阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes.I was really amazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all，there was no quality control at all.No one inspected the final products of the factory.As a result，some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons，the collar，and even a sleeve sometimes !
The working conditions were poor.The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable.Except for a half hour at lunchtime，there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work.There was no music.The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color.I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore，the work flow was irregular.There was one especially absentminded young man in the assembly(组装)line who sewed on buttons.After a while I recognized him as “Big Jim”，who used to sit behind me in math class in high school.He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position.Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore，a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked.All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week，Mr.Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.
文章大意：本文讲述了优秀教师被Mr. Hobbs请到工厂去，结果他发现了一些问题。
21．The shirts from Mr.Hobbs’ factory can be described as __A__.
A．of low quality B．of high quality
C．fashionable D．unfashionable
解析：细节理解题。第三段说由于最后的产品无人检查，结果有些装在箱子里要运送的衬衫缺纽扣、领子，甚至缺袖子，由此可知，霍布斯先生的工厂生产的衬衫质量很差。
22．Why did Mr.Hobbs ask the writer to the factory？ __B__
A．The factory was too big.
B．The factory was not producing fast enough.
C．The factory was not big enough.
D．The writer was a college graduate.
解析：细节理解题。由第一段的最后一句可知，作者被请到工厂去的原因是工厂的效率很低，也就是生产不够快。
23．“Big Jim” may get fired mainly because __C__
A．he was slow B．he wasted much time
C．he was absentminded D．the work flow was irregular
解析：推理判断题。虽然四个选项在第五段都被提到过，但A、B、D三项都是因为C项引起的，所以C项是大个子吉姆可能会被解雇的主要原因。
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After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana.I didn’t have a job yet.Mr.Hobbs，a friend of my father’s，owned a small shirt factory in town.Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers.Mr.Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient，so he asked me to come in on a shortterm basis as a consultant.I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes.I was really amazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all，there was no quality control at all.No one inspected the final products of the factory.As a result，some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons，the collar，and even a sleeve sometimes !
The working conditions were poor.The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable.Except for a half hour at lunchtime，there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work.There was no music.The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color.I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore，the work flow was irregular.There was one especially absentminded young man in the assembly(组装)line who sewed on buttons.After a while I recognized him as “Big Jim”，who used to sit behind me in math class in high school.He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position.Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore，a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked.All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week，Mr.Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.
文章大意：本文讲述了优秀教师被Mr. Hobbs请到工厂去，结果他发现了一些问题。
21．The shirts from Mr.Hobbs’ factory can be described as __A__.
A．of low quality B．of high quality
C．fashionable D．unfashionable
解析：细节理解题。第三段说由于最后的产品无人检查，结果有些装在箱子里要运送的衬衫缺纽扣、领子，甚至缺袖子，由此可知，霍布斯先生的工厂生产的衬衫质量很差。
22．Why did Mr.Hobbs ask the writer to the factory？ __B__
A．The factory was too big.
B．The factory was not producing fast enough.
C．The factory was not big enough.
D．The writer was a college graduate.
解析：细节理解题。由第一段的最后一句可知，作者被请到工厂去的原因是工厂的效率很低，也就是生产不够快。
23．“Big Jim” may get fired mainly because __C__
A．he was slow B．he wasted much time
C．he was absentminded D．the work flow was irregular
解析：推理判断题。虽然四个选项在第五段都被提到过，但A、B、D三项都是因为C项引起的，所以C项是大个子吉姆可能会被解雇的主要原因。
