河北省辛集市2015高考英语信息匹配及任务型阅读训练1.docVIP

河北省辛集市2015高考英语信息匹配及任务型阅读训练（1）及答案 【2015高考复习】任务型阅读 A man from Korea was telling a friend about his trip to the United States. The man had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago. “I studied English before I left home，”he said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking English”． His problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the business words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry. One such saying is “Get your act together”． When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.” Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action. It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.” Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together. Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even called its yearly report “Getting Our Act Together”． The Korean visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “Cut to the chase”． He heard that expression when he attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falli