- 阅读理解A
题干：Huntingforajoblatelastyear，lawyerGantRedmonstumbledacrossCareerBuilder，ajobdatabaseontheInternet.Hesearcheditwithnosuccessbutwasattractedbythesite's“personalsearchagent”.It'saninteractivefeaturethatletsvisitorskeyinjobcriteriasuchaslocation,title,andsalary,thene-mailsthemwhenamatchingpositionispostedinthedatabase.Redmonchosethekeywordslegal,intellectualproperty,andWashington,D.C.Threeweekslater,hegothisfirstnotificationofanopening.“Istruckgold，”saysRedmon，whoe-mailedhisresumetotheemployerandwonapositionasin-housecounselforacompany.Withthousandsofcareer-relatedsitesontheInternet,findingpromisingopeningscanbetime-consumingandinefficient.Searchagentsreducetheneedforrepeatedvisitstothedatabases.ButalthoughasearchagentworkedforRedmon,careerexpertsseedrawbacks.Narrowingyourcriteria,forexample，mayworkagainstyou：“Everytimeyouansweraquestionyoueliminateapossibility.”saysoneexpert.Foranyjobsearch，youshouldstartwithanarrowconcept-whatyouthinkyouwanttodo-thenbroadenit.“Noneoftheseprogramsdothat，”saysanotherexpert."There’snocareercounselingimplicitinallofthis.”Instead，thebeststrategyistousetheagentasakindoftipservicetokeepabreastofjobsinaparticulardatabase；whenyougete-mail，consideritaremindertocheckthedatabaseagain.“Iwouldnotrelyonagentsforfindingeverythingthatisaddedtoadatabasethatmightinterestme，”saystheauthorofajob-searchingguide.Somesitesdesigntheiragentstotemptjobhunterstoreturn.WhenCareerSite'sagentsendsoutmessagestothosewhohavesignedupforitsservice,forexample,itincludesonlythreepotentialjobs-thoseitconsidersthebestmatches.Theremaybemorematchesinthedatabase；jobhunterswillhavetovisitthesiteagaintofindthem-andtheydo.“Onthedayafterwesendourmessages，weseeasharpincreaseinourtraffic,"saysSethPeets,vicepresidentofmarketingforCareerSite.Eventhosewhoaren'thuntingforjobsmayfindsearchagentsworthwhile.Someusethemtokeepaclosewatchonthedemandfortheirlineofworkorgatherinformationoncompensationtoarmthemselveswhennegotiatingforaraise.Althoughhappilyemployed，RedmonmaintainshisagentatCareerBuilder.“Youalwayskeepyoureyesopen,”hesays.Workingwithapersonalsearchagentmeanshavinganothersetofeyeslookingoutforyou.
题目：Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents? - A 、Lack of counseling.
- B 、Limited number of visits.
- C 、Lower efficiency.
- D 、Fewer successful matches.
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
细节题。文中有两处提到搜索代理的缺点，文章第二段曾指出它的缺陷：每缩小一次搜索条 件，对求职和应聘者来说就意味着丧失了一次机会。但这个缺点在四个选项中都没有提到。 搜索代理的另一个缺点在第三段第三句中提到：这些程序都不包含就业咨询服务, these programs 指的就是personal search agents。因此Α选项正确。
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