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Susan Cleveland is the young president of a candy company in the city of Chicago. Her father began the company in the 1960’s. He died three years ago. Now, the company belongs to Susan. Susan,  l , did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. She just finished the college. The employees became 2 concerned during Susan’s first months 3 the job. Mr. Cleveland had been a 4 leader. But Susan permitted 5 employees to make their own 6 . One employee said,“Old Mr. Cleveland 7 told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash. 8 the company did Well.”What does a“short leash”mean? A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash 9 our pet dogs. The leash keeps the dog from 10 away 11 getting into trouble.

    Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her 12 close control. The person can’t make many decisions for himself or herself. Ms Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. 13 , she encourages them to get 14 ways to do business. For example, her secretary proposed (建议) an idea. She said the company should 15 a sum of money as a prize to the best student in the high school 16 the factory. The winner could use the prize money to study at a university. Ms. Cleveland 17 the idea. After the prize was announced,  18 who lived in the area of the factory began to buy 19 of the company’s candy. Local newspapers wrote about the competition. Business 20 .

    Ms. Cleverland made her secretary the company’s first Director of Public Relations. The former secretary was very pleased.

    1. A. but          B. yet            C. so           D. however

    2. A. so little      B. even less.      C. even more     D. no more

    3. A. on         B. in            C. for            D. at

    4. A. weak            B. strong         C. kind          D. clever

    5. A. no         B. a few          C. few          D. many

    6. A. products      B. candy          C. decisions       D. plans

    7. A. never       B. always           C. seldom        D. did

    8. A. Although      B. Because       C. Otherwise     D. But

    9. A. to walk      B. to use          C. to frighten     D. to play

    10. A. stepping        B. pulling      C. running       D. jumping

    11. A. in          B. for            C. when          D. or

    12. A. in          B. on           C. for            D. under

    13. A. Still             B. Yet            C. Instead        D. While

    14. A. other       B. more         C. many          D. better

15. A. save        B. offer         C. get            D. lend

16. A. belonging to      B. far from        C. near          D. in

    17. A. studied     B. appreciated      C. refused       D. changed

    18. A. students        B. workers        C. businessmen    D. people

    19. A. some       B. little          C. more         D. less

20. A. improved     B. fai1ed          C. continued      D. stopped

 

答案:D;C;A;B;D;C;B;D;A;C;D;D;C;D;B;C;B;D;C;A
提示:

1.表示转折关系,可单独使用。

2. even修饰形容词的比较级。

3. on the job工作着。

4. 联系上下文,应是strong leader。

5.but表示转折关系,所以是many。

6. make decisions 作决定。

7. 联系上文,应是always,总是。

8. but 表示转折,对比。

9. walk这里是及物动词,遛狗。

10. run away, 跑掉。

11.or 表示选择关系。

12. under control固定短语,在控制之下。

13. instead, 反而,相反地。

14.她鼓励他们想更好的办法。

15. offer主动提供。

16. 联系上下文,应是near。

17. 欣赏,赞赏。

18. 住在工厂地区的人们。

19. 比起原来更多了,所以选择more.

20. 联系上文,应是改善了。

 


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The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

  An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

  So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall.”I always tell them when L’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome,who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

  Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

1.What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A.They worry about school

B.They dislike living with their parents

C.They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

D.They quarrel a lot with other family members

2.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

A.share family responsibility

B.cause trouble in their families

C.go boating with their family

D.make family decisions

3.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents___.

A.go to clubs more often with their children

B.are much stricter with their children

C.care less about their children’s life

D.give their children more freedom

4.According to the authour,teenage rebellion____.

A.may be a false belief                     B.is common nowadays

C.existed only in the 1960s                 D.resulted from changes in families

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A.Negotiation in family                     B.Education in family

C.Harmony in family                       D.Teenage trouble in family

 

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