题目内容
【题目】— Hi,do you know roadside food stalls are back?
— _________？They were banned to keep the cities clean.
A.Who caresB.What ifC.How comeD.Why bother
【答案】C
【解析】
考查情景交际。句意：--嗨，你知道路边小吃摊又回来了吗？--怎么会呢? 为了保持城市清洁，他们被禁止出摊。A. Who cares谁在乎呢？ B. What if如果...将会怎么样？C. How come 怎么会？D. Why bother何苦呢? 何必呢? 为何那么麻烦呢? 结合They were banned to keep the cities clean.可知，选项C 符合题意。故选C。
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To keep the creative juices flowing, employees should be receptive to criticism
Researchers have been curious about whether negative feedback really makes people perform better, particularly when it comes to completing creative tasks. The literature has been mixed about this. In a recent investigation, Kim, who in May will join the Cambridge Judge Business School as an assistant professor, observed –– through a field experiment and a lab experiment –– and reported on how receiving negative feedback might impact the creativity of the recipients(接受者).
In both studies, Kim found that negative feedback can inspire or prevent creative thinking. What is most important is where the criticism comes from. When creative professionals or participants received criticism from a boss or a peer, they tended to be less creative in their subsequent work. Interestingly, if an individual received negative feedback from an employee of lower rank, they benefited from it and became more creative.
Some aspects of these findings seem intuitive(凭直觉的). “It makes sense that employees might feel threatened by criticism from their managers,” says Kim. “Supervisors have a lot of influence in deciding promotions or pay raises. So negative feedback from a boss might cause career anxieties.” It also stands to reason that feedback from a co-worker might also be received as threatening because we often compete with our peers for the same promotions and opportunities.
When we feel that pressure from above or from our peers, we tend to fixate on the stressful aspects of it and end up being less creative in our future work, says Kim.
What Kim found most surprising was how negative feedback from their followers (employees that they manage) made supervisors more creative.
“It’s a bit counterintuitive(反直觉的) because we tend to believe we shouldn’t criticize the boss,” says Kim. “In reality, most supervisors are willing to receive negative feedback and learn from it. It’s not that they enjoy criticism –– rather, they are in a natural power position and can cope with the discomfort of negative feedback better.”
The key takeaways: bosses and coworkers need to be more careful when they offer negative feedback to someone they manage or to their peers. And feedback recipients need to worry less when it comes to receiving criticism, says Kim.
“The tough part of being a manager is pointing out a follower’s poor performance or weak points. But it’s a necessary part of the job,” says Kim. “If you’re a supervisor, just be aware that your negative feedback can hurt your followers’ creativity. Followers tend to receive negative feedback personally. Therefore, keep your feedback specific to tasks. Explain how the point you’re discussing relates to only their task behavior, not to aspects of the person.”
In short, anyone who wants to offer negative feedback on the job should do so attentively and sensitively and to promote creativity at work, we should all be receptive to criticism from supervisors, peers and followers.
To keep the creative juices flowing, employees should be receptive to criticism | |
Introduction to the topic | Experiments are conducted to find out whether negative feedback 【1】 people’s performance or not. |
Negative feedback can inspire or hold back creativity, 【2】 on where the criticism comes from. | |
【3】 of the study | Criticism from a boss or a peer 【4】 creativity, while negative feedback from lower rank employees will be 【5】. |
Our work is greatly influenced by our supervisors, so their criticism might bring about anxieties. | |
【6】 for the phenomena | We compete with our peers for the same opportunities, thus feeling 【7】 by their negative feedback. |
Supervisors are in a favourable 【8】 and can learn from their followers’ negative feedback. | |
Enlightenment from the study | When offering criticism to followers or peers, bosses and coworkers need to keep it 【9】 to their tasks. |
Recipients should adopt a positive 【10】 towards others’ criticism. | |
【题目】Stewart Island Ferry Services
While most visitors spend at least one night on Stewart Island, it is also readily accessible by ferry as a day excursion(远足) from Invercargill and Bluff. Experience Foveaux Strait in comfort and style on board our express catamarans(快艇). During the one-hour crossing between Bluff and Stewart Island keep a lookout for wildlife, especially seabirds.
Free tea and coffee on board.
Interpretation handouts are available (English only).
Wheelchair access available.
Personal baggage is carried free on the ferries—max. two bags per person. Additional baggage is by advance arrangement.
Vehicle parking available at Bluff (extra cost—reservations recommended).
FERRY TO STEWART ISLAND Depart Bluff All year 9:30 a.m. Sep—May 5:00 p.m. Oct—Apr 11:00 a.m. Jun—Aug 4:30 p.m. Late Dec—mid Jan 8:00 a.m. | FERRY TO BLUFF Depart Stewart Island All year 8:00 a.m. Sep—May 3:30 p.m. Oct—Mar 6:00 p.m. Apr 5:00 p.m. Jun—Aug 3:00 p.m. Late Dec—mid Jan 9:30 a.m. |
Other departures as locally advertised Duration 1hr Check in 30 minutes before to the scheduled departure time. (Check-in and boarding gates are closed 10 minutes before to times stated above.) | |
Attention
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Kids Go FREE on selected departures during NZ School Holidays!
Kids Go FREE for travel 20 April—5 May 2020!
【1】If leaving a car at Bluff, a traveler had better _____.
A.refer to the handouts firstB.use wheelchair access
C.make a reservationD.park it 30 minutes before departure time
【2】On Dec. 28th, John got to the ferry dock at 7:55 a.m. When did he most probably leave Bluff for Stewart Island?
A.At 8:00 a.m..B.At 9:30 a.m..
C.At 11:00 a.m..D.At 3:00 p.m..
【3】Which of the following is not mentioned about the ferry services?
A.Tea and coffee are free for passengers.
B.Children go free for travel for about 15 days.
C.Travelers can see some seabirds during the crossing.
D.Passengers have to pay extra cost for extra pieces of luggage.