The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going we

The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Thensuddenlythe interviewer asks an unexpected question“Which is more importantlaw or love

Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

Employers want people skilledenthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In responseemployers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant's true personality.

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problemsrather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test(能力倾向测验)

According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude testthe correct answer is always the honest answer.

16The writer wrote the passage to ________

Agive a piece of advice for job interviewees

Btell you how to meet a job interviewer

Cdescribe the aptitude test

Dadvice you how to find a job

17Why do the interviewers ask such questions?

AThey want to discover what the interviewees know.

BThey are curious about the answers.

CThey try to discover the ability of the interviewees' solving problems.

DThey just ask questions without thinking much.

18According to the writerin an aptitude testChinese job applicants should ________

Anot tell the truth

Blearn to tell what they really think

Cbe more enthusiastic

Dtry to find out what the examiner really wants to know

19From the passage we know that ________

Ajob applicants are always asked such questions

Bmore Chinese applicants fail to find a job

Capplicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

Dthe aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide

答案

本文讲述了现代企业招聘面试中的能力倾向测试并为求职者提供了回答此类问题的技巧。

16A 写作目的题。通读全文可知,本文意在为面试者提供建议。

17C 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is an attempt to discover how people solve problemsrather than what they know.”可知答案为C项。

18B 细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句“Remember that in an aptitude testthe correct answer is always the honest answer.”可知,在能力倾向测验中,求职者应该给出一个诚实的答案。

19D 推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知,西方的求职者们不断发现他们被问到类似这样的奇怪问题,而且有迹象表明这种情况在中国也开始出现。由此可推知D项正确。

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