填空题To improve education and the environment is ______.

填空题Team Building Means More Than Throwing a Few People Together "Team working" is found everywhere within just about every organization. You can"t get away from "teams" that are supposed to be able to create something that is much better than the simple sum of its parts. There are four measures that need to be taken before you can get the most out of a team. There must be a clear reason for the team to exist. And the team members should commonly realize what they are going to achieve as a team. What they are hoping to achieve should be something achievable but at the same time tough and inspiring enough to attract the members and keep their motivation alive. What is more, they should also be well prepared for the possible difficulties they may come across in the process. Team members must be able to express their opinions freely without fear of being criticized. This is an important point so that the team can resolve some complex or thorny (棘手的) issues. For example, it may discuss a sensitive topic. Should they keep their conclusion within the team or share it with other employees? This is an issue in itself that all the members should agree on and frank discussion is required. It is easy to think that a junior team member may have less to contribute than more experienced ones. This is not only demoralizing (不民主的) or discouraging. It also makes no sense—people that have nothing to contribute should not have been selected for the team in the first place. Since they have become members of your team, you need to make sure that each of them has an opportunity to add his or her thoughts to discussions. Most excellent teams are well organized by an outstanding leader. A good organizer should be able to play to individuals" strengths and help them overcome their weaknesses. It should be someone who can act as a promoter and a constant reminder of what the team needs to achieve. He must, above all, be skilled in sharing responsibility and setting tasks to others, coaching them to achieve tasks, and providing constructive feedback (反馈) on how the tasks went.

填空题The Importance of Agriculture in China The development of agriculture and the balance between food and population are China's fundamental economic problems. The classical histories praise emperors for devotion to agriculture and much of China's modern history is (46) , which has been growing steadily. Today, although agriculture accounts for only a quarter of the Gross National Product, it is still the main determinant of the standard of living and the principal occupation of at least 70 percent of the population. Agriculture also (47) because industry needs both agricultural raw materials and food for its work force. The failure of agriculture to supply raw materials and food halted and later reversed the industrial progress of the 1950's. After 1960 new emphasis was placed on agriculture, and the slogan "Agriculture is the foundation of the economy" has remained a central Chinese economic policy ever since. (48) , there is an indirect link due to the relationship between agriculture and foreign trade. Many of China's exports are (49) or consumer goods based on them. Flourishing agriculture, therefore, promotes exports. It also reduces the need to spend foreign exchange on imports of grain and cotton, therefore (50) .A．determines the progress of industryB．the story of the unfolding struggle to feed a peasant populationC．either agricultural raw materialsD．enlarging the capacity of the economy to import machinery and commodities for industryE．In addition to the direct links between agriculture and industryF．thus promoting both import and export

填空题Old Man Myths and Realities 1. When does a middle-aged man become an old man? Officially, of course, it"s when we reach retirement age. But, as we all know, this is a fairly blunt (生硬的) method of decision making. As life expectancy (预期寿命) increases, retirement planning needs to be changed. This is because being an old man today is very different from what it was a generation or so ago. 2. Sixty-five is the new middle-aged man. These days people are talking about the young-old, that is ages 70—75, and those over 75 as the old-old. The young-old frequently continue in good health and maintain strong links with friends and family. The old-old have a much higher chance of poor health and social isolation. 3. Although men are living longer, there are still more old women than old men. This fact alone should arouse interest as to why. Relatively little is actually known about why this is the case or about the experiences of the old man. Sure, we are aware that the old man experiences anxiety, financial problems, loneliness, etc., but that"s really about all we know. 4. It is usually believed that the old man often complains about their health. In fact, most old man think their health is good even though most are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness. The physical health of the old man is strongly affected by their health behavior when they were younger.

填空题 A．what you say B．a pair of sunglasses C．the listening machine D．a visual sensor E．who have disabilities F．living forever in a computer

