Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
Thirty years have passed, but Odland can not get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman’s kind reaction(反應(yīng)). She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. “It is OK. It wasn’t your fault.” When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO(總裁) with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
Odland isn’t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Instead, it seems to be one of those few laws of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It’s hard to get a dozen CEO’s to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, “I could buy this place and fire you,” or “I know the owner and I could have you fired.” Those who say such things have shown more about their character(人品) than about their wealth and power.
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote a best-selling book called Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management. “A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person,” Swanson says. “I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables.”

  1. 1.

    What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman’s dress?

    1. A.
      He was fired
    2. B.
      He was blamed
    3. C.
      The woman comforted him
    4. D.
      The woman left the restaurant at once
  2. 2.

    Odland learned one of his life lessons from ________

    1. A.
      his experience as a waiter
    2. B.
      the advice given by the CEOs
    3. C.
      an article in Fortune
    4. D.
      an interesting best-selling book
  3. 3.

    According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about ________

    1. A.
      Fortune 500 companies
    2. B.
      the Management Rules
    3. C.
      Swanson’s book
    4. D.
      the Waiter Rule
  4. 4.

    From the text we can learn that ________

    1. A.
      one should be nicer to important people
    2. B.
      CEOs often show their power before others
    3. C.
      one should respect others no matter who they are
    4. D.
      CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants
  5. 5.

    The underlined word “rude”here means________

    1. A.
      bad
    2. B.
      unfriendly
    3. C.
      terrible
    4. D.
      friendly
CADCB
試題分析：文章介紹了一個(gè)全球500強(qiáng)企業(yè)的CEO在做服務(wù)員的時(shí)候遇見(jiàn)的一件事情，告訴我們要判斷一個(gè)人的品行，可以通過(guò)他對(duì)待別人的方式來(lái)判斷。
1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第三行“It is OK. It wasn’t your fault.”說(shuō)明那個(gè)女性安慰了他，故C正確。
2.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段可知 Odland是通過(guò)自己作為服務(wù)員所親身經(jīng)歷的這個(gè)事情得出的這個(gè)結(jié)論：通過(guò)對(duì)待服務(wù)員的方法可以判斷一個(gè)人的品行。故A正確。
3.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段2,3行It’s hard to get a dozen CEO’s to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule.說(shuō)明大部分的CEO都同意the Waiter Rules.故D正確。
4.C 推理題。文章中講述了一位全球500強(qiáng)企業(yè)的CEO在做服務(wù)員的時(shí)候遇見(jiàn)的一件事情，告訴我們要判斷一個(gè)人的品行，可以通過(guò)他對(duì)待別人的方式來(lái)判斷。故C正確。
5.B 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)本句I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables.說(shuō)明這個(gè)詞與sweet是反義詞，故應(yīng)該是對(duì)服務(wù)人員不禮貌，故B正確。
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    2. B.
      your room is not bright
    3. C.
      you have control over your work
    4. D.
      you do not exercise for 45 minutes every day
  4. 4.

    If you live in a new house, it is particularly important to ____.

    1. A.
      leave all the windows open a crack
    2. B.
      leave only one or two windows open to save energy
    3. C.
      keep one or two windows open in the rooms where you spend the most time
    4. D.
      keep all the doors and windows open to let in more fresh air when you are at home

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Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you1ask. Well, the answer is this. To get some2, bee-keepers and farmers used to3 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and4 the box with honeycomb.5 , there was no way of getting the honey out6 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical7 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
Now, bee-keepers8 beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden9 with spaces between them10 can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now11 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in12 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round13 this14 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and15 jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      need
    2. B.
      may
    3. C.
      should
    4. D.
      must
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      honey
    2. B.
      bees
    3. C.
      honeycomb
    4. D.
      space
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      put in
    2. B.
      put away
    3. C.
      put off
    4. D.
      put out
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      fill
    2. B.
      cover
    3. C.
      supply
    4. D.
      satisfy
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      Still
    2. B.
      And
    3. C.
      However
    4. D.
      So
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      in
    3. C.
      by
    4. D.
      without
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      on
    2. B.
      close to
    3. C.
      in the front of
    4. D.
      far from
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      want
    2. B.
      take
    3. C.
      use
    4. D.
      expect
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      squares
    2. B.
      boxes
    3. C.
      sticks
    4. D.
      bowls
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      many
    2. B.
      they
    3. C.
      it
    4. D.
      which
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      full
    2. B.
      filled
    3. C.
      afraid
    4. D.
      emptied
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      the
    2. B.
      a
    3. C.
      another
    4. D.
      不填
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      in
    3. C.
      like
    4. D.
      to
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      forces
    2. B.
      makes
    3. C.
      helps
    4. D.
      drives
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      led into
    2. B.
      brought into
    3. C.
      poured into
    4. D.
      got into

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Before the 29th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.
Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely1the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their cars for nearly 90 percent of all personal2.
Most Americans are able to buy cars. The average price of a3made car was $ 2,500 in 1950, $ 2,740 in 1960 and up to $ 4,750 in 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about4their products. As a result, the yearly income of the average family increased from 1950 to 19755than the price of cars. For this reason purchasing a new car takes a smaller6of a family’s total earnings today.
In 1951 proportionally it took 8.1 months of an average family’s7to buy a new car. By 1975 it only took 4.75 8income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically superior to models from previous years.
The9of the automobile extends throughout the economy as the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money10their cars running than on any other item.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      denied
    2. B.
      reproduced
    3. C.
      replaced
    4. D.
      repeated
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      trip
    2. B.
      works
    3. C.
      business
    4. D.
      travel
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      regularly
    3. C.
      rapidly
    4. D.
      recently
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      raising
    2. B.
      making
    3. C.
      reducing
    4. D.
      improving
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      slower
    2. B.
      equal
    3. C.
      faster
    4. D.
      less
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      part
    2. B.
      half
    3. C.
      number
    4. D.
      side
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      income
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      plan
    4. D.
      debts
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      months’
    2. B.
      dollar’s
    3. C.
      family
    4. D.
      year
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      running
    2. B.
      notice
    3. C.
      influence
    4. D.
      discussion
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      starting
    2. B.
      leaving
    3. C.
      keeping
    4. D.
      repairing

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