Question

    The story I would like to tell happened about a year ago. I accepted a position in a company. John, who I knew, told me much about the job and took my curriculum vitae (简历) to his manager. I did not see him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work, nor did our wives.

The first week was fine. Nothing was clearly strange with John at first until the second week, when our communication began to get a little strange. John began making conversations like "you would have had to pay an employment agency（职业介绍所）several hundred dollars for a job like this". I soon forgot his words till the next day when he made another similar conversation. Right then I started to really pay attention to what he meant. He acted as if I owed him money for helping me to get the job.

He began to get short with me and I had only been there for two weeks. He should train me in building our e-mail servers（服务器）. Instead, he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could hardly keep up. He would not slow down or check whether I was with him or not. If there was something wrong with a server, he would just deal it by himself and not stop to say anything like "you might want to remember this. " I was in a bad mood from then on.

By the third week I began to get tired of his condescension (傲慢). So I began to challenge him in a way that was only one to one. He would reply to a question of mine with a question or just make me repeat it, and then cut in on me. I began to hate him. Later I tried to avoid him as much as I could.

He stopped me one day and asked me what had happened. I told him he was very condescending. He asked me, “What can I do so that you will not feel like this way in the future?” I simply asked him to treat me with the same respect he would like to be treated with. He did it and we got along better slowly. I believed there was hope and finally we would become friends and now we are.

1.Why didn’t the author refer to John as a friend at first?

A.They seldom spent free time together. B.They had only met for two weeks.

C.Their wives didn’t know each other. D.They had many disagreements on work.

2.What did John most probably mean by saying the underlined sentence?

A.The company he and the author worked in was very good.

B.The writer was wise not to ask an employment agency for help.

C.He had helped the author get a job without a penny.

D.The writer didn’t give him several hundred dollars to express his gratitude.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the third and fourth paragraphs?

A.John was an experienced and hard-working employee.

B.The writer was very slow in learning new things.

C.John hardly lent an ear to what the writer expressed.

D.The writer slowly got used to his work

4.What's the writer's purpose of sharing his story?

A.To express his dislikes with John.

B.To show the importance of communication

C.To remind us what problems can happen at work.

D.To describe how to get on with your workmate.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

文章大意：讲述了John免费给我介绍工作，在工作中相处以及后期成为朋友的过程。

1.细节理解题。根据 I did not see him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work, nor did our wives. ，他们下班时间没有聚会。故选A。

2.细节理解题。句意：“你将不得不支付职业介绍所(职业介绍所)数百美元这样的工作”及“He acted as if I owed him money for helping me to get the job. ”可知给作者提供了免费的工作，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据Instead, he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could hardly keep up. He would not slow down or check whether I was with him or not. 可知John完成这个过程的速度非常快，一个有经验的工人也很难跟上。不帮助我，也不听我的意见，故选C。

4.推理判断题。通读全文可知，作者在朋友的帮助下，轻松地找到一份工作，但是此后朋友的表现让作者很是不解，作者也慢慢疏远他，最后通过两个人的沟通交流，这才消除了误会，又成了好朋友，这件事情告诉我们人与人之间的及时沟通是多么重要啊．故选B。