Question

I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company, I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important to me to keep her present high school.

Bruce, the interviewer, was politely kind, but he didn’t search any further. He acknowledged(承認) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of interviews, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had 3 children. I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help.

From that one act of kindness, when he had no idea if we could ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of life’s greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of caring and supporting for another person in a time of extreme need.

1.According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very _______.

A．generous         B．kind              C．happy            D．mean

2.The underlined word "principal" in the first paragraph probably means _____.

A．main             B．unimportant       C．necessary         D．possible

3.Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A．The writer’s daughter was studying in Boston at that time.

B．Both the writer and the interviewer experienced the same pain.

C．Bruce was a senior manager of a big firm.

D．Bruce wanted to make friends with him because he gave him his business card and home phone number.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文描述了我在面試的時候遇見了善良的Bruce，他主動聯系我告訴我他也和我有同樣的經歷。

1.B 推理題。根據第二段5,6,7,8行I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call.說明這個人很善良，故B正確。

2.A 推理題。根據文章第2行I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston.說明我來這里面試的主要原因是想和我的兒子在一起，讓女兒在這里讀書。故該詞是指“主要的”故A正確。

3.D 細節題。根據He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call.說明他給我名片和電話號碼是告訴我如果需要幫助可以聯系他，并不是要和我交朋友。故D項內容是錯誤的。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀

點評：本文描述了我在面試的時候遇見了善良的Bruce，他主動聯系我告訴我他也和我有同樣的經歷。測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。