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理对求职者是必不可少‖，这种表述太绝对化，往往这种带有绝对化色彩的选项不是正确选
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选项［B］―某些网站一直给求职者发送电子邮件为了跟踪他们的需要‖ ，这个在原文只提到过某些网站给求职者发送电子邮件，而并不是为了他们的需要。由44题可知，这么做的目的还是为了提高用户的回访率。其实从常理角度也应该知道这一点的。
选项［D］意为―一旦人们求职成功，某些代理不再给他们提供信息‖这个与第四段所给的信息恰恰相反，代理会一直发送message给求职者，以求提高回访率的。因此不能入选。 译文：
去年年末，甘特·雷德曼律师在找工作时偶然在网上发现职业资料库―职业建筑师‖。他找来找去并没有找到什么工作，但被这个网址上的―个人搜索代理‖所吸引。它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现与个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。雷德曼选择关键词―法律‖、―知识产权‖和―华盛顿特区‖。过了三个星期，雷德曼接到第一份有职位空缺的通知。他说：―我掘到了金子。‖他把个人简历用电子邮件寄给了雇主，接着就得到了一份驻公司顾问的职务。
因特网上与求职相关的网址数以千计，寻找可能的职业空缺费时效率又低。有了搜索代理，就没那么多必要反复访问资料库了。不过，虽然有一个搜索代理成功地为雷德曼找到了工作，就业专家却还是认为搜索代理并不如人意。比如缩小你的要求条件就有可能对你不利。一位专家说：―你每回答一次问题你就丧失一次机会。‖
寻找任何职业，你都要从一个狭窄的概念开始，即你想干什么工作，然后再加以扩展。有一位专家说：―任何这些程序中都没有那种扩展功能。‖―所有这一切都不包含职业咨询。‖相反，最佳的策略是把代理当作一种提示服务来及时跟踪某一资料库里的工作岗位信息。当你收到电子邮件时，你就把它当作一种提醒再去查一查资料库。一位职业搜索指南的作者说：―我不会依赖代理在数据库增加的每一项内容里去逐一寻找可能令我感兴趣的东西。‖
一些网络谋划让代理诱惑寻职者成为回头客。比如，当求职网代理向注册服务的用户发送信息时，它只提供三个它认为最可能匹配的岗位。可能，在资料库里还有更多的匹配项；求职者于是只好再次访问这个网址来寻找一求职者的确会一而再、再而三地来上网寻找。求职网销售副总裁塞思·皮茨说：―我们发送这些信息的当天访问量就急剧增长。‖
即使非求职的人士也会发现搜索代理值得一览。有些人利用搜索代理密切观察对于本行业的需求或搜集有关加薪的信息以备增薪谈判时胸有成竹。雷德曼虽然已愉快就职，但他与―职业建筑师‖网代理的联系依旧保持着。他说：―你要永远睁大眼睛。‖使用个人搜索代理等于多一双眼睛替你在观察。 2004 Text 2
Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
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It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac
cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zo? Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush's predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). The world's three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world's five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).
Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly. The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
46. What does the author intend to illustrate with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars? [A] A kind of overlooked inequality. [B] A type of conspicuous bias. [C] A type of personal prejudice. [D] A kind of brand discrimination.
47. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs? [A] In both East and West, names are essential to success. [B] The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo? Zysman. [C] Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies' names. [D] Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.
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48. The 4th paragraph suggests that ________.
[A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students [B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape form class [C] teachers should pay attention to all of their students [D] students should be seated according to their eyesight
49. What does the author mean by \ [A] They are getting impatient. [B] They are noisily dozing off. [C] They are feeling humiliated. [D] They are busy with word puzzles.
50. Which of the following is true according to the text?
[A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated. [B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism. [C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.
