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June was part of a team that had struggled hard to finish a difficult assignment. " I wanted to call it a day and get home as mu

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问题     June was part of a team that had struggled hard to finish a difficult assignment. " I wanted to call it a day and get home as much as anyone," she recalls. But she found herself saying, "I’m sorry, but we need to do some more work on this."
    Suddenly she was the most unpopular person in the room. No one agreed with her, and some were openly angry that she was rocking the boat. "But I stuck to my guns," she says. "When the report was presented we were commended for picking up on the very thing I said we’d missed. I was right and everyone had to respect that. "
    【C1】The popularity trap.
    Respect versus popularity—it is the old conflict between being professional and being personal. We want to do a good job, but we want to be friends with everyone, too. The truth is, you can’t always be liked if you do your job properly. And the desire to keep everyone happy can become a weakness.
    【C2】At times you have to be tough.
Although we would all love to be Ms. Popular at home and in the office, at work the task is not to be liked, but to be effective, says computer sales executive Andrea.
    【C3】Gentle persuasion
The woman who builds her professional edge in this way isn’t condemned to loneliness and isolation. You can be firm without being unpleasant, and being tough doesn’t mean being rude or confrontational. Persuasive and assertive are the watch words.
    【C4】Respect is never given for nothing.
    Claire knew that she was offered a move to Paris with her finance company because she had gained a reputation for keeping cool under fire. And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris.
    【C5】Countdown to respect
    Keep your own counsel. Don’t share all your dilemmas. Even if you resolve them you’ll have left the impression that you’re indecisive or unable to cope with pressure.
[A] "It’s essential to build regard if you’re going to be able to do what you want in your job," she says.
Winning respect enhances all you do. A proposal for change is more likely to be well received; an application for a raise or a request for promotion is more likely to succeed.
[B] "At best," says management consultant Jennie Lumley, "worrying about what others think makes us reactive when we need to be proactive. At worst, we’re so busy playing the office sweetheart that we lose sight of the demands of the job and our needs."
[C] Pat had to deal with a colleague who had been under long-term stress. "It was a disaster," Pat says. "My colleagues were willing to listen and lend a hand if she needed help. But it was a stumbling block on her career path and she didn’t use the time to lay the groundwork of future respect by being professional. "
[D] This is a particular problem for women professions, Lumley finds. "It’s a childhood hangover. We all long to be the most beautiful girl in school. Also, girls are brought up to try to please. At work, men don’t give a thought to what others think so long as they get their way."
[E] "This is possibly the single most important lesson we can learn. You can’t always be popular. You shouldn’t have to be; it’s not what you’re there for. Progress depends on having your own ideas and sticking to them. And that means having the courage to make difficult decisions when you have to," she says.
[F] "To make the right decisions and push them through, you will need the kid glove more often than the boxing glove," Lumley suggests. And a sense of humor is vital.
【C5】
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答案C
解析 本题小标题Countdown to respect中的countdown字面意思是“倒计时”，而整个短语在这里是解释如何让别人重视你。标题后面的文字意为：把决定权拿在自己手里，不要事无巨细都向同事请教。因为即使你已经自己解决了问题，仍会给人以优柔寡断或无法面对压力的不良印象。显然，这里作者告诫人们在工作场所应该独立、果断、专业。[C]给出一个在工作压力之下表现得很不专业的例子，结果对自己的事业造成了负面影响。该项中的stress与上文中的pressure为近义词，说明两者之间联系紧密，是本段的论据。
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