The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management，the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid．The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye，in the process sometimes forming critical analyses of the factors that influence everyone's experience in the organization．

Consider the new views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of how people get promoted．Coleman is black．He spent 11 years with IBM，half of them working in management development，and now serves as a consultant in some big companies like AT&T and Coca-Cola．Coleman says that based on what he's seen at big companies，he considers the different roles of the following elements in the long-term success：performance counts a mere 10%，image，30%； and exposure，a full 60%．Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may increase your pay，it won't ensure you the big promotion．He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work，and what a high position these people hold．

Ridiculous beliefs？But they are not ridiculous to many people，especially many women and members of minority races who，like Coleman，feel that they have a better picture of the reality．"Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs，"says Kaleel Jamison，a New York-based management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues．"They think that if you work hard，you'll get ahead-that someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion．"She adds，"Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they've got ahead because of their sex or color that they try to make themselves less visible．"Her advice to those folks：learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way to stand out among the people．

41．The best title for this passage would beB．

A．Role of Women and Minorities in Management

B．The Importance of Being Visible

C．Job Performance and Advancement

D．Sex and Career Success

42．According to the passage，the underlined sentence"things formerly judged to be best left unsaid"in the first paragraph probably refers toC．

A．criticisms that cause everyone's experience

B．the tendencies that help the newcomers to see office matters with a fresh eye

C．the opinions which are in conflict with the established beliefs

D．the ideas which usually come up with new ways of management in the organization

43．We can learn from the passage that the most important factor to achieve success in one's career is toA．

A．let your bosses know how good you are

B．establish a favorable image to the people around you

C．work as a consultant to your bosses

D．well perform your tasks given by your bosses

44．The reason why women and blacks make themselves less visible is that theyD．

A．know that someone in authority will reach down and give them a promotion

B．want to give people the impression that they work under false beliefs

C．believe they can get promoted by their sex or color

D．don't want people to think that their promotions were due to sex or color

45．In the author's opinion，Coleman's beliefs areC．

A．one-sided

B．popular

C．special

D．shallow．

答案

41-45  BCADC

解析

本文是一篇议论文，文章从越来越多的妇女和少数民族加入管理层这一现象入手，分析了职业成功中各种因素所占比重，成功的最重要因素是使自己所做的工作被别人知道．

41  B  主旨大议题．  根据文章第二 段performance counts a mere 10%，image，30%； and exposure，a full 60%． 可知成功的最重要因素是使自己所做的工作被别人知道．故选B．

42  C    句意理解题． 根据第一段指出，随着越来越多的妇女和少数民族进入高级管理层 （the ranks of management），他们越来越想谈论以前认为最好不说的事情．新来者也倾向于用新眼光（with a fresh eye）看工作中的事情，有时对于公司培养（影响）人的做法提出批评．故选C

43  A    推理判断题．  根据文章第二 段He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work，and what a high position these people hold可知成功的最重要因素是使自己所做的工作被别人知道．故选A．

44   D    细节题．根据文章最后一段"Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they've got ahead because of their sex or color that they try to make themselves less visible． 可知他们害怕人们会认为他们升职是由于性别和肤色，故选D．

45   C    细节题．根据文章最后一段Ridiculous beliefs？But they are not ridiculous to many people，especially many women and members of minority races who，like Coleman，feel that they have a better picture of the reality．"可知作者认为他的想法很特别．故选C．

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