When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-

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When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around—by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn’t actively looking for a different job.
In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for distributions from our annuity(养老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the problem, I’d mail the person a letter.
The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.
When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what I’d been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers’ meeting several months later.
At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect person for the job—me. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a raise in November 2009.
小题1:According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true?    A．The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.B．It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.C．The author tried his best to get a promotion in his companyD．The author was eager to seek another job.小题2:Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?A．Some information was overlooked.B．Some information needed to be united.C．Some had grammatical mistakes.D．Industry terminology didn’t meet the standard.小题3:The underlined word “revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to        .A．repeatingB．rebuildingC．improvingD．strengthening小题4:The author started to review the letters when        .A．he was hired by the companyB．he was promotedC．he was recommended at a managers’ meeting D．his department supervisor agreed his idea小题5:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A．Where there is will, there is a way.B．Creating a position, and earning a promotion.C．Don’t let the chance go, when it comes.D．Ways to get a promotion. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B

解析

本文讲述了一种新的获得升职的方法：创造出新的职位。并举例进行了说明。
小题1:B 细节题。根据文章第一段1,2行When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department说明看到同事升职是很正常的事情，故B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据文章第三段后三行Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.说明BCD三项都是文章所提及的内容，唯独A项不是。故A符合文章大意。
小题3:C 推理题。根据文章第四段第一句hen I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping.以及第三段后三行Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.可知我原来工作的内容有很多需要改善的地方，故该词是指改善，提高。故C正确。
小题4:D 细节题。根据第四段1,2行When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what I’d been doing and start the new work.说明当我告诉我的负责人的时候，他就让我这样做了，故D正确。
小题5:B 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的后两行But there is another way to move around—by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn’t actively looking for a different job.
说明我们可以给自己创造一个新的职位，提高这个方法来升职，故B正确。
点评：本文讲述了一种新的获得升职的方法：创造出新的职位。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。

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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。
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      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。