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【題目】 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 (失業(yè)聚會(huì)) 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 （智囊團(tuán)），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

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了Twitter正在成為求職者找工作的重要工具。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知，去年被解雇時(shí)，詹哈里斯在推特上發(fā)了一條失業(yè)信息，于是她就很快就收到了一份工作邀請(qǐng)（獲得了一份新的工作），再結(jié)合第二段中的“the Twitter phenomenon is fundamentally changing the way people search for jobs.”可知，推特正在從根本上改變?nèi)藗冋夜ぷ鞯姆绞�，由此可知，第一段提到詹哈里斯就是為了證明推特正在成為求職者找工作的重要工具，故A項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，推特為求職者提供了一個(gè)后門，讓他們得以窺探自己可能有興趣申請(qǐng)工作的公司，由此可知，推特為求職者提供了一個(gè)更多地了解自己感興趣的公司的機(jī)會(huì)，故B項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“As a chief strategy officer for Napabased VinTank, a wine industry think tank，he used Twitter to spot and then practically “follow” the 23-year-old job candidate and gifted Twitter, Ashley Bellview.”可知，作為葡萄酒行業(yè)智囊團(tuán)Napabased VinTank的首席戰(zhàn)略官，保羅·馬布里利用推特發(fā)現(xiàn)并“跟蹤”23歲的求職者——非常有天賦的阿什利，由此可知，阿什利被認(rèn)為是個(gè)有天賦的候選人，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【4】主旨大意題。通讀全文，特別是根據(jù)第二段中的“the Twitter phenomenon is fundamentally changing the way people search for jobs.”可知，推特正在從根本上改變?nèi)藗冋夜ぷ鞯姆绞剑�由此可知，本文主要介紹的是推特正在成為求職者找工作的重要工具（推特幫助人們找工作），所以這篇文章最好的題目是“推特幫助找工作”，故B項(xiàng)正確。