Passage 1

　　In today’s job market, it is not a common for job seekers to send applications for many positions. That is lots of time and lots of work to organize. Certainly, you can’t want to waste your precious hours on following the developments on the fashion, and miss the important deadlines, confuse interview times or forget to follow up a result. Accordingly, managing our work search properly is just as important as identify the job opportunities and send your applications. If you familiar with Microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track your job applications. If the excel isn’t used as drinking a cup of tea, don’t worried. You can create a table in Microsoft. Google is another tool to help you to organize your work effectively. If you have a G-mail account, you can create a safe and send tables in addition to read a document like your cover letter and resume. You can also link up with Google calendar to make sure you make top with the important dates. Clearly, there plenty of days to keep track of search and to make efforts to simplify your job search well paid off. Nevertheless you should always focus on the quality not the quantity. Only you apply the position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letters and updating your resume.

　　主旨内容：

　　在找工作时，一个求职者同时找多个职位并不常见，因为这会花费很多时间。求职者需要有明确自己用软件搜索的能力，如EXCEL, GOOGLE, G-MAIL等。

　　参考答案句：

　　1. In today’s job market, it is not common for job seekers to send applications for many positions.

　　2. Google is another tool to help you to organize your work effectively. If you have a G-mail account, you can create a safe and send tables in addition to read a document like your cover letter and resume.

　　3. Only you apply the position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letters and updating your resume.

　　16.What does the speaker say about today’s jobseekers?

　　17.What kind of job do applicants can do with the help of the Google?

　　18.What does the speaker suggest the jobseekers do?

　　解析：

　　第一篇篇章是考试高频主题：工作话题，考查话题词汇：job market, job seekers, application, job opportunities, resume等，因此，对场景词的掌握对于考生读题听题帮助较大。考察问题的答案出题点符合篇章行文顺序，尤其是第一题和最后一题出题点，在开头结尾部分，考生比较好把控。