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.

The underlined phrase “shooting oneself in the foot” means _____ in this passage.

A. throw or walk in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

B. to grow forth (向前) from the ground

C. to move or pass suddenly or swiftly 

D. to injure or harm one's own interests 

An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when ___.

A. he cannot work at his best                       B. he is forced to do things

C. he feels his brain shut down                    D. he thinks of his work as too heavy

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. Smart people are more functional in the work place.

D. Good relationship is the key to business success.

To positively influence employees, a leader should first of all ____.

A. develop his own personality                  B. provide better suggestions

C. give his employees a pay raise                D. hide his own emotion of fear

Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to_____.

A. provide a variety of project for employees

B. help raise employees’ living standards

C. deal wisely with employees’ emotions     

D. give employees’ specific instructions（指导）

It was Alice and her friends who helped the homeless old woman,______?

A. wasn’t it?   B. wasn’t she  C. didn’t they?       D. weren’t they?

Animation(动画) means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been surprised by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector.

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

64. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. People were unable to cause the movement to last or record it in the last century.

B. Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

C. It is impossible to make cartoon characters do what they are designed to do.

D. In ancient times people were surprised by movement.

65. According to the passage, Felix the Cat________.

A. was created by the American cartoonist Felix

B. was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century

C. was unable to do what natural cats could not do

D. was created in the United States in the nineteenth century

66. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s

B. only professionals can create cartoon characters

C. Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists

D. the cartoon industry started in the United States

67. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s attitude towards cartoon making?

A. Cartoon making is an easy job. Anyone can do it.

B. Only trained people can be employed in cartoon making industry.   

C. Anyone can make cartoons under the instructions of professionals.

D. Cartoon making is no easy job. You have to spend much time drawing onto the empty film.

Ann never dreams of ______ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

A. there being a chance                  B. there to be a chance  

C. there be a chance                     D. being a chance

Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how much I loved them.

A. I realized          B. I had realized      C. had I realized      D. did I realize

The impatient driver received a ticket for speeding. He       so fast.

       A．mustn’t have driven B．wouldn’t have driven

       C．couldn’t have driven       D．shouldn’t have driven

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以下是音乐会的信息：

A. Pop star: Singer and composer Emil Chau, one of the most admired music idols in China and Southeast Asia, will perform a solo concert in Beijing. Chau was born in Hong Kong and attended college in Taiwan. He has released more than 30 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 31

Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District

Tel: 6833-5552

B. Beautiful timbre: Jasmine Leong will meet her Beijing fans next month. Singing with beautiful timbre, Leong will present a series of love stories to the audience. To highlight the theme of love, 200 sets of lover's tickets, valued at 1800 yuan will be presented.

Tickets: 180-980 yuan (US$22-121)

Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 9

Location: Workers' Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6501-6655

C. Music for children: Some 50 colourful music-related performances will be staged until August 28 in an "Open the Door to Music" series of concerts, in a move to foster Chinese children's taste for art. The concert series will be held in several venues, sponsored by the Forbidden City Concert Hall and supported by the Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau.

Tickets: 10-100 yuan (US$1-12)

Time/date: 2 pm or 7:30 pm, July 20-August 28

Location: mainly in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, some in Peking University Hall in Haidian District and in the China Puppet Art Theatre and Poly Theatre

Tel: 6506-5343, 6506-5345

D. Feel the mood: Jonathan Lee will host his 2006 concert in Beijing. As the master of music in Taiwan, Lee is famous for his unique annotation of love, mood and life.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 24, 25

Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District

Tel: 6835-4020

E. Commemorative show: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the founder of modern prose drama, a concert titled "Nora's Songs" will be given.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 20

Place: Peking University Concert Hall

Tel: 6275-2279, 6275-9637

F. Chamber music: The chamber concert series of China Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will greet audiences with a woodwind quintet, a string quartet plus Bach's piano concerto and suite.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 25

Place: The Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, 43 Baojiajie, Xicheng District

Tel: 6641-4759, 6642-5744

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56. To remember Henrik Ibsen, with pianist Wolfgang Plagge, violinist Annar Folles and soprano Gao Xia, the Norwegian Ibsen Trio will present the classic works of the celebrated playwright.

