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    About a month after I joined Facebook, I got a call from Lori Goler, a highly regarded senior director of marketing at eBay. She made it clear this was a business call. “I want to apply to work with you at Facebook,” she said. “Instead of recommending myself, I want to ask you: What is your biggest problem, and how can I solve it?”

    My jaw hit the floor. I had hired thousands of people over the previous decade and no one had ever said anything remotely like that. People usually focus on finding the right role for themselves, with the implication that their skills will help the company. Lori put Facebook’s needs front and center. It was a killer approach. I responded, “Recruiting is my biggest problem. And, yes, you can solve it.”

    Lori never dreamed she would work in recruiting, but she jumped in. She even agreed to trade earnings for acquiring new skills in a new field. Lori did a great job running recruiting and within months was promoted to her current job, leading People@Facebook.

    The most common metaphor for careers is a ladder, but this concept no longer applies to most workers. As of 2010, the average American had eleven jobs from the ages of eighteen to forty-six alone. Lori often quotes Pattie Sellers, who came up with a much better metaphor: “Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.”

    As Lori describes it, there’s only one way to get to the top of a ladder, but there are many ways to get to the top of a jungle gym. The jungle gym model benefits everyone, but especially women who might be starting careers, switching careers, getting blocked by external barriers, or reentering the workforce after taking time off. The ability to create a unique path with occasional dips, detours (彎路), and even dead ends presents great views of many people, not just those at the top. On a ladder, most climbers are stuck staring at the butt of the person above.

88．Why did Lori make the call?

A．She helped Facebook to solve the biggest problem.

B．She wanted to make a business deal with Facebook.

C．She tried to ask for a pay rise in Facebook.

D．She wanted to become an employee in Facebook.

89．What impressed “I” by Lori?

A．Lori was good at running recruiting.

B．Lori attached great importance to Facebook’s needs.

C．Lori jumped in Facebook with no adequate experience.

D．Lori was skilled in marketing at eBay.

90．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Now all people don’t tend to climb the ladder.

B．None on the ladder can enjoy the great views.

C．Jungle gyms offer limited exploration for employees.

D．A pregnant woman, jobless, benefits little from the jungle gyms.

91．What is the best title of the passage?

A．It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder.

B．Facebook’s Biggest Problem.

C．Applying for a Job in Facebook.

D．A Jungle Gym is Better than a Ladder.

【回答】

88．D

89．B

90．A

91．A

【分析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章通過洛麗戈爾在Facebook的求職和工作經歷，更好的詮釋了職業的內涵。

88．細節理解題。根據第一段“I want to apply to work with you at Facebook,” she said.“我想申請在Facebook工作”她說。可知她打電話的目的是為了找工作。D項正確，故選D。

89．細節理解題。根據第二段Lori put Facebook’s needs front and center. It was a killer approach.洛麗把Facebook的需求放在了首位和中心，這是一記殺手鐗。可知洛麗最打動作者的是B項，故選B。

90．推理判斷題。根據第四段The most common metaphor for careers is a ladder, but this concept no longer applies to most workers. 對於職業來說，最常見的比喻是“梯子”，但這個概念不再適用於大多數工人。可知不是每個人都傾向於向高職位上爬（出人頭地），A項正確，故選A。

91．主旨大意題。根據文章可知本文強調的核心話題不是公司的等級吸引著從業者，而是公司的發展需要激勵著從業者適時地提高自己的技能來應對千變萬化的社會發展，所以It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder.作為文章的標題更吻合文章的主題，故選A。

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