True leadership is not just the ability to identify the talent and skill of the polished individuals around you. It involves being able to dig beneath the surface and discover 5   .

Once there was a boy who constantly sat and talked in his maths class, and seemed 6    in group activities. Most teachers would 7   think of him as a problem student.

However, Anna was different. She believed the student was above 8  in other areas so she created a strategy to find out.

Anna didn't 9   the parents. Instead she organized a handful of activities in class to get more information. In place of calling out for volunteers in class she created a  10  for each Friday : Girls vs Boys.

The first week the class was totally 11 . Every?one wanted to win. Even the boy had his hand up the whole time trying to get a turn. 12 , Anna waited, and waited , and waited. Finally the 13 teacher paired the boy with the most 14 girl student in class.

Now the two teams had a 15 score, and all the students sat back eager to see the result. As the teacher placed the question on the board, most of the students began to 16 their heads :this was a question they had never   17   in class.

18 the teacher yelled. Both students started doing it 19 thinking of how to solve the complex question. Their classmates, full of 20 , exclaimed, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The boy finished it just seconds before the girl and spun around with his 21 raised, "I won!" Almost nobody could believe the student they admired failed until Anna    22     the result.

This was what Anna tried to get. It turned out that the student wasn't bad; he was 23 So we can see that 24 hidden abilities is not always easy but the end results can be magical. Try your hand at this quality of leadership now and report your results.


5.    A.  truth       B. treasure

     C.  potential  D. motivation

6.    A.  active      B. cautious

     C.  discouraged     D. disconnected

7.    A.  immediately    B. appropriately

      C.  abnormally     D. scarcely

8.    A.  limit       B. average

   C.  prejudice       D. value

9.    A.  contact    B. comfort

   C.  warn       D. blame

10.   A.  dilemma  B. debate

    C.  game       D. competition

11 .   A.  creative   B. noisy

   C.   enthusiastic   D. curious

12.   A. Yet     B. Still

   C.  Somehow       D. Therefore

13.   A.   arbitrary       B. wise

    C.  ridiculous       D. puzzled

14.   A.  elegant    B. careless

    C.  hard-working  D. considerate

15.   A.  rare  B. close

    C.  poor D. different

16.   A.  turn B. lift

    C.  shake       D. nod

17.   A.  raised      B. feared

    C.  overlooked      D. covered

18.   A.  Go   B. Hurry

    C.  Look          D. Try

19.   A.  skilfully  B. slowly

    C.  casually   D. abruptly

20.   A.  chaos      B. anxiety

    C.  courage   D. excitement

21.   A.  arms       B. hopes

     C.  confidence      D. eyes

22.   A.  obtained  B. analysed

    C.  confirmed       D. adjusted

23.   A.  upset       B. bored

    C.  tired D. spoiled

24.   A.  foreseeing       B. assessing

    C.  appreciating    D. recognizing

I.语法填空

B

Humans aren't the only ones getting a buzz from coffee. Caffeine can improve memory among honeybees and lead to better pollination(授粉),according to a re?cent study published in the journal Science.

The study was conducted by a team of researchers at Newcastle University in theUnited Kingdom. They found that the nectar(花蜜)of some flowers, such as those from grapefruit and lemon plants, as well as cer?tain coffee flowers, contains low closes of caffeine. To get bees to feed on these flowers, the team trained the insects to associate food with the smell of the flowers. They also trained another group of bees to feed on nec?tar from flowers that were sweetened with a sugar, but did not contain caffeine. After 24 hours, the bees trained on caffeinated flowers returned to these plants three times as often as those trained on the sweetened flowers returned to the uncaffeinated plants.

Professor Geraldine Wright led the researchers. "Remembering floral traits (花部特征)is difficult for bees to perform at a fast pace as they fly from flower to flower and we found that caffeine helps the bee remem?ber where the flowers are?" Wright said in a statement.

Improved memory led to the better pollination. That's because once bees sip the caffeine nectar, they continue to look for more coffee plants to pollinate. This also suggests that caffeine plays a role in improving the bees' ability to search for food.

Researchers found that caffeine's effect on the bee brain is similar to its effect on mammals. "The change is similar to that produced by caffeine in neurons(神经兀) associated with learning and memory in the rat brain," Wright said.

Bee populations have declining since 2007. The dra?matic drop in the insects' numbers has serious effects on ecosystem and the farming industry. Bees are needed in the reproduction of crops and spreading wild flower spe?cies. Understanding what keeps bees buzzing could help to make sure that the insects are able to remember and pollinate their favourite flowers.

5.    Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

A.    Caffeine has no effect on the rat brain.

B.    Bee population has been increasing.

C.    The nectar of lemon plants contains caffeine.

D.    Bees dislike nectar from sweetened flowers.


6.    After reading the passage, John, who works in the farming industry, will probably feel .

A.   annoyed B. angry

C.  nervous   D. excited


7.    We can know from the passage that .

A.    the rat is a mammal

B.    caffeine has nothing to do with memory

C.    bees are good at remembering floral traits

D.    Geraldine Wright did the research on his own


8.    What section of a newspaper may this passage be taken from?

A.  Science.  B. Education.

C.  Culture.   D. Sports.

完形填空

   There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.  He was given a slingshot (弹弓)to with, out in the woods.  He  7  in the woods, but he could never hit the target子).Getting a little 8 he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse(冲动),he hit the duck on the head, and 9 it. He was shocked and upset. For 10 of punishment, he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, 11to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all, 12  she said nothing.

 13  lunch that day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes."

But Sally said, " Grandma? Johnny told me he wanted to14 in the kitchen today, didn't you Johnny?" And then she 15 to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes.

Later Grandpa asked if 16 wanted to go fish?ing, and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."

But Sally 17 and said, "Well, that's 18 because Johnny told me he wanted to help."

19the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.

After several days of Johnny doing both his 20 and Sally's, he finally couldn't __21___  it any longer.

He came to Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck. She knelt down, gave him a hug (拥抱),and said, "Sweetheart, I 22 You see, I was standing at the window and I 23 the whole thing. But be?cause I love you, I 24 you. But I was just 25 how long you would let Sally make you a slave."

6.      A. help         B.  play      C.  make            D. do

7.      A. practised    B.  played       C.  worked           D. hunted

8.      A. anxious       B. satisfied     C.pleased            D. discouraged

9.      A. caught       B.  injured      C.  killed         D. seized

 10.      A. surprise         B. disappointment    C. anger        D. fear

11.      A. only         B.  so as       C.   in order         D. expecting

12.      A. so             B.  and      C.  instead         D. but

13.      A. At          B.  After    C.  Before              D. In

14.      A. play           B.  stay     C.  help           D. get

15.      A. called          B. whispered     C.nodded          D. signed

16.      A. the children      B. he    C.  Johnny            D. Grandma

17.      A. sighed          B. agreed     C.  explained        D. smiled

18.      A. easy            B.  all right    C.fine            D. impossible

19.      A. Searching        B. Hiding     C.  Remembering       D. Regretting

20.      A. homework         B. housework     C.  farm work          D. cooking

21.      A. stand           B. change         C.  like          D. cover

22.      A. am sorry         B. realize     C.  watch            D. know

23.      A. experienced       B. heard     C,  saw            D. understood

24.      A. missed       B. forgave        C.  congratulated      D. punished

25.      A. wondering       B. saying     C.  imagining        D. considering

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