57. Jasmine Leong is a Malaysian singer who is very popular on the Taiwan music scene. Focusing on lyrical songs, Leong's Beijing performance will also tap into rock & roll music.

58. His platinum albums such as "You Make Me Happy and Sad," "Flowery Heart," "Music Brings Us Together" and "Emil & Friends" have brought him numerous awards in Singapore, and China's Taiwan and Hong Kong.

59. Jonathan Lee represents the creative spirit of the past 20 years in Taiwan and many renowned singers like Sarah Chan (Chen Shuhua), Sandy Lam (Lin Yilian), Emil Chau (Zhou Huajian) and Karen Mok (Mo Wenwei) draw great inspiration from Lee's works.

60. The mix of musical treats for children in Beijing includes various kinds of art forms, including Western classical music and Chinese traditional music, as well as puppet plays, crosstalk shows, and highlights of Chinese local operas such as Peking Operas and Kunqu Operas.

Standard English is the formal（正式的）English that you need to use when you write in coursework or in the exam. Standard English is the form of English you learn in school. All written English should be standard—that means it should be clear enough for anyone in Britain to understand it. Standard English developed as the main form of printed English in the 15th Century. At the time, every region of Britain used to spell words differently, but printers needed a fixed spelling. Printers like Caxton chose the East Midlands dialect form which was used in London and the South East. Soon Standard English replaced（取代）all written dialect forms – the other forms of English spoken around the country. It also replaced French and Latin in law and in academic（学术的） work. In the 18th Century, people wrote dictionaries and grammar books which standardized spelling — Dr Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755 fixed many of the spellings we still use today. All written English should be Standard English — any grammar rules you learn are for Standard English and you will definitely need to learn them to avoid making mistakes in your work. The rules of Standard English mean using the correct forms of words with the correct spellings.

Avoid slang words（俚语）—words that your teachers or friends wouldn’t understand. You’ll lose marks if the examiners can’t understand what you say or write. Don’t use dialect words. Every region has words or phrases that are only used there. Don’t use them in your coursework, because you won’t be understood. Make sure you revise grammar and punctuation（标点）you have learned, and learn the list of commonly misspelled words you have made. Clichés are ideas or sayings which have been used so often that they’ve become boring and unoriginal. Phrases like, “As good as it gets” “At the end of the day” “In the fullness of time” are all clichés. So are images like, “as fierce as a lion” “as cunning as a fox”. If you use them you will sound boring and unimaginative— that could mean you lose marks for writing and speaking style. So avoid clichés.

What three things do you have to think about when using English? 

a. no slang word or dialect     b. no grammar and spelling mistake.  c. no phrase    

d. no cliché    e. no punctuation

A. abc.            B. bcd.                    C. abd                      D.. ade.

What is standard English?

A. the English spoken by British people.

B. the English spoken by American people.

C. the English spoken by British people in 15th Century.

D. the English used in London.

What is the cliché according to the passage?

A. the English full of slang words. 

B. the long phrases which are used often.

C. the boring ideas or sayings because of being used often.

D. all the English which is used outside of London and the southeast of Britain.

Why do we need to use Standard English?

A. Because no one can understand dialect words.

B. Because local dialect belongs to certain region, not every one can understand it.

C. Because there are many kinds of English in the world, we need Standard English to make communication easier.

D. Because standard English has been used for a long time.

Which statement is true?

     A. All the spoken English should be Standard English.

B. Written English should be formal and standard.

     C. Standard English means people should use the words from Dr Johnson’s Dictionary.

D. Standard English replaced all written dialect forms in the 18th century.

书面表达（满分25分）

根据所给提示，写一篇介绍台湾的短文。

主要内容：

1．地理位置（如图）；

2．我国最大的岛屿，面积约36000平方千米，人口2000多万；

3．自然资源丰富，香蕉、稻米、茶叶等农产品驰名中外；

4．风景优美，气候宜人，世界各地的游客纷至沓来；

5．自古以来就是我国的一部分，岛内绝大多数居民来自福建和广东。海峡两岸人民对未来寄予期望。

   （提示：台湾海峡：the Taiwan Straits）

At first, the company had 15 notebook computers but only one – third       used regularly. Now we have over 60 working all day long.

       A．were B．are   C．was   D．is