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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around—by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn’t actively looking for a different job.
In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for distributions from our annuity(养老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the problem, I’d mail the person a letter.
The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.
When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what I’d been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers’ meeting several months later.
At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect person for the job—me. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a raise in November 2009.
31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true?
A .The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.
B. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his company
C. The author was eager to seek another job.
D. It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.
【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。依据it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department.可知观看我们四周的人们转变工作或职位是不惊异的。故选D。
32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Some information needed to be united.
B. Some information was overlooked.
C. Some had grammatical mistakes.
D. Industry terminology didn’t meet the standard.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。依据Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.一些信息需要统一，一些有语法错误，一些行业术语没有达到要求，只有选项B，没有提到，故选B。
33. The underlined word “revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
A. improving B. rebuilding C. repeating D. strengthening
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。依据I was able to make numerous improvements可知这些信需要提高，故选A。
34.The author started to review the letters when .
A. he was hired by the company
B. his department supervisor agreed his idea
C. he was recommended at a managers’ meeting
D. he was promoted
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。依据When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed.他的部门监督同意了他的观点，故选B。
35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Where there is will, there is a way.
B. Don’t let the chance go, when it comes.
C. Creating a position, and earning a promotion.
D. Ways to get a promotion.
【答案】C
【解析】标题归纳题。依据短文的内容主要叙述了人们可以换一种职位而得到提升，故选C。
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.
“Hey, young man, you’re 1 , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.
“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the 2 !”
“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start 3 me more for your hair then.”
In the 4 Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he 5 glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n) 6 of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.
Tom feels like he is in another world, 7 except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the 8 of his scissors. In the 9 from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the 10 of the scissors’ click.
Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair 11 softly as snow and he 12 sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special 13 left leaning against the wall in the corner.
When Mr. Smith has 14 , Tom hops down from the seat. 15 , he sees his own thick, 16 hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and 17 the broken blonde hair, to 18 them from the others, but he does not have time.
They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, 19 your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.
Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own 20 .
1. A. building up B. sending up C. bringing up D. shooting up
2. A. desk B. board C. couch D. sofa
3. A. paying B. blaming C. charging D. accusing
4. A. mirror B. book C. shelf D. catalogue
5. A. steals B. discovers C. returns D. transforms
6. A. lack B. memory C. mixture D. expression
7. A. helpless B. noiseless C. fearless D. thoughtless
8. A. control B. direction C. effect D. click
9. A. immigration B. opposition C. reflection D. assumption
10. A. rhyme B. trail C. pattern D. sound
11. A. falls B. covers C. melts D. explodes
12. A. considers B. succeeds C. approves D. imagines
13. A. package B. bench C. scissors D. carpet
14. A. treated B. compromised C. finished D. entertained
15. A. Looking into B. Looking forward C. Looking up D. Looking down
16. A. blonde B. red C. black D. white
17. A. send for B. find out C. gather up D. show off
18. A. punish B. separate C. deliver D. confirm
19. A. persuade B. save C. excuse D. relax
20. A. money B. tip C. fish D. hair
【参考答案】完形填空
1—5、DBCAA 6—10、CBDCD 11—15、ADBCD 16—20、ACBBD
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，把握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the “death of conversation”. It 1 that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails, and Internet posting makes us feel more 2 than ever, they’re also driving us away from people around us.
Users get final connectivity at the price of 3 face-to-face conversation. Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are 4 to a different way of being “alone together”.
Actually, 5 text messages or writing micro-blogs allows us to 6 thoughts. But bits and pieces of online cannot 7 a “real conversation.” Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people’s tone of voice and see their faces in a (n) 8 . “The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds.” she said. She also mentions that burying ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and 9 people.
Turkle mentioned the popular 10 of “I share, therefore I am” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it’s a mindset adopted by most 11 people. They are so busy creating or polishing their online persona (网络人格) that they forget how to live a (n) 12 life.
However, experts remind us that it’s 13 to blame mobile technology. Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth & Children Research Center, 14 out that it is still owners of gadgets, who’re avoiding personal contact. “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. 15 throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solution.” she said.
