Because I will be away for a few days after S...

Because I will be away for a few days after Spring Break, I am writing this during the actual holiday, when I can use time to catch up on a number of purely administrative (管理的) items.

First of all, you should have received the letter I sent out on April 2 advising of the transition (过渡) arrangements to new leadership at ISM (International School of Moscow). In that letter I pointed out that Dr. Paul Malone will be arriving in Moscow on Monday, May 4th, and that I will work with him during that week to ensure smooth transition. My last day at ISM will be Friday, May 8th.

Several people have asked me why I required Dr. Malone to come early. There are many problems facing ISM at the moment which have major implications (影响) for the future, and it makes sense for the new director to come aboard before the end of the school year. This will give him the chance to play a major role in the planning process for 2014—2015 and beyond. The fact that Paul Malone is able to arrive in early May is good for the school. I have been working closely with him, and will do everything possible to see that he can move in easily when I leave. From here I will go to Hong Kong for a couple of weeks to spend time in my new situation, and then I will return to the United States for a few weeks’ vacation.

In the most recent edition of the Compass(a kind of paper of ISM), I wrote briefly what I consider to be the major challenge for ISM in the future. I am sure that the new leadership of the school will be able to face those challenges in an active manner, which will ensure a strong future for the school. I shall certainly watch the progress of the school with interest. The results of the school for the past few years have been quite outstanding, and I fully expect that level of performance to continue.

1. We can infer from the text that the writer was the ________ of ISM.

A. director　　 B. employee

C. teacher　　 D. student

2. Why should Dr. Malone come to ISM early?

A. To work closely with the author.

B. To do everything possible for the school.

C. To move in easily when the author returns.

D. To work with the author for a few days and make a future plan.

3. From the text, we learn that ________.

A. Paul Malone is a capable man

B. the writer is a best friend of Paul Malone’s

C. Paul Malone will work with the writer for several years

D. the writer will do his best to help Paul Malone to work well at ISM

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There will be days when you do not have much to do. Perhaps because you are waiting for someone else in a different department or a different company to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5 pm, there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see you hard at work and, more important. they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy.

Some of this may he a self-perpetuating(白生自存）cycle. If bosses do not like to go home before their workers, and workers fear leaving before their bosses, everyone is trapped. Staff may feel that they will not get a pay rise, or a promotion, if they are not seen to be putting in maximum effort. This is easily confused with long hours. Managers, who are often no good at judging employees 'performance, use time in the office as an alternative.

The consequence is often wasted effort. Rather than work hard, you work hard to make bosses think that you are. Leaving a jacket on your office chair, walking around purposefully with a notebook or clipboard and sending out emails at odd hours are three of the best-known tricks. After a while this can result in collective self-cheat that this pretence is actual work.

But presenteeism(出勤）has more serious consequences. As well as reducing productivity, this can increase medical expenses for the employer. According to a study, these costs can be six times higher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers. To take one example, research published in the British Medical Journal found that Japanese employees with lower-back pain were three times more likely to turn up for work than in Britain. As a result, those workers were more likely to experience greater pain and to suffer from depression. What could be more upset than being in pain while feeling trapped at work?

None of this is to say that employers haven't the right to expect workers to be in the office for an acceptable proportion of time. Unavoidably there will be a need for some(preferably short)meetings. Dealing with colleagues face-to-face creates a feeling of trust and friendship, allows for a useful exchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their needs.

But modern machinery like smartphones and laptops is portable. It can be used as easily at home as in the office. Turing an office into a prison, with prisoners allowed home for the evenings, does nothing for the creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automated. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.

1.Why do employees still stay at their desk after work?

A.To keep their bosses company.

B.To get more overtime allowance.

C.To put extra efforts into their work.

D.To give their bosses a good impression.

2.One of the consequences of presenteeism is that___________?

A.employers will pay workers higher wages

B.workers will suffer physically and mentally

C.workers will perform their job more efficiently

D.the effort put in by workers will finally pay off

3.Working in the office for some time can help_________?

A.build better social bonds

B.bring bosses more profits

C.organize a meeting efficiently

D.satisfy workers 'material needs

4.What would the author probably agree with?

A.Presenteeism can't help develop creativity.

B.Absence from work reduces productivity.

C.Presence at work will be more joyful.

D.Technology makes life puzzling.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There will be a war if the peace talks between the two countries ___.

A. break away　　　　 B. break down

C. break into　　　　 D. break out

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better or for the worse?

If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.

So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.

Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的).The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.

Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.

Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.

To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening — in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed — and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers. But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.

1.After a short overseas holiday, people tend to ______ .　　　　　　

A. expect small changes                B. notice small changes

C. welcome small changes            D. exaggerate (夸大) small changes

2.How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?

A. Cautiously.        B. Skeptically.        C. Positively.            D. Critically.

3.When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by ______ .　　　　　　　

A. the tight security                    B. the messy arrivals hall

C. the relaxed policemen                D. the bank robbers

4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. Life in Britain.                    B. Britain in Memory.

C. Britain in Future.                    D. Back in Britain.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

五、单词首字母填空（10小题，计10分）

60. If winter is a________, will spring be far away?

61. In g________, men are stronger than women.

62. Jane spent years o________ and recording chimp behavior, so she understood it very well.

63. Dr. Yuan thinks it little to spend money on himself. He gives millions of yuan to e_________ others for their research in agriculture.

64. He hoped to catch the last train. U____ he missed it because he was caught in a traffic jam.

65. If you don’t understand a word, you can r________ to a dictionary.

66. To make his film successful, he asked Zhang Yimou to d________ it.

67. Theme parks are places for people to a____ themselves and they always have a certain idea.

68. Children are playing games while a________ are talking happily.

69. When I was at college, I m________ in English. So I teach English now.

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Steven has a lot of work to ______ in the office since he has been away for quite a few days.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A few days after the interview，I received a letter ________me the job.

A．offered　 　　　　 　 B．offering

C．to be offering　　 D．having offered

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How long will the woman be away?

A.Two weeks. B.One week. C.Two days.

2.Who will the woman work with in Toronto?

A.The man's secretary. B.The man. C.Jodie.

3.How will the woman travel to Toronto?

A.By car. B.By bus. C.By plane.

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After getting my visa I was very excited because I __________  of this day for so long.

A, have dreamed    B. dream      C. had dreamed            D. am dreaming    .

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

A few days in this country, ________ you will be attracted by its impressive culture.

A. but         B. or           C. so          D. and

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