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’t get the memory out of his mind,nor the woman’s kind reaction(反应).She was shocked,regained calmness and,in a kind voice,told the young Odland.“It’s OK.It wasn’t your fault.”When she left the restaurant,she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO(总裁) 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.Rather,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(人品) 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.”
1.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.
2.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
3.According to the text,most CEOs have the time opinion about _______.
A.Fortune 500 companies B.the Management Rules
C.Swanson’s book D.the Waiter Rule
4.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
Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability(能力).They feel hopeless about it.Can you learn to read better,or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure,people are different.You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do.If all the students in a class tried out for basketball,some would be very good players;others would be very poor;and many would be in between.But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way,and with plenty of practice.It is the same with reading.Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help.Others find reading a slow and tiring job.In between,there are all degrees of reading ability.
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability.In these experiments,the poor readers were given tests of reading ability.After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered,they were given special instruction and practice in reading.After a few months,another test of the same kind was given.In nearly all cases,these people had raised their reading scores.
1.With the example of basketball players,the author shows _______.
A.why certain people are poor readers
B.that there are differences in people’s abilities
C.why some people are good basketball players
D.that good basketball players can be good readers
2.To improve their reading ability,people should _______.
A.work long and hard
B.take different forms of tests
C.have special help and practice
D.try different reading materials
3.The experiments mentioned in the text show that _______.
A.good readers seem to enjoy reading
B.almost all poor readers can make progress
C.causes of poor reading are difficult to find out
D.tests help people improve their reading ability
Growing up in Philadelphia,Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven.His food-loving family had two kitchens,and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes.Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college,learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(地方特色菜) in Germany,Spain and France.At Yale,he was known for throwing dinner parties,single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends.Just for fun,he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking.Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruit.That helped the show become very popular among the students.They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking.Tapes of the show were passed around,with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television.He says Lieberman’s charisma is key.“Food TV isn’t about food anymore,”says Flay.“It’s about your personality(个性) and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket.After taping the first season of the new show,Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches.An airline company(航空公司) was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful,inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights.Lieberman got the job.
1.We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family _______.
A.have relatives in Europe B.love cooking at home
C.often hold parties D.own a restaurant
2.The Food Network got to know Lieberman _______.
A.at one of this parties B.from his teachers
C.through his taped show D.on a television program
3.What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?
A.A natural ability to attract others.
B.A way to show one’s achievement.
C.Lieberman’s after-class interest.
D.Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.
4.Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?
A.He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.
B.He was famous for his shows on Food TV.
C.He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.
D.He could cook cheap,delicious and simple meals.
5.What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?
A.He is clever but lonely.
B.He is friendly and active.
C.He enjoys traveling around.
D.He often changes his menus.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago.I decided to 1a car because we had sold the one we had in England before 2home.Yesterday the sales office rang us to say the car was 3.I had tried out a model like it before,but as I was not yet 4driving in this city,my wife did not want me to collect it 5so we went together to 6it.We paid for the car and 7the papers.They told us that there was 8petrol(汽油) to take us to a garage,where we could fill up.The 9garage to the office was about 100 yards away and we got there 10.But when I turned into the main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing 11me.I got out of 12as fast as I could by backing into the garage 13and the man behind 14me.
“It’s such a problem to 15to drive on the right side,isn’t it?”my wife said.“Yes,if only I had had a few lessons for 16,”I replied.“You had better go 17on the way home,”my wife said.“You’d be sorry if you had 18on the first day,wouldn’t you?”While we were talking,the man behind got out of his car and said in good English,“Would you mind telling me 19you are thinking of leaving? 20are you going to sit in your car all day?”
1.A.borrow B.drive C.buy D.choose
2.A.leaving B.making C.returning D.getting
3.A.right B.ready C.fixed D.sold
4.A.sure of B.satisfied with
C.interested in D.used to
5.A.on my own B.right away C.in a hurry D.on the way
6.A.receive B.bring C.order D.fetch
7.A.accepted B.wrote C.signed D.copied
8.A.little B.enough C.much D.no
9.A.best B.nearest C.quickest D.cleanest
10.A.lately B.directly C.safely D.slowly
11.A.after B.with C.around D.towards
12.A.their way B.the garage C.their sight D.the car
13.A.at last B.once more C.as usual D.as well
14.A.caught B.cheered C.shouted at D.chatted with
15.A.prepare B.continue C.choose D.remember
16.A.discussion B.adventure C.experiment D.practice
17.A.carefully B.smoothly C.quickly D.differently
18.A.an error B.a problem
C.an accident D.a headache
19.A.when B.why C.how D.what
20.A.For B.Or C.But D.So
—Tom,you didn’t come to the party last night?
—I _______,but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.
A.had to B.didn’t
C.was going to D.wouldn’t
—Could you tell me the way to _______ Johnsons,please?
—Sorry,we don’t have _______ Johnson here in the village.
A.that;the B.the;a
C.不填;the D.the;不填
