专题三
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训练7 夹叙夹议(二)A
About 10 years ago I was having my annual party and my niece came to see me.As she
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around the room，she noted that my employees seemed happy.Then，I asked her how she thought I did that.“I'm sure you treat them
__2__，” she replied.“That's half of it，” I said.“Do you know
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the other half is？” I
__4__the unhappy people.People laugh at this point.I wish I were
__5__．I'm not.I have learned that as a manager you cannot make everyone
happy.Good
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training__7__ me wrong.This doesn't happen a lot.There's no joy in the
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of firing someone.And it's not always the employee's
__9__—there are many bad bosses out there.And not all employees
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your company.I don't have a PhD，an MBA，or even an economics degree.What I do have is a
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company.Now I know some people argue that a business is
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making money，and not everyone has to be happy.When you
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a company，you have the right to
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yourself with the people you choose.
I have a good day today.Not
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I've got a big order or great
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reports.I have wonderful people working for me.They care.They are committed (尽心尽力的)．__17__－staff－company triangle__18__ each other.When you have the right people，business is much __19__．I know because I have
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it.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。“我”作为公司老板有自己的管理员工的理念：对待自己的员工要好开除那些感觉不幸福的员工。 B．looked解析：当她环顾房间时她注意到“我”的员工们看起来很幸福。此处用固定短语look around表示“四处看环顾”。答案：B解析：因为员工看起来很幸福所以侄女推测“我”这个老板对待员工很好(nicely)。答案：Aho
解析：你知道另一半是什么吗？此处是一个宾语从句根据语境可知应用连接词what。答案：C解析：根据下文中的“There's no joy in the __8__ of firing someone”可知此处表示“我”解雇不幸福的人。答案：D5．A.crying
B．joking解析：人们嘲笑这个观点。“我”希望“我”是在开玩笑(但是)“我”不是。答案：B解析：好的管理需要培训、交流和耐心。根据语境可知C项正确。答案：C解析：不要误解“我”。get sb wrong“误会误解曲解(某人的意思)”。答案：D解析：解雇某人的行为无乐趣可言。way“方式方法”；chance“机会”；act“行为”；form“形式”。答案：C解析：根据破折号后的内容可知有许多坏老板故此处表示被解雇并非都是员工的错误。选D项。答案：D解析：而且并非所有的员工都适合你的公司。根据语境可知选A项fit“适合”。答案：A解析：此处对应首段中的“happy”我”没有博士学位没有工商管理学硕士学位甚至也没有经济学学位。“我”有的是一个幸福的公司。选C答案：CB．beyond
C．into
D．about
解析：现在“我”知道一些人争辩说公司是为了挣钱并非每个人都得幸福。about“关于”。答案：D解析：当你拥有一个公司你有权力和你选择的人在一起C项own“拥有”。答案：CA.relax
B．help解析：参见上题解析。surround yourself with sb是固定短语表示“和某人在一起”故选D项。答案：D解析：今天“我”过得愉快。不是因为“我”得到了一个大的订单或者很好的财政报告。此处用because来引导句子。答案：B解析：此处和空格前的a big order并列结合所给选项可知应选D项。physical“身体的”；medical“医疗的”；political“政治的”；financial“财政的金融的”。答案：Dides
B．However解析：他们(员工们)关心(公司)。他们尽心尽力。除此之外他们理解整个顾客—员工—公司的三角关系。besides“除此之外而且”。答案：A解析：顾客—员工—公司这个三角关系中每个方面都互相支持。support“支持”；fight“竞争”；hold“抓住”；hurt“伤害”。答案：A解析：当你拥有了合适的员工生意变得更加容易。答案：B解析：“我”知道因为“我”已经做到了。make it“获得成功”。答案：AB
In an old city of Hungary，there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy.He had almost everything a boy could ever want，so he was only
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his
reflection
continued
with
its
sad expression.
The boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys.__5__，he came home as happy as he could be，but he __6__
looked sad in that mirror，“What a (n) __7__ mirror! It's the first time I've seen a mirror that didn't
__8__ properly！”__9__．The boy went over to see what had
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to her.The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents.Together the two children set off
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them.As the little girl wouldn't stop crying__12__
her up.After much walking，they
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her parents who were looking for her，very worried.
Then the boy said
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to the family.When seeing the time，he
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to head for home without toys and
__16__．In his room，to his great surprise，he found a(n)
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face in the mirror.And so he understood the
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of that mirror.The mirror could only reflect the
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feelings of its owner.He felt really happy at having
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that little girl.
