The more women and minorities make

The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management，the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid．The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye，in the process sometimes forming critical analyses of the factors that influence everyone’s experience in the organization．

Consider the new views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of how people get promoted．Coleman is black．He spent 11 years with IBM，half of them working in management development，and now serves as a consultant in some big companies like AT&T and Coca-Cola．Coleman says that based on what he’s seen at big companies，he considers the different roles of the following elements in the long-term success：performance counts a mere 10%，image，30%； and exposure，a full 60%．Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may increase your pay，it won’t ensure you the big promotion．He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work，and what a high position these people hold．

Ridiculous beliefs？But they are not ridiculous to many people，especially many women and members of minority races who，like Coleman，feel that they have a better picture of the reality．"Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs，"says Kaleel Jamison，a New York-based management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues．"They think that if you work hard，you’ll get ahead-that someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion．"She adds，"Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they’ve got ahead because of their sex or color that they try to make themselves less visible．"Her advice to those folks：learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way to stand out among the people．

41．The best title for this passage would beB．

A．Role of Women and Minorities in Management

B．The Importance of Being Visible

C．Job Performance and Advancement

D．Sex and Career Success

42．According to the passage，the underlined sentence"things formerly judged to be best left unsaid"in the first paragraph probably refers toC．

A．criticisms that cause everyone’s experience

B．the tendencies that help the newcomers to see office matters with a fresh eye

C．the opinions which are in conflict with the established beliefs

D．the ideas which usually come up with new ways of management in the organization

43．We can learn from the passage that the most important factor to achieve success in one’s career is toA．

A．let your bosses know how good you are

B．establish a favorable image to the people around you

C．work as a consultant to your bosses

D．well perform your tasks given by your bosses

44．The reason why women and blacks make themselves less visible is that theyD．

A．know that someone in authority will reach down and give them a promotion

B．want to give people the impression that they work under false beliefs

C．believe they can get promoted by their sex or color

D．don’t want people to think that their promotions were due to sex or color

45．In the author’s opinion，Coleman’s beliefs areC．

A．one-sided

B．popular

C．special

D．shallow．

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