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My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   11 . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） 12 , were always landing on   13 ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end up with their   14 into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   15 my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain 16 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   17 to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.” 18 arriving back, the children were   19 excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy   20
for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   21 asking them to play a certain violin 22 . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   23 ．
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   24 : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   25 of well-done jobs the day   26 .
27 I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the   28 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be   29 .
We all benefited from and 30 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．

A．differently B．positive C．negative D．same

A．shouting B．crying C．persuading D．beating

A．side B．neither C．deaf D．either

A．crying B．bringing C．droping D．bursting

A．addict B．adopt C．access D．adjust

A．sentence B．words C．speech D．sight

A．sent B．addressed C．delivered D．read

A．As B．On C．In D．At

A．more than B．rather than C．less than D．other than

A．asking B．praying C．waiting D．expecting

A．gently B．friendly C．politely D．toughly

A．music B．piece C．song D．tone

A．respectable B．uninteresting C．incredible D．fresh

A．suggestion B．question C．challenge D．advice

A．response B．answer C．praise D．honor

A．ahead B．before C．over D．ago

A．though B．Even so C．Even if D．Actually

A．memory B．main C．life D．reminder

A．sent B．posted C．struck D．hanged

A．appreciated B．learned C．shared D．thanked

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During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California．I went to live there in order to be（1）　him．I hated the place．I had never （2）　　been so unhappy．My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack（棚屋） alone．The heat was（3）　　﹣almost $125 °$ F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4）　　a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5）　　with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6）　and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7）　　be in prison!My father answered my （8）　　with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9）　　﹣two lines that completely changed my life：

Two men looked out from prison bars，One saw the mud，the other saw the stars．

I read those two lines（10）　　I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11）　　； I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives，and their（12）　　amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13）　　to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14）　　for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15）　　

What brought about this（16）　　change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17）　　I had．I had changed my（18）　　And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19）　　of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20）　　the stars

（1）

off

behind

near

beyond

（2）

before

already

then

still

（3）

inflexible

incomprehensible

uncontrollable

unbearable

（4）

Only

Not

Many

Such

（5）

covered

filled

buried

charged

（6）

catching up

keeping up

giving up

getting up

（7）

ought to

might well

would rather

had better

（8）

request

call

question

letter

（9）

comparison

imagination

consideration

memory

（10）

over and over

by and by

up and down

now and then

（11）

company

occupation

situation

relationship

（12）

movement

reaction

guidance

purpose

（13）

refused

failed

managed

happened

（14）

asked

hunted

waited

headed

（15）

floor

surface

rock

level

（16）

shocking

challenging

puzzling

astonishing

（17）

but

for

（18）

attitude

principle

identity

standard

（19）

vacation

operation

affair

adventure

（20）

sought

counted

found

reached

In the 1960s，Douglas McGregor，one of the key thinkers in the art of management，developed the mow famous Theory X and Theory Y．Theory X is the idea that people instinctively （51）　 work and will do anything to avoid it．Theory Y is the view that everyone has the potential to find satisfaction in work．

In any case，despite so much evidence to the （52）　　，many managers still agree to Theory X．They believe，（53）　　，that their employees need constant supervision if they are to work effectively，or that decisions must be imposed from （54）　　 without consultation．This，of course，makes for authoritarian （专制的） managers．

Different cultures have different ways of （55）　　 people．Unlike authoritarian management，some cultures，particularly in Asia，are well known for the consultative nature of decision﹣making﹣all members of the department or work group are asked to （56）　　 to this process．This is management by the collective opinion．Many western companies have tried to imitate such Asian ways of doing things，which are based on general （57）　　．Some experts say that women will become more effective managers than men because they have the power to reach common goals in a way that traditional （58）　　 managers cannot．

A recent trend has been to encourage employees to use their own initiative，to make decisions on their own without（59）　managers first．This empowerment （授权） has been part of the trend towards downsizing：（60）　　 the number of management layers in companies．After de﹣layering in this way，a company may be （61）　　 with just a top level of senior managers，front﹣line managers and employees with direct contact with the public．Empowerment takes the idea of delegation （委托） much further than has （62）　　been the case．Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to （63）　　 that the overall business plan is being followed，and that operations become more profitable under the new organization，rather than less．

