Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of LoB the which is the early stages of development. And The People’s Archive is an online library of figures of the city being built content company in Cahoots,51.d in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s and services open to citizens as sever before.”
49.The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____
A. the equipment B. the project
C. the digital media D. the physical library
50.While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____
A. get a general idea of the LoB
B. meet more world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project
51. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?
a. It offers better learning tools
b. It reaches users in different ways
c. It provides users with smart phone
d. It allows users to enrich its material
e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services
A. a, b, d B. a, c, e
C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
52. This text more probably from .
A. a computer book
B. a library guide
C. a project handbook
D. newspaper report
49. B 考查推理判断。根据第二部分中的“…the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.”可知its即是the project。
50. A 考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, …”可知当参观数字化图书馆时公众可以了解LoB。
51. A 考查细节理解。根据第四段中“…it is about giving people the right tools for learning…”：“…Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways.”可知a 和b正确;根据倒数第二段中的“…users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.”可知d正确。故选A项。
52. D 考查推理判断。该文章主要介绍了一座在建的数字化图书馆，属于新闻报道类的文章，应是节选自报纸。a computer book电脑书籍;a library guide图书馆指导;a project handbook工程手册。
D
“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a predecessor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. 53For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.
He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: “Experience is respected;experience is sought;experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves (涉及)serious complications(复杂化)，ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.
In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. 55In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says “The more accurately (精确的)reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”
Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher，March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding：54Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.
53. According to the text, James March is .
A. a poet who uses experience in his writing
B. a teacher who teachers story writing in university
C. a researcher who studies the way humans think and act
D. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions
54. According to James March, experience .
A. is overvalued
B. is easy to explain
C. should be actively sought
D. should be highly respected
55. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. Experience makes stories more accurate.
B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.
C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.
D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.
56. What’s the purpose of this text?
A. To introduce a book. B. To describe a researcher.
C. To explain experiential learning. D. To discuss organizational decision making.
53. C 考查细节理解。根据第一段中“For years March…has studied how humans think and act…”可知James March是一位一直在从事人类思想和行动方法研究的科学家。
54. A 考查推理判断。根据文章最后一句话“Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.”结合全文不难看出以往人们对经验估价的过高。
55. B考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中“In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things.”可知我们在努力增加故事的趣味性的时候，丢掉了它的真实性。
56. A 考查主旨大意。整篇文章主要介绍了James March的一本叫做《前车可鉴?》的书。
E
In business, there is a speed difference: It’s the difference between how important a firm’s leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy(策略)and how fast the company actually moves. 59The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. 57Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.
In our study of 343 businesses, 57the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating income over a three-year period.
58How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly) and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, 59higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look and learn. By contrast (相比而言)，performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time， paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come from the top.
57. What does the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Increase the speed.
B. Get an advantage.
C. Reach the limit.
D. Set a goal.
58. The underlined part “the laws of business physics”in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A. spending more time and performing worse.
B. spending more time and performing better
C. spending less time and performing worse
D. spending less time and performing better
59. What can we learn from the text?
A. How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.
B. How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.
C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.
D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.
60. Where could be the last title for the text?
A. Improve quality? Serve better.
B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.
C. Reduce time? Move faster.
D. Need speed? Slow down.
57. B 考查推理判断。根据第一段中“Companies fearful or losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.”和第二段中的“the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes ...” 可知那些害怕丢掉竞争优势的公司会一味的追求速度。
58. D 考查推理判断。根据第三段中第一句话可知那些“不遵循”(disobey)商业法则的公司比竞争者花的时间多(速度慢)却表现得更好，反过来商业法则应该是“花更少的时间(速度快)，做得更好”。
59. C 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中的“higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary”可知受战略速度指导的公司会实时的对公司的战略做出调整。根据第一段中的“The difference is important regardless of industry and company size.”可知公司行动的快慢，竞争力的大小与公司的大小和生产的东西无关，排除A、B项。
60. D 考查主旨大意。本文主要阐述了在商业竞争中并不是速度越快越好，相反那些速度慢的公司会根据情况实时调整战略往往会取的竞争的优势。故D项“我们真的需要速度吗?慢点吧!”符合题意。
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分)
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