单选题It is the author’s view that _____.A self-promotion does not necessarily mean flatteryB work hard contributes very little to one’s promotionC many employees fail to recognize the need of flatteryD speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
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self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery
work hard contributes very little to one’s promotion
many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery
speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
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第1题：
“The biggest threat to our environment today is the way we, as human beings, see out environment” does not imply that ().
A、everything in the ecosystem is part of one complete whole
B、most people hold a wrong view on the environment
C、everything affects and is affected by its environment
D、people are not conscious of the importance of trees
参考答案：ACD
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第2题：
C
A few years ago I had an “aha!” moment regarding handwriting.
I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task. It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting，and then I realized whose it must be. I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet I did not recognize her handwriting at that point.
It was a very important event in the computerization of life—a sign that the informal. Friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails. There was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one another's handwriting the way we knew voices or faces.
As a child visiting my father’s office，1 was pleased to recognize，in little notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting 1 would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridge—except that those notes were signed “dad” instead of “RFW”.
All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting，a book by Florey. Sire shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.
I don’t buy it.
I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does. For many a biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.
What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th-century Italy. That may sound impossibly grand—as if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings. However，they have worked in many school systems.
51. Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s handwriting?
A. He had worked with his colleague long enough.
B. His colleague’s handwriting was SO beautiful.
C. His colleague’s handwriting was SO terrible.
D. He still had a 1ot of Work to do.
正确答案：A
【解析】细节理解题。由第二段最后一句I had been working with this colleague for at least a year, maybe two, and yet I did not recognize her handwriting可知。 -
第3题：
共用题干
第二篇
The next big breakthrough in artificial intelligence could come from giving machines not just more logical capacity,but emotional capacity as well.
Feeling aren't usually associated with inanimate（无生命的）machines, but Posalind Picard, a professor of computer technology at MIT,believes emotion may be just the thing computes need to work effectively.Computers need artificial emotion both to understand their human users better and to achieve self-analysis and self-improvement,says Picard.
"If we want computers to be genuinely intelligent,to adapt to us,and to interact naturally with us,then they will need the ability to recognize and express emotions,to have emotions,and to have what has come to be called emotional intelligence,"Picard says.
One way that emotions can help computers,she suggests,is by helping keep them from crashing. Today's computers produce error messages,but they do not have a "gut feeling" of knowing when something is wrong or doesn't make sense.A healthy fear of death could motivate a computer to stop trouble as soon as it starts.On the other hand, self-preservation would need to be subordinate to service to humans.It was fear of its own death that promoted RAL,the fictional computer in the film 2002 :A Space Odyssey, to extermine（消灭）most of its human associates.
Similarly,computers that could"read"their users would accumulate a store of highly personal information about us一not just what we said and did,but what we likely thought and felt.
"Emotion not only contribute to a richer quality of interaction,but they directly impact a person's ability to interact in an intelligent way,"Picard says."Emotional skills,especially the ability to recognize and express emotions,are essential for natural communication with humans."What does the author think about the computers with emotions?
A:The author has high expectation for its potential in the future.
B:The author worries that it will threaten the security of human beings.
C:The author doubts its capacity to interact with human beings.
D:The author believes that it will take the place of human beings in many aspects.答案：A解析：事实细节题。本题考查文中人物的观点。可从第二段的结尾句中找到答案，选项A和C没有依据，选项B与第二段最后一句中的self-improvement不符，improve不等同于eliminate。
推理判断题。在第三段开头的条件状语从句中，" to adapt to us , and to interact naturally with us”既是与“to be genuinely intelligent”并列的结构，也是对其的补充解释，由此可以推断出答案。选项B无合理的依据。根据第四段第二句，情感只是让计算机知道什么时候出了毛病或指令不明，并可对此作出修正，但这并不能说明选项C或D正确。
词义推断题。在原句中，有了gut feeling，计算机就能知道何时出了毛病，由此可以推断gut feeling应该是一个好的特性，不带有任何贬义，从而排除选项B、C、D。
推理判断题。本题考查例子与观点的关系。该例子支持的观点是例子的前一句，即第四段第四句。其他选项并非作者在本文要阐明的目的。
推理判断题，也是观点态度题。根据文章开头以及综观全文可知，作者对改进被赋予情感的计算机的功能寄予了很高的期望。本题最具干扰性的是选项B，计算机对人类的威胁在第四段的例子里有步及，但这并非作者的主要想法，作者认为只要控制得好，情感计算机就能更高效（如最后一段所述）。 -
第4题：
The whole passage centers onA.choosing a career according to what one is skilled in___________.
