题目内容
I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack. About a week after his death, she 1 some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shone 2 the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she 3 a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a 4 look on her face, she paused and said, “ 5 class in over, I’d like to share with all of you a deep 6 which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on 7 to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. 8 of us knows when this fantastic experience will 9 . It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the God’s 10 of telling us that we must make the 11 of every single day.”
Her eyes were beginning to 12 , but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a 13 : From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to 14 . It doesn’t have to be something you see. It could be a 15 of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the soft 16 rustling (使发出沙沙声)the leaves in the trees…Please look for these things, and 17 them, for at anytime they can all be taken away…”
The class was completely 18 .We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That 19 , I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.
Remember: Life is not 20 by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
1.A.learned B.shared C.argued D.discussed
2.A.onto B.into C.across D.through
3.A.removed B.brushed C.swept D.pulled
4.A.surprised B.worried C.gentle D.strange
5.A.After B.Unless C.Before D.If
6.A.feeling B.understanding C.love D.memory
7.A.business B.time C.duty D.earth
8.A.None B.All C.Each D.Neither
9.A.happen B.begin C.end D.gain
10.A.way B.singal C.plan D.arrangement
11.A.least B.worst C.lowest D.most
12.A.ache B.water C.shine D.dry
13.A.promise B.choice C.wish D.rule
14.A.buy B.enjoy C.take D.learn
15.A.smell B.gift C.taste D.sight
16.A.wind B.hand C.light D.color
17.A.get B.appreciate C.hide D.follow
18.A.puzzled B.excited C.quiet D.anxious
19.A.morning B.night C.noon D.afternoon
20.A.wasted B.measured C.saved D.lost
1-5 BDACC 6-10BDACA 11-15 DBABA 16-20 ABCDB
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 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 are 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. |