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Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a computer can replace a team of workers.
But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific research, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through computer networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations---often thousands of miles apart---can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.
Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模拟) a dangerous operation before performing it on a patient.
Of course, computer–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and computer–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”
Sometimes a computer–aided effort can extend beyond production. A team that produces robots may use them to explore space and ocean depth. For high–technology team work, the future seems limitless.
小题1:The underlined part “hold more” most probably means to .| A．maintain more chances | B．give more rights | | C．make more regulations | D．store more information |
小题2:According to the passage, the writer believes that .| A．teamwork requires more use of computers than that of human beings | | B．teamwork will be completely replaced by computers | | C．the concept of teamwork is still alive and no longer the same as the past | | D．high technology would make teamwork a thing of the past |
小题3:The examples given by the writer in Paragraph 4 serve .| A．to prove high technology has a promising future | | B．to explain his idea of new type of teamwork is reasonable | | C．to show that it tends to be an end to teamwork soon | | D．to indicate the computer—assisted team effort just means investigation and simulation. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Many fields of science and technology are now using computers effectively. | | B．No details are given in the passage about barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions. | | C．Experts from different fields have to cooperate to develop a product from concept to production. | | D．High technology is nothing but a new type of teamwork plus CAD and CAM. |
小题5:The author’s attitude to towards the introduction of the computer to teamwork is of .| A．objection | B．indifference | C．support | D．doubt |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C |
解析
试题分析：本文详细介绍了在现代的计算机领域中的团队合作的新的作用，作者对此是持有支持的态度的。
小题1:A 推理题。根据本句If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.说明如果你是一个很好的团队合作的人，那么未来你得到发展的机会要比你想象的还要多。充分说明了团队合作的重要性，故A正确。
小题2:C 推理题。根据第二段第一句High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past.和第三段第一句But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive.说明新技术让团队合作和以前不一样，但是仍然存在并发挥作用，故C项正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据第4段2,3,4行It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and computer–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric.说明现在团队合作仍然在发挥着重要的作用，所以说团队合作很重要的说法是合理的，故B正确。
小题4:D 推理题。根据第四段第一行Of course, computer–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation.以及第四段其余内容都说明以高科技不仅仅是一种新型的团队合作，还有别的作用。故D项正确。
小题5:C 态度意图题。在本文中作者详细第描述了在现代社会里，团队合作仍然在发挥着重要的作用，尤其是在计算机的领域，可以看出作者对此持支持的态度，故C正确。
点评：本文属于科普类短文，学生对这类短文有一定的恐惧，主要是因为词汇，所以要注意上下文语义的串联，要求从语义串联中理解不熟悉的生词的意思。同时本文对考生的理解力的要求较高，要求考生能克服提供信息的不对称的障碍，并结合文本信息和题目要求，做出适当的延伸，做出准确的判断。 |
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One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to manage time. He gave such an interesting example that his students would never 26 .
He put a wide-mouth jar(罐) on the table. Then he 27 some rocks and carefully placed them into the jar, one at a time. When 28 rocks would fit inside, he 29 , “Is this jar full?”
Everyone in class shouted, “Yes.” “Really?” The teacher pulled out a bag of small stones. He put 30 small stones in and shook the jar. The small stones went 31 into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group 32 , “Is this jar full?”
“Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” the teacher replied. He brought out a box of sand and 33 some sand on the jar and it went between the rocks and small stones. Again he asked the 34 question, “Is this jar full?
“No,” the class shouted. Once more the teacher said, “Good.” He poured a cup of water into the jar 35 it was full. The he asked, “What is the point here?” One student 36 his hand and said, “The point is that if you try really hard, you can 37 put more things in.”
“No,” the teacher replied, “that’s not the 38 . What I want to tell you is that if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you will never get others in at all. 39 are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Time with your friends, your education or your dreams? Remember to put the 40 in first, or you’ll never get others in at all?”
| 小题1: | | A．remember | B．like | C．forget | D．think |
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| 小题2: | | A．handed out | B．took out | C．carried away | D．put away |
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| 小题3: | | A．no more | B．not more | C．no many | D．not many |
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| 小题4: | | A．answered | B．read | C．asked | D．said |
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| 小题7: | | A．no more | B．once again | C．a third time | D．a fourth time |
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| 小题8: | | A．sent | B．put | C．bought | D．collected |
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| 小题9: | | A．same | B．different | C．difficult | D．common |
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| 小题10: | | A．since | B．till | C．while | D．because |
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| 小题11: | | A．offered | B．placed | C．raised | D．shook |
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| 小题12: | | A．always | B．already | C．never | D．hardly |
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| 小题13: | | A．point | B．example | C．promise | D．story |
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| 小题15: | | A．sand | B．small stones | C．big rocks | D．water |
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Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars（乞丐）and the homeless(people without homes).
Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves.
The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “for the first time I feel respected”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”
Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold wind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.
They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.
“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”
小题1:What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students? | A．Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua. | | B．Getting together with friends. | | C．Showing care to the beggars and the homeless. | | D．Selling bread and gloves to the beggars. |
小题2:What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”? | A．The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long. | | B．The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long. | | C．The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time. | | D．This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students. |
小题3:What did each beggar feel when they received greetings? | A．Sad. | B．Amazed. | | C．Frightened. | D．Proud. |
小题4:The word “neglected” in the last passage means _______. | A．protected | B．found | | C．taken care of | D．given no enough care |
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There were times it was only schoolchildren who felt sick before they got their grades. But now teachers in Germany are scared, too, as they are being graded by their students.
