TEXT I
First read the following questions.
55. Which is not one of the 6 principles discussed in the book？
A. living with integrity. B. building a great management team.
C. inspiring employees to greatness. D. being married to their original spouse.
56. Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin are ____.
A. persons whose job is to recruit staff. B. sociologists. C. CEO. D. leaders.
Now go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 55 and 56.
What males a leader？ That's the question star headhunter Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin try to answer in their recent book， “Lessons from the Top： The Search for America's Best Business Leaders.”
The six principles shared by top business leaders and discussed in the book are： Living with integrity， developing a winning strategy or “big idea”， building a great management team， inspiring employees to greatness， creating a flexible and responsible organization and using reinforcing management systems.
Citrin and Neff elaborated on the six principles in a recent Business Week interview.
The most important one for business leaders is passion about what they are doing.“ The leaders we interviewed for the book loved to talk about their jobs.”
“Also， the high-level jobs today are so enormously demanding that successful executives mu；xt have a high energy level. They work an average of 65 hours per week. When the passion and drive ebb， that's when you know it's time for that person to move on，” said Neff.
Top leaders are clear thinkers. They are focused， know where they are heading， and are able to communicate with a wide audience.
Today's successful leaders know more about the team approach than did their predecessors. “It wasn't too many years ago that the dictatorial approach， the command-and-control management style， was accepted. Today， it's more about working through people， being more of a leader and empowering other executives on the team to carry out the mission，” said Neff.
Citrin and Neff are not pretending to be sociologists， but it is clear that the dynamics of the labor market have given more power to talented employees. People in an organization often have the exact same information at about the same time as a person at the top. so no more can one tale for granted that information is power.
People often say it is difficult to create a good balance between work and family. Some feel you can be successful in work or with your family， but not both. But the reality seems to be that a strong family life and success on the home front actually contribute to professional success. Many of the CEOs interviewed by Citrin talk about the role their spouses play in their success. Of the 50 interviewed in the work， 42 are still married to their original spouse —— a sharp contract with the national divorce rate in the United States.
TEXT J
First read the following questions.
57. Professional accreditation exists in the following fields or programs except ____
A. medicine. B. business. C. religion. D. engineering.
58. In what way can one find the best institutions in the USA？
A. To define one's academic and career goals， as well as personal preferences about the campus environment.
B. To check whether or not institutions are recognized by the COPA.
C. To avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students.
D. All of the above.
Now go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 57 and 58.
A question that students often ask is， “How do I find the best institutions ？” Unfortunately， there are no simple answers.
The first step is to define your academic and career goals， as well as personal preferences about the campus environment. Then find institutions whose goals and offerings most closely match your needs.
A second step is to check whether or not institutions are recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation （COPA）。 Each year the American Council on Education publishes for COPA a list of all accredited institutions in the United states， called “Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education”。
While there may be institutions of high quality， questions should be raised about the acceptance of degrees by， and transfer of credits to and from accredited institutions， and whether or not unaccredited institutions meet the minimum standard of a COPA-recognized institution. Caution should be exercised and considerably more information should be requested from such institutions before enrolling.
The United States does not have a ministry of education responsible for regulation of educational institutions. Instead， institutions agree to voluntary self-regulation in the process called accreditation. There are two types of accreditation： institutional and professional.
Institutional accreditation refers to the institution as a whole. For conferring institutions institutional accreditation， COPA recognizes six accrediting agencies， as well as accrediting agencies for independent schools and religious colleges.
Professional accreditation exists only in fields or programs where professional or occupational competence in the field is a major concern， such as medicine， engineering， business and law. Professional accrediting associations usually require that the entire institution be accredited before they will accredit a particular program.
The importance of professional accreditation varies from field to field. Often professional accreditation applies only to the first professional degree.
It is important to distinguish between accreditation and state authorization. State authorization or “state approval” may not involve regulation of quality at all， but simply indicate that an institution complies with financial and licensing regulations. Some states do not regulate educational institutions at all.
A third step in seeking quality is to avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students. Unfortunately， there are some institutions in the United States that are more interested in the dollars of foreign students than in providing a good education. These institutions are not numerous， but there are enough that caution is necessary.
Published rankings （assessments） of colleges and universities are available， but their usefulness varies. There is no “official” ranking of colleges and universities in the United states. Rankings according to competitiveness of admission （that is， the ration of the number of students who apply to the number admitted） are useful in giving an idea of the chances for admission.
For other rankings， it is necessary to define your goals carefully， and to make sure that the criteria on which a ranking is based match your criteria for choosing institution.
In the final analysis， finding the “best” institutions means finding the institutions that best meet your individual needs and interests.
