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(十二)I.阅读理解It isimportant tolearn business English ifyou aregoing tosuccessfully communicate withothers.If auniversity offersa courseon businessEnglish,it willbe agood ideato taketheclass.Reading,writing andspeaking Englishis necessaryto starta business.Vocabulary andgrammarare agood placeto startlearning businessEnglish.You needto knowwhat wordsmean.Later,try topronounce thewords anduse themin a sentence andask someonewho isgood atEnglishto helpyou.In businessyou willhave tolearn suchthings astaking messages,answering thephones withproperwords andcommunicating withyour co-workers.You mayhave tolearn how to maketravel plans.Business Englishis verydifferent fromspoken English.Grammar isthe samebut youhave tolearnthings likeexpressing yourselfin aproper manneror maybemaking areport in your office.If you are workingin thecustomer servicesector,you reallyhave tolearn businessEnglish.Dealing with the publicis sometimesmore importantthan askingyour bossfor araise.Mostbusinesses offertraining classesand somecompanies offerclasses onhowtodo thejob withproperbusiness English.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文如果你想成功地与他人交流,学习商务英语是很重要的文章主要介绍了商务英语的重要性,需要具备的能力,以及商务英语和口语的一些区别等情况
1.Why dopeople learn business EnglishA.They wantsuccessful communication.B.They wantto askthe bossfor araise.C.They wantto havetheir owncompany.D.They willhave achance toget abetter job.A[细节理解题根据第一段中“It isimportant tolearn businessEnglish ifyou aregoingto successfullycommunicate withothers.可知,人们学习商务英语是因为他们想要成功的沟通故选A]
2.We canlearn fromthe text that businessEnglish.A.is muchmore difficultthan daily EnglishB.pays moreattention to the formsof expressionsC.is requiredby mostinternational companiesD.can giveyouahand whendealing withpeopleB[细节理解题根据第二段中“Grammar isthe samebut youhave tolearn thingslikeexpressing yourselfin aproper manneror maybemaking areport inyour office.”可知,商务英语更注重表达的形式故选B]
3.Whats thetext mainlyaboutA.The developmentof businessEnglish.B.The tipson learningbusinessEnglish.C.The introductionto businessEnglish.D.The comparisonbetween businessEnglish anddailyEnglish.C[主旨大意题根据第一段中“It isimportant tolearnbusinessEnglish ifyou aregoingto successfullycommunicatewithothers.可知,这篇文章的主要内容是介绍商务英语故选C]
4.The followinglanguage skillsare mentionedof businessEnglish EXCEPT.A.listening B.readingC.speaking D.writingA[细节理解题根据第一段中Reading,writing andspeaking Englishis necessaryto startabusiness.可知,商务英语需要具备读、写、说的能力,只有A选项“听”文章没有提及故选A]BEveryone knowsbooking allyour accommodationwiththe same hotelchain earnsloyalty points,which can be tradedfor freestays andthe occasionalbottles ofwine.Now astudy showsthat therecouldbe performancebenefits too.People oftenexperience troublesleeping in a differentbed inunfamiliar surroundings.Thisis aphenomenon knownto psychologistsas the“first-night”effect.This isbecause ifa personstaysin thesame roomthe followingnight,he orshe tendsto sleepmore soundly.Yuka Sasakiandher colleaguesat BrownUniversity inProvidence,Rhode Island,set outto investigatetheorigins ofthis effect.Dr.Sasaki knewthe first-night effectprobably has something todo withhow humansevolved.The puzzlewas inwhat wayit canbe beneficial.She alsoknew fromprevious workconducted onbirdsand dolphinsthat theseanimals puthalf of their brainsto sleepat atime sothat theycan rest whileremaining alertenough to avoid predators.This ledher towonder ifpeople mightbe doing thesame thingand feelingtired thenext dayas aresult.To takea closerlook,the teamstudied35young andhealthy peopleas theyslept in theunfamiliar environmentof theuniversitys Departmentof PsychologicalSciences.The participantseachslept inthe departmentfor twonights andwere carefullymonitored eachtime withneuroimagingtechniques thatlooked atthe activityof their brains.Their heartrates,muscle andeye movementswerealso recorded.Dr.Sasaki foundthat,as expected,the participantsslept worseon theirfirst nightin thelabthan theydid on their second,taking more than twiceas longto fallasleep andsleeping lessoverall.During deepsleep,the participants,brains behavedin asimilar mannerseen inbirdsand dolphins.More specifically,onthe first nightonly,the left brain didnot sleepas deeplyasthe rightbrain did.Wondering if the left brains indeedremained awaketo processinformation detected in thesurroundingenvironment,Dr.Sasaki re-ran theexperiment whilepresenting the sleepingparticipants witha mixof regularlytimed beeps of thesame toneand irregular beepsof a differenttoneduring thenight.She workedout that,if the leftbrainstayed alertto keep guard ina strangeenvironment,then itwould reactto therandom beepsby wakingpeople upand would ignore theregularlytimed ones.This isprecisely whatshe found.Based uponthese feelings,Dr.Sasaki arguesin CurrentBiologythatthefirst-night effectisa mechanismthat hasevolved tofunction assomething ofa neurologicalnight watchmanto wakepeopleup whenthey hearnoises whensleeping inan unfamiliarenvironment.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文文章围绕着睡眠环境和研究者的调查内容与结论展开叙述,说明人的睡眠与睡眠环境很有关系
