1 . —I’d like to know if you’re satisfied with my work. How am I doing?
—________. I believe you will be getting promotion.

A．Never mind	B．Help yourself
C．Forget it	D．Keep it up

2 . As a symbol of Chinese history, the Palace Museum ________ the cultural memory of the country.

A．preserves

B．prevents

C．acquires

D．declares

3 . Team-building exercises have become popular for managers trying to increase organizational and team harmony and productivity. Unfortunately, many employees are angry about compulsory bonding and often regard these exercises as a nuisance (烦事).

A paper published this week by University of Sydney researchers in Social Networks has reported participants' feelings about team-building intervention (干预), revealing ethical implications in forcing employees to take part.

“Many people see team building activities as a waste of time, so we decided to look in more depth at what's behind this,” said the paper's lead researcher, Dr Peter Matous.

“Teams are formed, combined and restructured. Staff are relocated and office spaces redesigned. All this is done with the aim of improving workplace efficiency, collaboration and cohesion. But does any of this work?” said Dr Matous.

The study found that team-building exercises which focused on the sharing of and intervening into personal attitudes and relationships between team members were considered too rude and nosy (爱打听), although the researchers say some degree of openness and vulnerability (脆弱) is often necessary to make deep, effective connections with colleagues.

"Some participants were against team-building exercises because they were indirectly compulsory. They didn't welcome management's interest in their lives beyond their direct work performance," said Matous. "Many people don't want to be forced into having fun or making friends, especially not on top of their busy jobs. They feel management is being too nosy or trying to control their lives too much."

In this study the researchers recommended a self-disclosure (表露) approach where participants were guided through a series of questions that allowed them to increasingly disclose personal information and values. The method is well-tested and has been shown to increase interpersonal closeness. However, to be successful it must be voluntary.

The researchers said there are numerous schools of thought that propose differing psychological methods for strengthening relationships. “With caution, many relational methods to improve teams and organizations can be borrowed from other fields. The question is how to apply them effectively to strengthen an entire collective, which is more than just the sum of individual relationships,” said Dr Matous.

1. Why are many employees opposed to team-building exercises?

A．They consider such exercises annoying.

B．They deem these exercises counter-productive.

C．They see such exercises as harmful to harmony.

D．They find these exercises too demanding.

2. What did Dr Matous and his team do to find out whether team-building activities would improve productivity?

A．They relocated team leaders and their offices.

B．They rearranged the staff and office spaces.

C．They redesigned the staffs work schedules.

D．They reintroduced some cohesive activities.

3. What did the study by Matous’ team find about some team-building exercises?

A．They were intended to share personal attitudes and relationships.

B．They indirectly added to the vulnerability of team members.

C．They always strengthened connections among colleagues.

D．They were regarded as a violation of employees' privacy.

4. How can the self-disclosure approach succeed in increasing interpersonal closeness?

A．By allowing participants freedom to express themselves.

B．By applying it to employees who volunteer to participate.

C．By arranging in proper order the questions participants face.

D．By guiding employees through a series of steps in team building.

5. What does Matous think of the various psychological methods borrowed from other fields for strengthening relationships?

A．They must be used in combination for an entire collective.

B．They prioritize some psychological aspects over others.

C．They place too much stress on individual relationships.

D．They have to be applied cautiously to be effective.

4 . Having a rival (对手) can keep you committed to achieving your goals and enhance your overall performance. But before you go out and find an entrepreneur (创业者) to outcompete(胜出), it’s important to understand and avoid the traps that often come with rivalry. After all, competitive rivalry can also make it difficult for you to make a decision and increase your willingness to take risks, behaviors that can ultimately hurt your venture’s (风险项目) success.

Finding someone you’re committed to outcompeting can be a great way to stay focused on your goals and push your venture to the next level. But when you’re intently focused on outperforming your rivals, you may begin to develop a “win-at-all-costs” mentality (心态) that causes you to ignore how you achieve success. One group of researchers, for example, examined the link between rivalry and unethical(不道德的) behavior. They found that when people compete against their rivals, they are more willing to behave unethically to win. But such behavior may damage your reputation and strain(使……紧张) relationships important to your success. One way to avoid this trap is to stop and reflect on what’s important. While outperforming your rivals may provide short-term benefits, the loss of your integrity(正直) will have long-term consequences.

One reason having a rival can enhance your venture’s performance is that it creates a level of excitement that drives you to work harder. But this eagerness to win may also hurt your venture’s success, particularly when it causes you to make impulsive, insensible decisions. But it’s possible to avoid such costly mistakes by making a habit of engaging in critical thinking, such as considering opposing viewpoints and conducting cost-benefit analyses, especially for those decisions that are complex and can determine the future of your venture.

The sense of eagerness that comes with having a rival can not only cause you to make poorer decisions, but it can also lead you to take greater risks that put your venture in great dangers. One way you can overcome the risk-inducing (诱发) effects of rivalry that stand to endanger your venture’s success is to remain attentive to your emotional state and actively monitor how such feelings are affecting your decision-making.

