The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management, the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid. The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye, in the process sometimes coming up with critical analyses of the forces that shape everyones experience in the organization.
Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of getting ahead. Coleman is black. He spent 11 years with IBM, half of them working in management development, and now serves as a consultant to the likes of ATT, CocaCola, Prudential, and Merch. Coleman says that based on what hes seen at big companies, he weighs the different elements that make for long-term career success as follows: performance counts a mere 10%, image, 30%; and exposure, a full 60%. Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may win you pay increases, it wont secure you the big promotion. He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work, and how high up they are.
Ridiculous beliefs? Not to many people, especially many women and members of minority races who, like Coleman, feel that the scales have dropped from their eyes. Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs, says Kaleel Jamison, a New York based management consultant who helps corporation s deal with these issues. They think that if you work hard, youll get ahead-t hat someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion. She adds, Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think theyve gotten ahead because of their sex or color that they play down their visibility. Her advice to those folks: learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way into the spotlight.
25. The author is critical mainly of _________.
A) inferior packaging
B) dishonest packaging
C) the changes in package size
D) exaggerated illustrations on packages
It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10. 5 ounces, without any reduction in price. There were still twelve biscuits, but they had been reduced in size. Later, the Senator rightly complained of a store-bought pie in a handsomely illustrated box that pictured, in a single slice, almost as many cherries as there were in the whole pie.
文章中出现的语言现象:对比关系(极端对比、一般对比)、转折、例子、绝对
In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
注:点名文章讲的脱口秀,而且是JS和OW脱口秀
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of trash talk. The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever - common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of societys moral catastrophes ,yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments of other peoples lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individuals quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work weekly, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a final word. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
注:dump倾销,反倾销anti-dump
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The shows main target audience are middle - class Americans. Most of these people have the time. money, and stability to deal with lifes tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18 - to 21 - year - olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the shows exploitation.
While the two shows are as different as night and day. both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.
注:1. circuit圈子 2. ironically具有讽刺意味的
21.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are______.
A) more family - oriented
B) unusually popular
C) more profound
D) relatively formal
注:第一段
22.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience______.
A) remain fascinated by them
B) are ready to face up to them
C) remain indifferent to them
D) are willing to get involved in them
注:第二段eat up,B和D是一回事。
23.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A) A new type of robot.
B) Racist hatred.
C) Family budget planning.
D) Street violence.
注:第三段最后举了三个例子。
24.Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both________.
A) ironical
B) sensitive
C) instructive
D) cynical
注:instructive-in引导+struct结构有启发的,cynical愤世嫉俗的
25.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_______.
A) have monopolized the talk show circuit
B) exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C) appear at different times of the day
D) are targeted at different audiences
注:monopolise垄断,D对应倒数第二段。
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