人教版2019-2020学年七年级上学期英语四科联赛卷D卷

人教版2019-2020学年七年级上学期英语四科联赛卷D卷

一、阅读理解。 (共4题；共49分)

1. （8分）阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

C

Ricardo Semler became the boss of his father's company in Brazil at the age of 21. The name of the company is Semco. It sold parts for ships. Semler worked like a mad man, from 7:30 in the morning to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he fell down. The doctor said, “ There's nothing wrong with you. But if you continue like this, you'll find a new home in our hospita l.” Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the ways his workers worked, too.

At the same time, Semler changed the office. Instead of walls, they have plants at Semco, so the boss can't shut himself away from everyone else. And the workers are free to decorate their workplace as they want. As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.

Semco has flexible working hours: the workers can decide when they need to arrive at work. Also, Semco lets its workers use the company's machines for their own projects, and makes them take holidays for at least thirty days a year.

It sounds perfect, but does it work? The answer is in the numbers: in the last six years, Semco's revenues (收益) have gone from $35 million to $212 million. The company has grown from 800 workers to 3,000. Why?

Semler says it's because of “peer pressure” (同辈压力). Peer pressure makes workers work hard. It means if someone isn't doing his job well, the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. In other words, Semler treat his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible (负责任的) adults. And they do.

（1）Why did Semler change the ways he and his workers worked?

A . Because he became mad.

B . Because he had to stay in hospital.

C . Because his father asked him to do.

D . Because he realized the danger of overwork.

（2）What does the underlined word “ flexible” probably mean in Chinese?

A . 灵活的

B . 短暂的

C . 漫长的

D . 固定的

（3）Wh at does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?

A . Adults.

B . Semler's workers.

C . The bosses.

D . Semco's revenues.

（4）In Paragraph 4, the writer mainly wants to tell us .

A . the company made a lot of money

B . the reason for Ricardo Semler's success

C . Ricardo Semler's idea sounded perfect but it didn't work

D . Ricardo Semler's method of running the company was successful

2. （10分）阅读理解

Fish and apple soup'？Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the soup du jour in Chinese restaurants. Ingredients (serves 4):

1). Whole fish

2). apples,quartered,

4-6 ginger slices (姜片)

1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces

1 red tomato, cut into 8 pierces ，oil. salt and pepper

Methods:

1). Remove the bones from the fish.

2). Pour oil into a pan. Fly the ginger slices, and the spring onions add the fish hones and oil.

3). Add enough water and boil it for about 15 to 20 minutes,

4). Add the apples, the fish and the tomato. When the apples go soft, ads salt and pepper,

（1）This passage is probably_________.

A . a poem

B . a piece of news

C . a story