1. How can competitive rivalry benefit entrepreneurs according to the passage?

A．By enabling them to outcompete other entrepreneurs.

B．By enabling them to make their venture a success.

C．By helping them to reach long-term goals.

D．By helping them to stay goal-oriented.

2. What is one of the traps entrepreneurs may often fall into when competing with rivals?

A．They may adopt strategies that are bound to ruin their venture.

B．They may depend on unethical means to outperform their rivals.

C．They may be too eager to succeed while ignoring the huge labor cost.

D．They may be intently focused on winning at the current market level.

3. What are entrepreneurs advised to do to avoid traps that often accompany rivalry?

A．Think very carefully about what really matters.

B．Prioritize obtaining immediate benefits.

C．Estimate the long-term consequences.

D．Reflect on what successes are achievable.

4. How can entrepreneurs avoid making impulsive and insensible decisions?

A．By engaging themselves in critical reasoning.

B．By developing a habit of keeping their integrity.

C．By criticizing themselves for previous poor performances.

D．By stopping themselves from being too excited about their successes.

5. How can entrepreneurs overcome the risk-inducing effects of rivalry?

A．By paying close attention to their current performance.

B．By taking steps that stand to endanger their rivals’ success.

C．By monitoring how their decision-making impacts their mentality.

D．By keeping their emotions in check to avoid making poor decisions.

5 . ________ on the first Friday of October, World’s Smile Day is established for the spreading of simple joy and love to everyone.

A．Being celebrated	B．Celebrating
C．Celebrated	D．Having celebrated

6 . 假定你是晨光中学校微信视频号英语节目“Talk to Talk”的负责人李津，近期要开展一期以“如何更好地用英语讲述中国故事，让世界更好地认识中国”为话题的访谈节目。外籍教师Chris在中国已经工作一年，对中国有了一定的了解，现请你给他写一封邮件，邀请他作为外籍嘉宾参加这期访谈节目。内容包括：
（1）邀请他的原因以及访谈的时间和地点；
（2）该期访谈节目的介绍（访谈话题、访谈目的等）；
（3）希望他对同学们如何学好英语提出一些建议。
注意：（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
参考词汇：微信视频号：WeChat Video Channel
Dear Chris,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Jin

7 . The Browns ________ the online shopping experience in China since they moved back to Australia two years ago.

A．have been missing	B．had been missing
C．were missing	D．will be missing

8 . National Parks: Made for You and Me

·While the term “national park” is associated with images of the American West, there are national park units in every. U. S. state and territory. Together they welcome about 300 million visitors each year and span some 85 million acres, almost 55 million of which are in Alaska.

·There are more than 400 sites in the National Park System, though that includes far more than what we traditionally think of as “parks”, such as parkways and rivers, Strictly speaking, there are 63 national parks (California has the most, with nine), but there are also national historic parks, national military parks, and other designations. A few are thoroughly unique. Among them: the White House.

·The National Park Service (NPS) oversees all 400+ of these sites. But rules about what you can and cannot do in national parks differ from site to site. Activities that are prohibited at national parks, such as hunting and fishing, are allowed on some national preserves. Many national parks allow the scattering of ashes (the Grand Canyon is a notable exception); though, like Hitchcock, you need to obtain NPS permission. The same goes for couples who wish to marry inside a national park.

·Additions to the National Park System generally require acts of Congress, but the president can name new national monuments. Of the 63 national parks, only one is named after a president: Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

·It was another president who created the NPS in 1916; Woodrow Wilson Parks that predate (早于) the NPS include Yosemite in California and Mount Rainier in Washington. But Yellowstone, which turned 150 this year, was the world’s first national park. Today, more than 100 countries have national parks and preserves. The largest by area is in Greenland, though 97 percent of the Galapagos Islands is a national park.

1. Which state has the widest span of national parks in the USA?

A．California.

B．Alaska.

C．Washington.

D．North Dakota

2. Which of the following statements may be TRUE?

A．Rules about what you can and can’t do in different national parks vary.

B．All national parks prohibit hunting and fishing.

C．National parks don’t allow the scattering of ashes.

D．Couples can marry inside a national park.

3. National parks can be added to the National Park System ______.

A．after the approval of local residents

B．after the president names them

C．after the relevant acts of Congress are passed

D．after these parks meet some specific criteria

4. Which of the following is NOT a national park?

A．Yellowstone.

B．The White House.

C．The Grand Canyon.

D．Greenland.

5. Which of the following is the passage probably taken from?

A．An instruction book.

B．A university newspaper.

C．A magazine.

D．A student guide.

