Ⅰ.完形填空
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company.Among the __1__ we discuss in our classes is the__2__of quality employees(雇员)．
“What has caused you to stay__3__enough to become a manager？” I asked.After a while a new manager took the__4__and said slowly，“It was a baseball glove.”
Cynthia said she used to__5__a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)one while she looked for something__6__.On her second day behind the counter, she received a(n)__7__from her nineyearold son，Jesse.He__8__a baseball glove for the little League.She__9__that as a single mother, money was__10__and her first check would have to go for paying__11__.
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box.“I overheard you__12__to your son yesterday，” she said, “and I know that it is __13__to explain things to kids.This is a baseball glove for Jesse.I know you have to pay bills__14__you can buy a glove.You know we can't__15__good staff like you as __16__as we would like to，but we do__17__and I want you to know how__18__you are to us.”
Cynthia's story shows vividly that people __19__more how much a(n)__20__cares than how much he pays.
本文以经理给Cynthia的儿子买棒球手套为切入点来谈论一个公司要留住好员工，就要关心员工，关心他们的生活，而不是给他们多少钱。
1．A.topics B．problems
C．difficulties D．lessons
答案：A
解析：在“我们”的管理培训课上所讨论的应该是“话题，论题”，此题容易错选B项，因为汉语中常说“讨论问题”，但英语中为“解决”问题，而非“讨论”问题。
2．A.employing B．praising
C．keeping D．improving
答案：C
解析：此题要从全文的整体上去把握。通过阅读全文我们得知，商店经理的所作所为的目的是“留下”高素质的雇员，因此答案是keeping。错选A项employing或其他选项都是对文章的主旨把握有误，或没有细读下文就匆忙选择了。
3．A.soon B．long
C．strong D．calm
答案：B
解析：考查词组。stay long enough“待的时间足够长”。
4．A.position B．decision
C．question D．advice
答案：C
解析：此处是对“我”提出问题的回答，即过了一会儿后Cynthia就以自己的切身体会回答了这个问题。take the question的字面意思为“接受了这个问题”，也就是“回答了这个问题”。
5．A.take B．change
C．lose D．consider
答案：A
解析：考查词组。take a job“做一项工作”。
6．A.lighter B．easier
C．better D．higher
答案：C
解析：表示她想找更好的工作。
7．A.letter B．call
C．answer D．email
答案：B
解析：receive a call“接到一个电话”，文章中提到“behind the counter”，说明她在上班；下文的情景又提到了她向儿子解释和经理听到了此事，所以从情景和一般的常识上理解，她收到的不可能是letter或email。
8．A.bought B．kept
C．needed D．offered
答案：C
解析：考查动词。表示他需要一个棒球手套。
9．A.complained B．explained
C．understood D．admitted
答案：B
解析：母亲在解释不能买棒球手套的原因。complain“抱怨”；understand“明白”；admit“承认”。A、C、D三项意思都不符合文意。下文的“explain things to kids”也有提示。
10．A.short B．enough
C．spare D．tight
答案：D
解析：考查形容词。作为单亲母亲，经济是拮据的，钱是“紧张的”。此题错选A项，是因为知道short有“紧缺”的意思，但是short的搭配应该是sb.is short of money。
11．A.food B．education
C．clothes D．bills
答案：D
解析：考查词组。pay bills “付账”。
12．A.talking B．crying
C．arguing D．scolding
答案：A
解析：上文提到与儿子通电话，经理无意中听到母子之间的“谈话”(talking)，错选crying，arguing或scolding是因为加入了自己的主观臆断，文章中根本没有任何这方面的明示或暗示。
13．A.easy B．hard
C．simple D．nice
答案：B
解析：她苦口婆心地向儿子解释家中的困难，同时由Cynthia向儿子说的这些话知道儿子当时非常想要手套，由此可推断此处用hard为好，即“向儿子解释这些很困难”。
14．A.after B．until
C．when D．before
答案：D
解析：考查连词。表示在买手套前要付账单。
15.A.value B．remain
C．pay D．fire
答案：C
解析：考查动词辨析。value“评价”；remain“保持”；pay“给报酬”；fire“开除”。根据文章最后一词提示可知答案为C项。
16.A.much B．many
C．pleasant D．possible
答案：A
解析：考查词组。as much as“和……一样多(的钱)”。句意：你知道像你这样好的员工，我们不能想给你多少就给多少。
17.A.regret B．agree
C．worry D．care
答案：D
解析：表示我们确实很关心(在乎)。
18.A.excellent B．important
C．thankful D．thoughtful
答案：B
解析：从上下文知，钱不是最重要的，而关心、同情和爱心才是最重要的。此处经理的意思是想让她明白“好员工对他们来说是多么的重要”，这才符合逻辑。
19.A.remember B．refuse
C．thank D．realise
