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【題目】People are seeking for opportunities that will assist them in reaching their goals. Marketing yourself can be a good choice, which can help you achieve your goals. Though when people talk about marketing, they usually think that this is about producing a sale, it does not necessarily have to be.

If you are an employee then you want your boss to take your ideas, and if you are on a job hunting then you want to find a good position. So in reality, marketing really leads to sale. So marketing yourself means you are simply “selling” yourself!

The common problem in marketing yourself is that most people think that it is unpleasant to market themselves. They think that marketing concerns only to a business. Of course, this is absolutely not true. People who want to attain the success they desire must promote themselves.

Marketing yourself is a useful tool. The better you market yourself, the more opportunities you will have. Marketing yourself does not really mean telling every person how beautiful and wonderful you are. It means letting your prospective employer know that you exist or you can do something better.

There are actually several different ways of marketing yourself. But there are only two primary ways that you carry out. The first is to find ways to reach out to others and the second is to construct ways in order for the people to find you and make connection with you.

To reach out and touch the lives of others, you have to be a good person and a good employee. In that way your good reputation will follow naturally. Have a brief and concise message that you can share with others. When you market yourself, you tell people who you are and what you can do for others. Plan well and practice your message.

In constructing ways for the people to notice and make connection with you, you must be open to them. Communication is a great opportunity to make an impact especially when you market yourself. You also communicate by what you are wearing. Know the appropriate dress code and have plenty of time to decide what you will wear. Just remember to make a great first impression!

【1】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Marketing yourself is a business.

B. The subject of marketing yourself.

C. The ways of marketing yourself.

D. The problems of marketing yourself.

【2】According to the passage, as to marketing themselves, most people tend to feel ______.

A. confident B. cheerful

C. terrible D. appropriate

【3】In order to market yourself well, you can do these things EXCEPT ______.

A. be open to others B. praise yourself

C. wear appropriately D. have a brief and clear message

【4】From the passage, we can infer that people good at marketing themselves must be______.

A. communicative B. humorous

C. hardworking D. beautiful

Answer 1

【答案】Marketing yourself can be a good choice。B選項The subject of marketing yourself.

【解析】人人都是推銷者，人的一生就是在不斷推銷自己—不論是在工作、生活或是愛情中，推銷自己，是為了讓別人注意到自己，成為人生舞臺上的主角；推銷自己，是讓更多的人接收自己，自然地融入人際關系中；推銷自己，是完美地展現自己，真正實現人生價值。

【1】主旨大意題。根據首段Marketing yourself can be a good choice, which can help you achieve your goals.可知本文介紹了“自我推銷”這個話題。故選B。

【2】細節理解題。根據第三段The common problem in marketing yourself is that most people think that it is unpleasant to market themselves. They think that marketing concerns only to a business.可知大部分人認為自我推銷是不好的事情，他們認為推銷只和商業有關系。所以感覺推銷自己很糟糕。故選C。

【3】細節理解題。根據第四段Marketing yourself does not really mean telling every person how beautiful and wonderful you are.可知 “自我推銷”時不要一直贊揚自己，題干要求選出不能做的事情。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據最后一段In constructing ways for the people to notice and make connection with you, you must be open to them. Communication is a great opportunity to make an impact especially when you market yourself可知本文 “自我推銷”時，你要擅長交流溝通。故選A。