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Language Engineer Wanted
Are you a linguist（語(yǔ)言學(xué)家）with technical skills? Or are you an engineer with a passion for（human）languages? Come work on Alexa! We're building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa. We also improve our existing speech recognition and natural language processing systems.
Specifically, you will:
●design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences and features;
●discover and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience;
●work with other language engineers in creating the best solutions to improve customer satisfaction.
Basic qualifications:
●Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
●Experience in computational linguistics(計(jì)算語(yǔ)言學(xué)), language data processing, etc.
●Experience working with speech and text language data in several languages
●Experience in Python, Perl, or other programming languages
Primary qualifications:
●Advanced degree in a relevant field
●Familiarity with database queries（數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)查詢）and data analysis processes
●Experience with statistical language modeling
●Fluency in a language other than English
Application instructions:
Please click "Apply Now" and follow our online application process
Deadline: September 30, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time（EDT）. We highly recommend that candidates submit résumés up to two weeks in advance of the deadline. Submitting on the deadline day is NOT recommended, and applications received late will not be accepted.
You must submit the name of your résumé in this exact format: LastName_FirstName_CV_Language Engineer
1. What does a language engineer do?
A. Build speech and language solutions for Google
B. Work with linguists to improve customer satisfaction.
C. Add new features to Alexa to satisfy the customers' needs.
D. Invent speech recognition and natural language processing systems
2. What kind of person would probably apply for the position?
A. One with a bachelor's degree in literature
B. One familiar with data analysis processes
C. One fluent in spoken and written English.
D. One with years' of experience in customer service.
3. Where is the passage most likely to be found?
A. A webpage. B. A newspaper.
C. A textbook. D. A report.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【分析】
本文為應(yīng)用文，是一則語(yǔ)言工程師的招聘廣告。
【1題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。該題考查的是語(yǔ)言工程師的工作性質(zhì)，從第一段倒數(shù)第二句話“Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa.”可以得出，語(yǔ)言工程師為Alexa添加新功能，滿足客戶需求。故選C。
【2題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。該題考查的是語(yǔ)言工程師職位申請(qǐng)者的資格，從Primary qualifications:
中的“Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes”可以得出，熟悉數(shù)據(jù)分析過(guò)程的人可能會(huì)申請(qǐng)這個(gè)職位。故選B。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。從Application instructions:部分“Please click“Apply Now”and follow our online application process.”可知請(qǐng)按”立即申請(qǐng)” ，并按照我們的網(wǎng)上申請(qǐng)程序辦理。由此判斷出短文來(lái)自于網(wǎng)頁(yè)。故選A。
【點(diǎn)睛】細(xì)節(jié)理解題是閱讀理解中常見(jiàn)的題型。考生在做這類題時(shí)一定要仔細(xì)審題，弄懂題干，題干當(dāng)中往往有重要信息，然后回文定位，找到依據(jù)。比如此題第1題，根據(jù)題干，該題考查的是語(yǔ)言工程師的工作性質(zhì)，定位第一段倒數(shù)第二句話“Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa.”可以得出，語(yǔ)言工程師為Alexa添加新功能，滿足客戶需求。故選C。
