2023年6月英语四级真题及答案

202３年6月四级试题ParｔILisｔeningCｏmprｅｈeｎsion（20minuteｓ）SｅctioｎADiｒｅctioｎs:Inthisseｃtion,yoｕwiｌlhｅaｒ１0sｈortconｖeｒsaｔioｎs．Attheｅｎｄｏfｅachconverｓａｔiｏｎ,aｑuｅstｉonwiｌｌbｅａskedaboutwhatwassaｉｄ.Bｏthｔhｅconｖｅｒsatiｏnandｔhequestiｏnwｉｌｌbespokenonlyoｎce.Afｔｅrｅaｃhquesｔiontherewiｌlbｅapause.Dｕｒiｎgtheｐause,yｏumｕstreadthefouｒchoiｃｅｓmarkedA),B）,Ｃ)anｄD),aｎdｄeｃidewhiｃhｉsｔｈebｅsｔanｓwer.TｈｅnmarkthｅcorrespｏndiｎgletｔerontｈeＡｎsｗｅrSheetwiｔhasinglelineｔhroughtheceｎtrｅ.1. Ａ)Ｔhｅyenjoyedtｈeparｔybｅtｔerｔhantheotherguestｓ.ﻩB)Theyｋnewnoneｏftheotherguestsａｔtheparｔy. C)Theydiｄn’tthinkｍuchoｆthefoodandｄrinks. Ｄ）Theywenｔaｌoｎgwaytoattendtheparty.2. A)Tｏtheｄentisｔ’s.ﻩＢ)Ｔotｈemarkｅｔ. Ｃ)Tｏthｅposｔoffｉce. D）Ｔothｅboｏkｓtorｅ.3. A)SｈedｉsｌiｋesDr.Andｒｅwsasｍuchａstheneｗphysｉｃｉan． B）Dr.Anｄrewshasbeenprｏmoｔedfoｒhistｈｏrougｈｎｅsｓ. C)SｈedisagreeswithDr．Ａndrewsｏnmanｙocｃaｓiｏｎs. D)Dr.Aｎdrｅwsusedtokeeｐhｉsｐａtieｎtsｗａｉting.4.ﻩA)Tomｉsusuａllｙtalｋatｉve.ﻩB）Ｔomhasaveｒｙbadｔempeｒ. C)Tomｉsdislikedbｙhisｃｏlleaguｅs.ﻩD）Tomhａsdｏzｅnsｏｆthingsｔoaｔｔｅnｄｔo.5． A)Tofinｄoutｍoｒｅaboｕttheｔoｐicforthｅｓeｍinar. Ｂ）Tomａkeacｏpyｏｆthescheｄulｅforｈisｆrienｄ. C)Ｔｏgｅtthｅsemiｎarscｈｅdｕｌeｆｏrthewｏｍan.ﻩＤ)Topickuptheｗomanfroｍtｈｅliｂｒary.6.ﻩA）Tｈｅｍandoｅsn’twａnttoｓellｈiｓｔeｘtbookstothｅwｏｍan． B)Tｈｅwoｍanhastogｅtthetextｂookｓiｎotherwayｓ. C)Ｔhｅｗomanｈassｏｌdheruｓedｔｅｘｔbookstotｈeboｏｋｓtorｅ.ﻩＤ)Thｅｍaｎisgoiｎgtoｂuｙhｉｓｔeｘtbookｓfｒomａｂoｏkstore.７．ﻩA)Giｖｅaspｅecｈ. B)Meeｔhislａwyer．ﻩC)Attｅｎdａconfereｎce.ﻩＤ）Ｍakeａbusｉnesｓtrip.8.ﻩＡ)Ｊessiesｈoｕｌdknoｗthｅmarketingdirecｔｏrbetter. Ｂ)Jｅssｉeｉｓwrongtｏfindｆaultwitｈｈerboｓs． C)Jessiｅseｅmsｔohaveaｌotoｎhermｉnｄ. D)Ｊessiｅａｌwaｙssaｙswｈatｓhetｈinｋs.９． A)Ｈｅｌeniｓquiet. B)Heｌenistalkaｔｉve.ﻩC）Ｈeleｎｉｓｓociabｌe. D）Helenisacｔive.10.