3.Today's workplace is unique in history.Never before have we seen people working together who represent such different backgrounds and experiences.This difference of age,race,gender,and work style makes it very difficult to organize and run a company.
As a result,companies are looking for individuals who can manage a wide range of employees effectively.Increasingly,managers are discovering that age differences among workers are a major cause of concern.
This has been an important realization.The management difficulties and challenges have led some experts to study intergenerational differences for an understanding of problems in the workplace.What they have discovered is interesting and may provide ways of improving working conditions in companies that employ individuals from different generations.
The first thing to realize,they say,is that differences of opinion about the importance of work and how to get work done are not a coincidence.That is,it is not an accident that young employees will be different from older employees.In fact,if employers do not pay attention to these differences,it is possible that anger will build up between people and lead to difficulties in the company.
Resentment (仇恨) between members of different generations,if not attended to,can lead to extreme anger and unhappiness and even lasting enmity if people are not careful.That individuals from different generations should come to view each other as if they were from different sides of warring countries should not be surprising.
It is natural for individuals from the same generation to form alliances (聯(lián)盟),to come together for protection.Different generations represent different experiences in life,and these lead naturally to different opinions about oneself and one's approaches to work.
If you were raised in a time of plenty,when products were readily available and relatively inexpensive,you would believe that prosperity is natural and expectable.If,on the other hand,you were raised in a time of scarcity,you would always be careful not to waste things for fear you would not have enough.You would make angry people who seem to believe that problems will always solve themselves.Such optimism in the face of difficulties would be a source of unhappiness between you and them.It is difficult,in such circumstances,to achieve a happy,agreeable atmosphere in the workplace.

84.What most possibly makes it difficult to organize or run a company?A
A.Employees are in different generations.
B.Employees are of different backgrounds.
C.Employees work in different styles.
D.Employees are in different races.
85.Employers should pay attention toB if they want to avoid anger between employees.
A.the different understanding of problems in the workplace
B.the different views on value of work and working methods
C.the different generations of employees in the workplace
D.the different ways of expressing anger in the company
86.The word"enmity"is closet in meaning toA.
A.hatred                     B.sorrows            C.ignorance                D.forgiveness
87.What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?D
A.Employees should be cooperative and friendly with each other.
B.It is difficult for employers to have workers work in a friendly way.
C.The weakness of human nature causes the anger between employees.
D.The generational differences cause the disharmony among employees.

分析 本文屬于議論文的范疇.主要描述了雇員間的年齡差異很容易導(dǎo)致矛盾,給公司的發(fā)展造成困擾,生于不同時(shí)代的人對(duì)事物的看法不同,所以人們對(duì)生活的態(tài)度與生長(zhǎng)的時(shí)代有很大關(guān)系.

解答 84-87.ABAD
84.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段中的"This difference of age,race,gender,and work style makes it very difficult to organize and run a company."以及第二段中的"Increasingly,managers are discovering that age differences among workers are a major cause of concern."可知,雇員間年齡、種族、脾氣和工作風(fēng)格的不同都會(huì)給公司的經(jīng)營(yíng)造成困難,而其中年齡的差異是最主要的,故選A.
85.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段中的"The first thing to realize,they say,is that differences of opinion about the importance of work and how to get work done are not a coincidence."可知,年齡的差異首先表現(xiàn)在對(duì)工作重要性的認(rèn)識(shí)和工作方法上的不同,所以要避免雇員間的矛盾,要特別注意這一點(diǎn).故選B.
86.A 詞義猜測(cè)題.hatred怨恨,敵意;sorrows悲傷;ignorance忽視;forgiveness原諒.根據(jù)本句話可知,如果不注意的話,雇員間的矛盾會(huì)發(fā)展為憤怒,甚至互相敵視,故選A.
87.D 主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章可知,雇員間的年齡差異很容易導(dǎo)致矛盾,給公司的發(fā)展造成困擾,故選D.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解題測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對(duì)未說明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論,對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn).

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