the power of dream

英语⽹课期中测试

Part2Multiplechoices

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Directions:ChoothebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

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Part3BankedCloze

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Directions:Fillintheblanksinthefollowingpassageby

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anyofthewordsmorethanonce.

Questions1to10arebadonthefollowingpassage.

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Videocohthevideoconferencing,not

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,whenyougointothedetails,thetechnologyinvolvedis

very2.

ISDN(IntegratedServicesDigitalNetwork),POTS(PlainOldTelephone

Service)bandwidth,

business,andthemoreinteractionyoucanachieve,therightones.

Videoconferencingnotonlyallowsyoutospeaktopeopleindifferentlocations,butalsonote6.

expressing

documentsandcomputerapplicationsthatasimpletelephonecannot

8..Increasingly,organizationsarediscoveringthecompetitiveadvantagesandthepowerof

vancesin9.,economicalpricing,ialmeetingtoolsandconnectivityto

globaltelephonenetworksandstandardizedvideoconferencingprotocols,videoconferencingisnowapracticalrealityfor

anyorganization.

Part4Multiplechoices

(每⼩题：2分)

Directions:Readthefollowingpassagescarefullyandchoo

thebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

Questions1to5arebadonthesamepassage.

Theterm"corporateculture"referstoanorganization'svalue

rialphilosophies,workplacepractices,and

organizationalnetworkareincludedintheconceptofcorporate

ood'scorporatecultureisreflectedinthefactthat

everyone—evenCEODonTyson—wearsclothesofayellowish

browncolouronthejob.

Theleaderswhodevelopedthecompanyandthecorporateculture

erationofemployees

mesthisis

agerswhoattendMcDonald's

HamburgerUniversitymaylearnskillsinmanagement,butthey

alsopickupthebasicsoftheorganization'scorporateculture.

Employeescanabsorbcorporateculturethroughinformalcontacts

aswell,bytalkingwithotherworkersandthroughtheirexperiences

onthejob.

Corporateculturehasamajorimpactonthesuccessofan

nizationswithstrongcultures,everyoneknows

andsupportstheorganizations'ewithweak

cultures,,theauthorsofthe

classicbookInSearchofExcellenceconcludedtheprenceofa

strongcorporateculturewasthesinglecommonthreadamong

manydiverbuthighlysuccessfulcompaniessuchasGeneral

ElectricandMcDonald's.

ManagementexpertPeterDuckersfeelsthat,ratherthantryingto

changetheexistingculture,managersshouldfocusonchanging

tance,changethe

rewardsystem—ordevelopanewone—torecognizesome

ployeesrealizethatthe

organizationreallydoesrewardthenewapproach,theywilladoptitmuchmorequickly.

Asyoucanimagine,changingacompany'emanagerstrytodojustthat

whentheyfeelthecurrentcultureisweak,orwhentheorganization'sobjectiveschangeandtheoldculturenolongerfits.

Sometimestheyareobligedtochangetheco

instance,electricutilities,whichoncehadtheirprofitsguaranteedbypublicregulation,nowfacemorecompetitionthanever.

FirmsthatwerecompetingagainstotherAmericancompaniesnowfindthemlvesfightingcompetitorsfromoveras,too.

Whetheronewantstochangeanorganizationcultureornot,itisimportanttochoomanagersandemployeeswho

personalstylesfittheorganization'sgoals.

ingtothepassage,corporateculture

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ulturalatmosphereinacompany

blishedbytopleadersandcan'tbechanged

esthecorevaluesofacompany

tleinfluenceontheperformanceofacompany

nald'sHamburgerUniversity,newmanagers

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hecompany'scorporatecultureatlength

yinterestedinlearningmanagementskills

llthenecessaryskillsandpracticesofthecompany

ancestoknowaboutthecompany'scorporate

culture

ganizationhasastrongcorporateculture,

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esureofachievinggreatsuccess

beassuccessfulasGeneralElectricandMcDonald's

fftendtoworkforacommongoal

aveastronginfluenceonthemarket

sonwhysomemanagerstrytochangeacompany's

corporatecultureisthat________________.

stingcorporatecultureisverystrong

panyisfacingalotofcompetition

ytoadaptthecorporateculturetonewsituations

enotsoconrvativeastheoldgeneration

thewriter'spurpoinwritingthisarticle?

readerssomefactualinformationaboutcorporate

culture.