ﻩA）Jiｍmyｉsｎotseriｏusinmakｉngdecisioｎｓ. B）Ｊｉmmｙisricｈｅnｏughｔoｂuyaｂighoｕse．ﻩＣ）Jimｍｙ’swｏrdsａrｅoftｅnｎｏtｒeｌiablｅ.ﻩD)JimmｙwｉllregreｔmarryingaFrencｈwｏｍａn.SecｔｉonBＤirｅctｉoｎs：Iｎｔhisｓection,yｏuwillheaｒ3shorｔpasｓages.Attheendoｆｅａcｈｐａssａgｅ,yｏuwilｌｈearｓoｍeｑuｅstｉons.Ｂoththepassageandthequestｉoｎswiｌｌｂｅspokｅnonlｙｏncｅ.Afteryouhearａquestioｎ,ｙoumusｔchoosethebestanｓwerfrｏmthefourchoicｅsmarkedA)，B),Ｃ)andD).ＴhｅnｍarkｔhecorreｓｐondingletteｒontｈeＡnｓｗｅrSheetｗiｔhasｉｎglelinetｈｒｏughtheｃeｎtre．PassａgeＯｎeＱuestｉoｎs11tｏ１3areｂasedoｎthｅｐassageyｏuｈａvｅｊustheａｒd.１1. A)IthａｓdoｎｅmｏreｈaｒmthanｇoodｉnｔhesoｕthernUSA. Ｂ)ItwａｓｂroｕghttｏｔｈenｏrtherｎＵSAｂyAsiaｎfarｍerｓ. C)ＩtｗasiｎtroｄucedｉｎtotheUＳAtokillharmfulwｅeds. D)Iｔcanｂｅusｅdbyfａrmeｒstopｒｏtecｔlａrｇebｕiｌｄings.１2． A)Tｈeｙwiｌlbecｏmetｏohａrｄtopｌough. B)Ｔhｅywillｓｏoｎbｅｏvｅrgrownｗithkｕｄｚu.ﻩＣ)Peｏplewiｌlhaveｔorelyonkudzuforaliving． D)Peoｐｌｅwillfiｎｄiｔhardｔoprotectｔhｅｓoil.13. A)Tｈesｏilthereisnotsｏsuitabｌeforthepｌａnt.ﻩB)Tｈefaｃｔorieｓtherｅｈaｖｅfoundagooｄusｅforit.ﻩC）Tｈｅfａrmeｒｓtherehａｖebrouｇhｔｉtunderconｔrol. D)Tｈｅcｌｉｍatethｅreisunfａvoｒａblｅtoitｓgrowth．PａsｓageTｗoQuestｉons14to１６arebaｓedonthepaｓｓageyouhaｖeｊｕstheａrd.１4.ﻩA)Theuniｖersｅasａｗhole B)Asocietyｏfｌｅgalprofessionals． C)Anaｓｓoｃiatｉonofteaｃhersａｎdｓchｏlars.ﻩＤ）Abｕsiｎesｓcorporａｔion.15.ﻩA)Ｐroｖincialcolｌｅgeswereｔaｋｅnoverbylarｇerunｉvｅrsitｉｅs. B）Ｉtslarｇesｔexpansｉontｏoｋpｌacedｕrｉngthatpeｒｉod. C)Sｍallｕｎiｖersitｉesｃｏmbinｅｄtoformｂigｇerones. Ｄ）Iｔsroｌeinsociｅtywｅntthrｏughadramaticchange．１6.ﻩＡ)Ｐrivaｔedoｎaｔiｏns.ﻩB)Ｆeespａidbystudｅｎtｓ.ﻩC)Ｇoｖeｒnmeｎtfuｎdiｎg．ﻩD)Ｇｒantsfromcoｒporａtiｏnｓ.PassａgeThreeQuestｉoｎs17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhaｖejuｓtheard.17. A)Hewasintｅrｅstｅdintｈesｔｕdyｏfｗilｄanｉmals． B)ＨesｔartedtheｏｒganｉzatｉonHeiferＩnternatｉｏnａl. C)HewａswouｎdediｎｔheSpaniｓhcｉvilｗar.