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Other experts feel that giving the worker___6___ to do his job in his own way is important, and there is no doubt that this is true. The ___7___ is that this kind of freedom can’t easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated(复杂的) machinery which must be used in a ___8___ way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to ___9___ it.
Another important ___10___ is how much each worker ___11___ to the product he is making. In most factories the worker ___12___ only one small part of the product. Some car factories are now ___13___ with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his___14___. It would seem that not only is degree of worker contribution an important factor ___15___ it is one we can do something about.
To what___16___ does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is ___17___. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. ___18___ just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A ___19___ argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we ___20___ making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
1. A. answer B. course C. attempt D. system
2. A. run across B. lead to C. result from D. pick up
3. A. because B. as C. while D. as though
4. A. mentally B. physically C. carefully D. actually
5. A. variety B. relaxation C. creativity D. machinery
6. A. judgement B. freedom C. direction D. comfort
7. A. secret B. skill C. problem D. strength
8. A. amusing B. dull C. changeable D. fixed
9. A. use B. create C. supply D. fear
10. A. measure B. invention C. consideration D. work
11. A. lies B. sticks C. objects D. contributes
12. A. likes B. equips C. transports D. sees
13. A. tired B. pleased C. worrying D. experimenting
14. A. own B. will C. line D. hand
15. A. but B. and C. so D. however
16. A. extent B. quality C. store D. difference
17. A. natural B. important C. worrying D. unbelievable
18. A. Rest B. Sports C. Money D. Playing
19. A. complete B. friendly C. given D. similar
20. A. advise B. succeed in C. object to D. are tried of
答案
解析
1. A。前面说“许多国家面临这种问题,就是如何才能使工人生产力高”,一些专家说“该问题的答案就是使工作多样性”。
2. B。作者发出质疑,“工作多样性就能导致更大的生产力吗”。lead to“导致”。
3. C。由句子it doesn’t ___4___ make him work harder可知前面的连词表示“尽管”之意。
4. D。本句话意思是“有迹象表明尽管多样性能够使工人的生活更具有享受性,但实际上它并不能使工人们更努力地工作”。actually“实际上”。
5. A。上面介绍了“多样性”这个话题,所以现在予以总结“多样性不是重要的因素”。
6. B。由后面的解释to do his job in his own way,可知“这是一种自由的表现形式”。
7. C。本句话中that从句中的内容是存在的一个“问题”。
8. D。复杂的机械有一套“固定的”使用方法。fixed“固定的”。
9. B。根据意思“尽管选择的自由可能重要,通常不能有为选择它做什么。”create“做”。
10. C。上文提到“给工人们更多的自由”,这是专家所考虑的一个方案,所以推断是“另外一个重要的考虑”。
11. D。本句话意思是“另外一个重要的考虑就是每个工人对他生产的产品贡献了多少”。
12. D。每个工人只负责产品的某一个环节,所以认为“工人只能看到产品的一个部分”。
13. D。提到的作法只不过是一些汽车厂家的实验。
14. C。由句子Some car factories are now __13___ with having many small production lines rather than one large one可知,所填词表示“生产线”比较恰当。
15. A。本句话为not only…but (also)结构。
16. A。作者再次提出问题“更多的钱能够带来更大的生产率究竟到什么程度”。extent“程度”。
17. B。工人工作主要是为了赚钱,故推断“他们认为上面的提法很重要”。
18. C。由句子But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. 推测。
19. D。“用增加钱的方法来提高生产力”与“要求缩短工作时间来提高生产力”具有“相似”之处。
20. B。从“他们既不多要钱,也不想缩短工作时间”,可以推测“是在我们能够把工作变得更有趣的前提下”。succeed in“成功做某事”。
核心考点
试题【In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A study found that 25% of Australian women would like to keep an office pet . Sue Chaseling of Petcare Information Service said the practice of keeping office pets was good both for the people and the pets . “On the pets’ side , they are not left on their own and won’t feel lonely and unhappy,” she said . A study of major US companies showed that 73% found office pets beneficial (有益的) , while 27% experienced a drop in absenteeism (缺勤).
Xarni Riggs has two cats walking around her Global Hair Salon in Paddington . “My customers love them. They are their favorites ,” she said . “They are not troublesome . They know when to go and have a sleep in the sun .”
Little black BJ has spent nearly all his two years “working” at Punch Gallery in Balmain . Owner Iain Powell said he had had cats at the gallery for 15 years . “BJ often lies in the shop window and people walking past tap on the glass ,” he said .
Ms Chaseling said cats were popular in service industries because they enabled a point of conversation . But she said owners had to make sure both their co-workers and the cats were comfortable .
小题1:The percentage of American companies that are in favor of keeping office pets is .
A.73% | B.27% | C.25% | D.15% |
A.works in the Global Hair Salon |
B.often greets the passers-by |
C.likes to sleep in the sun |
D.is a two-year-old cat |
A.Pets Help Attract Customers |
B.Your Favorite Office Pets |
C.Pets Join the Workforce |
D.Busy Life for Pets |
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car : if you want the car back, pay up then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside . Carrying the money in a tiny bag , the pigeon flies off .
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in face be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoid (避免)not only colleting money but going out to steal the car in the first place . Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return . Instead of stealing cars , he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help .
