A is for always getting to work on time.
B is for being extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious(勤勤懇懇的) way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.
Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago: Hard work alone doesn’t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable or unwilling—to “play the game”.
“People assume that office politics involves some manipulative(工于心計的) behavior,” says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. “But politics derives from the word ‘polite’. It can mean lobbying(游說) and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying, to please your superior, and then expecting something in return.”
In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one’s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.
“The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis,” says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. “But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It’s simple human nature.”
Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery(奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.
Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.
“Office politics” is used in the passage to refer to________.
A. the political views and beliefs of office workers
B. the interpersonal relationships within a company
C. the various qualities required for a successful career
D. the code of behavior for company staff
To get promoted, one must not only be competent but________.
A. avoid being too outstanding
B. get along well with his colleagues
C. honest and loyal to his company
D. give his boss a good impression
The author considers office politics to be________.
A. unwelcome at the workplace
B. bad for interpersonal relationships
C. an important factor for personal advancement
D. indispensable to the development of company culture
It is the author’s view that________.
A. self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery
B. hard work contributes very little to one’s promotion
C. many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery
D. speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題1】B 詞義猜測題。根據 In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well 可知 Office politics 主要指的是處理公司范圍內的社交人際關系問題。
【小題2】D 事實細節(jié)題。根據 You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes…It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying, to please your superior, and then expecting something in return可知要想得到提升光靠努力工作是不行的，還得給老板留下一個好的印象。
【小題3】C推理判斷題。根據 But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It’s simple human nature 可知，作者認為office politics是個人進步(提升)的一個重要因素。
【小題4】A 觀點態(tài)度題。根據 Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion 可知，個人提升并不一定意味著奉承。
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People all over the world write to Big Ben. They 1 send birthday presents. Big Ben is not a 2. It’s a clock!
Big Ben is the great clock 3 up in a tower of the Parliament building. This is the building in London where laws are 4. The people of London like to see Big Ben’s four friendly faces. They like to hear the chimes 5 15 minutes. They like to hear the bell 6 on the hour. Bong! Bong! Bong!
Big Ben’s story started in 1834, in that year the old Parliament building burned 7 . Its clock tower crashed to the ground. There 8 to be a new building and a new clock.
Plans were made. They called 9 “the King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world”. So the clock had to be big. And it had to 10 very good times.
In two years the big clock was made. Five more years went by 11 the clock tower was finished. Then the four bells for the chimes were brought into the tower. And at last the giant hour bell was put in 12 . It rang out for the first time 13 July 11, 1859.
This great bell had to 14 a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick 15 . “This clock is the King of Clocks,” one man said “Let’s call the bell the Queen of Bells.”
“Then why not Victoria?” said 16 (Victoria was the British queen at that time.) The talk about names went 17 . Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that others liked． By this time they were all 18. Some one shouted. “Why not call it Big Ben and be done 19 it?” Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But people called it Big Ben from then on. Not just the bell 20 the whole clock..
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The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashiville, Tennessee, has always been America's most important concert hall for country music. Every Saturday night the place is filled to the ceiling with country music 1 .
One 2 in January 1967 was a very 3 night at the Opry. For the first time, a 4 man was an attraction (惹眼之物) 5 music had always been thought of as “White music”. For many, it was a strange 6 to see Charley Pride step 7 the Opry stage. Some people left 8 about whether a black man could sing country songs. 9 Charley's smooth voice quickly 10 over the Opry 11 . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music's biggest 12 .
Like many country singers, Charley was 13 on a farm. He spent his youth milking cows and picking cotton. But he knew he wasn't going to make 14 his career (職業(yè)). Later he became a baseball player.
Charley made it to a major (主要的) league team. But he didn't stay on for more than one season.
In the winter, after the baseball season, Charley 15 at a local nightclub. One evening, Red Sovine, a great country music star, 16 Charley sing. Red told Charley to sing. Red told Charley to forget about 17 and go in for a singing career.
Charley took the 18 and became a true hitmaker. His 19 were al ways near the top on the list. Some were Number One all over the country.
Today Charley Pride is 20 one of the biggest stars in country music. But he says his real wish is to own a baseball team.
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There is no end to the magic within this circle of the round world we live in. The greatest magicians today are 1 the physicists, the mathematicians and astronomers: the wise men seeking the answers 2 the riddles of earth and universe. But not one of them can 3 us how it is we can walk 4 a floor. “By the 5 of gravitation” it used to be the readiest 6 as that.
Gravitation is 7 the most familiar thing in all the world and we were all 8 up on the story of Newton and his apple and the law of gravitation. 9 physicists have begun to say that gravitation may be 10 an illusion (幻覺). If it is an illusion, 11 it is pure magic that 12 our feet on the ground and our furniture 13 floating off into space. And who 14 , as long as the magic 15 and the illusion is maintained? It is all a matter of vocabulary 16 , for no two scholars have agreed 17 a definition of magic; but there is no denying 18 every time man has finally understood and explained a 19 he has stopped to call it magic and called it 20 instead.
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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從以下各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again. 1 knows this, and nobody would think of 2 the fact.
Yet there are many people who 3 to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that 4 has a good memory, he 5 means that he keeps his memory 6 practice by exercising it very 7 , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is 8 , he means that he does not give it enough 9 to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of 10 people, one of 11 exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other 12 in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own 13 . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, 14 of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just 15 , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, 16 all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means 
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Have you ever 18 that people who cannot read or write usually have 19 memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.
In a word, if you want to have a good memory, 20 practise remembering.
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A minister went to the home of the rich members of his community (社團). It was 1 outside, so he was dressed in warm clothes. The minister was 2 to go into the 3 room and remove his coat. They 4 for a short while and then the minister prepared to go back. He put on his 5 overcoat and asked his host (主人)to go with him to the outer 6 , as he wanted to say something to him in great privacy ( ＝ secret). The host, 7 that he would be coming back in a minute or so, did not bother to put on his own overcoat, although he was going out into the 8 hall. The minister kept himself busy with a small talk, 9 to the discomfort of the host. He became so cold that his teeth began to chatter. But the minister continued 10 his small talk. Several times the host asked the minister to 11 to the living mom, but 12 time the minister replied that in another minute he would 13 .
14 , the rich man said, “If you do not tell what we have come out here for, I'll freeze to 15 . ”
“I'll tell you what I have come for. ” replied the minister. “ I 16 fifty dollars to buy some 17 which will go to some poor people.”
“ 18 is the money, but did we have to come outside for you to tell me this?”
“Inside, perhaps you would not have realized what it means to 19 cold. Now you too have come to know what it 20 like,” replied the minister.
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