题目内容
Society is a web of relationships, requiring all parties(群体) to work together to create something good. What makes society work best are effective(有效的) relationships that are based on mutual(相互的) understanding. If you understand what people want and why they want it, you can usually find a way to make progress together.
High-quality relationships make people happy. Some people living in the poorest communities have almost nothing but turn out to be the happiest because they share a life, together. If effective relationships are working, happiness is always possible.
Here are some simple tips for building effective relationships.
Listen to and try to understand others' positions and feelings. Listening in itself can lead to understanding, and if you understand someone else fully, then you know how to work better with him or her.
Openly express your needs and feeling. Sometimes we expect people particularly those close to us at home or work to understand what we want and to give us what we need intuitively (凭直 觉地). However, people are so complicated and so different that even when they have lived together for 60 years, they can still surprise each other. So we need to say what we need and to express how we feel.
In order to make our relationships more effective, we should treat ourselves and other people with respect. Respect is one of the most important elements of any good relationship.
Finally, learn to face differences correctly. Learning this takes time and can be uncomfortable. However, if we can try to remove differences in an effective way, we are more likely to build exciting and satisfying relationships with others.
By doing these things you may discover that the happiness you long for is much closer than you thought.
Title: 【小题1】
| 【小题2】. | 【小题3】 |
| Make society 【小题4】________ Help people find a way to 【小题5】_________ Make people happy because of their 【小题6】_______ | Understand other’s positions and feelings by【小题7】_________ Try to express your needs and feelings 【小题8】 _______________ Treat yourself and others 【小题9】__________ Learn to face the 【小题10】_________in a correct way |
【小题1】Building Effective Relationships
【小题2】Reasons
【小题3】Tips/ways/suggestions
【小题4】Work best
【小题5】make progress together
【小题6】sharing a life
【小题7】listening
【小题8】openly
【小题9】with respect
【小题10】differences
解析试题分析：本文叙述了社会是一个关系网，需要各种群体在一起协作才能创造一个美好的世界。短文给出了如何建立有效的关系。一是通过听来理解他人的立场和心情。二是公开表达你的需要和感受。三是要尊敬自己和他人。四是要学会正确地面对不同。
【小题1】根据Here are some simple tips for building effective relationships.可知短文主要叙述的是建立有效关系的方法，故用Building Effective Relationships。
【小题2】根据下面的make这样的句子可知这个栏里叙述的是理由，故用Reasons。
【小题3】根据下面的7-10个小题可以看出这里叙述的是一些建议，故用Tips/ways/suggestions。
【小题4】根据What makes society work best are effective(有效的) relationships that are based on mutual(相互的) understanding.使社会更加协调必须有基于相互理解的有效的关系，故用Work best。
【小题5】根据If you understand what people want and why they want it, you can usually find a way to make progress together. 要找到一个方法使人们共同进步，故用make progress together。
【小题6】根据but turn out to be the happiest because they share a life, together.使人们高兴因为他们能够共同分享生活，故用sharing a life。
【小题7】根据Listen to and try to understand others' positions and feelings. Listening in itself can lead to understanding理解他人的立场和心情，需要去倾听，故用 listening。
【小题8】根据Openly express your needs and feeling.公开表达你的需要和感受，故用openly。
【小题9】根据we should treat ourselves and other people with respect. 为了使关系更加有效，我们应该对待自己和他人要尊敬，故用with respect。
【小题10】根据learn to face differences correctly.要学会正确地面对不同，故用differences。
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— May I take your order now, sir?
