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Reading ComprehensionDirections： In this part, there are 2 passages followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, D, and you should decide on your best choice according to the passage you’ve read.1Question 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive (欺骗). When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can create a false impression. For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (抽奖给奖法). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!” This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser! He didn’t say anything that was false, but he omitted important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truth are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.Dishonest politicians often use this method. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of the politicians opposing her runs an ad saying, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost millions!” That’s true. However an honest statement would be have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false claims, so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might claim, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimple (丘疹).” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes are the truth can be lie as well.1. What does the writer want to tell us with the example of the lottery winner?

A. People lose a lot of money in buying lottery tickets.
B. Lottery makes its buyers dishonest.
C. He was lucky to win the lottery.
D. He did not tell the whole truth.

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What does the passage imply about Governor Smith?

A. She created more job opportunities than ever before.
B. She was opposed by many people in her state.
C. She did a good job in her last term.
D. She was most honest politician.

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What is the writer attitude toward half-truths?.

A. Doubtful.
B. Negative.
C. Neutral.
D. Positive.

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( 二）Question 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:When it come to human resources, hiring highly-skilled staff is not usually enough for a company to function successfully. Besides the knowledge in their particular fileds, employees must always have additional skills—those of co-operation. In the case that work tasks can only be carried out by communicating with people, accepting common decisions, solving problems, sharing information and helping one another, teamwork skills are vital.While some jobs may require talent, the ability to work as a team is learned. There are no complicated formulas(公式); you don’t need to have any special qualities or exceptional mental abilities. Individuals can be effective as a team if they have developed certain behaviors or habits of communication. Many companies, clubs and organizations use team building activities. Team building activities may include a number of teamwork elements. They are aimed at encouraging active participation in task accomplishment while all members have their roles as individuals and are able co-operate towards a common goal as a team.Many team building activities focus on problem solving and discussing team issues; thus argument as a way to common consensus (共识) is encouraged. Team building activities often involve recognition and identification of team member skills, talents, knowledge, and experiences which allow the team members to learn more about each other and fully use those skills where appropriate. Many team activities are focused on developing keys to trust during challenging times.6. In the author’s opinion, which of the following is vital for a company to be successful?

A. Specialized knowledge.
B. Highly-skilled staff.
C. Exceptional talent.
D. Teamwork skills.

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According to the second paragraph, co-operation skills ______.

A. require special qualifies and abilities
B. are learned while working in a team
C. need exceptional mental abilities
D. are quite complicated to learn

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Team building activities are good for ______.

A. hiring employees with special talent
B. encouraging employees to co-operate
C. helping employees to work independently
D. training employees in their special fields.

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