1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Working the land . 阅读理解 A (2018 河南省郑州市高中毕业年级第二次质量预测 ) At 23, my career got going. I was midway through a masters degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science and had been hired as a parttime reporter for a finance website. I got a great onemonth review and my b
2、oss asked if I was interested in staying at the company after graduation. However, balancing graduate studies with work was challenging. To deal with it, I checked my real self at my office door. I came in to work, greeted my colleagues and listened more than I contributed in each morning meeting. T
3、he small team I worked with often seemed busy, so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down, I stayed back. After four months, my boss called me into his office. The meeting was going well until he told me that despite the great work I had produced, the team had held a meeting and decided,
4、 “We dont think its the right fit.” I must have looked confused.“Youre ambitious, intelligent and will be very successful， ” my boss said. “But you havent made enough effort to join the team. You lost the enthusiasm you showed in your interview. That wont work long term, and if I could give you one
5、piece of advice, it would be to get your guard down.” I couldnt believe that performing well at my job wasnt enough to keep it. But I knew my boss was right. They knew that when they hired me, I had no experience in finance reporting, yet they took a chance on me. In meetings I usually contributed l
6、ast, after I had heard everyone elses suggestions.I did it to show that I was a listener, but also to hide my fears. They liked the person who walked into the interview, and they didnt respect me when I hid that person from them. “Dont leave before you leave.” That advice is ess ential for women at
7、all stages of our careers. Because we work so hard for success, we dont like to think that we hurt ourselves sometimes. But each of us must change when necessary. In trying to earn a fulltime job, I “leaned back” in order not to show too much of myself or my lack of expertise(专门知识 ). I learned that
8、the hard way wasnt the way to achieve our goals. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。 “ 我 ” 在公司工作，在团队里， “ 我 ” 辛苦勤奋，所在的团队也紧张忙碌，但是 “ 我 ” 害怕表达自己的主张和建议。老板在肯定了 “ 我 ”的成绩的同时，建议 “ 我 ” 勇于表达自己的主张，分享个人的建议。 【难句分析】 The small team I worked with often seemed busy， so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down， I stayed bac
9、k.(第二段最后一句 ) 分析：这是一个复合句。句中 I worked with 为省略了关系词的定语从句，修饰先行词The small team；句中 that might get turned down 为 that 引导的定语从句，修饰先行词ideas。 译文：我工作所在的小团队常常看起来很忙碌，所以我没有把那些可能遭到拒绝的想法表达出来，而 是退到后面。 1 Why was the author offered a job at the company at first? A She just got her masters degree in finance. B She great
10、ly impressed her boss in her first month. C She had quite a lot of experience in finance reporting. D She showed her special financial talent while working there. 答案与解析： B考查细节理解。根据第一段第三句 “I got a great onemonth review 【 精品教育资源文库 】 and my boss asked if I was interested in staying at the company afte
11、r graduation.”可知，在第一个月的工作中， “ 我 ” 获得了很高的评价，给老板留下了深刻的印象，故老板决定聘用 “ 我 ” 。故 B 项正确。 2 During her next four months at the company, the author _. A performed well enough to earn the teams respect B didnt balance her graduate studies with work very well C was a good listener and contributed a lot in the mee
12、tings D was afraid to offer her ideas because of her lack of confidence 答案与解析： D考查细节理解。根据第二段第四句 “The small team I worked with often seemed busy, so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down， I stayed back.” ，并结合第四段倒数第二句 “I did it to show that I was a listener ， but also to hide my fears” 可
13、知， “ 我 ” 工作所在的团队常常看起来 很忙碌， “ 我 ” 担心自己的建议或想法遭到拒绝，所以只愿做一个倾听者。据此可知，由于缺乏自信， “ 我 ” 害怕表达自己的想法，故 D 项正确。 3 What does the author intend to tell us in the passage? A We should always keep up our enthusiasm at work. B Expertise and experience are greatly valued in the workplace. C We should not shy away from s
14、haring our ideas when working in a team. D Its unwise of women to show themselves off when they are taking part in teamwork. 答案与解析： C考查目的意图。文章第二段描述了 “ 我 ” 辛苦勤奋，所在的团队紧张忙碌，第三、四段讲述老板对 “ 我 ” 工作的评价：虽然辛苦努力，但是 “ 我 ” 缺乏在团队中建言献策的自信和勇气，并不能赢得团队的尊敬。据此可以判断，本文 旨在告诉读者在团队工作中不要畏避表达自己的观点，故 C 项正确。 B (2018 甘肃重点中学协作体高三上
15、学期第一次联考 ) In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老 ) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over todays conversa
16、tions. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says its going to rain.” I wanted to strike him
17、on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile. Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh, that bus left five minutes ago
18、.” Dreams of headcutting! Its not the news that makes someone angry. Its the unsympathetic attitude with which its delivered (传递 ). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising his patient that she needs an operation does it in a ca
19、ring way. A boss informing an employee he fails to get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When youre tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerful
20、ly said that your room isnt ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toasted beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your 【 精品教育资源文库 】 fist right on their unsympathetic faces. Had my neighbor told me of the upc
21、oming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, thats all right. Ill catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion
22、the bombarded (被轰炸的 ) person is sure to have. 【文章大意】 本文主要讲述当我们要告诉别人不好的消息的时候，要注意说话的方式和语气，还要带有同情心。 4. From “Dreams of headcutting ！ ” (Paragraph 3) , we learn that the writer _. A was reminded of the cruel pharaoh B was mad at the sales agent C wished that the sales agent would have bad dreams D dreamed of cutting the sales agents head that night 答案与解析： B考查推理判断。根据第三段的描述可知， “ 我 ” 对售票员的态度很恼火。 5 Which of the following is true? A The author really appreciated the neighbors warning. B From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry. C If the runner brought to t
