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Cameron thought of himself as merely organized. He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything he did just enough to get it right. Exactly right of course for as he was fond of telling his staff “if it’s not exactly right it’s wrong”. Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work correcting the mistakes the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out. And doing the corrections exactly right of course.

Strangely enough his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company and it was seen and not only by those who worked in the department as a sort of elite(出类拔萃)unit.Those programmes that had to work first time st raight out of the box Cameron’s men got those.“It’s mission(任务)critical—give it to Cameron”was almost a catch—phrase with his team.

It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things.He wanted things done just so not because of a personal taste but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done.

In Cameron’s dictionary “Take as long as you want”meant that you could work on your task not just in office hours but that evening and late into the early hours of the following morning if you so desired.But the project had to be in by its completion date and yes done exactly right.Or you did it again.

But he would always be regarded and not least by himself as someone who had failed to meet requirements one of those who just couldn’t cut it. You had to face it if you were not working for Cameron you were second best.So when word got out that Cameron had messed up big time the news was greeted with a mixture of sympathy and entire relief that this perfection too was human.

65.Cameron was a             .

A.software programmer    B.a chief scientist   C.quality controller    D.head of department

66.“Mission-critical”work given to Cameron because         .

A.Cameron’s work was error—free     B.Cameron was critical

C.he didn’t mind working late        D.he had a good team

67.Working for Cameron people felt that            .

A.they were part of an elite              B.their mission was critical

C.Cameron was very particular about things  D.Cameron was patient and responsible

68.According to the underlined part in paragraph 5 what is meant by someone“who couldn’t cut it”?

A.He didn’t cut corners.            B.He wasn’t good enough.

C.He had the wrong measurements.   D.He was a perfection.

69.What can we learn about Cameron?

A.He never got things Wrong.                  B.He didn’t allow for any mistake.

C.He encouraged work to be done in office hours.  D.He was often misunderstood.

70.The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being         .

A.positive        B.sympathetic      C.non-subjective    D.optimistic

Answer 1

 DAACBC