When you meet someone for the first time, do ...

When you meet someone for the first time, do you put across a good impression? And what do we mean by “good” in the context? According to Presence, a new book by Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, people assess you on two main criteria when they first meet you:1. Can I trust this person? 2. Can I respect this person?

Your level of trustworthiness, or warmth, is the most important factor in how people initially admire you, Cuddy says—yet many mistakenly believe that the second factor, characterized as competence, is more important. “From an evolutionary aspect,” Cuddy writes, “it is more important to our survival to know whether a person deserves our trust.”

While displaying competence is certainly beneficial, particularly in a work setting, Cuddy warns that focusing on winning people’s respect, while failing to win their trust, can backfire—a common problem for young professionals attempting to make a good impression early on in their careers.

“If someone you’re trying to influence doesn’t trust you, you’re not going to get very far”, Cuddy says, “A warm, trustworthy person who is also strong elicits(博得) admiration, but only after you’ve established trust does your strength become a gift rather than a threat.”

In Cuddy’s book she also explains some of the science that can help you spot a liar.

When a person is lying there is likely to be differences between what they are saying and what they are doing,

“Lying is hard work,” she writes, “We’re telling one story while suppressing(压制)another, and most of us are experiencing psychological guilt about doing this, which we’re also try ring suppress. We just don’t have the brainpower to manage it all without letting something go—without ‘leaking’.”

“It’s about how well or poorly our multiple channels of communications—facial expressions, posture, movement, vocal qualities, speech-co-operate,” she adds.

“When we’re consciously looking for signs of cheat or truth, we pay too much attention to words and not enough to the external body language,” the professor adds. “Truth reveals itself more clearly through actions than it does through our words.”

1.According to Amy Cuddy, which is most significant in putting across a good impression?

A. Level of knowledge.

B. Level of reliability.

C. Level of competence.

D. Level of flexibility.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “backfire” in the passage?

A. Cause something unpleasant to happen.

B. Add more fuel to make a bigger fire.

C. Have an unexpected and undesired effect.

D. Walk backwards and make a fire.

3.Which of the following is NOT true of Professor Cuddy’s concepts?

A. Trust is more important than respect to win a good impression in meeting people for the first time.

B. Young people tend to win people’s respect instead of winning people’s trust early in their careers.

C. How far away a person goes depends on whether he or she establishes trust among people around.

D. Liars are unlikely to be identified in that their words match their actions well.

4.What can be learned according to the passage?

A. Some people tend to think displaying competence to gain respect makes a good impression.

B. A liar always experiences a feeling of guilt when a lie is leaked.

C. When multiple channels of communication co-operate poorly, a liar can hardly be spotted.

D. Words and actions are equally significant in deciding whether a person is trustworthy.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.

A. sense             B. practice         C. scene        D. rule

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.

A．sense          B．practice          C．scene             D．rule

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

— Remember the first time we meet Jim?

—Of course I do. You ________  in the library.

A. had read      B. were reading      C. have read         D. read

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

——where did you meet Michael Jackson for the first time ?

——It’s in Hilton Tokyo hotel______he lived during his global tour.

A that B where C which  D what

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I  was 36the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final 37. During the test，the girl 38 next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me 39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that 40  was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been 41 the teacher asked me to 42 in the room when all the other students  43 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about 44it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand 45your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact   that when people do something dishonest，they really 47themselves．She made me promise that I would think 48about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could 49. I walked out of the room wondering 40 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked 51I was copying answers 52the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t 53 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. 54I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor 55letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．

1.                A．from           B．on             C．in   D．at

2.                A．lesson          B．test            C．class D．papers

3.                A．seat           B．seating         C．sitting    D．sit

4.                A．whether        B．why            C．where    D．that

5.                A．one           B．that            C．it    D．hers

6.                A．handed         B．turned in        C．given out D．marked

7.                A．work           B．read           C．stay  D．study

8.                A．gone out        B．were studying    C．were there    D．were dismissed

9.                A．how           B．why            C．what D．which

10.               A．by            B．on            C．to    D．with

11.               A．honesty        B．faith           C．confidence D．reliability

12.               A．improve        B．punish         C．cheat D．help

13.               A．well           B．highly          C．honestly   D．seriously

14.               A．leave          B．go on          C．sit down   D．refuse

15.               A．if             B．whether        C．why  D．how

16.               A．like            B．as though       C．as    D．that

17.               A．for            B．by             C．from  D．at

18.               A．mentioned      B．asked          C．answered  D．realized

19.               A．Long before     B．As long as       C．Just as D．Even though

20.               A．with           B．by             C．in    D．through

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.

I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of

my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1.The story took place（发生） exactly ____________ .

2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____________ .

3. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .

4.The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____________ .

5.The boy knew everything ____________ .

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

---Do you think you could do it without help?

---______. This is not the first time for me.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

–Do you suppose you could do it without help, Jack?

—______. This is not the first time for me.

A. Not likely.              B. Not exactly  C. Don’t worry.         D. I’m afraid not.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析