3.Camaraderie over Competence
The importance of liking people is the subject of an article in the Harvard Business Review,which has carried out an experiment to find out who we'd rather work with.Hardly surprisingly,the people we want most as our workmates are both:brilliant at their jobs and delightful human beings.And the people we want least are both unpleasant and useless.More interestingly,the authors found that,given the choice between working with lovable fools and competent jerks (性情古怪的人),we irresistibly choose the former.Anyway,who likes those stupid men who annoy or hurt other people?We might insist that competence matters more,but our behavior shows we stay close to the people we like and sharing information with them.
What companies should therefore do is get people to like each other more.The trick here is apparently to make sure staffs come across each other as often as possible during the day.They also should be sent on bonding courses and so on to encourage friendliness and break down displeasure.However,more outdoor-activity weekends and shared coffee machines inspire no confidence at all.
The reality is that people either like each other or they don't.You can't force it.Possibly you can make offices friendlier by tolerating a lot of chat,but there is a productivity cost to that.In my experience,the question of lovable fool against competent jerk may not be the right one.The two are interrelated:we tend not to like our workmates when they are completely hopeless.I was once quite friendly with a woman whom I later worked with.I found her to be so outstandingly bad at her job that I lost respect for her and ended up not really liking her at all.Then is there anything that companies should be doing about it?
By far the most effective strategy would be to hire people who are all pretty much the same,given that similarity is one of the main determinants of whether we like each other.I think this is a pretty good idea,but no one dares recommend this anymore without offending the diversity lobby group.There is only one acceptable view on this subject:teams of similar people are bad because they stop creativity.This may be true,though I have never seen any conclusive proof of it.
Not only do we like similar people,we like people who like us.So if companies want to promote more liking,they should encourage a culture where we are all nice to each other.The trouble is that this needs to be done with some skill.

67.According to the research,which kind of colleagues would most people tend to choose?A
A.Nice but unintelligent.
B.Creative but unattractive.
C.Competent but unfriendly.
D.Humorous but unambitious.
68.The author talks about her experience to show thatC.
A.people respect outstanding leaders
B.people tend to like optimistic workmates
C.a(chǎn) workmate's working ability is important
D.talkative workmates makes offices friendlier
69.Some people think that similar people working together mayB
A.offend each other
B.create fewer new ideas
C.talk more and work less
D.be likely to stick together
70.To encourage workmates to like each other,companies couldD.
A.a(chǎn)rrange the training course for workers to study together
B.organize team-building activities outside the office
C.encourage a diversity of opinions in workplace
D.employ staff who have a lot in common.

分析 本文通過調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)人們樂于與聰明樂觀,工作能力強(qiáng)的人一起工作,因為同事的能力很重要,相似的人在一起工作會阻礙創(chuàng)新能力,并據(jù)此為企業(yè)提供了一些建議.

解答 67.答案 A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)第一段中the people we want most as our workmates are both:brilliant at their jobs anddelightful human beings.可知人們樂于與聰明且樂觀的人一起共事,故選項A正確.
68.答案 C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)第三段we tend not to like our workmates when they are completely hopeless.一句,可知同事的能力很重要.故答案選C.
69.答案 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題;根據(jù)第四段中teams of similar people are bad because they stop creativity.可知相似的人在一起工作會阻礙創(chuàng)新能力.答案B正確.
70.答案 D 推理判斷題;根據(jù)最后一段Not only do we like similar people,we like people who like us.So if companies want to promote more liking,they should encourage a culturewhere we are all nice to each other.可知,故答案D正確.

點評 細(xì)節(jié)理解的解題技巧:
   1.掃題干  2.抓關(guān)鍵詞     3.定位置
4.研選項(干擾項的特點)
1)以偏概全 與原句的內(nèi)容相似,但在程度有變動
2)無中生有  明顯不是文章的信息
3)夸大/縮小 是原文信息,但故意增加或減少細(xì)節(jié)
4)偷梁換柱  偷換文中細(xì)小信息
5)半真半假  信息部分正確,部分錯誤
6)答非所問  是原文信息,但不是題干要求的內(nèi)容

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