2024年4月7日发(作者：绳晨萱)
2004
年
Text 1
job late
Hunting
for a
job
late last
late
last year, lawyer
year,
lawyer Gant
lawyer
Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database
Gant
Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database
①
Hunting for a
on the Internet.
②
He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site's
“
personal search agent
”
.
③
It's an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails
interactive
feature that
lets
visitors key
salary
, then E-mails
salary
them when a matching position is posted in the database. legal, intellectual
them
when a
in
the database.
④
Redmon chose the keywords
legal,
intellectual
property, and Washington, D.C.
property
, and Washington, D.C.
⑤
Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening.
⑥“
I struck
gold,
”
says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a
company.
company
.
①
With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be
time-consuming and inefficient.
②
Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases.
③
But
although a search agent worked for for
although
a search agent
worked
for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks.
worked Narrowing
your criteria,
④
Narrowing your criteria,
example, may work against you:you answer a question you eliminate a possibility,
example,
may work against
you:
“
Every time
you
answer a question
says
one
”
says one
expert.
For
any job
any
job search,
job
search, you
search,
you should
you
should start
should
start with
start
with a
with
a narrow
a
narrow concept
narrow
concept
—
what you
what
you think you
think
you want
you
want to
want
to do
to
do
—
then
①
For any
broaden it.
broaden
it.
②“
None of these
of
these programs
these
programs do
programs
do that,
do
that,
”
says another
says
another expert.
another
expert.
③“
There's no
There's
no career
no
career counseling
career
counseling
implicit in all of this.
”④
Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast o
jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again.
⑤“
I
would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest
would
not rely on agents
that
is added to a database that
might
interest me,
interest
me,
”
says the
author of a job-searching guide.
Some
sites design
sites
design their
design
their agents
their
agents to tempt
to
tempt job
tempt
job hunters
job
hunters to
hunters
to return.
to
return.
②
When CareerSite's
When
CareerSite's agent
CareerSite's
agent sends
agent
sends out
sends
out
①
Some sites
messages to
messages
to those
to
those who
those
who have
who
have signed
have
signed up
signed
up for
up
for its
for
its service, for
service,
for example, it
example,
it includes
it
includes only
includes
only three
only
three potential
three
potential jobs
potential
jobs
—
those it considers the best matches.
③
There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to
visit the site again to find themwe send our messages, we see a sharp
to
find them
messages,
we see a sharp
—
and they do.
④“
④“
On the day after
increase in our traffic,
”
says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.
①
Even those who aren't hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile.
②
Some use them to keep
a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselve
when negotiating Redmon maintains
when
negotiating for a raise.
negotiating
for a raise.
Although
happily employed,
Redmon
maintains his agent at CareerBuilder.
maintains
his agent at CareerBuilder.
③
Although happily employed,
ou
always keep
always
keep your
keep
your eyes
your
eyes open,
eyes
open,
”
he says.
he
says.
⑤
Working with
Working
with a
with
a personal
a
personal search
personal
search agent
search
agent means
agent
means having
means
having
④“
You always
another set of eyes looking out for you.
2004
年
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.
of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?
[A] Lack of counseling.
[B] Limited number of visits.
[C] Lower efficiency.
.
[D] Fewer successful matches.
expression
“
tip service
”
(Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means __________.
[A] advisory
[B] compensation
[C] interaction
[D] reminder
does CareerSite's agent offer each job hunter only three job options?
[A] To focus on better job matches.
[B] To attract more returning visits.
[C] To reserve space for more messages.
[D] To increase the rate of success.
of the 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.
2004
年
Text 2
Over
the past
the
past century
past
century,
century
, all
,
all kinds
all
kinds of
kinds
of unfairness
of
unfairness and
unfairness
and discrimination
and
discrimination have
discrimination
have been
have
been condemned
been
condemned or
condemned
or made
or
made
①
Over the
illegal.
②
But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism.
This,
for those as yet unaware of such
③
This, for those as yet unaware of such
a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of
the alphabet.
customers thumb through their phone directories.