填空题The Blues—the Song of the Walking Wounded 1 Jazz is the art of surprise, producing always the sudden and unexpected. But the blues is something else. Jazz has been developed into one of those intellectual art forms that scares people away. The blues can be faked. It is faked more today than even before. But it is an emotional song and even the finest of blues singers cannot always possess true emotions, the real grief which is at the heart, in the soul. 2 Of course, I had heard the blues all my life. I had heard it all as a teenage jazz fan in America, travelling long distances to sit, perfectly still, listening with religious reverence to the great progressive jazzmen of the day. But I was never moved by the blues until I was a young soldier, marching along one long, desperately hot afternoon under a south Texas sun. We were marching four abreast, rifles slung, singing as we swung along. 3 An officer marched at the head of us. He did not sing. God knows how we hated them, the officers. We all hated them. The officer was only there for show. Like a fancy motor car radiator cap. Suddenly on our left there appeared this ghostly vision. All in white. Pure white. It was men. A prison work-gang. All black men dressed in white. They sang as they worked. They were not in chains, but men on horseback watched over them. 4 The men on horseback were unmoved, bored by the singing of the prison work-gang. Maybe they heard too much of it. But the beauty of their singing stirred us. We stopped singing our own silly song as we drew near them. Many of us were university graduates. Being soldiers in the infantry was the closest we could ever come, with luck, to joining the down-trodden of the earth. 5 The prison gang were singing some work-song. We all, all of us felt it; knew the feeling of the song for we were prisoners too and knew something at least of the longing that went into that song. 6 Without ever stopping their work the black convict gang saw us. The scene, the beauty of their singing, of these black men who were the grandsons of kidnapped African men and women, the descendants of slaves, burned our eyes. The blues, sung like this, in the condition of penal servitude which was its true roots, and set against this dusty lonesome Southern backdrop, was the real thing. All the concerts, jazz sessions and recordings I had listened to again and again--none of them was like this. A A jazz fan since teenager B Be moved by blues while being a soldier C Heard black men singing blues D Compliments on the singing E Stirred by the beauty of the singing F Jazz is American's contribution to popular music

填空题 Keeping Cut Flowers 1. While everybody enjoys fresh cut flowers around their house, few people know how to keep them for as long as possible. This may be done by keeping in mind a few simple facts. 2. An important thing to remember about cut flowers is that they are sensitive to temperature. For example, studies have shown that cut carnations (康乃馨) retain their freshness eight times longer when kept at 12℃ than when kept at 26℃. Keeping freshly harvested flowers at the right temperatures is probably the most important aspect of flower care. 3. Flowers are not intended by nature to live very long. Their biological purpose is simply to attract birds or insects, such as bees, for pollination (授粉). After that, they quickly dry up and die. The process by which flowers consume oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (二氧化碳), called respiration (呼吸), generates the energy the flower needs to give the flower its shape and color. The making of seeds also depends on this energy. While all living things respire, flowers have a high level of respiration. A result of all this respiration is heat, and for flowers the level of heat relative to the mass of the flower is very high. Respiration also brings about the eventual death of the flower. Thus the greater the level of respiration, the sooner the flower dies. 4. How, then, to control the rate at which flowers die? By controlling respiration. How is respiration controlled? By controlling temperature. We know that respiration produces heat, but the reverse is also true. Thus by maintaining low temperatures, respiration is reduced and the cut flower will age more slowly. 5. Another vital factor in keeping cut flowers is the quality of the water in which they are placed. Flowers find it difficult to "drink" water that is dirty or otherwise polluted. Even when water looks and smells clean, it almost certainly contains harmful substances that can endanger the flowers. To rid the water of these unwanted substances, household chlorine bleach (含氯漂白剂) can be used in small quantities. It is recommended that 15 drops of chlorine bleach (at 4% solution) be added to each liter of water. The water and solution should also be replaced each day. A. Control of Respiration B. Beauty of Fresh Cut Flowers C. Role of Respiration D. Most Important Aspect of Flower Care E. Need for Clean Water F. Ways of Stopping Respiration

填空题 Why Would They Falsely Confess? Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime? To most people, it just doesn't seem logical. But it is logical, say experts, if you understand what can happen in a police interrogation (审讯) room, Under the right conditions, people's minds are susceptible (易受影响的) to influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police grillings (盘问) is enormous. (46) "The pressure is important to understand, because otherwise it's impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn't do. The answer is: to put an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess." Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do. (47) The researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the "alt" key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility. Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess: 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. (48) Of the 15- to 16-year-olds, 72 percent signed confessions, as did 78 percent of the 12- to 13-year-olds. "There's no question that young people are more at risk," says Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at Williams College, who has done similar studies with similar results. (49) Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire "interrogation" in their experiments consisted of a simple accusation--not hours of aggressive questioning--and still, most participants falsely confessed. Because of the stress of a police interrogation, they conclude, suspects can become convinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation. (50) A In her experiment, participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the "alt" key, because doing so would crash the systems. B "In some ways," says Kassin, "false confession becomes a rational decision." C "It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental (牙齿的) drill," says Franklin Zimring, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley. D "But adults are highly vulnerable too." E How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do? F Redlich also found that the younger the participant, the more likely a false confession.

