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1、Model Test 7Section AConversation OneM: What are you eating, Samantha? A piece of steak? I thought you were vegetarian! W: It is steak, but its organic. 1 I was never vegetarian. I just like eating natural food. M: How can meat be organic?W: 2 It means the animal dont eat things that have been genet
2、ically modified or sprayed with pesticides.M: And I suppose it has had a good time walking around the fields, without being shut inside all its life. W: Thats right.M: But can you taste the difference?W: I think so. Anyway, Im not filling myself with all sorts of chemicals that might give me cancer.
3、M: Yes, but theres no proof that pesticides give you cancer.W: So why do the scientists who monitor these things prefer to eat organic food too? 3 Pesticides are only tested on animals. Companies dont have to spend millions on trials with human volunteers. Small quantities of chemicals do get into y
4、our food.M: Some food? Look, if the newspapers found a company was deliberately selling an unsafe product, their share price would crash and theyd be out of business in no time.W: They may go out of business soon if they dont start selling organic food themselves. They say sales of organic food have
5、 risen by 25%.M: 4 Its still more expensive. Youve got to compare the price, which is at least double, with the risk youre running, which is absolutely minimal if you ask me.W: Well, this is prime organic beef from the Scottish Highlands. So if you dont mind, Id like to finish my lunch!Questions 1 t
6、o 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.What can we learn about the womans eating habit?2.What is said about organic meat?3.How do companies test pesticides?4.What is the mans opinion on organic food?Conversation TwoW: Professor Bevan, how important is motivation for a manager?M: Oh,
7、 5 motivation is extremely important. Id say its the most important aspect of a managers job. A managers job is to get the job done. So he has to motivate the workersas a team and also on an individual basis.W: So how do managers go about doing this? It doesnt sound very easy.M: No, it is a complica
8、ted issue. 6-1 But managers have special tools. They are trained to use them to boost motivation and increase production to a maximum.W: Tools?M: Yes, 6-2 such as praise, approval, recognition, trust and expectation.W: And money? What about money?M: 6-3 Yes, money is a factor but you might be surpri
9、sed to learn that it comes out last on the list of these tools.W: What are more important for workers?M: Well, all of the things that I have already mentioned, and then job enrichment and good communication.W: And have you got any examples of real life situations to back up your claims?M: One good e
10、xample is the firm Western Electric. When managers started to talk to the workers and encouraged them to get involved in decision making, workers began to feel that their contributions were important. And it paid off.W: 7-1 Productivity increased?M: 7-2 Yes, hugely.W: So, lets get this straight. Are
11、 you saying that workers are not interested in earning more money?M: Im saying theyre not just interested in money. 8 There are other things that are just as important.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.What is extremely important for a manager to do?6.Which tools c
12、an be used to boost motivation?7.In what way did motivation work in the example of Western Electric?8.What does the man think of money?Section BPassage OneAmerica is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hur
13、t by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a whilethen no more. 10 If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us f
14、low more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality easily.Another diff
15、icult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they dont show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.
16、Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will p
