C
The story I would like to tell happened about a year ago. I accepted a position in a company. John,who I knew,told me much about the job and took my curriculum vitae(简历)to his manager. I did not see him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work,nor did our wives.
The first week was fine. Nothing was clearly strange with John at first until the second week,when our communication began to get a little strange. John began making conversations like “You would have had to pay an employment agency(职业介绍所)several hundred dollars for a job like this”. I soon forgot his words till the next day when he made another similar conversation. Right then I started to really pay attention to what he meant. He acted as if I didn't give him money for helping me to get the job.
He seemed to get impatient. He should train me in building our email servers(服务器). However,he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could have problems keeping up. He would not slow down or check whether I was with him or not. If there was something wrong with a server,he would just deal with it by himself and not stop to say anything like “You might want to remember this”. I was in a bad mood from then on.
By the third week,I began to get tired of his condescension(傲慢). So I began to challenge him in a way that was only one to one. He would reply to a question of mine with a question or just make me repeat it,and then cut in on me. I began to hate him. Later I tried to avoid him as much as I could.
He stopped me one day and asked what had happened. I told him he was very condescending. He asked me,“What can I do so that you will not feel like this way in the future?” I simply asked him to treat me with the same respect he would like to be treated with. He did it and we got along better slowly. I believed there was hope that finally we would become friends and now we are.
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C
)8. What did John most probably mean by saying the underlined sentence?
A. The company he and the writer worked in was very good.
B. The writer was wise not to ask an employment agency for help.
C. He had helped the writer get a job without getting any money.
D. The writer had given him several hundred dollars to express his thanks.
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C
)9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the third and fourth paragraphs?
A. John was an experienced and hard-working worker.
B. The writer was very slow in learning new things.
C. John seldom lent an ear to what the writer expressed.
D. The writer slowly got used to his work.
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B
)10. What's the writer's purpose of sharing his story?
A. To express his dislike of John.
B. To show the importance of communication.
C. To tell us what problems can happen at work.
D. To describe how to get on with your workmate.
