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

A provide better suggestions

B develop his own personality

C five his employees a pay raise

D hide his own emotion of fear

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

A People tend to associate leadership with fear

B Working conditions affect people’s physical health

C Good relationship is the key to business success

D Smart people are more functional in the work place.

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

A. he is forced to do things

B. be cannot work at his best

C. he feels his brain shut down

D he thinks of his work as too heavy

4.　 The study proves that 　　_____ .

　　 A .meditation improves one’s health

　　 B .brain activity can be recorded

　　 C .human attention can be trained

　　 D .mediators have a good sense of hearing

B

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 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 . (07天津卷)

3.　 In the experiment ,volunteers doing meditation for longer hours　 _____　 .

A. were more likely to catch both of the members

　　 B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups

　　 C. usually ignored the first number observed

　　 D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters

2.　 Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they 　________　 .

A . are given less pressure

B. allocate their attention better

C. have more stimuli for life

D. practice them more frequently

1.　 The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to　 __________　 .

A. 　feelings　　　　　 B. minds　　　　　　　 C. people　　　　　　　 D. thoughts

8.　 Where can you eat food while enjoying a lot of performances?

A．At Days Hotel & Suites Beijing.

B．At the Regal Palace Chinese Restaurant.

C．In Da Zhai Men.

D．At the Kerry Center Hotel.

第16天　　　　　　　　　　　 A

In meditation(冥想)，people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath .As they breathe in and out ,they attend to their feelings .As thoughts go through their minds. They let them go. Breathe .Let go .Breathe .Let go .

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre,Massachusetts. Three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates(分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli( 刺激),like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day .A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period .Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both group looked for the numbers , their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number .But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number .Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number .as if letting it go ,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number ,This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levision , who meditated for three months as part of the study .”I am a much better listener,” he said . “ I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”(07天津卷)

7. 　Which of the following is NOT prepared for Mothers’ Day?

A．Seafood buffet.　　　　　 　　　　　B．Sunday buffet.

C．Brunch.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Mughal’s Beijing Restaurant.

6. 　This passage is mainly about____.

A．restaurants　　　　　 B．performances　　　　　 C．food　　　　　 D．travel