Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When CareerSite’s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs——those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them——and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.

　　Even those who aren‘t hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. “You always keep your eyes open,” he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.

　　41. How did Redmon find his job?

　　[A] By searching openings in a job database.

　　[B] By posting a matching position in a database.

　　[C] By using a special service of a database.

　　[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.

　　[答案] C

　　[解题思路]

　　本题对应信息为文章第一段。四个选项都提到了database(数据库)，对于该数据库可描述在第一段的第三句“It’s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database”(这是一种互动功能的搜索器，访问者可以键入诸如地点、职位和薪水等的求职要求，等到资料库里有了相应的工作职位，系统就会发电子邮件给他们。)，同时下面两句也说明“Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening”(Redmon输入了法律、知识产权和哥伦比亚特区华盛顿这些关键词，三周后，他收到了第一份职位空缺通知)。因此Redmond既没有在数据库中寻找职位、也没有在上面发布匹配的职位(他只是输入了自己要求职位的关键信息)，同时也没有把自己的简历发给了数据库，因此A、B、D选择均可排除，正确答案为C。所谓的“special service”就是“personal search agent”。