The event happened to Hunter as if it were yesterday when he was working in a fancy 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 Hunter can't 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 Hunter, “It’s 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.
Hunter 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 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 Hunter 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.Hunter 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.Most CEOS have the same opinion about_________ depending on the text.
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.
The 3 Best Marvel Films-ranked
It seems that ranking films well is always a tough task. In the hearts of millions of fans, everyone has his own choice. Superhero films are even more so. Recently, The Guardian has chosen three of the most popular Marvel films.
0.3 Blade Ⅱ(2002)
This film continues the story of an earlier 1998’s Blade and is directed by Guillermo. The story once again concerns the mysterious day walker, played by Wesley Snipes. It is an action film full of high technology and the fighting scenes Guillermo expresses are horribly exciting. Not a typical superhero film, in many ways, but a great one.
No. 2 Black Panther (2018)
This superb film is an entertaining adventure, with a richer component (成分) of fantasy than the other Marvel films. The character of Black Panther is recognized as one of Marvel’s greatest heroes. It is a big hit across the board. It also employs Rachel Morrison who is MCU’S first woman cinematographer, a photographer who operates a movie camera. Marvel Studios’ president, Kevin Feige, has promised to get more women writers and directors on board. So far, the only Marvel female writer is Nicole Perlman for Guardians of the Galaxy.
NO 1 Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
It is smart, visually exciting and perhaps above all, funny. And it's funny in a way that only Marvel films can be. It suggests that to some degree comedy can be an important part of the drama. Taika Waititi was an inspired choice as director. Hemsworth plays the role of Thor and Cate Blanchett plays Hela, the goddess of death who also happens to be Thor’s half sister.
1.Which film is the most popular one according to The Guardian?
A.Blade Ⅱ. B.Black Panther.
C.Guardians of the Galaxy. D.Thor: Ragnarok.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Ranking superhero films is easy.
B.BladeⅡis a typical superhero film.
C.Nicole Perlman is the only Marvel female writer so far.
D.Taika Waititi, Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett act in one film.
3.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To introduce some superhero films.
B.To advertise for some films.
C.To comment on the Marvels history.
D.To advise people to learn from heroes.
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
It was a Sunday morning. Betty woke up earlier than usual. She couldn’t sleep any longer because she was so excited that her uncle Mark was taking her to the beach. She had always loved going surfing with her uncle. She put her swimming suit on and took quickly that she had prepared the night got before and went outside to wait. She jumped up and down with joy when she saw her uncle’s red jeep turn the corner down her street.
Uncle Mark got out of the car and helped Betty get in. “Are you ready?” he asked. “Yes!” replied Betty. Uncle Mark could see the excitement in her face. Suddenly he said seriously, “Well, before we go, I have to let you know that a shark appeared recently where we're going to surf today.” Scared and shocked, Betty couldn’t say a word. “Haha! I'm kidding you,” Uncle Mark burst out laughing. Betty laughed too. She knew Uncle Mark liked teasing others. “Let’s go and have some breakfast, I know just the place,” Uncle Mark said. They went to a breakfast shop and ate some tacos (炸玉米饼).
After breakfast the two of them went down to Pacific Beach and got their surfboards ready. “First you have to wax(打蜡)the bottom,explained Uncle Mark. “I know. I’ve watched you do it before!" Betty said as she took the wax from Uncle Mark's hand. It took about 15 minutes to wax the bottom of their boards. When Betty finished, Uncle Mark looked it over to make sure it was done well. “Nice job, Betty, you wax your board like a true surfer.”
Finally, they were ready to get into the water. They carried their boards down to the beach and went out into the water. Betty was overly excited and tried to rush to catch a wave. Predictably, she crashed and had to start over. Next was her uncle's turn. He stood up on his first try and smoothly surfed the wave before jumping into the water. Betty cheered for her uncle's perfect run.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
All of a sudden, Betty felt something touching the bottom of her foot.
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“Help! Help!” Betty screamed in horror.
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假如你是学生会主席李华，最近你校不少同学得了流感，请你写一则通告，提醒国际部的同学们做好预防工作，内容包括：
1.你校流感概况；
2.预防的措施（不少于三条）；
3.祝愿。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A loyal Liverpool Football Club fan is always making sure to cheer on his beloved team whenever they play and thanks1. a letter from his loving older brother, the team was recently able to return the favor.
Ian, a Liverpool City native, 2.hoped his hometown soccer team would do something special for his brother David, 3.(write) a letter to the club about David’s condition. Since David was starved of oxygen as an infant, he developed differently than other kids. Though David struggled4.(academic), his enduring loyalty to Liverpool FC never left him, and he is well known in the community as being a great kid and a passionate fan.
David is a season ticket holder who 5.(try) to go and see Liverpool play as many times as he can. He could never have expected that one of the 6.(great )members of the team would go to see him while he was at work.
Liverpool FC defender Virgil Van Dijk, 7.(consider)to be the best defender and one of the best players in the world, visited David’s place of work to give him the surprise of a lifetime: 8. trip to Liverpool FC’s training ground to meet the team.
NOT only that, Van Dijk presented David with9.(ticket )for all the rest of the game to make sure they had his support from the stands for every one of the 2510.remain) games this season.
Being admitted to hospital is boring. Since childhood Kevin Gatlin has been bored by the _______environments of hospital rooms so he came up with a ________solution to help with the hospital depressions as a means of making sure that his children were never forced to. _______ the same boredom.
Gatlin is the ________behind Playtime Edventures, featuring dozens of games and lessons for children______to their hospital beds. Several years ago, Gatlin went to_________his friend's child in hospital. He got the ________for the bed sheets.
It was ________ to see a child spending hours and hours in a plain white room. He ________how his wife had always played games on his son’s bed in order to ________ him to fall asleep. Gatlin then spent the next two years ______ the sheets so that children could be entertained from _________of their own bed.
He also worked with teachers to make the games_________. “We put together bedsheets and sleep bags that _________ everything from geography, math, science, grammar, word find games... all on a three-piece set,” Gatlin said. Up till now , Gatlin knows that his ________ are being used in 10 different hospitals. But since his customers are able to ______ the bedsheets to their own local hospitals, that number could be much higher. Therefore, more kids can_________.
Parents can also ________ he sheets for their own children at home . Catlin hopes that his invention will soon make its way into ________around the world. So ________kids lying in bed won’t get bored.
1.A.unfriendly B.dull C.pleasant D.healthy
2.A.simple B.peaceful C.normal D.complex
3.A.escape B.enjoy C.experience D.increase
4.A.customer B.competitor C.sponsor D.inventor
5.A.addicted B.restricted C.devoted D.accustomed
6.A.train B.adopt C.visit D.examine
7.A.inspiration B.money C.material D.permission
8.A.boring B.scaring C.puzzling D.heartbreaking
9.A.dreamed of B.thought about C.found out D.depended on
10.A.force B.allow C.help D.promise
11.A.developing B.promoting C.advertising D.producing
12.A.quality B.size C.warmth D.comfort
13.A.professional B.educational C.regular D.profitable
14.A.change B.mend C.cover D.differ
15.A.sheets B.cures C.lessons D.games
16.A.discover B.connect C.submit D.donate
17.A.relax B.benefit C.play D.recover
18.A.buy B.design C.sell D.find
19.A.classrooms B.companies C.hospitals D.hotels
20.A.naughty B.lonely C.shy D.sick