ﻩＤ）Heｓoldｈiscｏwstoｍanｙcｏuntrieｓintheworlｄ.18.ﻩA)Tomakeplansfoｒthedｅｖelｏｐｍeｎtofpoorcommuｎiｔｉeｓ.ﻩB)Tｏteａchpeopleｈｏwｔｏuｓｅnｅwskiｌlsｔｏraisｅａｎimalｓ．ﻩC)Tohｅｌpstａrvingfamiliｅstobeｃomesｅlｆ－suｐｐｏｒting．ﻩＤ)Ｔｏｄistｒiｂutｅfoodtｏtｈepｏoraroundtheworld．1９.ﻩA)Ｔｈeyshoｕldsubmitaｒepｏrtofthｅirneｅdｓａｎdgｏalｓ. Ｂ)Theyshoｕldｐｒoviｄefoodforthｅｌoｃalcommｕnｉtｉes. C)Thｅｙshoｕldｏfferａllbaｂｙanimａlstotheirｐooｒneighｂorｓ． D)Ｔheyｓhoｕｌdhｅlpoｔｈｅｒfamiliesthｅｗayｔheｙhａvebｅenｈｅｌped.20.ﻩA)Ithasheｌpｅdrｅlieｖehungｅrinsｏmｅdeｖｅlopingｃountｒieｓ.ﻩB)Ithaｓimproｖｅdanimaｌbreｅdiｎgskｉllsaｌlｏvｅrｔｈeworｌｄ.ﻩＣ)IthasｂridgedthegapbｅtweentheｒicｈandｔheｐoorinAｍｅrica．ﻩD)Ｉthａｓpromotedｉntｅrnationalexcｈangeoffaｒmingtechnｏlｏgy.PaｒｔIIReaｄingComｐrehenｓioｎ(35minutes)Ｄｉreｃｔｉons：Thereａre4passａｇesｉｎｔhispart.Eａchｐassａｇeｉｓfｏlloweｄbysｏｍequestioｎsｏrunfinｉshedstaｔemeｎtｓ.ＦoｒeacｈofthemtheｒｅａｒefoｕｒchｏicｅｓmａrkedＡ),Ｂ），C)ａndD).ＹoｕｓhｏulｄdeciｄeoｎｔhebesｔcｈoiceaｎdmaｒktheｃorrespondinｇletｔeｒonthｅAｎswerＳheｅtwｉthａsiｎglｅliｎethｒoughｔhecentrｅ.PassageOneQuestioｎｓ2１tｏ25aｒｅbaｓedoｎtｈｅfollｏwｉngｐaｓｓaｇe．Eｄucaｔinggirlsquiteｐossiｂlyyieｌｄsａｈｉgherratｅofreturntｈanａnyｏtherｉnveｓtmｅntａvａilableinｔheｄｅvelopｉｎｇworｌｄ.Women’sedｕcationmaｙbeｕnuｓuａltｅrritoｒｙforecoｎomists,butenhａncinｇｗomen’scontributioｎｔoｄevｅlopmentisaｃtuａllｙasmuchanecoｎomicasasocｉalｉｓsuｅ.Andecｏnomｉcs,wiｔhitsｅmpｈasisｏniｎｃｅntｉves（激励)，providesguidepostsｔｈａｔpointtoａnexｐlaｎationforwhysomanyｇiｒlsaｒeｄeprivedofaｎｅdｕcａtion.Ｐaｒentsiｎlow-incomeｃouｎtｒieｓfailｔｏinvestiｎtheｉrdaugｈteｒｓｂecaｕseｔheyｄonotexpeｃttｈemtomaｋｅanｅconomicｃｏnｔｒibutｉontoｔhefａｍily：ｇirlｓｇrｏｗuｐonlyｔomarryｉntosomｅbodyelsｅ’sfamｉｌyａndbeａｒｃhildｒｅn.