广东历年高考英语真题2017
广东历年高考英语真题2017
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Finding the Real You
兔肉的家常做法Psychometric testing—personality testing—has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. The tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment (招聘) and are widely ud in the lection of managers.
The most popular of the personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is bad on the theory that we are born with a tendency to one personality type which stays more or less fixed throughout life. You answer 88 questions and are then given your “type”, such as Outgoing or Quiet, Feeling or Thinking.实践报告心得体会
Critics of personality testing rai doubts about “social engineering”. Psychologist Dr. Colin Gill warns that the “popular” personality traits (特性) have their disadvantages. “People who are extremely open to new experiences can be butterflies, going from one idea to the next without mastering any of them.” However, the psychometric test is here to stay, which may be why a whole sub-industry on cheating personality tests has sprung up. “It’s possible to cheat,” admits Gill, “but having to pretend to be the person you are at work will be tiring and unhappy and probably short-lived.”
So can we change our personality? “Your basic personality is fixed by the time you’re 21,”says Gill,“but it can be affected by motivation and intelligence. If you didn’t have the personality type to be a doctor but desperately wanted to be one and were intelligent enough to master the skills, you could still go ahead. But trying to go too much against type for too long requires much energy and is actually to be suffered for long. I think it’s why we’re eing this trend for downshifting—too many people trying to fit into a type that they aren’t really suited for.”
Our interesting personality now exists in every part of our lives. If you ask an expert for advice on anything, you’ll probably be quizzed about your personality. But if personality tests have any value to us, perhaps it is to free us from the idea that all of us are full of potential, and remind us of what we are. As they say in one test when they ask for your age: pick the one you are, not the one you wish you were.
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67. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is bad on the belief that ______.
A.certain personality traits are common
B. personality is largely decided from birth
C. some personality types are better than others
D. personality traits are various from time to time
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68. According to Dr. Gill,what is the problem with personality tests?
A. Employers often find the results unclear.
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B.They may have a negative effect on takers.
C. People can easily lie about their true abilities.
D. The results could be opposite to what employers want.
69. In Dr. Gill’s view, how easy is it to change your personality?
A. It’s possible in your adult life. B. It’s easy if you have great motivation.
C. It’s difficult before the age of 21. D. It’s unlikely becau it requires much energy.
70. What final conclusion does the author reach about the value of personality tests?
A. They are not really worth doing.
B. They may encourage greater realism.
C. They are of doubtful value to employers.
D. They can strengthen the idea we have of our abilities.
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How northern Europeans beat the winter blues
Ask a child from northern Europe to draw two pictures—one on a rainy day and a cond in the sunshine—and this is what you will get: in the first, as raindrops fall from the top of the page, the man behind the window has an unhappy expression. When a yellow sun nds out some light from the corner, the man is smiling.
脑筋急转弯问题Northern Europeans associate rain with sadness and sunshine with happiness. They think this is true becau they are so aware of how their environment affects them. ___71___In October 2008, a group of rearchers examined the influence of different daily weather factors, including temperature, wind and sunlight, on 1,200 participants. The conclusion was that good or bad weather had little effect on people’s feelings.___72
___ A person who is upt on dark or cold days suffers from a negative mood(情绪), and he will be likely to experience a sad winter. This is the basis of an illness called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). ___73___
项目验收流程Ani Kalayjian, professor of psychology at Fordham University, advis that we should take steps to strengthen the brain’s system against weather-driven mood changes. Rearch on SAD has been focud on the brain’s respon to darkness and light. When our eyes detect darkness, the brain gives off melatonin, which starts sleep cycles. ___74___It takes over to help us wake up and feel better when we detect light. “We can encourage people to take charge of their feelings,” says Kalayjian. “We tell them to leave the computers and the indoor games and get out there in the sun. ___75___”
A day of rain can potentially destroy your plan and affect your mood. But as the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly once said: “There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing.”
A. Yet that link has no scientific basis.
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