填空题California University Cuts Protested Thousands of students, faculty members and employees at the 10 University of California campuses protested budget cuts, unpaid faculty furloughs(休假) and tuition increases On Thursday. Officials at the University of California, Berkeley, estimated that several thousand protesters were in Sproul Plaza chanting and waving signs. (46) Other campuses reported smaller turnouts (聚集的人群) at rallies(集会) and marches. "Everyone agrees there is a budget crisis and that the university must respond," said Joshua Clover, all associate professor of English at U. C. Davis who was a co -author of a petition(情愿书) calling for the faculty walkout Off Thursday. Mr. Clover said (47) The online walkout petition was signed by 1,221 of the 19,000 faculty members statewide. A union representing more than 11,000 university professional and technical staff members supported the protest and called a one -day strike. (48) The university's budget now stands at $ 2.6 billion. Friction(摩擦) has developed between the administration and some faculty and staff members and students over how and where to cut. Among the more contentious(有异议的)items are a proposed 32 percent increase in student tuition by fall 2010, and decisions made by the university president, Mark Yudof, over how to handle mandatory(义务性质的) faculty furlough days ,which will reduce pay by 4 to 10 percent. (49) "I chose Berkeley over all the other universities because it offered me a very good education at a price my family could afford," said Brandon Pham, 17, a freshman political science major who skipped the day's classes in protest. Mr. Pham held a sign that read: "We make the university. They make the crisis. " Steve Montiel, a spokesman for the University of California's office of the president, said, (50) A. "We respect people expressing themselves, but we hope they realize that the true source of their frustration is in Sacramento at the state capital."B. The Legislature approved a reduction of $ 637.1 million, about 20 percent of the university's 2009 -2010 fiscal year (财政年度) financing, as part of the budget agreement reached in August.C. "The problem is that the administration's handling of the budget cuts disproportionately (不成比例) harms those who can least afford it both among the workers and the students. "D. Average yearly tuition and fees for undergraduates this academic year are $ 8,720.E. Most academic departments on campus reported that some classes had been canceled because faculty members and students walked out.F. Still, many students at Berkeley did not participate in the protest and walked about campus as they would on any other Thursday.

填空题Writing Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. (1) Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose-school work, matters of business, or purely social communication. (2) There are still some remote places in the world where you might find someone to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few mangers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. (3) We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put to the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. (4) We want to arouse and hold the interest of readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not thrown into some "letters-to-be-read" file or into a wastepaper basket. (5) A. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.B. However, the managers may sometimes cause the writers a lot of trouble.C. Any good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown (成熟的).D. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read.E. This is the mason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.F. You may be sure that the greater the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewardin

填空题 McGrady's Art Is a Spectacle 1. When Tracy McGrady is healthy, his play can be so beautiful that even his own teammates on the court cannot help but admire it in the middle of a game. 2. "It's hard for me, because I'm a fan of basketball," Houston point guard Rarer Alston told the Houston Chronicle newspaper after McGrady's 44 point performance against Utah on January 5. "When he's shooting the ball like that, a lot of times I'm standing there watching and, all of a sudden, the other team's getting the ball and going on a fast break, and I'm getting yelled by the coach." Indeed, McGrady's body control, his energy, his shooting-watching, these are like watching an artist at work, blending colors, constructing sentences, or playing music. 3. Unfortunately, McGrady, 27, hasn't always been on the job. Already this season, he's missed seven games with back spasms. After Yao Ming was injured on Dec. 23, it appeared Houston would be without both of its stars. McGrady, however, returned three days later and has been playing well ever since, scoring more than 30 points in each of the last six games, as of Tuesday. Houston can't seem to get on without him. When McGrady was injured, the Rockets won two and lost five. 4. "Listen, there are only four or five people on the entire planet that can do the things he can do with the basketball," forward Shane Battier said of McGrady. "From a fan's perspective and we're fans even though we're players it's really fun to watch him do that." From a player's perspective, his game can affect the entire team. No question. We see him, and we get excited, and that pumps us up. He keeps making shots, and suddenly it seems to become easier for everybody. 5. But it won't, really. Houston has just begun an important stretch on their schedule. Four of the next seven games will be played away from Houston and without Yao. Six of the games will be against teams with winning records. Opponents will double-team McGrady in an attempt to dull the impact of his art. Instead of watching, McGrady's teammates will need to create a little art of their own. A. Necessity for the Teammates to Improve Their Own Skills B. Evaluation from Two Different Perspectives C. Spectacular Performance on the Court D. Players Houston Can't Do Without McGrady E. Yao Ming's Performance F. McGrady's Injury

填空题Financial support from both private organizations and the government has made possible ______.

