Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Most people don't enjoy facing the difficult situations that sometimes occur with co-workers in the workplace. Such situations may arise from honest disagreements over design or engineering issues, personnel or benefits matters, management decisions or actions, or from any other situation where human impressions and objectives differ.
There could be double trouble for engineers who are more likely to feel at home with electrons and bytes(信息组), and behave in highly predictable ways, than with coworkers, who often appear arbitrary and unpredictable. For those of us who have internalized the strict and measurable rules of the physical world, dealing with other people can be both disappointing and frustrating.
Yet how you manage situations of conflict with your coworkers could have a significant impact on your career, often even more than your engineering prowess or your design skills. Those who deal successfully with potential conflicts are far more likely to receive added responsibilities and promotions, in addition to the pay increases and respect that come with them. On the other hand, not dealing successfully with conflict can potentially relegate you to a career backwater, with technical challenges and high pay passing you by.
Why is dealing with conflict an important skill today? It's primarily because there's more of it now than in the past. Workers of all types are more likely to speak up for their own ideas or actions, rather than follow the dictating corporate chain of command. Conflict also sometimes arises as a result of unclear company goals, or when those goals aren't shared equally by all. Rather than working for a single common good, employees and managers seek individual goals, such as promotion, job security, experience, money, and even the proverbial free lunch.
Not only is actual conflict greater today, but even the potential for interpersonal conflicts in the workplace is far greater than at any time in the past. One reason for this is increased time-to-market pressures. The need to rapidly make decisions, establish an engineering direction, and meet project milestones adds elements of tension and stress to an already difficult endeavol.
This makes the workplace a potential minefield for interpersonal conflict. It's especially apparent to an engineer in a position of responsibility, like a project leader or an engineering manager. For an engineer who must work with others to complete a project, the need to man- age conflict can spell the difference between success and failure.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Minefields are becoming common in the workplace.
B. Workplace conflict can arise from honest disagreements.
C. Workers today arc less equipped to deal with workplace conflict.
D. Companies are finding new ways to deal with workplace conflict.
是将系统化的、规范的、可定量的方法应用于软件的开发、运行和维护的过程,它包括方法、工具和过程3个要素。ISO9000是由ISO/TCl76制定的关于(9)和质量保证的国际标准。CMM提供了一个框架,将软件过程改进的进化步骤组织成5个成熟度等级。除第1级外,每个等级都包含了实现该成熟度等级目标的若干(10)。在软件开发的各种资源中,(11)是最重要的资源。软件的复杂性是(12),它引起人员通信困难、开发费用超支、开发时间超时等问题。
A. 软件过程
B. 软件测试
C. 软件生存周期
D. 软件工程
听力原文:W: How did you like your work as a reporter?
M: Well, it was interesting. But I had to work long hours. I was never home on weekends.
What did the man mean?
A. He didn't like the work because it kept him working long hours.
B. He didn't like the work because it isn't interesting.
C. He liked the work very much.