When I first met Nina, I disliked her at once. She was wearing skintight pedal pushers, a flashy, floppy top, and sneakers with no socks - bizarrely inappropriate even at our very informal company. Soon, Nina was doggedly pumping me for information about the new department I was running, where she hoped to get a permanent job. Not a chance, I thought. Not if I have anything to say about it However, I didn ’ t Within a few days she was ‘ trying out ’ ， for me. I gave her a moderately difficult, uninteresting, and unimportant project that I didn ’ t need for months. It took that long for her successor to put in order the mess she had made out of ft Although I couldn ’ t  have prediction exactly what Nina would do ， in three minutes I had assessed her as someone who could not be relied on to get a job done. We all make quick judgments about strangers. Within seconds after we meet someone, We take in a host of details and draw rather large conclusions from them. We may decide in a minute whether it is someone ’ s nature to be warm or cold, friendly or hostile, anxious or calm, happy or troubled. Unconsciously, we often ask and quickly answer certain questions: Will I enjoy talking to him at this party? Will she make an interesting friend? Will he/she make a good boss / sales manager / secretary for me? If we get to know the person better, we may change our minds. But we may not have the chance. From Nina ’ s inappropriate dress and aggressive behavior. toward me, I ’ d decided she was pushy. stupid and had poor judgment. I also had a lot of vague impressions I couldn ’ t explain. It was as if a warning bell went off in my head. Its message: this person was not to be trusted; her behavior. would be unpredictable; she was motivated by a peculiar agenda of her own that I would never understand. I was using a combination of observation, inference and intuition. 59.Why did the author dislike Nina? A ） Because of her badly looking sneakers. B ） Because of her inappropriate dress and aggressive behavior. C ） Because of her special uniform. D ） Because of her dirty words to the author. 60.Why did the author give Nina an “ unimportant project ” that he “ didn ’ t need for months ” ？ A ） Because the author wanted to play trick on her. B ） Because he had no other job for her to do at the moment. C ） Because the author believed she was the right person for the job. D ） Because the author thought she couldn ’ t be relied on to get a job done. 61.According to the passage, which of the following is not true? A ） People tend to make quick judgment about strangers. B ） The author ’ s first judgment about  Nina was totally wrong. C ） Nina behaved rather pushy when she first met the author. D ） The author actually disliked Nina at the first sight. 62.The author ’ s judgment about Nina was based on (). A ） a combination of observation, inference and intuition B ） a combination of imagination and observation C ） a combination of observation, intuition and imagination D ） a combination of inference, analysis and imagination