Question

Several days ago, a Beijing - based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift - the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”.

The book - a bestseller in the US - is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca- Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.

Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood - our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.

With China’s official entry into WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges. So what should we do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved?

“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.

Professor Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”

“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese. ”Zhang smiled confidently.

1.The whole passage is about________.

A. a bestseller in the US

B. what people think about China’s entry into the WTO

C. people’s attitude toward changes and challenges

D. how a book influences the Chinese workers

2.The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My   Cheese” in order to________.

A. be more competitive with foreign firms

B. find an excuse for their job cuts

C. let the workers make a living on their own

D. encourage the fired workers

3.The word “cheese”in the passage can refer to________.

A. something we depend on for a living

B. a most important kind of food

C. change or challenge

D. way of life

4.From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that________.

A. they have different opinions on changes and challenges

B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者通过介绍《谁动了我的奶酪》告诉我们要正确面对生活中的变化和挑战。同时与中国进入世贸以后所面临的挑战结合起来，说明中国人已经做好了准备迎接这些挑战。

1.C 主旨大意题。本文中通过一家北京公司解雇员工的事情引出“Who Moved My Cheese?"这本书，再联系到中国进入世贸组织所面临的挑战。结合第二段最后一句Some large organizations, including Coca- Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.说明本文主要的话题就是人们面对改变和挑战的态度。故C正确。

2.D 推理判断题。老板在解雇员工前一天给每个人都发了“Who Moved My Cheese?"，目的在于希望员工能从这本书里得到启示，正确面对生活中诸如被解雇这样的变化和挑战。故D正确。

3.A 推理判断题。根据第三段Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood - our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well. 可知奶酪指那些与我们的日常生活有关的工作、行业以及家人等我们赖以生存的东西。故A正确。

4.

【名师点睛】

在阅读短文中，常常有一些复合长句。这些句子中一个从句套着另一个从句，环环相扣，使得考生搞不清楚整个句子结构。其实，不管句子有多长有多复杂，它只由两部分构成，即主干和修饰成分。主干是整个句子的骨架，主要指主谓宾结构(如: I want a ticket.)或主系表结构(如:The man is a teacher.)。而修饰成分在句中只起修饰或补充主干的作用，它既可以是单词，也可以是短语，更常见的则是从句，尤其是定语从句和状语从句。这些从句都很常见，考生比较熟悉，但很多时候不少考生分不清单词、短语和从句之间的相互关系，这样会导致整个句子分析混乱。这时，考生应通过仔细分析，将每个修饰成分划出来，找出句子的主干，这样整个句子结构就清晰了。

【第一段第三句】Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift - the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”.

本句中what引导状语从句，并在主语从句中做主语；that引导表语从句，表语从句中还有时间状语从句the day before the 400 were fired。

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