Many women work in big companies，but in the boardrooms of most big companies, women are in the _______.
A. scarcity B. minority C. majority D. popularity
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Many women work in big companies，but in the boardrooms of most big companies, women are in the _______.
A. scarcity B. minority C. majority D. popularity
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Advances in artificial intelligence and the use of big data are changing the way many large companies recruit (招募) entry level and junior management positions. These days, graduates’ CVs may well have to impress an algorithm (算法) rather than an (human resources) manager.
While algorithms supposedly treat each application equally, experts are divided about whether so-called robo-recruitment promises an end to human prejudice in the selection process —or whether it may in fact add to it.
“AI systems are not all equal,” says Loren Larsen, chief technology officer for HireVue, which has developed an automated video interview analysis system. “I think you have to look at the science team behind the work,” says Mr Larsen.
The problem, experts say, is that to find the best candidates an algorithm has first to be told what “good” looks like in any given organization. Even if it is not given criteria that seem discriminatory, a powerful machine-learning system will quickly be able to copy the characteristics of existing workers. If an organization has favoured white male graduates from well-known universities, the algorithm will learn to select more of the same.
The growing dependence on automation to judge suitability for everything from a loan to a job worries Yuriy Brun, an associate professor specializing in software engineering. “It takes a lot of the time for a company to put out software but it doesn’t know if it is discriminatory” he says. Prof Brun explains that, considering the use of big data, algorithms will unavoidably learn to discriminate.
Many of those working with robo-recruiters are more optimistic. Kate Glazebrook, the leader and co-founder of Applied, a hiring platform, says her task is to encourage hiring manager to move away from such indicators of quality as schools or universities and move to more evidence-based methods. When candidates complete tests online, Applied hides their names and shows the tests the candidates have completed, question by question, to human assessors. Every stage of the process has been designed to remove prejudice.
With the same aim, Unilever decided in 2016 to switch to a more automated process for its graduate-level entry programme. Unilever worked with HireVue, Amberjack, which provides and advises on automated recruitment processes, and Pymetrics, another high volume recruitment company, which developed a game-based test in which candidates are scored on their ability to take risks and learn from mistakes, as well as on emotional intelligence. Unilever says the process has increased the ethnic diversity of its listed candidates and has been more successful at selecting candidates who will eventually be hired.
“The things that we can do right now are impressive, but not as impressive as we’re going to be able to do next year or the year after,” says Mr Larsen.
Still, robo-recruiters must be regularly tested in case prejudice has occurred without anyone realizing it, says Frida Polli, the leader and co-founder of Pymetrics. “The majority of algorithmic tools are most likely causing prejudice to continue existing. The good ones should be examined.”
1.What’s the purpose of adopting automated recruitment processes according to the passage?
A. For the sake of fairness.
B. For the purpose of cutting down costs.
C. To relieve the pressure of staff.
D. To favor graduates from well-known universities.
2.The automated process Unilever adopted in 2016 for its graduate-level entry programme ________.
A. was found to have prejudice
B. was copied by many other companies
C. scored the candidates on their ethnic backgrounds
D. turned out to be less or not racially discriminatory
3.According to Mr Larsen, robo-recruitment ________.
A. is good enough for wide use now
B. is not suitable for practical use now
C. will do better and better in the near future
D. will completely replace HR staff within two years
4.Frida Polli stresses in the last paragraph that algorithmic tools ________.
A. need routine checks
B. will unavoidably have prejudice
C. are mostly good and effective
D. must be combined with human staff
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Working abroad for many years, he has made a big _______ and started a company of his own.
A. difference B. fortune C. progress D. breakthrough
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Many children, ____ parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village.
A．their B．of them C．whose D．with whom
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Many children, __parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village.
| A．that | B．whose | C．which | D．whom |
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Many children, _____ parents are way working in big cities, are taken good care of in the villages.
A. their B. who C. whose D. with whom
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Many of the big world sports events are _______by wealthy big companies, who hope to advertise their companies or their products.
A. organized B. arranged C. hosted D. sponsored
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Many famous painters worked in Antwerp during the city’s period of greatest power but Peter Paul Rubens is undoubtedly the most famous one of them. Known as Rubens House, the palace-like residence(大宅) and studio where Rubens worked and lived from 1616 until his death in 1640 is now one of Antwerp’s most visited museums.
