1．The story I would like to tell happened about a year ago．I accepted a position in a company．John，an acquaintance of mine，told me much about the job and took my curriculum vitae （简历） to his supervisor．I did not refer to 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 obviously strange with John at first until the second week，when our communication began to get a little strange．John began making comments like"you would have had to pay an employment agency several hundred dollars for a job like this"．I soon forgot his words till the next day when he made another similar comment．Right then I started to really pay attention to what he meant．He acted as if I owed him money for helping me to get the job．
He began to get short with me and I had only been there for two weeks．He was supposed to train me in building our e-mail servers and setting up the entire standard monitor software．Instead，he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could hardly keep 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 buzz through the solution and not stop to say anything like"you might want to remember this．"I began to get very frustrated．
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 respond to a question of mine with a question or just make me repeat it，and then interrupt me．I began to hate him．Later I tried to avoid him as much as I could，so I wouldn't run into him．
He stopped me one day and asked me what had happened．I told him he was very condescending in his tone and manner．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 gradually．I believed there was hope and eventually we would become friends and now we are．
58．Why didn't the author refer to John as a friend at first？A
A．They seldom spent free time together．B．They had only met for two weeks．
C．Their wives didn't know each other．D．They had many disagreements on work．
59．What did John most probably mean by saying the underlined sentence？C
A．The company he and the author worked in was very good．
B．The author was wise not to ask an employment agency for help．
C．He had helped the author get a job without a penny．
D．The author should have paid him several hundred dollars to express his gratitude．
60．Which of the following is TRUE according to the third and fourth paragraphs？C
A．John was an experienced and hard-working employee．
B．The author was very slow in learning new things．
C．John hardly lent an ear to what the author expressed．
D．The author gradually got accustomed to his work．
61．What's the author's purpose of sharing his story？B
A．To express his dissatisfaction with John．
B．To stress the importance of communication between colleagues．
C．To remind us what problems can occur at work．
D．To describe how to become qualified for a job．
分析 本文讲了作者在朋友的帮助下，轻松地找到一份工作，但是此后朋友的表现让作者很是不解，作者也慢慢疏远他，最后通过两个人的沟通交流，这才消除了误会，又成了好朋友，这件事情告诉我们人与人之间的及时沟通是多么重要啊！
解答 58．答案 A 细节理解题 根据I did not refer to him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work，nor did our wives．可知他们并不经常在一起，故答案为A
59．答案 C 推理判断题 根据He acted as if I owed him money for helping me to get the job．可知，作者在John的帮助下，没有花一分钱就得到了一份工作，故答案为C
60．答案 C 细节理解题 根据 Instead，he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could hardly keep up．He would not slow down or check whether I was with him or not．可知，John的讲解非常快，根本就没有耐心，更不会听听作者的疑问，故答案为C
61．答案 B 主旨归纳题 通读全文可知，作者在朋友的帮助下，轻松地找到一份工作，但是此后朋友的表现让作者很是不解，作者也慢慢疏远他，最后通过两个人的沟通交流，这才消除了误会，又成了好朋友，这件事情告诉我们人与人之间的及时沟通是多么重要啊．故答案为B
点评 首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料．
其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读文章后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息．
要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性．对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻，只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准．
