1 . About a month after I joined Facebook，I got a call from Lori Goler，a highly regarded senior director of marketing at eBay. She made it clear this was a business call. “I want to apply to work with you at Facebook，"she said. "Instead of recommending myself，I want to ask you: What is your biggest problem，and how can I solve it?”
My jaw hit the floor. I had hired thousands of people over the previous decade and no one had ever said anything remotely like that. People usually focus on finding the right role for themselves，with the implication that their skills will help the company. Lori put Facebook's needs front and center. It was a killer approach. I responded, "Recruiting is my biggest problem. And, yes, you can solve it."
Lori never dreamed she would work in recruiting, but she jumped in. She even agreed to trade earnings for acquiring new skills in a new field. Lori did a great job running recruiting and within months was promoted to her current job, leading People@ Facebook.
The most common metaphor（隐喻，暗喻）for careers is a ladder，but this concept no longer applies to most workers. As of 2010，the average American had eleven jobs from the ages of eighteen to forty-six alone. Lori often quotes Pattie Sellers，who came up with a much better metaphor: “Careers are a jungle gym，not a ladder. ”
As Lori describes it，there's only one way to get to the top of a ladder，but there are many ways to get to the top of a jungle gym. The jungle gym model benefits everyone，but especially women who might be starting careers，switching careers，getting blocked by external barriers，or reentering the workforce after taking time off. The ability to create a unique path with occasional dips，detours（弯路），and even dead ends presents great views of many people，not just those at the top. On a ladder，most climbers are stuck staring at the butt of the person above.
1. Why did Lori make the call？| A．She wanted to help Facebook solve the biggest problem. |
| B．She intended to make a business deal with Facebook. |
| C．She tried to ask for a pay rise in Facebook. |
| D．She wanted to become an employee in Facebook. |
| A．Lori was good at running recruiting. |
| B．Lori attached great importance to Facebook's needs. |
| C．Lori jumped in Facebook with no adequate experience. |
| D．Lori was skilled in marketing at eBay. |
| A．She agrees to learn new skills by doing trade. |
| B．She agrees to learn new skills by making money. |
| C．She agrees to raise her pay to learn new skills. |
| D．She agrees to exchange her pay for learning new skills. |
| A．Jungle gyms offer limited benefits for employees？ |
| B．None on the ladder can enjoy the great views. |
| C．Now all people don't tend to climb the ladder. |
| D．A pregnant woman. jobless，benefits little from the jungle gyms. |
| A．It's a Jungle Gym，Not a Ladder. |
| B．Facebook's Biggest Problem. |
| C．Applying for a Job in Facebook. |
| D．How to get to the top of the ladder. |
Haze Mabry, who has worked as a school keeper for thirteen years, walks into the school building every day and empties garbage cans, wipes down bathrooms and mops wet messes in the hallways.
Last Friday, after he arrived at the school, instead of finding garbage to clean up, he found almost 800 students lining the hallways with handmade cards, blowing noisemakers and singing a full-throated happy birthday to him. It was his 80th. As he walked the long hallway, some popped out of line to hug him. They handed him so many cards that they filled several large boxes. Touched by their enthusiastic expression of affection, Mabry thanked them all. “They’re like my children,” Mabry said.
On a regular day, students at the school sometimes come up to him to say they’re not feeling well or other times to tell him about something that happened at break. He knows most of the kids at the school, but can’t name each one. Some of them make him know them. Like Faith, who often forgets her backpack in the cafeteria, and Lucy, who just wants a hug.
“He won’t brag(夸耀) on himself, but it doesn’t matter what he’s doing or where he is, he will always stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a bad day. If a child approaches him, he will pause to give that child his undivided attention. He’s the most loved one in this building,” said Lori Gilreath, a reading teacher.
Mabry works circles around all the students, cleaning up messes others don’t want to touch. He doesn’t expect a lot. Mabry said he hadn’t planned to do much for his milestone birthday, so he was happy the students had prepared the surprise celebration.
Over the weekend, he worked through the piles of handmade cards at his house. One card from a student stood out to him. It read: “Mr. Haze, you are my sunshine.”
1. What is Mabry’s daily work as a school keeper？（no more than 5 words）2. How did the students celebrate Mabry’s birthday？（no more than 15 words）
3. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean？（1 word）
4. Why is Mabry’s presence at the school important？（no more than 10 words）
5. Who is the “sunshine” in your life？Please explain. （no more than 20 words）
