Question

【題目】Everyone makes mistakes. 【1】. Making a mistake at work, however, can be more serious. It may cause problems for your employer and even affect the company’s bottom line. Evil consequences will finally come down to you. Simply correcting your mistake and moving on may not be an option. When you make a mistake at work, your career may depend on what you do next.

Admit your mistake.

Tell your boss about your mistake immediately. The only exception is that you make an insignificant error that will not affect anyone. Otherwise, don’t try to hide your mistake. 【2】.

Present your boss with a plan to fix your mistake.

When you go to your boss to admit your mistake, you must have a plan for correcting it. Present your plan clearly. Tell your boss how long it will take to carry out your plan and if there are any costs involved.

Don’t blame anyone else for your mistake.

【3】. Encourage those who may share responsibility to follow your lead in admitting to your boss.

【4】.

There’s a big difference between admitting your mistake and beating yourself up about it. Take responsibilitybut don’t blame yourself for making it, especially in public.

Correct your mistake on your own time.

If you have to spend extra hours at work to correct your mistake, don’t expect to be paid for that time. 【5】.

A. You can use your lunch hour or come into work early

B. You will look terrible if someone else discovers it

C. Apologize for your mistake but don’t beat yourself up

D. Pointing fingers won’t help you if you make a mistake

E. Strengthen your friendship with your boss

F. You’ll feel ashamed if your colleague takes the responsibility for you

G. Usually you can correct your error or just forget about it and move on

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】每個人都會犯錯，工作中犯的錯可能要嚴重一些。當你在工作中犯錯，你的事業(yè)生涯將取決于你下一步該怎么做，本文就此為職場人士給出了一些好的建議。

【1】G。每個人都犯錯。… 然而在工作中犯錯，那可能會更嚴重些了。本段第三句however一詞表轉(zhuǎn)折，因此前兩句是順承關(guān)系，故選G. Usually you can correct your error or just forget about it and move on (犯錯之后，) 通常你要么改正要么忘掉。

【2】B。前一句說到，不要試圖掩藏你的錯誤，本句給出原因---You will look terrible if someone else discovers it要是別人發(fā)現(xiàn)了它，那你就尷尬了。兩句之間屬于因果邏輯關(guān)系。

【3】D。本段小標題—不要嫁禍于人。圍繞這一中心話題，本段第一句應(yīng)該為Pointing fingers won’t help you if you make a mistake，屬于段落主題句。此處point fingers指的是對別人的指責和推諉，如果是你的錯，那都于事無補。

【4】C。此處為小標題。根據(jù)本段的主題句-- Take responsibility but don’t blame yourself for making it, especially in public不難推出，要為你的錯誤道歉，但是別被你的錯誤打垮。選C。

【5】A。標題Correct your mistake on your own time指出，用你自己的午飯時間或者上班之前早到的那段時間來彌補你的錯誤，別指望還會因為那些時間而得到報酬。