题文
Last week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.
“Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied.
I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.
One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it re-grows, you can get at least 5 cm taller!”
At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!
It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.
No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost.
In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.
小题1:We can know from the passage that the author works as ________.A．a doctorB．a modelC．a teacherD．a reporter小题2:Many graduates today turn to cosmetic s surgery to ________.A．marry a better manwomanB．become a modelC．get an advantage over others in job-huntD．attract more admirers小题3:According to the passage, the author believes that ________.A．everyone should purchase perfection, whatever the costB．it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobsC．it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s careerD．media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery小题4:The best title for the passage should be “________”.A．Young Graduates Have Higher Expectation B．Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs C．Young Graduates’ Opinion about Cosmetic Surgery D．Young Graduates Face a Different Situation in Job-hunt 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
这篇文章讲的是为了找到好的工作，很多毕业生选择做美容手术，使自己在找工作的时候有优势，当他们这样做是受到媒体的影响。
小题1:推理题：从文章的第一段的句子：Last week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated,可以推断出作者是一个老师，选C
小题2:推理题：从文章的第四段的句子：I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.可知现在很多毕业生求助于做美容手术，是为了在找工作的时候比别人有优势，选C
小题3:细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm.可知作者相信在追求美容手术这个方面，媒体应该负责，选D
小题4:标题确定题：这篇文章讲的是为了找到好的工作，很多毕业生做美容手术，使自己在找工作的时候有优势，所以Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs 是比较贴切的标题，选B
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Last week I talked w.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