②
Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has
in life over Zoë
Zysman.
③
English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet.
④
in
life over
English
names are
Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus
the American
the
American president
American
president and
president
and vice-president
and
vice-president have
vice-president
have surnames
have
surnames starting
surnames
starting with
starting
with B
with
B and C
and
C respectively;
C
respectively;
①
Thus the
and 26
and
26 of George
of
George Bush's
George
Bush's predecessors
Bush's
predecessors (including
predecessors
(including his
(including
his father)
his
father) had
father)
had surnames in
surnames
in the first
the
first half
first
half of the
of
the alphabet
the
alphabet
against just 16 in the second half.
②
Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich
countries are
countries
are alphabetically
are
alphabetically advantaged
alphabetically
advantaged (Berlusconi,
advantaged
(Berlusconi, Blair,
(Berlusconi,
Blair, Bush,
Blair,
Bush, Chirac,
Bush,
Chirac, Chretien
Chirac,
Chretien and
Chretien
and Koizumi).
and
Koizumi).
③
The
①
It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars whe
world's three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet,
even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. five richest men (Gates, Buffett,
even
if one of
As
are the world's
are
the world's
④
As are
Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).
Can
this merely
this
merely be
merely
be coincidence?
be
coincidence?
②
One theory
One
theory,
theory
, dreamt
,
dreamt up
dreamt
up in
up
in all
in
all the
all
the spare
the
spare time
spare
time enjoyed
time
enjoyed by
enjoyed
by the
by
the
①
Can this
alphabetically disadvantaged,
alphabetically
disadvantaged, is
disadvantaged,
is that the
that
the rot
the
rot sets
rot
sets in
sets
in early.
in
early.
③
At the
At
the start
the
start of
start
of the
of
the first
the
first year
first
year in
year
in infant
in
infant school,
infant
school,
teachers seat pupils
seat
pupils alphabetically
pupils
alphabetically from the
from
the front, to
front,
to make it easier
it
easier to
easier
to remember
to
remember their
remember
their names.
④
So
short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by
those insensitive teachers. the alphabetically disadvantaged may lucky
those
insensitive teachers.
may
think they
think
they have
they
have had a
have
had a
⑤
At the time
escape.
⑥
Yet the result
the
result may
result
may be
may
be worse qualifications,
worse
qualifications, because
qualifications,
because they
because
they get
they
get less
get
less individual
less
individual attention,
individual
attention, as
attention,
as well
as
well as
less confidence in speaking publicly.
The
humiliation continues.
humiliation
continues.
②
At university
At
university graduation
university
graduation ceremonies,
graduation
ceremonies, the
ceremonies,
the ABCs
the
ABCs proudly
ABCs
proudly get
proudly
get their
get
their
①
The humiliation
awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ.
③
Shortlists for job
interviews, election
interviews,
election ballot
election
ballot papers,
ballot
papers, lists
papers,
lists of
lists
of conference
of
conference speakers
conference
speakers and
speakers
and attendees:
and
attendees: all
attendees:
all tend
all
tend to
tend
to be
to
be drawn
be
drawn up
drawn
up
alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
2004
年
does the author intend to illustrate with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?
[A] A kind of overlooked inequality.
[B] A type of conspicuous bias.
[C] A type of personal prejudice.
[D] A kind of brand discrimination.
can we infer from the first three paragraphs?
[A] In both East and West, names are essential to success.
[B] The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo? Zysman.
[C] Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies' names.
[D] Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.
4th paragraph suggests that __________.
[A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students
[B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class
[C] teachers should pay attention to all of their students
[D] students should be seated according to their eyesight
does the author mean by
“
most people are literally having a ZZZ
”
(Line 2, Paragraph 5)?
[A] They are getting impatient.
[B] They are noisily dozing off.
[C] They are feeling humiliated.
[D] They are busy with word puzzles.
of the following is true according to the text?
[A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.
[B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.
[C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.
[D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.