Ｇirlｓarｅｔhusｓeｅnａslesｓvaluａblｅthanｂoysaｎdarｅkeｐｔathometodohouseｗｏrkwhｉlｅｔheｉrbｒoｔheｒsaresｅnｔｔoschool-ｔheproｐhecy(预言)becoｍｅｓseｌf-ｆulｆillinｇ,tｒappiｎgwomeninaｖｉcioｕscircｌe(恶性循环)ofnegleｃt.Ａneｄｕcatedｍother,oｎthｅｏtheｒhａnd，ｈａｓｇreatereaｒningabiｌitiｅsｏutsidethｅhomeａndｆacｅsａneｎtirｅｌydiffｅrentsetofｃhoicｅs．Ｓｈeｉｓlikｅｌytohavefｅｗｅrｂｕthｅａlthiercｈiｌｄrenａndcaninsｉｓtonthedｅｖelopmeｎｔofallｈeｒｃhilｄrｅn,ensuriｎgthatｈerdａugｈtersareｇｉｖenafairｃｈance.Ｔheeｄucaｔioｎoｆｈerｄaughteｒsｔhｅnmakesitmuｃhmｏrｅlikeｌythａtthenｅxtｇeｎerａtiｏnofgｉrls，ａsweｌlasofboys,willbｅｅdｕcatedanｄhｅaｌｔhy.Tｈeｖiciouscircleisthustransforｍｅdintｏavｉrtｕoｕｓｃirclｅ.Ｆewwｉllｄisｐutｅthatｅducaｔiｎgｗomｅnｈasgreaｔsｏcialbenefits.Bｕｔithasｅnoｒmouseｃonomｉｃadvanｔａgｅsaｓwell.Ｍostｏｂviousｌy，thｅｒeiｓthｅdirecteffeｃｔofeducａｔｉｏnontｈewagｅsoffeｍaleｗorkers．Wagesriseｂy10to20ｐｅｒceｎtforeachaddｉtｉonａｌｙｅaroｆsｃhoｏling．Ｓuchｂigｒetuｒnｓareｉmｐｒｅsｓivｅbytｈesｔａndａrdofotheravailableinｖｅｓtmeｎtｓ,buttｈeｙarｅjusｔthｅbeginning.Educatｉngｗｏmenalsｏｈaｓaｓignifiｃaｎtimpactｏｎhealthprａctices,ｉnclｕｄiｎgfamｉlyplanninｇ.２1．Theautｈｏrａrguｅsthateducａtinggiｒlｓindevelopingcｏuntrｉesis_＿_＿＿___＿. A)rewaｒｄｉngﻩ B）tｒoublesoｍeﻩ C)eｘpeｎsiｖe D）laｂor-saｖing22.Bysａｙiｎg“…tｈeprophecｙbecomessｅlf-fｕｌfiｌｌing…”(Liｎes4-５，Ｐａra.2）,tｈｅauthormeansｔｈａt______＿___.ﻩA)girｌswｉlleｖentuallｙfindtheiｒgoalsinｌiｆebｅｙondreａcｈﻩB)girｌｓｗillbeincreaｓｉnglyｄiｓcｏｎｔeｎｔｅｄwitｈtheirｌifeathomｅ Ｃ)girlswilｌｂｅcaｐａbleofrｅalｉzingｔheｉrowｎdrｅaｍsﻩD)girlswilｌturnouttobｅleｓsｖaluablethanboys23．Thｅａuthorbeliｅｖeｓthataviciouscircｌecantuｒnｉnｔoaｖirtuｏuｓcircleｗheｎ_＿______ A)womeｎcaｒemoｒｅabouteｄｕcaｔiｏn B)ｐarentscanafforｄthｅiｒdaughteｒs’educaｔionﻩＣ）ｇｉrlscangａiｎequalacceｓstｏeducatioｎ D)afａmilｙhａsfｅｗerbｕthｅａlｔhｉercｈildren2４.Whａtdoesｔheaｕthoｒsayaboｕtwomeｎ’sedｕcaｔion？ﻩA)Ｉｔhaｓarousedtheintｅｒeｓtofagrｏｗinｇｎｕmberｏfｅcoｎomists. B)Itwｉｌｌyielｄｇreａteｒｒeturｎsｔhanotherknowｎinvｅsｔｍentｓ.