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4. Get really really good at hiring… and really really good at firing.
The (12)________ of a company has nothing to do with its technology or current products. It has more to do with its people. And building a great team means two things: hiring well, and firing well. It's easy to understand how to hire well. Firing well is also (13)________. A hiring mistake is unavoidable. In Facebook's early days, the company made lots of hiring mistakes, but it (14)________ them quickly. (15)________, if your company is growing rapidly, it will eventually outgrow some of your early executives - and you'll need to replace them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
A. apply A. pattern A. presently A. intended A. pushed A. delicate A. features A. fascinated A. called in
B. relate B. version B. hastily B. supposed B. provided B. sensational B. operation B. absorbed B. sent for B. lasted B. unite B. outcome B. critical B. dealt B. In addition
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D. persist D. model D. initially D. urged D. launched D. competent D. objects D. uninterested D. turned away D. extended D. permit D. purpose D. cruel D. mended D. As a result
10. A. switched 11. A. identify 12. A. admiration 13. A. efficient 14. A. addressed 15. A. In short
Section B
Direction: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them in passage A, B and C, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The big screen is never short of films about World WarⅡ. When Nazi Germany is featured in these films, cruel Nazi officers and brutal concentration camps most often represent it. But the new Hollywood movie Valkyrie tells a different story, “a chapter of German history which is little known abroad”, according to the German Cultural Minister Bernd Neumann.
Valkyrie is based on a true incident that took place in 1944. Colonel Stauffenberg had been a loyal soldier for his entire military career. However, after losing an eye, a hand, and three fingers in an Allied bombing, he reached breaking point. The destruction that his country had brought to its European neighbors had become too terrible for the colonel to bear in silence. He hoped that someone would find a way to stop Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Realizing that time was running out, he decided that he must take action himself and joined the German resistance. These men drew up Operation Valkyrie, a plot to assassinate (murder) Hitler and to overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. This plot is what the film is named after and focuses on.
The Hollywood star Tom Cruise plays the lead role. “This was a very challenging film to make. We carried a huge responsibility to correctly portray history,” Cruise said.
However, the production has drawn criticism for lacking depth and for simplifying the motives behind the plot.
16. The passage tells us that Valkyrie is _____. A. a story written by Bernd Neuman
B. a chapter in a German history book D. a movie about a plan to assassinate Hitler
C. a movie about Nazi concentration camps
17. What does the sentence “he reached breaking point” probably mean? A. He narrowly escaped being killed.
B. He couldn’t reach out his arm for anything. D. He decided to make a historic change in life.
C. He was rewarded for his brave attempts.
18. Why did Tom Cruise say the film was challenging for him? A. Because he never acted in such kind of film before. B. Because he knew little about this episode of history. C. Because he felt it a heavy task to present the real history. D. Because he was afraid that the film might draw criticism. 19. The following passage will probably talk about _____. A. the reason why the film is named after Valkyrie
B. the comments from the movie critics on Valkyrie D. the importance of the role Cruise plays in Valkyrie
C. the praises from audience after watching Valkyrie
(B)
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Celebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture.Fans used to be crazy about a
specific film,but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product.Besides,fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces.As a result,celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon,but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers,and limited to a few TV actresses.Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands.The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style.As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market,they expand their production scale rapidly,covering almost all the products of daily life.
However,for every success story,there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal.No matter how famous the product’s origin is,if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing.And once the initial attention dies down,consumer interest might fade,loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels. Today,celebrities face even more severe embarrassment.The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever,but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well.Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life,and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears.Still,the ego’s potential for expansion is limitless.Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition,many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered.As the saying goes,success and failure always go hand in hand.Their success as designers might last only a short time,but fashion - like celebrity - has always been temporary.
23.Fashion magazines today ________. A.seldom put models on the cover
B.no longer put models on the cover
D.judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
C.need not worry about celebrities’ market potential
24. “loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels” in Paragraph 4 echoes the idea that _______. A.ordinary consumers are more concerned with price rather than brand name B.celebrity branded products can be an instant success
C.consumer’s enthusiasm for celebrity branded products prove to be inconstant D.to consumers, quality matters more than the outside of products.
25.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly ________. A.decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products B.damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public C.cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business D.influence the price of a celebrity’s products