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Language Engineer Wanted
Are you a linguist（语言学家）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(计算语言学), 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（数据库查询）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】
本文为应用文，是一则语言工程师的招聘广告。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。该题考查的是语言工程师的工作性质，从第一段倒数第二句话“Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa.”可以得出，语言工程师为Alexa添加新功能，满足客户需求。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。该题考查的是语言工程师职位申请者的资格，从Primary qualifications:
中的“Familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes”可以得出，熟悉数据分析过程的人可能会申请这个职位。故选B。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。从Application instructions:部分“Please click“Apply Now”and follow our online application process.”可知请按”立即申请” ，并按照我们的网上申请程序办理。由此判断出短文来自于网页。故选A。
【点睛】细节理解题是阅读理解中常见的题型。考生在做这类题时一定要仔细审题，弄懂题干，题干当中往往有重要信息，然后回文定位，找到依据。比如此题第1题，根据题干，该题考查的是语言工程师的工作性质，定位第一段倒数第二句话“Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa.”可以得出，语言工程师为Alexa添加新功能，满足客户需求。故选C。
