题文
阅读理解。 From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold "prospect" of losingtheir jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more
likely to come through a pay cut.
Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to
preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies
survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies
to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff,
but build up a more loyal and devoted group.
"In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the
sense of collective(集体的)responsibility. While in the West, it's more about individual survival,"
said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management
University (SMU).
In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off
workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian
groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.
Japan's jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong
Kong's was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent
last month from below 5 percent in January.
Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the
gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the
best practices of rivals from abroad.1. The underlined word "prospect" in the first paragraph most probably means _________.A. weather
B. scene
C. future
D. place2. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.A. it's helpful to the economy recovery
B. it costs the company less money to survive
C. it will keep the experienced and skilled workers
D. it can form a team working harder and more loyally3. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.
A. human rights
B. sharing responsibility
C. personal profits
D. individual survival4. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe?A. A local American group.
B. A small Japanese company.
C. A German branch of a Korean multinational.
D. A Hong Kong's unit of a French company.5. The passage mainly tells us ________.A. the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today
B. the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present
C. the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn
D. the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解。 From.....”主要考查你对 [历史文化类阅读 ]考点的理解。历史文化类阅读
什么是历史文化类阅读：
本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。
历史文化类阅读技巧：
【题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
【答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时，我们应注意以下几个方面：
1、采用先题后文：先读题目，再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点，如果带着问题读文章，有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后，自然会加深我们对文章的理解，这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Main idea型；一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点：
a．读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁，而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主题句在文章开头。因此，要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b．读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾，作为对全篇的总结。
c．读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同，而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d．从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中，这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e．归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句，只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。