Another trend is off﹣site or （64）　　 management，where teams of people linked by e﹣mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses．Project managers evaluate the （65）　　 of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects，rather than the amount of time they spend on them．

51．A．desire	B．seek	C．lose	D．dislike
52．A．contrary	B．expectation	C．degree	D．extreme
53．A．vice versa	B．for example	C．however	D．otherwise
54．A．outside	B．inside	C．below	D．above
55．A．replacing	B．assessing	C．managing	D．encouraging
56．A．refer	B．contribute	C．object	D．apply
57．A．agreement	B．practice	C．election	D．impression
58．A．bossy	B．experienced	C．western	D．male
59．A．asking	B．training	C．warning	D．firing
60．A．doubling	B．maintaining	C．reducing	D．estimating
61．A．honoured	B．left	C．crowded	D．compared
62．A．economically	B．traditionally	C．inadequately	D．occasionally
63．A．deny	B．admit	C．assume	D．ensure
64．A．virtual	B．ineffective	C．day﹣to﹣day	D．on﹣the﹣scene
65．A．opinion	B．risk	C．performance	D．attractiveness

A．account B．adjustable C．appliances D．capture E．decorations F．direct

G．experiment H．intended I．operated J．soulless K．squeeze

Golden Rules of Good Design

What makes good design？Over the years，designers and artists have been trying to （41）　the essentials of good design．They have found that some sayings can help people understand the ideas of good design．There are four as follows．

Less is more．This saying is associated with the German﹣born architect Mies van der Rohe．In his Modernist view，beauty lies in simplicity and elegance，and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through the most efficient means．Design should avoid unnecessary （42）　　

More is not a bore．The American﹣born architect Robert Venturi concluded that if simplicity is done badly，the result is （43）　　design．Post﹣Modernist designers began to （44）　　with decoration and color again．Product design was heavily influenced by this view and can be seen in kitchen （45）　　such as ovens and kettles．

Fitness for purpose．Successful product design takes into consideration a product's function，purpose，shape，form，color，and so on．The most important result for the user is that the product does what is （46）　　．For example，think of a（n）（47）　　desk lamp．It needs to be constructed from materials that will stand the heat of the lamp and regular adjustments by the user．It also needs to be stable．Most importantly，it needs to （48）　　light where it is needed．

From follows emotion．This phrase is associated with the German designer Hartmut Esslinger．He believes design must take into（49）　　the sensory side of our nature﹣sight，smell，touch and taste．These are as important as rational（理性的） thinking．When choosing everyday products such as toothpaste，we appreciate a cool﹣looking device that allows us to easily（50）　 the toothpaste onto our brush．

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
I was 14 years old． I was angry and rebellious, with regard for anything my parents had to say, if it had nothing to do with me．Like so many , I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t my picture of the world． As a “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious of love．In fact, I got angry at the of the word “love”．
One , after an extremely difficult day, I into my room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily．As I lay down in the privacy of my , my hands placed under my pillow．There was an envelope．I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To when you’re alone．”
I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not．So I opened it．It said，“Mike，I know life is right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right．I also know that I love you and nothing you do or say will ever change that．I am here for you if you ever need to talk．If you don’t, that’s also ．Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be that you are my son．I’m here for you and I love you-that will never Love you, Mom．”
Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my , and I remember the I felt every time I got a letter．During my teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I still could be loved my anger and rudeness．Just before I fell I became grateful that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed．

Tom was crossing the road the other day when he saw a red car coming in the distance．He thought the car would _____, as the lights had turned red． _____, the car was going too ____ and Tom soon _____ that it couldn’t stop in time．He _____ to move out of its _____ but it was too late．Tom was ____ down by the red car and lay _____ dead on the road． Passers-by ______ went to him and an ambulance（救护车）was _____for．The driver of the red car didn’t stop, ____one of the men had written down the _____ of the car, which he _____ to the police who arrived at the site（现场）．
At the same time, Tom was taken to the ____ and his parents were called for．They were very _____ to hear of the accident and quickly rushed to his ___．For three days Tom was not able to feel or think and his parents were worried that he _____ die．But on the fourth day Tom ____ and spoke softly．His parents were _____．The police by then had _____ the owner of the car and caught hold of him at last．