9 . Nancy was a single mother with two kids and no savings. Desiring work but lacking work ________, Nancy had to answer an ad for a house cleaner. The house was a luxury apartment so she guessed it must be a(n) ________ job. The interview was simple: just clean the whole apartment. Hoping to ________ the house owner, Nancy decided to do the work ________, shining all the wood floors, wiping the hidden places with cleaners, turning over cushions, and washing all the windows. She didn’t even ________ a small corner. Then she found a handful of ________ on the couch and another handful under the bed. A few crumpled (皱的) dollar bills and some coins might not mean much to a man of ________ who could throw his money around ________. But to Nancy and her children, a few dollars would ________ them for a few days. Nancy remembered the ________ from her father: work hard, and be ________. She kept to those words all the time. Then she tried to ________ the paper money and put the coins in neat piles. It was many hours ________ she completed her duty.

The next day, Nancy got the job. It turned out that the scattered money was also a part of the ________. Anybody can clean houses but few can be ________. Nancy made enough money and could raise her family. And as time went by, she was promoted to more important positions. In every task there were the same ________ to be followed: don’t cut corners; check the details everybody else tends to ________. Nancy became a trusted personal assistant because she always ________ these rules.

Earning trust is not that difficult. You choose what is ________ over what is fun, fast, or easy. And you choose to practice your values rather than simply ________ them. They are the key.

1.

A．luck

B．finance

C．determination

D．experience

2.

A．well-paid

B．ill-advised

C．heart-warming

D．labor-saving

3.

A．benefit

B．approach

C．impress

D．assist

4.

A．hurriedly

B．thoroughly

C．gracefully

D．flexibly

5.

A．replace

B．reveal

C．skip

D．spare

6.

A．change

B．treasure

C．dust

D．waste

7.

A．compassion

B．enthusiasm

C．experience

D．wealth

8.

A．deliberately

B．aimlessly

C．randomly

D．occasionally

9.

A．rule

B．feed

C．upset

D．free

10.

A．lesson

B．theme

C．regulation

D．judgment

11.

A．capable

B．smart

C．thoughtful

D．truthful

12.

A．mark

B．steal

C．smooth

D．cover

13.

A．although

B．before

C．unless

D．since

14.

A．interview

B．reward

C．recognition

D．relaxation

15.

A．trusted

B．motivated

C．followed

D．persuaded

16.

A．improvements

B．assumptions

C．principles

D．advantages

17.

A．share

B．stress

C．balance

D．overlook

18.

A．missed out

B．stuck to

C．broke through

D．turned down

19.

A．potential

B．influential

C．independent

D．right

20.

A．distinguish

B．claim

C．update

D．collect

10 . The effects of “weird weather” were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom (末日预言家).

In August 1974, the ClA produced a study on “climatological research as it is related to intelligence (情报) problems”. The diagnosis was dramatic. It warned of the emergence of a new era of weird weather, leading to political unrest and mass migration (which, in turn, would cause more unrest).

The new era the agency imagined wasn’t necessarily one of hotter temperatures; the CIA had heard from scientists warning of global cooling as well as warming. But the direction in which the temperature was changing wasn’t their immediate concern; it was the political impact. They knew that the so-called “little ice age”, a series of cold snaps between, roughly, 1350 and 1850, had brought not only drought and famine, but also war.

“The climate change began in 1960,” the report’s first page informs us, “but no one, including the climatologists, recognised it.” Crop failures in the Soviet Union and India in the early 1960s had been attributed to standard unlucky weather. The US shipped grain to India and the Soviets killed off livestock to eat . But, the report argued, the world ignored this warning, as the global population continued to grow and states made massive investments in energy, technology and medicine.

Meanwhile, the weird weather rolled on, shifting to a collection of west African countries just below the Sahara. People in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad “became the first victims of the climate change”, the report argued, but their suffering was masked by other struggles or the richer parts of the world simply weren’t paying attention.

As the effects of climate change started to spread to other parts of the world, the early 1970s saw report s of droughts, crop failures and floods from Myanmar, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Manila, Ecuador, USSR, China, India and the US.

1. The climatological research by CIA showed that ______.

A．global cooling had more evidence than warming

B．political impact was more unpredictable than climate

C．climate change could cause conflicts between countries

D．historical ice age had an impact on future weather

2. Why did the world ignore climate change warnings in the 1960s?

A．Because climatologists lacked equipment for observation.

B．Because crop failures attracted the world’s attention.

C．Because climate change was a national secret e of Soviet Union.

D．Because the world was busy developing economy and technology.

3. How did the world respond to the suffering of the first victims of climate change?

A．The US provided them with grain to reduce hunger.

B．The rich countries failed to notice their struggle.

C．The world praised their courage in the face of weird weather.

D．The African people migrated to the area near Sahara.

4. Throughout 1960s and the 1970s, climate warnings were ______.

A．unclear and confusing	B．widespread and neglected
C．rare and disastrous	D．frequent and insignificant

5. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To inform people of the ignored signs of climate changes.

B．To call on people to protect the environment.

C．To explain why climate changes have effects on politics.

D．To tell people how to prevent weird weather.