When people try to combat stress, their brain needs a good rest, so listening to music is
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The same goes for all other levels, too. A simple "Hmmm" instead of "OK" can change a $25,000 salary into $28,000 and finance your new computer system. $45,000 can be pushed to $30,000, affording you that much-needed two-week vacation.
Anybody can negotiate a better salary. An extra $0.50, $1, or even a $3—5 an hour increase seldom exceeds a company's phone bill! From your perspective it's a ten-to fifty-percent raise. From their perspective, an extra fifty cents an hour costs them only as much as an extra hour of long-distance calls a week—something most businesses do without a second thought.
Don't worry that the employer will change his or her mind about hiring you just because you ask for more. Going through the whole recruiting-interviewing-hiring process again will cost a company much more than $1,000—5,000 anyway in the long run. Odds(可能性) are, you'll get that little extra, and the employer will still consider it a good bargain to avoid that hassle(麻烦).
What will happen if you give a "Hmmm" response when your boss says, "$4.65 an hour"?
A. Your boss will be angry.
B. You may be fired.
C. Your wage may be frozen.
D. You may get some extra money.
听力原文:Who paid for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps?
(16)
A. The British government.
B. The individual post offices.
C. Either the sender or the receiver of a letter.
D. The queen.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A , B, C, and D.
If I ______ out of my ink, I would have finished writing the composition.
A. didn't run
B. shouldn't have run
C. haven't run
D. hadn't run
听力原文:W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It's an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really? I didn't know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge?
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here's a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
8. What picture did the first postage stamps bear?
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A picture of the British coat of arms.
B. A picture of the queen's palace.
C. A picture of Rowland Hill.
D. A picture of Queen Victoria.