Question

How to Argue with Your Boss

    Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.

    If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.

    Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.

    Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.

    To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.

1.Paragraph 2 ______

2.Paragraph 3 ______

3.Paragraph 4 ______

4.Paragraph 5 ______

 

A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time

B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position

C. Propose Your Solution

D. Don’t Go in When You Are Angry

E. Make the Issue Clear

F. Never Give in

 

5.If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first _________.

6.It is necessary to make clear to the boss ___________.

7.It is not wise to present the boss with a problem ___________.

8.You must be considerate and think of the troubles ____________.

 

A. to give the boss your advice

B. how he is feeling

C. the boss may have

D. what you really want to talk to him about

E. without suggesting a way to solve it

F. how unhappy you are

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.E

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.E

8.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了如何和你的老板討論事情，本文給出了一些建議，一是如果你在自己心情不好時不要去找老板理論那樣會把事情弄得更糟。二是應該雙方都應清楚對方想要說什么。三是在提出問題時也要提出問題的解決辦法。四是從老板的位置看問題，設身處地，老板才會愿意幫助你。

1.根據If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad.本段的中心思想是，如果你在自己心情不好時去找老板會把事情弄得更糟。故選D。

2.根據Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss.本段的中心思想是，雙方都應清楚對方想要說什么。故選E。

3.根據If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem.本段的中心思想是，在提出問題時也要提出問題的解決辦法。故選C。

4.根據To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures.本段的中心思想是，應該從老板的位置看問題，設身處地，老板才會愿意幫助你。故選B。

5.根據從語法上看，這里需要的是個賓語，現在填入的是一個賓語從句，本句的意義和文章第一段的第一句話相同。故選B。

6.根據這句話需要填入的是動詞make的賓語，現在填入的是what引導的賓語從句。故選D。

7.根據只提出問題，不建議解決方法是不聰明的，這個意思在第四段里講到了。故選E。

8.根據the troubles需要有限定或修飾成分，故填入一個定語從句。故選C。

考點：發展性試題。