Many teachers are opposed to it. They don’t mind being evaluated(评价). But they are upset because the results are then being posted on the Internet and accessible to millions of Internet users. On the website www.spickmich.deduring the past four months students have posted evaluation of 100,000 teachers.
The teachers are graded on categories such as “motivated”, “good instruction”, “easy examinations”, or even “sexy”. Many teachers think that their privacy has been violated.
The creators of the website say that the students are only being offered the chance to provide teachers with some feedback about their classroom instruction. Bernd Dicks, who founded the website with three friends, says that the students are largely quite satisfied with their teachers. On a grading scale of one to six, the teachers’ average grade is 2.7 and it has been improving lately. He often says the impression is that students are bullying（威吓） their teachers. But there is also bullying of the students by teachers.
“Teachers must also learn to live with criticism,” he added. But still, the website is not totally immune from manipulation(操纵), as one teacher near the northern city of Hanover recently proved. He registered himself on the website as a student and then rated his own teaching colleagues highly. Within a few days, seven of his colleagues were listed in the top 10 ranking of Germany’s best teachers.
小题1:Many teachers are opposed to the website because_____.| A．their privacy has been violated | B．they are afraid of being assessed | | C．their evaluations are unfair | D．the results are not satisfying |
小题2:We can infer that the founder of the website intended to _____.| A．get the students to know their teachers better | | B．conduct a survey on teachers’ performance | | C．help the teachers to improve their teaching | | D．change the teachers’ ways of giving instructions |
小题3:From what the teacher in Hanover did, we can infer _____.| A．he intended to help his colleague | | B．there was some disadvantage of the website | | C．his colleagues were more popular than him | | D．he wanted to know how he was evaluated |
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Every year in the first week of English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless homework requires it. They find the writing process painful and difficult.
How awful it is to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it, especially with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an enormous mansion and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know, as a teacher my duty is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency and accuracy while providing the opportunity in any writing activity to enhance（增强）the moral and emotional development of my students.
One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.
Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice daily. I often see a rise in student confidence and performance after only a few weeks of journal writing.
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole students. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and emotional lives. They build skills so that some say they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation（法规）, or the perfect love letter. That they write in their journals every day puts them a step closer to fluency, eloquence（雄辩）and command of the language.
小题1:What is the purpose of the passage?| A．To encourage students to keep a journal every day. | | B．To analyze students’ problems in learning languages. | | C．To stress the importance of writing in language learning. | | D．To introduce an effective way of improving students’ writing. |
小题2:The underlined phrase “an enormous mansion” in Paragraph 2 refers to students’ .| A．writing opportunity | B．large house | | C．large vocabulary | D．emotional life |
小题3:In the author’s view, what can students benefit from the journal writing?| A．It is beneficial to students’ future career. | | B．It can make students more emotional. | | C．It is helpful to students’ homework. | | D．It can enlarge students’ vocabulary. |
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In the computer age, most of us take a broadband（宽带）Internet connection for granted. Whether cable or mobile broadband, today’s connections are many times faster than those in the early days. Videos play smoothly, complex websites load quickly, and files download much faster than ten years ago. And the files are much bigger too.
There’s a catch, of course: You have to live near enough to a major city to get broadband Internet. If you don’t, it’s slow dial-up access for you. And for those living really far out, there may be no Internet access at all.
Technology experts often talk about the “last mile” problem, which refers to the difficulty of bringing Internet access to remote locations. In cities and suburbs, it’s relatively easy to provide access for everyone. It is much more difficult to deliver access to those living far from cities, especially in developing countries. Internet service providers, for their part, have been reluctant to provide access to sparsely (稀疏地) populated areas. The handful of Internet users they would reach wouldn’t cover the expense.
But every year, technological advancements allow of more and more Internet users. Most broadband connections today run over existing cable TV and telephone lines although these technologies aren’t available everywhere.
Some companies have delivered the Internet over standard power lines. Advancements in cheaper, more efficient fiber optics cables (光纤电缆) promise to bring extremely fast Internet connections to more users.
Still, the “last mile” problem remains hard to deal with. There will always be somewhere that doesn’t have an affordable broadband connection. But someday that might not matter. If the rapid progress in cell phone technology is any indication (迹象), it may not be too long before an Internet connection simply follows you wherever you go.
小题1:The underlined part “a catch” (in Paragraph 2) probably means “_____”.| A．a rare challenge | B．a desirable plan | C．an efficient device | D．a hidden problem |
小题2:What can we know from the third paragraph?| A．Internet connection has not been popular in most cities. | | B．Internet service providers care about rural（农村的）customers. | | C．Computer is popular in developing countries. | | D．It is hard to bring Internet access to users in remote areas. |
小题3:Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that technological advancements _____.| A．make TV and telephone available everywhere | | B．bring great change to people’s everyday life | | C．make it possible for more people to use the Internet | | D．bring faster Internet connections to users |
小题4:What may eventually settle the “last mile” problem?| A．The broadband connection’s getting faster. | | B．More and more Internet users. | | C．more and more Internet connections. | | D．The rapid progress in cell phone technology. |
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