一、词汇
1.This watch is ____ by hand, not by machine, so it is very expensive.
A. flat B. coined C. bored D. manufactured
2.These two horses look so much alike that we can not ____ one from the other.
A. differ B. detail C. distinguish D. defeat
3.The president of that company was very calm during the political ____.
A. failure B. fashion C. proceed D. crisis
4.____ is usually the chief enemy of the camera lens.
A. Occasion B. vain C. Moisture D. Deck
5.The ___ left the ship after sixty hours of hard struggle.
A. dash B. cell C. crew D. gay
6.On our way to Beijing, we visited Xi’an, a city of two million ____, and stayed there for two days.
A. insects B. human C. inhabitants D. flights
7.One of the main reasons for air pollution is that many cars ____ smoke into the atmosphere.
A. gather B. hire C. discharge D. escape
8.Don’t forget to ____ to let us know you arrived safely.
A. cable B. cage C. border D. bay
9.She gave him a ____ that she could not come to his party.
A. mistress B. shoot C. neck D. hint
10.When the temperature is below zero, water will ____.
A. freeze B. virtue C. sink D. seek
二、翻译句子
1. A good name keeps luster in the dark.
2. A good name is sooner lost than won.
3. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
4. A fox may grow grey, but never good.
5. Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment-although no one had proposed to do so--and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.
三、完形填空
__1__women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are they better, or worse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivated and __2__ than male managers?
Some research __3__ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, __4__greater cooperativeness, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __5__ to bring emotional factors to bear __6__ making workplace decisions. These differences are seen to carry advantages for companies, __7__ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to __8__ the company manage its workforce __9__.
A study commissioned by the International Women’s Forum __10__ a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men) __11__ differs from the command-and-control style traditionally used by male managers. __12__ this “ interactive leadership ” approach, “women __13__ participation, share power and information, __14__ other people’s self—worth, and get others excited about their work. All these things reflect __15__ belief that allowing __16__ to contribute and to feel __17__ and important is a win-win __18__ --good for the employees and the organization.” The study’s director __19__ that “ interactive leadership may emerge __20__ the management style of choice for many organizations.”