出自:山东第一医科大学英语（4）
Mobile office is the mutual product of economic, scientific, and social progress. Mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient, prompt, safe, reliable, and reasonably priced communications and office faculty anywhere anytime via the support of mobile interconnection platform (MIP) and its applications systems. Using mobile office and WAP (无线应用协议) technology, people can do their work anywhere anytime, can send and receive data via terminals such as mobile phone, and palm computer, and can surf the Internet.
When you leave your office to attend meetings or travel on business, what would happen to your business routine? Of course, faxes and e-mails would be still sent to your fax machine or e-mail box, but you cannot read them and make prompt reaction timely. When your clients need you to make some urgent modifications on your work and you are neither in the office nor carrying relevant documents, what can you do? Maybe you have to say “sorry” to the clients. But your business will be affected, the clients will be unhappy and disappointed because of your delay, and you will lose a lot of business opportunities.
In fact, very frequently, you need to check, reply, distribute, modify, or read some materials when you are not in your office. You must get out of this dilemma. The best solution to normally handle your business anywhere anytime and not to disappoint your clients is to let your office “move” with you. With the development of communications technology, mobile office has become simpler and smaller, and even can be realized via one mobile phone with data communications function. Thus, mobile office has already been put into your pocket, and office mobility has been realized.
Mobile office has provided people with convenient, casual working environment, but at the same time it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface (界面) and inadequate battery. Nevertheless, we believe that with technical progress, people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties. Mobile office will realize the dream of completely free communication. Users will enjoy more colorful life and better working environment, and users’ living standard, working efficiency, and even enterprises’ production efficiency will certainly be immensely raised.
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(1)According to the passage, mobile office helps you with the following except ________.（2分）
Akeeping update with the latest news
Bchecking e-mails any time one wants
Cconducting internet surfing
Dfinding one’s true love in life
正确答案D您的答案是 D回答正确展开
(2)Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?（2分）
AYou would lose a lot of business opportunities if you always delay your work.
BYou should read and reply faxes and e-mail timely.
CWhen you leave your office your business routine might be damaged.
DWhen you cannot meet the need of your clients you should immediately say “sorry”
正确答案A您的答案是 A回答正确展开
(3)When you let your office “move” with you, you ________.（2分）
Awill never let your clients down
Bdon.t have to stay at office anymore
Cthen find the best way to handle your business anywhere anytime
Dno longer face the dilemma between work and life
正确答案C您的答案是 B回答错误展开
(4)It can be inferred from the passage that ________.（2分）
Amobile office communication is very cost-consuming
Bwith the development of science, mobile office has eventually come to our life
Cpeople had no convenient and reliable communications and office faculty before
Deconomic factors are essential in the operation of mobile office
正确答案B您的答案是 B回答正确展开
(5)According to the author, mobile office ________.（2分）
Awould help achieve complete communication mobility
Bis too expensive for small companies to afford
Chas some fatal defects impossible to modify
Dis too complicated to operate in everyday business
正确答案A您的答案是 A回答正确
Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: the international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred.
There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey matches, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years.
The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the U.S.A. had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national terms, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism.
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(1)According to the author, recent Olympic Games have （ ）（2分）
Acreated goodwill between the nations
Bbred only false national pride
Chardly showed any international friendship
Dled to more and more misunderstanding and hatred
正确答案C您的答案是 C回答正确展开
(2)What did the manager mean by saying,“...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?（2分）
AHis team would no longer take part in international games.
BHockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.
CThere should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.
DThe Federation should be dissolved.
正确答案B您的答案是 B回答正确展开
(3)The basketball example implied that （ ）（2分）
Atoo much patriotism was displayed in the incident
Bthe announcement to prolong the match was wrong
Cthe appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision
DThe American team was right in receiving the silver medals
正确答案A您的答案是 D回答错误展开
(4)The author gives the two examples in paragraph 2 and 3 to show （ ）（2分）
Ahow false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games
Bthat sportsmen have been more obedient than they used to be
Cthat competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship
Dthat unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games
正确答案A您的答案是 C回答错误展开
(5)What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?（2分）
AThe organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.
BAthletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.
CSport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.
DInternational contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations
正确答案A您的答案是 A回答正确
You might not normally think of frogs as being colorful, but these frogs definitely are—the dart-poison frogs of Central and South America. They have striking colors—often yellow with black stripes or deep blue with black spots.
Beyond being nice to look at, these markings have a purpose. They warn predators that these frogs are poisonous. When threatened, these frogs secrete a substance through their skin that would easily kill whatever animal might try to eat them. Their bright colors communicate this, and so most animals tend not to hunt them.
