余杭中学、萧山八中、富阳新登中学等2016期中联考英语试题及答案(5)

The debate is likely to get heated on in future papers, and the practice of setting goals no doubt will continue. For now, though, the lesson seems to be put more thought into setting goals.
“Goal-setting does help motivate people. My idea would be to combine that with careful management, a strong organizational culture, and make sure the goals that you use are going to be constructive and not significantly harmful to the organization,” Schweitzer says.
50. What does Maurice Schweitzer want to show by mentioning the example of Enron?
A. Setting realistic goals can turn a failing business into success.
B. Businesses are likely to succeed without realistic goals.
C. Companies are certain to meet specific goals with financial rewards.
D. Goals with financial rewards have strong motivational power.
51. How did Sears’ goal-setting affect its employees?
A. They had to work more hours to increase their sales.
B. They competed with one another to attract more customers.
C. They turned to immoral practice to reach their goals.
D. They improved their customer service on a companywide basis.
52. The underlined words “runs counter to” (Paragraph 7) can be replaced by ________.
A. agrees with    B. goes against C. fits in with D. applies to

53. What is Edwin Locke’s argument against Schweitzer?
A. The practice of setting goals only helps people to develop.
B. Goal-setting is of no use for motivating people to accomplish their tasks.
C. The positive effects of goal-setting outweigh its negative effects.
D. Studying goal-setting can contribute to successful business practices.
54. According to the passage, the author tries to convey ___________.
A. the goals that most people set are unrealistic
B. all people can improve their work quality by setting goals
C. setting goals can provide people with a sense of purpose
D. people should not ignore the negative effects of goal-setting
                            
D
I lost everything. That is, I’d either lose or destroy it. Jewelry. Dolls. Games. Whatever made its way into my hands I chewed on or destroyed beyond recognition. I ate paper, and once consumed an entire book. Poor Curious George didn’t stay curious for long around me. He was eaten. Mom and Dad called me “instant disaster”. And because I was so messy, they always sat me at the dinner table next to the guests they weren’t planning to invite back.
One day in the second grade, I walked home from school, and my surprised mother looked at me as I walked through the front door. “Carol,” she asked calmly but with a confused look on her face, “Where’s your coat?” I looked down and saw my broken leather shoes, worn-out pants, and white (but dirty) cotton shirt. Until my mother pointed out that I wasn’t fully dressed, I hadn’t noticed. I was just as surprised as she was, for we both remembered that I had been wearing the coat that morning. My mother and I walked across the street to the school, looked on the sidewalks and all over the playground and in the halls, but in vain.
The following winter my mother and father bought me a fur brown coat with a matching hat. I loved my new coat and hat and felt like a big girl. I promised that I would be careful and not lose the hat.
One day my father came home from work and called me downstairs from my room. He bent down to my size and hugged me, and he asked me if I would try on my new coat and hat and model them for him. Upstairs I rushed, two steps at a time, excited to put on a fashion show for my father. I threw on the coat, but I couldn’t find the hat. I nervously looked under my bed and in the closet, but it was nowhere. Maybe he wouldn’t notice that I wasn’t wearing it.
I flew downstairs and twirled(旋转) around as if on a runway, posing and smiling, modeling my new coat for my father who was paying attention to me and telling me how pretty I looked. Then he said he wanted me to model the hat, too. “No, Daddy, I just want to show you the coat. Just look at the coat on me!” I said, still dancing around the hallway and trying to avoid the subject of the missing hat. I knew that the hat was history. He was giggling(咯咯地笑), and I thought I was admirable and loved because he was laughing and playing with me. We went around a couple times about the hat, and in the middle of his laugh, he slapped me. He slapped me hard on the face, and I didn’t understand why. At the sharp sound of his hand on my face, my mother shouted, “Mike! What are you doing! What are you doing!” She was breathless and stunned. His anger hurt both my mother and me. I just stood there holding my hand to my burning cheek, crying. And then he took my new hat out of his coat pocket. He had found it lying in the street, and as he looked at me over the top of his glasses, he said, “Maybe now you will learn not to be careless and lose things.”
I am a grown woman now, and I still lose things. I am still careless. But what my father taught me that day was not a lesson of responsibility. I learned not to trust his laughter. Because even his laughter hurt.
55. Why did the writer’s parents call her “instant disaster”?
A. Because she was naughty and looked very ugly.
B. Because she often destroyed things on purpose.
C. Because her behavior was extremely abnormal.
D. Because she was destructive and made a mess.
56. In the writer’s eyes, her mother is _______.
A. hardworking, brave and strict      B. warmhearted, tolerant and helpful
C. cruel, false and mean           D. spoiling children and economical