四级长篇阅读专题练习附答案

1、第 页 共 7 页四级长篇阅读专题练习附答案四级长篇阅读专题练习原文Once upon a time, if you hated your job, you either quit or bit your lip. These days, a group of researchers is trumpeting a third option: shape your job so ifs more fruitful than futile.We often get trapped into thinking about our job as a list of things to do and

2、a list of responsibilities, says Amy Wrzesniewski, an associate professor at the Yale School of Management. But what if you set aside that mind-set If you could adjust what you do, she says, who would you start talking to, what other tasks would you take on, and who would you work withTo make liveli

3、hoods more lively, Wrzesniewski and her colleagues Jane Dutton and Justin Berg have developed a methodology they call job-crafting. Theyre working with Fortune 500 companies, smaller firms and business schools to change the way Americans thinkabout work. The idea is to make all jobs-even mundane The

4、y start to recognize they have more control over their work than they realized, says Dutton, who parmered with Wrzesniewski on the original jobcrafting research.Step 4: Put Your Ideas into ActionTo conclude the job-crafting process, participants list specific follow-up steps: Many plan a one-0n-one

5、meeting with a supervisor to propose new project ideas. Others connect with colleagues to talk about trading certain tasks. Berg says as long as their goals are met, many managers are happy to let employees adjust how they work.Job-crafting isnt about revenue, per se, but juicing up ( 活跃 ) employee

6、engagement may end up beefing up the bottom line. Amid salary, job and benefit cuts, more and more workers are disgruntled. Surveys show that more than 50% arent happy with what they do. Dutton, Berg and Wrzesniewski argue that emphasizing enjoyment can boost efficiency by lowering turnover rates an

7、d jacking up productivity. Job-crafting wont rid you of a lousy boss or a subpar salary, but it does offer some remedies for job dissatisfaction. If you cant ditch or switch a job, at least make it more likable.四级长篇阅读专题练习选项A long time ago when a person hated his/her job, he/she will resign or bear i

8、t.Amy Wrzesniewski think job could be adjusted.Your first thing to do in the job-crafting process is to think about your job wholly .The idea of a maintenance technician at Burts Bees turned out to be helpful and energy-efficient.Bergs suggestion about work is to rethink and make small changes.Accor

9、ding to Ina Lockau-Vogel, the benefit from job-crafting is that it helps her set priorities properly.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the situation in job market is it is difficult to find a job.Dutton has seen that local auto-industry workers profit from the job-crafting process.Accordi

10、ng to Berg, if the job-crafting processis successful, the supervisors are willing to let employees adjust what to do.If you cant quit your job, using job-crafting may at least offer some remedies for job dissatisfaction.四级长篇阅读专题练习答案A根据题干信息词 hated 和 job 定位到文章首句：从前，如果你讨厌你的工作，要么辞职，要么掩饰自己的不满， bite ones

11、lip 意为努力掩饰某人的怒火或不满。B根据题于信息词 Amy Wrzesniewski 和 job 定位到文章第二段，即：我们经常会陷入这种思维定势，认为我们的工作就是一系列要做的事情和一系列责任，但是，如果你换一种心态呢如果做些什么可以调整这种心态呢也就是说AmyWrzesniewski 认为工作是可以调整的，故选段落B。DA 根据题于信息词 first 和 in the job-craftingprocess 定位到第一个小标题下的首段第二句：在 jobcrafting 的过程中，首先就是要整体考虑你的工作，故选段落 D。 holistically 意为整体地，全盘地。原文的意思是先整体

12、考虑，然后是具体分析时间、能量、注意力如何分配到不同的任务中。E根据题干信息词 At Burts Bees 和 maintenancetechnician 定位到第一个小标题下的第二段：在Burts Bees的一个技术人员，对程序工程感兴趣，虽然这不属于他的职责范畴，但为了改变他日常工作的范围，他争取到一些时间研究出一个点子使公司的生产过程更节能，最后，他成功了。G根据题干信息词 Berg 定位到第一个小标题下最后一段。Berg 说道：阶段性的反思会让我们受益，即便是最受限制的工作也有改动的余地，一些小改变对工作状态会有实实在在的影响。故本题选段落 G。I根据题干信息词 job-craftin

13、g和 Ina LockauVogel 定位到文章第二个小标题下的第二段： Ina 提到，她参加了一个jobcrafting 研讨会，在那的训练帮助她调整事情的优先级别， priority 意为优先，优先权，故选段落 I 。J定位根据题干信息词 the Bureau of Labor Statistics到文章第二个标题下的第三段末句：根据劳动统计局的数据，现在找一个新工作平均需要 6 个月，最大限度去做好你现在的工作是至关重要的，由此可知本题选段落 J 。L根据题干信息词 Dutton 和 local auto-industryworkers 定位到文章第三个小标题下的第二段： Dutton 说她已经看到当地汽车行业的工受益于 jobcrafting 的过程。N和 employees根据题干信息词 the jobcrafting process定位到文章第四个小标题下的第一段末句： Berg 说，一旦他们的目标实现，