52. The negative feelings generated during the day tend to
A. aggravate in our unconscious mind B. develop into happy dreams
C. persist till the time we fall asleep D. show up in dreams early at night
53. Cartwright seems to suggest that
A. waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreams
B. visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under control
C. dreams should be left to their natural progression
D. dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious
54. What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams?
A. Lead your life as usual. B. Seek professional help.
C. Exercise conscious control. D. Avoid anxiety in the daytime.
Passage Five
Say you're a developer who's in the market for a job. You come across a job listing, perhaps something like the one I recently posted. It's a job you're interested in and you send in your resume. Here's what to do.
A cover letter is not just a standard part of your resume. A cover letter is designed to highlight the parts of your experience that are specific to the job to which you are applying. It's supposed to be the thing I see first and should draw me in, making me want to get the details from your resume. Don't stick your cover letter in an attachment and your resume in another attachment or your cover letter might not get seen. It's certainly not doing its job hidden in an attachment like that. If you are sending a resume by email, your cover letter belongs in the body of your email.
You need to proofread your cover letter carefully. This is my first introduction to you. This is your chance to impress me. If you have sloppy spelling, capitalization, and spelling in your cover letter. I'll expect that your code as the same sort of problems. I'm not looking for Pulitzer-prize-winning stuff here, but most kids learn in first grade to capitalize proper nouns and the beginnings of sentences.
Your resume should tell me what languages you know, what technologies you have experience with, and how you've applied that experience. Unless you're applying for a job as a secretary, you don't need to tell me you're proficient at MS Word - if you're a software developer, I assume you're familiar enough the basic workings of a word processor to use it to open a document and read a spec. Do tell me what sort of systems you've built and what challenges you overcame while building them. Do tell me how you applied your knowledge of efficient database operation to decrease server load by 30%.
When I look at your resume I should get a sense of what size projects you've worked on. If you've worked with an internationally-known company, then I immediately understand you've had exposure to larger projects. If all of your experience was at no-name companies in North Dakota, then you need to tell me that the project you worked on had 15 developers and an annual budget of 3 million dollars. Otherwise I'm likely to think your prior experience was building simple ASP front ends to little Access databases.
And finally, follow the directions for applying for the job. If I went to the trouble of describing how you should apply, there's probably a good reason for it. If I ask for a plain-text resume, don't send a Word document or a link to your resume on your Website. If I ask for a code sample, include it. If you can't follow those simple directions, how can I expect that you'll be able to follow a spec?
I don't even look at those emails I get with Word attachments, no code samples, no information about availability or your location. I simply file them away in case I ever have a need to hire a developer that doesn't know how to follow directions.
55. Why did the author suggest that don't put your cover letter in another attachment of your resume?
A. It's a waste of time.
B. It is absurd.
C. It will make your cover letter not do its job.
D. There is no need to do so.
56. Why did the author emphasize the importance of proofread?
A. Because it is a quality that a pupil should have.
B. Proofreading can decrease errors from your cover letter.
C. It will make you avoid some simple errors and will give your reader a good impression.
D. It can make you win Pulitzer-prize.
57. Why did the author say that you should let the reader know what size project you've worked on?
A. Because this will highlight your resume.
B. Because you are required to do so.
C. Because this will let your reader know you better.
D. Because it can make your reader know your ability for larger projects.
58. What's the meaning of "went to the trouble" that mentioned in paragraph 6?
A. To face puzzledom.
B. An amount of effort and time that is needed to do something.
C. Have some difficulties.
D. Some problems can't be solved.
59. What's the meaning of the word "spec" which mentioned in paragraph 6?
A. Rule.
B. Law.
C. A detailed instruction about how a piece of equipment should be made.
D. An direction.