Collecting information about pre-employment and filling out an application form are closely connected, However, filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.
  That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or terms and conditions, you can make some changes before signing(簽約)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there; and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.
  I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything. If anyone questioned them, we would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both sides.
  So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position, of course, and that is something only you can determine.
【小題1】Filling out application forms is much “easier” because_______.

A.everything connected with application forms is easier
B.you can control the form filling with enough time
C.you can plan and have control of the needed time
D.it is easier to collect information about pre-employment
【小題2】We can learn from the underlined part “Each word is important” that _______.
A.questions in a form must be answered
B.everything in a form must be read carefully
C.the conditions that interest you are changeable
D.something of your interests is most important
【小題3】It can be inferred from the 4th paragraph that_______.
A.you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed
B.questions in a form are more important
C.you have little right to determine the conditions you like most
D.it depends on yourself to settle things in a form


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】D

解析試題解析:考查社會(huì)生活類文章閱讀,本文講的是填寫入職表格時(shí)應(yīng)該明確知道的該填寫的不能改變的條款和可以通過(guò)協(xié)商達(dá)成一致的條款。
【小題1】B 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句:filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.,天下申請(qǐng)表更加容易,因?yàn)槟阌幸驗(yàn)槟阌薪^對(duì)的自主權(quán)以及足夠的時(shí)間去思考安排,所以得出B正確。
【小題2】B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第二段What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there;你必須知道知道那些條款條件是高薪請(qǐng)來(lái)的律師擬定的,字字關(guān)鍵,否則也不會(huì)書諸文字,所以判斷出B正確。。
【小題3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段段意:所以當(dāng)你看到印有問(wèn)題或是條款條件的申請(qǐng)表,慢慢地通讀。如果你不喜歡某些地方,你完全可以予以更改,記住沒(méi)有協(xié)商解決不了的事。至于解決的程度就看你的立場(chǎng)了,這種事當(dāng)然取決于你,所以得出D正確。
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