6．Companies are searching for talent outside their home countries because________.
A. they need to expand their business globally
B. they have difficulty hiring employees at home
C. they can benefit from international professionals
D. foreign employees are more capable than those at home
7．According to the passage, professionals looking for international careers________.
A．are usually creative and have the initiative
B．are no longer satisfied with their own life at home
C．aim to improve their foreign language skills
D．aim at opportunities for themselves and their children
8．When it comes to résumé writing, it is advisable to________.
A．take cultural factors into consideration
B．learn about the company’s hiring process
C．follow appropriate guidelines for job hunting
D．find out the employer’s personal likes and dislikes
9．When writing about qualifications in the résumé, job applicants are advised to________.
A．emphasize their academic potential to impress the decision maker
B．start with the title of the degree they have obtained at home
C．provide a detailed description of their studies and work experiences
D．show intense interest in pursuing international careers
10．According to the author’s last piece of advice, job applicants should be aware of __________.
A．the different educational systems in the US and the UK
B．the differences between American English and British English
C．the recipient’s preference with regard to résumé format
D．the distinctive features of American and British cultures
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
On a January day in 1975, Ken and Catalina Brugger wandered through an ancient forest in Mexico on a high mountain slope eighty miles west of Mexico City .The air was damp and cool. The sky was cloudy, so little light reached through the trees. As the Bruggers walked along, they realized they were hearing a quiet, constant noise. It was like rain falling on the fir tress. But there was no rain. They looked around for the source of the sound. Suddenly, sunlight broke through the clouds and lit up the forest. The Bruggers gasped in delight. All around them, the trees shimmered with the beating of brilliant orange and black wings. The Bruggers were surrounded by millions of monarch butterflies, resting in their winter home.
The Brugger’s discovery was important in the world of butterfly study. Butterfly lovers knew that, late every summer, monarchs migrate from Canada into Mexico. More than 300 million of the fragile creatures make the 2,500-mile flight. But no one knew what became of the butterflies once they reached Mexico. Within the next few years, twelve more monarch roosts were discovered. They were all along the same mountain range where the Bruggers had made their find. Now the mystery was solved.
The monarch’s stay in Mexico is just one part of an amazing life cycle. Every spring, in Mexico, female monarchs lay enormous numbers of eggs. One female may lay more than four hundred a month. She attaches her eggs to milkweed plants. The milkweed provides a perfect first home for the young monarchs .Because milkweed is poisonous to most creatures, birds and other butterfly enemies avoid it. But monarchs love milkweed. The eggs hatch in three to twelve days, and out come worm-like larve（幼虫）which feed on the milkplant. The poison does not hurt them. But it does have an important effect. It makes the monarch as poisonous the plant was. A bird that eats a monarch will become very sick—and never eat another one. |
