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1、Unit1In tomorrows offices, there will be more bosses and fewer assistants. New technologies have made clerical work so efficient that fewer workers are necessary, so one assistant may serve several bosses.Bosses in the United States are spending twice as much time resolving employee disputes as they

2、 did just a decade ago. Corporate downsizing has made workers more insecure and competitive, increasing the number of personality conflicts that managers are forced to settle.Fighting age bias(偏见) may be a critical workplace issue of the future. As companies depend on older, more experienced workers

3、 to solve labor shortages in the next century, managers will need to overcome the view that older workers are less productive, less flexible, and more expensive.Electronic networking will give more power to workers at the bottom of the corporate pecking order(等级排序).Computer networks allow employees

4、to skip over chains of command and communicate directly with senior managers. The relative anonymity (匿名) of electronic communications will make low-status individuals more relaxed about expressing their points of view and offering valuable new ideas.1. _ will enable low-status individuals to feel r

5、elaxed about expressing their points of view and offering valuable new ideas.2. How could low-status workers gain more power?_3. Why should managers change the negative view of older workers?_4. Fewer workers are necessary due to _.Unit2When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced t

6、he daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, shes been named national teache

7、r of the year.Principal Waynes Kettler said hes worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody Ive ever worked with before.”Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learnin

8、g from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.When students were reading S.E. Hintons novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they

9、chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other sons herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.2 / 14The honor means a lot to residents of Granie Falls. Its inspiring to know that people from smal

10、l towns can even win national honors.As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said its essential for schools to offer cla

11、sses such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.1. When Peterson began her teaching career, the school _.2 The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _ .3. W

12、hy did Principal Waynes Kettler say that Peterson is “just that one step above anybody Ive ever worked with before”?_.4. What is Petersons opinion about the value of arts education?_.Unit3When a consumer finds that something he or she bought is faulty or in some other way does not live up to what th

13、e producer says for it ,the first step is to present the warranty, or any other records that might help ,at the store of buying .In most cases ,this action will produce results .However ,if it does not ,there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction . A simple and common method us

14、ed by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager .In general, the higher up the consumer takes his or her complaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled .In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumers favor, taking it as true that he or she had a just right. Con

15、sumers should complain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of buying, it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter. Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can show clearly what is wrong

16、with what was bought in question .If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements . For example, “The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coming out of the right one is unclear. is bet

17、ter than This stereo does not work. The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the producer .If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as firmly as possible. But if a polite complaint does not achieve the expected result, the consumer can go a step further

18、.He or she can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a public organization responsible for protecting consumers rights. 1. When a consumer finds what he bought has a fault in it, he should first _. 2. To complain, customers can _if they cant get to the place of buying.3. How c

19、an customers make the most effective complaint?_4. What is the last way a consumer has to use to protect their rights? _Unit4Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them .Our purpose is to fit them for life. In some

20、 modern countries it has for some time been fashionable(时兴的）to think that by free education for all-whether rich or poor , clever or stupid -one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countri

21、es a far larger number of people with university degrees ,they refuse to do what they think low work and , in fact ,work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries .But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated , farmer is far more im

22、portant than that of a professor, we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life , it means tha

23、t we must be educated in such a way that , firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and , secondly that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society , and that is very bad to be ashamed of ones work . Only such a type of education can be considered valuable t

24、o society. 1. What is the purpose of education in the passage?_2. According to the passage, what is the wrong attitude of some people with university degrees? _3. The writer wants to prove that our society needs _ jobs.4. The passage tells us about the _ of education Unit5Many years ago, I was eatin

25、g (chicken, as I recall) at Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was watching a little child (maybe a couple of years old), whose mother (it would seem) was waiting in line to order food. The child walked up to a curtain, pulled it back, and was delighted to find a blank wall, no windows. The child tried to ca

26、ll his/her mothers attention to this situation. And the mother said, “Get away from there.”To me, the child represented all of the people who are curious about the world, who delight in new discoveries. The mother represented the multitudes (众多) of other people, who are not curious, whose minds are

27、no longer alive to that sort of thing. You and I know that curtains and windows go together, but not always. We would not be surprised to find a blank wall behind a curtain. But, we are curious and childlike, arent we? We want to know things, things that other people know, and things that no one has

28、 ever known.It was a delight to watch this child. I may have enjoyed the childs discovery more than the child did. I was saddened to think about the mother. Of course, she may have been a wonderful person, with a wonderful mind. She just may not have been in tune with her child, at that moment. But,

29、 I wondered if this child would be stifled (抑制), worn down, like so many, and become an adult without any childlike thoughts. That saddened me.To my mind, the two golden, childlike properties of a brain are curiosity and creativity. Many adult activities (jobs, hobbies, pastimes) use one or the othe

30、r of these properties, in particular the sciences (mainly curiosity) and the arts (mainly creativity).1. What did the mother react when her child tried to call her attention to the situation?_2. When the author saw the child, he felt_.3. The word “that” in the third paragraph signals _.4. What does

31、the writer think of the kids curiosity?_Unit6It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought in

32、to the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only “remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eatin

33、g grain because he has sniffed(嗅到，闻到) something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a base ball bat.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing

34、data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words” ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words o

35、f English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human bengs. A lar

36、ge part of a persons memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.1.Whats the definition of memory?_2. What is functioning when the rats refused to eat grain after sniffing something suspicious in the grain pile._3. _ has a larger memory-storage capacity between computers and teenagers. 4.

