Question

The purpose of a letter of application(求職信) is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state ___1___ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___2___. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without ___3___ out any necessary facts.

In writing a letter of application, keep in ___4___ that the things a possible employer is most ___5___ to want to know about are your qualifications(條件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___6___ the first few sentences fail to ___7___ the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be ___8___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___9___ your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your ___10___ in today’s newspaper,” you might say “I have made a careful ___11___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___12___ your product and why they like it. ”

Try to ___13___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___14___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___15___ in a letter? Employers want experience—which, naturally, no ___16___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___17___.

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___18___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___19___ is to enclose(內(nèi)附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___20___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.

1. A. clearly          B. carefully      C. obviously               D. easily

2. A. found           B. done              C. known              D. heard

3. A. sending         B. taking            C. leaving              D. picking

4. A. brain            B. sight              C. order                D. mind

5. A. probable         B. possible         C. likely                D. able

6. A. While           B. Although        C. As                 D. If

7. A. pay             B. win               C. show                D. fix

8. A. kept                 B. continued          C. written              D. read

9. A. to                B. for                C. into                  D. from

10. A. advertisement    B. report        C. article               D. introduction

11. A. watch         B. search             C. study              D. discussion

12. A. change        B. make              C. sell                 D. use

13. A. avoid          B. remember          C. protect                   D. gain

14. A. losing         B. applying          C. preparing            D. fitting

15. A. offer           B. supply              C. mean              D. provide

16. A. worker       B. beginner          C. owner         D. manager

17. A. success       B. development      C. practice              D. experience

18. A. Make          B. Ask             C. State                D. Get

19. A. result          B. decision           C. promise             D. idea

20. A. happier       B. easier               C. cheaper             D. safer

Answer 1

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解析:

本文是敘述怎樣寫求職信。

1. A。表示“清楚地”說明你想要找的工作。

2. B。根據(jù)前面“你的能力是什么”，可知后面是“你已經(jīng)‘做’了些什么工作”。

3. C。根據(jù)后面的 any necessary facts 判斷，不要“遺漏”任何必要的事實。

4. D。keep in mind 是固定短語，意思是“記住”。

5. C。表示可能，后面跟不定式只能用 likely，其余選項都不正確。

6. D。根據(jù)下文的主句判斷，前面是條件句，因此選 if。

7. B。從后面主句中 the rest of the letter may not be… 可得出答案，如果前面的一些句子不能“贏得”讀者的注意的話。

8. D。根據(jù)上文，如果起初幾句話不能引起讀者注意的話，其余部分就可能不會再“讀”了。

9. A。根據(jù)前面兩個 to 得出答案。

10. A。因為是應(yīng)聘者，所以在報紙上看到的是“廣告”。

11. C。根據(jù)上文，應(yīng)聘者是從報紙上看到的招聘廣告，經(jīng)過“研究”之后才來應(yīng)聘的。

12. D。根據(jù)后面的 product(產(chǎn)品)判斷應(yīng)是“使用”。

13. A。根據(jù)下文判斷要弄清楚具體應(yīng)聘的工作，以“避免”籠統(tǒng)性。

14. B。根據(jù)上下文所敘述的是“應(yīng)聘”之事可得出答案。

15. D。根據(jù)句意“在信中提供的是什么”得出答案，而supply是“供給、供應(yīng)”不符句意。

16. B。根據(jù)前面的“first”一詞判斷答案是“beginner”。

17. D。根據(jù)句意“你做的任何工作可稱做“經(jīng)驗”(experience)得出答案。

18. A。根據(jù)下文得出答案“為了應(yīng)聘‘做’一些特殊的要求或需要”。

19. D。根據(jù)后面“隨信內(nèi)附一個貼有郵票，寫有你的地址的信封”是一個好的“建議”。

20. B。根據(jù)上一句所說，這樣“更容易”使雇者與你聯(lián)系