1、阅读练习试卷 15及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 A. The United States Telecom Association The United States Telecom Association is the nations oldest and most influential trade association of its kind. For more than a century, USTA has represented the interests of service providers in the dynamic telecommunications in
2、dustry. From its inception, USTA has personified the entrepreneurial spirit of the telecom industry. The evolution of USTA as an industry force parallels the evolution of the telephone industry itself. With the new century, USTA completed an ambitious restructuring with a business plan that unites a
3、 diverse industry to deliver influence in Washington. USTA remains committed to representing its members before the Congress, federal and state regulators, the courts and the media, working to deliver significant victories for the telecommunications industry. B. LookSmart LookSmart is a leader in co
4、mmercial search services and a developer of innovative web search solutions. Combining award-winning technology, editorial expertise, and community-based initiatives, LookSmart provides users with highly relevant search results, while delivering targeted sales leads to online businesses. LookSmart r
5、esults reach Internet users worldwide through top portals, ISPs, and search services including Lycos, InfoSpace, CNET, and LookSmart. com. LookSmart is based in San Francisco. C. Nation Media Group The Nation Media Group (NMG) founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, is the largest independent media gr
6、oup in East Africa. It has been quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange since October 1973. Greater participation in the shareholding by East African nationals has increased following NMGs regional expansion. The Nation Media has its home base at the Nation Centre on Kimathi Street in Nairobi, Kenya, b
7、ut has bureaux in the major towns across the country. It also has offices in the capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Kampala, Uganda, for its East African operations. As the leading multimedia house in the East African region, it has a strong presence in both print and electronic media as
8、 well as the Internet, attracting a regular audience unparalleled in the region. The Groups performance over the years has been outstanding even in the leaner economic times of recent years and shows continuous growth and profits for the company as well as the shareholders. D. Dice Inc. Dice Inc. is
9、 the leading provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals. Dice Inc. provides services to hire, train and retrain technology professionals through its two operating companies, Dice. com, the No. 1 technology-focused job board, and MeasureUp, a leading provider of assessment an
10、d preparation products for professional technology certifications. It has built its leadership position over a decade, and both customers and job seekers recognize Dice. com as the No. 1 technology-focused job board. E. C. alpine Corporation Calpine Corporation is one of North Americas leading power
11、 companies-innovative, fully integrated and committed to fulfilling the continuing need for clean, efficient, reliable electricity in an environmentally responsible manner. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Calpine has 89 energy centers in 21 states in the U. S., as well as in Canada and the United
12、 Kingdom. The centers serve a variety of end users, including electric utilities, municipalities, industrial companies and government institutions. These plants have a capacity of more than 22,000 megawatts. The company increased its generating capacity by more than 70 percent in 2002 and, with over
13、 10 projects under construction, expects a capacity of more than 29,000 megawatts by the end of 2005. 1 The company attaches importance to environmental protection. 2 The company enjoys reputation among technology professionals. 3 The company can provide services something like Googles. 4 The compan
14、y is the representative in its line. 5 The company is located in the third-world countries. 6 The company has developed in line with the industry it belongs to. 7 The company is enhancing its productivity. 8 The company has two operation firms. 二、 PART TWO 8 Youre busy filling out the application fo
15、rm for a position you really need; lets assume 【 B1】 _ . Isnt it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? 【 B2】 _ More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel
16、 officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, 【 B3】 _ Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on ap
17、plication forms. Then, 【 B4】_ , most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League School calls them “impostors“; another refers to them as “special cases“. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by “no
18、such people“. To avoid outright lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended“ or “were associated with“ a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that “attending“ means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that “being associated with“ a college
19、means that 【 B5】 _ . One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century-thats when they began keeping records, anyhow. 【 B6】 _ . One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any numb
20、er of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from “Smoot State University“. The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue“. As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem
21、 rather high for one sheet of paper. A. the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend B. Ox that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? C. you have never been enrolled by a university D. if it turns out that an applicant is lying E. you once actually comp
22、leted a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree F. if you dont want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma G. though the applicant is telling truth about his education background H. but he or she assumes that chances of
23、 being hired are better with a diploma from a well- known university 9 【 B1】 _ 10 【 B2】 _ 11 【 B3】 _ 12 【 B4】 _ 13 【 B5】 _ 14 【 B6】 _ 三、 PART THREE 14 What makes a leader? Thats the question star headhunter Thomas J. Neff and James M.Citrin try to answer in their recent book, “Lessons from the Top:
24、The Search for Americas Best Business Leaders“. The six principles shared by top business leaders and discussed in the book are: Living with integrity, developing a winning strategy or “big idea“, building a great management team, inspiring employees to greatness, creating a flexible and responsible
25、 organization and using reinforcing management systems. Citrin and Neff elaborated on the six principles in a recent Business Week interview. The most important one for business leaders is passion about what they are doing. “The leaders we interviewed for the book loved to talk about their jobs.“ “A
26、lso, the high-level jobs today are so enormously demanding that successful executives must have a high energy level. They work an average of 65 hours per week. When the passion and drive ebb, thats when you know its time for that person to move on,“ said Neff. Top leaders are clear thinkers. They ar
27、e focused, know where they are heading, and are able to communicate with a wide audience. Todays successful leaders know more about the team approach than did their predecessors. “It wasnt too many fears ago that the dictatorial approach, the command-and-control management style, was accepted. Today
28、, its more about Working through people, being more of a leader and empowering other executives on the team to carry out the mission,“ said Neff. Citrin and Neff are not pretending to be sociologists, but it is clear that the dynamics of the labor market have given more power to talented employees.
