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阅读理解。     Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The
ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
    Thirty years have passed, but Odland can"t get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman"s kind
reaction(反应). She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. "It"s
OK. It wasn"t your fault." When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO (总裁)
with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
     Odland isn"t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Rather, it seems to be one of those few laws
of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It"s hard to get a dozen CEO"s to agree about anything,
but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others
treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
    Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, "I could but this place and
fire you," or "I know the owner and I could have you fired." Those who say such things have shown
more about their character (人品) than about their wealth and power.
     The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote
a best-selling book called Swanson"s Unwritten Rules of Management.
     "A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person," Swanson says.
"I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables." 1. What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman"s dress? A. He was fired.
B. He was blamed.
C. The woman comforted him.
D. The woman left the restaurant at once. 2. Odland leaned one of his life lessons from _____. A. his experience as a waiter
B. the advice given by the CEOs
C. an article in Fortune
D. an interesting best-selling book 3. According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about _____. A. Fortune 500 companies
B. the Management Rules
C. Swanson"s book
D. the Waiter Rule 4. From the text we can learn that _____. A. one should be nicer to important people
B. CEOs often show their power before others
C. one should respect others no matter who they are
D. CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants

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阅读理解。     When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, "Well, it"s so-and-so"s fault." or "I know
I"m late, but it"s not my fault; the car broke down." It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit
of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could
do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if
you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner"s
key to success.
     Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down,
maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the
useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes
you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or
inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don"t rely on this person.
You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of
how your colleague fails to do his job well.
     This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful
no matter what happens. Winners don"t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult
situation to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities
to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on "whose fault it is." Once you are confident about your
power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success. 1. According to the passage, winners _____. A. deal with problems rather than blame others
B. meet with fewer difficulties in their byes
C. have responsible and able colleagues
D. blame themselves rather than others 2. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____. A. avoid
B. accept
C. impure
D. Consider 3. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should _____. A. find a better way to handle the problem
B. blame him for his lack of responsibility
C. tell him to find the cause of the problem
D. ask a more able colleague for help 4. When problems occur, winners take them as _____. A. excuses for their failures
B. barriers to greater power
C. challenges to their colleagues
D. chances for self-development 5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Winner"s Secret.
B. A Winner"s Problem.
C. A Winner"s Opportunity.
D. A Winner"s Achievement.

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任务型阅读。
     请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。     Teamwork is just as important in science as it is on the playing field or in the gym. Scientific
investigations (调查) are almost always carried out by teams of people working together. Ideas are
shared, experiences are designed, data are analyzed, and results are evaluated and shared with other
investigators. Group work is necessary, and is usually more productive than working alone.
     Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates.
Whatever teh task your group is assigned, a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productive and
successful experience.
     What comes first is to keep an open mind, becasue everyone"s ideas deserve consideration and each
group member can make his or her own contribution. Secondly, it makes a job easier to divide the group
task among all group members. Choose a role on the team that is best suited to your particular strengths.
Thirdly, always work together, take turns, and encourage each other by listening, clarifying, and trusting
one another. Mutual support and trust often make a great difference.
     Activities like investigations are most effective when done by small groups. Here are some more
suggestions for effective team performance during these activities: Make sure each group member
understands and agrees to the task given to him or her, and everyone knows exactly when, why and
what to do; take turns doing various tasks during similar and repeated activities; be aware of where other
group members are and what they are doing so as to ensure safety; be responsible for your own learning,
though it is by no means unwise to compare your observations with those of other group members.
     When there is research to be done, divide the topic into several areas, and this can explore the issue
in a very detailed way. You are encouraged to keep records of the sources used each person, which helps
you trace back to the origin of the problems that may happen unexpectedly. A format for exchanging
information (e.g. photocopies of notes, oral discussion, etc.) is also important, for a well-chosen method
not only strengthens what you present but also makes yourself easily understood. When the time comes
to make a decision and take a position on an issue, allow for the contributions of each member of the
group. Most important of all, it is always wise to make decisions by compromise and agreement.
     After you"ve completed a task with your team, make an evaluation of the team"s effectiveness-the
strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges.

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Title

Working Together

Theme

Effective performance needs highly cooperated (1) ________

General rules

● Keep an open mind to everyone"s (2) ________.
● Divide the group task among group members.
● (3) ________ and trust each other.

(4) ________

● Understand and agree to the (5) ________ task of one"s own.
● Take turns doing various tasks.
● Show concern for others to ensure safety.
● Take (6) _________ for one"s own learning.
● Compare your own observations with those of others.

Explore an issue

● Break the (7) ________ into several areas.
● Keep records of the sources just in (8) ________.
● (9) ________ your information with others via proper format.
● Make all decisions by compromise and agreement.

(10) ________ effectiveness

● Analyze the strengths and weaknesses.
● Find out the opportunities and challenges.

