Direction：
You are going to read a text about New Rules for Landing a Job， followed by a list of examples. Choose the best example from the list AF for each numbered subheading （4145）。 There is one extra example which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
When Nick A. Corcodilos started out in the headhunting business 20 years ago， he had a keen eye for tracking talent. From his base in Silicon Valley he would send allstar performers to bluechip companies like Xerox， IBM and General Electric. But while he would succeed in his part of the hunt， the jobseekers he located would often fail in theirs. They were striking out before， during or after the interview.
So instead of simply accounting for talent， Corcodilos began advising job candidates as well. He helped improve their success ratio by teaching them to pursue fewer companies， make the right contacts and deliver what companies are looking for in an interview. In his mythbusting book， Ask the Headhunter （Plume， 1997）， Corcodilos has reinvented the rules of the job search， from preparation to interview techniques. Here are his six new principles for successful job hunting：
（41） Your resume is meaningless.
Headhunters know a resume rarely gets you inside a company. All it does is outline your pastlargely irrelevant since it doesn't demonstrate that you can do the work the hiring manager needs done.
（42） Don't get lost in HR.
Headhunters try to get around the human resources department whenever possible.
（43） The real matchmaking takes place before the interview.
A headhunter sends a candidate into an interview only if he or she is clearly qualified for the position. In your own job hunt， make the same effort to ensure a good fit. Know the parameters of the job when you walk into the interview. Research the company， finding out about its culture， goals， competitors.
Remember， the employer wants to hire you.
“A company holds interviews so it can find the best person for the job，” Corcodilos says. The manager will be ecstatic if that person turns out to be you because then he or she can stop interviewing and get back to work.
（44） Pretend the interview is your first day at work.
Most people treat an interview as if it were an interrogation. The employer asks questions， and the candidate gives answers. Headhunters go out of their way to avoid that scenario.
（45） Got an offer？ Interview the company.
When an employer makes an offer， he does more than deliver a title and a compensation package he also cedes part of his control over the hiring process.
Once you get that offer， “You have the power，” says Corcodilos， to decide whether， and on what terms， you want to hire that company.
[A] Consider how Corcodilos coached Gerry Zagorski of Edison， N.J.， who was pursuing an opening at AT & T. Zagorski walked over to the vice president's marker board and outlined the company's challenges and the steps he would take to increase its profits. Fifteen minutes later， as Zagorski wrote down his estimate of what he would add to the bottom line， he looked up at his interviewer.
[B] One of the best ways to learn about a company is to talk to people who work there. Kenton Green of Ann Arbor， Mich.， used this technique while completing a doctoral program in electrical engineering and optics at the University of Rochester： “I would find an article/published by someone in my field who worked at a company I was interested in. Then I'd call that person and ask to talk， mention my employability and discuss the company's needs. One of two things happened： I'd either get an interview or learn we weren't a good match after all.”
[C] “Most HR departments create an infrastructure that primarily involves processing paper，” Corcodilos says. “They package， organize， file and sort you. Then， if you haven't gotten lost in the shuffle， they might pass you on to a manager who actually knows what the work is all about. While the typical candidate is waiting to be interviewed by HR， the headhunter is on the phone， using a back channel to get to the hiring manager.”
[D] “At the outset of the interview， the employer controls the offer and the power that comes with it，” Corcodilos says. “But upon making an offer， he transfers that power to the candidate. This is a power few people in that situation realize they have. It's the time for you to explore changing the offer to suit your goals and fully interview the company.”
[E] “The guy's jaw was on the floor，” Corcodilos says. “He told Zagorski that finishing the interview wouldn't be necessary. Instead， the VP brought in the rest of his team， and the meeting lasted for two hours.”
[F] “A resume leaves it up to employers to figure out how you can help their organization，” Corcodilos says. “That's no way to sell yourself.”
Sample Four
Directions：
You are going to read a list of headings and a text about explorations into maple lores. Choose the most suitable heading from the list AF for each numbered paragraph （4145）。 The first and last paragraphs of the text are not numbered. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
[A] The influence of maples on the Canadian culture.
[B] The token of maples in Canada.
[C] Contemplation of global distribution of maples.
[D] The triumph of Nokomis over the devils with the help of maples.
