高级英语2018年4月真题试题及答案解析（00600）

顾客亲近型公司力求了解顾客及他们所需要的产品和服务。它不断调整自己的产品和服务，并做到价格合理。

如果你拒绝所有吊在眼前的诱饵度过一生，那根本就不是生活。什么变化也不会有，你也就没什么可争斗的。生活像一潭死水单调乏味。太多的狡诈会要了你的命。即使上钩意味着麻烦，但你也不能永远无视它。

在我的部门，有六个惧怕我的人，其中有一个小秘书怕我们所有人。

从这点来看，那些家务缠身的妇女要比男人不幸得多。

她隐瞒嗓子疼这件事至少有三天了，并且一直对她的父母撒谎，以便逃脱这样一个结局。

因为这一点及其他原因，我感到有些孤独，不久就形成了孤僻的性格。

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What is your opinion on changing jobs?

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A.overweight B.violence C.married D.form E.contest

F.eating G.biggest H.draw I.class J.whether K.elseL.above

M.jam N.America O.like P.war Q.impossible R.harmful

S.career T.why U.resist V.sense W.wrong X.fighting Y.flavor

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He earns around 25% less than he did in engineering. And, at 49, he says he has never been happier.

I'm not very patient when it comes to putting things together. If it doesn't go right I get annoyed. So it was good just being able to chill a little bit more.

Over the next few weeks they discussed the kinds of things Ron might move on to. One idea just wouldn't leave him alone.

He completed swimming-teacher training, then arranged to volunteer at : swim school to build up his practical experience.

Which of the following is true about Ron's new job based on Paragraph 11?

What message does the author want to get across to the reader?

This involved a commute of an hour or so each way, but that was manageable.The new role, fixing military then civilian aircraft engines, was satisfying.

According to Paragraph 10, Ron left his job ( ) .

In Paragraph 9, the word"cranky" means ( ) .

In Paragraph 8, the word“cramped" means ( ) .

Which of the following can best describe Ron according to Paragraph 4?

Which of the following is true about Ron based on Paragraph 5?

(1) If Ron Scott was in any doubt about the effect of being unhappy at work, he needed only to ask his family. The usually easy-going, good-humored husband and father of three had become an irritable man who was working his way through“a minimum six beers a night. Some nights I'd have wine as well". Any little thing that went wrong at home got under his skin.“I'd go off. My son wouldn't put his school bags away and I'd be yelling at him or I'd be yelling at the girls for something.”

(2) It wasn't work itself that was getting to Ron, far from it. He's always worked and doesn't like to be idle. At 16 he left school and applied for a job at a nearby steelworks. He had wanted to become a carpenter but instead was offered an apprenticeship as a fitter and machinist- the same job that his father had had.“I didn't enjoy metalwork at school, but I said, “Yeah, that’ll do.” He shrugged off the disappointment and made the best of things, working hard during his four-year apprenticeship and for three years after that, until a restructure made his position redundant.

(3) He bought a car with the small payout he received, gave himself seven weeks' holiday, then started a new job as a mechanical engineer for a major international airline. (This involved a commute of an hour or so each way. But that was manageable. The new role, fixing military then civilian aircraft engines. was satisfying).“It was interesting and I liked learning a new job. It was good."

(4) Eighteen months into the new position at the airline, Ron married Sharon and 18 months after that their first child was born. He was working his way up the ladder, getting pay-rises as he went, and the conditions suited family life -rather than the 24/7 shifts of the steelworks, he was able to work five days a week on day-shift.

(5)As his children reached school age, Ron volunteered to help out at their sporing activities especially at junior lifesaving, where his sense of fun and endless patience made him a firm favorite with kids and parents. He was by now an engine marshal, an administrative role that involves supervising the acquisition of parts and the repair and assembly of huge jet engines.

(6)“I loved it," he says, explaining with a self-deprecatory chuckle that despite having been a fitter and engineer all those years,(“I'm not very patient when it comes to putting things together. If it doesn't go right I get annoyed. So it was good just being able to chill a little bit more.")

(7) Life was good, but 15 years into the job, things started to change.

(8) First Ron's team was moved to a much smaller building where they were cramped amid the engine parts. Characteristically, he made the best of it, but he wasn't enjoying work as he once had. Then. without consultation. he was put back on a rolling shift roster. "I hated it because of all the things I was missing out on," he says. "I was coaching my son Harry's soccer team and was involved at the surf club, but I had to stop all that because I was back on shift work."

(9) Rumors began to circulate about redundancies. Ron told Sharon that if they were offered he was considering applying. "She was pretty happy because I was coming home so cranky." (Over the next few weeks they discussed the kinds of things Ron might move on to. One idea just wouldn't eave him alone. )"I said, How about I go and teach swimming? I love water. I love kids.I could probably do that.”

(10) After 20 years with the airline Ron took voluntary redundancy, received a five-figure payout and walked away without a second glance. (He completed swimming-teacher training, and then arranged to volunteer at a swim school to build up his practical experience.) Soon the school was employing him for a shift a week, and his hours built up from there.

(11) Coming from a job where the results were immediate and obvious took some adjustment for Ron. "It was different from what I thought it would be," he says, "I thought it was going to be so easy. But you're trying to teach the kids something and half the time they're looking at you and you don't even know if they're listening. Then weeks or months later they will put it into action and you'll realize that they were listening all along." Ron's easy manner with both children and parents soon paid off and he became a full-time employee at the swim school.

(12)The 40 hours he works a week takes in weekends and split shifts, to cover morning and afternoon children's classes. He has "no body hair left because of the warm water and chlorine". (He earns around 25% less than he did in engineering. And, at 49, he says he has never been happier.

(13)"I've had a drop in pay, but I've cut back on expenses, too. I'm driving half the distance to work so don't have to pay as much for petrol. I don't drink nearly as much. I go walking in my lunch break and I've lost 20 kilos. I love going to work. The whole family is a lot happier."

(14) He admits it was scary, making such big leap when there was the mortgage to. pay and teenagers to clothe and feed, but in the end he feels it is a simple choice. "If you're in a job you don't like, get out. Money's not everything. You might have to stop doing a few things, but you do adjust. If you don't like it, change-find something you're going to be happy with."

In Paragraph 2, the word“redundant”means ( ) .

What can we learn about Ron from Paragraph 2?

Could you give me some ( ) as to when I am likely to receive a reply?

It has to be said it was rather ( ) of him to ask a complete stranger to look after his luggage.

It is questioned whether the teachers should work ( ) from the officially approved primers.

The gunman in Wednesday's attack has been ( ) as Lee Giggs, an unemployed truck driver.

To our surprise, the students ( ) the task successfully in less than twenty minutes.

She ( ) the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn't come off.

Whether the end ( ) the means is an issue of heated discussion.

She had the ( ) to believe the law did not apply to her.

He was very ( ) “popular”writers, whom he described as having no talent.

The elderly lady was ( ) sorry for what she had said to the shop assistant.

Jonah and his youngest son were finally ( ) with each other, after not speaking for nearly six years.

The new manager's ( ) and enthusiasm have helped the company to achieve its international success.

Everyone at the meeting was expected to( ) actively in the discussions.

They had a ( ) escape when their car plunged into a river.

The painting depicts an idyllic ( ) scene of shepherds watching over their grazing sheep.