Question

Fresh out of Barnard College, I was hired as a secretary to the editor of Coupon Magazine. Tiny circulation, but a real job. So now I had an income and an apartment in Manhattan—heaven for a young woman from a small town on Long Island.
Like so many women of my generation, I went straight from college to secretarial school to learn speedwriting, despite the fact that I had already co-written a book called New York on $5 a Day. So I learned the ropes, or at least I tried.
As a former lefty(左撇子) turned righty, my handwriting was hard to recognize—so bad that after taking notes, I couldn’t translate it. The magazine was making advertisements, so in letters to the heads of the company which wanted to advertise in our magazine, I was told to offer them the opportunity to place their ads in four colors in our magazine for the price of $10,000. Unknowingly, the “d” in ads became an “s”, and the president of one of those big companies was invited to “have his ass (臀部) in four colors” in our publication.
Guess what? He didn’t like it, and I was fired, but luck showed her face. The editor was looking for a copywriter (广告文字撰稿人) eagerly. I was heading for the door, depressed, when I heard her call out, “You—Joan! Can you write better than you can type?” I said, “Yes, of course.” A copywriter was born.

1. 1.
   According to the first paragraph, we can know that the author ______.
   1. A.
      was satisfied with her job as a secretary
   2. B.
      was an ambitious woman
   3. C.
      was successful at college
   4. D.
      had a dream to become a famous writer
2. 2.
   In which order did Joan do the following things?
   a. She was hired as a secretary of a small magazine.
   b. She worked as a copywriter.
   c. She was fired because of the mistake of spelling.
   d. She learned speedwriting at secretarial school.
   e. She wrote a book called New York on $5 a Day
   1. A.
      a, b, c, d, e
   2. B.
      e, d, a, c, b
   3. C.
      e, d, b, c, a
   4. D.
      d, a, c, b, e
3. 3.
   According to the passage, we can infer that ______.
   1. A.
      the author had talent for writing
   2. B.
      the author was very unlucky
   3. C.
      the author’s parents were very strict with her
   4. D.
      the magazine which the author worked for had no future
4. 4.
   Why did the boss intend to fire the author?
   1. A.
      She was a former lefty
   2. B.
      She didn’t work seriously
   3. C.
      She made a mistake about the price of the ads
   4. D.
      Her wrong spelling annoyed a big customer

Answer 1

ABAD
1.推理题：从第一段的句子：heaven for a young woman from a small town on Long Island. 说明作者对她的工作很满意。选A
2.排序题：分析选项，e和d都是上学的事，其它都是工作的事，所以e和d要在前面，a和c一个是雇佣一个是解雇，应该是先雇佣在解雇，a咋c前，所以选B
3.推理题：从文章第二段的句子：despite the fact that I had already co-written a book called New York on $5 a Day.说明作者有写作天赋。选A
4.推理题：从第三段的最后已经和最后一段第一句，可知作者犯了错，惹恼了顾客。选D