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One of the most fascinating questions about human behavior is each person is different from all others. The answer to this question would explain the aspect of human nature called personality. Some theories assume that inborn characteristics determine human personality.Many observers have hypothesized that each person has a dominant temperament, present from birth, that influences his or her behavior during an entire lifetime. According to one of these theories, people can be classified into four basic types: sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic. Each type or temperament is characterized by a unique set of possible strengths and possible weaknesses.

Sanguine people are described as the most outgoing of the four temperaments. They are warm, fun-loving, and like the company of others. Because of these strengths, it is said that sanguines often make good salesmen, actors, or public speakers. Sanguines, however, may have some serious weaknesses. Their problem often come from their lack of discipline. Easily distracted, they often lack the concentration to complete a job or other people may not trust them.

Choleric people, are quite different from the carefree, emotional sanguines. Because of their strong will, decisiveness, and productivity, cholerics are natural leaders who are good at making vast plans and motivating other people to help them carry out their plans. They are often successful in business, industry, or politics. Choleric weaknesses can be very damaging, however. Because a strong desire to lead, they can be cruel and cold towards those who do not wish to follow. They often do not listen to advice from others, and once they make a decision, they may became hostile towards anyone who questioning that decision.

Phlegmatics are calm, easy-going people who strive for efficiency and organization. Very diplomatic and polite, they make people feel comfortable and generally help keep things running smoothly. For these reasons, they make good teachers, technicians, etc. Phlegmatics, however, often have weaknesses that keep them from becoming successful. Afraid to take chances, they may avoid taking any steps to improve their position in life. Melancholics are often considered to be gifted persons who possess creative talent. They are very analytical and able to understand complicated processes and to note detail. These people can make good doctors, scientists, artists, writers, and musicians. Melancholics are also said to be loyal, idealistic and self-sacrificing. However, melancholics frequently make themselves miserable because they tend to be negative and critical, and put up inflexible standards. They attach importance to everything they do, so they worry too much and see problems everywhere, and complain too much. They often become disappointed because neither they nor the people around them can live up to their high standards.

Explaining human personality in terms of innate temperaments is a theory that has not been generally accepted by psychologists. They criticize it for being too simplistic and unscientific. This may be so : however, present-day psychologists have been unable to formulate a single theory.

1. The word “dominant”probably means____. ○[A] primary

○[B] great

○[C] minor

○[D] insignificant

2. What are said to be the most important feature of Choleric people? ○[A] Cruel but sympathetic.

○[B] Decisive and cold.

○[C] Hostile and fun-loving.

○[D] Strong-willed and polite.

3. Who are likely to be rejected by a bright-future project? ○[A] Cholerics.

○[B] Sanguines.

○[C] Melancholics.

○[D] Phlegmatics.

题4 - 5

A few common misconceptions: Beauty is only skin-deep. One’s physical assets and liabilities don’t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best.

Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not-so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted. UN-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable? Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers——a piece of paper relating an individual’s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the picture are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted.

Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good.In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire to managerial position do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive.

4. According to the passage, people often wrongly believe that in pursuing a career as manager____. ○[A] a person’s property or debts do not matter much

○[B] a person’s outward appearance is not a critical qualification

○[C] women should always dress fashionably

○[D] women should not only be attractive but also high-minded

5. Experiments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certain attributes,____ ○[A] they observe the principle that beauty is only skin-deep

○[B] they do not usually act according to the views they support

○[C] they give ordinary-looking persons the lowest rating

○[D] they tend to base their judgment on the individual’s accomplishment

题6 - 8

There’s been a lot of talk about extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet. I don’t put much stock in that. I am convinced, however, that we are surrounded by sentient things of our own making whose single aim is the harassment of the individual and, ultimately, the destruction of society.

Let me illustrate. A couple of years ago, I received a $ 600 insurance dividend. Sitting at the kitchen table, my wife and I discussed what we might do with the bonanza. I realize now that the refrigerator overheard our conversation. The very next day, it went berserk. The repairman told us we needed a new unit. Cost: $ 600.

Not long after, we got a refund from the IRS, enough to pay for a vacation in Mexico.

“I’ve something to tell you,”I said to my wife. “Privately.”

“How about the den?”she suggested. I remembered that the color television set is in the den. “No, not there. Let’s go outside.”

I showed her the check as we stood in the driveway. We hugged each other elatedly and hardly noticed the rain.

My car was parked within ear shot. I didn’t think anything of it at the time.

As I started for the train the next morning, the car began making devilish screeching sounds.

“The engine’s shot,”my mechanic said, “Replacing it will cost about a thousand dollars.”

The car’s d emise convinced me I was on to something big. I dug through our financial records.

I discovered that over the past ten years our receipt of “ found” money invariably was followed by equal expenditures to replace a hot-water heater, a television and a stove.

