?Read the article below about team-building.
?Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
?For each question 21-30 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
Learn to Be a Team Player
A wise man once said to a young novice, "The best way to limit your accomplishments is to try doing everything by yourself."
A simple statement, yet it has (21) implications. The result is evident when you work with others: You (22) your effectiveness. You achieve bigger success. You and your team can go far. In fact, the sky is the limit when you all work as a team.
The adage, "many hands make light work" is not only tree but practical these days when the demands and pressure at workplace are high. More often, lone rangers tire and get worn out before they (23) .
So it's wiser to inculcate team spirit from young, especially in the school, and learn the skills needed to be a survivor in the working field (24) on in life.
Team-building is an art. And like any artisan, we all need to embrace the skills required to be a perfect artist. It may take heaps of encouragement, tons of (25) and a truckload of patience to master the skills. It also takes careful delegation and long hours. But the results are (26) it.
Also We need to (27) with our peers. We may need to harness their energy, ideas and share in their wisdom. We must learn to (28) responsibilities and duties and not attempt to reinvent the wheel, so to (29) .
Remember, two heads are better than one. So, be prepared to work with others and work as a team. (30) , it is the end results that matter. Working as a team, the goal always seems easier to achieve than if we were to go at it alone.
(21)
A. complex
B. intense
C. apparent
D. far-reaching
How do most migrating animals travel?
A. They travel together in large numbers.
B. They travel independently.
C. They travel on daytime.
D. They travel with those who have made the journey before.
What is the passage mainly about?
A. How animals sense the time.
B. How animals find their way in migration.
C. Why animals like to travel in groups.
D. How scientists find the secret of birds.
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
When animals make long journeys across places where there is no food or shelter, such as deserts or oceans, it is very important that they should be able to find their way accurately.
Birds find their way by the stars at night and by the sun during the day. People thought that this was impossible. Then some scientists made an experiment. They put some migrating birds(候鸟)in cages inside a planetarium(天象图). When the operator turned the artificial sky(人造天空)round, the birds began to fly to the sides of the cage. Every time he moved it, the birds moved to a new position. Scientists discovered that they always flew toward the direction in which they would have flown if the sky had been real. This proved that they could see the stars and respond to them.
Many animals, especially birds, have a very precise sense of time, which is called their “internal clock”. In cloudy weather, birds delay setting off on long journeys, but if the cloud lasts for a long time, they must go at last, to complete their migration in time. In such conditions, they are able to steer(引导)by following the magnetic field(磁场)of the earth. We could say that they have their own special compass inside them, which tells the right direction to go.
Most migrating animals travel in groups, sometimes in very large numbers. This makes it more likely that they will find the right way, especially when the group has experienced animals which have made the journey before.
What was proved by the experiment mentioned in the passage?
A. Birds find their way by the stars at night and by the sun during the day.
Birds can tell the differences between real sky and artificial sky.
C. Birds can see the stars and would move when the stars change position.
D. Birds always fly to the sides of the cage.