Section C
Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do especially in a (36) _______job market. Bob Crossley, a human resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. "It's amazing how many candidates (37) _______themselves." he says. "Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates don't (38) _______to spell the company's name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate," Crossley concludes. "if they cannot take of these (39) _______ , why should we trust them with a job?" Can we pay too much attention to detail? Absolutely not. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the (40) _______of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the trees", says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "we must (41) _______ ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into the larger picture. If they don't, we should drop them and move to something else". Garfield (42) _______this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. "The Apollo Ⅱ moon launch was slightly off (43) _______ 90 percent of the time." says Garfield, "(44) _______________________________. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary." Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. (45)____________________________ . But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, (46) _________________________________________.
答案解析:
36.【解析】tight。此处应填一形容词修饰job market。在就业形势非常紧张的情况下,求职时注重细节才尤为重要,tight在这里意指"(形势或局面)紧张的,严峻的"。
37.【解析】eliminate。根据后面的Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate可知,此处应为eliminate的原词复现。
38.【解析】bother。此处应填一动词,且能与后面的不定式搭配。bother to do sth.意为"费力做某事"。
39.【解析】details。由短文开头的Attention to detail可知,此处应为detail的原词复现。空前的these决定detail须用复数形式。
40.【解析】cost。过分注重小的方面势必会影响到大的目标或方向。at the cost of为固定搭配,意为"以...为代价"。
41.【解析】constantly。此处需要一副词修饰动词ask。constantly意为"不断地"。
42.【解析】compares。与this process相关的描述是If they don't (fit into the larger picture), we should drop them and move to something else;与his work as a computer scientist at NASA相关的描述是make adjustments as necessary。二者都强调大局为重,细节是可以调整的,具有相似性,故所填动词很可能表示类比或比喻。compare A to B意为"把A比作B",强调两者之间的相似性。
43.【解析】course。宇宙飞行器(Apollo Ⅱ)偏离的应是轨道。course有"轨道,航线"之意。
44.【答案】But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal
【Main Points】But successful landings were still likely as we knew the exact coordinates of our goal
45.【答案】Too often we believe what accounts for others success is some specialsecret or a lucky break
【Main Points】Too often we believe why others succeed is some special secret or a lucky break
46.【答案】we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow
【Main Points】we see that by doing little things well within our grasp, large rewards follow