阅读理解 Jack Welch is among the famous CEOs because his management style is taught at business schools throughout the country. He has been with the General Electric Company (GE. since 1960. Having taken GE with a market value of about $12 billion, Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world, with a market value of about $500 billion, when he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later, in 2000. As Jack Welch wrote in a letter to shareholders: In the old culture, managers got their power from secret knowledge: profit margins, market share, and all that... In the new economy, the role of the leader is to express a vision, and put it into practice. That calls for open, caring relations with every employee, and face-to-face communication. People who can't convincingly (有说服力的) express a vision won't be successful. But those who can will become even more open—because success builds up self-confidence. Welch believed that great business leaders have to: possess large amounts of energy, and know how to use that energy to motivate others. Welch moves from meeting to meeting, conveying that message—and many more others as well, some of which have become his trademarks: Business is simple. Don't make it complicated. Face reality. Don't be afraid of change. Use the brains of your workers.

单选题 According to the first paragraph, Jack Welch, as a CEO, is famous for his ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】事实细节题。本题询问杰克·韦尔奇以什么闻名。文章第1段第1句because后的内容解释了他成名的原因与他的“management style(管理风格)”有关，因此本题因选D项。选项A(技术知识)、选项B(海外经历)和选项C(家庭背景)均无原文依据。本题是典型的细节题，只要把选项与原文对比，不难发现只有正确选项有原文依据，而干扰项都是无中生有的。

单选题 When Jack Welch took charge of the company, it had a market Value of about ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】事实细节题。本题询问韦尔奇接管通用电气公司时，其市场价值是多少。文章第1段第3句提到当时通用电气的市场价值是12 billion，故本题答案为A项。本题稍具干扰性的是选项C。在第1段第3句提到了两个数字，12 billion是韦尔奇接管通用电气时公司的市场价值，500 billion是他离任时公司的市场价值。该句的句式复杂，不容易完全理解。但只要想想，本文赞誉韦尔奇是一位伟大的首席执行官，两个数字的对比也是要说明韦尔奇的厉害之处，这样一来，不难判断小的那个数字才符合题意。

单选题 According to Jack Welch, the relations between the employer and employees should be ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】事实细节题。本题询问韦尔奇认为雇主和雇员之间应保持什么关系。关于这一关系，第2段韦尔奇写的信中的第3句有提及，其中的用词open和caring与选项C一模一样，故选项C为本题答案。选项A(个性、友好的)，选项B(随意、自然的)和选项D(严格、正式的)这些用词都与原文不符，在原文也没有它们的近义词。

单选题 In the sentence... some of which have become his trademarks, the word trademarks means ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】词义推断题。本题询问trademark一词在文中的意思。根据上下文，可以推断作者用trademark一词是想说明韦尔奇与众不同的特征，据此，选项D与原文的内容最为契合。 trademark在字典里就是“商标”的意思，但韦尔奇并非一个商品，因此不能简单地将trademark直接对等于其字面意思“商标、品牌”，选项A(产品品牌)不正确。在文章当中，trademark用于形容韦尔奇在商界上与众不同的管理风格，选项B(说话的方式)与“管理风格”无关，而选项C(广告策略)中的advertising也与“管理风格”不同。

单选题 This passage is mainly about ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】主旨大意题。本题询问本文写作的主旨。全文主要包括两部分，第一段介绍韦尔奇成功之处在哪里，剩余的段落介绍他的管理理念，可见全支围绕的是韦尔奇的管理理念，因此本题应选B项。选项A(雇主和官员之间的关系)、选项C(通用电气的发展史)和选项D(商学院的课程)虽然都有在文章中提及，但它们都是细节，而非“主旨”。