题目内容
During my last stay in France, I took to biking down a quiet road.Round a 36 , I found a woman sitting in front of a little shabby house.I don’t know why, but something about her attracted my 37 .I waved at her as I went by, and she must have thought I was some 38
tourist because she didn’t wave back.The same thing happened the second day.But on the third day, the old woman returned a hesitated 39 , and the next day, she 40 got out of her chair as I called out, “Morning, madam!” It became a small ritual(仪式) 41 us.She had no idea who I was, nor 42 I was coming, but she seemed to be 43 for me.
On my last ride, I bought some flowers and 44 down to the house, only to find she wasn’t there.She had gone to hospital for surgeries. 45 , I tied the flowers to her gate as a 46 gift.Back at my place, I 47 Roger, the gardener, of my missed 48 .“The old lady at the corner is suffering 49 injuries, through which walking has been troubling her,” he said, 50 “by the quiet road there used to be a station.Whenever a train passed, the couple would see the passengers waving 51 , especially the children―for them, such a ride was high adventure. 52 , everything is gone except for this couple.”
It seems that my bicycle ride 53 mind her past days.As Roger said, “she has 54 the trains and the waves.You brought them back to her.” By reaching out, in a way that cost me 55 , I’d given more than I had realized.
36.A.corner | B.garden | C.hospital | D.shop |
37.A.sympathy | B.feeling | C.impression | D.interest |
38.A.humorous | B.silly | C.enthusiastic | D.willing |
39.A.smile | B.wave | C.look | D.weep |
40.A.nearly | B.hardly | C.merely | D.mostly |
41.A.from | B.beyond | C.between | D.among |
42.A.where | B.whether | C.how | D.when |
43.A.applying | B.looking | C.searching | D.waiting |
44.A.counted | B.cycled | C.fled | D.drove |
45.A.Disappointed | B.Relaxed | C.Amazed | D.Exhausted |
46.A.greeting | B.visiting | C.parting | D.celebrating |
47.A.asked | B.told | C.reminded | D.convinced |
48.A.connection | B.devotion | C.reaction | D.donation |
49.A.leg | B.head | C.hand | D.arm |
50.A.adding | B.denying | C.predicating | D.concluding |
51.A.surprisingly | B.angrily | C.excitedly | D.casually |
52.A.Besides | B.Thus | C.However | D.Therefore |
53.A.called back | B.called to | C.called by | D.called for |
54.A.missed | B.forgotten | C.lost | D.passed |
55.A.something | B.little | C.much | D.nothing |
I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”. I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their idea, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering(饮食)service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.
My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years’ teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.
In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.
With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there’s the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China’s research environment. It’s hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.
At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It’s not that simple.
【小题1】Why does the author feel disappointed at his students?
A.Because there is one group presenting a catering service. |
B.Because the six groups made projects for restaurant chains. |
C.Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic. |
D.Because the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness. |
A.China can make and sell any product all over the world |
B.high pay may not solve the problem of China’s research environment |
C.cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand |
D.the new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination |
A.Look for a New Way of Learning. |
B.Reward Creative Thinking. |
C.How to Become a Creator. |
D.Establish a technical Environment. |