Question

How to Argue with Your Boss

    Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.

    If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.

    Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.

    Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.

    To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.

1.Paragraph 2 ______

2.Paragraph 3 ______

3.Paragraph 4 ______

4.Paragraph 5 ______

 

A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time

B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position

C. Propose Your Solution

D. Don’t Go in When You Are Angry

E. Make the Issue Clear

F. Never Give in

 

5.If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first _________.

6.It is necessary to make clear to the boss ___________.

7.It is not wise to present the boss with a problem ___________.

8.You must be considerate and think of the troubles ____________.

 

A. to give the boss your advice

B. how he is feeling

C. the boss may have

D. what you really want to talk to him about

E. without suggesting a way to solve it

F. how unhappy you are

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.E

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.E

8.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了如何和你的老板讨论事情，本文给出了一些建议，一是如果你在自己心情不好时不要去找老板理论那样会把事情弄得更糟。二是应该双方都应清楚对方想要说什么。三是在提出问题时也要提出问题的解决办法。四是从老板的位置看问题，设身处地，老板才会愿意帮助你。

1.根据If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad.本段的中心思想是，如果你在自己心情不好时去找老板会把事情弄得更糟。故选D。

2.根据Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss.本段的中心思想是，双方都应清楚对方想要说什么。故选E。

3.根据If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem.本段的中心思想是，在提出问题时也要提出问题的解决办法。故选C。

4.根据To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures.本段的中心思想是，应该从老板的位置看问题，设身处地，老板才会愿意帮助你。故选B。

5.根据从语法上看，这里需要的是个宾语，现在填入的是一个宾语从句，本句的意义和文章第一段的第一句话相同。故选B。

6.根据这句话需要填入的是动词make的宾语，现在填入的是what引导的宾语从句。故选D。

7.根据只提出问题，不建议解决方法是不聪明的，这个意思在第四段里讲到了。故选E。

8.根据the troubles需要有限定或修饰成分，故填入一个定语从句。故选C。

考点：发展性试题。