If you want to succeed, you have to be passionate【C1】______your work. It has to be true. 【C2】______speakers around the globe say so. The prestigious consulting firm Deloitte quantified it in a report that said, "Up to 87. 7 percent of America's workforce is not able to contribute【C3】______their full potential because they don't have enthusiasm for their work. " Enthusiasm for your work intensifies focus, provides the drive to persist when challenges【C4】______, and enables creativity. It is also important to remember【C5】______passion can fade and relationships with too much of it early on can result【C6】______disillusionment. You see this at work when a formerly "passionate" employee becomes jaded and cynical because things just aren't as they used to be in the past. If you are fortunate to work every day at a career or job about which you are passionate,【C7】______yourself lucky. The reality is, according to the Deloitte study, there【C8】______that many people who are enthusiastic about what they do. You can't easily toss the dispassionate masses aside and hire all new people who are in love with what you do. 【C9】______, some jobs and industries just don't elicit passion. Many companies need people to perform jobs that never appear on anyone's most desirable list. They are often physically challenging, somewhat monotonous, and provide low wages. They may have limited【C10】______for advancement, and they exist in industries that are profitable but not sexy. One of my manufacturing clients perfectly【C11】______this description, and despite the difficult environment , people show【C12】______and do a great job every day. They aren't particularly crazy about their jobs, but they are driven by an immense pride in their performance. A positive【C13】______of pride is grounded in humility. It establishes and maintains a reputation for excellence. Pride doesn't【C14】______shortcuts, and most important, it maintains high standards when passion for the job has diminished. At the【C15】______of the day, you can't ignore the impact of passion. Virtually【C16】______raises their hands when I ask seminar participants if they would do their ideal jobs for less than one percent of what they make today. We should, however, pay more attention【C17】______pride. Pride speaks to character, and character is an excellent indicator of the quality and commitment of the work. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets【C18】______as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will【C19】______to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. " Most assume that Dr. King was talking about the importance of passion【C20】______of the status of your position. Perhaps, however, we missed the real message about having personal pride in your performance.
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。根据contribute的用法可知,contribute一般只跟to或者towards搭配,并且有不同含义。contribute sth.to/towards sth.“为……奉献出……”;contribute to sth.“对某事起促进作用”,此处的意思为“为……做出贡献”。
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。此句承接上一段,用作者的一位客户作为例子,说明有激情的员工应该是什么样的(fits this description)。选项中四个单词都可以和description搭配,但是[A]gives指“提供了这一描述”,而[C]和[D]defy/beggar description为固定词组,意为“无法形容”,虽然语法基本正确,但含义与上下文不符。
单选题
【C12】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。[A]show off意为“炫耀”; [B]show somebody out意为“把某人送出去”,[C]show somebody over something为英式动词短语,意为“(正式)带某人参观……”。从上下文判断,人们上班出勤,然后完成一天的工作,因而答案选[D]show up“露面;出现”。
单选题
【C13】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:词义辨析题。a sense of…是非常常见的短语,意为“一种……的感觉”。此句话的意思为:积极的自豪感根植于谦逊。matter要和of搭配时应该是as/be a matter of,意为“事关……,作为/是个……的问题”;a source of…意为“……的来源”,这两个短语在句中含义牵强。[D]swelling“肿胀”不能和of搭配。
单选题
【C14】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。一般用短语take/know a shortcut to…来表示“走/知道一条到……的捷径”,其他选项的表述是中式英语。
单选题
【C15】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。at the end of the day是英式英语电的一个惯用语,意思是“总而言之;归根结底”。其他表示一天中的什么时候,和文意不符,均为错误答案。