Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious

The everyday signs of conscientiousness (認(rèn)真盡責(zé))一being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一絲不茍的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.

Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time.

Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (緩沖) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.

There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers’ evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict.

But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.

When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自發(fā)性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】任務(wù)型讀寫(xiě)主要考查考生對(duì)文中有效信息進(jìn)行篩選、整合和綜合概括的能力。要求考生在閱讀理解的基礎(chǔ)上，對(duì)閱讀信息進(jìn)行二次加工，歸納要點(diǎn)，、整合零散信息，并以表格的形式把加工后的信息準(zhǔn)確、有序地表達(dá)出來(lái)。本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。通常來(lái)說(shuō)，盡職盡責(zé)是一個(gè)很大的優(yōu)點(diǎn)：工作認(rèn)真負(fù)責(zé)，守時(shí)自律，幫助別人等等，但同時(shí)也有它的缺點(diǎn)，如阻礙創(chuàng)造性，對(duì)同事要求過(guò)嚴(yán)而影響關(guān)系等。

71. 解析：歸納總結(jié)題。第一段中講述的盡職盡責(zé)的人的特點(diǎn)：being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一絲不茍的) in attending to responsibilities他們守時(shí)，工作中細(xì)心，自律，一絲不茍……，這些都說(shuō)明他們對(duì)自己要求很?chē)?yán)格。

答案：strict

72. 解析：信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。第一段中的It’s the conscientious worker who “helps” newcomers or updates people….說(shuō)明，盡職盡責(zé)的人對(duì)別人是helpful或者good。

答案：helpful/good

73. 解析：歸納總結(jié)題。文章的第2,3,4段講述了盡職盡責(zé)好處和重要性。

答案：Functions/Roles/Importance/Significance

74. 解析：由首段的the people who keep things running as they should可知答案。

答案：running/working/going/operating/functioning

75. 解析：直接信息題。從第二段中的In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs…可知答案。

答案：performance(s)

76. 解析：信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。從第三段的Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (緩沖)against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market，可知他們不容易失去工作，轉(zhuǎn)化為動(dòng)詞，即可得到答案。

答案：fired/dismissed/jobless

77. 解析：直接信息題。從第五段的第一句話(huà)But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems.可知答案。

答案：problems/troubles

78. 解析：直接信息題。從第四段的…giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of…可知答案。

答案：higher/subjective/unfair/unjust/prejudiced

79. 解析：歸納總結(jié)題。由第五段中的…overly judgmental…，tended to criticize co-workers…可知，他們對(duì)同事苛求，可能更容易批評(píng)同事，從而造成關(guān)系緊張。

答案：tense/damaged/poor/bad

80. 解析：直接信息題。由第六段的it can discourage creativity可知答案。

答案：discourage/affect/damage

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　　The everyday signs of conscientiousness(認(rèn)真盡責(zé))-being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous(一絲不茍的)in attending to responsibilities-are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should．They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with．It's the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline．

　　Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field．In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness．It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization：the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time．

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　　When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity．In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity(自發(fā)性)are scarce and in demand．Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness．

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Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious
The everyday signs of conscientiousness (認(rèn)真盡責(zé))—being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一絲不茍的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.
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Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (緩沖) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.
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Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious

The everyday signs of conscientiousness (認(rèn)真盡責(zé))—being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一絲不茍的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.

Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time.

Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (緩沖) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.

There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers’ evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict.

But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.

When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自發(fā)性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.

 

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