题目
题型:专项题难度:来源:
daughter team of Larry and Meagan Johnson - has figured out that on some American job sites, five
generations are working side by side.
In their new book about generations in the workplace the pair argue that while such an age difference
adds a lot of texture and a variety of life experiences, it can also bring tensions and conflicts.
The Johnsons are human-resource trainers and pubic speakers. Dad Larry is a former health-care
executive; daughter Meagan is a onetime high-level sales manager.
Here are the oldest and youngest of the five generations they identify:
They call the oldest group Traditionals, born before 1945. They were heavily influenced by the
lessons of the Great Depression and World War. They respect authority, set a high standard of
workmanship, and communicate easily and confidently. But they’re also stubbornly independent. They
want their opinions heard.
At the other extreme are what the Johnsons call Linksters, born after 1995 into today"s more
complicated, multimedia world. They live and breathe technology and are often social activists.
You won"t find many l5-year olds in the offices of large companies, except as volunteers, of course,
but quite old and quite young workers do come together in sales environments like bike shops and ice
cream stores.
The Johnsons, Larry and Meagan, represent a generation gap themselves in their work with jobsite
issues. The Johnsons" point is that as the average lifespan continues to rise and retirement dates get
delayed because of the tight economy, people of different generations are working side by side, more
often bringing with them very different ideas about company loyalty and work values.
The five generations are heavily influenced by quite different events, social trends, and the cultural
phenomena of their times. Their experiences shape their behavior and make it difficult, sometimes, for
managers to achieve a strong and efficient workplace.
Larry and Meagan Johnson discuss all this in greater detail in a new book, "Generations, Inc. : From
Boomers to Linksters - Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work, "published by Amacom
Press, which is available in all good bookstores from this Friday.
B. among family members
C. among employees
D. between older and newer companies
A. They"ve learned much from war and economic disaster.
B. They"re difficult to work with as they are stubborn.
C. They respect their boss and hope to be respected.
D. They"re independent workers with great confidence.
B. influenced by multimedia and technology
C. enthusiastic multimedia activists
D. ice cream sellers
B. many young people are entering the workforce
C. employees with different values can benefit their companies
D. retirement dates are being delayed for economic reasons
B. To describe the five different workplace generations.
C. To introduce the Johnsons" research about diverse workforces.
D. To identify a major problem in modern workforces.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 A different sort of generation gap is developing in the workplace. Some】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
bill last month really grabbed my attention. My son had come up to nearly 2,000 incoming text
messages, and had sent nearly as many. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and
communicating more with friends from a distance. Nevertheless, he found time to hold down a
summer job and complete a college course in between all that typing with his thumb.
I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal. Teenagers with cellphones each
send and receive 2,272 text messages a month on average, Nielsen Mobile says.
Some experts regret that all that keyboard jabber is making our kids stupid, unable to read
nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, posture and other silent signals of mood
and attitude. Unlike phones, text messaging doesn"t even allow transmission of tone of voice or
pauses, says Mark Bauerlein author of a book called The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital
Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes (危害) Our Future.
Beyond that, though, I"m not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend. I"ve posted before
on how I initially tried to control my kids" texting. But over time, I have seen my son suffer no
apparent ill effects, and he gains a big benefit, of easy, continuing contact with others.
I don"t think texting make kids stupid. It may make them annoying, when they try to text and
talk to you at the same time. And it may make them distracted, when buzzing text messages
interrupt efforts to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school.
But I don"t see texting harming teens" ability to communicate. My son is as accustomed to
nonverbal cues as any older members of our family. I have found him more engaged and easier
to communicate with from a great distance, because he is constantly available via text message
and responds with faithfulness and speed.
B. Absentminded.
C. Comfortable.
D. Badtempered.
B. For Parents, Caring Much for Their Kids
C. Advantages and Disadvantages of Texting
D. The Effect of Communication
B. It is likely to cause trouble in understanding each other.
C. It is convenient for teens to text and call at the same time.
D. It will cause damage to the development of intelligence.
B. opposed
C. supportive
D. doubtful
B. Texting is a very popular way of communication among teens.
C. Parents don"t mind teens" texting and talking at the same time.
D. The writer limited his son to sending or receiving text messages at first.
visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone
bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it"s likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you
without your permission? It might be a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a policeman or a
criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen-the 21st century
equal to being caught naked(裸露的).
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, though it"s important to reveal(透露) yourself to
friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. Actually few boundaries remain.
