Question

【題目】B

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh（法老）treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ”O(jiān)h boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.”I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.

Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”O(jiān)h that bus left five minutes ago.”Dreams of head-cutting!

It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or dinner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming .Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, ” Oh, that’s all right I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded（被轟炸的）person is sure to have.

【1】Why did the writer tell the story of the pharaoh in paragraph 1?

A. To make a comparison B. To introduce a topic

C. To give an example D. To offer an argument

【2】What does “Dreams of head-cutting!” in Paragraph3 mean?

A. The writer was mad at the sales agent

B. The writer was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C. The writer wished that the sales agent would have had dreams

D. The writer dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.

【3】Why was the writer angry with his neighbor?

A. Because he couldn’t have a picnic.

B. Because the weather was bad.

C. Because he hated smiles.

D. Because of his unsympathetic attitude.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

B. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.

C. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.

D. Receiving bad news requires great courage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】試題分析： 在給別人傳遞壞的消息的時(shí)候，要注意方式的準(zhǔn)確和得體的重要性。

【1】寫作意圖題：通讀全文可以知道第一段用法老對(duì)信使的態(tài)度引出下面的話題，所以答案為B。

【2】推理判斷題。由于售票員是大笑著說，有幸災(zāi)樂禍的樣子，所以作者很是惱火生氣，但并非真的要砍她的頭。選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段的句子：I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.可知作者很生氣不是因?yàn)橛憛捨⑿�，而是鄰居幸�?zāi)樂禍，故答案為D。

【4】主旨判斷題。通讀全文可以知道作者要給我們講的是在給別人傳遞壞的消息的時(shí)候，要注意方式的準(zhǔn)確和得體的重要性。選B。