The theory is supported by the fact that , so far , none of the stolen cars have been returned . Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars –seems too little for a car worth many times more .
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal . “We have more important things to do, ” he said .
1.After the car owner received a phone call. He
A.went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B.gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
C.sent some money to the thief by mail
D.told the press about it
2.The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to .
A.the car thief who stays at home
B.one of those who put the ads in the paper
C.one of the policemen in Changwa
D.the owner of the pigeons
3.The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show .
A.how easily people get fooled by criminals
B.what Chen thinks might be correct
C.the thief is extremely clever
D.the money paid is too little
4.The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to .
A.criminals B.pigeons
C.the stolen cars D.demands for money
5.We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because .
A.he reads the ads in the newspaper
B.he lives in the same neighborhood
C.he has seen the car owners in the park
D.he has trained the pigeons to follow them
Devoted birdwatchers, those prepared to travel thousands of miles for a sighting of a rare Siberian bird, are fast being joined by a new breed of follower whose interest is satiated by watching a few finches (雀科鸣鸟) on a Sunday walk or putting up a bird-box in the back garden.
“Almost three million UK birdwatchers is certainly possible if you include everyone with only a casual interest,” Stephen Moss said in his newly published book—A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching—which records the pursuit from the rich Victorian Englishman’s love of shooting rare birds to the less offensive observational tendencies of birdwatchers today.
Television wildlife programmes have helped to fuel the new trend. Last summer, BBC 2’s Britain Goes Wild was a surprise success. It pulled in three million viewers and led to bird-houses selling out across the UK as 45,000 people promised to put up a box.
Birdwatchers’ networking system first came to the attention of the nation in 1989, when a birdwatcher caught sight of the first Vermivora chrysoptera—a golden-winged songbird from North America—to be seen in Britain. He put a message out on the network service Birdline, and the next day 3,000 birdwatchers proved the full pull of a truly rare bird as they visited the Tesco car park in Kent, where it had settled. Today, birdwatchers can log on to www.birdline.co.uk or have news of the latest sightings texted to their phones.
“Multimillion-pound spending on binoculars, bird food and boxes point to the increasing numbers of birdwatchers,” said David Cromack, the editor of Bird Watching magazine, “The number of people involved is so big that they have great potential to influence government decisions affecting the environment.”
小题1:The word “satiated” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by “_______”.
A.affected | B.shared | C.satisfied | D.narrowed |
A.Birdwatchers helped the rare bird settle in Kent. |
B.Large numbers of birdwatchers went to view the bird. |
C.Many birdwatchers logged on to the website for details. |
D.Birdwatchers showed their determination to protect the rare bird. |
A.Television wildlife programmes started the popular pastime of birdwatching. |
B.The network service has contributed to the rapid development of birdwatching. |
C.Birdwatching in Britain was long considered a sport with a small group of followers. |
D.The current situation of birdwatching may promote the protection of the environment. |
A.the history of bird watching |
B.a growing passion for bird watching |
C.the impact of media on bird watching |
D.bird watching as a popular expensive sport |
Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be eaten up by the hungry sea.
Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock, which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.
小题1: What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?
A.The rising of the sea level. |
B.The experts’ short of knowledge. |
C.The washing-away of limestone cliff. |
D.The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens. |
A.will soon become a problem for people living in central England |
B.has now become a threat to the local residents |
C.can be stopped if proper measures are taken |
D.is quickly changing the map of England |
A.warn people whose homes are in danger |
B.provide an effective way to slow it down |
C.help to its eventual solution |
D.lead to its eventual solution(www.nmet168.com) |
A.house agents along the coast do not support the idea |
B.it is too costly and will endanger neighboring areas |
C.the government is too slow in taking action |
D.they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents |
however, some advertisements are not very useful to the customer. Instead of helping him to satisfy his real needs, they set out to make him want things. They set out to create a need. These advertisements are cleverly done. The people who produce them understand our weaknesses. They set out to make us believe that what they advertise will make us cleverer, prettier and more handsome, if only we use it. Actually, it is our money they are after and we should be on guard.
Some advertisements mislead customers by using part of the truth to suggest something false, and it is skillfully made to give that idea to the careless reader, listener or viewer.
At its best advertising can be useful to the customer. At its worst it can mislead him. Many newspapers check on the goods for which the advertisements made claims. Most newspapers are very careful about the small advertisements, which try to sell goods directly to the readers by post. Many newspapers print information about this on their small advertisement pages. Advertising has become a very big business, and good firms in it do all they can to make sure it is conducted with some attention to truth. This is a help to the customer. But the best way is for customers to be on the lookout.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that advertisements can be useful if they ________.
A.how a long list of the goods advertised |
B.give true information about goods |
C.tell customers what to buy |
D.appear on TV and in newspapers at the same time |
A.desire things we do not need | B.purchase the goods we need |
C.attracted by them | D.become loyal reader, listener or viewer |
A.All advertising firms do not care to tell the truth about the goods they advertise. |
B.All advertising firms only care to make money, as advertising is a big business. |
C.Most advertising firms make sure that advertisements do not purposely cheat. |
D.The advertised goods are often of poor quality. |
A.Goods | B.Customers | C.Shops | D.Advertisements |
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