2009年6月英语四级考试真题与答案
真题：
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of students lecting their lectures. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow:
1. 越来越多的博物馆免费对外开放的目的是什么？
2. 古代爱国诗词>总代理商也会带来一些问题
3. 你的看法？
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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choo the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the ntences with the information given in the passage.
How Do You See Diversity?马尔萨斯人口论
As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company .During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed becau she liked the individual otherwi.
He had a perfect resume and gave good respons to her questions, but the fact that he
never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her cond choice.
“It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we pasd over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confess. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding . He was an Asian-American raid in a houhold where respect for tho in authority was shown by averting(避开) your eyes.
“I was just thrown off by the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I misd out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.”
Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diver, it is becoming esntial to expand our under-standing of others and to reexamine some of our fal assumptions .
Hire Advantage
丢垃圾
At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid bias(偏爱) from the process have a distinct advantage .My company, Mindts LLC ,helps organizations and individuals e their own blind spots . A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make .
钳工
“During my Mindts coaching ssion ,I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill ts .The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company .When the real estate market began to change, it was becau we had a diver agent pool that we were able to stay in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”
Blinded by Gender
爱家板
Dale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diver workforce . “Through one of the ssions ,I discovered my personal bias ,” he recalls . “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person , and being open
to differences .” In his ca , the blindness was not about culture but rather gender .
“I had a management position open in my department ;and the two finalists were a man and a woman . Had I not attended this workshop , I would have automatically assumed the man was the best candidate becau the position required quite a bit of extensive travel . My reasoning would have been that even though both candidates were great and could have been successful in the position , I assumed the woman would have wanted to be home with her children and not travel .”Dale’s assumptions are another example of the well-intentioned but incorrect thinking that limits an organization’s ability to tap into the full potential of a diver workforce .
“I learned from the class that instead of imposing my gender bias into the situation , I needed to prent the full range of duties, responsibilities and expectations to all candidates and allow them to make an informed decision .” Dale credits the workshop , “becau it helped me make decisions bad on fairness .”
Year of the Know-It-All
环保宣传语有哪些
Doug is another supervisor who attended one of my workshops .He recalls a major lesson learned from his own employee.
“One of my most embarrassing moments was when I had a Chine-American employee put in a request to take time off to celebrate Chine New Year . In my ignorance , I assumed he had his dates wrong , as the first of January had just pasd . When I advid him of this , I gave him a long talking-to about turning in requests early with the proper dates .
