单选题 My inspiration is my grandmother, who's still alive at 96. She raised me from the time I was 8 on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. In another era she could have done what I do, although I didn't know what a CEO was then. I'm a real go-getter and don't know any other way. I tell my 12-year-old daughter, if you have a test, why not try for an A? I don't believe in half doing something.
In my career, the biggest shock came in my 20's. I loved my job as a field systems analyst at 3M, and wanted my first manager's job at headquarters. They even told me I was the best candidate, totally qualified. Then they told me, "It's not possible because you're a woman." I was so shocked that I quit. I had this feeling of being totally blown away as I crawled back to Atlanta.
I preach to people: there are no bad bosses. You learn how not to treat people. My worst boss was full of himself and wanted to micromanage. The man didn't have a complimentary bone in his body. I still have my performance review he wrote in small anal print. It was winter in Minnesota. I didn't want to drive. I was out the door at 5 p.m. because the bus left the front door at 5: 06. He put that down in my review how fast I was out the door. It didn't matter the rest of the year I was there until 6 or 7.
Later, when I switched companies. I attended an off-site strategy meeting in Florida. There was a barbecue and the meeting continued on into the evening. My boss' boss threw a towel across the room and said, "Clean up, Carol." I caught the towel, went over and scrubbed his face. Everybody in the room went "Ohhhh."
The luckiest thing in my career is that I have a computer science degree. Doors opened wide at a time when it wasn't necessarily great for women. If I could wave a magic wand, I'd have every girl pass college freshman calculus.

单选题 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that the author______.
A. lives in the countryside B. is a middle-aged man
C. is a CEO D. does very well in tests

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题是推论题。
参见文章第1段第3句：In another era she could have done what I do要是换一个时代，她也干得了我所干的工作。也就是后半句提到的although I didn't know what a CEO was(尽管我那时还不知道首席执行官是什么职位。)

单选题 What is the biggest shock in the writer's career?
A. She lost her job as a field systems analyst in 1920s.
B. She lost her grandmother who was her inspiration.
C. She was denied the post of first manager on account of sexual discrimination.
D. She quit after being totally blown away and crawled back home.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题是细节题。
参见文章第2段第4句：Then they told me，“It's not possible because you're a woman；”由此可见，作者由于性别歧视而未能得到应当得到的职位。

单选题 "It didn't matter the rest of the year I was there until 6 or 7" ( Line 6, Para. 3 ) implies that______.
A. the boss did not care if she was there at 6 or 7 o'clock
B. the boss never had a good opinion of her ever since, no matter how she tried
C. it didn't matter in the rest of the year whether she left her work at 6 or 7 o'clock
D. she stayed in that company for 6 or 7 years

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题是推论题。
根据上下文，此处的It didn't matter不是一般意义上的“没关系”，而是“不重要”、“于事无补了”。It didn't matter the rest of the year I was there until 6 or 7的大致意思是：这一年的其余时间内，我一直呆到6、7点钟才下班也不重要了。由此可推知，不管她多么努力，老板也没有好印象了。

单选题 Everybody in the room went "Ohhhh' ( Line 4, Para. 4 ) because______.
A. the author made the room so clean and tidy
B. the author scrubbed the face with the towel
C. the author was too glad to obey the order
D. the author seemed too rude with her superior

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题是推论题。
参见文章第4段：My boss’boss threw a towel across the room and said，“Clean up，Carol．”I caught the towel，went over and scrubbed his face．老板的上司对作者粗鲁无礼，将毛巾扔给她，当众喝令她打扫干净。作者以牙还牙，将扔给她的毛巾直接抹到老板上司的脸上。她的这一举动显得太不合常规了，由此引起了大家的惊叫。

单选题 According to the passage, the characteristics of the author may be described as______.
A. Intelligent and gentle. B. Industrious and moderate.
C. Stubborn and perseverant. D. Ambitious and enterprising

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题是主旨题。
可从第1段I'm a real go-getter and don't know any other way，第4段Later， when I switched companies，I attended an off-site strategy meeting in Florida看出。 go-getter n.非常积极能干的人；积极进取的人。