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小題1:What kind of people will probably answer this advertisement?
A．College students preparing to work in some big companies.
B．College students preparing to study for a degree.
C．High school graduates preparing to have at-home training.
D．High school graduates who aren’t accepted by colleges.
小題2:With Harcourt, people can get a Specialized Associate Degree by              .
A．doing full-time learning at schoolB．joining the classes
C．studying in their spare timeD．staying at home
小題3:Harcourt training has NOT been used by              for its employees.
A．General MotorsB．Harvard University
C．General ElectricD．Mobile
小題4:How can you contact Harcourt Learning Direct?
A．By sending an E-mail.
B．By visiting the office on weekdays.
C．By making a call on weekdays only.
D．By sending a letter not later than today.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文介紹了一種名叫Harcourt的培訓(xùn)課程。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)With Harcourt, you can study at home和! Even if you have no experience before, you can get valuable job skills in today’s hottest fields故C正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)With Harcourt, you can study at home, in your spare time—so you don’t have to give up your present job while you train for a better one.說明C正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Nearly 2,000 American companies—including General Electric, IBM, Mobile, General Motors, Ford, and many others have used our training for their employees說明ACD都是的。只有B項沒有提及，故B正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一行E-mail: harcourt@learning.com說明通過郵件與他們進(jìn)行聯(lián)系，故A正確。
點評：本文屬于信息篩選類的短文是高考中常見的考查類型，文本所給信息非常豐富，要求考生從中選出適合題目要求的信息。解此類題目時，考生可以先閱讀題目和選項，了解具體要求，然后再仔細(xì)閱讀文章，認(rèn)真篩選甄別，這樣的閱讀就有的放矢，可以大大提高閱讀的速度和效率。
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