A friend of mine is a department manager at a large company His secretary requested a 10% salary raise The problem was that 10% was a large raise compared to the 5% other employees had received was there a win-win way out of this problem? As they looked at the possibilities, several ideas appeared. The company starts work at 8 am and closes at 5 pm. The manager learned that his secretary got caught in heavy traffic every evening on the way home. They agreed to have her work from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. This saved her at least 20-25 minutes driving home, a benefit to her at little or no loss to the company. Then they studied her job in detail. Before long they jointly developed a new idea which gave her more responsibilities, and at the same time, more interesting work. Both parties benefitted from the changed arrangement of work. The raise itself was then discussed A decision was by agreeing on a 6% raise for three months and then an additional 2% later if the new responsibilities were properly performed.1.What was the department secretary's request?A. A better work environment. B. A change of job position. C. A challenging task D. A salary raise 2.The salary raise for the other employees was _____. A. 2 percent B. 5 percent C. 6 percent D. 10 percent 3. According to the passage, to achieve a win-win result the company agreed to _____. A. give the secretary fewer responsibilities B. allow the secretary to work from home C. change the secretary's work time D. reduce the secretary's work load 4.According to the last paragraph, the secretary may have an additional 2% percent salary raise if _____.A. she can perform her new responsibilities well B. the company offers her a high position C she agrees to change her work schedule D. the company makes more profits 5.Who will benefit from the new arrangement of work? A. All the employee in the company B. The company and the secretaryC.The company only D. The secretary herself
A friend of mine is a department manager at a large company His secretary requested a 10% salary raise
The problem was that 10% was a large raise compared to the 5% other employees had received was there a win-win way out of this problem?
As they looked at the possibilities, several ideas appeared. The company starts work at 8 am and closes at 5 pm. The manager learned that his secretary got caught in heavy traffic every evening on the way home. They agreed to have her work from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. This saved her at least 20-25 minutes driving home, a benefit to her at little or no loss to the company.
Then they studied her job in detail. Before long they jointly developed a new idea which gave her more responsibilities, and at the same time, more interesting work.
Both parties benefitted from the changed arrangement of work. The raise itself was then discussed A decision was by agreeing on a 6% raise for three months and then an additional 2% later if the new responsibilities were properly performed.
1.What was the department secretary's request?
A. A better work environment.
B. A change of job position.
C. A challenging task
D. A salary raise
2.The salary raise for the other employees was _____.
A. 2 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 6 percent
D. 10 percent
3. According to the passage, to achieve a win-win result the company agreed to _____.
A. give the secretary fewer responsibilities
B. allow the secretary to work from home
C. change the secretary's work time
D. reduce the secretary's work load
4.According to the last paragraph, the secretary may have an additional 2% percent salary raise if _____.
A. she can perform her new responsibilities well
B. the company offers her a high position
C she agrees to change her work schedule
D. the company makes more profits
5.Who will benefit from the new arrangement of work?
A. All the employee in the company
B. The company and the secretary
C.The company only
D. The secretary herself
题目解答
答案
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.B
解析
文章讲述了公司经理和秘书之间关于薪水提升的讨论。秘书要求10%的薪水提升,而其他员工只获得了5%的提升。经理和秘书通过讨论,找到了一个双赢的解决方案。
步骤 2:分析问题
1. 秘书的请求是什么?
2. 其他员工的薪水提升是多少?
3. 为了实现双赢,公司同意了什么?
4. 根据最后一段,秘书可能获得额外的2%薪水提升的条件是什么?
5. 谁将从新的工作安排中受益?
步骤 3:回答问题
1. 秘书的请求是薪水提升。
2. 其他员工的薪水提升是5%。
3. 为了实现双赢,公司同意改变秘书的工作时间。
4. 根据最后一段,秘书可能获得额外的2%薪水提升的条件是她能很好地履行新的职责。
5. 从新的工作安排中受益的是公司和秘书。