ﻩＣ)Itiｓｎowgiｖentopprｉoｒiｔyinmanydevｅloｐiｎｇcｏuｎtries. D）Ｉtdeｓervesgreａteｒaｔｔentionthaｎothｅrsoｃialｉssues.25.Thｅpａssaｇemainlydiscusses__________. A）unｅqualtreatｍentofbｏyｓaｎｄgirlｓｉndevelopingcoｕntｒiesﻩB)themajｏrｃonｔributｉonｓｏｆeducａtedwｏmentｏsｏcｉeｔy Ｃ)thｅeｃonomiｃaｎｄsocialbeｎefｉtsｏfeducaｔｉngwomen Ｄ)thｅpotｅntialearｎｉｎgpowerｏfｗeｌｌ－eｄｕcatｅdｗoｍenPａｓsageTｗoＱuestｉons2６ｔo30arebaｓedonｔheｆolｌｏｗingpａssaｇe.Psycｈiatriｓts(精神病专家)wｈowoｒkｗitholｄerpａrentssaｙthａtmaｔuｒitycaｎｂeanassｅｔinｃhildｒearinｇ----olderpaｒentsａrｅmoｒｅthougｈtfｕl,usｅleｓsphyｓicaｌdisciplineandspeｎdmｏretｉｍewiｔｈtｈｅirchildren.Ｂutｒaｉsｉnｇkidstaｋｅｓmｏneyaｎdeneｒgｙ.Ｍanyolｄerpaｒentsｆindthemselvesbalancingｔheirlｉmiｔｅdｆｉnanciａｌreｓoｕrces,deｃlinｉnｇenergyandｆaｉlingheａltｈagａｉnstthegrowingdｅmandｓofanactiveｃｈilｄ.Dyｉnｇａndleavｉngｙｏungchiｌdｒenisprｏbablyｔhｅoldｅrparents’bｉggest,andｏftｅnｕｎspoken,fｅaｒ．Ｈavｉｎｇlａｔe-lifechildrｅn，saysａnｅcｏｎoｍiｃsprofeｓsｏr，oｆteｎmeanｓｐarentｓ,ｐarｔiculaｒlyfａｔhｅｒs,“eｎdupｒｅtiriｎgmucｈlaｔer.”Formａｎy,retirementbecomeｓaｎuｎｏｂtaiｎａｂleｄrｅａm．HｅnryMetcalｆ,a54-year-ｏlｄｊｏurnalisｔ,knowsittakｅｓmｏneyｔoraisekiｄｓ．Buthｅ’salsoworｒiedtｈathiseneｒgyｗiｌlgｉｖeoutｆirｓt.Sure,hecanstillridｅbiｋesｗiｔhhisatｈｌｅtｉcｆifthｇｒader,ｂuthe’slearｎedthatｙｏungatｈeａrtdoesn’tｍeanｙｏung.Laｔeｌyｈe’sｂeentaｋinｇafterｎoｏnnaps(午睡)tｏｋｅepuｐhisenergy.“Ｍｙbｏdｙｉsａging,”saysMeｔcalｆ,“Ｙoucａn’tgetａwaｙfｒoｍtｈａt.”Ｏｆtｅn,ｏldeｒpareｎtshearｔheｔiｃkiｎgofanoｔherkindofｂiologｉｃalclock.Ｔhｅrａpｉsｔswｈowoｒkｗiｔhmiddｌｅ-ageｄaｎｄoldeｒpaｒeｎｔssayfeaｒsａｂouｔａgiｎgarｅnothinｇtolaｕｇhat.“Theyｗorrytheｙ’lｌbemistａｋｅnforgrａｎｄpaｒｅntｓ,ortｈaｔthey’llneeｄheｌｐｇｅttiｎguｐoutｏｆthoｓｅｌｉttleｃhairsiｎnｕrsｅｒyｓchooｌ，”sayｓJoaｎnGａlst,aNewYoｒｋpsychologist.Bｕtatｔhecｏreofthｏselitｔｌeｆearsthereｉｓｏｆtenamuｃｈbiｇgerｏne:“ｔhａttｈeywoｎ’ｔbｅａlivｅloｎｇｅnoｕgｈtosupportａｎdprotectｔｈｅｉｒcｈｉld，”sｈesaｙｓ.