[E] The popularity of the maple in a favorite myth.
[F] The maple signals the approach of fall.
The maple smoke of autumn bonfires is incense to Canadians. Bestowing perfume for the nose， color for the eye， sweetness for the spring tongue， the sugar maple prompts this sharing of a favorite myth and original etymology of the word maple.
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The maple looms large in Ojibwa folk tales. The time of year for sugaring off is “in the Maple Moon.” Among Ojibwa， the primordial female figure is Nokomis， a wise grandmother. In one tale about seasonal change， cannibal wendigoscreatures of evil chased old Nokomis through the autumn countryside. Wendigos throve in icy cold. When they entered the bodies of humans， the human heart froze solid. Here wendigos represent oncoming winter. They were hunting to kill and eat poor Nokomis， the warm embodiment of female fecundity who， like the summer， has grown old.
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Knowing this was a pursuit to the death， Nokomis outsmarted the cold devils. She hid in a stand of maple trees， all red and orange and deep yellow. This maple grove grew beside a waterfall whose mist blurred the trees' outline. As they peered through the mist， slavering wendigos thought they saw a raging fire in which their prey was burning. But it was only old Nokomis being hidden by the bright red leaves of her friends， the maples. And so， drooling ice and huffing frost， the wendigos left her and sought easier prey. For their service in saving the earth mother's life， these maples were given a special gift： their water of life would be forever sweet， and Canadians would tap it for nourishment.
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Maple and its syrup flow sweetly into Canadian humor. Quebeckers have the standard siropd' erable for maple syrup， but add a feisty insult to label imitation syrups that are thick with glucose glop. They call this sugary imposter sirop de Poteau “telephone pole syrup” or dead tree syrup.
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The contention that maple syrup is unique to North America is suspect， I believe. China has close to 10 species of maple， more than any country in the world. Canada has 10 native species. North America does happen to be home to the sugar maple， the species that produces the sweetest sap and the most abundant flow. But are we to believe that in thousands of years of Chinese history， these inventive people never tapped a maple to taste its sap？ I speculate that they did. Could ProtoAmericas who crossed the Bering land bridge to populate the Americas have brought with them a knowledge of maple syrup？ Is there a very old Chinese phrase for maple syrup？ Is maple syrup mentioned in Chinese literature？ For a nonreader of Chinese， such questions are daunting but not impossible to answer.
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What is certain is the maple's holdfast on our national imagination. Its leaf was adopted as an emblem in New France as early as 1700， and in English Canada by the mid19th century. In the fall of 1867， a Toronto schoolteacher named Alexander Muir was traipsing a street at the city， all squelchy underfoot from the soft felt of falling leaves， when a maple leaf alighted to his coat sleeve and stuck there. At home that evening， he wrote a poem and set it to music， in celebration of Canada's Confederation. Muir's song， “The Maple Leaf Forever，” was wildly popular and helped fasten the symbol firmly to Canada.
The word “maple” is from “mapeltreow”， the Old English term for maple tree， with “mapl”—as its ProtoGermanic root， a compound in which the first “m”—is， I believe， the nearly worldwide “ma”， one of the first human sounds， the pursing of a baby's lips as it prepares to suck milk from mother's breast. The “ma” root gives rise in many world languages to thousands of words like “mama”， “mammary”， “maia”， and “Amazon.” Here it would make “mapl” mean “nourishing mother tree，” that is， tree whose maple sap in nourishing. The second part of the compound， “apl”， is a variant of IndoEuropean able “fruit of any tree” and the origin of another English fruit word， apple. So the primitive analogy compares the liquid sap with another nourishing liquid， mother's milk.
Part C
Directions：
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.（10 points）
Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a persontoperson basis by the simple means of speech. （46） If we travel in buses， buy things in shops， or eat in restaurants， we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions， receive news or comment， and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society.
（47） Facetoface contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things， above others， have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly， inventiveness has led to advances imprinting， telecommunications photography， radio and television. Secondly， speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news， which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate， but today there are public libraries. （48） For years ago people used to flock to the cinema， but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. （49） The modem communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information， education and entertainment. The printing， broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing， educating and entertaining.
（50） Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is part， the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse. However， the mass media are with us for better， for worse， and there is no turning back.
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
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