When I started my career in management, I was really green, but I always tried to stay positive on the job. I was working for a new company that was having a difficult time with its customers. Actually, at one point my General Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new job as we were about to lose our only order. Every day we faced people leaving the company, customers complaining, and upper management preparing to close the place.

One night, I went home thinking about the problems. My wife told me to forget about work and see a movie. We went and saw Slumdog Millionaire. Jamal, an eighteen-year-old Indian young man, is from a poor family and becomes rich later. He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation.

The next day I called my customers to have a talk. I promised to do my best to solve the problems if they would give us some time. As a result, we were given one month to turn the situation around. This was our only chance to correct the situation. To achieve this, I worked day and night with my team. I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day.

To make a long story short, we succeeded in solving all of the problems and at the same time increased our productivity(生產(chǎn)率). The customers and management were very happy, and I knew at that moment we had saved our jobs. Actually things went so well that we ended up having our pay doubled.

Through this experience I understand that you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive.

1. The General Manager advised the author to look for a new job mainly because　　　.

A. he knew the author didn’t want to stay there

B. his company was too small to hire so many people

C. he believed the author could get more pay that way

D. the management was preparing to close the department

2. Who caused the author to decide to change his situation?

A. The hero in a movie. 　　　B. His wife.

C. His boss. D. The customers.

3. How long did the author stay in his department every day during that month?

A. 8 hours. B. 15 hours.

C. 20 hours. D. 24 hours.

4.The experience of the author shows that　　　.

A. if a person does his best and keeps positive, he’ll succeed

B. if a person takes advice from others, he’ll make progress

C. if a person is clever, he’ll realize his dream sooner or later

D. if a person wants to change his fate, he mustn’t change his job

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. My Work Experience

B. My First Management Job

C. How to Correct Your Situation

D. The Importance of Working Hard

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

作者剛開始做管理工作時(shí), 他的部門面臨著被關(guān)閉的危險(xiǎn)。他看了《貧民窟的百萬富翁》后受到啟發(fā), 決心像影片中的主人翁一樣改變處境。于是他帶領(lǐng)自己的團(tuán)隊(duì)拼命工作, 最終取得了成功。

1.選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段. . . we were about to lose our only order和. . . and upper management preparing to close the place可知, 答案為D。

2.2】選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation可知, 答案為A。

3.3】選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day. 可知, 答案為C。

4.4】選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)末段. . . you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive可知, 答案為A。

5.5】選B。主旨大意題。通讀全文可知, 本文作者主要講述了自己第一次做管理工作的經(jīng)歷, 故答案為B。

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