宁夏银川二中2016届统练（五）英语试题及答案(2)

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Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
Thirty years have passed, but Odland can not get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman’s kind reaction. She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. “It is OK. It wasn’t your fault.” When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
Odland isn’t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Instead, it seems to be one of those few laws of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It’s hard to get a dozen CEOs to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, “I could buy this place and fire you,” or “I know the owner and I could have you fired.” Those who say such things have shown more about their character than about their wealth and power.
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote a best-selling book called Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management. “A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person,” Swanson says. “I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables.”

21. What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman’s dress?
A. He was fired.                     B. He was blamed.                            
C. The woman comforted him.              D. The woman left the restaurant at once.
22. Odland learned one of his life lessons from          .
A. his experience as a waiter      B. the advice given by the CEOs
C. an article in Fortune               D. an interesting best-selling book
23. According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about ________.
A. Fortune 500 companies                 B. the Management Rules
C. Swanson’s book                        D. the Waiter Rule
24. From the text we can learn that ________.
A. one should be nicer to important people          
B. CEOs often show their power before others
C. one should respect others no matter who they are   
D. CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants
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Windows 8, apart from Windows 95, is the biggest surprise and the only version of Microsoft’ s operating system that has been changed from the core（核心）when compared to its former one. However, a recent study has shown that under 20% of business owners would be willing to upgrade to the new version of Windows. The reason for this remains to be discussed and debated, and we will try to throw light on this research by providing you with some of the most common advantages and disadvantages of Windows 8.
Generally speaking, there are a great number of plus sides related to upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
Speed — This is the biggest advantage to mention. Boot time has been reported to be up to nine times shorter than that with Windows 7.
New passwords — Instead of typing your passwords, Windows 8 will let you use gestures on your favorite photos to enter your password. This is not only practical but also extremely cool!
Windows 8 experience — Apart from computers, Windows 8 will be used on all devices, including smart phones, tablet PC’s and so on. Also, owing to the fact that it has been specifically designed with touch screen users in mind, Windows 8, besides using keyboard and mouse, will offer a whole new user experience.
However, there are still some disadvantages.
The first one that has to be mentioned is that there is no Start Menu from Windows. Yes, there is no Start button in the lower left corner, and this might be a real puzzle of many Windows users. Also, many users have had a problem to get used to the new interface（界面）introduced by Windows 8. The biggest problem that is worth noticing is that Windows 8 was originally designed for touch screen users, and this may have a bad effect on desktop users who have gotten used to doing everything with the help of their keyboard and mouse.

25. What does “plus sides” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A. Math symbols.        B. Strengths.     C. New rules.       D. Messages.
26. The most attractive aspect of Windows 8 is its         .
A. fast rate     B. complex passwords    C. unique experience  D. new interface
27. From the text we can learn that Windows 8          .
A. no longer requires a password           B. was upgraded from windows 95
C. will be popular with desktop users        D. can be used on more than computers