Ｍanylate-lｉfepａrｅnts,thougｈ,saｙthｅirｃｈｉｌdrenｃamｅａtjｕstｔheｒighttiｍｅ.Aftermaｒryｉnｇlatｅandｕｎｄergoｉngyearｓoffertility(受孕）treatment,MarilｙnNｏlenaｎｄｈerhuｓｂａnd,Raｎdy,haｄｔwinｓ.“Webｏtｈｗaｎtedｃhｉｌｄreｎ,”ｓａysMarｉlyn，whowａｓ５５whｅnsｈeｇａｖebｉｒth.Thetwinshavｅgiventhｅｃoupleｗhaｔtｈeｙdesｉredforyears,“aｓenseoffamily.”Kiｄsoｆoｌdeｒdadsarｅofteｎsmａrｔer,haｐpierandmorｅｓｏciａbｌebeｃausｅtｈeirfatheｒsaremoｒｅiｎvolvｅｄｉntｈeirlives．“Theｄadsareｏlder,moremature,”saysDr．Siｌbｅr,“aｎdmoｒereaｄｙtofocusonｐareｎtiｎg．”２6.Ｗｈｙdopsychiatristsrｅgardmａturitｙａsanasseｔiｎcｈildreａrｉnｇ?ﻩＡ）Oldｅｒpaｒentscanbettｅrbａlanｃｅtheｉrｒesourceｓagaｉnｓtcｈiｌdｒen’sｄemandｓ. B)Oldｅrpaｒeｎtsａreusuallyｍｏreexｐeｒieｎcｅdinbriｎginguptｈｅiｒchildren.ﻩC）Olderｐarentsareoftenbettｅrprｅpａrｅdfinancialｌy． D)Ｏlderpaｒentｓcantakebettｅｒcａreｏfｔheirchiｌｄren.２7.Whatdoestheauthｏｒmeanbysaying“Foｒmany，retｉｒementbｅcomesanunoｂtａinaｂｌedream”(Lines7-8,Para.1）？ A)Theｙｈavｅtｏｇoonworkｉｎgｂeyondtheiｒｒetiｒｅmｅntage． Ｂ)Thｅycａn’tgetfullpenｓｉonunlｅsstheywｏrkｓoｍｅextrayｅaｒs. C)Theｙcaｎ’ｔｏbtａintheｒetiｒemenｔbeneｆｉtsthｅyｈａｖedrｅamedｏf.ﻩD)Tｈeyａreｒelucｔanｔtoｒetirewhentheyreacｈtｈeirretiｒementａge.28.ＴｈｅａｕｔhorgivｅstheexａmplｅoｆHenryMeｔcａlftoｓｈｏwtｈａt_____＿___. Ａ)manypeoｐｌeａreyounｇiｎｓpiritdeｓｐitetｈｅiradvａncedage B）taｋingafteｒnoonｎapｓisagoodwaｙtｏmainｔａinｅnｅｒｇyﻩＣ)ｏlderｐarenｔstendtobeｃoncernedaｂoｕttｈeｉｒaｇingｂodｉｅs Ｄ)ｏlｄerparentssｈouｌdeｘｅrｃiｓemoｒetｏkeepｕpwithｔheiraｔhletｉcchildreｎ．２9.Ｗｈat’stｈeｂigｇestfｅaｒｏfolderparｅntｓaｃcorｄｉngtoNewYorkpsyｃｈologistＪｏanｎGalsｔ？ﻩA)Ｂeｉｎｇlaughedａtbyｏtheｒpeopｌｅ. B）Slｏwingdoｗｎofｔｈｅｉrpaceofliｆe. Ｃ)Beingmistakenｆorｇｒaｎｄｐaｒents． D)Approａchｉｎgofdeａth.30.WhatdoｗelｅａrnabouｔMariｌynandRandyNｏｌeｎ?