Question

The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well．Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, "Which is more important, law or love?"
Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．
Employers want people skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are．In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality．
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called Kiersey Personality Sorter．It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know．This is often called aptitude （能力） testing．
According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see．
This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma （窘境）．Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest．But they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for．Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer．
【小题1】The writer wrote the passage to ____．

A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview．

B．tell you how to meet a job interviewer

C．describe the aptitude test．

D．advice you how to find a job

【小题2】Why do the interviewers ask such questions?

A．they want to discover what the interviewees know．

B．they are curious about the answers．

C．they try to discover the ability of the interviewees’ solving problems．

D．they just ask questions without thinking much．

【小题3】According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants should___．

A．not tell the truth

B．learn to tell what they really think

C．be more enthusiastic

D．try to find out what the examiner really want to know

【小题4】From the passage we know that____．

A．job applicants are always asked such questions

B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

D．aptitude testing is becoming popular worldwide

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】D

解析【小题1】主旨题：文章在最后一段点题：Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer．在能力测试中，最正确的答案是诚实的答案。就是给读者提出建议，应该如何去面试。选A。
【小题2】细节题：文章第二段的句子：It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know．说明面试官是想发现应聘者的解决问题的能力。C正确。
【小题3】细节题：从第三段的：Employers want people skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．看出雇主想招有技术的，热情的，忠实的人，那做为应聘者就应该表现出热情。选B。
【小题4】推理题：从第二段的：Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．说明西方的职业申请者发现这种奇怪的问题越来越多，同样的事中国也在发生。选D。