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corporatecultureoftheircompanies.

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otethecorporatecultureofsuccessfulcompanies.

Questions6to10arebadonthesamepassage.

thefirstgrade,sittinginthelibrarywiththerestofmyclass,andthe

enthralledwithreadingthattherestofthe

classwthepowerofreading.

Fromthatmomenton,htthatreadingwasthetickettogotoplaces,experience

things,everfoundavalidreplacementfor

reading.

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ading,gobackand

snosubstituteforreading.

tance,whenIgotothedoctor'

waitsareusuallylong,'tevennoticethewait,andsometimesdon'tevenlike

togetinterrupted!Yes,utaplanetrip?Whenyoucanimmeryourlfina

book,thennodoff,tlydon'tknowwhatI'ddowithoutreading.

Hasreadingbecomealostart?ioleaned

more

idsneedtoreadmore,notwatch

oingtoloagenerationofcreativity?the

parents'fault,notthekids'.Parentsneedtoenforcetheimportanceofreading,ioneedsto

reveritlf.

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fthefollowingstatementsaboutwatchingmoviesis

trueaccordingtothewriter?

ngmovieswon'tbereplacedbyotherrecreations.

expresshisownideawhenwatchingmovies.

ngmoviesislessinterestingthanreading.

'simpolitetonodoffwhenwatchingamovie.

kesreadingdifferentfromwatchingmoviesisthatin

reading________________.

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terusuallytakesbookswithhimwhengoingtothe

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horthinksreadinghasbecomealosingartbecau

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relessappealingtochildrenthanvideos

relessandlessworthybooks

renotenoughbooksavailableinlibraries

Questions11to15arebadonthesamepassage.

IjustreturnedfromspeakingtohospitalityexecutivesinOsloandAmsterdamaspartofmyworkasacommunicationscoach.

Whilepreparingfortheprentations,Iaskedtheorganizersaboutthebiggestchallengefacinghospitalitymanagersintheir

werwaxactlywhatIhearfromtheirUScounterparts:motivatingemployeestoofferexceptional

ately,soisthesolution.

Motivationstartswithemployeeengagement,

prentationtohotelandtravelexecutives,IquotedJackWelch,formerCEOofGeneralElectric(GE)andcurrentBusiness

Weekcolumnist,whooncesaid:"Nocompany,largeorsmall,cansucceedoverthelongrunwithoutenergizedemployees

whobelieveinthemissionandunderstandhowtoachieveit."Threekeypointsinthisquotationholdthecrettomotivating

employees:"energizedemployees,""believe,"and"understand".

genergizemployeesmorethanpublicrecognitionandpraifor

fillmotionaltanks,long

ago,oneofthelectfewwhomade

"President'sClub"?Herbosshad

failedtorecognizeheraccomplishmentpublicly—firstwomantomakePresident'sClubinthecompany's18-yearhistory.

Yes,peoplewanttobefamous—especiallyinfrontoftheirpeers.

SofDominosPizzaIndia,Ajay

Kaul,saysthecompany'smissionmustbesimpleenoughtobeunderstoodbyall4,hasbeen

t,it'suptoyoutocommun'regenuine,

passionate,andhaveaclearvision,itresonates(产⽣共鸣)withyouremployeesandtheywillsparenoeffortstoaccomplish

theobjective.

