答案及解析:
1.文章标题分析:How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood.
分析:注意到句子使用的是一般现在时态,这表明是对客观情况的描述。
补充:
argue with v. 与某人议论
argue vi. 争论, 争辩, 辩论
e.g. argue for [against] a proposal辩论赞成[反对]某项建议
2.对概括大意备选项进行分析,注意抓住核心词。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in (该选项内容与A正好相反,所以猜测A和F中可能会出现一个选项)
补充:
Propose vt, vi 建议
Synonyms: suggest, recommend
e.g. He proposed that we should go for a walk.
他提议我们去散步。
give in v.投降, 屈服, 让步
give up v.放弃(念头、希望等), 停止
3.看指定段落,确认段落小标题。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
2 If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad(mad与D中的Angry呼应). Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates (水门/闸门)for all your accumulated frustration(挫折/积怨). The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you. (陈述某种情况的结果,而这种情况可以成为D出现的理由)
D.分析:该段落中没有明显的特征词/短语重复出现的特点,注意到短首句的用词特点和段未句的语意,判断答案为D。
补充:
keep/find/make/leave + n./pron. + adj.
e.g. make me happy/sad; leave me alone; find it important.
It is/was + adj. /n. + to do sth./ that../doing sth.
e.g. It is necessary for us to arrive at school on time.
Dismiss vt解雇;开除; 解散;遣散
e.g. He was dismissed from his job. 他被解雇了。
e.g. dismiss a class/下课
比较:
fire: vt. 解雇
e.g. Youre fired. 你被解雇了
Pack up v. 打好旅行用的行李, 停止;结束
e.g. He was told by the boss to pack up.老板把他解雇了
send sb. packing把…赶走;炒…鱿鱼;即刻把人解雇
e.g. She tried to interfere, but I sent her packing!
她企图干预,我把她赶走了。
lay off(临时)解雇
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
3 Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
E.分析:段落中近义结构的反复出现直接暗示段落中心E。
补充:
get across (to)被理解;使人了解
e.g. Did your speech get across to the crowd?
你的演说听众理解吗?
比较:
put across 解释;表达
e.g.Im not putting my meaning across very well.