Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.
小題1:What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A．Present problems.
B．Propose your solution.
C．Put yourself in the boss’s position.
D．Make the issue clear.
小題2:If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first _________.
A．how he is feeling.
B．whether the boss had breakfast.
C．whether he is on deadline.
D．whether he had taken a vacation.
小題3:What is the best title of the passage?
A．How to Propose Your Solution.
B．Never Give in to Your Boss.
C．How to Argue with Your Boss.
D．Learn to Understand Your Boss.
小題4:From the passage, we can infer that_____________.
A．you don’t go into the boss’s office when you are angry
B．you can present the boss with a problem only.
C．when you offer advice to your boss, don’t think of the troubles he may have.
D．when you go into the boss’s office, keep your voice all the time.
小題5:It is necessary to make clear to the boss ___________.
A．what problems he has.
B．why you are mad.
C．what position you are in the company.
D．what you really want to talk to him about

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

小題1:考查主旨要義。根據(jù)文章第四段中的If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem可知，.本段的中心思想是，在提出問題時(shí)也要提出問題的解決辦法。故選B。
小題2:考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章的第一段中的Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood.可知，要了解老板的心情。故選A。
小題3:考查文章的標(biāo)題。本文敘述了如何和你的老板討論事情并給出了一些建議。故選C。
小題4:考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段中的If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first.可知，但你生氣時(shí)，進(jìn)老板的辦公室和他談話，只能使老板更加生氣。所以選 A。
小題5:考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第三段中的Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear.可知Ｄ正確。
【文章大意】本文敘述了如何和你的老板討論事情，本文給出了一些建議，一是如果你在自己心情不好時(shí)不要去找老板理論那樣會(huì)把事情弄得更糟。二是應(yīng)該雙方都應(yīng)清楚對(duì)方想要說什么。三是在提出問題時(shí)也要提出問題的解決辦法。四是從老板的位置看問題，設(shè)身處地，老板才會(huì)愿意幫助你。
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In truth，since Albert Einstein put forward the idea that there might be one main physical theory that governs the universe，aesthetics have become a driving force in modern physics. Einstein and other later physicists have discovered that：Nature, as its most fundamental level，is beautifully constructed. The extraordinary simplicity of the laws that govern the universe is really breathtaking . As Einstein said, it would seem more likely that we should find ourselves living in a“chaotic(無秩序曲)world，in no way graspable through thinking”. Yet we are now closer than ever to a full understanding of the universe’s beautiful clockwork. As new discoveries and technologies allow us to examine the physical world on deeper and deeper levels，we find that the beauty itself becomes much deeper.
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B．show there is no fixed definition of aesthetics
C．compare traditions of the East to the West
D．discuss her abilities as an actress
小題2:When appreciating a wave crashing on the beach，a physicist sees the beauty of___________.
A．the visual attractionB．the powerful sounds
C．the physical laws behindD．the lovely creatures
小題3:Why are Albert Einstein’s words mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A．To detail the functions of physical laws.
B．To highlight the range of Einstein’s influence.
C．To show that Einstein doubted the beauty of physics.
D．To stress the very simplicity of the laws of the universe.
小題4:The passage is mainly to___________.
A．present a special way of seeing beauty
B．emphasize the influence of physics
C．discuss the awareness of cross-culture
D．a(chǎn)rgue the traditional ideas on value

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