6. This article is mostly about how to _________.
(A) interview for a job
(B) please your boss
(C) get along with co-workers
(D) get and keep a job
7. In paragraph 2, the word “maximize” mean to ________.
(A) talk about
(B) make the most of
(C) be modest about
(D) play down
8. The author states that the one thing you should never do during an interview is ______.
(A) list your successes in previous jobs
(B) promote your qualifications for the job
(C) tell your potential boss about the projects you’ve worked on
(D) make negative comments about your former employer
9. The author provides his views on winning and holding a new job by _______.
(A) offering suggestions
(B) presenting facts and statistics
(C) describing extreme situations
(D) telling stories
10. In the passage, the author recommends all of the following EXCEPT _______.
(A) making a point of telling your supervisor what you have done
(B) taking part in non-business-related activities(C) going on boasting about your successes and achievements
(D) giving the employer an idea on how to run his other business
Questions 11~15
5 Steps to Living Longer
1
Watch Your Temper
Scientists have long believed that Type A’s—those people driven by ambition, hard work and tight deadlines—were most prone to heart attacks. But it’s not striving for goals that leads to disease; rather, it’s being hostile, angry and cynical.
Suggests Mittleman: if stress mounts so high that you begin snapping at people, “Ask yourself, ‘Is it worth having a heart attack over this?’”
2
Lighten Your Dark Moods
For years, evidence linking depression to an increased risk of heart attack has been growing. Johns Hopkins researchers interviewed 1551 people who were free of heart disease in the early 1980s and again 14 years later. Those who reported having experienced major depression were four times as likely to have a heart attack as those who had not been depressed.
Exercise is an often overlooked antidepressant. In a study at Duke University, 60 percent of clinically depressed people who took a brisk 30-miute walk or jog at least three times a week were no longer depressed after 16weeks.
3
Flatten That Belly
More than 50 years ago French scientist Jean Vague noted that people with a lot of upper-body fat (those who looked like apples rather than pears) often developed heart disease, diabetes and other ailments. But it wasn’t until the introduction of CT and MRI scans that doctors discovered that a special kind of fat, visceral fat, located within the abdomen, was strongly linked to these diseases.
According to the National Institutes of Health, there’s trouble brewing when your waist measures 35 inches or more if you’re a woman, and 40 inches or more if you’re a man. And that’s regardless of height.
4
Limit Your Bad Habits
Heavy drinking. Moderate drinkers may be the least likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome, while alcoholics are the most likely. In part that’s because, pound for pound, they carry more abdominal fat. In one Swedish study, researchers found that male alcoholics carried 48 percent of their body fat within the abdomen, compared with 38 percent for teetotalers.
Cigarette smoking. Smoking is dangerous for reasons besides lung cancer or emphysema. Some 60 minutes after smoking a cigarette, one study revealed, smokers still showed elevated levels of cortical, which promotes abdominal fat storage.
Over-caffeinating. Moderate caffeine consumption doesn’t seem to be harmful for most people. But recent studies suggest that when men who have both high blood pressure and a family history of hypertension drink a lot of caffeinated coffee while under job stress, they may experience a dangerous rise in blood pressure.
5
Rev Up Your Metabolism
A new understanding of how disease sets up shop in your body focuses on metabolism—the sum of physical and chemical reactions necessary to maintain life. This approach reveals that a healthy metabolic profile counts for more than cardiovascular fitness or weight alone.
As Glenn A. Gaesser, professor of exercise physiology at the University of Virginia, notes, “Metabolic fitness is one of the best safeguards against heart disease, stroke and diabetes.”
11. The phrase “snapping at” (Step 1: Watch Your Temper) is closest in meaning to ______.
(A) judging severely
(B) declaring publicly
(C) answering rudely
(D) understanding wrongly
12. According to the passage, which of the following people are liable to incur and suffer from heart attacks(A) Those whose waist measures 35 inches or less.
(B) Those who take a brisk 20-minute walk twice a week.
(C) Those who have experienced major depression.
(D) Those who have been striving for goals.
13. Stress may lead to all of the following EXCEPT _______.
(A) hostile disposition
(B) cynical behaviour
(C) over-caffeinating
(D) great ambition
14. According to the passage, what kind of people are teetotalers (Step 4: Limit Your Bad Habits)?
(A) Non-alcoholics.
(B) Heavy drinkers.
(C) Chain smokers.
(D) Non-smokers.
15. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
(A) There is trouble brewing when your waist measures 35 inches or less.
(B) Metabolic fitness might prevent people from having heart disease.
(C) Moderate drinkers may be the most likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome.
(D) Moderate caffeine consumption seems to be harmful for most people.