2024年4月7日发(作者：绳晨萱)
2004
年
Text 1
job late
Hunting
for a
job
late last
late
last year, lawyer
year,
lawyer Gant
lawyer
Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database
Gant
Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database
①
Hunting for a
on the Internet.
②
He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site's
“
personal search agent
”
.
③
It's an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails
interactive
feature that
lets
visitors key
salary
, then E-mails
salary
them when a matching position is posted in the database. legal, intellectual
them
when a
in
the database.
④
Redmon chose the keywords
legal,
intellectual
property, and Washington, D.C.
property
, and Washington, D.C.
⑤
Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening.
⑥“
I struck
gold,
”
says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a
company.
company
.
①
With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be
time-consuming and inefficient.
②
Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases.
③
But
although a search agent worked for for
although
a search agent
worked
for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks.
worked Narrowing
your criteria,
④
Narrowing your criteria,
example, may work against you:you answer a question you eliminate a possibility,
example,
may work against
you:
“
Every time
you
answer a question
says
one
”
says one
expert.
For
any job
any
job search,
job
search, you
search,
you should
you
should start
should
start with
start
with a
with
a narrow
a
narrow concept
narrow
concept
—
what you
what
you think you
think
you want
you
want to
want
to do
to
do
—
then
①
For any
broaden it.
broaden
it.
②“
None of these
of
these programs
these
programs do
programs
do that,
do
that,
”
says another
says
another expert.
another
expert.
③“
There's no
There's
no career
no
career counseling
career
counseling
implicit in all of this.
”④
Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast o
jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again.
⑤“
I
would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest
would
not rely on agents
that
is added to a database that
might
interest me,
interest
me,
”
says the
author of a job-searching guide.
Some
sites design
sites
design their
design
their agents
their
agents to tempt
to
tempt job
tempt
job hunters
job
hunters to
hunters
to return.
to
return.
②
When CareerSite's
When
CareerSite's agent
CareerSite's
agent sends
agent
sends out
sends
out
①
Some sites
messages to
messages
to those
to
those who
those
who have
who
have signed
have
signed up
signed
up for
up
for its
for
its service, for
service,
for example, it
example,
it includes
it
includes only
includes
only three
only
three potential
three
potential jobs
potential
jobs
—
those it considers the best matches.
③
There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to
visit the site again to find themwe send our messages, we see a sharp
to
find them
messages,
we see a sharp
—
and they do.
④“
④“
On the day after
increase in our traffic,
”
says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.
①
Even those who aren't hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile.
②
Some use them to keep
a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselve
when negotiating Redmon maintains
when
negotiating for a raise.
negotiating
for a raise.
Although
happily employed,
Redmon
maintains his agent at CareerBuilder.
maintains
his agent at CareerBuilder.
③
Although happily employed,
ou
always keep
always
keep your
keep
your eyes
your
eyes open,
eyes
open,
”
he says.
he
says.
⑤
Working with
Working
with a
with
a personal
a
personal search
personal
search agent
search
agent means
agent
means having
means
having
④“
You always
another set of eyes looking out for you.
2004
年
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.
of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?
[A] Lack of counseling.
[B] Limited number of visits.
[C] Lower efficiency.
.
[D] Fewer successful matches.
expression
“
tip service
”
(Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means __________.
[A] advisory
[B] compensation
[C] interaction
[D] reminder
does CareerSite's agent offer each job hunter only three job options?
[A] To focus on better job matches.
[B] To attract more returning visits.
[C] To reserve space for more messages.
[D] To increase the rate of success.
of the 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.
2004
年
Text 2
Over
the past
the
past century
past
century,
century
, all
,
all kinds
all
kinds of
kinds
of unfairness
of
unfairness and
unfairness
and discrimination
and
discrimination have
discrimination
have been
have
been condemned
been
condemned or
condemned
or made
or
made
①
Over the
illegal.
②
But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism.
This,
for those as yet unaware of such
③
This, for those as yet unaware of such
a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of
the alphabet.
customers thumb through their phone directories.