B.acquiring knowledge by working hard at school
C.finding one's strong and weak points
D.developing one's abilities useful in school work答案：A解析：本文大意是你可以根据自己擅长的科目来选择你适合的职业，重要的是通过自己的表现来认识自己，而不是一味地将目光放在成绩是好还是坏上面。所以应选A。 -
第5题：
资料：It’s almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shame！）on a Friday and simply not check your work email again until you return the office during normal working hours。
The constant need to check email is the trade-off the modern workforce has made for the ability to work anytime，anywhere，hanks to smartphones and tablets that keep us always connected。
But three university researchers have found that it’s not just doing a bit of work after hours that cause burnout。The true culprit is actually the constant worrying about off-hour email。
A new study。“Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect，”by Lehigh University’s Liuba Belkin，Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available，never knowing what kind of work requests will be asked of them off hours。
Typically，companies don’t mean to stress employees out like that。Most companies don't have formal policies that say people must answer work emails after-hours，（except，perhaps，in cases where an employee is on call during specific times）。
But policies and culture tend to be two different things。If supervisors routinely email employees after hours and expect a fast response （often because their supervisors are doing the same to them），then the message is clear: whenever the boss emails，the employee is expected to be available。
The solution is for bosses to tell employees that an after-hours email doesn’t necessarily require a response before the next work day，and to also set some times when after-hours emailing is considered acceptable and prohibited，such as no emails via the dinner hour，on weekends，or after 10 p.m.，the researchers say。
What can be inferred from the first paragraph？A.It’s a shame if you check your email all the time.
B.The employees are willing to leave work at the end day of the workday.
C.The employees are expected to answer emails although it’s not working time.
D.Work email is the essential part in worker’s daily life.答案：C解析：本题考查细节理解。
【关键词】inferred from first paragraph
【主题句】第一自然段It's almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shamel）on a Friday and simply not check your email until you return the office during normal working hours.在工作日结束时离开工作，或者（对于Shamel）在周五离开工作，直到你在正常工作时间返回办公室，才会检查你的电子邮件，这几乎被认为是该“遭天谴”的行为。
【解析】题目意为“从第一自然段可以推断出什么？”选项A意为“如果你一直查看邮件，那就太遗憾了”；选项B意为“员工们愿意在工作日的最后一天离开工作”；选项C意为“虽然不是工作时间，但员工们还是被期望回复邮件”；选项D意为“工作邮件是员工日常生活的一部分” ，根据主题句，重返公司后才查看邮件的行为是有些“遭天谴”的，因此推断可知，即使在工作时间，员工也被期望回复邮件。 -
第6题：
资料：It’s almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shame！）on a Friday and simply not check your work email again until you return the office during normal working hours。
The constant need to check email is the trade-off the modern workforce has made for the ability to work anytime，anywhere，hanks to smartphones and tablets that keep us always connected。
But three university researchers have found that it’s not just doing a bit of work after hours that cause burnout。The true culprit is actually the constant worrying about off-hour email。
A new study。“Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect，”by Lehigh University’s Liuba Belkin，Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available，never knowing what kind of work requests will be asked of them off hours。
Typically，companies don’t mean to stress employees out like that。Most companies don't have formal policies that say people must answer work emails after-hours，（except，perhaps，in cases where an employee is on call during specific times）。
But policies and culture tend to be two different things。If supervisors routinely email employees after hours and expect a fast response （often because their supervisors are doing the same to them），then the message is clear: whenever the boss emails，the employee is expected to be available。
The solution is for bosses to tell employees that an after-hours email doesn’t necessarily require a response before the next work day，and to also set some times when after-hours emailing is considered acceptable and prohibited，such as no emails via the dinner hour，on weekends，or after 10 p.m.，the researchers say。
What is this passage mainly about？A.Bosses push employees to work by sending emails anytime.
B.Employees are exhausted by the constant need to check emails.
C.Companies mean to stress the workers out by sending emails.