The digital breadcrumbs(面包屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct
who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal
what you think, like it or not, increasingly we live_in_a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is:Does that matter? For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no".
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it.
A survey found a majority of people are pessimistic about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents
saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me".
But people say one thing and do another. Only a small part of Americans change any behaviors
in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费亭) to avoid
using the EZPass system that can track(跟踪) automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket
loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquits has run a series of tests that reveal people will
submit personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50centsoff
coupon(优惠券).
But privacy does matter-at least sometimes. It"s like health; when you have it, you don"t notice it.
Only when it"s gone do you wish you"d done more to protect it.
B. There should be fewer quarrels between friends.
C. Friends should always be faithful to each other.
D. Friends should open their hearts to each other.
B. Many search engines profit by revealing people"s identities.
C. People leave traces around when using modern technology.
D. Modern society has finally developed into an open society.
B. They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
C. They rely more and more on electronic equipment.
D. They use various loyalty cards for business deals.
B. it is something that can easily be lost
C. people will make every effort to keep it
D. people don"t treasure it until they lose it
heated discussions in the media, but also has caught the attention of the central government in Beijing.
On December 26, a spokesman of the Ministry of Health stressed that the ministry was firmly against
doctors" moonlighting, while strict regulations should be applied to doctors taking parttime jobs, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Last year, the Ministry of Health sent out a notice to a variety of health organizations to speed up the
reform of their personnel systems. According to the notice, medical organizations can hire medical experts as parttime doctors, but such activities should take place under the hospital"s management and regulations.
As for moonlighting-meaning that a doctor provides medical service without the permission of the
original hospital-such activities go against the Law on Practicing Doctors of the People"s Republic of
China, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
In China, doctors used to be controlled by hospitals and they could work for only one hospital.
However, as China"s medical personnel system reform developed, it has been recognized that medical
human resources, just like human resources in other areas, should be shared by the whole society. But on
the other hand, doctors" taking parttime jobs should follow the relative regulations applied in the medical
field.
First of all, they should follow relative government laws and regulations. They should also follow the
rules and regulations set by the medical organizations they work for. In addition, they should pay taxes for
their income from the parttime jobs. What matters most is that they should first finish their regular jobs as
required and be responsible for patients to ensure qualified and safe medical treatment.
B. Doctors pay fewer taxes for the money made by moonlighting than by taking parttime jobs.
C. Taking parttime jobs is permitted by hospitals while moonlighting is against the present regulations.
D. Doctors" parttime jobs, instead of moonlighting, are encouraged by health organizations
B. work for more than one hospital
C. work any time when they are free
D. be out of control of hospitals
B. regulations made by health organizations
C. the Law on Practicing Doctors of the People"s Republic of China
D. a magazine or a newspaper
B. moonlighting has been permitted by the Law on Practicing Doctors of the People"s Republic of China
C. taxes should be paid for the money doctors get from their parttime jobs
D. strict management policies have been adopted to direct the moonlighting
have been known to get feverish and insecure when they are aware of the possibility of turning in
homework with grammar or spelling mistakes. Though writing may be enjoyable, being corrected is
definitely not!
Grammarphobes, it"s time to put your fears behind you.Grammar isn"t that dreadful (可怕的). Here"s
why.
Let"s assume you like hearing and telling stories and that you enjoy joking with friends. You probably
also like emailing and instantmessaging. Well, what do you think makes all these possible? Grammar!
Grammar is simply the art of putting words together to make sentences. Whenever you use words to
express yourself, you"re using grammar. You do this all the time without even thinking.
So why think about it? Because good grammar helps you convey the ideas you intend. If your words
aren"t right, or if they are not in the right order, the person you are talking to might get the wrong idea. This can have embarrassing results.
Grammar helps us understand each other. It"s like a manual (手册) for assembling the words in your head. You have to put your words together the right way if you want them to make sense. They can"t do
what you want if they aren"t put together correctly.
What if everybody you know had a different manual? How would you agree on what others" words
mean? People with different grammar manuals might be speaking different languages.
Communicating is similar to playing cards. To make sense, we have to play the same game, by the
same rules. What are the rules for playing the game of English? You already know most of them without
having to open a book.
B. are worried about grammar homework
C. mind grammar too much in writing
D. are afraid of making grammar mistakes
B. remembering
C. bringing together
D. looking for
A. Both need standards.
B. Both can be interesting games.
C. Both can be learned easily.
D. Both can make sense for our life.
B. Grammar is not horrible.
C. Improving grammar through writing.
D. What is grammarphobia
India"s mobile users totaled 563.73 million at the last count, enough to serve nearly half of the
country"s population.