文章大意：《纽约时报》发表了一篇文章，解释了现在的手机、电子邮件和网上发帖等扼杀了人们真正沟通对话的机会。
1. A. talks B. C. speaks D. advises
【答案】B
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。Talks谈话； suggests建议，示意； speaks说； advises建议。它表明（suggests）手机、电子邮件和网上发帖使我们感觉联系得更多了。故选B。
2. A. received B. shared C. connected D. respected
【答案】C
【解析】考查动名词及上下文语境的理解。Received收到； shared共享； connected 联系； respected敬重。它表明（suggests）手机、电子邮件和网上发帖使我们感觉联系（connected）得更多了。故选C。
3. A. having B. risking C. sacrificing D. sharing
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。having有； risking冒险； sacrificing牺牲； sharing共享。人们进行沟通，是通过手机、电子邮件和网上发帖，牺牲(sacrifice)了面对面的沟通,故选C。
4. A. related B. committed C. devoted D. accustomed
【答案】D
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。accustomed习惯于。be accustomed to习惯于。be related to与……有关系；be committed to致力于；be devoted to认真于。人们习惯了(accustomed)一种不同的独处的方式。故选D。
5. A. sending B. getting C. reading D. taking
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。sending发送； getting得到； reading读； taking拿走。从下文的text messages or writing microblogs看出，是发送(sending)信息。事实上，发一个短信或发一个微博允许我们沟通思想，故选A。
6. A. change B. exchange C. explain D. raise
【答案】B
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。change 转变； exchange沟通； explain解释； raise提高。事实上，发一个短信或发一个微博允许我们沟通（exchange）思想，故选B。
7. A. indicate B. replace C. cover D. involve
【答案】B
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。indicate表明； replace代替； cover掩盖； involve包括。网上的零碎的沟通是不能代替(replace)真正的沟通的。故选B。
8. A. conversation B. computer C. party D. Internet
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词及上下文语境的理解。conversation交谈； computer计算机； party聚会； Internet因特网。在沟通(conversation)时，她情愿听人们说话的声音，情愿看他们的面容。面对面的沟通可以做到以上的事情。故选A。
9. A. interviewing B. introducing C. knowing D. meeting
【答案】D
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。interviewing面试，采访； introducing介绍； knowing知道，了解； meeting遇见。把自己掩埋(bury)在移动技术里削减我们与生疏人沟通和见面（meeting）的机会。故选D。
10. A. feeling B. concept C. fact D. truth
【答案】B
【解析】考查名词及上下文语境的理解。feeling感情；concept理念; fact事实；truth真理。 Turkle提到在这一代中流行的一种理念(concept)，“我共享了，我就存在了”。故选B。
11. A. shy B. busy C. old D. young
【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词及上下文语境的理解。shy大方的； busy忙的； old老的； young年轻的。那是一个被大多数年轻（young）人都接受的心态，故选D。
12. A. real B. interesting C. colorful D. meaningful
【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词及上下文语境的理解。real真的； interesting好玩的； colorful多彩的； meaningful有意义的。他们忙于创新或打磨他们的网络人格以至于遗忘了怎样过真正的(real)生活。故选A。
13. A. important B. necessary C. unfair D. Uncomfortable
【答案】C
【解析】考查形容词及上下文语境的理解。important 重要的； necessary必要地； unfair 不公正的； uncomfortable不舒适的。可是，专家提示我们批判移动技术是不公正的，故选C。
14. A. reaches B. thinks C. points D. watches
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词及上下文语境的理解。reaches到达； thinks 想，认为； points 指出； watches 观看。她指出（point ）这些拥有手机和平板电脑的人是在避开个人接触，故选C。
15. A. Eventually B. Hardly C. Finally D. Simply
【答案】D
【解析】考查副词及上下文语境的理解。eventually最终，最终； hardly几乎不； finally最终； simply只，仅仅。只是扔掉这些产品不是解决的方法，故选D。
【参考答案】1-5 B C C D A 6-10 B B A D B 11-15 D A C C D
[2022·甘肃省部分示范校高三班级调研考试]
Practice Forgiveness
My friend BJ Gallagher once worked as a training manager for a large newspaper, which was more than a hundred years old. The company's past__1__had blinded the authorities to the need for change, and they__2__ new ideas.As the years went by, BJ grew__3__ with their shortsightedness. Finally，she left the company.But she found that she hadn't left her__4__behind when she resigned. She carried it with her，like“rocks in the stomach”．
“I finally decided to__5__about my experiences and my feelings.I__6__ it would be a good mental health exercise. I wanted to be rid of that company and those people, once and for all.__7__I wrote and wrote. It wasn't just a story that poured out－it was a whole__8__！ My resentment (怨恨)___9__ my writing. The whole world would know how__10__ they were！”
“What__11__when the book came out？” I asked BJ.
