《北京市东城区2015高考英语阅读类训练（五）及答案》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《北京市东城区2015高考英语阅读类训练（五）及答案（9页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、北京市东城区东城区 2015 高考英语阅读类训练（高考英语阅读类训练（5）及答案）及答案阅读理解。阅读理解。In business, there is a speed difference: Its the difference between how important a firms leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and
2、 company size .Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused
3、 at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, Whats more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more tim
4、e than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of produ
5、ction, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to id
6、eas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didnt develop team spirit among their empl
7、oyees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top.( ) 1. What do
8、es the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Increase the speed. B. Get an advantage. C. Reach the limit. D. Set a goal.( ) 2. The underlined part “the laws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means _. A. spending more time and performing worse.B. spending more time and performing b
9、etterC. spending less time and performing worse D. spending less time and performing better ( ) 3. What can we learn from the text? A. how fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.B. how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessar
10、y changes.D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.( ) 4. Which could be the best title for the text? A. Improve quality? Serve better. B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.C. Reduce time? Move faster. D. Need speed? Slow down.【参考答案】1-4、BDCD完形填空-（A）Loving Kindness Is
11、 Twice BlessedI felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didnt feel so 1 . As I was sitting at my desk, I 2 it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her 3 . Knowing that s
12、he doesnt have family in town, I 4 to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift, 5 to work late into the evening, and wouldnt have 6 of a birthday this year. As always, 7 , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I 8 . After I hung up, I couldnt 9 the feeling that she would really appreciate
13、a little attention on her special day. 10 feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldnt shake the thought. I 11 gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friends grateful smile and joyful su
14、rprise 12 me Id done the right thing and were a generous 13 for the little effort it had taken. When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a 14 friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had 15 my own! Isnt that the way it is 16 we take th
15、e time and make the 17 to do something for someone else? Its like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who 18 .”Cheering up people on their birthdays isnt the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with 19 to take an ext
16、ra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to 20 . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.( ) 1. A. specialB. positiveC. nervousD. proud( ) 2. A. explainedB. complainedC. rememberedD. informed( ) 3. A. familyB. trainingC. workD. school( ) 4. A. decidedB. continuedC. agreedD. refused( ) 5. A. surprisedB. disapp
