单选题 Business put lots of time and money into new plans, programs and excellent employees with the hope things will change. Yet, at the end of the effort, not much changes. What happens?
In most cases, those new plans, programs and employees enter a company with an existing culture. And plans, programs and employees have a way of conforming to (顺应) the existing culture. The culture of your business is the result of a particular mindset, or a particular way of thinking and the general feelings about certain things. Most often, it is the mindset of the founder or people managing the business.
The founder has gotten to where he is because of his skill sets, knowledge base and personal beliefs, which unfortunately all come with inherent (固有的) limits. Why? Skills, knowledge and beliefs come from what he or she already knows or has experienced. In other words, it comes from the past. We (people) try to make the past fit the future. Just because something worked in the past doesn"t mean it is suitable for the future. As the saying goes, if you do and think what have always done and thought, you will have what you have always had.
Therefore, lasting changes have to start with the way people think. To make changes in the way you think, you will be required to set goals beyond your basic abilities and continuously think them through. It is a way to train yourself and people to get out of the comfort zone where you feel happy with your knowledge and skills.
单选题 Which questions does the author try to answer?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 主旨题。题干意为“作者这篇文章旨在回答什么问题”,也就是要求判断作者的写作目的。通读文章的内容可知,作者主要是探讨企业要怎么做才能有所改变。所以本题正确的答案为C。
单选题 Where does the business culture mainly come from?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。从文章的第二段最后一句可知,企业文化主要来自于企业的创始人。所以本题正确的答案为A。
单选题 What does the author think about the mindset of the company leader?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。从文章的第三段第一句话可知,企业创始人的理念有其自身的局限性。而且本段所有的语言都旨在说明这些局限性会限制公司今后的发展。所以本题正确的答案为D。
单选题 What plays a key role in making changes in a company?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。从文章的第四段第一句话可知,企业要想有所转变首先得改变人们的思想。而四个选项中A表示“突破人们的思维方式”,所以本题正确的答案为A。