江西省2012届高三英语二轮专项训练 阅读表达+写作（21）.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 2 江西省2012届高三英语二轮专项训练：阅读表达+写作（21） 第一节 阅读表达 阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。 Most people like using short-cuts. We all usually want to get from A to B as quickly as possible, and when we want to get our messages across to people who have the same job as ours, we often use jargon (行话). It’s a kind of short-cut that helps us communicate without wasting time. Jargon is simply a kind of language shorthand that lets us say what we mean quickly. In the business world, you might expect to hear or use a lot of jargon. However, a report in Britain claims that most managers overuse business jargon and that this has a negative effect on how staff feel. Most employees in Britain, according to this survey, have a low opinion of the colleagues who use management jargon. Over a third of those surveyed think it shows a lack of confidence and almost one in five think people who use it are untrustworthy or trying to cover something up. Some of the most overused business expressions were: get our ducks in a row (have everything arranged efficiently), brain dump (tell everything you know about a particular subject) and think outside the box (be creative in how you think about problems). Peter Russian from Investors in People says that an effective boss is one who can communicate in a way which everyone can easily understand，not one who __________________. So now that you’ve got an overview of business jargon, it’s time to give you a warning not to overuse this jargon to speak. But that’s a real no-brainer, isn’t it? 1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 7 words.) ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? Jargon is one of the short-cuts in our language which are used to express our real meanings and feelings quickly. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Please fill in the