How far should team building be taken into account when making long-term plans for a compa
&8226;Write an email to your team:
&8226;explaining the purpose of the sales meeting
&8226;saying how they should prepare for the meeting
&8226;telling them what they should do if they cannot attend.
&8226;Write 40--50 words.
听力原文:W: Hello, Bill. You look very sad. What happened?
M: Don't mention it. Our baseball team was beaten by Australia last night.
W: Oh, I am sorry to hear that. I know baseball is a traditional pastime in US. But you should not expect your team to win every time.
M: Sure, I know. But it was a matter of pride for the US baseball team to win ill the 1996 Olympic Games. How I wish they could win this time.
W: I also watched the live broadcast yesterday. It was a close game. They gave their best but luck was not on their side.
M: You are right. How about baseball in China? Is it also very popular?
W: I think it's getting more and more popular now.
M: Yeah, when I first came to China a few years ago, I couldn't find anything about the game on newspapers or in sport reports on TV.
W: I agree. I am a big baseball fan too, and I often go to the Internet to find out who has won and who has lost.
M: Right, as far as media coverage is concerned, I have seen a lot of changes in recent years in China.
W: Baseball in China is becoming an important sport now. I still remember several years ago when I went to the stadium to watch a game, there were only a few dozen spectators. But now at least thousands of fans show at every game.
M: Watching a baseball game in China now is almost like that in the US.
W: Well, even so, I believe baseball in China is not quite up to the level as other "advanced countries".
M: Given some time for good training, I think Chinese baseball teams will reach world-class.
W: Did the Chinese baseball team go to play at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games?
M: No, unfortunately the Chinese team lost in the Asian Championships, and therefore failed to be qualified for the Athens Games.
W: That's too bad. But I am sure with intensive training in the next few years, the Chinese team no doubt will be qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
(20)
A.The difference between the US baseball team and the Chinese one.
B.Efforts taken to promote baseball in China.
C.The popularity and development of baseball in China.
D.The performance of US baseball team in the game last night.
听力原文:W: How can I get to the bus station?
M: Go straight for about 200 meters. You will see the bus station on your right hand.
Q: How far should the woman go straight?
(20)
A.About 200 meters.
B.About 300 meters.
C.About 320 meters.
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New Understanding of Natural Silk"s Mysteries
Natural silk, as we all know, has a strength that manmade materials have long struggled to match. In a discovery that sounds more like an ancient Chinese proverb than a materials science breakthrough, MIT researchers have discovered that silk gets its strength from its weakness. Or,more specifically, its many weaknesses. Silk gets its extraordinary durability and ductility from an unusual arrangement of hydrogen bonds that are inherently very weak but that work together to create a strong, flexible structure.
Most materials- especially the ones we engineer for strength- get their toughness from brittleness. As such, natural silks like those produced by spiders have long fascinated both biologists and engineers because of their light weight, ductility and high strength (pound for pound, silk is stronger than steel and far less brittle). But on its face, it doesn"t seem that silks should be as strong as they are; molecularly, they are held together by hydrogen bonds, which are far weaker than the covalent bonds found in other molecules.
To get a better understanding of how silk manages to produce such strength through such weak bonds, the MIT team created a set of computer models that allowed them to observe the way silk behaves at the atomic level. They found that the arrangement of the tiny silk nanocrystals is such that the hydrogen bonds are able to work cooperatively, reinforcing one another against extemal forces and failing slowly when they do fail, so as not so allow a sudden fracture to spread across a silk structure.
The result is natural silks that can stretch and bend while retaining a high degree of strength.
But while that"s all well and good for spiders, bees and the like, this understandingof silk geometry could lead to new materials that are stronger and more ductile than those we can currently manufacture. Our best and strongest materials are generally expensive and difficult to produce (requiring high temperature treatments or energy-intensive processes).
By looking to silk as a model, researchers could potentially devise new manufacturing methods that rely on inexpensive materials and weak bonds to create less rigid, more forgiving materials that are nonetheless stronger than anything currently on offer. And if you thought you were going to get out of this materials science story without hearing about carbon nanotubes, think again. The MIT team is already in the lab looking into ways of synthesizing silk-like structures out of materials that are stronger than natural silk—— like carbon nanotubes. Super-silks are on the horizon.
MIT researchers carry out the study to illustrate an ancient Chinese proverb. 查看材料
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
听力原文:M: This book is 256 pages thick.
W: It's little expensive when considering its contents. It should be 526 pages as far as its price is concerned.
How thick is the book?
A.It is 956 pages thick.
B.It is 246 pages thick.
C.It is 256 pages thick.
D.It is 265 pages thick.
W: Well,your professor should have the authority to get something done about it.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
(19)
A.Tell his professor about the condition of the lecture hall.
B.Organize a team of students to clean the lecture hall.
C.Find out who has been making a mess.
D.Wait to see if the problem will be solved.
(28)
A.It wouldn't be wise to reopen the discussion on the project today.
B.I think we should reconsider our investment in the project.
C.Don't you think we could be wise by increasing our investment?
D.Have you ever seen such a wonderful view of the woods?
In China, there is a saying: "A good neighbor is better than a brother far off"(远亲不如近邻). The Bible says, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (爱你的邻居,尤如爱你自己) In this part, you are to write within 35 minutes an essay on the topic: The Importance of Neighbor including the following information below:
1) What is your understanding of the saying "A good neighbor is better than a brother far off"
2) The condition of the relationship between neighbors.
3) How to live in a harmonious way with your neighbors.
You should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.