Now, speaking of hunting, for centuries these frogs were sought after by hunters. As you might think, the hunters didn’t want to eat the frogs, but rather, they captured them for their poison. They would add the poison to the tips of their hunting arrows—of course, nowadays most hunters use guns.
These days dart-poison frogs are of less interest to hunters than to medical researchers. Researchers believe that they can make new heart medicine from the poison, because it acts as a stimulant on the body’s nervous system. Researchers think they would use it to stimulate a weak heart.
There is, however, a problem with doing research on these frogs. Those that are caught in the wild will produce their poison until they die. However, those that are born in captivity will not produce any poison at all.
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(1)What is the passage mainly about?（2分）
AThe characteristics of dart-poison frogs.
BThe habitat of dart-poison fogs.
CThe role of dart-poison frogs in their ecosystem.
DThe various ways dart-poison frogs can camouflage themselves.
正确答案A您的答案是 D回答错误展开
(2)What does the speaker imply about the frogs’ colors?（2分）
AThey don’t vary within the species.
BThey change when the frog is threatened.
CThey attract the frogs’ mates.
DThey help protect the frogs
正确答案D您的答案是 B回答错误展开
(3)What did hunters use to do with the frogs that they captured?（2分）
AThey ate them.
BThey used their skins to make dyes.
CThey collected the frogs’ poison.
DThey used them to make medicine.
正确答案C您的答案是 A回答错误展开
(4)What is the problem with frogs born in captivity?（2分）
AThey die shortly after birth.
BThey don’t produce any poison.
CTheir behavior is too unpredictable.
DThey don’t develop the colorful markings.
正确答案B您的答案是 D回答错误展开
(5)Why are scientists studying dart-poison frogs?（2分）
ATo develop new drug therapies.
BTo learn how to reverse the effects of their poison.
CTo discover how to breed them successfully in captivity.
DTo help repopulate the species.
正确答案A您的答案是 C回答错误
It is easier to negotiate initial salary requirement because once you are inside, the organizational constraints influence wage increases. One thing, however, is certain : your chances of getting the raise you feel you deserve are less if you don’t at least ask for it .Men tend to ask for more, and they get more, and this holds true with other resources , not just pay increases.
Consider Beth’s story: I did not get what I wanted when I did not ask for it .We had cubicle offices and window offices .I sat in the cubicles with several male colleagues. One by one they were moved into window offices, while I remained in the cubicles. Several males who were hired after me also went to offices. One in particular told me he was next in line for and office and it had been part of his negotiations for the job. I guess they thought me content to stay in cubicles since I did not voice my opinions either way.
It would be nice if we all received automatic pay increases equal to our merit, but “nice” isn’t a quality attributed to most organizations. If you feel you deserve a significant raise in pay, you’ll probably have to ask for it.
Performance is your best bargaining chip when you are seeking a raise. You must be able to demonstrate that you deserve a raise. Timing is also a good bargaining chip. If you can give you boss something he or she needs (a new client or a sizable contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are more likely to get the raise you want.
Use information as a bargaining chip too. Find out what you are worth on the open market. What will someone else pay for your services?
Go into the negotiations prepared to place your chips on the table at the appropriate time and prepared to use communication style to guide the direction of the interaction.
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(1)According to the passage, before taking a job, a person should ____________.（2分）
Ademonstrate his capability
Bgive his boss a good impression
Cask for as much money as he can
Dask for the salary he hopes to get
正确答案D您的答案是 D回答正确展开
(2)What can be inferred from Beth’s story?（2分）
APrejudice against women still exists in some organizations.
BIf people want what they deserve, they have to ask for it.
CPeople should not be content with what they have got.
DPeople should be careful when negotiating for a job.
正确答案B您的答案是 B回答正确展开
(3)We can learn from the passage that ___________.（2分）
AUnfairness exists in salary increases.
BMost people are overworked and underpaid.
COne should avoid overstating one’s performance.
DMost organizations give their staff automatic pay raises.
正确答案A您的答案是 A回答正确展开
(4)To get a pay raise, a person should ____________.（2分）
Aadvertise himself on the job market
Bpersuade his boss to sign a long-term contract
Ctry to get inside information about the organization
Ddo something to impress his boss just before merit pay decisions
正确答案D您的答案是 D回答正确展开
(5)To be successful in negotiations, one must ___________.（2分）
Ameet his boss at the appropriate time
Barrive at the negotiation table punctually
Cbe good at influencing the outcome of the interaction
Dbe familiar with what the boss likes and dislikes