外研版英语选修七 Module 3 Literature.同步练习

—OK，let me think it over.

—OK.I will.

—Well，I don' t care what a car looks like________it is of good quality.

—Oh，but you________ have done it because yesterday was the deadline.

    The day finally came，when I had to leave the warm home where I'd grown up.I ran to the back yard，as tears came up from my heart.Suddenly I1a hand rest on my shoulder.I looked up to2mygrandfather.“It isn't3 ， isit，Billy？”he said softly.

    Gently4myhand in his，we walked，hand in hand，tothe front yard，5a hugered rose­bush sat alone.

    “What do you see here，Billy？” he asked.I looked at the flowers，not knowing6to say，and then answered，“I see something soft and7 ， grandpa.”

    He pulled me8.“It isn't just the roses that are beautiful，Billy.It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.”“Billy，I9these roses when my first son was born.It was my10of saying 'thank you' to God.I11to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then, as a young man of only 20，a terrible war robbed him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up.“Never say good­bye，Billy. Never12to the sadness and the loneliness.Instead，I want you to remember the joy and the13when you first said hello to a friend.”

    A year later，my grandpa became very14.Then all members of the family were15back，and I returned to the old house. When it came to my16 ， I took his hand as17as  he had once taken mine.

    “Hello，grandpa，”I18.His eyes slowly opened and said，“Hello，my friend.” With a brief19he died. Suddenly，and truly.I knew what he had20about never saying good­bye—about refusing to give in to sadness.​

      The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly，the interviewer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or Dove？”

      Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

Employers want people skilled，enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response，employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant's true personality.

      The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test (能力倾向测验)．

      According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.

         Dyslexia is a learning disorder. It interferes with the ability to recognize words, and for some readers to understand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United States. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.

        But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quickly—play video games.

        Vanessa Harrar of Britain's University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology. The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.

        In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia, and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions. She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.

      Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly. “Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly，” said Harrar. When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound, or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.

Relax during ajob interview

        Few people actually like job interviewing. It's nerve－wracking(摧残神经的) trying to show your “best” self to a perfect stranger.  That's not easy. But there are some ways to pull yourself together and feel more confident. Prepare solid talking points. It's always best to over－prepare for possible questions by not only researching thecompany and the person interviewing you, but also by preparing answers andpracticing those responses. Review the skills and experiences requested in the job announcement and have two to three examples how you have demonstrated eachone.  Remember: It's a two－waystreet. This is conversation, not an interrogation(审问).   Remembering that this is a back and forth discussion, where you can and should ask questions as well as answer them, canhelp you feel more comfortable.

        Just breathe.   Your body will relax lot. You want to avoid upper chestbreathing, as it tends to just move you, stress upward to your face.

 if you go into an interview picking apart your outfit or imperfect responses,you're only hurting your chances of coming off as calm and collected. Turn off your negative self－talk and then createa different self－talk message, like,“I am here to share the best of my ability and that is all I can really do.”

        Work it out. Putting in some gym time the morning of your interview can help you getrid of any nervous tension. Exercise helps calm your nervous system and tendsto reduce the intensity of physical manifestations(表现形式)of stress such as restlessness.

A．Stop the negative thoughts.

B.Putyour idea into practice.

C．When faced with an interviewer, you may be nervous.

D．Before you walk into your interview, take a few deepbreaths.

E．You're trying to prove you're the one for the job and thatyou can handle stressful situations.

F．Don't forget that you're not the only one beinginterviewed—you're also interviewing the organization.

G．This will strengthen your answers and allow you to show howyour experience is relevant to the job or organization for which you'reinterviewing.

John：I've been noticing recently quite a lot of black smokecoming out of the chimneys of that factory near our school，which really pollutes the air here.

Mary：Yes, does. But I heard recently that the (own)ofthe factory have promised to take measures to reduce their factory's pollution.

John：I hope they will keep their promise.

Mary：I think they will. I've been told that special machineis  supposed to be fixed by the end ofthis year. It's said that the  machine clean the dust out of the smoke before it goes  into the air.

John：That's good. Dust is really (harm) to our lungs. I knowthat because my family lives near a steel factory with a chimney constantly(pour)out black smoke.

Mary：Oh, you live near the steel factory? Is it true that we  shouldn't eat the fish from the lake near thesteel factory?

John：Yes，that's true—the lakehas been (pollute)by waste from the steel factory.

Mary：Why don't they do anything to clean up the pollution?

John：They always promise, never act. A bit of action is we need.

Mary:You're .