答案：A
解析：对店员的体贴、爱、同情会让人“铭记”，经理的关心胜过工资。此题易错选C项thank，是因为受中文表达的影响，而且对thank一词的搭配也不清楚，应为thank sb.for sth.。
20.A.mother B．clerk
C．official D．manager
答案：D
解析：全文谈论如何做好一个经理，Partircia所做的一切说明商店的经理应该做什么。其他选项均与此文的主旨不符。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Mayor Bill de Blasio designated(指定) the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City in June, 2015.
The move came after de Blasio in March, 2015 declared school holidays on the mostobserved holidays in Islam, Eid alFitr and Eid alAdha.De Blasio, making_good_on a promise made during his 2013 mayoral campaign, said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8, 2016.
“About 15% of the city's school system is of Asian descent(血统), and many students have been taking the day off as a sick day，” said State Senator Daniel Squadron.“It's a big deal，” he said, whose district includes Manhattan's Chinatown.“Families have had to choose between their most important cultural celebration and missing a day of school.”
The city's Department of Education had been working on the practical arrangements for adding another holiday while maintaining the legal 180 school days.The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total.After San Francisco, New York is the second major urban school district to add the Lunar New Year to the official school calendar.
“This holiday is not about kids just getting a day off from school，” said Assemblyman Ron Kim.“It's about the City of New York telling hundreds of AsianAmerican societies that America is a cultural melting pot.” Kim said recognizing the holiday is one way of pushing back against feelings of isolation and marginalization(边缘化) felt by the AsianAmerican community.
本文是一篇新闻报道。纽约市长宣布公立学校春节放假一天，亚裔存在感进一步增强。
1．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Make use of. B．Stand by.
C．Keep up with. D．Go against.
答案：B
解析：词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8, 2016”可知，de Blasio说学生也将在春节放假一天，而不久前，这个亚洲节日就在2016年2月8日到来了。由此可推知，此处指de Blasio兑现了他在2013年的市长选举中许下的诺言。stand by sth.意为“仍然遵守诺言(或协议等)”，与画线部分意思相近。
2．How does New York make the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday?
A．By cancelling a legal 1day holiday.
B．By copying the way of San Francisco.
C．By adding a new full day to the school calendar.
D．By changing the legal 180 school days.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total”可知，解决这个问题的方法是把原本不算进法定的180天教学日的两个半天合并为一天，并算进教学日的总天数中，故选C。
3．What do we know from Ron Kim's words?
A．He's opposed to the new school holiday.
B．Asian culture is valued most in New York.
C．Asian culture is part of the American society.
D．The holiday wipes out Asian Americans' isolation.
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段中的“It's about the City of New York telling hundreds of AsianAmerican societies that America is a cultural melting pot.”可知，学校春节放假一天是纽约市在告诉数以百计的亚裔美国群体，美国是一个文化熔炉。言外之意就是美国接受外国的文化，外国文化同样是美国社会的一部分。故选C。
4．What's the best title for this passage?
A．A new public school holiday in New York
B．A promise made by the mayor of New York
C．Cultural differences between America and Asia
D．A revolution of the Lunar New Year in New York
答案：A
解析：主旨要义题。本文主要介绍了纽约的公立学校增加了一个新的节假日——春节，这反映出亚洲文化已经成为美国文化的一部分。故A项最能概括文章大意。