D.None of above答案：B解析：本题考查主旨大意。
【关键词】 this passage mainly about
【主题句】第四自然段A new study "Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect." by Lehigh University's Liuba Belkin， Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available， never knowing what kind of work requests will asked of them off hours.一项新的研究“精疲力竭，但又无法断开”。由莱赫伊大学的卢巴贝尔金、弗吉尼亚理工大学的威廉贝克尔和科罗拉多州立大学的萨曼莎康罗伊共同完成的一项新研究显示，员工们越来越疲惫，因为他们需要随时待命，永远不知道在休息时间会有什么样的工作要求需要他们。
【解析】题目意为“这篇文章主要讲的是什么？”选项A意为“老板们在任何时候都通过发送电子邮件来督促员工工作”；选项B意为“员工因经常查看电子邮件而疲惫不堪”；选项C意为“公司的意思是通过发电子邮件来给员工施加压力”；选项D意为“以上都不是”。 -
第7题：
单选题Andrews was one of the first executives to realize that employees are most productive when he or she feels to be part of a family.Ahe or she feels to be part of a family
Bthey feel as if they are part of a family
Che or she feels part of a family
Dit’s more like a family for them
Efeeling a part of a family is made possible
正确答案： B解析：
因为这里的代词指的是“employees”，员工为复数，而不是单数“他”或“她”，虽然D选项后半部分用的是复数代词“them”,但是前部分用代词“it”，缺少先行词。故选B。 -
第8题：
单选题It is the author’s view that _____.Aself-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery
Bwork hard contributes very little to one’s promotion
Cmany employees fail to recognize the need of flattery
Dspeaking up for oneself is part of human nature
正确答案： A解析：
推论题。纵观全文，作者对“办公室政治”持支持态度。由最后一句可知，专家们建议只有认识到自我促进的这种需要，才能改变“办公室政治”的负面形象。这与A项的“个人宣传未必就是阿谀奉承”相吻合，所以A为答案。 -
第9题：
单选题Why does the author say at the beginning “The miserable fate of Enron’s employees will be a landmark in business history…”?ABecause the company has gone bankrupt.
BBecause such events would never happen again.
CBecause many Enron workers lost their retirement savings.
DBecause it signifies a turning point in economic security.
正确答案： D解析：
推断题。既然题干中提到“Enron职工的悲惨命运将是商业史上标志性的事件”，可见此事对整个商界产生了巨大的影响。公司的破产或员工失去退休积蓄并不会对整个商界产生影响，而是其产生的影响构成了标志性事件，排除A、C项。文中并未提及这种事情将不再发生，B项说法过于绝对，故排除。从文章第二段可知，20世纪的一个audacious promise就是经济安全：政府的福利制度、劳工组织的保障、以及大企业财团的产生，让职工们普遍认为他们的工作是终身的，并且退休后肯定也有退休金。然而，从第三段开始，作者指出了这个保险体系的decline，以及由此引发的一系列政府、企业等政策的改变，进而最终导致的职工们一无所有的惨状。因此可以说这次事件体现了经济安全方面的转变。故D项符合。 -
第10题：
单选题It is human nature to think back to a Golden Age（）one’s country was strong and respected.Awhen
Bprovided
Cas
Dunless
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题What does the sentencethe penny's days may be numbered in the last paragraph probably mean?AThe penny may be out of use very soon.
BThe value of the penny may rise.
CThe penny has a special place in American history.
DThe penny is part of American culture.
正确答案： C解析： -
第12题：
单选题Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?AGenerally speaking, almost all of the clerks get along well with their colleagues.
BIt’s impossible to oppress one’s bad temper while being passionate on one’s work.
CPeople tend to get angry at work in many situations.
DPeople in companies welcome rage.
正确答案： C解析：
事实细节题. 文中提到“A Gallup poll…one in five office workers has been so furious with a colleague…”A选项与原文意思不符，所以选A。 -
第13题：
The author aims to tell us that_________．
A． women's minds perform. better than men's
B． men's minds decline more with age
C． everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older
D． a survey on human's mind decline was done recently
正确答案：B
B[解析]根据文章开头“…but men's minds decline more than women's…”可知本题答案为B。 -
第14题：
The whole passage centers on__________.A.choosing a career according to what one is skilled in
B.acquiring knowledge by working hard at school
C.finding one's strong and weak points
D.developing one's abilities useful in school work答案：A解析：本文大意是你可以根据自己擅长的科目来选择你适合的职业，重要的是通过自己的表现来认识自己，而不是一味地将目光放在成绩是好还是坏上面。因此应选A。
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第15题：
What problem does Hanna Sanchez mention?A.The technican's do not have enough time between sessions
B.One of the rooms is not fully equipped for the presentations
C.One of the presentations will need to be rescheduled
D.The lighting in room 106 does not work properly答案：B解析：由最后一段：“room 106 does not have a computer on—site，but the presentation in the third session will require one…”可以得出正确答案．A、C、D三个选项在原文中均未提及。 -
第16题：
资料：It's almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shamel）on a Friday and simply not check your email until you return the office during normal working hours.
