问题 单项选择题

Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free!
It’s "no".
What do you ask We’ll say it again: "No. "
Sweet and simple "no".
Say "no" at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.
"Saying ’no’ to others means you are saying ’yes’ to yourself, " said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
"Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are willing to give up our time because we can’t say ’no’. "
Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say "yes" need to say "no" without guilt or fear of punishment. "I would rather have someone give me a loving ’no’ than an obligated ’yes’, " she said.
Susie Watson says she feels "no" obligation to give an explanation when she says "no" either socially or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it "Not at all, " said Watson, who is director of advertising and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. "Most people are afraid of saying ’no’... My advice is to say ’yes’ only if you don’t mean ’no’. "
Watson said "no" is the most effective weapon against wasting time. "Every year there are more demands on your time... Other people are happy to use up your time, " Watson said. Time saving appears to be "no’s" greatest friend.
"No" can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. "No" may even take you further in the business world than "yes".
"No" is power and strength. "No" now seems completely correct. "Saying ’no’ isn’t easy. But finally it’s greatly liberating, " Charles said. But, he added, "a ’no’ project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit. "
But, he also warns: "Don’t go to extremes. Don’t find yourself saying ’no’ to everything. In return you should learn to hear ’no’. \

The sentence "Saying ’yes’ to yourself" means ______.

A. you can have more time to play with others
B. you needn’t care about other’s feeling if you are happy
C. you are selfish and treat others rudely
D. you can deal with your business as you have planned

答案

参考答案:D

解析: 推断题。根据Charles所说的Saying ’no’ to others means you are saying ’yes’ to yourself (否定他人就意味着肯定自己)可推知此题答案。故选D。

单项选择题

Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual unite. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group, and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterate societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic; the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals; it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.

Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in Paragraph 4

A.Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades.

B.A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company.

C.Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party.

D.Members of a fanning community share work and the food that they grow.

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