Question 1
正确答案: C
题干关键词:million-dollar quartet。
原文定位:第三自然第七行开始Sun’s ‘million-dollar’quartet’could have been a quintet. Missing from...Presley, Cash, Perkins and Lewis...and believed in it. Orbison wasn’t inspired by the goal, and only ever achieved one hit with the Sun label。
解析:从million-dollar quartet可以定位到第三自然段,此处讲的是对于Phillips的想法,Cash, Perkins and Lewis更能认同和理解,而Orbison则没有很大的热情,因此尽管他比其他三个人都要优秀,也只是achieved one hit with the Sun label。这是他们对目标认同感的不一致导致的,C选项表达的是这个意思,有一个共同的目标,因此答案是C。
Question 2
正确答案: A
题干关键词:James Watson, Francis Crick,DNA code。
原文定位:第六段倒数第二句话,He said he and Crick had succeeded because they were aware that they weren’t the most intelligent of scientists pursuing the answer。
解析:通过题干关键词,可以定位到第六段,而定位句是讲述的这件事情的原因,定位句翻译大意是,他们成功的原因是,他们知道,他们不是这群寻求答案的科学家中最聪明的。而选项A翻译为,他们意识到自己的不足,其中were aware对应选项中的were conscious,因此答案选A。
Question 3
正确答案: D
题干关键词:competitions on breakfast。
原文定位:题干关键词出现在第八段的倒数第二句话,all those competitions on breakfast cereal packets encouraged us to write in saying in no more than ten words…The very act of writing makes us more likely to believe it 。能够起到概括作用是第一句话,Writing, visualizing and prototyping can stimulate the flow of new ideas。
解析:其中原文中的situmulate对应D选项中的strengthen。而后问的more likely to believe it再一次的对situmulate 做了重复强调,所以答案是D。
Question 4
正确答案: B
题干关键词:the last paragraph,for employees。
原文定位:根据题干,定位到最后一个自然段,线索句子是,Leaders should encourage everyone to contribute and simultaneously assure all concerned that every recommendation is important to make the right decision and will be given full attention。
解析:原文中的everyone to contribute对应B选项中的their contributions,原文中的making the right decision对应选项中的valued。原文的大意是,领导要鼓励每个人做出贡献,同时保证,每个人的建议对做出重要的决定都有很重要的作用,而且会被充分关注。与B选项中的表意相符,所以答案是B。
Question 5
正确答案: G
题干关键词:employees,values,match,employers。
原文定位:第二段,Research shows that the fit between an employees’s and a company’s values make a difference to what contribution they make and whether, two years after they join, they are still at the company。
解析:其中原文中的company对应题干中的employers,employees和values,能在原文中直接找到原词。原文中的still at the company可以对应选项G中的remain。答案是G。
Question 6
正确答案: E
题干关键词:times of change。
原文定位:第四段,a process of change, and under that pressure we, as a species, behave differently, ‘when things change, we are hard-wired to play it safe’。
解析:原文中的a process of change对应times of change,E选项中的avoid risk对应play it safe。所以答案是E。
Question 7
正确答案: A
题干关键词:are aware of,lose。
原文定位:第四段,Managers should therefore...what stands to be lost if the company fails to seize a particular opportunity. studies show that we invariably take more gambles when threatened with a loss than when offered a reward。
解析:经理要解释what stands to be lost if the company fails to seize a particular opportunity.,即让人们are aware of what they might lose,gambles对应A的chances,所以答案是A。
Question 8
正确答案: F
题干关键词:dominant boss。
原文定位:第六段,Cialdini believes that ‘follow-the-leader syndrome’is dangerous, not least because it encourages bosses to go it alone。
解析:原文中follow-the-leader对应F中的 dominant boss,而encourages bosses to go it alone对应F中的ignore duty。言下之意是,老板自己做了,会让员工忽略自己的职责,因此答案是F。
Question 9
正确答案: B
题干关键词:few rules。
原文定位:第十段,a group of young desigers for whom ‘the only rule was that there were no rules’. This environment encouraged a free interchange of ideas。
解析:原文大意是,没有规则,这样的环境能更好的鼓励自由的相互交换想法。其中no rule对应题干中的few rules,interchange对应B中的share。所以答案是B。
Question 10
正确答案: NO
题干关键词:physical surrounding,play a key role。
原文定位:第一段的最后一句话,There are, nevertheless, people working in luxurious, state-of-the-art centres designed to stimulate innovation who find that their environment doesn’t make them feel at all creative. And there are those who don’t have a budget, or much space, but who innovate successfully。
解析:定义句对好的环境和差的环境进行了对比,发现并不是好的环境就能带来好的创造力,相反,有些人在恶劣的环境下,更能成功的创造,和题干表意违背。所以答案是NO。
Question 11
正确答案: YES
题干关键词:most,potential。
原文定位:第二段,....almost every individual can be creative in the right circumstances。
解析:定位句子说,几乎所有人在对的环境中都能够有创造力,因此和题干表达的意思相同,因此答案是YES。
Question 12
正确答案: NOT GIVEN
题干关键词:team work,equally matched intelligence。
原文定位:第七段,Teamwork taps into one of the basic drivers of human behavior.....Research shows that peer power, used horizontally not vertically, is much more powerful than any boss’s speech。
解析。定位句中并没有说到,teamwork是不是best,只是说了peer会much more powerful,也没有提到是不是equally matched intelligence。因此答案是NOT GIVEN。
Question 13
正确答案: NOT GIVEN
题干关键词:easier,smaller companies。
原文定位:第八段。
解析:这道题没有明确定位,但是因为判断题大多数都是按照顺序给出的,因此这道题的答案根据此经验,判断在第38和40之间。因此定位在第八段,但是第八段中没有任何关于small company的涉及,全文中实则也没有提及这件事,因此,答案是NOT GIVEN。
Question 14
正确答案: NO
题干关键词:manager’s,more persuasive。
原文定位:第九段,The wrong kind of leadership will lead to what Cialdini calls ‘captainitis, the regrettable tendency of team members to opt out of team responsibilities that are properly theirs’。
解析:从定位句中可以知道,错误的领导会导致tendency of team members to opt out of team responsibilities that are properly theirs,是比较糟糕的结果,且在原文最后也说了,这种情况会发生在任何工作的地方,如果领导很专横的话。此处的manager’s对应原文中的leadership。因此本段整体的表意和原文相违背。因此答案是NO。