【正文】 . Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing, our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not. A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for panies to discourage visible tattoos (紋身)，nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can39。t judge a book by its cover, yet people do cover themselves in order to convey certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do panies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept. Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees, because those people represent the panies to their customers. As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of wellqualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am openminded, I can39。t expect all our customers are. There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No pany should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.（1）Which of the following is the newspaper editor39。s opinion according to Paragraph 2? A.People39。s appearances can messages about themselves.B.Customers39。 choices influence dress standards in panies.C.Candidates with tattoos or nose rings should be fairly treated.D.Strange dress styles should not be encouraged in the workplace.（2）What can be inferred from the text? A.Candidates have to wear what panies prefer for an interview.B.Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidates.C.Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates.D.What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for panies.（3）Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A.Personal Choices MatterB.Appearances MatterC.Employees MatterD.Hiring Managers Matter（4）The author39。s attitude towards strange dress styles in the workplace may best be described . A.negativeB.positiveC.enthusiasticD.sympathetic【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了公司職員的著裝是否得體不只代表個(gè)人還代表公司，而求職者的著裝也會影響招聘經(jīng)理對其的印象。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的 A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for panies to discourage visible tattoos(紋身) nose rings, or certain dress styles.可知報(bào)紙編輯認(rèn)為有紋身或者鼻環(huán)的人也應(yīng)該被公平對待，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的 Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept. 可知在職場著裝不只代表個(gè)人形象更代表公司形象，故選D。 （3）考查主旨大意。文章主要講了公司職員的著裝是否得體不只代表個(gè)人還代表公司，而求職者的著裝也會影響招聘經(jīng)理對其的印象，由此可知文章的主要內(nèi)容為著裝，故選B。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No pany should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.可知，作者認(rèn)為求職者因?yàn)槠嫜b異服而被公司拒絕是很正常的，因?yàn)楹苌贂泄緯榍舐氄吒淖儤?biāo)準(zhǔn)，求職者應(yīng)該改變自己來符合公司的要求。由此可知作者對奇裝異服的態(tài)度是負(fù)面的，選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 The bestknown example of external( 外部的)influence causing language change is the Americanization of world culture, which has caused English words to appear in city streets all over the world. The effect is most noticeable in pop music. Foreign groups often record in English, and the words are picked up and repeated in the same language everywhere, even by children who otherwise have little or no mand of the language. I once met a Brazilian child of about ten who could count 39。one, two, three39。, but only by adding the words 39。o39。clock, four o39。clock rock 39。at the end. Some people are often strongly critical of the influence of English on their language especially when an English word replaces a traditional word. In 1977, France passed a law banning the use of English words in official situations if an equivalent( 意義相同的)French expression existed but the law seemed to be honored more in the breaking than in the observing. Some other countries have considered introducing a similar law despite the evidence that such laws have very little effect, and that the arrival of loan words( 外來詞) can greatly enrich a language (as indeed in the case of English itself, which has a long history of weling foreign words). However, not everyone is critical. In particular, mercial firms and advertisers are well aware of the potential selling power that the use of English vocabulary can bring. In Japan, English is even used in television mercials, despite the fact that the majority of viewers would not understand exactly what was being said: the excellence implied by the mere use of English is apparently enough to mand the strategy to the advertisers. Most of the influence of English is upon the vocabulary of foreign languages, but surveys are slowly bringing to light several cases where word order or word structure has been affected. Sentences of the type “The book sells well”, using an active construction for a passive meaning, have begun to appear in Danish (Bogen soelger godt). Several languages keep the English plural ending when they make use of a loan word, and do not translate it into the native form, . drinks. There are many other such cases.（1）Why could the Brazilian child speak 39。one, two, three39。 in English? A.Because he had seen these words everywhere in the street.B.B