5.What puzzledthe researchersabout thefirst-night effectA.What roleit hasplayed inevolution.B.What benefit canbegained fromit.C.To whatextent itcan affectpeople.D.The relationshipbetween itand circumstances.B[细节理解题根据第三段中uThe puzzlewas inwhat wayitcanbe beneficial,(fn]题在于它能以何种方式让人受益)”可知,让研究人员困惑的是“初夜”效应会给人带来什么益处故选B]
6.When doingthe newresearch,Dr.Yuka Sasaki.A.conducted studieson youngand oldpeopleB.got someideas fromprevious studieson birdsand dolphinsC.found birdsand dolphinshad nearlythesamesleeping patternsD.found half of birds,and dolphins,brains remainawake whileasleepB[细节理解题根据第三段中“She alsoknew fromprevious workconducted onbirds anddolphinsthat theseanimals puthalfof theirbrainsto sleepat atime sothat theycanrestwhileremaining alertenough toavoid predators.This ledher towonder ifpeople mightbedoingthesame thingand feelingtired thenext dayas aresult.”可知,她还从之前对鸟类和海豚的研究中了解到,这些动物每次会让一半的大脑处于睡眠状态,这样它们就可以休息,同时保持足够的警觉以躲避捕食者这让她怀疑人们是否会因为做同样的事情而在第二天感到疲劳由此可知,Yuka Sasaki博士在进行这项新研究时,从以前对鸟类和海豚的研究中得到了一些想法,故选B]
7.What didDr.Sasaki dowhen shere-ran theexperienceA.She analyzedthe negativeeffects ofirregular toneson brains.B.She recordedthe participantsadaptation tochanged environment.C.She exposedthe participantsto twodifferent kindsof noises.D.She comparedthe responsesof maleand femaleparticipants.C[细节理解题根据倒数第二段中aWondering iftheleftbrains indeedremained awaketoprocess informationdetectedinthe surroundingenvironment,Dr.Sasaki re-ran theexperimentwhile presentingthesleepingparticipants witha mixof regularlytimed beepsof thesame toneandirregular beepsofadifferent toneduring thenight.”可知,Yuka Sasaki博士想知道左脑是否真的保持清醒来处理从周围环境中检测到的信息,于是他重新进行了实验,同时让睡眠中的参与者在夜间同时听定时响起音调不变的嘀声,和随机响起音调各异的嘀声由此可知,YukaSasaki博士在重新实验时,让参与者接触两种不同的噪音故选C]
8.What didDr.Sasaki findabout theparticipants inher experimentA.They differedin theirtolerance ofirregular tones.B.They tended to regardirregular beepsas athreat.C.They feltsleepy whenexposed toregularbeeps.D.They tendedto enjoycertain tonesmorethanothers.B[推理判断题根据倒数第二段中“She workedout that,iftheleftbrainstayed alerttokeepguardinastrange environment,then itwould reacttotherandom beepsby wakingpeopleup andwouldignorethe regularlytimed ones.This isprecisely whatshe found.”可知,Sasaki博士在实验中发现当人们在陌生环境中睡觉时,左半侧大脑保持清醒以警惕陌生环境,对随机发出的嘀声有所反应将人们从睡眠中叫醒,并且同时会忽略定时发出的嘀嘀声可以推断出,人们会把随机发出的嘀声视作一个威胁故选B]H.读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文A friendof minewhose namewas JohnSmith hada badmemory,which madehim famous.He wassoforgetful thathe sometimesforgot whathe wastalking aboutinthemiddle ofasentence.Hiswife hadto constantly(经常土也)remind himabout hismeetings,his classes,even hismeals!Once heforgot hehad eatenbreakfast twice,at homeand atschool.His wifeliked toremind herneighbors,“If Johndidn,t havehis headtied on,he wouldforget thattoo!”Since Smithwasa professorat awell-known university,his forgetfulnesswas oftenan embarrassmentto him.Itwasn,tthathe wasnot clever,assomecritical peopletendedtosay,but justvery,very absent-minded.One hotsummer day,Prof.Smith decidedto takehis childrentoaseaside townabout athree-hourtrain rideaway.To makethe tripmore interestingfor hisyoung children,he keptthe nameofthe towna secret.However,by thetime theyarrived atthe station,Smith forgot the nameof thetownhe wasplanning tovisit.Luckily,a friendof hishappened tobe inthe station.He offeredtotake careofthechildren whileSmith hurriedback hometo find out wherehe wasgoing.The professorswife wassurprised tosee himagain sosoon.“Oh,my dear,I forgotthe nameofthetown.”“What Youforgotthename Maybeone dayyou willforget myname!Now Illwrite thenameof thattown ona pieceof paper,and you put itinyourpocket andplease,please don,t forgetwhereyouputit.”Satisfied thatshe hadsolved theproblem,she senther husbandoff again.Ten minuteslatershe wasastonished tosee himoutside thehouse forthe thirdtime.注意
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答“What isthe matternow”asked hiswife.Hearing thecry,out rushedtheir neighbors,trying tofindoutwhat hadhappened.。