(完整word版)英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(19)

英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析（

19

）

Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job

database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site’s “personal

search agent”. It’s an interactive feature tha

t lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title,

and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose

the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first

notification

of

an

opening.

“I

struck

gold,’

says

Redmon,

who

E

-mailed

his

resume

to

the

employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.

With

thousands

of

career-related

sites

on

the

Internet,

finding

promising

openings

can

be

time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases.

But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your

criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a questio

n you eliminate a

possibility.” says one expert.

For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept

—

what you think you want to do

—

then

broaden

it.

“None

of

these

programs

do

that,”

says

another

expert.

“There’s

no

career

counseling

implicit

in

all

of

this.”

Instead,

the

best

strategy

is

to

use

the

agent

as a

ki

nd

of

tip

service

to

keep

abreast

of

jobs

in

a

particular

database;

when

you

get

E-mail,

consider

it

a

reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely on agents for finding everything

that is

added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job

-searching guide.

Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When C

areerSite’s agent sends

out

messages

to

those

who

have

signed

up

for

its

service,

for

example,

it

includes

only

three

potential jobs

—

those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database;

job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them

—

and they do. “On the day after we send

our messages, we see a sharp increas

e in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing

for CareerSite.

Even those who aren’t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to

keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to

arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his

agent

at

CareerBuilder.

“You

always

keep

your

eyes

open,”

he

says.

Working

with

a

personal

search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.

21. How did Redmon find his job?

[A] By searching openings in a job database.

[B] By posting a matching position in a database

[C] By using a special service of a database

[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.

22. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?

[A] Lack of counseling.

[B] Limited number of visits.

[C] Lower efficiency.

[D] Fewer successful matches.

23.

The expression “tip service” (Line

3, Paragraph 3) most probably means

[A] advisory.

[B] compensation.

[C] interaction.

[D] reminder.

24.

Why does CareerSite’s agent offer each job hunter only three job options?

[A] To focus on better job matches.

[B] To attract more returning visits.

[C] To reserve space for more messages.

[D] To increase the rate of success.

25. Which of the following is true according to the text?

[A] Personal search agents are indispensable to job- hunters.

[B] Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.

[C] Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.

[D] Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.

名师解析

21. How did Redmon find his job?

Redmon

是如何找到工作的？

[A] By searching openings in a job database.

通过搜索工作数据库中的空缺职位。

[B] By posting a matching position in a database.

通过在数据库里面张贴匹配职位。

[C] By using a special service of a database.

通过使用某数据库的一项特别服务。

[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.

通过将他的简历以电子邮件的方式寄给某数据库。

【答案】

C

【考点】

事实细节题。

【分析】

题干的关键信息就是“

Redmon

”

，我们在第一段里面可以看 见“

Redmon

”的内

容。要答对本 题，考生必须仔细查看究竟“

Redmon

”是怎样利用该数据 库来

找到工作的。在第一段里面，作者提到他使用了“个人搜索代理”

< br>，输入几个

关键词，

几个星期以后得到了职位空缺的通知 ，

然后他又把他的履历寄给雇主，

从而获得这份工作。整个过程 就是这样的。

[A]

只反映了他整个求职过程的一

部分。

[B]

故意颠倒了“

post

”

(

张贴

)

这个动作的主语，张贴的人，要么是求职

网，要么是寻人 单位，却不是“

Redmon

”

。选项

[D]

同样颠倒了主语，因为是数

据库 发电子邮件给“

Redmon

”而不是反过来。选项