安徽南陵县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解基础精练（5）
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly，the interviewer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or Dove？”
Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.
Employers want people skilled，enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response，employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test (能力倾向测验)．
According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.
This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.
【语篇解读】 本文讲述了现代企业招聘面试中的能力倾向测试并为求职者提供了回答此类问题的技巧。
1．The writer wrote the passage to________. A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview B．tell you how to meet a job interviewer C．describe the aptitude test D．advice you how to find a job
解析 写作目的题。通读全文可知，本文意在为面试者提供建议。 答案 A
2．Why do the interviewers ask such questions? A．They want to discover what the interviewees know.
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B．They are curious about the answers.
C．They try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problems. D．They just ask questions without thinking much.
解析 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.”可知答案为C项。 答案 C
3．According to the writer，in an aptitude test，Chinese job applicants should________. A．not tell the truth
B．learn to tell what they really think C．be more enthusiastic
D．try to find out what the examiner really want to know
解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句“Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.”可知，在能力倾向测验中，求职者应该给出一个诚实的答案。 答案 B
4．From the passage we know that________. A．job applicants are always asked such questions B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job
C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner D．the aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide
解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，西方的求职者们不断发现他们被问到类似这样的奇怪问题，而且有迹象表明这种情况在中国也开始出现。由此可推知D项正确。 答案 D
2016高考训练--阅读理解。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
When I was 12, I got a part-time job on a dairy farm, milking cows. We milked 65 cows twice a day. One day, I complained to my father about having to go milk those cows, saying it was tiring. He said, you know, boy, to work is a blessing. I looked at the men who'd worked harder. I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sunk in.
Back then, going to college was a rare privilege. My father told me if I'd picked something to study that I liked doing, I'd always look forward to my work. But he
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also added, even having a job you hate is better than not having a job at all. I wanted to be a farmer, but I joined a military program to help pay for college. And what started out as an obligation to the Army became a way of life that I stayed committed to for 37 years.
In the late 1980s, during a visit to Bangladesh, I saw a woman with her baby on her back, breaking bricks with a hammer. I asked a local officer why they weren't using a machine to make the work easier. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. And as bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive. It reminded me of my father's words: to work is a blessing.
After seeing a lot of people like that woman in Bangladesh, I've come to believe that people without jobs are not free. They're victims of crime, poor health, and depression. People who have jobs can have a home, send their kids to school, develop a sense of pride, contribute to the good of the community and even help others. When we can work, we are free. We are blessed.
33. Which can be the best title of the text?
A. My chosen way of life B. To work is a blessing C. Why should I work
D. Inspiration from a woman
34. The writer joined a military program because _______.
A. his parents forced him to do so B. he intended to find a lifetime job C. he couldn't afford his college education D. he could travel abroad with the army 35. What does the writer intend to say through the last paragraph?
A. People without jobs could achieve more. B. Freedom is not always free for people. C. Rich people should help those in need. D. We should feel fortunate to have a job.
参考答案33—35、BCD
阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分) 选材相似度：★★★★ 设题相似度：★★★ 难度系数：★★★★
Katharine Mehta's mother likes to joke that the first sentence her daughter said was “I love dogs.” It's not the fact，but it's certainly true in spirit.
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安徽省南陵县高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础精练(5)
