12. Ruth isn’t very _______. She enjoys the simple things in life.

11. Learning to speak three languages has had a great _______ on my life.

A. 　 admitted

B. 　 impact

C. 　 impression

D. 　 ambitious

8-1 Sometimes, interviewers will ask questions to find out more about the skills you have. For example, employers might want to see if you are a good team worker or if you are able to solve problems. A good way to answer these questions is with the STAR acronym. STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action and Result. Here is how this works. Imagine you are asked to talk about a time you showed leadership skills. Using the STAR technique, you might say something like: “Two years ago I was made captain of the basketball team. We had a big competition coming up, and the team hadn’t won a match in ten years. I decided to start an intensive training program. We trained every night for three hours. It was hard work, but I motivated my team members by giving them small rewards, like candy, when they scored a basket. In the end we won the competition and now we’re the most successful basketball team in our city!” The story is a good example of the STAR technique. It describes the situation (being captain of the basketball team) the task (having to win the competition) the action (motivating the team) and the result (winning). It’s impossible to predict exactly what you’ll be asked at an interview, but If you practice talking about some of your work and study experiences using the STAR technique, your answers will be well-structured and more likely to make a good impression.72 What kind of questions should you use the STAR technique to help you answer?

A. 　Questions about your personal information， e.g.: date of birth

B. 　Questions about the skills you have

C. 　Questions about your qualifications

D. 　Questions about your plans for the future

1-2 My life as a bed tester Last year， I graduated from art school without any definite ideas about what I wanted to do. I knew I didn’t want to work nine to five， and I also didn’t really want to work in an office. Then one day， I saw an advertisement on the graduate career website. It said: “Do you appreciate the importance of a good night’s sleep? Are you interested in flexible working hours? Why not consider a career in bed testing!” I’ve always enjoyed sleeping， so I decided to send my résumé and a cover letter. The interview was very unusual. I was asked to lie down on two different beds and make notes on what I thought about them. It was the strangest interview I’ve ever had， and I couldn’t believe my luck when I found I had got the job. After that， I worked for a year testing beds. I think I slept in about 50 or 60 beds every month! My biggest job was when I visited a big， luxury hotel. I was offered $10，000 to sleep in each one of their hundreds of beds and write about how comfortable they were. It wasn’t a bad salary for such relaxing work. One of the best things about the job is when people at parties ask me what I do. Telling them I am a professional sleeper always gets the conversation started! I don’t know if I’ll do this job forever， but for now it suits me just fine. 10. What are the writer’s plans for the future?

A. 　 To be a bed tester forever.

B. 　 To give up the job very soon.

C. 　 To continue the job in the short term.

D. 　 To set up a bed-testing business.

4.After five years of hard work， I’d like to have more responsibilities.

25. The boss __________ （did not give / hadn’t given）him permission to take time off， but he took it anyway.

10-2 The benefits of flexible working Many job applicants cite paid vacation, health insurance and a good salary as being most important to them in a job. However, an increasing number of employers now offer flexible working. So, what could flexible working mean for you? Put simply, flexible working means that you, the employee, have some say over when you work. This could mean working from home for some of the time, job-sharing, or working flexitime (adapting your working hours to suit your own life, for example, starting later and finishing later). Flexible working can have many benefits. For example, it can reduce the time you spend travelling to work. If you work 9 to 5 every day, you will be travelling to and from work when the roads are busy. You might be surprised at how much shorter your journey is if you travel to work at 10am instead of 8am. A flexible working schedule can reduce employees’ stress and improve their work-life balance. A recent survey in The Business Times showed that 20 percent of working people are stressed by family relationships and the difficulty of managing their personal and private lives. Working flexibly can allow employees to switch off from their work when they need to, and to spend more quality time with their families. Improved work-life balance can give you more energy, and this will make you more productive when you are at work, leading to increased job satisfaction. So, next time you are job hunting, consider adding flexible working to your wish list. 97. Which is the best description of flexible working?

A. 　 Employees are able to create a work schedule which suits their lifestyle.

B. 　 Employees can wear what they like to work.

C. 　 Employees can do yoga in their lunch break.

D. 　 Employees can make their own office rules.

4. Knowledge of at least one foreign language is a _______.

A. 　 plus

B. 　 plan

C. 　 bug

D. 　 high

4.他对一个职员大吼大叫借以发泄怨气。

9. Please look over this document very __________ （careful / carefully）.

26. My internship at this company has given me so much _______ experience.

A. 　 value

B. 　 valued

C. 　 valuing

D. 　 valuable