Question

【題目】Interviewing is one of those skills that you can only get better at. You will never again feel so ill at ease as when you try it for the first time, you’ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she maybe too shy to reveal. But at least half of the skill is mechanical. The rest is instinct(本能，直覺), which can all be learned with experience.

The basic tools for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils. But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. There’s nothing less likely to relax a person than the arrival of someone with a note-taking pad(便簽紙). Both of you need time to get to know each other. Take a while just to chat, judging what sort of person you’re dealing with, getting him or her to trust you.

Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can. If you are interviewing a town official, know his voting record. If it’s an actor, know what plays he has been in. You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.

Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. The fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed, he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him.

Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting, and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.

This doesn’t certainly mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before, and they will get used to the process awkwardly(笨拙地), perhaps not giving you anything that you can use. Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it—proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn’t really want to.

【1】The word “reveal” could best be replaced by ________.

A. ask B. question

C. give D. look

【2】According to the passage, during an interview notebooks or paper should ________.

A. never be used B. be used only when necessary

C. be kept at home D. be given to the interviewer

【3】It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that most men and women ________.

A. are afraid to meet interviewers B. hate being interviewed

C. like being interviewed D. fear to speak to outsiders

【4】According to the passage, if a person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything useful, what should you do?

A. Arrange another interview. B. Give him or her a bad score.

C. Wait until he or she calms down. D. Try to make him or her trust you

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了采訪中需要注意的幾個地方：采訪所需配備的工具，采訪前做好準(zhǔn)備，了解采訪雙方的心理等等。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段you’ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she maybe too shy to reveal.（你將可能不會感到完全舒適，試圖從別人那里得到他或她可能羞于透露的答案。）可知，此處reveal意為“給予”（reveal本意意為“揭示，揭露”）。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it.一句可知，只有在你需要的時候才可以把筆記本或紙張拿出來。因此可以推斷在采訪中只有在必要的時候才可以使用筆記本或紙張。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段the fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed, he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him.可知，除非真正厭惡被采訪，人們是很高興接受采訪的。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it可知，當(dāng)受訪者狀態(tài)不好的時候，你可以改天再來，那樣情況會好一些。故選A。