【备考2014】江苏高考英语查漏补缺精品课件：3.3 词义猜测题.pptVIP

6. The underlined part “the laws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means _____. A. spending more time and performing worse B. spending more time and performing better C. spending less time and performing worse D. spending less time and performing better 【解析】选D。语意判断题。由第三段How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? 可知，他们花费更多的时间来赚取利润这是违背基本的商业规律的：花较少的时间，赚取较大的利润。 7. What can we learn from the text? A. How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is. B. How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces. C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes. D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第四段In our study, higher- performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. 可知。 8. Which could be the best title for the text? A. Improve quality? Serve better. B. Deliver value? Plough ahead. C. Reduce time? Move faster. D. Need speed? Slow down. 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。纵观全文可知速度策略是公司之间最大的不同，想持续发展的反而会慢下脚步。故选D。 【长难句分析】In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. 分析：在本句中主语为the companies，that引导定语从句，to make sure. . . 为目的状语，在不定式中又包含一个宾语从句。 译文：我们研究了343家公司，那些铆足了劲儿往前跑的公司是为了赢得竞争优势，但其销售及收入结果却比那些在关键时期停下来以确保发展路线正确的公司都要低。 C （2011·安徽·E） 【话题】社会生活 词数: 264w 难度: ★★ George Prochnik would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book, Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice): “We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial. If you tell someone to be quiet, you sound like an old man. But it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet. Silence focuses us, improves our healt