四川省芦山县2016高考英语阅读类暑假选练题（8）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Whenyou’reanemployeeofacompany,nomatterthesize,it’scommontoseeco-workerspromoted,ortransferredtoadifferentdepartment.Butthereisanotherwaytomovearound—bycreatinganewpositionforyourself.Ididthisseveralyearsago,thoughIwasn’tactivelylookingforadifferentjob.In2007,IwashiredattheTransamericaLifeInsuranceCompany,asacustomerservicerepresentativeinthedistributionsservicesdepartment.Iprocessedrequestsfordistributionsfromourannuity(养老金)policyholdersaroundthecountry.Someonemighthaveforgottentosignaform,forexample,ormighthaveomittedsecurityinformation.Tosolvetheproblem,I’dmailthepersonaletter.Thecompanyhadbeenthroughseveralcombinations,soinourdepartmentalonewehadacollectionofabout140templates(模板)forlettersrelatedtodistributions.ThelongerIworkedwiththeletters,themoreIsawhowtheycouldbeimproved.Somehadoverlappinginformationandcouldbecombined.Somehadincorrectgrammarorneededupdating.Ialsonoticedthatindustryterminology(专业术语)wasn’tstandardacrossalltheversions.WhenItoldmydepartmentsupervisoraboutthisin2008,sheagreedthatthelettersneededrevamping.ShesaidIshouldstopwhatI’dbeendoingandstartthenewwork.Inarelativelyshorttime,Iwasabletomakenumerousimprovementsandreducethenumberoflettersto70.Itwasaninformaljobchangeuntilamanagers’meetingseveralmonthslater.Atthatmeeting,avicepresidentwhowasunawareofmynewworkmentionedthatthedivision’sentirestockof1,700lettersshouldbereviewed.Mymanagertoldherthatsheknewtheperfectpersonforthejob—me.ThepositionwasstillconsideredtemporarywhenItookontheextratasks,butIwasabletoshowthattheworkhadvalue,andIwasofficiallypromotedandgivenaraiseinNovember2009.31.AccordingtoParagraph1,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Theauthoradmiredthosewhogotapromotioninhiscompany.B.TheauthortriedhisbesttogetapromotioninhiscompanyC.Theauthorwaseagertoseekanotherjob.D.Itisnosurprisetoseepeoplearounduschangetheirpositions.【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据it’scommontoseeco-workerspromoted,ortransferredtoadifferentdepartment.可知看见我们周围的人们改变工作或职位是不奇怪的。故选D。32.WhichofthefollowingproblemswiththelettersisNOTmentionedinthepassage?A.Someinformationneededtobeunited.B.Someinformationwasoverlooked.C.Somehadgrammaticalmistakes.D.Industryterminologydidn’tmeetthestandard.【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据Somehadoverlappinginformationandcouldbecombined.Somehadincorrectgrammarorneededupdating.Ialsonoticedthatindustryterminology(专业术语)wasn’tstandardacrossalltheversions.一些信息需要统一，一些有语法错误，一些行业术语没有达到要求，只有选项B，没有提到，故选B。33.Theunderlinedword“revamping”inParagraph4isclosestinmeaningto.A.improvingB.rebuildingC.repeatingD.strengthening【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据Iwasabletomakenumerousimprovements可知这些信需要提高，故选A。34.Theauthorstartedtoreviewtheletterswhen.A.hewashiredbythecompanyB.hisdepartmentsupervisoragreedhisideaC.hewasrecommendedatamanagers’meetingD.hewaspromoted【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据WhenItoldmydepartmentsupervisoraboutthisin2008,sheagreedthatthelettersneededrevamping.Atthatmeeting,avicepresidentwhowasunawareofmynewworkmentionedthatthedivision’sentirestockof1,700lettersshouldbereviewed.他的部门监督同意了他的观点，故选B。35.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.Wherethereiswill,thereisawa...
