1 . "While extroverts (性格外向者) often make great first impressions with their outgoing manner and lively personalities in interviews, that value and reputation at work diminish (削减) over time,” says Corinne Bendersky, an associate professor of management.

“Extroverts disappoint us over time when they're part of a team,” Bendersky says. “On a team you're expected to work hard and contribute a lot. But they're often poor listeners, and they don't collaborate.”

“On the other hand, introverts (性格内向者) work hard on a team because they care what others think of them. They don't want to be seen as not pulling their weight or contributing 100%,” Bendersky says.

So while companies may be attracted to hiring extroverts because they impress managers greatly in job interviews, bosses also may want to consider whether the extrovert they are considering will be a valuable team player, Bendersky says.

Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins, two writers, agree and say managers should recognize the strengths of introverted employees, such as their ability to put themselves in someone else's shoes.

“These team members are often easygoing, which can make them exceptional mentors (良师益友) to more junior staff or particularly good sounding boards when you interact with them in one-on-one situations,” Su says.

“Managers must try to help introverts find their voice,” Wilkins says. “Help them see that speaking up is not about self-promotion or being in conflict but rather about offering the team key insights, making better decisions or increasing the efficiency for all.”

What about those extroverts who never seem to be at a loss for words? Should managers cut them off? Managers definitely should weigh in on how an extrovert is affecting others. Wilkins suggests saying something in private to make adjustments.

1. What do we know about outgoing people according to Bendersky?

A．They are good listeners.	B．They are good at cooperating.
C．They often make great contributions.	D．They tend to perform well in interviews.

2. Which can best replace the underlined part “pulling their weight” in Paragraph 3?

A．Trusting others.	B．Making good choices.
C．Doing their full share of work.	D．Trying to share their thoughts.

3. What is Su's attitude towards Bendersky's words?

A．Critical.

B．Tolerant.

C．Doubtful.

D．Approving.

4. What does Wilkins advise managers to do?

A．Promote more introverts.	B．Learn to work more efficiently.
C．Encourage introverts to speak up.	D．Avoid conflict among employees.

5. How is the text mainly developed?

A．By providing examples.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By following the order of time.	D．By following the order of importance.

2 . 第Ⅱ卷
第四部分：写作
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Jack Green was the football coach at an American college. He was appointed to find good players, and they weren’t smart enough to be accepted.
One day, the coach has brought an excellent player to the director of the college and suggested the student allowed to enter without an examination. “Well,” the director said after thinking for a while, “I’d better ask you a few questions first.” Then the student was called for and asked some easier questions, but he didn’t know any of the answers. At last the director said, “Well, what is thirty – four minus two?” It was quite a long time when the student answered, “Thirty – three.” The director threw up his hands and looked at the coach disappointed, but the coach said, “Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two comparing with all the others.”

3 . Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York city. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic test to our class. When the papers were ______ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about ______ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill ______ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to______ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked______ questions, and she didn’t______ us either. Instead she wrote on the blackboard the______ words by Thomas Macaulay. “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ” She then ordered us to ______ these   words one hundred times.

I don’t______ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ______ I can say: it was the most important single______ of my life. Thirty years after being ______ to Macaulay’s words, they ______ seem to me the best yardstick( 准 绳 ), because they gave us a ______ to measure ourselves rather than others.

______ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ______ daily to make a great many personal decisions.

______ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the______ change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except you.   But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ______ to live with someone you respect.

1.

A．examined

B．completed

C．marked

D．answered

2.

A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

3.

A．didn’t

B．did

C．would

D．wouldn’t

4.

A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

5.

A．many

B．certain

C．more

D．no

6.

A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

7.

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

8.

A．repeat

B．get

C．copy

D．put

9.

A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

10.

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

11.

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

12.

A．referred

B．showed

C．brought

D．introduced

13.

A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

14.

A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

15.

A．All

B．None

C．Few

D．Some

16.

A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

17.

A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

18.

A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

19.

A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

20.

A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful

4 .

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“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

1.

A．meaningful

B．smart

C．polite

D．necessary

2.

A．robbed

B．cheated

C．suspected

D．caught

3.

A．head

B．shoulder

C．door

D．neck

4.

A．colleagues

B．friends

C．neighbors

D．family

5.

