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15．How good are you at saying"no"？For many，it's surprisingly difficult．This is especially true of editors，who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do．Consider these scenes：
It's late in the day．That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete； the last editing and it's finished．Then enters the chief editor，who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box．You want to scream："No!It's done!"What do you do？
The first rule of saying no to the boss is‘don't say no，．He probably has something in mind when he makes the suggestion，and it's up to you to find out what．The second rule is'don't raise the risks by challenging his authority，．That issue is already decided．The third rule is‘be ready to put forward choices and consequences，．The boss's suggestion might be appropriate，but there are always consequences．He might not know about the pages backing up that need attention，or about the designer who had to go home sick．Tell him he can have what he wants，hut explain the consequences．Understand what he's trying to accomplish and propose（提議）a Flan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far．
Here's another case．Your least-favorite reporter suggests a silly story idea．This one should be easy，but it's not．If you say no，even politely，you risk holding back further ideas，not just from that reporter，but from others who heard that you turned down the idea．This case is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter（過濾）story suggestions．
Two steps are necessary．First，you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed．Reporters can bear rejection of their ideas if they believe they are given a fair hearing．Your natural reaction and strong rejection，even of a worthless idea，might not qualify as systematic or fair．
Second，the people you work with need to make a"What if"．？，agreement covering‘‘What if my idea is turned down？，How are people expected to react？Is there an appeal process？Can they perfect the idea and resubmit it？By imagining"What if…？"situations before they happen，you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of opposition．
50．This passage is mainly aboutD．
A．the cases where ideas are rejected
B．the ways to give different opinions
C．the skills of saying no 
D．the methods for solving disagreements
51．Instead of directly refusing your boss's suggestion，you shouldB．
A．pretend that you are sick
B．seek what he is thinking about
C．state that your design is quite perfect
D．a(chǎn)sk him to give the reason for his suggestion
52．By saying"This one should be easy…"（Paragraph 4），the writer means it's easy toD
A．understand the silly story idea
B．let others politely say no
C．fool your least-favorite reporter  
D．turn down that reporter's idea
53．Why is it important to set up a system for stories to be proposed and reviewed？D
A．To allow reporters enough time to change their attitude．
B．To develop reporters5 strong sense of fairness．
C．To encourage reporters to give valuable ideas．
D．To guarantee reporters chances to give further explanations．
54．What is conveyed in the last paragraph？A
A．Sometimes we may view a problem from another angle．
B．We may relax ourselves by raising questions when we're in trouble．
C．"What if …？"situations help improve our relationship with others．
D．It's almost impossible for others to accept our ideas at once．

Answer 1

分析 本篇文章主要講的是說no的技巧；如何向你的上司說no？如何對你的同事說no？

解答 50．答案 D 根據(jù)第一段How goodare you at saying"no"？For many，it's surprisingly difficult．你會說"不"么？對于大多數(shù)人來說，這的確不是一件容易的事情和下文的內(nèi)容可知，本文主要講解了如何說不的技巧，故答案為D
51．答案 B 根據(jù)He probablyhas something in mind when he makes the suggestion，and it's up to you to find out what．在他提建議的時候他心里或許正在想著些什么，至于他在想什么，這完全由你來弄清楚．故答案為B
52．答案 D 根據(jù)If you sayno，even politely，you risk holding back further ideas如果你說"不"，即使是十分禮貌的說，你可能使其他人也不敢發(fā)表自己的看法了．可知意思是拒絕那個記者的主意，故答案為D
53．答案 D 根據(jù)Reporterscan bear rejection of their ideas if they believe they are given a fair hearing．Your natural reaction and strongrejection，even of aworthless idea，might notqualify as systematic or fair．在發(fā)言人相信自己的提議得到了公正的評價之后，他們常常更加容易接受對其的反駁．你的本能反應和蔑視的回應對于那些沒有一點價值的觀點來說也可能不具備公平的權衡體系．由此可知答案為D
54．答案 A 根據(jù)Byimagining"What if…？"situations before they happen，you can reach understanding that will help ease you out ofopposition．通過想象可能出現(xiàn)的情形，你可以理解那樣會有助于你避免別人的反對，由此可知，有時候我們需要換個角度看問題，故答案為A

點評 總體來說，本篇文章難度較大，這是一篇由大學六級題改編而來，對于高中生來說難度相對大了些，但基本上所有問題都可以從原文中找到答案，53題相對難了些，需要對最后一段特別是最后一句完全理解了才有可能作對．