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The senior partner, Oliver Lambert, studied the resume for the hundredth time and again found nothing he disliked about Mitchell Y. McDeere, at least not on paper. He had the brains, the ambition, the goodlooks. And he was hungry; with his background he had to be. He was married, and that was mandatory. The firm had never hired an unmarriedlawyer, and it frowned heavily on divorce, as well as womanizing and drinking. Drug testing was in the contract. He had a degree in accounting, passed the CPA exam the first time he took it and wanted to be a tax lawyer, which of course was a requirement with a tax firm. He was white, and the firm had never hired a black. They managed this by being secretive and clubbish and never soliciting job applications. Other firms solicited, and hired blacks. This firm recruited, and remained lily white. Plus, the firm was in Memphis, and the top blacks wanted New York or Washington or Chicago. McDeere was a male, and therewere no women in the firm. That mistake had been made in the mid-seventies when they recruited the number one grad from Harvard, who happened to be a she and a wizard at taxation. She lasted four turbulent years and was killed in a car wreck.
He looked good, on paper. He was their top choice. In fact, for this year there were no other prospects. The list was very short. It wasMcDeere, or no one.
The managing partner, Royce McKnight, studied a dossier labeled "Mitchell Y. McDeere-Harvard." An inch thick with small print and a few photographs; it had been prepared by some ex-CIA agents in a private intelligence outfit in Bethesda. They were clients of the firm and each year did the investigating for no fee. It was easy work, they said,checking out unsuspecting law students. They learned, for instance, that he preferred to leave the Northeast, that he was holding three job offers, two in New York and one in Chicago, and that the highest offer was $76,000 and the lowest was $68,000. He was in demand. He had been given the opportunity to cheat on a securities exam during his second year. He declined, and made the highest grade in the class. Twomonths ago he had been offered cocaine at a law school party. He saidno and left when everyone began snorting. He drank an occasional beer,but drinking was expensive and he had no money. He owed close to $23,000 in student loans. He was hungry.
Royce McKnight flipped through the dossier and smiled. McDeere was their man.
Lamar Quin was thirty-two and not yet a partner. He had been brought along to look young and act young and project a youthful image for Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which in fact was a young firm, since most of the partners retired in their late forties or early fifties with money to bum. He would make partner in this firm. With a six-figure income guaranteed for the rest of his life, Lamar could enjoy the twelve-hundred-dollar tailored suits that hung so comfortably from his tall, athletic frame. He strolled nonchalantly across the thousand-dollar-a-day suite and poured another cup of decaf. He checked his watch. He glanced at the two partners sitting at the small conference table near the windows.
Precisely at two-thirty someone knocked on the door. Lamar looked at the parmers, who slid the resume and dossier into an open briefcase. All three reached for their jackets. Immar buttoned his top button and opened the door.
23. Which of the following is NOT the firm's recruitment requirement?
A. Marriage. B. Background. C. Relevant degree. D. Male.
24. The details of the private investigation show that the firm
A. was interested in his family background.
B. intended to check out his other job offers.
C. wanted to know something about his preference.
D. was interested in any personal detail of the man.
25. According to the passage, the main reason Lama Quin was there at the interview was that
A. his image could help impress McDereer.
B. he would soon become a partner himself.
C. he was good at interviewing applicants.
D. his background was similar to MeDereer's.
26. We get the impression from the passage that in job recruitment the firm was NOT
A. selective. B. secretive. C. perfunctory. D. racially biased.

答案解析：
短文大意 ：这篇文章详细描绘的是某律师事务所的几位工作人员在对应聘者进行面试前的准备工作以及他们的心理状况。
23． 答案：B
【参考译文】 下列哪一项不是公司的招聘要求？
【试题分析】 本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】 短文第一段提到了公司招聘的要求。由“He was married，and that was mandatory．”可知A项marriage在要求之内。由“He had a degree in accounting，passed the CPA exam the first time he took it and wanted to be a tax lawyer，which of course was a requirement with a tax firm．”可知C项relevant degree也在要求之内。由“McDeere was a male，and there were no women in the firm．”可知D项male也是正确选项，所以只有B不符合题意。
24. 答案：D
【参考译文】 秘密调查的详细内容表明公司怎么样？
【试题分析】 本题为推断题。
【详细解答】 根据文章第三段的描述，该公司派人调查了McDeere在校的表现甚至是一些琐碎的私人生活细节，可以推断出该公司对McDeere的任何个人细节都感兴趣。
25. 答案：A
【参考译文】 根据文章内容，Lama Quin在面试现场的主要原因是什么？
【试题分析】 本题为细节理解题。
【详细解答】 根据文中第五段中的“Lamar Quin was thirty-two and not yet a partner．He had been brought along to look young and act young and project a youthful image for Bendini，Lambert & Locke which in fact was a young firm．．．”可知Lamar Quin出现在此次面试中的主要原因应为A项，即“他的形象可以给McDeere留下印象”。
26. 答案：C
【参考译文】 读这篇文章，我们会有这种印象，即该公司在招募人员时不怎么样？
【试题分析】 本题为综合理解题。
【详细解答】 根据文中第一段及第二段中的内容可知该公司在招聘人员时是精挑细选的(selective)。该公司还派私人侦探去调查McDeere的个人情况，可知他们的招聘是秘密的(secretive)。该公司在工作招聘中对应聘人员的要求是有种族偏见的(racially biased)，这由第一段中“He was white，and the firm had never hired a black．”可得出结论。所以只有C项perfunctory(敷衍了事，马马虎虎)不合题意。

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