2004 T1

文章¶

第一段¶

Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site’s "personal search agent". It’s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. "I struck gold," says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.

stumble → v. 跌跌撞撞地走
stumble across ... → 无意间碰到，偶然发现
key in ... → 键入，输入 ...
posted → v. 贴出；通告（post 的过去分词）；布置 adj. 有地位的；被通报的
notification → n. 通知；通知单，通知书；通告，布告
counsel → n. 忠告，建议；辩护律师，法律顾问 v. 建议，劝告

第二段¶

With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can he time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: "Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility," says one expert.

career-related → 跟工作有关的
promising → adj. 有希望的，有前途的
narrow → v. 使缩小，压缩；使变窄，变窄 adj. 狭窄的，狭小的；勉强的
against → 对……造成伤害（威胁，不利）

第三段¶

For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept—what you think you want to do—then broaden it. "None of these programs do that," says another expert. "There’s no career counseling implicit in all of this." Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. " I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me," says the author of a job-searching guide.

counseling → n. 咨询服务
implicit → adj. 含蓄的，不明确的
explicit → adj. 明确的，毫不隐瞒的
keep abreast of → 与……并驾齐驱；了解……的最新情况
abreast → adv. 并排，并肩，并列
reminder → n. 提醒物，引起回忆的事物；（提醒做某事的）提示信，通知单

第四段¶

Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When CareerSite’s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs—those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them—and they do. "On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic," says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.

a sharp increase in → 急剧增加
vice → adj. 副的；代替的，代理的

第五段¶

Even those who aren’t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. "You always keep your eyes open," he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.

worthwhile → adj. 重要的，有益的，值得做的
keep a close watch on → 密切注意，关注
arm → v. 武装
employ → v. 雇用；使用，利用
look out for sb. → 关照某人；考虑到某人的立即

题目¶

21¶

How did Redmon find his job?

[A] By searching openings in a job database.

[B] By posting a matching position in a database.

[C] By using a special service of a database.

[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.

答非所问
主被动错误，偷换概念
对
发邮件对象错了，偷换概念

22¶

Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?

[A] Lack of counseling.

[B] Limited number of visits.

[C] Lower efficiency.

[D] Fewer successful matches.

23¶

The expression “tip service” (Line 4, Paragraph 3) most probably means .

[A] advisory

[B] compensation

[C] interaction

[D] reminder

24¶

Why does CareerSite’s agent offer each job hunter only three job options?

[A] To focus on better job matches.

[B] To attract more returning visits.

[C] To reserve space for more messages.

[D] To increase the rate of success.

25¶

Which of the following is true according to the text?

[A] Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.

[B] Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.

[C] Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.

[D] Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.

indispensable → adj. 不可或缺的，必需的
反向干扰
偷换概念
正确
无中生有

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