—_____ .
| A．Thanks, I’ve really had enough | B．Ok, here is my bill |
| C．Yes, I’d like some fish and chips | D．Sure, it’s delicious |
Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women's education may be an unusual economical field, but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on encouragement, provides an explanation for why so many girls are rid of an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school -- the prophecy (观念) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious (恶性的) circle of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female (1)______________ in developing countries
| Viewpoint | Educating girls is more beneficial and worthy of being (2)_______________ . | |
| Families | From low-income families | From educated mothers' families |
| Attitudes | Girls are of less (3)______________ than boys. | Development should be for all the (4)______________. |
| Practices | There is (5)________________ investment in daughters, while boys are sent to school. Girls are made to stay at home, (6)______________ housework. | It is insisted that girls and boys be offered chances to be educated (7)_____________ . |
| Consequences | A vicious circle | A virtuous circle |
| Significance | Educating women (8)___________ to social benefits, has economic advantages and (9)____________ health practices significantly, including family planning. | |
| (10)_________ | Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding. | |
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Trust is in rare supply these days. People are having trouble trusting each other, according to an AP-GFK poll conducted in November 2013, which found that Americans are suspicious of each other in their everyday life. Only one-third of Americans say most people can be trusted—down from half who felt that way in 1972. A record high of nearly two-thirds says “you can’t be too careful” in dealing with people in 2013.
This can be carried over into the workplace, where employees want their leaders to be more trustworthy. Employees have grown tired of unexpected outcomes resulting from the lack of preparation. They want to be informed of any change management efforts before—not after the fact. Employees desire to know what is expected of them and be given the opportunity to better themselves, rather than be told they are not qualified for new roles and responsibilities.
Here are four early warning signs for you to course-correct when employees are having trouble trusting their leaders.
Lack courage
Leaders that don’t stand up for what they believe in are difficult to respect and trust. Too many leaders waste too much of their valuable time trying to act like other leaders in the organization—rather than attempting to establish their own identity and leadership style. Employees know that if their leaders are not savvy (精明) enough to move themselves into a position of greater influence, it will make it much more difficult for them to get noticed and discovered as well. When leaders lack the courage to enable their full potential and that of others, it becomes a challenge to trust.
Self-centered
When a leader is only looking out for themselves and lacks any sense of commitment to the advancement of their employees—this shuts off employees quickly. Great leaders are great coaches and are always looking to help their employees grow. When leaders lack any real desire to coach or 'guide the career advancement of their employees—it becomes increasingly difficult for employees to trust them. But when leaders are too disruptive (指手画脚), their employees sense that they are in it for themselves and/or don’t trust the talent around them.
Reputation issues
When people begin to speak negatively about their leader, it makes it more difficult for others to trust their intentions. For example, look at what has happened to President Barack Obama since December 2009 when his approval rating was 69%. Four years later, Obama’s approval rating is at 43%. Many who have followed him for years are now having trouble trusting him.
Every leader must be aware that they are constantly being evaluated and thus they can never grow self-satisfied. When they do, this begins to negatively impact their reputation and the trust employees have in their leadership.
Inconsistent Behavior
People are more inclined to trust those who are consistent with their behavior. Isn’t it easy to begin questioning one’s judgment when they are inconsistent? When everyone but the leader is on board with a strategy—you begin to wonder if their intentions are to support the organization’s advancement or their own. Leaders need to refresh their leadership style before they lose the trust of their employees.
This is what today leaders must consider: how to lead in new ways that focus less on oneself, but more on the betterment of a healthier whole.
| Trust between employees and their leaders | |
| Problem | 【1】 _________ has been declining among Americans in their daily life as well as in the workplace. |
| Employees’ hopes for leaders 【2】 _________ trust | ● Employees want to be 【3】 _________ to get prepared for any change management efforts in advance. ● Employees desire to know their leaders’ expectations of them and want to get 【4】 _________ to better themselves. |
| Warnings for leaders to 【5】 _________ the breakdown of trust | ● Don’t 【6】 _________ other leaders and stand up for what you believe in. ● Be 【7】 _________ to helping your employees grow. ● Never let 【8】 _________ negatively impact your reputation. ● Behave【9】 _________ or your judgment will be questioned. |
| Suggestion | For leaders, more focus on the betterment of a healthier whole should be taken into 【10】 _________. |