新理念网络学习大厅综合测试第四册 Unit 3

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 15 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A

while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and

decide whether each statement is true or false.

1.

A) T

B) F

Script: According to Text A, the college graduate, who came into the author’s office not too

long ago looking for a sales job, hadn’t made a good preparation for the interview.

正确答案： A

2.

A) T

B) F

Script: Gift is the secret to success for the best basketball players like Michael Jordan.

正确答案： B

3.

A) T

B) F

Script: Although they didn’t win the tennis match, the author was impressed by his

90-year-old partner who liked to challenge his weak points.

正确答案： B

4.

A) T

B) F

Script: As the saying goes that “never too old to learn”, keep learning is also one of the keys

to being employed.

正确答案： A 5.

A) T

B) F

Script: Don’t try to do what the experts have predicted impossible to realize.

正确答案： B

6.

A) T

B) F

Script: To be self-confident is also critical for people to realize their own dreams.

正确答案： A

7.

A) T

B) F

Script: According to Text B, the author’s parents approved that she made a crack at applying

for the position in the Rockefeller Foundation.

正确答案： B

8.

A) T

B) F

Script: With a good education background, it was not difficult for her to enter the university

to study medicine.

正确答案： B

9.

A) T

B) F

Script: We can infer that there exists great difference between China and western countries

in counting the age.

正确答案： A

10.

A) T

B) F

Script: The author was employed at last because she had done a good job in typewriting.

正确答案： A

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for

the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the

second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.

Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it’s

picking one of thirty-one ice cream (11)_________________ or deciding whether and when to

get married. That sounds like a great thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices

can make us (12)_________________ , unhappy, even paralyzed with (13)_________________ .

“That’s (14)_________________ true when it comes to the work place”, says Barry Schwartz, an

author of six books about human (15)_________________ . Students are graduating with a

variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves (16)_________________ when it comes

to choosing an (17)_________________ career goal. In a study, Schwartz observed

decision-making among college students during their senior year. Based on answers to questions

regarding their (18)_________________ and career decisions, he divided the students into two

groups: maximizers, who consider every possible option, and satisfiers, who look until they find

an option that is good enough. You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most

exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that’s not

true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better-paying jobs than satisfiers on

average, they weren’t as happy with their decision. The reason why these people

(19)_________________ is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed

opportunities. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was

given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, a person is more

(20)_________________ the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.

Script: In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day,

whether it’s picking one of thirty-one ice cream flavors or deciding whether and when to get

married. That sounds like a great thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices can

make us confused, unhappy, even paralyzed with indecision. “That’s particularly true when it

comes to the work place”, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human behavior.

Students are graduating with a variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves

overwhelmed when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. In a study, Schwartz observed

decision-making among college students during their senior year. Based on answers to questions

regarding their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two

groups: maximizers, who consider every possible option, and satisfiers, who look until they find

an option that is good enough. You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most

exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that’s not

true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better-paying jobs than satisfiers on