37、The phrase _ in the last paragraph can best be replaced by in connection with.Unit7Many years ago, I was eating (chicken, as I recall) at Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was watching a little child (maybe a couple of years old), whose mother (it would seem) was waiting in line to order food. The child wal

38、ked up to a curtain, pulled it back, and was delighted to find a blank wall, no windows. The child tried to call his/her mothers attention to this situation. And the mother said, “Get away from there.”To me, the child represented all of the people who are curious about the world, who delight in new

39、discoveries. The mother represented the multitudes (众多) of other people, who are not curious, whose minds are no longer alive to that sort of thing. You and I know that curtains and windows go together, but not always. We would not be surprised to find a blank wall behind a curtain. But, we are curi

40、ous and childlike, arent we? We want to know things, things that other people know, and things that no one has ever known.It was a delight to watch this child. I may have enjoyed the childs discovery more than the child did. I was saddened to think about the mother. Of course, she may have been a wo

41、nderful person, with a wonderful mind. She just may not have been in tune with her child, at that moment. But, I wondered if this child would be stifled (抑制), worn down, like so many, and become an adult without any childlike thoughts. That saddened me.To my mind, the two golden, childlike propertie

42、s of a brain are curiosity and creativity. Many adult activities (jobs, hobbies, pastimes) use one or the other of these properties, in particular the sciences (mainly curiosity) and the arts (mainly creativity). 1. Some information in the first paragraph is in brackets (括号) because _. 2. What was t

43、he writers feeling when he watched the child? _3. The word “that” in the third paragraph signals that _. 4. What is the writer opinion about Kids curiosity ? _Unit8Writing being largely a self-taught occupation, texts on how to get about it though great in number seldom are of much use.You try, and

44、fail. Then try again, and perhaps fail not quite so grievously. Until at last, if you have some gift for it, the failures become less frequent, or at any rate less noticeable.It is this ability to conceal ones defects（瑕疵）that passes, finally, for accomplishment.Along the way there are the discourage

45、ments of unkind criticism, outright rejection, nagging insecurity and irregular inability to meet debts.It is uncommon, therefore, to come across a book containing advice of much practical value for anyone toying with the dangerous idea of staring on a writing life.A friend recently loaned me such a

46、 book, however one I wish Id had the luck to read years ago, and which I would commend to any young person bent on making a career of words. It is the autobiography of the English novelist Anthony Trollope, first published in 1883, the year after his death.Needing some means to support himself, Trol

47、lope at age 19 signed on as a junior clerk in the British postal service. He was at his desk at 5:30 each morning to write for three hours. And he remained in the mail service 33 years, long after reputation and prosperity had come to him.Now, what of his advice?1. For safetys sake, arm yourself wit

48、h some other skills, some other line of work to fall back on. That way, failure at writing, though the disappointment may be keen, will not mean utter ruin.2. Do not depend overly much on inspiration. Writing is a craft, which Trollope compared to the craft of shoemaking. The shoemaker who has just

49、turned out one pair of his work sets to work immediately on the next pair.3. Have a story to tell, but, more important than that, people it with characters who will speak and move as living creatures in the readers mind. Without memorable characters, story alone is nothing.4. Meet your deadlines. Li

50、fe is endlessly “painful and troublesome” for writers who cant finish their work on time.5. Do not be inflated by praise. And, above all, do not be crushed by criticism.6. Understand the risks of writing for a living. “The career, when successful, is pleasant enough certainly; but when unsuccessful,

51、 it is of all careers the most painful.” 1. What is the passage mainly about?_2. From the context, what does the phrase “pass for” in Paragraph 3 mean?_3. According to the author, what is the definition of writing ?_4. What is the author s most probable profession?_Unit9A long-awaited final report f

52、rom the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concludes that foods from healthy cloned animals and their offspring are as safe as those from ordinary animals, effectively removing the last US regulatory barrier to the marketing of meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats.The 968-page final risk

53、 assessment, not yet released but obtained by The Washington Post, finds no evidence to support peoples concerns that food from clones may have hidden risks.But, recognizing that a majority of consumers are wary of food from clonesand that cloning could damage the good image of American milk and meatthe report includes hundreds of pages of raw data so that others can see h