29、People in an organization often have the exact same information at about the same time as a person at the top. So no more can one take for granted that information is power. People often say it is difficult to create a good balance between work and family. Some feel you can be successful in work or
30、with your family, but not both. But the reality seems to be that a strong family life and success on the home front actually contribute to professional success. Many of the CEOs interviewed by Citrin talk about the role their spouses play in their success. Of the 50 interviewed in the work, 42 are s
31、till married to their original spouse a sharp contrast with the national divorce rate in the United States. 15 Which best describes the meaning of “headhunter“ in line t, Para 1? （ A） psychologist （ B） expert on human resource management （ C） successful business leader （ D） person paid to recruit st
32、aff at a senior level 16 Which aspect isnt mentioned in the 6 principles? （ A） Character （ B） Physiology （ C） Capability of management （ D） Capability of encouragement 17 Neff Citrin get the principles _ to write the book. （ A） which are summarized by themselves （ B） which have been discussed by oth
33、er people （ C） which are shared by those top business leaders （ D） which they have experienced themselves 18 When the passion and drive ebb, _. （ A） its time to show the importance of ones full energy （ B） its hard to move on again （ C） its time to test ones work ability （ D） its likely that high-le
34、vel person wont give up 19 Whats Neffs attitude towards the command-and-control management style? （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Positive, （ C） Negative. （ D） Supportive. 20 Which is not true? （ A） Information is no longer power as everyone in the organization can share the same information at the same time
35、. （ B） Its difficult to create a good balance between work and family unless you have a good spouse. （ C） You can be successful both in work and family. （ D） Only a few of the interviewed CEOs may have some problem in family life. 四、 PART FOUR 20 Harrington Wilsons selling technique was 【 C1】 _ itse
36、lf. It was nothing more than a 【 C2】 _ manipulation of human vanity. He was aware that there were a number of people who professed to know a great deal about antiques, and even more who would rather not confess that they did not and who accordingly practised little tricks and subterfuges to 【 C3】 _
37、their ignorance from their neighbors. The women-they were mainly women-jostling round his stall, picking over his shoddy wares, would sometimes run a finger round the rim of a cup or hold it knowingly up to the light as if to test its luster, and plates were 【 C4】 _ turned upside down in search of c
38、hina marks. To such a customer, Harrington would lean forward, benevolent and confidential, and in a conspiratorial whisper would murmur: “No, madam. Im afraid its not genuine (Wedgwood, Sevres-whatever it might be) but it is a superb copy-no one 【 C5】 _ ever suspect that it was not real, unless, of
39、 course, you told them. I can let you have it for I could sell it for much more, but it would be unethical of me to try to pass it off as genuine.“ The customer, overwhelmed by such honesty and privately determined not to be quite so honest about the article to heir friends, would then willingly pay
40、 2 for something that 【 C6】 _ Harrington a few pence. The profit 【 C7】 _ on these transactions was obviously so great that he was soon able to 【 C8】 _ another stall and then a shop and yet another and so on. He enlarged his specialties, dealing 【 C9】 _ spurious Victoriana, Georgian silver, trinkets
41、and bric-a-brac, eventually branching out into reproduction furniture and paintings. Without any deliberate intention of doing so, he acquired an 【 C10】 _ knowledge of the antique business and as time went on, was accounted one of the greatest experts of his time. 21 【 C1】 _ （ A） simple （ B） simplic
42、ation （ C） simplicity （ D） simply 22 【 C2】 _ （ A） small （ B） subtle （ C） slim （ D） fine 23 【 C3】 _ （ A） conceal （ B） hide （ C） expose （ D） avoid 24 【 C4】 _ （ A） varied （ B） variably （ C） invaried （ D） invariably 25 【 C5】 _ （ A） would （ B） could （ C） should （ D） might 26 【 C6】 _ （ A） cost （ B） have c
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