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one, she may quite innocently not know the (9) _______ . She may be a schoolgirl with a Saturday job, or a housewife (10) _______ part-time.

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“The public can have this car in What does the speaker think of

(1) Henry Ford's standardization in

any color they like as long as it

making cars?

is black.” Henry Ford, the

first of the world’s great car makers, said those famous words back in 1911. Since then

everyone has tried to show that

B. People are wrong to A. It is still the most modern method in the industry.

he was wrong. The development of the car economy has resulted in a move away from standardization.

Marketing professionals often use car ownership as a kind of

shorthands for different social or economic groups. The “Sierra man” is a young junior executive. He is sales oriented, very ambitious and likes sports.

He drives a large, powerful Ford Sierra. The “Galaxy man” has

fulfilled most of his career ambitions. His home and family are the most important things in

his life, so he drives a Ford

Galaxy, an MPV.

The ability to make these

statements is naturally limited by spending power. Some car

makers like BMW and Mercedes concentrate on the upper income ranges. Others, like Ford,

Toyota and Volkswagen develop

large families of cars to cover

different tastes in the mass prove that Ford was wrong.

C. It was possibly acceptable in the 1910s but is out of date now.

D. Black is still one of the most popular car colors. What is a typical “Sierra man” ? A. A young and powerful man.

B. A young and ambitious junior manager. C. A man who has fulfilled his career ambitions.

D. A family man who likes sports.

What is a typical “Galaxy man”?

A. He pays more attention to his work than his family. B. He has not completely realized his ambition yet.

C. He pays equal attention to his work and his family.

D. He pays more attention

(2)

(3) market.

Originally, car ownership was limited to the head of the family, nearly always the father. As women have become increasingly financially independent, car makers have to his family than his work. Which of the following makers (4)

aims at the rich and wealthy? A. Ford. B. Volkswagen. C. Toyota. begun to produce cars for this market too.

D. BMW.

When cars first became popular, who was the normal owner of a car

in the family? A. The eldest son. B. The wife. C. The daughter.

D. The father.

(5) The interview has been going on Why do companies increasingly ask

(1) applicants strange questions in

for about 20 minutes and

interviews?

everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the

A. To test the

interviewer asks an unexpected applicant’s range of

knowledge. question. “Which is more important, justice or mercy?”

B. To find out the

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. These questions are the result

of a problem with the interview process. Employers want staff who are skilled, enthusiastic and committed. So these are the

qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and reveal the

applicant’s true personality.

The question at the beginning comes from a test. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude testing.

applicant’s IQ.

C. To find out the applicant’s true personality.

D. To confirm the applicant’s qualifications. What is the correct answer to the question in an aptitude test?

A. A smart answer.

B. A funny answer.

C. An honest answer.

D. A cunning answer.

According to the article, what is the problem with the interview

process?

A. It is unable to show whether the applicant is really skilled.

B. It is easy for the applicant to demonstrate his personality.

C. It is difficult for the

interviewers to think up different questions.

(2)

(3) According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a

D. It is easy for the

applicant to guess what the

interviewer wants.

Increasing number of companies in

Chinese person fills out an China are starting to use

(4)

aptitude test to aptitude test he or she tends to

discover_______. think there is a right answer, and they may well 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 rationally in their own interests. 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.

A. how the applicant solves problems

B. what the applicant knows about life

C. how skilled the

applicant is at his job

D. how committed the applicant is to his work

According to the article, many

Chinese applicants fail in the

aptitude test because

_________.

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