【语篇解读】 一个男孩儿几乎可以拥有他想要的一切东西可一面神奇的镜子告诉他他并不快乐。有一天男孩儿帮助一位小女孩儿找到父母后他在镜子里看到了快乐的自己。 B．interested 解析：这个男孩儿几乎拥有了男孩儿想要的一切东西所以他只对最罕见的东西感兴趣。be interested in“对……感兴趣”选B项。confident“自信的”；skilled“熟练的有技能的”；rich“富有的”。答案：B解析：根据下文中的“When the boy went to see his reflection (影像)in it”可知此处表示他的父母给他买了一面奇怪的镜子故选A项。下文中What a(n) __7__
mirror”也是提示。答案：A3．A.shy
B．excited解析：根据下文中的“__4__ his reflection continued with its sad expression”可知此处表示当他照镜子时里面的影像显示他很难过故选C项。答案：C解析：他尝试着笑但是他的影像仍然是难过的表情。根据语境可知前后表示转折关系故用but。答案：D解析：使人吃惊的是他回家尽力地表现得很快乐但是在那面镜子中surprisingly意为“惊人地使人吃惊地”符合语境。proudly“自豪地”；hungrily“饥饿地”；gratefully“感激地”。答案：C解析：参见上题解析。根据语境可知此处用still“仍然”故选B项。答案：B解析：多么可怕的镜子啊！terrible“可怕的”符合语境。答案：A解析：这是“我”第一次见不能正确起作用的镜子。此处用work“有效起作用”。答案：A解析：根据下文中的“The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents”可推断此处表示小女孩儿在哭故选D项。下文中的“As the little girl wouldn't stop crying”也是提示。答案：D解析：男孩儿过去看小女孩儿发生了什么事。根据语境可知选C项。答案：C解析：两个小孩儿一起出发去找女孩的父母。in search of“寻找”符合语境。in need of“需要”；in honour of“为向……表示敬意”；in charge of“负责主管”。答案：C解析：小女孩儿还在哭男孩儿花了他所有的钱买糖让小女孩儿高兴。cheer sb up“使某人高兴起来使某人振作起来”符合语境。答案：B解析：走了很久后他们发现小女孩儿的父母也正在焦急地找小女孩儿。根据语境可知选A项。recognize“认出”；leave“离开”；accept“接受”。答案：A解析：后来男孩儿和这家人告别了。say goodbye to sb“和某人告别”为固定短语故选A项。答案：AB．agreed
C．pretended
D．decided
解析：看了一下时间男孩儿决定回家。decide to do sth“决定做某事”符合语境。refuse“拒绝”；agree“同意”；pretend“假装”。答案：D解析：根据上文中的“the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets”可知此处表示没有钱故选C项。答案：C解析：在房间里令他惊讶的是他在镜子里发现了一张快乐的脸。根据“great surprise”可知选D项。答案：D
D．reason解析：他明白了那面镜子的神奇之处。wonder“奇妙之处”符合语境。答案：B解析：这面镜子只能反映它的主人的真实感觉。true“真实的”符合语境。答案：Alped
C．invited
D．saved
解析：帮助那个小女孩儿让他感到真的很开心。help“帮助”符合语境。答案：BC
A Brick in Life
A young and successful manager was travelling down a neighbourhood street，going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.He was
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kids rushing out from
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parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
__3__ his car passed，one child appeared，and a brick smashed into the Jaguar's side door.He slammed on the
__4__ and turned the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.
He jumped out of the car，grabbed the kid and
__5__ him up against a parked car，shouting，“What was that all about and who are you？Just what
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are you doing？”Then he went on__7__
a lot of money.Why did you do it？”w
__8__else to do！” begged the youngster.__9__
my brother，”
he said.“He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his
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and I can't lift him up.”
Sobbing，the boy asked the manager，“Would you please
help me get him
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into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too
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for me.”
Moved
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words，the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat.He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and
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his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts，checking to see
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everything was going to be okay.
“Thank you，sir.And God bless you，” the
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child said to him.The man then
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the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward
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home.
It was a long
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back to his Jaguar—a long，slow walk.He never did repair the side door.He kept the dent (凹痕)
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him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.【语篇解读】 本文通过一个小故事告诉我们：生活的道路上不要走得太匆忙我们需要其他人的敲打来引起我们的注意。B．looking for解析：watch for“密切注意留意”；look for“寻找”；head for“朝……前进”；leave for“出发去某地”。经理留意着从车子之间跑出来的孩子。由此可知A项符合语境。答案：A解析：从车子之间跑出来根据语境可知选B项。答案：B解析：当经理的车通过的时候一个小孩儿丢了一块砖头打到了他的车的侧门由此可知C项as“当……时”符合语境。答案：C解析：经理猛踩刹车并后退到被扔砖头的地方。brake“刹车”符合语境。答案：D解析：经理抓住那个小孩儿并把他推向一辆停着的车子。push“推”符合语境。答案：A解析：经理质问小what on earth“到底究竟”符合语境。答案：Brge
C．cost
D．pay
解析：经理质问小孩儿：“你知不知道你扔那块砖要付很多钱你为什么要这样做？”此处cost意为“需付费”符合语境。答案：C解析：此处表示“我不知道我还能怎么办”后面缺宾语因此用what。答案：Dt's
B．Which's解析：根据下文可知此处小孩儿在说明情况是他的哥哥从轮椅上摔了下来他没有办法把他抬回去。此处It's用以明确身份故选A项。答案：A解析：根据下文中的“get him __11__ into his wheelchair”可知他哥哥从轮椅上摔了下来。答案：B解析：此处表示“你可以帮我把他抬回轮椅上吗？”符合语境。下文中的“lifted the young man back into the wheelchair”也是提示。答案：CA.light
B．funny解析：根据上文可知此处表示“他受伤了而且对我来说他太重了”。项重的”符合语境。答案：DC．outside
D．around解析：这些话让这位年轻的经理深受感动没法用语言表达超出……之外非……所能及”符合语境。答案：A解析：经理把小孩儿的哥哥抱回轮椅上并拿出手帕擦拭小孩儿的哥哥的伤口确定他哥哥没有什么问题。A项意为“B项意为“拿出取出”；C项意为“用完”；D项意为“分发公布”。故选B项。答案：Bhere
C．that
D．which
解析：参见上题解析。see that“确保务必(做到)”符合语境。答案：C解析：根据空格前的“Thank you可知小孩儿非常感激这个经理。故选D项。答案：D解析：然后经理看着小孩儿推着他哥哥回他们的家。watch“注视看”；glare“怒目而视”；notice“注意到”；witness“目击”。根据语境可A项。答案：A解析：参见上题解析。答案：B解析：经理返回捷豹的路变得很漫长。破折号后面的“a long也是提示选C项。C
20．A.reminding
B．reminded
C．reminds
D．to remind
解析：经理保留着车子侧门上的凹痕是为了提醒他自己。此处用动词不定式表示目的故选D项。答案：D