1、广东省深圳市第二高级中学届高三上学期综合测试一英语深圳市第二高级中学2018届高三上学期综合测试（一）英 语第I卷第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。APosition: Front Desk Staff-Part TimeCompany: SoulCycleLocation: Chestnut Hill, MAWe are seeking passionate, and hard-working people with a love for health and fitn
2、ess and an excitement for our brand. We are a high-growth company looking for highly-organized, efficient (有效率的) and for ward-thinking problem-solvers with interpersonal skills and attention to detail. If youre chosen by us, youll have a generous salary.Responsibilities:.Provide high-level customer
3、service for clients (客户).Assist the Studio Management in daily studio tasks and projects.Provide support for the SoulCycle instructors to ensure a successful class check-in process.Work as a team with all SoulCycle staff members to ensure efficiency and trust.Provide friendly and professional phone
4、manners as an operator.Assist with the training and coaching of new-hired employees for the front desk staff team.Have a good knowledge of all studio operations.Keep the SoulCycles appearance, atmosphere and culture.Qualifications:.Must have good communication strategies and be able to work with peo
5、ple of different personalities.Must have customer service experience.Must have the ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment.Must be willing to perform tasks and duties without the direction.Must have outstanding customer service and problem-solving skills.Must have a positive and can-do
6、 attitude.Must have superior organizational skills.Must have the flexibility to work with a non-traditional schedule and must have weekend, holiday, and some early morning/midday/late evening weekday availability.Physical Requirements:.Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.Must be able to
7、 kneel, bend, climb and stand for a long period of time.Must be able to lift/carry a minimum of 30Ibs.1. Which of the following does a person working at the front desk usually do?A. Make or receive phone calls.B. Take the lead to train the new employees.C. Arrange projects ahead of time.D. Take regu
8、lar physical exercise.2. Which is one of the requirements for the position?A. The ability to speak a foreign language.B. Excellent communication skills.C. The attractive appearance.D. No concern for personal salary.3. We can learn from the passage that the job is _.A. boring B. demandingC. steady D.
9、 admirableBRose-colored glasses get a bad name. Whenever I hear someone accused of having rose-colored glasses, it usually means they are unrealistically optimistic or ignoring reality. Maybe its true, but I believe everyone needs a pair of rose-colored glasses.When I was eight, my second brother wa
10、s born. I had long imagined all the cool things I would instruct him in, but it all crashed one day when my baby brother came to the world. On that day I knew he had mental disability. This was the second time. I was just 16 months old when my first brother was born. It never occurred to me to quest
11、ion his mental illness until I was six, when I became aware that I couldnt teach my brother. For half a year I had eagerly looked forward to finally being in that role. Now it was gone. Clearly we would never be a “normal” family.After a while I realized I had to let go of my expectations for him an
12、d get on with life. Thats when I put on my first pair of rose-colored glasses. Maybe we could still have that brotherly relationship and I could teach him some things, even if it wasnt all that I first thought.But the reality is that both brothers have taught me more about life than I could have eve
13、r imagined teaching them. Ive had living examples right in front of me of what success really is, and what faith means. Ive learned from my brothers whenever I put on a pair of rose-colored glasses.Forty years ago, nobody in our family imagined my brothers would live in their own homes with their ow
14、n friends and hold jobs like anyone else, let alone be the teachers of life for others. The values Ive learned from my brothers are what I call the gift “the rose-colored glasses”. They have helped me look at the world in a different way without restrictions set by somebody else.4. What did the auth
15、or want to do before the birth of his second brother?A. Give him a pair of rose-colored glasses.B. Look after him as a big brother.C. Set him a good example.D. Teach him cool things.5. How did the author feel when putting on his first pair of rose-colored glasses?A. Hopeful. B. Energetic.C. Cool. D.