②
Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has
in life over Zoë
Zysman.
③
English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet.
④
in
life over
English
names are
Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus
the American
the
American president
American
president and
president
and vice-president
and
vice-president have
vice-president
have surnames
have
surnames starting
surnames
starting with
starting
with B
with
B and C
and
C respectively;
C
respectively;
①
Thus the
and 26
and
26 of George
of
George Bush's
George
Bush's predecessors
Bush's
predecessors (including
predecessors
(including his
(including
his father)
his
father) had
father)
had surnames in
surnames
in the first
the
first half
first
half of the
of
the alphabet
the
alphabet
against just 16 in the second half.
②
Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich
countries are
countries
are alphabetically
are
alphabetically advantaged
alphabetically
advantaged (Berlusconi,
advantaged
(Berlusconi, Blair,
(Berlusconi,
Blair, Bush,
Blair,
Bush, Chirac,
Bush,
Chirac, Chretien
Chirac,
Chretien and
Chretien
and Koizumi).
and
Koizumi).
③
The
①
It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars whe
world's three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet,
even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. five richest men (Gates, Buffett,
even
if one of
As
are the world's
are
the world's
④
As are
Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).
Can
this merely
this
merely be
merely
be coincidence?
be
coincidence?
②
One theory
One
theory,
theory
, dreamt
,
dreamt up
dreamt
up in
up
in all
in
all the
all
the spare
the
spare time
spare
time enjoyed
time
enjoyed by
enjoyed
by the
by
the
①
Can this
alphabetically disadvantaged,
alphabetically
disadvantaged, is
disadvantaged,
is that the
that
the rot
the
rot sets
rot
sets in
sets
in early.
in
early.
③
At the
At
the start
the
start of
start
of the
of
the first
the
first year
first
year in
year
in infant
in
infant school,
infant
school,
teachers seat pupils
seat
pupils alphabetically
pupils
alphabetically from the
from
the front, to
front,
to make it easier
it
easier to
easier
to remember
to
remember their
remember
their names.
④
So
short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by
those insensitive teachers. the alphabetically disadvantaged may lucky
those
insensitive teachers.
may
think they
think
they have
they
have had a
have
had a
⑤
At the time
escape.
⑥
Yet the result
the
result may
result
may be
may
be worse qualifications,
worse
qualifications, because
qualifications,
because they
because
they get
they
get less
get
less individual
less
individual attention,
individual
attention, as
attention,
as well
as
well as
less confidence in speaking publicly.
The
humiliation continues.
humiliation
continues.
②
At university
At
university graduation
university
graduation ceremonies,
graduation
ceremonies, the
ceremonies,
the ABCs
the
ABCs proudly
ABCs
proudly get
proudly
get their
get
their
①
The humiliation
awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ.
③
Shortlists for job
interviews, election
interviews,
election ballot
election
ballot papers,
ballot
papers, lists
papers,
lists of
lists
of conference
of
conference speakers
conference
speakers and
speakers
and attendees:
and
attendees: all
attendees:
all tend
all
tend to
tend
to be
to
be drawn
be
drawn up
drawn
up
alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
2004
年
does the author intend to illustrate with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?
[A] A kind of overlooked inequality.
[B] A type of conspicuous bias.
[C] A type of personal prejudice.
[D] A kind of brand discrimination.
can we infer from the first three paragraphs?
[A] In both East and West, names are essential to success.
[B] The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo? Zysman.
[C] Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies' names.
[D] Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.
4th paragraph suggests that __________.
[A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students
[B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class
[C] teachers should pay attention to all of their students
[D] students should be seated according to their eyesight
does the author mean by
“
most people are literally having a ZZZ
”
(Line 2, Paragraph 5)?
[A] They are getting impatient.
[B] They are noisily dozing off.
[C] They are feeling humiliated.
[D] They are busy with word puzzles.
of the following is true according to the text?
[A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.
[B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.
[C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.
[D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.