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6 月大学英语四级考试试 题
Part I Listening comprehension （略）
Part II Reading Comprehension
Passage One
A is for always getting to work on time.
B is for being extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious ( 勤勤恳恳的 ) way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics,

comes to getting ahead,
as in office politics.
Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago: Hard work alone doesn't ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics
a better job, a raise, praise- many people are still unable or unwilling - to "play the game."
"People assume that office politics involves some manipulative ( 工于心计的 )
behavior," says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University.
"But politics derives from the word 'polite'. It can mean lobbying and forming
associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying, to please your superior,
and then expecting something in return."
In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own self-interest in the workplace. In