真題演練（2005.12）
Every week hundreds of CVs (簡歷) land on our desks.
We’ve seen it all: CVs printed on pink paper, CVs that are 10
pages long and CVs with silly mistakes in first paragraph. A ___1___
good CV is your passport to an interview and, ultimate, to ___2___
the job you want.
Initial impressions are vital, and a badly presented CV
could mean acceptance, regardless of what’s in it. ___3___
Here are a few ways to avoid end up on the reject pile. ___4___
Print your CV on good-quality white paper.
CVs with flowery backgrounds or pink paper will
stand out upon all the wrong reasons ___5___
Get someone to check for spelling and grammatical
errors, because a spell-checker will pick up every ___6___
mistake. CVs with errors will be rejected—it shows
that you don’t pay attention to detail.
Restrict your self to one or two pages, and
listing any publications or referees on a separate sheet. ___7___
If you are sending your CV electronically, check the
formatting by sending it to yourself first. Keep up ___8___
the format simple.
Do not send a photo unless specifically requested. If
you have to send on, make sure it is one taking in a ___9___
professional setting, rather than a holiday snap.
Getting the presentation right is just the first step. What
about the content? The Rule here is to keep it factual and
truthful-exaggerations usually get find out. And remember ___10___
to tailor your CV to each different job.
參考答案及解析:
1. first前加the
解析：表示“第幾”時，在序數(shù)詞前面要加上定冠詞the。但是如果把名詞paragraph，lesson等詞放在基數(shù)詞前則不需加定冠詞，例如lesson one等
2. ultimate -> ultimately
修飾后面的句子要用副詞。
3. acceptance -> rejection
根據(jù)上文的badly presented及下文的reject，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)意思是相反的。
4. end -> ending
avoid后面要用V-ing形式。類似的動詞還有practise、resist、delay等，后面接的動詞也要用ing形式。
5. upon -> for
reason應(yīng)該與for搭配。
6. will后加not
本句意思是：讓別人幫你檢查拼寫和語法錯誤，因?yàn)槠磳憴z查器不會檢查出每一個錯誤。
7. listing -> list
這里的list與restrict是并列的，是祈使句，所以要用動詞原形。
8. up -> /
Keep up表示“堅(jiān)持、維持”；keep表示“保持”，可以在后面加上賓語及其補(bǔ)足語。
9. taking -> taken
在此擔(dān)當(dāng)?shù)氖嵌ㄕZ，該動詞修飾前面的one (photo)，而one與該動詞應(yīng)該是被動關(guān)系，the photo is taken.
10. find -> found
Every week hundreds of CVs (簡歷) land on our desks.
We’ve seen it all: CVs printed on pink paper, CVs that are 10
pages long and CVs with silly mistakes in first paragraph. A ___1___
good CV is your passport to an interview and, ultimate, to ___2___
the job you want.
Initial impressions are vital, and a badly presented CV
could mean acceptance, regardless of what’s in it. ___3___
Here are a few ways to avoid end up on the reject pile. ___4___
Print your CV on good-quality white paper.
CVs with flowery backgrounds or pink paper will
stand out upon all the wrong reasons ___5___
Get someone to check for spelling and grammatical
errors, because a spell-checker will pick up every ___6___
mistake. CVs with errors will be rejected—it shows
that you don’t pay attention to detail.
Restrict your self to one or two pages, and
listing any publications or referees on a separate sheet. ___7___
If you are sending your CV electronically, check the
formatting by sending it to yourself first. Keep up ___8___
the format simple.
Do not send a photo unless specifically requested. If
you have to send on, make sure it is one taking in a ___9___
professional setting, rather than a holiday snap.
Getting the presentation right is just the first step. What
about the content? The Rule here is to keep it factual and
truthful-exaggerations usually get find out. And remember ___10___
to tailor your CV to each different job.
參考答案及解析:
1. first前加the
解析：表示“第幾”時，在序數(shù)詞前面要加上定冠詞the。但是如果把名詞paragraph，lesson等詞放在基數(shù)詞前則不需加定冠詞，例如lesson one等
2. ultimate -> ultimately
修飾后面的句子要用副詞。
3. acceptance -> rejection
根據(jù)上文的badly presented及下文的reject，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)意思是相反的。
4. end -> ending
avoid后面要用V-ing形式。類似的動詞還有practise、resist、delay等，后面接的動詞也要用ing形式。
5. upon -> for
reason應(yīng)該與for搭配。
6. will后加not
本句意思是：讓別人幫你檢查拼寫和語法錯誤，因?yàn)槠磳憴z查器不會檢查出每一個錯誤。
7. listing -> list
這里的list與restrict是并列的，是祈使句，所以要用動詞原形。
8. up -> /
Keep up表示“堅(jiān)持、維持”；keep表示“保持”，可以在后面加上賓語及其補(bǔ)足語。
9. taking -> taken
在此擔(dān)當(dāng)?shù)氖嵌ㄕZ，該動詞修飾前面的one (photo)，而one與該動詞應(yīng)該是被動關(guān)系，the photo is taken.
10. find -> found