19．Fifteen years ago．I entered the Boston Globe，which was a temple to me then．It wasn't easy geeing hired．But once you were there，l found．you were in．
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement．For 15years I worked there-moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign journalist and finally to senior editor．I would have a lifetime of security．if I struck with it．Instead．I had made a decision to leave．I entered my boss's office．Would he burst into anger？I Wondered．He had a famous temper．"Matt．we have to have a talk，"I began awkwardly．"I came to the Globe When I was twenty-four．Now I'm forty．There's a lot I want to do in life．I'm resigning．""To another paper？"he asked．I reached into my coat pocket，but didn't say anything．I handed him a letter that explained everything．It said that I was leaving to start a new media company．We were at a rare turning point in history．I wanted to meet the challenge in the change．"I'm glad for you．"he said，quite out of my expectation．"I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news．Some of that we Can deal with．But much of it we can't，"he went on．"I wish you all the luck in the world，"he concluded．"And if it doesn't work out，remember，your star is always high here．"
Then I went out of his office，walking through the newsroom for more goodbyes．Everybody was saying congratulations．Everybody-even though I'd be risking all on an unfamiliar venture：all the financial security I had carefully built up．
Later，I had a final talk with Bill Taylor，chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe．He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar business．"I'm resigning，Bill，"I said．He listened while I gave him the story．He wash't looking angry or disturbed either．After a pause，he said，"Golly，I wish I were in your shoes．"

56．From the passage we know that the Globe is a famousA．
A．newspaper    B．magazine    C．temple        D．church
57．If the writer stayed with the GlobeC．
A．he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams
B．he would have to be an ordinary reporter again
C．he would．never have to worry about his future life
D．he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions
58．The writer wanted to resign becauseB．
A．he had serious trouble with his boss
B．he wanted to be engaged in new media industry
C．he got underpaid at his job for the Globe
D．he had found a better paid job in a publishing house
59．When the writer decided to resign，the Globe was faced withD．
A．a(chǎn) trouble with its staff members    B．a(chǎn) shortage of qualified reporters
C．a(chǎn) wonderful business situation      D．a(chǎn)n unfavorable business situation
60．By"I wish I were in your shoes．"（in the last paragraph），Bill Taylor meant thatA．
A．he would do the same if possible     B．he would reject the writer's request
C．the writer was to fail．             D．the writer was stupid．

分析 本文主要寫了作者寫了自己受聘于一家在作者的心目中是一座圣殿的地方，呆久了之后發(fā)現(xiàn)并非如此，毅然辭職的故事．

解答 56．答案是A．推理判斷題，根據(jù)文中句子老板問到"To another paper？"是不是到另一家報紙去，據(jù)此推測這是一家報社，所以答案選A．
57．答案是C．推理判斷題，"I would have a lifetime of security．if I struck with it"假如留下，會有生活保障，從而推斷若不離開未來生活無憂，所以答案選C．
58．答案是C．細節(jié)推斷題．按照我們上文講到的解題技巧：我們先略讀文章，了解它的主題是關(guān)于一個報社記者辭職的故事，然后再對應(yīng)找可以看出題干中的關(guān)鍵詞是resign（辭職），然后明確它問的是作者辭職的原因，然后我們回到文章的相關(guān)段落，第二段出現(xiàn)了resign，后面緊接著就可以找到作者辭職的原因，是因為"我要離開公司去開一家新的傳媒公司"．然后對照選項，B項"他想要從事新的傳媒產(chǎn)業(yè)"符合題意，所以選B． 
59．答案是D．，推理判斷題，從文中句子，"I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news．"老板從董事會那里得來的消息7 5% 都是壞消息，從而推斷，報社所處的商業(yè)處境不利．所以選D．
60．答案是A．細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子"I wish I were in your shoes．"，be in one's shoes 為"處于某人的地位"文中指老板贊同作者的看法，表示假如他處于和作者相同的情況，他自己也會做出相同的事，所以答案選A．

點評 本文是故事類的閱讀理解，故事類文章是英語高考中�？嫉囊环N文體．所謂故事類，顧名思義就是以敘事為主要內(nèi)容的文章．一個故事，有開頭，發(fā)展和結(jié)尾，層次非常清晰，語言通俗易懂，事情的來龍去脈完整地展現(xiàn)在試卷上．故事類閱讀通常文章難度和題目的難度不會太大．文章內(nèi)容通常也都比較貼近學生的生活和社會背景．考查題目多以事實細節(jié)題、語義轉(zhuǎn)換題、詞義猜測題和簡單推理判斷題等題型，把握文章細節(jié)理解是解題的關(guān)鍵．

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