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2009年6月大学英语四级考试真题 Part II Reading Comprehension （Skimming and Scanning） （15 minutes） 　　Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）B）C） and D） For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. How Do You See Diversity? 关于多样性的看法问题? 　　As a manager,Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company. During one interview [int?vju:], she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise. 　　He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. 　　【2】“It wasn’t until I attended [?tendid] a diversity / daiv?:s?ti / workshop that I realized [ri?laizd] the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses [k?nfes]. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American [,ei??n?merik?n] raised [reizd] in a household where respect for those [e?uz] in authority [?:θ?r?ti] was shown by averting [?v?:t]（避开） your eyes. [ai] 　　“I was just thrown off by the lack of ye[ai] contact; not realizing it was cultural [k?lt??r?l],” Tiffany says. “I missed [mist] out, but will not miss that opportunity again.” 　　Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand [iksp?nd] our understanding of others后面省略(culture) 根据上一段得到 and to reexamine some of our false assumptions (about culture). 同样省略 　　Hire Advantage [?dv:ntid?] 　　At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers