Question

    When Jen Harris was laid off from her job at MPC Computers in Idaho last October, she tweeted the message “just been laid off from MPC”, “By the time I left the parking lot, I had a job offer from a friend that had a Web development company in town, “ she told CNNMoney.

It’s difficult to know how many people are actually finding work this way. But it’s obvious from interviews with job-seekers, employers, coaches and managers that the Twitter phenomenon is fundamentally changing the way people search for jobs.

“A lot of companies aren’t advertising jobs in traditional ways,” says Jason Rivera, a graphic artist who teamed up with other San Francisco Twiners “to lead the pink-slip party (失业聚会) movement” for the networking messes. Rivera says Twitter allows companies to easily “follow” potential candidates online, while giving job hunters a backdoor peek at companies where they may be interested in applying for a job.

“It’s a great way to get up-to-the-minute information about a company and its latest products,” Rivera says, “as well as give you a shot at actually talking to a hiring manager on Twitter，as opposed to having your e-mailed resume end up as the 500th in his in-box. At the same time, Twitter gives managers faster, more efficient ways to get through the mess, and that save them money.”

Paul Mabray knows that firsthand. As a chief strategy officer for Napabased VinTank, a wine industry think tank （智囊团），he used Twitter to spot and then practically “follow’’ the 23-year-old job candidate and gifted Twitter, Ashley Bellview. “We got to learn about her personality, her work ethic and her thought process by the information she’d linked to in her tweets and by how she communicated with other people on Twitter,” Mabray says.

1.Jen Harris is mentioned in the first paragraph to show that ________.

A.Twitter is becoming an important tool for job seekers

B.more people lose their jobs recently

C.it’s easier for IT workers to find jobs

D.there are less jobs than we have expected

2.Twitter can give job hunters a chance to ________.

A.visit the companies

B.learn more about the companies

C.receive training about the computer operation

D.have a face-to-face talk with the managers

3.We can know from the last paragraph that Ashley Bellview ________.

A.has a large circle of online friends

B.proves to be a gifted actress

C.is not experienced in wine making

D.is considered a gifted candidate

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A.The Popularity of Twitter

B.Twitter Helps Find Jobs

C.The Ways People Search for Jobs Are Changing

D.How to Get Jobs on Twitter

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了Twitter正在成为求职者找工作的重要工具。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，去年被解雇时，詹哈里斯在推特上发了一条失业信息，于是她就很快就收到了一份工作邀请（获得了一份新的工作），再结合第二段中的“the Twitter phenomenon is fundamentally changing the way people search for jobs.”可知，推特正在从根本上改变人们找工作的方式，由此可知，第一段提到詹哈里斯就是为了证明推特正在成为求职者找工作的重要工具，故A项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“while giving job hunters a backdoor peek at companies where they may be interested in applying for a job.”可知，推特为求职者提供了一个后门，让他们得以窥探自己可能有兴趣申请工作的公司，由此可知，推特为求职者提供了一个更多地了解自己感兴趣的公司的机会，故B项正确。

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4.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第二段中的“the Twitter phenomenon is fundamentally changing the way people search for jobs.”可知，推特正在从根本上改变人们找工作的方式，由此可知，本文主要介绍的是推特正在成为求职者找工作的重要工具（推特帮助人们找工作），所以这篇文章最好的题目是“推特帮助找工作”，故B项正确。