单选题 When human talents are viewed as resources and even assets to a corporation, the title of Department of Personnel is changed to Department of Human Resources, or HR. HR is such a fashionable title, but few of us really understand it as it is, which refers to the individuals within the firm, and to the portion of the firm's organization that deals with hiring, firing, training, and other personnel issues. And the hiring part will be the focus of what we talk about here.
The first step for hiring someone to work for a certain corporation is to analyze the job or the position, so that the kind of abilities, competencies of the ideal candidate will be determined. What should be reminded at this stage it is important to consider the factors outside of the corporation that would make a difference about the recruiting, such as current and future trends of the labor market e. g. skills, education level, government investment into industries etc..
After analyzing the job, it comes to the stage of providing a clear and easy-to-understand job description. When it comes to recruiting, several ways could be used, such as job centers, employment agencies/consultants, headhunting, and local or national media. Choosing a suitable media is crucial here, you definitely do not want to advertise your opening position on a national media if it is a position of sales manager assistant in a remote county distribution center.
Though human resources have been part of business and organizations since the first days of agriculture, the modern concept of human resources began in the early 1900s. By 1920, psychologists and employment experts in the United States started the human relations movement, which viewed workers in terms of their psychology and fit with companies, rather than as interchangeable parts.
Nowadays, more factors are considered when choosing a suitable employee, not only should the candidate have the proper abilities and qualifications, personalities are also evaluated to predict how well the candidate will interact with the others employees. For some important positions, like the ones in management, the recognition of the corporations' culture is also a key factor to decide who the best choice is.

单选题 What is this passage mainly about?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】文章主旨题。尽管文章多次出现了A项所提到的Human Resources，但这个概念对于文章所阐述的内容来说有点太宽泛，而且文章中的“And the hiring part will be the focus of what we talk about here．”这样一句话明确地告诉我们文章主要关注的是 Human Resources下面的一个具体的方面，B项的Recruiting Employees是对原文的 the hiring part的正确理解，为正确选项，C项和D项两个选项也提到Human Resources方面，但不是本文的讨论重点。

单选题 The author talked about the external factors that should be taken into consideration when analyzing a position except ______ .

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。“analyzing a position”告诉我们考查的内容对应出现在文章的第二段，“external factors”对应于原文的“factors outside of the corporation”，对比阅读我们可以：发现A项可以对应解释“current and future trends of the labor market”；B项对应“education level”；D项对应“government investment into industries”；而C项在原文中是找不到对应的信息的，为该题的正确选项；提醒考生注意这类题目的NOT和 EXCEPT这样的逆向提问的方式，尽管这些词在考试中被大写，仍然会有考生在此犯错，需要我们多加注意。