2013年12月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)

2013年12月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions： In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a very favorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their 36 and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will 37 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.

Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must 38 the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporary adverse 39 on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any 40 actions. If the employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluation can pinpoint (指出)the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees 41 and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.

If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action. The action should be 42 with the firm’s guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 43 them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisor's action toward a poorly performing worker can 44 the attitudes of other employees. If no 45 is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A) additional F) closely K) penalty

B) affect G) consistent L) reward

C) aptly H) enthusiasm M) simplifying

D) assimilate I) identify N) suspending

E) circulation J) impact O) vulnerable

Part3 Reading Comprehension

Section A

许多绩效评价都需要管理者采取措施。得到正面评价的员工应该获得某种形式的认可,甚至应该得到晋升。如果管理者没有认可这样的出色表现,员工们要么丧失热情,不再像以前那样努力,要么跳槽到其他能够获得相应回报的公司。管理者应该认可员工的出色表现,这样他们才会在将来的工作中一如既往地好好表现。

获得负面评价的员工也应得到充分重视。管理者必须确定员工表现不佳的原因。某些原因，比如家庭成员生病，可能暂时会对绩效产生负面影响,不过可以得到纠正。其他一些原因，比如态度较差,可能就不是暂时的事情了。当管理者给员工负面评价时,他们必须决定是否要采取进一步的措施。如果员工们没有意识到自身的不足,负面评价可以指出他们必须纠正的不足之处。在这种情况下,管理者可能只需要严密监督这些员工,确保他们能够纠正这些不足。

可是,如果这些员工在评价期之前就已经意识到自身的不足,那么他们可能是无法或者不愿意去纠正它们。这种情况更为严重,管理者可能需要采取措施。采取的措施必须与公司的方针政策保持一致,可以包括重新安排工作,暂时停职,或者解聘。管理者对表现不佳的员工采取的措施会影响其他员工的态度。如果表现不佳的员工没有受到相应的惩罚,其他员工可能也会降低他们的工作效率。

答案详解

36. 【考点】名词辨析题。

H) 【精析】该空格位于动词lose和形容词性物主代词their之后,因此应该填入名同，充当lose的宾语。空格后面是and连接动宾短语reduce their effort"不再像以前那样努力"与lose their是并列关系，故推测应该是根据文意可知，如果管理者没有认可员工的杰出表现,员工很可能丧失工作热情，而且下文提到的"不再像以前那样努力"也正是丧失工作热情。由此可以确定答案为enthusiasm"热情，激情"。备选项里还有 circulation, impact 和 penalty 三个名词，但均不能和前面的动词lose搭配,故均可以排除。

37. 【考点】动词辨析题。

L)【精析】该空格前面有情态动词will，后面接有代词them,因此应该填入动词原形。根据句意可知,如果管理者没有认可员工的杰出表现,员工很可能跳槽到其他公司，其目的当然是希望出色的表现能够获得相应回报。因此,此处填入reward 符合句意和形式上的要求。备选项里的动词原形还有affect, assimilate, identify,但是均不符合上下文语意,所以