ﻩA）Ｔheythougｈttheyｗerｅａnexａｍpleoｆsuｃｃesｓfulfertｉlityｔreaｔment. B)Notｕntiｌtheyhaｄｔhetwｉnsdｉdｔheyfｅｅltheyhａdfoｒmeｄafamiｌy.ﻩC)Theｙｂeｌiｅveｄthaｔchildrenbｏrnoｆoｌｄerparenｔswｏuldbesmarter． Ｄ)Nｏtｕnｔiltheｙrｅａchedmiddleaｇedidtheythinkofhavingｃhｉｌｄren.PassageThｒeeQｕeｓtｉｏns31to３5arｅｂａsedｏnｔhefoｌｌowingｐassage.Iｎterestinpuｒsｕinginteｒnａｔionaｌcaｒｅershａssoaredinrecentyears,enhaｎcedbｙchrｏｎiｃ(长期的）personneｌsｈortagesthaｔarecaｕsiｎgcoｍpaniestｏsｅarcｈbeyondtｈeｉｒｈoｍｅboｒｄersｆortａｌenｔ.Ｐｒoｆｅssionａlssｅekｃareeｒexｐerｉenceouｔsｉｄeofｔheｉrhomｅcｏuntriｅｓfｏravarieｔyoｆｒeasｏnｓ.Thｅyｍayｆｅeltheneedtorechaｒgethｅｉrbaｔteｒiｅswithａnewｃｈaｌleｎge.Theyｍａyｗantａpositiｏnwiｔhmorｅresponsｉbiliｔyｔhａtencouragescreａtivityandiｎｉｔｉａtive.Orthｅｙｍayｗishtoeｘposｅｔｈeｉrｃhildreｎtoａnothｅrculturｅ,aｎｄｔheopportuｎitytolearnａｓecondlanguage．Whenapｐｌyingforaｊob,oｎeusuallyhastosｕbｍiｔａｒesumeoｒｃuｒrｉculｕｍｖｉtaｅ(CV).Thetwotermsgenerallymeanｔhesaｍeｔhｉnｇ:ａoｎｅ-ｏrtwｏ－pａgeｄocｕmentｄesｃribｉngｏne’ｓｅdｕcatｉonａlｑualiｆiｃaｔiｏnｓanｄprofesｓioｎaｌeｘperｉence．Ｈｏwｅver,guideliｎeｓｆｏrprepaｒｉngａresumearｅconstaｎｔｌｙchanging.Thｅbestaｄviｃeiｓtｏｆｉndoｕtwhatisａppｒｏpriateregaｒdingthｅcorｐorａte(公司的)culｔuｒe，thecoｕnｔrｙculｔure，andｔhecｕltureｏfthｅpersonmaｋinｇthehirｉngｄecisioｎ.Ｔhechalleｎgeｗillｂetｏembraｃｅｔwoormoreculturｅｓinonedoｃumenｔ.Thefollｏwinｇlisｔｉsａgoｏdplaceｔｏｓtart.Eｄucatｉonａlrｅquiremeｎｔsdifferｆrｏmcountｒytｏcouｎtry.Inaｌmｏｓｔeｖeryｃａsｅof“ｃrｏss-bordｅr”jｏbhuｎtｉng,juststatinｇｔhｅtｉtleofｙourdeｇｒｅeｗiｌlｎotbeanadequatedescriptioｎ.Provｉdetheｒeaderwithdeｔａilｓaboｕｔｙourstudiｅsandanｙｒelａtｅdｅｘｐerieｎｃe.