A．rotted

B．new

C．useful

D．cheap

6.

A．easily

B．merely

C．probably

D．hardly

7.

A．envelope

B．license

C．wallet

D．note

8.

A．point

B．time

C．number

D．place

9.

A．worried

B．sad

C．satisfied

D．disappointed

10.

A．why

B．whether

C．how

D．when

11.

A．room

B．wallet

C．address

D．account

12.

A．angry

B．sweet

C．rough

D．cold

13.

A．see

B．notice

C．understand

D．tell

14.

A．replaced

B．unfolded

C．counted

D．selected

15.

A．return

B．check

C．repair

D．clean

16.

A．confused

B．lost

C．discouraged

D．moved

17.

A．treat

B．find

C．reward

D．inform

18.

A．discussed

B．agreed

C．argued

D．competed

19.

A．contributed to

B．handed over

C．paid for

D．packed up

20.

A．loss

B．duty

C．trust

D．direction

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C．ABORIGINAL JOURNEYS	D．SEA WOLF ADVENTURES

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B．pandas are not endangered any more thanks to the efforts of many conversation

C．the panda is still an endangered species though its population has increased a lot

D．ON THE GO TOURS can help the Chengdu Panda Research Base save more pandas

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A．Orcas.	B．Lemurs.
C．Pandas.	D．King Penguins.

4. What is special about Orcas?

A．They are born guides.	B．They are gentle animals.
C．They live alone after growing up.	D．They enjoy a close relationship.

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B．Orcas will depart the family once they become mature enough to feed themselves.

C．SEA WOLF ADVENTURES will present more than whales and wildlife to visitors.

D．Both SEA WOLF ADVENTURES and ABORINAL JOURNEYS set off in British, Colombia.

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C．To encourage people to protect animals.

D．To tell us that the animals are endangered.

8 . C
Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’sWar and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description--it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts：other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.
It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three ofWar and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry：doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’
Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s…face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.
Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.
1. Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peaceis _________.

A．far from the historical facts	B．based on the Russian history
C．based on his selection of facts	D．not related to historical details

2. Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because _________.

A．he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B．the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept

C．the Russians stopped his military movement

D．he didn’t have any more army to fight with

3. What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A．To walk out of the room in anger.	B．To show agreement with him.
C．To say something about the Tsar.	D．To express his admiration.

4. Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is _________.

A．ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests	B．fond of showing off his iron will
C．determined in destroying all of Europe	D．crazy for power and respect

5. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A．A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B．A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C．A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D．A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.

9 . A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.

First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may softer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.

Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.

In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institution should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.

One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.

To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The problems faced by the old in society.

B．Why we should take responsibility for the old.

C．How we can improve the lives of the old.

D．Where the old can go to get their pensions.

2. According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?

A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.

B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years.

C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old.

D．Make available pensions for those who have retired.

3. The underlined word “viable” most probably means “           ”.

A．impossible	B．practical
C．useful	D．successful

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.

B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.

C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people.

D．There is no single solution to the problems of the old.

5. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this article?

A．To point out the need for government supped for old people.

B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.

C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.

D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.

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But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same ____standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ____yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.

A．brought

B．given

C．turned

D．showed

2.

A．doctor

B．hospital

C．aircraft

D．ambulance

3.

A．serious

B．terrible

C．dangerous

D．important

4.

A．event

B．process

C．reason

D．accident

5.

A．got

B．lit

C．burned

D．moved

6.

A．took

B．held

C．caught

D．attracted

7.

A．Fortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Happily

D．Slowly

8.

A．pushed

B．threw

C．dropped

D．rolled

9.

A．shape

B．place

C．fact

D．time

10.

A．benefited

B．recovered

C．suffered

D．relaxed

11.

A．if

B．while

C．because

D．although

12.

A．normal

B．violent

C．obvious

D．popular

13.

A．like

B．notice

C．laugh

D．hide

14.

A．sent

B．kept

C．handed

D．passed

15.

A．heart

B．life

C．practice

D．consideration

16.

A．grow

B．matter

C．exist

D．appear

17.

A．mistake

B．effort

C．decision

D．request

18.

A．invite

B．cause

C．allow

D．remind

19.

A．false

B．strict

C．moral

D．general

20.

A．by

B．over

C．beyond

D．within