填空题Old Man Myths and Realities 1. When does a middle-aged man become an old man? Officially, of course, it's when we reach retirement age. But, as we all know, this is a fairly blunt (生硬的) method of decision making. As life expectancy (预期寿命) increases, retirement planning needs to be changed. This is because being an old man today is very different from what it was a generation or so ago. 2. Sixty-five is the new middle-aged man. These days people are talking about the young-old, that is ages 70—75, and those over 75 as the old-old. The young-old frequently continue in good health and maintain strong links with friends and family. The old-old have a much higher chance of poor health and social isolation. 3. Although men are living longer, there are still more old women than old men. This fact alone should arouse interest as to why. Relatively little is actually known about why this is the case or about the experiences of the old man. Sure, we are aware that the old man experiences anxiety, financial problems, loneliness, etc., but that's really about all we know. 4. It is usually believed that the old man often complains about their health. In fact, most old man think their health is good even though most are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness. The physical health of the old man is strongly affected by their health behavior when they were younger.

填空题Home Schooling All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. 1 There are about 300,000 home-schoolers in the United States today. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they do not believe that public schools teach the correct religious values; others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. 2 David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in school. 3 For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal (去除) equipment, Alaska, polai bears (北极熊) and winter tourism. A spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space program 4 . Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools, but critics say that home-schooled are outsiders who might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. 5 However, most parents don"t have the time or the desire to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education. A. Interestingly, results show that home-schooled children quite often do better than average on national tests in reading and math. B. Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children. C. Learning starts with the children"s interests and questions. D. Children who are educated at home are known as "home-schoolers." E. In some countries, however, children are educated by their parents. F. If the Brazilian rain forests are on the TV news. it could be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, and how deserts are formed.

填空题Ludwig Van Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven, a major composer of the nineteenth century, overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness. Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770, he first studied music with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. 1 Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782, Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, to study music under Haydn. Beethoven remained unmarried. 2 Continually plagued by ill health, he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819. 3 He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartets, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. 4 Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage, Goethe once said of him, "I am astonished by his talent, but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality." 5 A. In spite of this handicap, however, he continued to write music. B. Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons, he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life. C. His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence. D. When his mother died, Beethoven, then a young man, was named guardian of his two younger brothers. E. Although Beethoven"s personality may have been untamed, his music shows great discipline and control, and this is how we remember him best. F. Today his music is still being played all over the world.

填空题 阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后有6组文字。请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 {{B}}College education{{/B}} The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go. But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are be coming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. {{U}}(46) {{/U}}. {{U}} (47) {{/U}}. But that's a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We've been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. {{U}}(48) {{/U}}. Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it's just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. {{U}}(49) {{/U}}. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. {{U}}(50) {{/U}}. A. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. B. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either. C. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators. D. Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. E. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up. F. After all, the whole point of college education is that we haven't found the right way to teach every different student.

填空题The Sandwich Generation Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown, they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. 1 In middle age, many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities: one is to look after their aging parents, and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life. Around the world, there are millions of people who are "sandwiched" in between the older and the younger generations. Sometimes there may be two or three generations living in the same household—a situation that is common in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe. In other cases, a couple may be taking care of parents and children, but they do not live with them. There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation. First, people are living longer than they used to. In the early nineteenth century, the average life expectancy (预期寿命) for adults in the United States, for example, was about 40, whereas today people live to an average age of 75. 2 The second reason is that these days, young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons. It"s also more common for today"s young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support. 3 They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot. They may have to manage their parents" financial and legal affairs. They may have to prepare for their parents" future needs, such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic (使人不快的) experience for everyone. Caring for adult children presents challenges as well, and caregivers have to resolve important questions: How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household? How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone"s privacy? 4 The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However, this time in life also has its rewards. 5 It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However, in order to survive this difficult period in their lives, the members of the sandwich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can"t be totally selfless. A．Successfully coping with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family. B．Therefore, children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time. C．People who take care of elderly parents often face difficult issues. D．Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life. E．However, the reality is often very different. F．It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one"s parents or children.

