湖北孝感高中2016届高三10月调考英语试题及答案(3)

C. Lovci deserved the award.
D. Lovci achieved her success with Interconnect Tour’s help.
31. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Deb Lovci —2015’s Best Ski Guide   B. Deb Lovci and Outside Magazine
    C. The Ski Utah Interconnect Tour D. Deb Lovci — a ski guide for 27 years

D
Professional courses, such as Masters in International Business or MIB, have been taken by many students in the last two decades. They are choosing new-age non-conventional courses that guarantee a better future. MIB is a specialized course that teaches the international business. There are valid reasons for so much popularity of MIB course.
The course content and teaching methods of MIB are quite different from a normal MBA or Master of Business Administration. It has been designed with the sole objective of developing professionals with an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the international trade. The course offers various advantages over the conventional MBA degree course.
The massive increase in the international business and foreign trade gives excellent job prospects(前景) to the new generation. Acquiring a degree of MIB offers outstanding growth of job opportunities. Those who want to pursue in the field of marketing also have a good future after completing the degree from a reputed MIB college. Big multinational organizations look for talented people who can handle the job profile of International Marketing Manage, and people with MIB degrees are preferred. The profile needs an in-depth understanding of the overseas markets, because it is the strategic post from the perspective of company’s international business growth.
Since business finance and economics are covered at length in the curriculum of MIB, students have great job offers in the field of finance as well. Typically, organizations offer the profile of international finance controllers to those who complete MIB with the specialization of finance. The specialization covers aspects of international taxes, accounts, budgeting and so on. People in this field are well-paid, and growth prospects are unlimited. After completing degree course from a reputed MIB college, there is a good scope in the banking and finance sector as well. International banks appoint people who have an excellent grasp over the international banking policies, currency exchange, and international policies. Thus, MIB is the golden key to success with brilliant job opportunities in national and multinational sectors.
32. The second paragraph is mainly developed by _______.
A. analyzing causes B. listing figures
C. making comparisons D. proving definition
33. More and more people intend to acquire a degree of MIB because _______.
A. it is a compulsory course in the colleges
B. it offers them conventional economic knowledge
C. it offers them opportunities to do small businesses
D. it helps them get good jobs in some organizations
34. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The international finance controller is a high-quality job.
B. People get higher salary in business field than in finance field.
C. MIB holders are more promising in all careers than others.
D. International banks only accept employees from MIB colleges.
35. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A. To make an advertisement for the MIB course.
B. To analyze the disadvantages of the MIB course.
C. To explain why the MIB course is getting popular.
D. To predict the development trend of the MIB course.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You can help your firm innovate(创新) by creating a culture in which all employees are actively encouraged to put forward ideas. But how do you get the best from people and encourage them to be at their most creative.
Stress the importance of creativity.   36  If they don’t understand innovation can keep your firm competitive, your efforts at encouraging creative thinking risk falling flat.
Make time for brainstorming. Find some time for new ideas to come out. For example, set aside time for brainstorming, hold regular group works hops(研讨会) and arrange team days out. A team involved in a brainstorming session is likely to be more effective.  37  You should also give individuals the space to reflect privately on their work if you think they need it.
Challenge the way staff work.   38  Ask people whether they have considered alternative ways of working and what might be achieved by doing things differently.
  39   Motivate individuals or teams who come up with winning ideas by actively recognizing creativity, for example through an award scheme. You can reward those who just have a rich flow of suggestions, regardless of whether they are put into action at work.
Act on ideas. Creative thinking is only worthwhile if it results in action. Provide the time and resources to develop and carry out those ideas worth acting on.  40  In addition, the flow of ideas may well dry up if staff feel the process is pointless.
A. Reward creativity.
B. The problem is that our minds are lazy.
C. Be willing to make mistakes.
D. Make sure all your employees know that you want to hear their ideas.
E. Individuals within the team can test and improve the ideas together.
F. Encourage employees to keep looking at the way they approach their work.
G. Failure to do so means that your firm may fail to benefit from innovation.

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
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。
When I was walking through the forest, I heard someone weeping. I   41  the sound of the soft cry until I saw a woman sitting on the snow. Her eyes were filled with tears for her heavy  42   from life. I sat on the cold snow with her and  43  her my shoulder and my ears.