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　　For a small town, Manhattan, Kansas has some big surprise. And one of them is the Holiday Inn Hotel, with rooms built around a swimming pool and a friendly family atmosphere.

　　The Holiday Inn is where Manhattan people often go for a special party, or a night out. A lot of them choose to eat in the brightly lit restaurant near the pool. And many of them will be served by Ellen Logan, who has worked as a waitress here for more than two years.

　　Ellen, like most of the waitresses, is also a student. She comes from Nebraska, but she's planning one day to be a veterinary surgeon, and to care for small animals. But in order to support herself at college, she works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn.

　　Ellen soon learned what every waitress finds out. Your best friend is a good pair of shoes. She paid fifty-five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. She's discovered something else too. You don't have to know much about food to be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people.

　　“A lot of business people always stay here when they come to Manhattan”, she explains. “They like you to recognize them and remember their favorite dishes. But some couples come for a night out together. They just want to be left alone. Then there are people who can't make up their minds. They look down the menu and say ‘What do you suggest?’ So I ask them how hungry they are. If they say ‘Not very’, I suggest the salad bar, with soup, salad, bread and a fruit Kansas Strip Steak, with potatoes or rice. You get salad and bread as well, It's very nice. Really good value.

　　Ellen may get tired feet sometimes, but at least she's learning too much about people. She'll probably make a good animal doctor, but if she finds she doesn't like it after all, she can always become a psychiatrist(精神病专家) instead.

1．A good title for this passage is ________.

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A．Ellen Logan at the Holiday Inn

B．American Holiday Inn

C．A special Holiday Inn hotel in Manhattan

D．How to deal with people

2．The words ‘a veterinary surgeon’ means ________.

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3．From the passage we can infer(推断) that ________.

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A．waitresses in the Holiday Inn are all students

B．waitresses are required to buy a good pair of shoes before they go to work

C．Waitresses should be familiar with the food there

D．it is more important for the waitresses to know much about people than food

4．From the passage we get to know that ________.

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A．waitresses have to deal with all kinds of people except couples

B．the Holiday Inn hotel is a good hotel except the place it lies

C．Ellen Logan may get tired if the job sometimes because her feet gets tired often

D．Ellen Logan will help the people who aren't sure what to eat

5．根据短文内容填空

Ellen Logan works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn to ① . At work, she does have to know a lot about people: business people always like her to ② ; some couples just like her to ③ ; people who can't make up their minds probably like her to ④ .

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　When we think about people who are leaders，we often get a mental picture of someone who is older，smarter，and wiser than ourselves．Studies of leadership，though，have usually found that there is almost no relationship between skill as a leader and traditional measures of intelligence．

　　Some recent research by psychologist Red Fiedle and his colleagues suggests that both intelligence and experience may be importantbut just now how important depends upon how stressful the work situation is and what kind of task is to be accomplished．The researchers obtained measures of intelligence，experience，performance，and stress．

　　Overall，these variables did not relate to one another Men with high and low intelligence were equally likely to give good performance，as were men with more and less experience，or more and less stress with their bosses．However，when you look separately at those men who have high stress with their bosses，the picture changes．

　　In high stress situations，here was no association between intelligence and performance，but there was between experience and performance．In other words，in difficult situations，it was helpful to“know the ropes．”In low stress situations，the findings were just the opposite．Experience was not related to good performance，but intelligence was．That is，when things are going well，intelligence is very useful in leadership．

　　A study of fire fighters'performance under high and low stress conditions also found the experienced officers performed best under situations of stress．None of this is really very surprising．lf you have have ever had a supervisory job，you probably found that at least as much energy went into handling(管理)people as went into handling the job itself．Tests of intelligence at least the ones we have nowdo not predict success in handling people．

1．What kind of people can do the best job in stress situation？

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2．In the second sentence of the last paragraph，“a supervisory job”refers to．

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3．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？

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A．In stress situations，there are no association between experience and performance．

B．Some recent research suggests that most leaders are lack of intelligence．

C．In low stress situations，intelligence plays an important role in leadership．

D．Generally speaking，leaders are likely to be cleverer than ordinary people．

4．In the second sentence of the fourth paragraph，“to know the ropes” most probably means________．

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A．to understand the situation

B．to control the situation

C．to get rid of the situation

D．to make sure what to do about the situation

Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West.

Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. Then he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he said.

As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore（矿石）, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.

Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.

Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.

1.Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT that

A.Tabor became its leading citizen.

B.great deposits of lead is expected to be found there.

C.it could bring good fortune to Tabor

D.it was renamed

2.The underlined word “grubstake” in Paragraph 3 means

A.to supply miners with food and supplies

B.to open a general stores

C.to do one's contribution to the development of the mine

D.to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered

3.We can infer that Tabor’s life career is.

A.purely lucky

B.based on his managing theory of “grubstake’

C.through the help from his wife

D.because he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Tabor’s Life.                        B．A legend of the Old West

C．Lead Makes Leadville’s Fortune        D．The Best Investment

Oscar the cat seems to have an unnatural ability for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up (蜷伏) next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live. "Many family members take some comfort from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one," said Dosa, a doctor and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.
The 2-year-old cat was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia (痴呆) unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd smell and observe patients, then sit beside people who would end up dying in a few hours. Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously. "This is not a cat that's friendly to people," he said.
"Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work here," said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill. She was convinced of Oscar's talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish color, signs that often mean death is near. Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought bis streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.
Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill that they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a predictor of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure.
No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat senses mysterious scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him. Nursing home staff aren't concerned with explaining Oscar, so long as he gives families a better chance at saying goodbye to the dying. The staff recently gave Oscar a wall sign publicly praising his "sympathetic care."
【小题1】What makes Oscar the cat so special?