First read the following questions.
55. Which is not one of the 6 principles discussed in the book？
A. living with integrity. B. building a great management team.
C. inspiring employees to greatness. D. being married to their original spouse.
56. Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin are ____.
A. persons whose job is to recruit staff. B. sociologists. C. CEO. D. leaders.
Now go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 55 and 56.
What males a leader？ That's the question star headhunter Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin try to answer in their recent book， “Lessons from the Top： The Search for America's Best Business Leaders.”
The six principles shared by top business leaders and discussed in the book are： Living with integrity， developing a winning strategy or “big idea”， building a great management team， inspiring employees to greatness， creating a flexible and responsible organization and using reinforcing management systems.
Citrin and Neff elaborated on the six principles in a recent Business Week interview.
The most important one for business leaders is passion about what they are doing.“ The leaders we interviewed for the book loved to talk about their jobs.”
“Also， the high-level jobs today are so enormously demanding that successful executives mu；xt have a high energy level. They work an average of 65 hours per week. When the passion and drive ebb， that's when you know it's time for that person to move on，” said Neff.
Top leaders are clear thinkers. They are focused， know where they are heading， and are able to communicate with a wide audience.
Today's successful leaders know more about the team approach than did their predecessors. “It wasn't too many years ago that the dictatorial approach， the command-and-control management style， was accepted. Today， it's more about working through people， being more of a leader and empowering other executives on the team to carry out the mission，” said Neff.
Citrin and Neff are not pretending to be sociologists， but it is clear that the dynamics of the labor market have given more power to talented employees. People in an organization often have the exact same information at about the same time as a person at the top. so no more can one tale for granted that information is power.
People often say it is difficult to create a good balance between work and family. Some feel you can be successful in work or with your family， but not both. But the reality seems to be that a strong family life and success on the home front actually contribute to professional success. Many of the CEOs interviewed by Citrin talk about the role their spouses play in their success. Of the 50 interviewed in the work， 42 are still married to their original spouse —— a sharp contract with the national divorce rate in the United States.
TEXT J
First read the following questions.
57. Professional accreditation exists in the following fields or programs except ____
A. medicine. B. business. C. religion. D. engineering.
58. In what way can one find the best institutions in the USA？
A. To define one's academic and career goals， as well as personal preferences about the campus environment.
B. To check whether or not institutions are recognized by the COPA.
C. To avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students.
D. All of the above.
Now go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 57 and 58.
A question that students often ask is， “How do I find the best institutions ？” Unfortunately， there are no simple answers.
The first step is to define your academic and career goals， as well as personal preferences about the campus environment. Then find institutions whose goals and offerings most closely match your needs.
A second step is to check whether or not institutions are recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation （COPA）。 Each year the American Council on Education publishes for COPA a list of all accredited institutions in the United states， called “Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education”。
While there may be institutions of high quality， questions should be raised about the acceptance of degrees by， and transfer of credits to and from accredited institutions， and whether or not unaccredited institutions meet the minimum standard of a COPA-recognized institution. Caution should be exercised and considerably more information should be requested from such institutions before enrolling.
The United States does not have a ministry of education responsible for regulation of educational institutions. Instead， institutions agree to voluntary self-regulation in the process called accreditation. There are two types of accreditation： institutional and professional.
Institutional accreditation refers to the institution as a whole. For conferring institutions institutional accreditation， COPA recognizes six accrediting agencies， as well as accrediting agencies for independent schools and religious colleges.
Professional accreditation exists only in fields or programs where professional or occupational competence in the field is a major concern， such as medicine， engineering， business and law. Professional accrediting associations usually require that the entire institution be accredited before they will accredit a particular program.
The importance of professional accreditation varies from field to field. Often professional accreditation applies only to the first professional degree.
It is important to distinguish between accreditation and state authorization. State authorization or “state approval” may not involve regulation of quality at all， but simply indicate that an institution complies with financial and licensing regulations. Some states do not regulate educational institutions at all.
A third step in seeking quality is to avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students. Unfortunately， there are some institutions in the United States that are more interested in the dollars of foreign students than in providing a good education. These institutions are not numerous， but there are enough that caution is necessary.
Published rankings （assessments） of colleges and universities are available， but their usefulness varies. There is no “official” ranking of colleges and universities in the United states. Rankings according to competitiveness of admission （that is， the ration of the number of students who apply to the number admitted） are useful in giving an idea of the chances for admission.
For other rankings， it is necessary to define your goals carefully， and to make sure that the criteria on which a ranking is based match your criteria for choosing institution.
In the final analysis， finding the “best” institutions means finding the institutions that best meet your individual needs and interests.