填空题 Teach Your Child Science 1. It is important to make your child interested in science from an early age. Most young children ask a lot of questions and you should give careful scientific answers. Don't only give facts but try to give explanations as well. 2. Science is not just knowledge; it is a way of thinking, a method of finding out about the world. We see something. We try to explain it, and we test our idea by setting up all experiments. One day you come home and find the plant on the table has fallen over. You think it might be the wind from the open window or the cat. So you close the window, but leave the cat in and see what happens (you can also try leaving the window open and shunning the cat out). Of course, you remember there may be a third explanation. 3. Ask your child to get a piece of string, some salt, a glass of water and an ice cube (冰块). Tell her to put the ice in the water, and then put one end of the string on the ice, leaving the other end over the side of the glass. Put a lime salt on the ice, wait a minute, and then pull the string, it should be attached to the ice. Ask the child: "what has happened?" 4. Probably she won't know. Ask her whether fresh water or salt water freezes into ice first. If you live near the sea and have a cold winter, she should know fresh water freezes first as she will have seen that happen. Show her how to test the idea by half-filling two paper cups with water. Then put them in the icebox and check every three minutes. Write the results in a table. The conclusion will be that salt changes the behavior of water, thinking about the string, we see the salt turned some of the ice into water. Then the salt went away into the water and the ice froze again leaving the string attached. 5. Then you can ask, "Will water with salt boil at the same temperature as water without salt?" She can think, tell you her idea and (taking care the heat) you can test it in the kitchen. A. What exactly is science. B. How do you find an explanation. C. What topics do you need. D. How do you answer your child's questions. E. Where does your child study science. F. How do you set up the experiment on salt and water.

填空题Semco At 21, Ricardo Semler became boss of his father business in Brazil, Semco, which sold parts for ships. Semler Junior worked like a madman, from 7:30 am, until midnight every day. One afternoon while touring a factory in New York he collapsed the doctor who treated him said "There"s nothing wrong with you. But if you continue like this, you"ll find a new home in our hospital." Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the way his employees worked too. He let his workers take more responsibility so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He allowed them to set their own salaries, and he cut all the jobs he thought were unnecessary like receptionists and secretaries. 1 . "Everyone at Semco, even top managers, meets guests in reception does the photocopying, sends faxes, types letters and dials the phone." He completely reorganized the office: instead of walls, they have plants at Semco, so bosses can"t shut themselves away from everyone else. 2 . As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts. Semler says: "We have a sales manager named Rubin Agater who sits there reading the newspaper hour after hour. He doesn"t even pretend to be busy. But when a Semco pump on the other side of the world fails and millions of gallons of oil are about to spill into the sea. Rubin springs into action. 3 . That"s when he earns his salary. No one cares if he doesn"t look busy the rest of the time." Semco has flexible working hours: the employees decide when they need to arrive at work. The employees also evaluate their bosses twice a year. 4 . It sounds perfect. but does it work? The answer is in the numbers: in the last six years. Semco"s revenues have gone from $35 million to $212 million. The company has grown from eight hundred employees to 3,000, why? Semler says it"s because of "peer pressure". Peer pressure makes everyone work hard for every one else. 5 . In other words, Ricardo Semler treats his workers like adults and expects them to act like adults. And they do. A. This saved money and brought more equality to the company. B. He knows everything there is to know about our pumps and how to fix them. C. And the workers are free to decorate their workspace as they want. D. Most managers spend their time making it difficult for workers to work. E. If someone isn"t doing his job well, the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. F. Also, Semco lets its workers use the company"s machines for their own projects, and makes them take holidays for at least thirty days a year.

填空题Mind Those Manners on the Subway? So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just but 1 Or the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper (指甲刀) and begins cutting his or her nails. Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation 2 So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following: Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on 3 Stand away from the doors when they are closing. Don"t talk loudly on a bus to subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying to others 4 Don"t think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of their own. Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs (细菌), especially in crowded places. Don"t cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation. Don"t read over other people"s shoulder 5 It can make people uncomfortable. They might think you"re too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper or they might think you"re judging their behavior. A. Don"t eat food in your car. B. Don"t shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway. C. We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable. D. Many people do this on subways, but it"s really annoying. E. Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all. F. Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading something with you.