2019 哈三中高三英语第三次联合考试 阅读理解B

　　九州之巅合作体2019届高三第三次联考

　　哈尔滨市第三中学

　　宁夏银川一中

　　西安高新第一中学

　　西北师范大学附属中学

　　命题：哈尔滨市第三中学

　　审题：宁夏银川一中

　　阅读理解B

　　After a failed marriage, the loss of all of my friends, depression, sleeping pill, and alcohol addiction, not working for four years, and sending out over 200 resumes in the last five months —— today I got a $60,000/year job in my field of study. Today is a good day.

　　婚姻失败之后，我陷入了众叛亲离的境地，我患了抑郁症，靠安眠药度日，还酗酒。我四年没有工作了，在过去5个月的时间里，发出了超过200份简历 —— 今天，我找到了工作，专业对口，年薪6万美金。今天真是一个好日子。

　　I always make a wish when the clock strikes 1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55, or 11:11. I alternate between two wishes and two wishes only: Please let me be happy, and, Please let me get a job I love.

　　每当时钟走到一个非常特殊的时刻，比如1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55, 或者11:11，我都会许一个愿。我轮流许下两个愿望，我只有这两个愿望：第一，请让我快乐。第二，请让我得到一份自己喜欢的工作。

　　I'd been in the running for this job for one and a half months, they received 140 applications and interviewed 20. Finally it was down to me and one other person. But I got a call from them three days ago, saying they had decided to move forward with the other candidate. I thanked them for the opportunity, they wished me luck in my future, and I spent the entire day crying.

　　我已经为这份工作奔波了一个半月之久，对方收到了140份简历，对其中20个求职者进行了面试，最后筛选出了两名候选人。但是三天前我接到了对方打来的电话，称他们决定录用另外一名候选人。我说谢谢他们给我这次机会，他们也祝我今后好运。我一整天痛哭不止。

　　Then yesterday the woman who would have been my boss added me to her social website ID, which I found odd. "Rub the salt in a little deeper," I told my dad.

　　可是昨天，那位本可能成为我老板的女士在社交网上加了我，这让我觉得很奇怪。“简直是在我的伤口上撒盐。” 我对我的父亲说。

　　Well, one hour ago my would-be boss called, and said she and the HR manager who initially interviewed me couldn't get me off their mind because of my enthusiasm, attitude, and the excitement I couldn't contain. She told me the president of the company initially hired the other candidate because he was fluent in a particular software program, one of which I am only slightly familiar with. The president is of the old school and isn't one for risk taking. Therefore, he went with the good bet.

　　可是，就在一个小时之前，我的准上司给我打了电话，她说，我的身影在她和最初面试我的人事经理的心里挥之不去，我积极热情的态度，还有举手投足间难以抑制的活力，都让他们久久不能忘怀。她告诉我，老板最初之所以聘用另一个应聘者，是因为他对一款软件程序使用非常流利，而我对这款程序知之甚少。这个老板是一个守旧的人，不喜欢承担风险，所以他决定采取稳妥的做法。

　　The woman told me she went to bat for me with the president these last couple of days because she believed I was the one the company needed. She said she would take the extra time to train me, and that I was resourceful enough to learn it on my own if she was unable to help me some day. I told her how much this meant to me, and that skills required could be taught but attitude and enthusiasm could not. They also told me that I was the only person out of 20 interviews who emailed them afterward and said thank you for the opportunity of meeting with me. The ONLY person.

　　那位女士告诉我，数日来她一直为了我与经理争执不休，因为她相信我才是公司需要的人。她说她愿意额外抽出时间来培训我，还说，万一她有一天不能帮我了，我也能够找到资源自己继续学习。我告诉她，这通电话对于我意义重大，还说，欠缺的技术能很快学会，但对工作的热情却不是能学来的。他们说，在20个进入面试环节的候选人中，我是唯一一个在面试结束后，特意发邮件给公司，感谢对方提供这次面试机会的人。唯一一个!

　　I changed my entire life when I left my marriage. It got worse before it got better. It's been a rocky few years, but those little sunshine rays are finally touching me.

　　离婚之后，我的生活完全改变了。在获得这份工作之前，生活一度每况愈下。那几年困难重重，历经坎坷，还好如今我终于感受到了丝丝阳光的暖意。

　　25. What do we know about the author?

　　A. He managed to get a job related to his study.

　　B. He spent four years looking for a job.

　　C. He was interviewed 20 times for his job.

　　D. He thanked the company for offering him a job by email.

　　26. What did the author mean by the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5?

　　A. The president made a bet with the woman.

　　B. The president chose to do something that was likely to succeed.

　　C. The president only did what was beneficial to others.

　　D. The president preferred to do something unusual.

　　27. Why did the woman in the company choose the author?

　　A. For the author’s skills and experience.

　　B. For her sympathy for the author.

　　C. For the author’s attitude and enthusiasm.

　　D. For the author’s devotion to work.

　　参考译文：沪江英语(小木)

　　编辑校对：考拉