Ｐayattentiontoｔheresuｍefｏrmatyouuｓe－－-chronoｌogicalorｒeverｓe-chronｏlogｉcａｌorｄer.Cｈronoｌogicalordermeａnslｉsｔｉnｇｙour“ｏｌdｅst”ｗorkｅxpeｒienｃeｆｉｒst.Revｅrse-chronoｌogｉcalordeｒmeanｓlistｉngｙouｒｃuｒrｅntorｍoｓtrｅcentexpｅｒienceｆｉrsｔ.Moｓtcountrｉeshaveｐｒｅfereｎceｓaｂoutwhichformatismosｔaccepｔabｌe.Ifｙｏuｆindｎosｐecificguidｅlineｓ,ｔhegｅｎeralｐrｅｆeｒｅｎceisfortｈｅｒeveｒse-chroｎoｌoｇicａｌfｏrmat.IfyoｕａresubmittingyourresｕｍeinＥngliｓh,ｆindoutiｆtheｒeｃipｉent(收件人)uｓesBｒiｔishＥｎglishorAmerｉcａｎEnｇlishｂeｃausethｅreａrｅvarｉaｔionsbeｔｗeentｈｅｔwｏversions.Ｆorｅxamｐlｅ,ｕｎiveｒsiｔyeducａtionｉsoｆtenreferｒedtoas“tertｉａｒｙeｄｕcaｔion”inthｅUnitedKingdoｍ,bｕtthisｔermiｓalｍosｔnｅverｕseｄｉnｔｈeUnｉteｄStates.Ａｒeａderｗhoiｓunfamiliaｒwｉｔhｔｈesevａｒiatiｏnｓmａyassumetｈａtyourｒeｓｕmecoｎtainserｒorｓ．31．Cｏmpaniesａrehｉrinｇmorefｏreｉgnｅmployeesｂecaｕse＿＿_＿_＿＿＿___.ﻩA)theyｈavｅｄｉｆｆｉcultyｆｉｎdingｑuａｌifieｄｐersoｎnelathoｍe.ﻩB）thｅｙfindfｏreｉgneｍｐloyeesａreusｕallｙmｏretalｅnteｄ C)ｔheneｅdorigiｎａlideasfromemployeeshiｒeｄoversｅas D)tｈeywantｔoexｐandtheiｒbuｓinｅｓsbeｙonｄhomeｂorｄｅrｓ32.Theauｔhｏrbｅliｅvesｔｈataniｎdiviｄualwｈｏapｐliestｏworkｏvｅｒｓeａs＿__＿___＿___．ﻩA）isusuａｌlycｒｅａｔiｖeaｎｄｆulｌoｆinitiaｔｉveﻩB)aｉmstｏimpｒoｖｅhiｓｆoｒeignlａｎguaｇeｓkills C)sｅｅkseitheｒｈisoｗｎｏrｈischilｄrｅn’sdｅveｌopmenｔ Ｄ)isｄissatｉsfieｄwiｔhhiｓｏｗnlifeathome３３.Whenitcomestoreｓｕmewｒiｔｉｎg,itisbestto__＿＿______ A)kｎowthｅeｍplｏyeｒ’spersonaｌlikeｓanddislikes Ｂ)follｏwapproｐrｉategｕideliｎesfｏrｊobｈunting C)learnaｂoｕttｈｅcoｍpany’sｈiｒingprｏｃesｓﻩD)takｅcultuｒalｆactｏｒsintoｃｏｎsiｄeration34．Wheｎwｒitｉｎgaｂouｔqualifｉｃations,apｐｌicantsaｒeaｄvisedto＿_＿_____.ﻩA)provideadetailｅddescripｔiｏnoftheｉrｓtudｙandwｏrｋｅxｐerｉenceｓ B)giｖetｈetitleofｔheuｎｉversｉtydｅgrｅetｈeyhaveｅarneｄａthｏｍe C)highlｉｇｈｔtheirkeeninteｒｅstinpursuiｎga“crosｓ-bｏrdeｒ”caｒeerﻩD)sｔrｅsstｈeｉracademicpｏtｅntiａltoiｍprｅｓstheｄecｉｓionmaker３5．ﻩAccordｉnｇｔoｔｈeaｕthor’slaｓｔpiecｅoｆaｄｖice,theapｐlｉcantsshouldｂｅawaｒeｏf________ 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