One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea. Today, when we think of Western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.

Afternoon tea

People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18th and 19th centuries. the English ate only two main meals each day ,breakfast and a heavy supper that would last for several hours in the evening. As a result, people often got very hungry during the long wait between these two meals. To solve this problem, Anna came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal between four and five o'clock. This meal included cakes and sandwiches. and tea was served(提供)to wash down the food. In order to make this afternoon meal important, fine china cups and plates, and silver teapots. knives, forks and spoons were used .Soon, afternoon tea parties became popular social occasions. Today, afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life in modern Britain.

Will you come for coffee?

Coffee also has an important role in British culture. People often use the words“Will  you come for coffee?” to mean “Would you like to come to my home for a chat?” Normally, several different drinks such as tea, hot chocolate or a soft drink like orange Juice will be served as well as coffee. and you will be asked what you would like. However, you will not normally be offered wine at a "coffee" party.

Coffeehouses and the London Stock Exchange

In the 17th century London, coffeehouses were busy and noisy places. Businessmen and  bankers went to coffeehouses to do their business, as well as to drink coffee. In fact, the London Stock Exchange(股票交易所) is believed to have started from these coffeehouses 

1. Anna introduced the idea of drinking afternoon tee because she _______.

A enjoyed chatting with her friends at home

B loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups

C. wanted to share nice food with her friends

D found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals

2.What does “social occasions” mean in Chinese?

3.f someone says to you “Will you come for coffee?”, you _______.

4.From the last paragraph (段落) we can see _______.

A. a new business was started in coffeehouses

B. coffeehouses are still used by businessmen and bankers

C. businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses just for coffee

    D. most people wouldn’t like to go to coffeehouses because of the noise

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One day Mr. White made a very nice models plane.                    【小题1】__________
All his children liked it very much and wanted to play it                 【小题2】___________
first. They quarreled as they could not agree with                                  【小题3】___________
each other. Mr. White thought hard and then he has                         【小题4】___________
an idea. He got his children together, said “This plane                     【小题5】___________
is only for best child. He or she never quarrels with Mother                    【小题6】___________
and always helps doing housework.” The children looked                【小题7】___________
at him sad when they heard their father’s words. Then they              【小题8】___________
had an idea. The eldest brother said, “We think of it is only                    【小题9】___________
for you, Dad !” With the word, the children ran away.                     【小题10】___________

________ these experiments were successfully completed would we think of going into humans.

A. If only  B. Only if    C. So that     D. Even if

When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation（积极性）. Today’s work place is all about relationships.

Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor （因素） in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.

1.An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when___.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

3.To positively influence employees a leader should first of all __.

4.A good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to___

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Life on Land probably began about 430 millions years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange   31  coming out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been   32   if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They  33    the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since then, the plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store   34  .

The first plants to exist out of water were probably   35   kinds of algae ( 海藻 ) which were  36    by other plants that grow  37   to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution (进化) took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their  38   , and some had got tree-like forms since  39   was very important in gaining sunlight. About 30 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most

ways they were like   40   modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed seeds.

A. tree                       B. plants                       C. seeds                        D. animals

A. living                   B. making                    C. dying                       D. eating

A. offered                  B. supplied                   C. gave                        D. afforded

A. heat                      B. sunlight                    C. energy                            D. water

A. many                   B. little                        C. sure                         D. certain

A. followed                B. made                       C. copied                      D. existed

A. close                     B. far                           C. strong                      D. tall

A. branches                B. trunks                      C. roots                        D. leaves

A. weight                   B. height                      C. soil                          D. water

A. modern              B. ancient                     C. big                          D. small