Passage 2
As we know, it is very important that a firm should pay attention to the training of its staff as there exist many weak parts in its various departments. Staff training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm considers its training needs, which are in turn based on job descriptions and job specifications.
A job description should give details of the performance that is required for a particular job, and a job specification should give information about the behavior, knowledge and skills that are expected of an employee who works in it. When all of this has been collected, it is possible to make a training specification. This specifies what the Training Department must teach for the successful performance of the job, and also the best methods to use in the training period.
There are many different training methods, and there are advantages and disadvantages of all of them. Successful training programs depend on an understanding of the difference between learning about skills and training in. using them. It is frequently said that learning about skills takes place "off the job" in the classroom, but training in using these skills takes place "on the job", by means of such activities as practice in the workshop.
It is always difficult to evaluate the costs and savings of a training program. The success of such a program depends not only on the methods used but also on the quality of the staff who do the training. A company can often check on savings in time and cost by examining the work performed by the workers and technicians who have completed a training program. The evaluation of management training is much more complex than that.
To be successful in our training programs, we must understand the difference between _____.
本题考查细节。 答案可以直接从第二段第二句"Successful training programs depend on an understanding of the difference between learning about skills and training in using them."培训计划的成功取决于对技能的学习与应用技能的训练之间的区别的正确理解。 故选C。
The success of a training program depends on _____.
本题考查细节。 参照第三段第二句"The success of such a program depends not only on the methods used but also on the quality of the staff who do the training."此培训计划的成功不仅取决于培训的方法， 还取决于培训人员的素质。 故选D。
A training specification specifies _____.
本题考查代词的指代。 第二段最后一句话"This specifies what the Training Department must teach for the successful performance of the job, and also the best methods to use in the training period."培训部所教的东西和好的教学方法。 故选C。
According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?
由第一段第一句和倒数第一句可知答案A和B是正确的。 由第二段最后一句可知技能培训是在工作中the job发生的， 而学习技能则发生于离开工作off the job， 所以答案C也正确。 第三段的最后一句"The evaluation of management training is much more complex than that."对管理人员培训的评价要比'那个'复杂得多。 其中的指 示代词that指"the costs and savings of a training program"， 故选项D不是事实。
The best title for this passage might be _____.
全文介绍了对员工进行培训的重要性、 培训计划成功的要素、 对培训计划的评估等内容。 所以C项最能概括这些内容。 A、 B、 D三项都只是文章的部分，不能概括全文。