单选题 Personality comes from the Latin word "persona" which means "mask". Thus, it can be said that personality is a ' mask' a person wears to face the world. No two persons are identical in terms of personality. A person's tastes and ideas add to the colors of his or her personality. Effectively, personality is the outward reflection of a person's inner self. If John is a person who likes to give to the less fortunate, people will remember him as a kind person. In a sense, personality is the colors of a person.
In the normal walk of life, we come across people who are more popular than others. Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity. A person with a bright personality is usually more popular than a person with a dull personality, right? Beautiful people are usually more popular than ugly people, right? Actually, it's hard to pinpoint (确定) what kind of personality is popular and what is unpopular.
Behavior can be described as the manifestation of personality in response to a situation. No two persons will react to the same situation in the same manner. This is because of the person's personality. Let's take the example of an introvert and an extrovert. We shall create a situation to study how they behave in the same environment. The introvert and the extrovert are placed into two identical rooms at the same time. Every effort is taken to ensure that the environment is the same. They are told to read a book in 2 hours. Then, we ask a group of hooligans (小流氓) to go into the rooms and beat the rooms. How do you think the introvert and the extrovert will behave in such an environment? We don't know but we know they will behave differently.
Are you satisfied with how your career is turning out? You may not consciously know it but your personality has a great bearing of your job performance. If you are extremely shy and hate to socialize, you are not cut for a sales job or a PR(公共关系)position. You may try to change your ways and take on a more outgoing style but you may not be happy. There are some personality characters which are inherent. If you know yourself well, you will find a career that suits your personality and excel in it.

单选题 We may infer from the first paragraph that______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的the first paragraph定位到原文首段相关细节处。
[精解] 首段处设题。由该段末句“如果约翰是一个对不幸的人伸出援助之手的人，人们将会记得他是一个善良的人，性格就是一个人的颜色”，可以推测B)含义与之吻合，故为答案。
单选题 According to the passage, the reason for a person's popularity is______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的person's popularity定位到原文第二段第二句Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity.
[精解] 细节处设题。该段第二句和末句说“许多社会学家还在尝试找出什么使一个人受欢迎……而实际上，搞清楚到底哪种性格的人讨人喜欢，而哪种人不受欢迎并不是那么容易”，由此可以推测C)含义与之吻合，故为答案。
单选题 The example of an introvert and an extrovert is used to show that______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的田an introvert and an extrovert定位到原文第三段第四句Let's take the example of an introvert and an extrovert.
[精解] 举例处设题。由原文给出的结论“没有两个人会在同一情形下做出相同的反应……他们的反应一定大相径庭”，可以推测A)含义与原文符合，故为答案。
单选题 In order to find a suitable job and work well, you have to______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的find a suitable work and work well可以定位到原文第四段相关细节描述。
[精解] 细节处设题。根据该段“你的性格对于你工作的表现有着很大的关系……如果你对自己了解充分，那么你就会找到一份适合自己性格的工作，并且游刃有余”，可以推测D)与文意相符，故为答案。
单选题 It can be concluded from the passage that______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[定位] 由题干中的from the passage定位到原文全文相关描述处。
[精解] 细节处设题。由原文首段“没有两个人在性格方面是完全相同的”和第三段“没有两个人会在同一情形下做出相同的反应”，推测C)含义与之符合，故为答案。