Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

My daughter did an experiment for me two summers ago. She applied to job openings she'd found on a couple of big online job boards. She mailed the applications and waited. And waited. After sending out 100 resumes (履历表），specially addressed to each organization's human resources ( HR ) manager, fewer than five HR departments took the time to reply, or acknowledged receipt.

What happened?

Maybe in the thirty seconds or so of attention that her resume received, each HR person made a snap decision. It seemed that 95of them were unimpressed.

Or, maybe, out of the 300 other resumes HR had received that morning, they had already scheduled a requisite (必要的）number of interviews. Or, maybe HR simply forwarded her resume to the hiring manager who was supposed to call her for an interview.

Or, maybe they thought her resume was fairly generic (—般的)and they didn't have time to figure out if she might be a good fit, with the necessary skills, the attitude, and the desire to do the job.

Most likely, the real reason why she didn't get an interview was the last one. HR didn't have time to figure out how she would work in their company.

This happens all the time. I think most job seekers make the serious mistake of thinking that all they need to do is tell the HR department what they did in the past .

That might be OK for some hiring managers, but most want to know the answer to one question ： How can this applicant help us right now? If your resume does not answer that question, or sufficiently tell a story about how you may be able to help, you won't have a shot at the job in this market.

Before you can answer that question, however, you need to do some research on the company. Find out everything you can about the company, including the departments, the people, the products, markets, and the plans for the future.

Information is power, and it is available quite easily. Don't expect HR to figure out how you might fit into their organization. You __________ instead. This is the surest way to get the interview.

【1】 What's the main idea of this passage? (within 20 words)

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【2】 Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

You should tell the HR what you can do for them in your resume and then you may be able to find a job.

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【3】 Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words. ( with-in 8 words)

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【4】 List two of the reasons why most HR managers even didn't give the girl a reply. (each within 10 words)

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【5】 Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese.

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Answer 1

【答案】见解析

【解析】【1】 How to turn a job application into an interview. /Reasons for failing and suggestions on succeeding in a job interview.

【2】 If your resume does not answer that question, or sufficiently tell a story about how you may be able to help, you won't have a shot at the job in this market.

【3】 make it clear in advance /figure it out beforehand

【4】 （1）Her resume was unimpressed. /The HR wasn't impressed with her resume. （2）The HR got too many resumes at a time. （3）The HR forwarded her resume to someone else. （4） The HR wasn't sure of her abilities.

【5】 我认为大多数求职者犯了这个严重错误：他们认为自己所需做的无非是告诉人力资源部门他们曾做过什么。