“Not much，” she replied, “The newspaper kept doing what it had__12__done. My feelings didn't__13__ them one bit, but it took me several more years to finally__14__my negative emotions. Finally, the time came when I decided to make amends (补偿) for the angry things I had said about the company. I__15__my former boss to dinner and made my__16__. I told him I was sorry for being so resentful. It was a great healing process for me.”
“What was the__17__outcome？” I asked her.
“Gratitude，” she replied, “Not only wasn't I resentful any more, but I was grateful to the company. If I hadn't had those__18__experiences, I would never have written a book. And the book became__19__successful－now in 21 languages. In short, my resentment gave way to gratitude.”
She smiled，“I owe them a debt of thanks for giving me such a great tale to tell.”
__20__resentments for gratitude isn't always easy. But it's worth it.
1．A. skill B. management
C. success D. business
2．A. resisted B. got
C. broke D. shaped
3．A. moved B. frustrated
C. excited D. surprised
4．A. sadness B. worry
C. doubt D. anger
5．A. think B. care
C. write D. talk
6．A. proved B. figured
C. concluded D. agreed
7．A. So B. But
C. Yet D. And
8．A. diary B. lesson
C. accident D. book
9．A. prevented B. delayed
C. fueled D. corrected
10．A. sensitive B. successful
C. greedy D. stupid
11．A. happened B. reported
C. received D. resulted
12．A. sometimes B. always
C. recently D. already
13．A. forgive B. reward
C. bother D. cheat
14．A. think of B. get over
C. pass on D. look through
15．A. invited B. called
C. persuaded D. followed
16.A. promise B. apology
C. plan D. decision
17．A. latest B. natural
C. direct D. final
18．A. useful B. funny
C. painful D. shameful
19．A. fortunately B. hardly
C. slightly D. hugely
20．A. Trading B. Taking
C. Choosing D. Realizing
[文章大意] 生活中我们经常会遇到一些让人烦心或生气的事情。假如能卸下这些心灵的重负，我们就能以感恩的心态去面对生活。
1．C。由上句中的“这家报业集团有100多年的历史”可知，恰恰是它曾经的辉煌阻碍了它现在的变革。
2．A。从本空前blinded可知，管理层不接受任何新思想。
3．B。管理层的目光短浅使她觉得很懊丧。 frustrated意为“懊丧的，懊恼的”。
4．D。由下文的resentment和angry可知，虽然她离职了，但是她却放不下心中的那份怨气。
5．C。由下文可知，最终，她决心把她的经受和在报社工作时的感受写出来。
6．B。由空后内容可知，这里指她原本认为这会是一项健康的脑力活动。figure意为“想，认为”。
7．A。她想永久摆脱那个公司和那些人，所以她不停地写啊写。
8．D。下文提到了the book，是示意，故选D。
9．C。从上文事实可知，明显内心的怨气促使她越写越多。 fuel原意为“供应燃料”，此处用其比方义。
10．D。上文提到他们很守旧、管理僵化。在她看来，这都是极其愚蠢的。
11．A。那么这本书写好之后又有什么变化呢？其他三项与语境不符。
12．B。由本空前的not much可知，报社没什么变化，还是老样子。
13．C。从上文可知，她书中所写的感受对他们没有造成任何困扰。
14．B。依据本空后的negative emotions和下文的
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