2024届北京市西城区高三下册高考英语模拟试题（二模）附答案.pdf

2024届北京市西城区高三下学期高考英语模拟试题

（二模）

本试卷共14页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。

考生务必在答题卡指定区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Youmayhaveheardofthefamousworkplacecommunicationsoftware,Slack.Many

companiesuseSlacktovirtuallycommunicateacrossteams.Whatmostpeopledon’tknowisthat

Slack,despiteits1,wasnevermeanttoexist.Infact,thecompanywhodevelopedSlackactually

hadbeenhopingtocreatethenextpopularvideogame.Butafterraisingmillionsofdollarstofund

thegamedevelopment,thecompanyultimately2theprojectbecausethegamefailedtoattract

enoughusers.

The3goalofthecompanywasn’tachieved.However,duringtheprocessofcreatingtheir

4

game,somethingelsehappened.Theteamrealizedthatthe()systemtheycreatedto

accompanythegamewasworthinvestingmoretimein.Andthey5toinventthecommunication

systemideaforoneofthefastest-growingstartups(初创公司)inhistory,andSlackwasborn.

Anoutcome-focusedcompanymighthavejustmovedonfromthefailedvideogameor,worse,

continuedinvestingresources,riskingfurthernegativeoutcomes.But6,thiscompanydidn’tdo

that.7,theyhadbeenpayingattentiontotheprocess.Focusingontheprocessallowedthis

companyto8andredefinetheirdesiredoutcome.

You’veprobablyheardaquoteortwoinyourlifeaboutthe9of“thejourney”—howoften

thejourneyismoresignificantandimpactfulthanthe10.ThecompanythatdevelopedSlack

understoodthisprinciple,andbyfocusingontheprocessratherthantheoutcome,theywereableto

achievegreatersuccessthantheyfirsthadhopedfor.

1.A.problemB.historyC.successD.limi