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Gender Dale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce. “Through one of the sessions, I discovered my personal bias,” he recalls. “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person, and being open to differences。 How Do You See Diversity 2009年6月 As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her pany. During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise. He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. “It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an AsianAmerican raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting (避開(kāi)) your eyes. “I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact。 (2)根據(jù)題干中的關(guān)鍵詞結(jié)合小標(biāo)題和出題順序在原文中找到定位。四、快速閱讀 快速閱讀項(xiàng)目規(guī)定的完成時(shí)間是在作文之后的9:409:55,而且9:55的時(shí)候會(huì)收答題卡I其中包含作文和快速閱讀,因此快速閱讀只有15分鐘,不光 要完成解答還要填好機(jī)讀卡,在速度上要求很高,因此就要求快速閱讀的做題方法有別于深度閱讀,但方法的根本還是一致的,那就是關(guān)鍵詞的定位。 總結(jié):靈活利用并列、比較等平行結(jié)構(gòu)尋找對(duì)應(yīng) (3) 根據(jù)上下文的語(yǔ)義推斷 例題6:2008年12月 What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach” (Line 1, Para. 9)? D A) A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions B) A new therapy for certain psychological problems C) Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved D) Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear 分析:原文Then there is the ostrich approach. “Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill. 關(guān)于ostrich approach的意思,需要看上下文的內(nèi)容,也就是對(duì)應(yīng)在后面的那句話,D選項(xiàng)中的Unwillingness to find out對(duì)應(yīng)原文的would rather not know,fear對(duì)應(yīng)scared,因此為正確答案。 (2) 利用并列平行結(jié)構(gòu) 例題5:(對(duì)應(yīng)例文1) The word “shun” (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means ___B___. A) cut down on減少 B) stay away from 遠(yuǎn)離 C) run out of 用完 D) put up with 忍受(B) 分析:“Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise。 例題4:05年6月 What do the environmentalists mean by saying “Not so fast” (Line 1, Para. 3)? C A) Oil exploitation takes a long time B) The oil drilling should be delayed C) Don’t be too optimi