湖北省武汉市高考英语 阅读理解训练题（8）.doc

武汉市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（8）附答案starting at a new workplace can be stressful for anyone, whether you have years of experience or are just beginning your career. here are a few expert tips to help you.1.be the early birdreaching the office early will give you more time to explore and absorb your new surroundings. arriving early also gives you time to network. and of course it helps impress the new boss by showing your eagerness to work.2.ask questionsit shows your mangagers that you are interested in learning about you new job. more importantly, the answers will help you adapt to your new surroundings quickly. and try to limit yourself to general or work-related questions.3.watch your body languageyour actions can give away a lot more than you think. frowning, folding your hands, rocking back-and-forth in you chair or shaking your leg constantly, are some gestures that might give the impression that you are nervous, not confident or are too casual about your job.4.be a listenerlisten more and talk less. when you talk more, you might unintentionally speak out of turn. lsitening and observing can help you learn more about you peers and managers and their way of doing things. try not to get sucked into office politics.5.arrive ready to learnchange is always difficult, but prepared to absorb a new culture, different ways of doing things and take on new responsibilities. try not to say things like “i used to do this in this way”, which makes you seem too aggressive or even annoying.6. dont rush to shake things upwe normally see people come in and make a quick assessment of what is happening, and start making changes quickly. thats not a god idea because it can cause conflict with your new team. instead consider introducing your way of doing things slowly while you communicate with your team as often as possible.apply these principles and within no time you would have made a place for yourself in the organization.9which of the following is true according to the passage?athis passage is intended for people who have just graduated form college.bwe can ask any personal question after arriving at a new place.cwe can continue working in the same way as before.dlistening and observing can benefit you a lot.10what does the underlined phrase mean in the sixth piece?aconcludebdecidecchangedplan11what can we infer from the passage?aif you need help, dont hesitate to ask people around you in the new organization.bpeople can be under pressure to work after arriving at a new place.cit is better to arrive at offices as early as possible.dtalking more can make it easy for people to get into the office politics.12what is the purpose of this passage?ato educatebto persuadecto instructdto advisedc ad*结束 from her first womens hat shop, opened in 1910, gabrielle coco chanel rose to become one of the most important fashion designers in paris. her fashion themes included simple suits and dresses, womens trousers, perfume (香水) and so on. she claimed a birth date of 1893 and a birthplace of auvergne; she was actually born in 1883 in saumur, though. her mother worked in a nursing home for pool people. gabrielle was born there. her mother died whet she was only six. she began to use the name coco during a brief career a, a cafe and concert singer from 1905 to 1908. by the 1920s，her fashion house had expanded greatly. her relaxing fashions, such as short skirts with casual look, were very different from the fashions popular in the formal decades. in 1922 chanel introduced a perfume, chanel no.5 which became very popular and still remains a popular product today. pierre wertheimer became her partner in the perfume business in 1924. wertheimer owned 70% of the company, coco chanel 10% and her friend, bader, 20%. the wertheimers continue to control the perfume company today. she briefly served as a nurse in world war i. the fashion business in paris was thus off for some years. in 1954 she came back and her womens clothing business returned to its former popularity. her natural, casual clothing once again caught the eye of women. she was still working in 1971 when she died.14. all of the following fashions belong to chanels design style except _ a. a comfortable suit b. a tight dress c. a short skirt d. a loose sweater15. the right order of the following events should be _ chanel began to do business with wertheimer. chanel served as a nurse. chanel worked as a singer. chanel introduced the perfume, chanel no. 5. a. b. c. d. 16. according to the passage, we can see that chanel _ a. was brought up by her father b. worked in a nursing home for some time c. earned more than wertheimer from the perfume companyd. had an active and creative mind参考答案 bcd*结束a characteristic of american culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. while the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in america as a farmer or laborer of some sort.this attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of american life. one is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled(收集) from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. on the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. a professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. his wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. the son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.5. from paragraph 1, we can know that in america _.a. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made manb. people can always rise to the top through their won effortsc. college professors win great respect from common workersd. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.6. according to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _.a. servants in american are hard to get b. she takes pride in what she can do herselfc. she can hardly afford servants d. it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food7. the expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_”.a. work in a furniture shopb. keep accounts for a barc. wait to lay the tabled. serve customers in a restaurant8. which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?a. a respectable self-made family b. american attitude toward manual laborc. characteristics of american culture d. the development of manual labor58、abdb *结束with nearly 22 percent of japans population already aged 65 years old or older. the rapidly aging population has caused many problems: a labor shortage, tax shortage and financial difficulties in paying health bills and pensions (养老金) of large numbers of the elderly. moreover, a growing number of older japanese are spending their golden years away from the care traditionally provided by children and grandchildren. thats where cutting-edge technology steps in. this technology is creating a care providing market. businessmen are using cutting-edge technology to create products to care for the countrys growing elderly population. they have been producing everything from easy-entry cars to remote-controlled beds. old people in japan can expect to be served food by a robot. they can also ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a robot nurse. at a home-care exhibition in tokyo, many new products were shown. buyers crowded round a product called my spoon feeding robot. it can help elderly or disabled people to eat with a spoon-and-fork-fitted arm. operating a stick with his chin, the designer moved the arm toward a block of soft tofu, skillfully getting the fork to break off a small piece. the arm then returned to a set position in front of his mouth, allowing him to bite and swallow. its all about making people able to help themselves. we want to give the elderly control over their own lives, the designer said. the company has already sold 300 of the feeding robots, which cost $3,500 each. there is also a car designed for easy entry. it is mainly for people who have to use wheelchairs or those who have difficulty walking. its slogan is, a car thats more patient than your daughter.17. the underlined word cutting-edge in paragraph 1 most probably means _.a. old b. advanced c. cost-saving d. cheap18. the rapidly aging population in japan _. a. are interested in inventing robot nurses b. causes a decrease in labor force and an increase in tax c. strengthens the relationship between family members d. promotes the development of japans care providing technology19. my spoon feeding robot_.a. has not come on the market yet b. cannot use a forkc. helps the elderly eat d. can operate a stick with its chin20. what is the passage mainly talking about?a. the development of technology in japan.b. an invention my spoon feeding robot.c. robots can help elderly japanese.d. the rapidly aging population in japan.参考答案 bdcc*结束 name: off the beaten path cover price: $30.00 our price: $l9.80 the best-selling readers digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. it spotlights over l, 000 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