单选题
Attention to detail is something everyone can and should pay—especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that came across his desk every day. "It's amazing how many candidates(求职者) eliminate themselves," he says. "Resumes (简历) arrive with stains. Some candidates don't bother (麻烦) to spell the company's name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate," Crossley concludes. "If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?" Can we pay too much attention to detail? Absolutely not. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the trees", says Charles Garfield, associate (副) professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "We must constantly ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into the larger picture. If they don't, we should drop them and move to something else." Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. "The Apollo Ⅱ moon launch was slightly off-course 90% of the time," says Garfield, "But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary." Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. Too often we believe what accounts for others success is some special secret or a lucky break (机遇). But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
单选题
According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected______. A. because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present(提供) a clean copy of a resume B. because of their inadequate(不足)education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume C. because they failed to give a detailed description of their background in their applications D. because they eliminated their names from the applicants' list themselves
单选题
The word "perfectionists" in the third paragraph refers to those who ______. A. demand others to get everything absolutely right B. know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances C. pay too much attention to details only to lose their major objectives D. are capable of achieving perfect results in whatever they do
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 由第三段Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward可知，完美主义者拘泥于细节之中，却忽略了自己的更大目标。
单选题
Which of the following is the author's advice to the reader? A. Although too much attention to details may be costly, they should not be overlooked (忽视). B. Don't forget details when drawing pictures. C. Beware of the importance of a task before undertaking it. D. Careless applicants are not to be trusted.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第一段Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do．．，紧接着在文章第三段Can we pay too much attention to detail? Absolutely not。由此可见，作者就“细节”问题而言给读者提供了一个辩证的建议：过分注重细节是不可取的，但忽视细节也是不可取的。
单选题
The example of the Apollo Ⅱ moon launch is given to illustrate(证明)that______. A. minor mistakes can be ignored in achieving major objectives B. failure is the mother of success C. adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work D. keeping one's goal in mind helps in deciding which details can be overlooked
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 第四段作者举“阿波罗”登月计划这个例子是想说明：有了一个总体目标，就能帮助我们进行必要的调节(．．．allowed us to make adjustments as necessary)，根据上下文，所谓“必要的调节”实际就是指细节的取舍。