Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs. Most large companies send people to colleges to colleges to interview graduating students with the required academic training. A large university may have more than 500 companies a year knocking on its doors. Big firms are your best place for a job because their normal growth, employee retirements, and turnover create thousands of jobs nationwide each year.
Corporations, however, illustrate the rule that the biggest isn’t always the best. Many small firms with just a few hundred employees have positions that may correspond with your profession goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money, or need to send people around to your college; you’ll probably have to contact them yourself either directly or through an employment agency. Don’t ignore these little companies. Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancement and recognition even stronger than those of a big firm. You could become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would if you had climbed the most competitive ladder of a corporate giant.
For example, a small company may need a bright engineering, accounting or management graduate who would report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the company controller, or the general manager. In larger firms it may take years to reach level and accumulate similar in-depth experience. In addition, responsibilities may come faster in a small firm with less specialization and fewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority.
1. The purpose of the passage is（ ）.
2. Which of the following is TRUE of large corporations?
3. The word “Their” (paragraph 2, line 6) refers to（ ）.
4. Which of the following is NOT true of small firm?
5. With whom is the passage most probably concerned?
问题1选项
A.to define corporations and firms
B.to show the relation between firms and colleges
C.to inform the job-seeker of the employment requirements
D.to give a description of corporations for college students
问题2选项
A.They only employ college graduates.
B.They can offer many job opportunities.
C.They have many sub-companies nationwide.
D.Their requirements are very competitive.
问题3选项
A.corporations’
B.graduating students’
C.small firms’
D.employers’
问题4选项
A.It may be unnecessary for them to send people to colleges.
B.Their employees may be promoted more quickly.
C.They may offer positions which you demand.
D.They cannot afford to send people to college.
问题5选项
A.Students
B.Employers
C.Employees
D.Engineers
第1题:D
第2题:B
第3题:C
第4题:C
第5题:A
1.主旨大意题。本文开篇为我们介绍corporations的一些特点：corporations提供各种类型的工作；平均每年有超过500家corporations会派面试人员去高校找寻合适的高校毕业人才；大公司有相对完善的职工培训和退休机制，每年的年产值能创造出上千个工作岗位。接下来说明大企业也有一些缺陷，这些缺陷正是小公司的优势所在，为此作者还详细说明了这些优势的具体表现。文章最后举例说明与大企业相比较，小公司对毕业生而言的优势。本文通过比较论证让我们更加清楚什么是corporation。A选项“定义corporations和firms”；B选项“展示公司和大学之间的关系”；C选项“告知求职者有关的就业要求”都不符合题意，D选项“为大学生描述公司”正确，因此D选项正确。
2.细节事实题。由题干可定位到文章第一段“Big firms are your best place for a job because their normal growth, employee retirements, and turnover create thousands of jobs nationwide each year.（大公司是最适合工作的地方，因为它们的正常增长、员工退休和人员流动每年在全国范围内创造了成千上万的工作机会。）”可知大企业工作机会很多。A选项“他们只雇佣大学毕业生”说法错误；B选项“他们可以提供很多工作机会”正确；C选项“他们在全国有很多子公司”和D选项“他们的职位需求很有竞争力”文中没有提到。因此B选项正确。
3.语义推测题。根据题干可定位到文章第二段第五句话“Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancement and recognition even stronger than those of a big firm.（他们的薪水通常很有竞争力，晋升和认可的机会甚至比大公司还要大。）”。由此可知这里是拿大公司的薪水与小公司的薪水相比。A选项“公司的”；B选项“毕业生的”；D选项“老板的”都不符合题意，C选项“小公司的”符合题意，因此C选项正确。
4.细节事实题。由题干可定位到文章第二段最后一句“You could become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would if you had climbed the most competitive ladder of a corporate giant.（你可以成为一个小池塘里的大鱼，比你爬上一个公司巨头竞争最激烈的阶梯更快地到达另一个高层位置。）”可知小公司提供的职位比你想要的还高。A选项“他们可能没有必要送人上大学”；B选项“他们的员工可能会升职更快”；D选项“他们供不起员工上大学”文章都有提到，C选项“他们可能提供你需要的职位”说法错误，因此C选项正确。
5.主旨大意题。从文中第一段说很多大企业去校园进行招聘并述说了你在大或者小企业里各自所获他们各自的工作优势，可知本文是想给那些学生尤其是即将毕业的学生介绍一些有关大企业和小公司的特点，为他们就业提供更多参考。A选项“学生”；B选项“雇主”；C选项“员工”；D选项“工程师”。因此A选项正确。