Almost all of the works Rubens and his students created in the Rubens House have been dispersed (分散) over major museums across the whole world, but there is still an impressive collection well worth the visit. Besides paintings form the master himself you will find other works of art and furniture of the 17th century as well as paintings from his students, including works by Jacob Jordaens and Anthony Van Dyck.
The Rubens House was not only a studio but also a meeting place for the rich and famous. His clients(委托人) included wealthy merchants, diplomats, and there were also many noblemen who often visited his studio to see how work progressed. The Rubens House even had a special viewing area which allowed visitors to see the artists at work.
Ruben bought the house at the beginning of the 17th century after his eight-year-long stay in Italy. Influenced by Italian architecture, he rebuilt the building into an Italian-styled palace with a beautiful garden and moved in the house in 1616.
After his death the building was sold. New owners modified the building greatly and by 1937, when the building was purchased by the city of Antwerp, it hardly resembled the original structure.
The impressive entrance hall, which connected the studio and the residence, is one of the few parts that survived. Other parts have been carefully restored and reconstructed after original plans and paintings of the house.
1.As a museum, the Rubens House is popular because ________.
A. it lies in the famous city of Antwerp
B. it holds all the works by Rubens and his students
C. there are many people who enjoy visiting it
D. Rubens, a great artist, lived and worked there
2.We can learn from the third paragraph that ________.
A. the Rubens House was popular with upper-class people
B. the Rubens House was the best studio in its time
C. Rubens’s students included noblemen and diplomats
D. people were not allowed to view the artists working
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. Thanks to its great painters, Antwerp became a rich city.
B. Ruben possibly showed strong interest in Italian buildings.
C. Antwerp must be a historical city in Italy.
D. The Rubens House was completely rebuilt before 1937.
4.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the text?
A. Rubens created his works by working with his students.
B. A beautiful garden was added to the Rubens House by new owners.
C. Today’s Rubens House looks like its original structure.
D. The Rubens House is decorated with furniture of the 17th century.
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There Really Was a Santa Claus
Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her _______ was to go to the post office every day and _______ the company mail. One day in December, she _______ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus _______ on the corner of the street. Each day she _______ her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and _______ her a Merry Christmas.
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause _______ stood in the cold wind. _______ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
A week later, a(n) _______ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ________ today.” She prayed for his health.
Later that day, a colleague came into her office ________. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague ________, “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ________ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady ________ her colleague,“I’m sure everything will ________. It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ________, “I know we don’t have much money to ________, but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t ________ to buy anything for ourselves but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”
She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ________ her body. He held her and realized that ________ really was a Santa Claus — and he had married her!
1.A. family B. job C. life D. religion
2.A. receive B. go through C. answer D. pick up
3.A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed
4.A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing
5.A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw
6.A. send B. offer C. wish D. tell
7.A. even B. just C. yet D. still
8.A. After B. If C. Since D. Although
9.A. honest B. strong C. considerate D. new
10.A. sad B. sick C. cold D. poor
11.A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble
12.A. concluded B. continued C. decided D. commented
13.A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise
14.A. reminded B. amused C. fooled D. comforted
15.A. come back B. work out C. run out D. open up
16.A. message B. suggestion C. example D. situation
17.A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay
18.A. offer B. afford C. promise D. help
19.A. off B. to C. among D. through
20.A. it B. there C. this D. that
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Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 35 . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She 36 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk 37 she was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it. They were 38 . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried joyfully. She then 39 for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 40 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very 41 and Nancy did everything 42 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 43 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 44 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 45 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk 46 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 47 with “Records of managers' meetings”, and 48 the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company 49 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
1.A. depressed B. excited C. encouraged D. surprised
2.A. pushed B. forced C. turned D. knocked
3.A. that B. which C. there D. where
4.A. old B. fresh C. good D. sweet
5.A. looked up B. looked at C. looked around D. looked down
6.A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
7.A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
8.A. at B. in C. for D. with
9.A. devoted B. focused C. buried D. made
10.A. sender B. receiver C. manager D. waiter
11.A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
12.A. asking for B. waiting for C. looking for D. searching for
13.A. marked B. given C. used D. signed
14.A. glanced at B. stared at C. glared at D. looked at
15.A. has ordered B. has said C. has decided D. has demanded
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