When I started my career in management, I was really green, but I always tried to stay positive on the job. I was working for a new pany that was having a difficult time with its customers. Actually, at one point my General Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new job as we were about to lose our only order. Every day we faced people leaving the pany, customers plaining, and upper management preparing to close the place.
One night, I went home thinking about the problems. My wife told me to forget about work and see a movie. We went and saw Slumdog Millionaire. Jamal, an eighteen-year-old Indian young man, is from a poor family and bees rich later. He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation.
The next day I called my customers to have a talk. I promised to do my best to solve the problems if they would give us some time. As a result, we were given one month to turn the situation around. This was our only chance to correct the situation. To achieve this, I worked day and night with my team. I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day.
To make a long story short, we succeeded in solving all of the problems and at the same time increased our productivity(生产率). The customers and management were very happy, and I knew at that moment we had saved our jobs. Actually things went so well that we ended up having our pay doubled.
Through this experience I understand that you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive.
【小题1】 The General Manager advised the author to look for a new job mainly because . A．he knew the author didn’t want to stay thereB．his pany was too small to hire so many peopleC．he believed the author could get more pay that wayD．the management was preparing to close the department【小题2】 Who caused the author to decide to change his situation? A．The hero in a movie. B．His wife. C．His boss. D．The customers.【小题3】 How long did the author stay in his department every day during that month? A．8 hours. B．15 hours. C．20 hours. D．24 hours.【小题4】The experience of the author shows that . A．if a person does his best and keeps positive, he’ll succeedB．if a person takes advice from others, he’ll make progressC．if a person is clever, he’ll realize his dream sooner or laterD．if a person wants to change his fate, he mustn’t change his job【小题5】What would be the best title for this passage? A．My Work ExperienceB．My First Management JobC．How to Correct Your SituationD．The Importance of Working HardD
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(答案→)D
解析：
作者刚开始做管理工作时, 他的部门面临着被关闭的危险。他看了《贫民窟的百万富翁》后受到启发, 决心像影片中的主人翁一样改变处境。于是他带领自己的团队拼命工作, 最终取得了成功。
【小题1】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段. . . we were about to lose our only order和. . . and upper management preparing to close the place可知, 答案为D。
【小题2】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation可知, 答案为A。
【小题3】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day. 可知, 答案为C。
【小题4】选A。细节理解题。根据末段. . . you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive可知, 答案为A。
【小题5】选B。主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 本文作者主要讲述了自己第一次做管理工作的经历, 故答案为B。