完形填空。

                                                                Learning to Accept
     I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.   1  , he did not teach me acceptance when he was
strong and healthy, but rather when he was   2   and ill.
     My father was   3   a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness   4   all that away. Now
he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is   5 . One night. I went to
visit him with my sisters. We started   6   about life, and I told them about one of my   7  . I said that we
must very often give things up   8 , we grow－our youth, our beauty, our friends－but it always   9   that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  10  up. He said,
"But, Peter, I gave up  11 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say,
12 , he answered his own question:"I  13  the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in
their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
    I was also  14  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (恼怒的) at someone, I  15
remember his words and become  16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others,
then I should be  17  to give up my small irritations. In this  18 . I learned the power of acceptance from
my father.
     Sometimes I  19  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when
I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  20 .

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(     )1.A. Afterwards
(     )2.A. tired
(     )3.A. already
(     )4.A. took
(     )5.A. impossible
(     )6.A. worrying
(     )7.A. decisions
(     )8.A. as
(     )9.A. suggests
(     )10.A. spoke
(     )11.A. something
(     )12.A. Surprisingly
(     )13.A. had
(     )14.A. touched
(     )15.A. should
(     )16.A. quiet
(     )17.A. ready
(     )18.A. case
(     )19.A. doubt
(     )20.A. award

B. Therefore
B. weak
B. still
B. threw
B. difficult
B. caring
B. experiences
B. since
B. promises
B. turned
B. anything
B. Immediately
B. accepted
B. astonished
B. could
B. calm
B. likely
B. form
B. wonder
B. gift

C. However
C. poor
C. only
C. sent
C. stressful
C. talking
C. ambitions
C. before
C. seems
C. summed
C. nothing
C. Naturally
C. gained
C. attracted
C. would
C. relaxed
C. free
C. method
C. know
C. lesson

D. Meanwhile
D. slow
D. once
D. put
D. hopeless
D. asking
D. beliefs
D. till
D. requires
D. opened
D. everything
D. Certainly
D. enjoyed
D. warned
D. might
D. happy
D. able
D. way
D. guess
D. word

阅读理解诶。

     A lot of us lose life"s tough battles by starting a frontal (正面的) attack-when a touch of humor might well
enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly
after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for
Sam"s being late-serious illness at home-he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn"t work any longer.
His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.
     Yet, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室); everyone was hard
at work. Sam"s supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. "How do
you do!" he said. "I"m Sam Maynard. I"m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35
minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?"
     The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam
Maynard had saved his job-with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
     Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives.
It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do
what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it"s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss
subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on
television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum.

1. Why was Sam late for his job?

A. Because he was ill.
B. Because he got up late.
C. Because he was caught in a traffic jam.
D. He was busy applying for a new job.

2. The main idea of this passage is _____.

A. Sam Maynard saved his job with humor
B. humor is important in our lives
C. early bird gets the worm
D. humor can solve racial discriminations

3. The phrase "clamped off" in Paragraph 3 means _____.

A. tried to hold back
B. tried to set
C. charged
D. gave out

4. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?

A. Many lose life"s battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.
B. It wasn"t the first time that Sam came late for his work.
C. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.
D. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.

完型填空。

     A woman I know stood on the bathroom scales (浴室磅秤) after two weeks of diet and hard exercise
around the park. The needle was   1  , stuck on the number where she had started. This struck her as   2
of how things had been going lately. She was destined (注定) never to be happy.
     As she dressed, feeling her tight jeans, she   3   a ten-pound note in her pocket. Then her sister phoned
with a   4   story. When she hurried out to the car-annoyed that she had to get petrol-she discovered her flat
mate had already   5   the tank for her. And this was a woman who thought she"d   6 be happy.
     Every day, it seems, we"re   7   with advice about happiness. The cruel message is that there"s something
we" re supposed to do to be   8   (make the right choices, or have the right set of beliefs about ourselves.)
     Coupled with this is the   9   that happiness is a permanent condition. If we are not joyful all the time, we
  10   there"s a problem.
     Yet what most people  11  is not a permanent state of happiness. It is something more ordinary, a  12  of
what the American writer Hugh Prather once called "unsettled problem, ambiguous  13  and vague (不明确的)
defeats with few moments of clear peace."
    Maybe you wouldn"t say yesterday was a happy day,  14 , you had a quarrel with your boss. But weren"t
there moments of happiness, moments of  15 ? Now that you think about it.  16 , there a letter from an old
friend, or a stranger who asked where you got such a good haircut? You remember having a bad day, yet
those good moments  17 .
     So in my opinion, happiness is an  18 , not a condition. It"s spending a pleasant hour organizing your closet.
It is your family assembled at dinner. It"s in the present not in the  19  promise of a "someday when…". How
luckier we are and how much more happiness we experience-if we can fall in love with the life we are  20 .

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