同等学力英语阅读理解每日一练(五)

在这炎热的季节，这个时间，同学们又要进行今天的同等学力英语阅读理解每日一练的学习了。 Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job.database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site's "personal search agent". It's an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title,and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D. C .Three weeks later, he got his first notification ofan opening. "I struck gold," says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: "Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility: says one expert. For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept-what you think you want to do-then broaden it. "None of these programs do that," says another expert, "There's no career counseling implicit in all of this." Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast ofjobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. "I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me," says the author of a jo'o-searching guide. Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to retum. When CareerSite's agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs-those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them-and they do. "On the day afier we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic," says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite. Even those who aren't hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. "You always keep your eyes open," he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you. 1. How did Redmon find his job? A. By searching openings in a job database. B. By posting a matching position in a database. C. By using a special service of a database. D. By E-mailing his resume to a database. 2. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents? A. Lack of counseling. B. Limited number ofvisits. C. Lower efficiency. D. Fewer successful matches. 3. The expression "tip service" (Line3~4, Paragraph 3) most probably means . A. advisory. B. compensation. C. interaction. D. reminder. 4. Why does CareerSite's agent offer each job hunter only three job options? A. To focus on better job matches. B. To attract more retuming visits. C. To reserve space for more messages. D. To increase the rate of success. 5. Which ofthe following is true according to the text? A. Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters. B. Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands. C. Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed. D. Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed. 试题翻译与详解 1.雷德曼是怎样找到工作的？ A.通过在职业资料库中寻找空缺 B.通过在资料库里贴出相符的职位请求 C.通过使用数据库的·种特殊服务 D.通过电子邮件将简历发到数据库 【答案】C 【解析】首段第一句提到：他搜索了这个数据库，但未找到满意工作，由此可知，A项不正确;第三句提到“当资料库里(公司等)贴出了相匹配的职位时”，显然B项不符合题意；文中提到简历的接收者“the employer”，而不是D项中的“a database”。选项中，C项中的“special service”指的便是网站上提供的“个人搜索代理”这种服务，所以C项为正确项。 2.下列哪个可能是搜索代理的缺点？ A.缺少建议 B.限制访问次数 C.效率较低 D.匹配成功率低 【答案】A 【解析】第一段第一句指出：搜索代理能减少对数据库的重复访问，而B项则说限制访问次数，显然部符合文意;第二段第—句指出求助网站效率低，而不是搜索代理效率低，所以C项不正确；原文中没有提到任何和D项有关的内容。所以答案是A项。 3.第三段第四行中短语“tip service”最可能的意思是 。 A.报告 B.补偿 C.相互作用 D.提示 【答案】D 【解析】第三句中出现了“no career counseling”，而A项的意思止好和它相反，“advisory”和“counseling”意思非常接近，原文中没有提到任何和B项相关的内容。C项“interactive”虽然也是搜索代理的特点(首段第三句)，但和“tip service”没有任何关系。故可排除这三项。“tip service”出现在第三段第四句，该句由分号连接的两个句子并列构成，后面分句是对前面的解释。这句话的意思是：收到电f邮件时，你就把它当做一个“tip service”，再去查一下求职数据库。该句中“reminder”与“tip service”前后呼应，意思非常接近，正确选项应为D。 4.求职网站的代理工具为什么只给每个求职者三个工作选择机会？ A. 为了聚焦更好的匹配的工作。 B.为了吸引更多人回访。 C.为了留出审问以提供更多信息。 D.为了提高成功概率。 【答案】B 【解析】议论文中列举的例子通常是为其论点服务。第四段中，首句点明了本段的中心论点“some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return”，强调“回访”；下文第二句至段末列举了“求职网”的例，来对论点进行解释说明。因此，正确选项应为B。 5.根据本文，下面哪个说法是止确的？ A.对找工作的人来说，个人搜索代理是必需的。 B.为了发现求职者的需求，一些网站持续地给求职者发电子邮件。 C.个人搜索代理时对于那些已经找到工作的人也有用。 D.一旦找到工作，一些代理就小再给求职者发信息。 【答案】C 【解析】解答这种题时，需要把握全文内容，排除法是经常使用的方法。根据第三段内容可知，我们最好把搜索代理工具看成一种提示性服务，因此它对找工作的人来说并不是必需的，是可有可无的，所以A项不正确；我们可以从文中最后一段的开头得知，即使那些不找工作的人也发现搜索助理还是有用的，有些人通过搜索助理来观察他们当前工作的需求情况。C项与第一句的内容相吻合，为正确项；B项为“网站跟踪求职者的需求”与文中内容相反，可以排除；从雷德曼的经历可以知道，即使找到工作以后，我们还是可以继续使用搜索代理工具的，因此D项也不正确。 更多请关注环球卓越官网：http://www.geedu.com