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【题目】阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
C
Ricardo Semler became the boss of his father's company in Brazil at the age of 21. The name of the company is Semco. It sold parts for ships. Semler worked like a mad man, from 7:30 in the morning to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he fell down. The doctor said, “ There's nothing wrong with you. But if you continue like this, you'll find a new home in our hospital.” Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the ways his workers worked, too.
At the same time, Semler changed the office. Instead of walls, they have plants at Semco, so the boss can't shut himself away from everyone else. And the workers are free to decorate their workplace as they want. As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.
Semco has flexible working hours: the workers can decide when they need to arrive at work. Also, Semco lets its workers use the company's machines for their own projects, and makes them take holidays for at least thirty days a year.
It sounds perfect, but does it work? The answer is in the numbers: in the last six years, Semco's revenues (收益) have gone from $35 million to $212 million. The company has grown from 800 workers to 3,000. Why?
Semler says it's because of “peer pressure” (同辈压力). Peer pressure makes workers work hard. It means if someone isn't doing his job well, the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. In other words, Semler treat his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible (负责任的) adults. And they do.
（1）Why did Semler change the ways he and his workers worked?
A.Because he became mad.
B.Because he had to stay in hospital.
C.Because his father asked him to do.
D.Because he realized the danger of overwork.
（2）What does the underlined word “ flexible” probably mean in Chinese?
A.灵活的
B.短暂的
C.漫长的
D.固定的
（3）What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Adults.
B.Semler's workers.
C.The bosses.
D.Semco's revenues.
（4）In Paragraph 4, the writer mainly wants to tell us .
A.the company made a lot of money
B.the reason for Ricardo Semler's success
C.Ricardo Semler's idea sounded perfect but it didn't work
D.Ricardo Semler's method of running the company was successful

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）A
（3）B
（4）D
【解析】本篇文章讲述了Ricardo Semler的故事。他在接手父亲的公司后，拼命工作，结果身体一度垮掉。于是他改变了自己的管理方式，给了员工更多的自由，也使他们有了更多的责任意识，培养了他们负责的态度，由此公司无论从规模上，还是效益上都有了显著的增长。
⑴推理判断。根据文章首段内容可知Semler 因工作过度而身体一度垮掉，于是他接受了医生的警告“got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact，he changed the ways his employees worked too.”，从而改变了自己以及员工的工作方式。所以答案选D。
⑵词义猜测。根据冒号后面的解释 the workers can decide when they need to arrive at work员工可以决定他们到岗的时间。所以flexible的意思是“灵活的”，故选A。
⑶词义猜测。根据前文的描述：Semler对待工人像大人而非小孩，期望他们像负责任的成人那样做事，他们做到了。所以they指的是他的员工们，故选B
⑷段落大意。本段开头提出中心问题but does it work? ，然后用公司收入和员工人数增长的数字进行说明，由此可知本段内容是讲述他管理模式的成功，答案选D