题文
Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do — especially in tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. “It’s amazing how many candidates cross out themselves,” he says.
“Resumes (简历)arrive with faults. Some candidates don’t bother to spell the company’s name correctly. once I see a mistake, I cross out the candidates,” Crossley concludes. “If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?”
Can we pay too much attention to details? Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. “To keep from losing the forest for the trees,” says Charles Garfield, the professor at the University of California, San Francisco, “We must constantly ask ourselves how the details we’re working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t, we should drop them and move to something else.”
Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. “The Apollo II moon launch was slightly off course 90 percent of the time,” says Garfield. “But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact position of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary.” Knowing where to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake.
Too often we believe what accounts for others’ success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
小题1:According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected because .A．they failed to present resumes that are free of mistakes B．they failed to give a detailed description of their background C．they crossed out their names from the applicants list themselves D．their handwriting on the resume was hard to recognize小题2:The underlined word “cross out” in the first paragraph probably means ______.A．neglectB．recommendC．wipeD．introduce小题3:The third paragraph is intended to state that .A．trees are as important as forests B．we should pay much attention to detailsC．we shouldn’t go too far in details to lose our goalsD．perfectionists are capable of achieving perfect results小题4:The example of Apollo II moon launch is given to show that .A．minor mistakes can be ignored B．failure is the mother of success C．adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work D．keeping one’s goal in mind helps decide which details can be overlooked 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
文章通过实例的比较说明细节固然重要，但是不能只拘泥于细节，在平时工作时要有明确的目标这样才能避免一些无谓的细节。小题1:根据第二段可知候选者被删名是由于没有注意到自己简历中对应聘的公司名称拼写错误等这些细微之处。
小题2:“cross out”在句中是把这个名字直接“删去”的意思，因此选C，意思是“消除，去除”。
小题3:根据第三段结尾“We must constantly ask ourselves how the details we’re working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t, we should drop them and move to something else.”可知，虽然细节重要，但是也不能太过于关注，要是这个细节不是特别的重要，就应当跳过，转向其他的方面。因此符合C项的意思即：“不要在细节上走的太远而失去了自己的目标。”
小题4:根据最后一段中“But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact position of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary.”可知，成功是因为我们知道自己的目标位置，这样就在必要的时候做出判断。所以有了目标就可以确定哪些细节可以暂时忽略不计。因此选D。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Attention to detail .....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
