A phone interview sounds easy, doesn’t it? You don’t have to get dressed in your best interview attire, travel to a company’s office, or interview one-on-one with a hiring manager. Instead, you’re interviewing on the phone from the comfort of home. Read the following tips for how to conduct a phone interview and what not to do when you’re interviewing via the telephone. Create a checklist. Review the job posting and make a list of how your qualifications match the hiring criteria. Have the list available so you can glance at it during the interview. Also have a copy of your resume in clear view, so you don’t have to remember what you did when. Research the job and the company. Take some time to research the job and the company. The more prepared you are for the interview, the smoother it will go. Get rid of the distractions. Interview in a private quiet space. That means securing a babysitter if you have small children at home and kicking the dog, the cat, and the rest of the household members out of your interview space. Have questions to ask the interviewer ready. Be prepared to respond when the interviewer asks whether you have any questions for him or her. Take notes. It’s hard to remember what you discussed after the fact, so take brief notes during the interview.

With exams______, it’s a good idea to review your class notes. approaching approached approach to be approached

The commander ordered that the wounded______to hospital right away. to be sent be sent to send should send

It was because of bad weather______the football match had to be put off. so so that why that

It is considered no good______without understanding. recite to be recited recited reciting

After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team ______ (rescue) four days later.

Fully______ (grow) whales can weigh 40 tons and reach the length of 50 feet.

A — Traffic regulation J — Zebra stripes B — Police box K — Carriage-way C — Mark car stop L — Two-way traffic D — Double white lines M — Traffic lights E — Cyclists only N — Traffic post F — Traffic line marker O — Curve road G — Single line P — Parking on-street H — Guide post Q — Restricted stop I — Rough road Examples：(A)交通规则 (M)红绿灯

In order to extend our export business to your country we wish to enter direct business relations with you. 为了扩大我们在贵国的出口业务，我们希望和你们建立直接贸易关系。为了发展我们在贵国的出口业务，我们希望和你们建立直接贸易关系。为了展开我们在贵国的出口业务，我们希望和你们进入直接贸易关系。

We sincerely hope that this transaction will turn out to the satisfaction of both parties．我们真诚地希望本次交谈能促成双方的合作。我们真诚地希望本次交易双方都能感到满意。我们真诚地希望本次合作能满足双方的利益。

We introduce ourselves as dealers in bicycles and spare parts. We have been in this line for over two decades. 我们介绍一家自行车及其配件的经销商，我们作为中介已有20余年。作为一家自行车及其配件的经销商，我们生产这一流水线已有20余年。本公司是一家自行车及其配件的经销商，我们从事该行业已有20余年。

This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a letter according to the following information given in Chinese. Remember to write the letter on the Translation/Composition Sheet. 王涛在澳大利亚学习四年多了，他想利用暑假打零工。他在前一天的报纸上看到暑期汉语教师招聘广告，于是写了封求职信。内容如下： 1．想申请什么工作。 2．申请这份工作，具有什么优势。 3．对申请被予以考虑表示感谢。

W: What do you usually do on Saturday? M: Well, I usually visit my aunt. She lives alone and doesn’t have many friends. W: Do you visit her every Saturday? M: I try to. She is quite old and can’t walk very far, so I often do some shopping for her. W: Does she live near the shops? M: Yes, but she finds it difficult to carry heavy things because of her poor health. There is something wrong with her left leg. W: Did she have an accident? M: Oh, no. I think it’s just because she is old. 6. What does the man usually do on Saturday? 7. How is the man’s aunt? Visit his friends. Go shopping. Visit his aunt. Read at home.

W: Good morning, Dr. Smith’s office. May I help you? M: I’d like to make an appointment to have the dentist look at my teeth. W: Let’s see. I can arrange for you to see the doctor two weeks from now. M: Can’t I come in tomorrow? W: I’m afraid Dr. Smith won’t be able to see you then. His appointment is filled for the next three weeks. M: On, but I don’t have to see him. I will just leave my teeth in his office and he can look at them when he has time. They are false teeth. 8. Why did the man call Dr. Smith’s office? 9. Why can’t the doctor see him for the next three weeks? 10. What kind of teeth does the man ask the doctor to see? He wants the doctor to look at his mouth. He wants the doctor to look at his eyes. He wants the doctor to look at his face. He wants the doctor to look at his teeth.

The important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s【T1】______position. Even a few years ago, most girls left school at the first【T2】______, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today, the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women【T3】______to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and【T4】______of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the【T5】______and interests of each of them.The important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago, most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today, the school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.

What’s the difference between life in one country and another? The difference between life in one country and another is______.The difference between life in one country and another is quite often not so great as the difference between city life and village life in the same country. In an English village, everybody knows everybody else: they know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you usually have for dinner. If you want any help, you will always get it and be glad to help anyone else in return. In a large city like London, there are many things to see and many places to go. However, people often do not know each other well. It sometimes happens that you have never seen your next-door neighbor, don’t know his name or anything about him. People living in London are often very lonely, particularly after work. This is because the people they are with all day are scattered over large areas in the evenings and weekends. If you walk through the streets in the center of London on a Sunday, it is almost like an empty town. One is sorry for old people who do not live with their children and have no work to go to during the day.

I’ll take no steps______you arrive. while at which until since

______nobody was very interested in it, they decided to cancel the trip. Even though As soon as While Seeing that

By the time he______fourteen years old, he______advanced mathematics all by himself. has been: learned had been: had learned was: learned was: had learned

Hardly______down when he stepped in. I sat I had sat did I sit had I sat

The U. S. is known for jazz, which has gained world-wide______(popular).

All of the following statements are the reasons why a phone interview sounds easy EXCEPT that______.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

What will you do if you have small children at home when you are going to have an interview on the phone?

You have a few questions ready in advance in order to______.

The best title of the passage is______.