Passage One
Most airlines allow passengers to book an airline flight online. Travel sites such as Yahoo and Google, all offer search engines and online booking for an airline flight. The first thing a traveler should do when booking online is to shop around. There are numerous web sites offering this service, and some may have cheaper fares than others.
A traveler also needs to check fares for the desired flight times. Fares can change, depending on when their line flight departs, how many stops are involved, and at what airport. The traveler needs to make sure he is comparing fares so as to get the best deal.
When booking online, the traveler also needs to check the travel site's policies and fees. Most travel sites charge a small booking fee and have other restrictions about canceling flights, and other types of refunds. Many travelers think about looking on a travel search engine first for the best airline flight fares. However, the individual airline web site may offer the best deal, since they often have “Internet only"deals booked through their own sites. A traveler should always have a credit card available when he or she purchases the ticket, and should make the reservation in the name appearing on the card. The traveler will then be issued an e-ticket for the airline flight, rather than the traditional paper ticket. When he receives flight confirmation, usually through e-mail, he should print out the reservation e-mail and save it with his travel documents.
When booking an airline flight online, the traveler should first______.
Why should a traveler shop around before booking online?
According to the passage, the flight fares may change because of______.
By checking the travel site's policies and fees, the traveler can find out whether______.
What proof should the traveler hold in order to show he or she has booked an airline flight online?
Passage Two
Your boss holds your future prospects in his hands. Some bosses are hard to get along with. Some have excellent qualifications but no idea when it comes to dealing with people. Of course, not all bosses are like that.
The relationship you have with your boss can be a major factor in determining your rise up the career ladder. Your boss is not only your leader, he is also the person best equipped to help you do the job you are paid to do. He can inform you of company direction that may affect your professional development.
Your boss also needs you to perform at your best in order to accomplish his objectives. He needs your feedback in order to provide realistic and useful reports to upper management. But how does this help you establish a meaningful working relationship with your boss?
The key is communication. Learn and understand his goals and priorities. Observe and understand your boss's work style. If you have not been clear with his expectations, ask! Likewise, ask for feedback and accept criticism gracefully. And if he understands that you do not view your job as just something to fill the hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. , he may be more likely to help you.
In short, getting along with your boss requires getting to know his likes and dislikes and learning to work with his personality and management style.
The main idea of the first paragraph is that______.
In the second paragraph, "rise up the career ladder" means______.
In order to achieve his objectives, your boss expects that you will______.
The most important factor for establishing a good working relationship with the boss is______.
The best title for the passage might be______.
Passage Three
There is a measurable relation between how much a person learns and his altitude toward the subject to be learned. When faced with a difficult learning task, one path to success is to concentrate on the positive aspects of the subject matter. If a student has a boring teacher, one solution is to look for the positive aspects of completing the course, regardless of how boring the teacher happens to be. To accomplish this might require a private or some independent reading, but with the right attitude, success is possible.
Over-achievers--students who do better than their test scores show--usually have a positive interest toward learning. They may learn some things more slowly, and they may make more efforts, but, to compensate(补偿)they are often better at applying what they have learned. As long us they do not have emotional problems, they are successful.
Under-achievers--those who function below their ability shown by test scores--often tend lo allow a few negative factors to affect them. Because of their negative attitudes, they sometimes become unfairly critical of teachers. They allow themselves to get bored when it is not necessary. In short, their attitudes often cause them to learn less than over-achievers.
If you learn to replace a negative attitude toward learning with something more positive, you are on the road to achieving almost any goal you desire. For example, if you realize a personal computer with a word processor would improve your performance, but have an attitude that keeps telling you that a computer is difficult to operate , you tend to make all kinds of excuses. In short, you resist making full use of a terrific tool, simply because your negative attitude prevents you from learning.
What does the author think a student should do if he has a boring teacher?
The writer thinks that over-achievers and under-achievers mainly differ in______.
The underlined phrase “function below their ability shown by test scores” means the under-achievers______.
The example of the personal computer shows that______.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Passage Four
In the same way that a child must be able to move his arms and legs before he can learn to walk, the child must physiologically be capable of producing and experiencing particular emotions before these emotions can be modified through learning. Psychologists have found that there are two basic processes by which learning takes place. One kind of learning is called “classical conditioning". This occurs when one event or stimulus is consistently paired with or followed by, a reward or punishment. It is through classical conditioning that a child learns to associates his mother's face and voice with happiness and love, for he learns that this person provides food and comfort. Negative emotions are learned in a similar fashion.
The second kind of learning is called “operant conditioning". This occurs when an individual learns to do things that produce rewards in his environment and learns not to do things that produce punishments. For example, if a mother always attends to her baby when he cries and cuddles him until he is quiet, she may teach him that if he cries he will get attention from mother. Thus, the baby will learn to increase his crying in order to have his mother more.
Every day, we grow and have new experiences. We constantly learn by reading, watching television, interacting with other people, and so forth. This learning affects our emotions. Why is it that we learn to like some people and dislike others? If a person is nice to us, cares about us, we learn to associate this person with positive feelings, such as joy, happiness, and friendliness. On the other hand, if a person is mean to us, does not care about us, and even deliberately does things to harm us, we learn to associate this person with negative feelings, such as unhappiness, discomfort, and anger.
The author' s main purpose in writing the passage is to______.
If your jokes often find a ready echo in a person, you will learn through______that telling jokes to this person is fun, and you will try with greater efforts to be humorous in his presence.
If a child is bitten or startled several times by a dog, he may learn to associate furry animals with pain or startle and thus develop a fear of furry animals. " This is a typical example of learning through______.
In the third paragraph, the author is______.
In the following paragraphs the author will most probably go on to discuss______.
