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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Several days ago, a Beijing-based If company fired about 400 people over night. No one has expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 people were fired, they all received from their boss a gift—the book“Who moved my cheese?”

　　The book, a bestseller in the US, is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca Cola, Kodak, and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards Cheese is something related to (与……有关联) everyone's livelihood—our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.

　　With China's official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges (挑战). So what should we do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?

　　“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely.”Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant (公务员) said after reading the book.

　　Professor Yang in Renmin University of China agrees.“We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”

1．The whole passage is mainly about ________.

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A．what people think about China's entry into the WTO

B．people's attitudes toward changes and challenges

C．what effect a book can have on the Chinese workers

D．a bestseller in the United States

2．The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of“Who moved my cheese?”to ________.

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A．encourage the fired workers

B．be more competitive with foreign firms

C．research on how the workers can make a living on their own

D．find an excuse for their job cuts

3．The word“cheese” in the passage refers to ________.

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A．a most important kind of food

B．a way of life

C．a change or challenge we meet

D．something we depend on for a living

4．From what the professor and the civil servant said, we can infer that ________.

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A．people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

B．they have different opinions on changes and challenges

C．the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D．they are both greatly encouraged by the book

Answer 1

答案：B;A;D;C
解析：

1．B　　导解：全文以某网络公司一次开除员工的做法为例，讲述在当今社会人们面对变化与挑战时应该主动应对，改变我们的思维模式等。 　　2．A　　导解：该公司这么做的目的是为了鼓励被开除的工人更勇敢、积极地面对变化，这从第一、二段中很容易得出答案。 　　3．D　　导解：从文中特别是第三、四段可知，这里所谓“奶酪”不是指食品，而是我们所依赖的东西如工作、人际关系、爱等。 　　4．C　　导解：江先生读了这本书后说“无论面对什么变故，我们都要勇敢去面对”；杨教授说“我们要改变思维方式，提高竞争力”，由此可见C是正确答案。