( )1. The purpose of this passage is to give managers the advice that .

　　A. Employers should select candidates for their potential.

　　B. Employers should select candidates for what they are rather than for their potential.

　　C. Employers should select the newly graduated and send them on training courses, diplomas or experimental weekends.

　　D. Employers should select experienced candidates to avoid spending thousands of pounds in training.

　　( )2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? .

　　A. Absolutely, People don’t change during their working lives.

　　B. Generally, people change to a large extent during their working lives.

　　C. Fundamentally, people stay the same during their working lives.

　　D. Normally, people don’t change at all during their working lives.

　　( )3. What does a fine future behind them (line 3 of paragraph 3) means? .

　　A. Some people will certainly have a promising future though they are not very competent in their present work.

　　B. Some people don’t have any potential for their work though they are employed.

　　C. Some people can have a bright future though they can’t do their work well.

　　D. Some people have potential when they are employed, but never realize that potential.

　　( )4. According to the passage, people’s basic abilities like language learning and numeracy .

　　A. change little over their working life.

　　B. never change over their working life.

　　C. change fundamentally over their working life.

　　D. change profoundly over their working life.

　　( )5. The word deliver (line 2 of paragraph 3) means .

　　A. to take goods to the places or people they are addressed to

　　B. to give a speech

　　C. to do what you promised to do

　　D. to help a woman to give birth to a baby.

　　Passage Two

　　Asian economies will continue to expand rapidly in the next two years on the back of foreign investments, exports and domestic demand, but will not be free of worries, according to a recent securities company economic report. Massive infrastructure spending, the benefits of past investments and deregulation and growing regional trade will push along regional growth.

　　The report tipped China’s gross domestic product to grow by 9.5 per cent in 1996 and 10.5 per cent in 1997, and Hong Kong’s to grow by 4.3 and 5.0 per cent. Singapore’s real GDP was forecast to grow by 7.6 and 7.4 per cent, Malaysia’s by 8.6 and 8.1 per cent, Thailand’s by 8.8 and 8.4 per cent, Indonesia’s by 7.3 and 7.1 per cent and Philippines’ by 5.6 and 5.8 per cent.