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1、12014届高考英语一轮复习全方位配套训练人教版必修一 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero任务型阅读任务型阅读阅 读 下 面 短 文 ， 根 据 所 读 内 容 在 表 格 中 的 空 白 处 填 入 一 个 恰 当 的 单 词 。 注 意 ： 每 个 空 格只 填 一 个 单 词 。Passage 1It all began with.Orlando Bloom was not a “good” student at school.Because of dyslexia,a reading and writing disorder（障碍） ，he stru
2、ggled in many courses.But Bloom says the dyslexia gave him the encouragement to overcome（克服）his difficulties.In an interview with the Telegraph,the 32-year-old said the condition turned him into an ambitious person.“Because of the dyslexia,I always thought I had to work twice as hard as everyone els
3、e just to go the same distance,” he said.“That gave me a real kick as a kid and a lot of encouragement later on.In one sense,I guess that Im grateful （感激的）.”Bloom is always preparing it thoroughly（充分地） when it comes to an audition（试镜）for a part.Perhaps this is what won him his role in The Lord of th
4、e Rings，a highly successful film trilogy （三部曲）.“I really prepared it thoroughly for the audition and its paid off,” he said.It was the beginning of a fame that led to even greater success as a movie actor.But unlike some young people who aim for fame and fortune,Bloom believed an acting career has b
5、een fulfilling （实现） his childhood fantasies.“Aged 9，I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park to see who would be her boyfriend for the day.I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.Once I realized Superman was an actor,I thought,Thats for me.”Bloom has always
6、played special characters,like a knight (骑士) and a prince.Its difficult to picture him in everyman roles.2In October 2009,Bloom was named Goodwill Ambassador （亲善大使） for United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund（UNICEF).His first task would be to film a documentary about the importance of
7、 clean water supplies.In fact,Bloom started work for the UNICEF in 2007.On his first visit to Nepal,he was asked by students to take a small part in a play they were performing on local radio.Personal record of Orlando BloomWhen he was nine years oldHe wanted to be like Superman and fly in and 1. hi
8、s girlfriend.Thats why he became an 2. .When he was a student at school3. of dyslexia,Bloom 4. in many courses,which 5. him to work twice as hard as everyone else.In one sense,dyslexia 6. him overcome his difficulties.When he chose to be an actorBloom is always well 7. for auditions.Perhaps this is
9、8. won him his role in The Lord of the Rings.In 2007 Bloom started work for the UNICEF.In October 2009Bloom was 9. Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.His first task would be to 10. a documentary about the importance of clean water supplies.答案：1.rescue/save 2.actor 3.Because 4.struggled 5.encouraged 6.he
10、lped 7.prepared 8.what 9.named 10.filmPassage 2 （2013江苏高考）Quiet Virtue:The ConscientiousThe everyday signs of conscientiousness (认真尽责)being punctual,careful in doing work,self-disciplined,and scrupulous (一丝不苟的) in attending to responsibilitiesare typical characteristics of the model organizational c
11、itizen,the people who keep things running as they should.They follow the rules,help out,and are concerned about the people they work with.Its the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an 3absence,who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves,who always g
12、ets things done on deadline.Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field.In studies of job performance,outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs,from semi-skilled labor to sales and management,depends on conscientiousness.It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at
13、the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect,the delivery truck driver who is always on time.Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer,those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales.Conscientiousness also offers a buffe
14、r (缓冲) against the threat of job loss in todays constantly changing market,because employees with this quality are among the most valued.For the sales representatives,their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.There is an air around highly co
15、nscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are.Their reputation for dependability influences managers evaluations of their work,giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict.But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills
16、can lead to problems.Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves,they can hold other people to their own standards,and so be overly judgmental when others dont show the same high levels of model behavior.Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious,for example,tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that se