Today, I lavish compliments on all the mechanical devices in our home. And I never, ever mention financial rewards in front of them.

But if this article is published and I’m paid for it, the word processor is going to go wrong for sure. It’ll know.

6. In Paragraph 1, “sentient things of our own making”refer to ____. ○[A] extraterrestrial beings

○[B] human beings

○[C] our sense organs

○[D] mechanical devices made by man

7. Which of the following statements is true? ○[A] The author believes that there have been extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet.

○[B] The author and his wife talked about the refund in the driveway where noting could hear

them.

○[C] The author and his wife were overjoyed at the repayment from the IRS.

○[D] The author noticed that the refrigerator was overhearing his conversation with his wife.

8. Which is the topic sentence of the passage? ○[A] The first sentence of the passage.

○[B] The third sentence of the passage.

○[C] The last sentence but one of the passage.

○[D] The last sentence of the passage.

题9 - 12

A twenty-year-old immigrant, Levi Strauss, came to the United States in 1850 to seek his fortune in the gold fields. But strangely enough, this man made his fortune on heavy canvas that he found suitable for working clothes. Strauss’ jeans were particularly good for prospectors and cowboys. In the early days of jeans, this man couldn’t have guessed that his pants, made only for rough work, would become so popular at all levels of society. Yes, this is a fact: jeans have become fashionable in our society. Furthermore, these pants have come to symbolize changes in social attitude.

In the last decade or two we have seen movements toward equality as well as defiance of authority. Jeans, now worn by everybody, can be said to symbolize these changes for the better. In the past, only men wore jeans, and these men were at the bottom——socially and economically. Jeans were worn by truck drivers, farm and factory workers. Today, jeans no longer are looked down upon. They are worn by both men and women, by both skilled and unskilled workers, by both employees and employers. This common way of dressing symbolizes respect for individuality, no matter what your occupation or sex. In the fight against authority, young people have been the leaders. So it is natural that teenagers would defy parents and school administrators over the right to wear jeans to class and win. Jeans are the typical dress of civil rights marchers, fans at rock concerts, “hippies”returning to nature, and serious college students. Because everyone can be comfortable in them, the blue jeans invented for the use of workers are now accepted almost anywhere, anytime. This is true not only in the United States, but in many other countries in the world. I strongly agree with the following statement: “Old or new, glorified or plain, jeans are likely to be around for a long time to come. Already they have succeeded where statesmanship has failed. Although unable to speak the same language, the inhabitants of this embattled planet have at least agreed to wear the same pants.”

9. Jeans, originally designed by Levi Strauss, ____. ○[A] have become a symbol of the fashionable class

○[B] have come to symbolize changes in social attitude

○[C] are suitable wear for rough work only

○[D] are no longer so popular as they used to be

10. What is implied but not directly stated in the passage is that____. ○[A] young people have been the leaders in the fight against authority

○[B] today, jeans are no longer looked down upon

○[C] jeans are the typical dress of civil rights marchers

○[D] formerly students were not allowed to wear jeans to class

11. The author is of the opinion that____. ○[A] jeans are likely to be a short-lived fashion ○[B] jeans are popular only in the United States

○[C] jeans are likely to be popular for a long time to come

○[D] jeans are no longer fashionable

12. The last two sentences imply that____. ○[A] statesmen in the world are less competent than jeans

○[B] the inhabitants of the world should speak the same language

○[C] statesmen have failed to reach agreement on many major issues of the world

○[D] jeans will help statesmen to reach agreement on some world issues

题13 - 14

Shakespeare lovers keen to see the place where the Bard’s mother Mary Arden grew up have been visiting the wrong house since the 18th century. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said that new research had shown the Tudor farmhouse long known as “Mary Arden’s House” in fact belonged to a family friend. The mother of William Shakespeare, England’s most famous playwriter, actually lived in another property close by the Warwickshire village of Wilmcote, three miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. The discovery was made by local historian Nat Alcock, who traced medieval land deeds, including a rental agreement dating from 1587, showing that a building known as Glebe Farm was Mary’s childhood home. The house thought to have been her home was in fact owned by Adam Palmer, a family friend and neighbor. Glebe Farm will now be known as Mary Arden’s House and the building which

previously bore t hat name will be called Palmer’s Farm.