The constant need to check email is the trade-off the modern workforce has made for the ability to work anytime, anywhere, thanks to smartphones and tablets that keep us always connected.
But three university researchers have found that it's not just doing a bit of work after hours that cause burn out. The true culprit is actually the constant worrying about off-hour email.
A new study "Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect." by Lehigh University's Liuba Belkin, Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available, never knowing what kind of work requests will asked of them off hours.
Typically, companies don't mean to stress employees out like that. Most companies don't have formal policies that say people must answer work emails after-hours. （expect, perhaps, in cases where an employee is on call during specific times）.
But policies and culture tend to be two different things. If supervisors routinely email employee after hours and expect a fast response （often because their supervisors are doing the same to them）, then the message is clear: whenever the boss emails, the employee is expected to be available.
The solution is for bosses to tell employees that an after-hours email doesn't necessarily require a response before the next work day, and to also set some times when after-hours emailing is considered acceptable and prohibited, such as no emails via the dinner hour, on weekends, or after 10 p. m, the researchers say.
What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A.It’s shame if you check your email all the time.
B.The employees are willing to leave work at the end day of the workday.
C.The employees are expected to answer emails although it's not working time.
D.Work email is the essential part in worker’s daily life.答案：C解析：本题考查细节理解。
【关键词】 inferred from first paragraph
【主题句】第一自然段It's almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shamel）on a Friday and simply not check your email until you return the office during normal working hours.在工作日结束时离开工作，或者（对于Shamel）在周五离开工作，直到你在正常工作时间返回办公室，才会检查你的电子邮件，这几乎被认为是该“遭天谴”的行为。
【解析】题目意为“从第一自然段可以推断出什么？”选项A意为“如果你一直查看邮件，那就太遗憾了”；选项B意为“员工们愿意在工作日的最后一天离开工作”；选项C意为“虽然不是工作时间，但员工们还是被期望回复邮件”；选项D意为“工作邮件是员工日常生活的一部分” ，根据主题句，重返公司后才查看邮件的行为是有些“遭天谴”的，因此推断可知，即使在工作时间，员工也被期望回复邮件。
故选C。 -
第17题：
资料：It's almost considered sacrilegious today to leave work at the end of your workday or（for shamel）on a Friday and simply not check your email until you return the office during normal working hours.
The constant need to check email is the trade-off the modern workforce has made for the ability to work anytime, anywhere, thanks to smartphones and tablets that keep us always connected.
But three university researchers have found that it's not just doing a bit of work after hours that cause burn out. The true culprit is actually the constant worrying about off-hour email.
A new study "Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect." by Lehigh University's Liuba Belkin, Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available, never knowing what kind of work requests will asked of them off hours.
Typically, companies don't mean to stress employees out like that. Most companies don't have formal policies that say people must answer work emails after-hours. （expect, perhaps, in cases where an employee is on call during specific times）.
But policies and culture tend to be two different things. If supervisors routinely email employee after hours and expect a fast response （often because their supervisors are doing the same to them）, then the message is clear: whenever the boss emails, the employee is expected to be available.
The solution is for bosses to tell employees that an after-hours email doesn't necessarily require a response before the next work day, and to also set some times when after-hours emailing is considered acceptable and prohibited, such as no emails via the dinner hour, on weekends, or after 10 p. m, the researchers say.
What is this passage mainly about?A.Bosses push employees to work by sending emails anytime.
B.Employees are exhausted by the constant need to check emails.
C.Companies mean to stress the workers out by sending emails.
