Question

Cameron thought of himself as merely organized．He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything ,he did just enough to get it right．Exactly right, of course as he was fond of telling his staff, “if it’s not exactly right, it’s wrong”．Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words, because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out．And doing the corrections exactly right of course．

Strangely enough ,his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company ,and it was seen, and not only by those who worked in the department ,as a sort of elite（出類拔萃）unit．Those programs that had to work first time, straight out of the box, Cameron’s men got those．“It’s mission（任務）critical—give it to Cameron” was almost a catch—phrase with his team．

It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things．He wanted things done just so ,not because of a personal taste ,but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done．

1.Cameron was a ．

A．software programmer B．a chief scientist

C．quality controller D．head of department

2.“Mission-critical” work given to Cameron because ．

A．Cameron’s work was error—free B．Cameron was critical

C．he didn’t mind working late D．he had a good team

3.Working for Cameron, people felt that ．

A．they were part of an elite

B．their mission was critical

C．Cameron was very particular about things

D．Cameron was patient and responsible

4.According to the underlined part in paragraph 5,what is meant by someone “who couldn’t cut it”?

A．He didn’t cut corners． B．He wasn’t good enough．

C．He had the wrong measurements． D．He was a perfection．

5.What can we learn about Cameron?

A．He never got things Wrong．

B．He didn’t allow for any mistake．

C．He encouraged work to be done in office hours．

D．He was often misunderstood．

6.The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being ．

A．positive B．sympathetic

C．non-subjective D．optimistic

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹Cameron做為部門領導，對工作一絲不茍，不能允許任何錯誤，但有時也會被認為是沒有達到要求。

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