13. The passage is chiefly about ____. ○[A] the birthplace of Shakespeare

○[B] Mary’s childhood

○[C] England’s most famous playwright

○[D] Mary Arden’s house

14. The wrong house visited since the 18th century ____. ○[A] was located close by the Warwickshire village of Wilmcote

○[B] was in fact owned by Adam Palmer, a family friend and neighbor

○[C] could be traced back to 1587

○[D] was Mary’s childhood home

题15 - 16

The British are the European Union’s worst linguists while the citizens of Luxem

bourg are the best, according to an EU poll published recently. Almost two-thirds of Britons know no language apart from their mother tongue, the highest figure recorded in the 15 EU countries. That compares to just 2.2 percent in Luxembourg, 12.3 percent of Danes and an EU average of 47.3 percent of people who speak no other language but their own, the poll of 16,000 EU citizens said. But British travelers to Europe need not worry. English is the most common second language in the EU, spoken by 41 percent of the block’s citizens. In Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, at least 78 percent of people speak English as a second language. Although 47 percent of EU citizens know only their mother tongue, there is wide agreement that speaking foreign language is good thing. 72 percent of those polled believe foreign language skills are useful, 71 percent said everyone should know one foreign language and 69 percent said everyone should speak English.

15. According to an EU poll published recently,____of those polled believe foreign language skills are useful. ○[A] 71 percent

○[B] 72 percent

○[C] 69 percent

○[D] 70 percent

16. Which country has a percentage of 12.3 population that know no language apart from their mother tongue? ○[A] Britain.

○[B] Luxembourg.

○[C] Denmark.

○[D] Sweden.

题17 - 18

How warm parents are with their children has a strong influence on the childrens personalities. Boy who are highly masculine, for example, tend to see their fathers as very warm and regarding. The warmth of both parents tends to lead to more feminity in girls. The influence of the fathers seems to be more important, since fathers generally treat male and female children differently as compared to mothers who treat male and female children in a more similar manner.

17. The passage is mainly about ____. ○[A] male children and how they develop a sex role ○[B] female children and how they develop a sex role

○[C] babies and how they are affected by their parents

○[D] parental warmth and its effects

18. Which of the following tend to treat male and female children more alike? ○[A] Fathers.

○[B] Sisters.

○[C] Mothers.

○[D] Brothers.

题19 - 20

English teachers network ELTECS-Chi-L

What is ELTECS-Chi-L

English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme for China List (ELTECS-Chi-L) is a British Council China on-line discussion group for Chinese English language teaching (ELT) professionals with an interest in developing themselves and sharing views on ELT. Launched in Beijing by Helena Kennedy QC, Chair of the British Council, on 9th October 1998, the network now has around 450 subscribers among whom more than 40 are from the UK, Belgium, Japan and other countries.

ELTECS-Chi-L is a sister network to the ELTECS (English Language Teaching Contact Scheme) network which is mainly composed of ELT professionals in central and eastern Europe with over 1000 members.

How to subscribe to ELTECS-Chi-L

Any English teachers working in primary and middle schools or universities who have e-mail access are welcome to join the network at any time to share their ideas, expertise and experience with others.

To join ELTECS-Chi-L, send the following command as email to LISTSERV@LIST1.BRIT https://www.wendangku.net/doc/6117293508.html,,SUB ELTECS-Chi-L yourfirstname yourlastname. For example: SUB ELTECS-Chi-L Zhonghua Zhang.

For more information please e-mail Ma Zhigang at ma.zhigang@https://www.wendangku.net/doc/6117293508.html,, editor of ELTECS-Chi-L.

19. ELTECS-Chi-L is sponsored by ____. ○[A] UK

○[B] USA

○[C] Belgium

○[D] Japan

20. To join ELTECS-Chi-L, one could____. ○[A] write a letter to Ma Zhigang

○[B] telephone Ma Zhigang

○[C] send an e-mail to Ma Zhigang

○[D] all of the above means

题21 - 22

OVER 55 MILLION DOLLARS AW ARDED TO 1,703,289 WINNERS

States 1989 Sweepstakes Total Dollar Winnings

Dollars Amount: In Sweepstakes To Date:

California $233,080.00 $4,019,404.00

Florida $104,660.00 $6,664,267.00

Illinois $190,520.00 $2,283,577.00

Michigan $51,260.00 $1,747,890.00

New York $59,440.00 $2,367,146.00

Ohio $44,580.00 $1,786,956.00

Pennsylvania $5,146,260.00 $6,621,469.00

Texas $72,940.00 $2,465,074.00

Virginia $29,280.00 $862,057.00

Washington $51,600.00 $802,596.00

Wisconsin $46,940.00 $1,302,603.00

In addition 24,544 lucky people from 39 other states won another $611,540.00 in

1989 alone.

Total for all states $6,642,000.00 $56,945,244.00

21. Those lucky people in Washington won____in 1989 Sweepstakes. ○[A] $233,080.00

○[B] $802,596.00

○[C] $51,600.00

○[D] $51,260.00

22. The total winnings in Sweepstakes for all states amount to____to date. ○[A] $55,000,000.00

○[B] $611,540.00

○[C] $6,242,000.00

○[D] $56,945,244.00

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