1. [阅读理解]
A friend of mine is a department manager at a large company. His secretary requested a 10％ salary raise.
The problem was that 10％ was a large raise compared to the 5% other employees had received. Was there a win-win (双赢) way out of this problem?
As they looked at the possibilities, several ideas appeared. The company starts work at 8 am and closes at 5 pm. The manager learned that his secretary got caught in heavy traffic every evening on the way home. They agreed to have her work from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. This saved her at least 20~25 minutes driving time, a benefit to her at little or no loss to the company.
They then studied her job in detail. Before long they jointly developed a new idea which gave her more responsibilities, and, at the same time, more interesting work.
Both parties benefited from the changed arrangement of work. The raise itself was then discussed. A decision was made by agreeing on a 6％ raise for three months and then an additional 2％ later if the new responsibilities were properly performed.
1 (单选题)
What was the department secretary's request?
AA better work environment.
BA change of job position
CA challenging task.
DA salary raise.
2 (单选题)
The salary raise for the other employees was .
A2 percent．
B5 percent.
C6 percent.
D10 percent.
3 (单选题)
According to the passage，to achieve a win-win result the company agreed to .
Agive the secretary fewer responsibilities
Ballow the secretary to work fr
1、What was the department secretary's request?
答案：D. A salary raise.
解释：根据第一段第二句“His secretary requested a 10％ salary raise.”。
2、The salary raise for the other employees was .
答案：B5 percent.
解释：根据第二段的第一句“……compared to the 5% other employees had received”。
3、According to the passage, to achieve a win-win result the company agreed to .
答案：B. allow the secretary to work from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm
解释：根据第三段的第三行，另外还有第四段的“gave her more responsibilities, and, at the same time, more interesting work”。
