首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
On Thursday night, The New York Times published an interview with Elon Musk that offers a view into the billionaire entrepreneur
On Thursday night, The New York Times published an interview with Elon Musk that offers a view into the billionaire entrepreneur
admin
2020-03-21
17
问题
On Thursday night, The New York Times published an interview with Elon Musk that offers a view into the billionaire entrepreneur’s life in the last year. Musk choked up " multiple times," the Times reported in the story, and "alternated between laughter and tears. " He explained that he was overworked at Tesla, his electric-car company—which has spent the past several months scrambling to meet ambitious production goals—and that the situation
has taken a toll on
his physical health, family time, and social life.
The interview crystallized the incipient narrative that not all has been well in the state of Musk this year. The first hint of trouble came in May, when Musk berated investors on a Tesla earnings call for asking "boring, bonehead questions. " Then came his war with the press over news coverage of Tesla, and then his attack on a cave diver who had criticized Musk’s attempts to aid in the rescue of a soccer team in Thailand. And then, earlier this month, he floated the idea of converting Tesla into a private company, a suggestion that has reportedly prompted an investigation by federal securities regulators.
Self-reflection, vulnerability, acknowledgment of the effects of work on one’s well-being—these are admirable qualities in a leader of any company. And it is important, in a culture that too often rewards work at the expense of well-being, to discuss openly the often unsustainable results of that culture. But as I watched the responses to Musk’s tell-all roll in, I tried to imagine what would happen if a female CEO of a major company gave a similar interview. How would she be perceived?
Both men and women take a risk when they reveal stressors or struggles, but their candor doesn’t usually garner the same reaction. For women, the risks of being open are far greater, and they can manifest in tangible ways.
" Women incur social and economic penalties for expressing masculine-typed emotions because they violate proscriptions against dominance for women. At the same time, when women express female-typed emotions, they are judged as overly emotional and lacking emotional control, which ultimately undermines women’s competence and professional legitimacy," according to the Handbook on Weil-Being of Working Women, a collection of research and literature on the topic.
The underlined part "has taken a toll on" most probably means______.
选项
A、has a bad effect on
B、has improved
C、has worsened
D、has disturbed
答案
A
解析
语义理解题。要理解这个短语的意思,首先找到这句话的位置,在第一段最后,然后分析上下文,前面出现了很多提示,比如说马斯克哽咽,说自己工作过度,因此这里的意思可以通过猜测得知,最贴切的应该是[A]。[B]意思反了,[C]“加重”,文中没有提到,[D]也不准确,因此应该选择[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/59Y4777K
0
考研英语二
相关试题推荐
ThemajordifferencebetweennarrativesalesandsuggestivesalesisthatMindycomparessalespeopletowinestewardsinthat_
Theauthorthinksthatpullfactors______.People’sdecisionstomigratemightbeinfluencedbyallthefollowingEXCEPT____
Idon’tlikefootball,butsomepeopleare______aboutit,whichisbeyondmycomprehension.
Thecellphone,adevicewehavelivedwithformorethanadecade,offersagoodexampleofapopulartechnology’sunforeseensi
Thecellphone,adevicewehavelivedwithformorethanadecade,offersagoodexampleofapopulartechnology’sunforeseensi
Thecellphone,adevicewehavelivedwithformorethanadecade,offersagoodexampleofapopulartechnology’sunforeseensi
WilltheEuropeanUnionmakeit?Thequestionwouldhavesoundedstrangenotlongago.Noweventheproject’sgreatestcheerlead
WilltheEuropeanUnionmakeit?Thequestionwouldhavesoundedstrangenotlongago.Noweventheproject’sgreatestcheerlead
WilltheEuropeanUnionmakeit?Thequestionwouldhavesoundedstrangenotlongago.Noweventheproject’sgreatestcheerlead
Forthepastfiveyears,Dr.StephenPosthasbeenfundingresearchprojectsthattesthowaltruism(selflessness),compassion,a
随机试题
下列关于复原重置成本与原始成本的表述中,错误的是()
“人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺”这两句诗出自【】
试述血液运输氧的方式。
痈疡肿毒初起,红肿掀痛,或身热凛寒,苔薄白或黄,脉数有力。
[2005年,第117题]投资项目W的净现金流量如下:则项目W的静态投资回收期为()。
无固定期限劳动合同,是指用人单位与劳动者约定无确定()时间的劳动合同。
著名美籍奥地利经济学家熊彼特于1912年首次提出“创新”这一概念,他认为,“创新”就是把生产要素和生产条件的新组合引入生产体系,即“建立一种新的生产函数”,其目的是为了获取潜在的利润。之后,索罗、缪尔塞、傅家骥等著名学者、专家、教授均对有关技术创新概念和定
甲公司2012年取得一项外观设计专利。根据专利法律制度的规定。乙公司未经甲公司许可的下列行为中。属于侵犯该专利的是()。
根据下面资料,作答以下题。【资料】某小学二年级学生晓洁,一天早上上学迟到了。当她看到丁老师板着脸站在教室门口,连忙小声地对老师说:“丁老师,对不起,我迟到了。”丁老师说:“晓洁,你上次迟到时给我保证过,如果再迟到就要让你家长接你回家,现在马上去给
王某因犯盗窃罪被人民法院依法判处有期徒刑12年,服刑9年后被假释。在假释考验期的第2年,王某盗窃一辆汽车但未被发现。假释考验期满后的第4年,王某因抢劫而被逮捕,交代了自己在假释考验期限内盗窃汽车的行为。问:(1)对王某是否需要撤销假释?为什么?(2)本
最新回复
(
0
)