课下天天练(二十三)阅读语言运用组合练姓名________班级________考号________时间：40分钟Ⅰ.阅读理解A[2022·太原市高三期末]Iwasinvitedtogiveaspeechataconferenceoneducation.IhappenedtositnexttoClayParker,theCEOofatechnologycompanythatmakesmicroelectronicsdevices.Forthelastfewyears,I'dbeenreadingabouttherapidlychangingworldofworkandwasincreasinglyconcernedthatstudentsarenotpreparedfortoday'sworkplace.Buriedinbookknowledge,universitystudentstalklikeabookandalwayspassexamswithflyingcolours.However,whenfacingHRstaffinsteadoftheirteachers,whattheyhavelearnedseemsuseless.SoIaskedParkerwhatqualitieshemostwantedinapotentialnewemployee.Iexpectedalistoftechnicalskills—especiallysinceParkerisanengineerhimself—butIwaswayoff__the__mark.“First,Ilookforsomeonewhoasksgoodquestions，”Parkerresponded.“Ourbusinessischanging,andsoaretheskillsofourengineers.Wecanteachthemthetechnicalstuff.Butforemployeeswillingtosolveproblemsortolearnnewthings,theyhavetoknowwhatquestionstoask.Andwecan'tteachthemhowtoaskgoodquestions—howtothink.Theabilitytoasktherightquestionsreflectsgoodthinkingability,themostimportantquality.”Indeed,theabilitytoaskgoodquestionshasbeenarepeatedthemeinalmostallofmyconversationsaboutcorecompetencesandskillsforsuccessintoday'sworkplace.Itturnsoutthataskinggoodquestionsgoeshandinhandwiththeproblemsolvingabilityinthemindsofmostemployers.Thestudentshavealwaysbeenbroughtuptoliveuptoacertainstandardandsomuchemphasishasbeenputonfixedrulesandgivingtheexpectedansweroftheirteachersinsteadofraisingaquestion.Weteachersarealwaysblamingthestudentsforgivingwronganswers.Perhapsweshouldaskourselveswhetherwearealwaysaskingtherightquestions.1．WhydidtheauthoraskParkerthequestion?A.TobringtheCEO'sattentiontoeducation.B.Tocollectinformationabouthiscompany.C.Toaskforhisopinionabouttheconference.D.Toknowhisrequirementsfornewemployees.2．Whatdoestheunderlinedwords“offthemark”inParagraph2mean?A．Mistaken.B．Notqualified.C.Confused.D．Notprofessional.3．WhatdoesParkervaluehisemployeesfor?A．...