But just 366 million people-around a third of the population-had access to proper sanitation (卫
生设施) in 2008, said the study published by the UN University, a UN thinktank.
"It is a tragic irony (讽刺) to think in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the
people own phones, so many people cannot afford the basic necessity and quality of a toilet, " said
UN University director Zafar Adeel.
Adeel heads the UN University"s Institute for Water, Environment and Health, based in the
Canadian city of Hamilton, which prepared the report.
Worldwide, an estimated 358 billion dollars is needed between now and 2015 to achieve the UN
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people with inadequate (不充分的)
sanitation from 2000 levels.
"Proper sanitation could do more to save lives, especially those of young people, improve health
and help pull India and other countries in similar circumstances out of poverty than any alternative
investment, " Adeel said.
Poor sanitation is a major contributor to waterborne diseases (水传播疾病), which in the past three
years alone killed an estimated 4.5 million children under the age of five worldwide, according to the
study.
The report gave a rough cost of 300 dollars to build a toilet, including labour, and materials.The
world could expect a return of up to 34 dollars for every dollar spent on sanitation through improved
productivity and reduced poverty and health costs, said Adeel.He said improving sanitation was an
economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions.
B. about 1.2 billion
C. 900 million
D. 800 million
B. a mobile phone is more important than a toilet
C. it"s normal in Indian that they can"t attach importance to toilets
D. Zafar Adeel wasn"t satisfied with the sanitary situation in India
B. saving lives of young people
C. pulling developing countries out of poverty
D. improving the quality of mobile phone and getting more information
can get a return of________.
B. $10,000
C. $340,000
D. $10,200
最新试题
- 1如图,已知□ABCD中,∠BDE=45°,DE⊥BC于E,BF⊥CD于F,DE、BF相交于H,BF、AD的延长线相交于G
- 2空气中含有的下列物质属于氧化物的是 [ ]A.CO2 B.O2 C.N2
- 3下列河流中,属于长江支流的是 ①金沙江、②岷江、③珠江、④湘江、⑤湟水、⑥汉江[ ]A、①②④⑥B、①③⑤C、②
- 4对于任意x∈[1,2],都有(ax+1)2≤4成立,则实数a的取值范围为 ______.
- 5下列四幅图中,表示冷锋天气的是[ ]A、AB、BC、CD、D
- 6减负提质“1+5”行动计划是我市教育改革的一项重要举措.某中学“阅读与演讲社团”为了了解本校学生的每周课外阅读时间,采用
- 7I"m going to Zhenjiang ______ Monday morning. [ ]A.
- 8一般来说,思想启蒙运动总是发生在社会变革之前,而新文化运动却带有辛亥革命“补课”的性质,这主要是因为它 [ ]
- 9英国资产阶级革命代表人物
- 102005年10月,“神舟”六号飞天成功,标志着中国航天技术又有新的进展,而人类飞天梦想的首次实现是: [ ]A.
热门考点
- 1甲同学欲配制100 mL 3.6 mol/L的稀硫酸。(1)若采用18 mol/L的浓硫酸配制该溶液,需要浓硫酸的体积为
- 2敲锣时,锣声经______传入人耳,用手按住锣面,______停止,锣声消失.
- 3某一时期在中国某地流行一首民谣:“队里肥猪大又长,猪身横跨太平洋。猪背能够降飞机,猪耳能当足球场。”这首民谣是特定时期的
- 42009年是教育公平备受考验的一年,“浙江高考航模加分”和“重庆31名考生民族成分造假”等事件的曝光,让教育面临着公共信
- 5金银为人们所喜爱的原因之一在于,作为货币的金银 A.是和商品同时产生的B
- 6已知等比数列的前项和为,且是与2的等差中项,等差数列中,,点在直线上.⑴求和的值;⑵求数列的通项和;⑶ 设,求数列的前n
- 7坚持党的基本路线就要[ ]①把以经济建设为中心同四项基本原则、改革开放这两个基本点统一于发展中国特色社会主义的伟
- 8设,且,则锐角为A.B.C.D.
- 9【题文】地球的表面积是( )A.5.1亿平方千米B.5.1亿千米 C.5.1亿立方千米
- 10最近,中央电视台《新闻调查》栏目报道,人民最关注的十大问题,加强对权力的制约和监督,树立政府权威,位列其中。请运用政治生