Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400
people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with
traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special
about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received
from their boss a gift—the book “Who Moved My Cheese?
The book—a bestseller in the US—is being used by men and women to
deal with
changes
in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak
and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them
to be active towards changes.
Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood—our jobs, the
Industries we
work in,
relationships and love as well.
With China’s official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will
face more changes
and challenges.
So what should we do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved?
“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to
them bravely,” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.
Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We
should change ourway of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and
products provide us withgreat chances to learn from them and improve our own
products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”
“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and
better piece of
cheese.”
Zhang smiled confidently.
1.The
whole passage is about _______.
A. people’s opinions about a bestseller of the US
B. what people think about China’s entry into the WTO
C. the change in people’s attitude towards changes and challenges
D. how a book influences the Chinese
2.The
company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My
Cheese” in order to _______.
A. be more competitive with foreign firms
B. find an excuse for their job cuts
C. let the workers make a living on their own
D. encourage the fired workers
3.The
word “cheese” in the passage can refer to _______.
A. something we depend on for a
living B. a most important kind of food
C. change or
challenge
D. way of life
4.From
what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that _______.
A. they have different opinions on changes and challenges
B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies
C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges
D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book
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