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Fall is a time when career regrets become stronger than during the relaxing summer months. New jobs appear on job boards, and many colleagues and friends move on to new careers or go off to graduate sch001. If you aren’t moving with them, you can become vulnerable (脆弱的) to "should have"thinking.
The"should haves"are hard to turn off. "I should have gotten that promotion" "I should have never chosen Public Relations." These "should haves" eat at you, particularly if you are comparing your careers to the careers of others.
Thinking a lot about what you should have done is especially destructive because it carries a feeling of futility(徒劳). Once that happens, anger and hate build up, and you quit trying. This is painfully obvious to others—you won’t get the best assignments and honestly, people avoid those who have bad attitudes. Instead of being upset about the negative, you have to change your thinking altogether.
The right approach is to replace the"should haves’’with"what ifs". Evelyn’s family persuaded her to go into accounting(会计), but after five miserable years at a financial services firm she still regretted not following her passion into music. She believed it was"too late to change now". and"I’d never be able to support myself. "
But when she started thinking about "what ifs’’ instead of "should haves". Evelyn’s attitude changed. She asked, "What if 1 work in an environment where there are lots of musicians and music?" The "what ifs" lead her to target accounting jobs in music departments of universities or in other music organizations. While she was looking, she volunteered to help a local music school Push out its books on Quick Books. When she mentioned her interest in a career change to some people on the board of the music school, they helped her get started networking in the music world. Now she is the financial administrator of a large music festival, where she gets flee music lessons with the performers.
If career regrets attack you this tall, get a few friends together, gain a little knowledge of yourself and try asking a different question：What if?
36. Which of the following is true?
A, Many people are strongl5’influenced by"should haves".
B. Many colleagues left school because of the"should haves".
C. Workers should change their thinking to rid of bad moods.
D. It’s easy to change the"should haves"thinking of workers.
37. The"should haves"can bring the effects EXCEPT
A. leaving school. B. worse assignments C。bad attitudes D. a sense of uselessness
38. Evelyn’s attitude changes from ____________.
A. being discouraged to being aggressive B. being unconfident to being positive
C. being powerless to being regretful. D. being disappointed to being optimistic
39. It can NOT be inferred from Paragraph 4&5 that ___________.
A. Evelyn became the administrator about music directly
B. Evelyn still loved music after five miserable years.
C. Evelyn was happy to work as an administrator about music
D. Evelyn achieved success due to the thinking of"what ifs"
40. The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.
A. warn people to be careful of"should haves" B. describe the need to change one’s perspective
C. provide people with suggestions on careers D. make people change attitude when necessary.
D
In China, as in many countries, the north—south divide runs deep. People from the north are seen as hale and hearty, while southerners are often portrayed as cunning, cultured traders. Northerners are taller than southerners. The north eat noodles, while the south eat rice ——and according to new research, when it comes to personality, that difference has meant everything.
A study published Friday by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China's noodle。slurping northerners are more individualistic, show more"analytic thought"and divorce more frequently. By contrast, the authors write, rice-eating southerners show more hallmarks traditionally associated with East Asian culture. including more"holistic thought" and lower divorce rates.
The reason? Cultivating rice, the authors say, is a lot harder. Picture a rice paddy. its delicate seedlings tucked in a bed of water. They require careful tending and many hours of labor——by some estimates, twice as much as wheat--一as well as reliance on irrigation systems that require neighborly cooperation. As the authors write, for southerners growing rice. "strict self-reliance might have meant starvation. "
Growing wheat, by contrast, the north’s staple grain, is much simpler. One Chinese farming guide from the 1600s quoted in the study advised aspiring farmers that "if one is short of labor power, it is best to grow wheat. "
To produce their findings, the authors evaluated the attitudes of 1,162 Han Chinese students in Beijing and Liaoning in the north and in Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and Sichuan in the south. To control for other factors that distinguish the north and south--such as climate, dialect and contact with herding cultures——the authors also analyzed differences between various neighboring counties in five central provinces along China's rice. wheat border.
According to the authors, the influence of rice cultivation can help explain East Asia's"strangely persistent interdependence. "For example, they say South Korea and Japan have remained less individualistic than Western countries, even as they’ve grown more wealthy.
41. What does"that difference"in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The north-south divide.
B. The north show warm heartfelt and friendliness while the south practicality and cleverness
C. The north eat noodles while the south eat rice.
D. Northerners and southerners.
42. Which of the following is Not true according to Paragraph 2?
A. In China, the northerners mainly live on noodles traditionally.
B. Divorce rates have nothing to do with individualistic culture.
C. Analytic thought is more typical of the northern culture.
D. Holistic thought is connected with rice—eating culture.
43. How does the author show the reasons for the difference in north—south personalities?
A. By explaining. B. By giving examples. C. By reasoning. D. By making comparison.
44. We can infer from the passage that ____________.
A. the north are more selfish and have higher divorce rates
B. it is a better choice for IIS to be a southerner in China
C. the southerners are more easy—going and cooperative
D. growing wheat is easier than growing rice in a way
45. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Cultures and Personality.
B. Wheat and Rice：How China’S Farming Culture Shapes Personalities
C. Noodles Eaters and Rice Eaters：What are the Differences?
D. Analytic Thought and Holistic Thought