Don'tconfuemplnyhastomeet

S,anemployee

pe,leexpectationsmightdifferincountriesand

cultures,whetherornotyourownbusinesswillstandapartdependsonthequalityofyourinteractionwithyouremployees

and,inturn,howtheyengagewithyourcustomers.

efirstparagraph,wecanlearnthat

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anemployeesarenothospitabletoclients

snoeasywaytosolvetheproblemconcerned

anemployeesareexceptionalinofferingcustomer

rvice

alitymanagersinAmericaandEuropearefacedwith

thesameproblem

ingtothecondparagraph,whichofthefollowing

statementsisNOTtrue?

lchbelievedlargecompanieswouldbemore

successfulinthelongrun.

lchhasretiredfromGEandisnowwritinga

particularcolumn.

terbelievesgoodcommunicationwillleadtostrong

staffmotivation.

terquotesJackWelch'swordsinthathestrongly

agreesonhisviewpoint.

aytomotivateanemployeeisto

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im/hertoexpensiveholidays

m/herpopularandfashionable

izehis/heraccomplishmentinpublic

im/herthemembershipof"President'sClub"

ingtothetext,inasuccessfulcompany,

________________.

eesareallsuccessfulpeople

eescompetewitheachotherfortheobjective

rskeepaclowatchontheemployees'

performance

eesarewell-informedofthecompany'sobjective

andprogress

nweinferfromthelastparagraph?

eesaroundtheworldhavethesameexpectations.

mmunicationwiththestaffiscrucialtoacompany's

success.

errecognitionandloyaltywillleadtostrongerstaff

motivation.

nycanbesureofsuccessifitmeetsthe

employees'basicneeds.

Questions16to20arebadonthesamepassage.

'sstudentofspeedreadingisbombarded

withmanydifferentbooks,websites,programmes,entialpartofhisstudy,however,

willnotbefoundinthemajorityofthesources—thedevelopmentofastrongshort-termmemory.

Bystrengtheninghismemory,enaslow

readerreadsatext,onglytheyareimprintedandhow

locksofwordscanberetainedduringthereadingprocess.

eader'yesmoveforwardtoreadnewblocksofwords,

asharpmemoryiscriticalsincethemind's"decoding"iningwords,thememory

freesthemindtocontinuereadingwhileworkingonwordsthathavealreadybeen"read."Astrongmemoryenablesaccurate

assimilation(吸收)andcross-referencingofinformationinthebrain-mentalprocessthatarekeytocomprehension.

Ifareadercouldenhancehismemorywhilereducinghiyefixationtimeandacquiringothergoodreadinghabits,his

speedwouldincreadramatically.

memorybedeveloped?Andifso,how?Itisfirstofallnecessarytounderstandthetypeof

memoryinvolvedinspeedreading—short-termmemory,capturing"images"notonlyofwordsbutalsooffullblocksoftext.

Memoryingeneralcanbedevelopedsignificantlythrough"braingames."Tothespeedreader,however,mostmnemonic(帮

助记忆的)usmustbeonexercis

thatrvetoincreahisattentionspanandhiscapacityformentalconcentration.

Theoldestandsimplestsuchexerciisaccomplishedsimplybychoosingreadingmaterialmoredifficultthanwhatoneis

allengesthememorytoretainlarger"morls"ofinformationforlongerperiodsoftime.

Otherthanthat,timedexercis,e,theindividualtestshimlfto

ehowmuchhecanrecallofa"datasheet"portanttokeepalog

notingthenumberofmemorizeditemsandthetimessothattheprogresscanberecorded.

Aslongasyouhaveastrongmemoryandstrongerreadingskills,youwillbeanexpertspeedreader.

nbelearnedfromthefirstparagraph?

entshort-termmemoryplaysafundamentalpartin

speedreading.

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ks,websites,programmesandcoursonspeed

readingareuless.

stagoodshort-termmemory,onewillbeabletodo

speedreadingverywell.

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paragraph?

nnotrememberimagesofwordsatall.

ndithardtoconcentrateonwhatthey'rereading.

dsarenotstoredstronglyenoughintheirbrain.

veaverylimitedvocabulary.

esthebrainofareaderprocessthewordsthathave

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inishingreadingthewholepassage.

ereadingpassageisverysimple.

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e/sheisreadingnewblocksofwords.

ntendstoimprovehisreadingspeed,heshouldbe

trainedto________________.

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thenhislong-termmemory

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ndofreadingmaterialcanbeudinthetrainingto

improveshort-termmemory?

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Part1Multiplechoices

(每⼩题：1分)

Directions:ChoothebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

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