Karla L. Miller writes a Washington Post advice column（專欄） on finding your way around the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers.


Question: I'm Sam. I work part-time,paid hourly. There are only two employees: me and my boss. I receive no paid holidays or sick time,no health insurance,and orie week's paid vacation. For me,this job is just a job,and the salary I earn doesn't guarantee a 24/7 on-call mentality.

   From almost the beginning,my boss has freely called me at home,called my personal cellphone,and emailed my personal account during my off-hours and vacation.

   Five years later,it's still happening despite my having politely asked her several times not to contact me during my non-working hours.

   Each time I ask,she apologizes and stops for a while,but always goes back to the behavior. I never take her phone calls on my cell,but she hasn't got my point.

   The point is,it is never anything that can't wait until the next business day!I am ready to lose it.


Answer: If it won't cost you your job,call block and email filters(過濾器） are one easy path to inner peace.

   It puzzles me that your boss seems to agree she's out of bounds,but then continues to contact you.

   Either she occasionally gets enough response from you to make it worth trying,or she can't help firing off questions on impulse(—時(shí)沖動(dòng)) .

   You could ask her,once and for all,whether she's OK with waiting for .responses.— in which case her afler-hours calls and emails will be answered the next business day 一 or whether she wants instant answers 一 in which case,you will be tracking the time you spend responding so you can be paid for it.

11. What,s Sam's problem?

   A. His salary is too low.

   B. His job is very challenging.

   C. His working hours are too long.

   D. His boss always contacts him during off-duty time.

12. Which word can best describe Sam's feeling when he was writing the letter?

   A. Upset. B. Disappointed.

   C. Calm. D. Excited.

13. What does the underlined part “she's out of bounds” in the text probably mean?

   A. What she's doing is acceptable.

   B. What she's doing is hard to explain.

   C. She's doing what she is not supposed to do.

   D. She has the right to do whatever she wants.

14. Karla L. Miller advises Sam to .

   A. give up his current job

   B. keep silent about the matter

   C. turn off his cellphone during his off-hours

   D. talk about the matter with his boss seriously

11. D 12. A 13. C 14. D

(社會(huì))

本文是應(yīng)用文。Karla L. Miller就讀者在工作上遇到的問題給出了她的建議。

11. D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)信中的my boss has freely called me ... during my off-hours and vacation 可知， Sam的老板經(jīng)常在非工作時(shí)間給 他打電話或發(fā)郵件。

12. A.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Sam信中 的描述，尤其是最后一段的lam ready to lose it可知，對(duì)手老板的 行為，Sam感到很不開心。lose it 情緒失控。

13. C.句意理解題。根據(jù)劃線部分 下文的 but then continues to contact you 以及 Saryi 信中的 Each time I ask,she apologizes and stops for a while,but.苛知，此處 的意思是“你的老板好像明白她 所做的事情有些不妥，但是仍舊 那樣做，即在非工作時(shí)間.給員工 打電話或發(fā)郵件”。

14. D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Karla L. Miller回信中的最后一段內(nèi)容 You could ask her ... so you can be paid for it 可知，Karla 建議 Sam 好好和老板談?wù)劇?/p>

題目來源：2016年英語周報(bào)高三新課標(biāo) > 第38期 2015-2016高三課標(biāo)

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