoB.whatC.thatD.which
() 21. A.ensureB.certainC.sureD.surely
() 22. A.ontoB.onC.offD.in
() 23. A.toB.atC.ofD.for
() 24. A.nearB.onC.byD.at
() 25. A.HaveB.HadC.HavingD.Had been
() 26. A.beingB.beenC.areD.is
() 27. A.exceptB.butC.forD.on
() 28. A.ideaB.weaknessC.strengthD.advantage
() 29. A.makeB.takeC.doD.give
() 30. A.asB.tillC.overD.out
() 31. A.dealB.dealtC.be dealtD.dealing
() 32. A.learntB.learnedC.learningD.learn
() 33. A.aroundB.toC.fromD.beside
() 34. A.toB.ontoC.intoD.with
() 35. A.intelligenceB.workC.attitudeD.weakness
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension 30%
Directions: There are three passages in the following. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.You should decide on the BEST CHOICE.
Passage One
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we “fit” in society.As we go about our everyday lives，we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses.For example，we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian，whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman，whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader，and so on.
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter and change throughout life.Most of us can，at very high speed，assume the statuses that various situations require.Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us.This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation.Although some of us find the task more difficult than others，most of us perform it rather effortlessly.
A status has been compared to ready-made clothes.Within certain limits the buyer choose style and fabric.But an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince.We must choose from among the clothing presented by fit，as well as by our pocketbook.Having made a choice from minor adjustments，we tend to be limited to what the stores choice among them is limited.
() 36.In the first paragraph，the writer tells us that statuses can help us .
A.determine whether a person is fit for a certain job
B.behave appropriately in relation to other people
C.protect ourselves in unfamiliar situations
D.make friends with other people
() 37.According to the writer，people often assume different statuses .
A.in order to identify themselves with others
B.in order to better identify others
C.as their mental processes change
D.as the situation changes
() 38.The word “appraisal” most probably means .
A.involvement
B.appreciation
C.assessment
D.presentation
() 39.In the last sentence of the second paragraph，the pronoun “it” refers to “ ”.
A.fitting our actions to those of other people appropriately
B.identification of other peoples statuses
C.selecting ones own statuses
D.constant mental process
() 40.By saying that “an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince”，the writer means .
A.different people have different styles of clothes
B.readymade clothes may need alterations
C.statuses come ready made just like clothes
D.our choice of statuses is limited