[D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias. 核心词汇：
discrimination（歧视）Discrimination against women is not allowed.歧视妇女是不能允许的。
[记] discrimination辨别, 识别力
condemn （声讨，谴责）we all condem cruelty to children.我们一致谴责虐待儿童的行为 The meat was condemned as unfairt for human consumption.这种肉已宣布不适宜食用。（有―人猪恋[球菌]‖ 哦?）[巧记] 即con加强意义+demn詛咒指责。
insidious （暗中进行的，不知不觉的）insidious diease 潜伏的疾病 the insidious approach of age不知不觉就老了 （ life is short and time is swift .孩子们努力吧！）
unaware（没觉察到的）[记] unaware常与of, that连用 [反义词] aware（知道的, 明白的, 意识到的）conscious（有意识的, 有知觉的）
thrive （兴旺，繁荣） He that will thrive, must rise at five. [谚]五更起床, 百事兴旺。[巧记]th＋rive（河流）古代河流两岸的居住地都是繁荣兴旺的地方。
thumb through （ 翻阅[书页] ）[巧记] thumb（拇指；以拇指拨弄；用拇指翻书页）
suspiciously （猜疑地;形迹可疑） Everything was suspiciously quiet. 一切静的离奇。
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respectively（分别地, 各个地）She gave beer to the man and a toy to the baby, respectively.她分别给男人啤酒，给婴儿一个玩具。[记] respect n/v 尊重；respective adj 分别的，各自的
predecessor （前辈；[被取代的] 原有事物） John Adams was Jefforson‘s predecessor as President. 杰弗逊的前任总统是约翰－亚当斯The new proposal is better than its predecessor.新的建议比原来的好。[巧记]pre－前面+cess-走+or-人→―走在我们前面的人‖→―前辈‖。
coincidence （巧合，一致） The polt of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be lialistic. 这部小书的情节多靠巧合安排而无真实感。[巧记] 由coin联想到coin（硬币）都在一起的时候，边缘是一致相合的。 rot （腐朽，腐化） the rot sets in when we lost that important customer in American.我们失去了美国那家重要客户后。情况变得越来越糟。How can we stop the rot in our society?我们怎样才能制止社会的腐败呢？ Don‘t talk rot! 不要胡说 [习]the rot sets in 情况开始出毛病；事情开始走下坡
qualification （资格, 条件）a doctor's qualification当医生的资格。without any qualification不附带任何条件的What qualifications have you got to have for this job?申请这个工作你所具有的条件是什么？
humiliation （羞辱，蒙耻） suffer publicc humiliation 当众受辱 a national humilation 国耻
literally （ [口语] 简直） I was literally bored to death!我真得腻烦死了。[记]literally 照字面的；完全的
shortlist 供最后挑选或考虑用的候选人名单
ballot （选票）The ballot is stronger than the bullet 选举权比子弹更具威力——林肯。[巧记]即ball球+ot=et小→小球→旧时秘密表决用时的小球。
attendee （出席者，参加者）Attendees at a convention 大会的出席者[巧记]at=ad到向+tend=sretch展开+ ee者。
award（奖, 奖品）She showed us the athletics she had won.她给我们看她赢得的体育运动奖。
recipient （接收者）a recipient country 受援国 They would in time become the recipients of much criticism. 他们迟早会受到许多批评[巧记] re+cip=take取+i+ent。或由reci联想到receive（接受）
plough （through）（艰难前进，啃 [书本等]） The ship ploughed through the waves那轮船破浪前进 plough through mountains of work 费力的处理堆积如山的工作
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难句分析：
①This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
该句子的主干是this refers to discrimination。主语this 和谓语refers to之间插入了介词短语for those作状语，those 后跟着形容词短语unaware of…作定语，宾语discrimination 后跟介词短语against those作定语，those后又有whose引导的定语从句。 对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说，它指的是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧视。
△注意两个逗号之间是补充说明成分,阅读时可以先跳过不读。
②Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush's predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half.
该句子的主干是由and连接的两个分句，即American president and vice-president have surnames，and 26 of…had surnames。第一个分句的宾语surnames后是分词结构starting with作定语；第二个分句宾语紧跟的介词结构in the first half of the alphabet作定语，另外一个分词结构…的完整形式是against just 16 of George Bush's predecessors had surnames in the second half
如此这般，美国的总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C字母起头。乔治·布什的前任有二十六位（包括其父）的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。 ③Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
该句子的主干是and连接的两个分句：all tend to be drawn up，and their recipients lose interest.冒号前的三个名词短语是第一个分句主语all的同位语。As引导的时间状语从句，修饰第二个分句。
求职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地向下查看时，兴趣随之索然 ④It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.
It has long been known that…是一个固定句式，他的意思是―长久以来人们都知道…‖其中it是形式主语，真正的主语是that从句；从句本身又是一个复合句，开始是主句 a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars ，其中分词结构called AAA cars 是后置定语，修饰firm,后面的when 引导一个时间状语从句。
△英语中为了避免头重脚轻，通常把较长的主语放在句子后面，而以放在句首的形式主语it代替它。 ⑤One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early.
▲ 本句的主干是主语+系动词+表语结构: One theory, …is that the rot sets in early,其中两个逗号之间的部分是过去分词结构dreamt up…，作前面theory 的定语，其中过去分词结构enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged作前面time的定语。