高考英语二轮复习专题三阅读理解第三节题组训练7逸闻趣事

可知作者向朋友们提到招聘会上的故事时，他们简直不敢相信。他们认为作者是非常愚蠢地拒绝了那么好一家公司的工作邀请。故选D。

19．Why was the author placed in sales a few months later? A．He did very well in the training. B．He had a law and business degree. C．He was brave enough to negotiate. D．He was a person full of curiosity. 答案 C

解析 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“…but a few months later he placed me in sales because I was the only trainee who had tried to negotiate a starting！”可知作者之所以去从事销售，是因为他是唯一一个在面试的时候对工资提出异议，进行讨价还价的人。故选C。

20．What does the author intend to do by writing the passage? A．To inform us of the key to impressing employers in a job fair. B．To share with us his life experience of fun errors. C．To convince us that life is full of uncertainty. D．To interpret the great significance of negotiation. 答案 B

解析 写作目的题。文章主要讲述了作者在无意间得到了工作面试机会，面试时因对工资有误解而进行讨价还价，从而最后进入公司销售部门的有趣故事。作者意在告诉我们这个由犯错而得到好结果的故事，故选B。

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