2012年職稱英語考試《理工類B級(jí)》模擬題(6)

　　第三篇 How to Interview People

　　Interviewing (采訪) is one of those skills that you can only get better at. You will never again feel so ill at ease as when you try it for the first time， and you‘ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she may be too shy to reveal. But at least half of the skill is mechanical. The rest is instinct， which can all be learned with experience.

　　The basic tool for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils. But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. There‘s nothing less likely to relax A person than the arrival of someone with A note-taking pad. Both sort of person you’re dealing with， getting him or her to trust you.

　　Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can. If you are interviewing A town official， know his voting record. If it‘s an actor， know what plays he has been in. You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.

　　Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. This fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed， he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him. Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting， and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.

　　This doesn‘t necessarily mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before， and they will get used to the process awkwardly， perhaps not giving you anything that you can use. Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it–proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn‘t really want to.

　　41 The word “reveal” (paragraph 1) could best be replaced by

　　A “ask”

　　B “question”

　　C “give”

　　D “seek”

　　42 According to the passage， during an interview notebooks or paper should

　　A never be used

　　B be used only when necessary

　　C be kept at home

　　D be given to the interviewee

　　43 The writer of the passage suggests that before interviewing A person， you should

　　A have A good rest

　　B visit A town official

　　C meet an actor

　　D make preparations

　　44 It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that most men and women

　　A are afraid to meet interviewers

　　B hate being interviewed

　　C like being interviewed

　　D fear to speak to outsiders

　　45 According to the passage， if A person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything useful， what should you do?

　　A Arrange another interview

　　B Give him or her A bad score

　　C Wait until he or she calms down

　　D Try to make him or her trust you

　　參考答案：C 　B　 D　 C 　A