D.None of above.答案：B解析：本题考查主旨大意。
【关键词】 this passage mainly about
【主题句】第四自然段A new study "Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect." by Lehigh University's Liuba Belkin, Virginia Tech’s William Becker and Colorado State University's Samantha Conroy shows that employees are growing exhausted by the expectation that they will always be available, never knowing what kind of work requests will asked of them off hours.一项新的研究“精疲力竭，但又无法断开”。由莱赫伊大学的卢巴贝尔金、弗吉尼亚理工大学的威廉贝克尔和科罗拉多州立大学的萨曼莎康罗伊共同完成的一项新研究显示，员工们越来越疲惫，因为他们需要随时待命，永远不知道在休息时间会有什么样的工作要求需要他们。
【解析】题目意为“这篇文章主要讲的是什么？”选项A意为“老板们在任何时候都通过发送电子邮件来督促员工工作”；选项B意为“员工因经常查看电子邮件而疲惫不堪”；选项C意为“公司的意思是通过发电子邮件来给员工施加压力”；选项D意为“以上都不是”。
故正确选项为B。 -
第18题：
问答题Kara attends a university where students study for an average (arithmetic mean) of 13.4 hours per week. How many hours per week does Kara study? (1) The standard deviation of study time at Kara’s school is 2.8. (2) Kara’s study time is one standard deviation away from the mean.正确答案： E解析：
（1）条件告诉了Kara学校学生学习时间的总标准差，无法计算Kara的学习时间数值；（2）条件指出Kara的学习时间距离平均数有两个标准差区间，不能确定其是高于还是低于平均值，故本题应选E项。 -
第19题：
单选题Why does the author refer to Coolidge’s maxim as silly?AMore and more people are applying for unemployment insurance.
BUnemployment rate is not likely to rise quickly nowadays.
CLosing jobs doesn’t necessarily lead to unemployment.
DToday’s labor market is much too complicated than Coolidge’s time.
正确答案： C解析：
由文章第一段第三句，“But in today’s vast…what they seem.”可知，在当今社会造成失业人口增加的原因是复杂的。由此段最后一句话可知，旧形式的失业已经不再是没有工作的原因，而是新的工作工资太少而造成的。Coolidge的理论是越来越多的人下岗是由于失业导致的。这种理论已经不再适用于当今社会，因此是可笑的。D选项正是此意。A，B，C选项无关。 -
第20题：
单选题Clever girls need never work very hard, ________?Aneedn't they
Bneed they
Cdon't they
Ddo they
正确答案： B解析： -
第21题：
单选题In the author’s view, higher service standards are impossible in Israel _____.Aif customer complaints go unnoticed by the management
Bunless foreign companies are introduced in greater numbers
Cif there’s no competition among companies
Dwithout strict routine of employees
正确答案： C解析：
细节推论题。首段末句提到“Nothing happens without competition.”，这与C项“公司间不竞争，就不会有商标准服务”相符。故C为答案。 -
第22题：
单选题What was the most difficult part for Nightingale’s work at the hospital?AThere were disasters of cholera.
BThere were too many injured soldiers.
CThe financial condition was very bad in the hospital.
DThere were prejudices and pressure from the hospital.
正确答案： C解析：
细节题。由题干定位到文章倒数第四段。由该段首句可知，护士们所面临的最大挑战不是医院恶劣的条件，而是来自医生们的敌意。选项A、B、C都是对医院恶劣条件的描述，故排除。因此正确答案为D项。 -
第23题：
单选题What does the “great difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort” mean?AProlonged and fixed routine work in the apprenticeship period.
BThe young employee’s seldom sees the president of the company.
CUniversities’ failure to get young people ready for future work.
DYoung men having to obey orders in the early stage of their work.
正确答案： C解析：
句意推测题。作者在提出“阻碍人们做出更大努力的一个难题”后，分析了漫长的“学徒期”对于年轻人想像力的不良影响，且得出的结论也是如此。故“难题”指的就是这种不良的传统。 -
第24题：
单选题The author’s experiences during the childhood indicate all of the following EXCEPT that _____.Athe author is the first child of the family
Bhis family led a very hard life
Chis mother gave less attention to him
Dhis mother treated him as more than an assistant
正确答案： C解析：
推理题。注意本题的关键词EXCEPT。根据题干定位至原文第四段。由本段第二句可以看出，作者是家里最年长的，A选项的说法正确，不选。从第三句母亲肩上的担子很重可以推断出家里生活艰难，B选项的说法也正确，不选。该段的第五、六句指出，作者渴望得到母亲的关心，并在第七句中进一步指出他需要了解到母亲不仅仅把他当作一个帮手和持家的小顶梁柱，他需要得到母亲的爱，但从后文得知，他并未得到这个，也可以说，在母亲眼里作者仅仅是一个维持生计的帮手，由此便可知C选项的说法正确而D选项的说法错误。本题为反选题，故正确答案为D。