16、 Curious.6. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 really mean?A. Pretending to be happy.B. Caring about the family affection.C. Looking from a different angle.D. Escaping from the challenging reality.7. In writing the passage, the author intends to show _.A. his admiration for his brother
17、sB. his former attitude to realityC. his own views on lifeD. his sense of responsibilityCFirstborn kids may have better thinking skills compared with their siblings (兄弟姐妹), according to a recent study published in the Journal of Human Resources. You may be wondering what has caused it.The data of th
18、e research is from approximately 5,000 U.S. children. Each child was assessed every two years in a number of categories that measured their thinking skills, from vocabulary to reading comprehension. The study also took into account the environmental factors like family background and economic status
19、. The results revealed that firstborns scored higher on the tests, with the increased abilities starting as early as babyhood.The study authors observed parental behavior as a potential way to determine why this pattern came out. Researchers used an assessment tool called the Home Observation Measur
20、ement of the Environment to measure parents pre-birth, pregnancy and post-birth behaviors, including factors such as their smoking habits and their emotional involvement with their kids.Unsurprisingly, as parents had more children, their level of participation in things like reading, crafts and educ
21、ational activities dissipated (消散) gradually. While children got equivalent amounts of emotional support, the eldest children generally received more assistance with tasks related to developing thinking skills.The research supports the theory that firstborns are environmentally prepared to succeed a
22、cademically and financially when theyre older. Previous studies suggest older kids are more likely to work hard for achievement and may be more successful than their siblings.“Our results suggest that broad shifts in parental behavior are a seemingly reasonable explanation for the observed birth ord
23、er differences in education and labor market outcomes,” said the lead study author Ana Nuevo-Chiquero.However, dont worry, younger kids. You still have advantages over your older siblings. Experts say middle children tend to be family peacekeepers, and the baby of the family is more creative and mor
24、e social than his or her older brothers and sisters.8. What is the topic of the text?A. Parents influence on kids. B. Different ways of parenting.C. Advantages of firstborn kids. D. Research on factors of success.9. What may be the main cause of firstborn kids better thinking skills?A. Parents, heal
25、th.B. Family relationship.C. Parents behavior.D. Family background and economic status.10. What can replace the underlined word “equivalent” in Paragraph 4?A. Decreasing. B. Equal.C. Enough. D. Significant.11. What can be inferred from the text?A. Younger kids are more likely to be talented.B. Young
26、er kids are lucky to learn from elders.C. Older kids tend to be more lively and active.D. Parents involvement is key to kids growth.DLeadership effectiveness is decided by the FIT between a particular leader and the situation. As you Ml see, this simple fact has huge effects on choosing leaders, and
27、 developing them.It means that a leader who is effective in one situation may be unsuccessful, or simply ineffective if that same person works within a different context. It means that its not possible to predict what person will be an effective leader in any particular further situation. Context, o
28、r “fit” is everything.We like to think of our favorite leaders to be extremely effective, and so theres a tendency to forget that most leaders, even those who are held up as role models for future leaders inevitably (不可避免地) failed about as much as they succeeded.Youd think that it would be possible
29、to identify, in advance, what “kind” of leader an organization needs, so it could be possible to choose a leader to fit for that time. Unfortunately, as I said, the only thing we know about leadership is that it all depends on the context. We simply are not able to predict, with any success, what pe
30、rson will thrive (繁荣，兴旺) in one leadership role, and not in another. Thats because not only are there so many contextual factors involved in determining that fit but we dont even know what they are, or more importantly, how those factors influence each other. What we have is a situation that is so i
31、ntricate that all the variables that determine success affect each other. Therefore, each “match” of leader to context variables is, in effect, a singularity, or in simple terms, unique.It also means that a leader succeeding now may not be a success next year, not because his or her skills and abili
32、ties have gotten worse, or because he or she is no longer a good leader”, but because the needs of the organization, and the environment in which it operates have changed.12. According to the text, what does leadership effectiveness depend on?A. The efforts to develop the leaders.B. The workers support to the leaders.C. The abilities and potential of the leaders.D. The environment the leaders work in.13. What is Paragraph 2 m
