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2009年6月20日大学英语四级考试(CET-4)A卷

全真试题(2009年6月20日)

Part I

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。 Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: Free

Admission to Museums. You should write at least 120 words given below:

1. 越来越多的博物馆免费开放的目的是什么？

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http://www.77cn.com.cn 2009年6月20日大学英语四级考试(CET-4)A卷 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, choose the best answer from the

four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences

with the information given in the passage.

How Do You See Diversity?

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. He had a perfect résumélooked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,”the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate s “different” behavior was simply a cultural He was an averting (避开) your eyes.

Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”

becomes smaller and our workplaces more becoming essential to expand our Hire Advantage

At a time when hiring qualified becoming more difficult, employers who can eliminate invalid biases (偏见LLC, helps organizations and see their own blind spots. A real estate recruiter we “During my Mindsets recruited people from and skill sets. The agents were able to utilize their full ”

Blinded by Gender

executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse he recalls. “I learned I had not been at a person as a whole person, and being open to differences.” In his case, 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 because 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 diverse workforce.

“I learned from the class that instead of imposing my gender biases into the situation, I needed

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http://www.77cn.com.cn 2009年6月20日大学英语四级考试(CET-4)A卷 to present the full range of duties, responsibilities and expectations to all candidates and allow them to make an informed decision.” Dale credits the workshop, “because it helped me make decisions based on fairness.”

Year of the Know-It-All

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 Chinese-American employee put in a request to take time off to celebrate Chinese New Year. In my ignorance, I assumed he had his dates wrong, as the first of January had just passed. When I advised him of this, I gave him a long talking-to about turning in requests early with the proper dates.

ff, not first, and that Chinese New Year, which is tied to the lunar cycle, is one of celebrated considerably from culture to culture.

earn by simply asking be a know-it-all,” Doug admits. to be more inclusive to differences.”

A Better Bottom Line

An open mind about diversity not only internally, it is profitable as improve sales. “Most of my customers speak EnglIt wasn t until my boss received Mmportant customer base has increased.”

When we begin our assumptions and challenge what we think we have learned from our past, media, peers, family, friends, etc., we begin to realize that some of our conclusions (有缺陷的) or contrary to our fundamental values. We need to train 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. What bothered Tiffany during an interview with her candidate?

A) He just wouldn t look her in the eye.

B) He was slow in answering her questions.

C) His résumé didn t provide the necessary information.

D) His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant.

Tiffany s misjudgment about the candidate stemmed from .

A) racial stereotypes

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B) invalid personal bias

C) cultural ignorance

D) emphasis on physical appearance