2022年池州市重點(diǎn)高考臨考沖刺英語(yǔ)試卷含解析

2021-2022高考英語(yǔ)模擬試卷

考生請(qǐng)注意：

1.答題前請(qǐng)將考場(chǎng)、試室號(hào)、座位號(hào)、考生號(hào)、姓名寫在試卷密封線內(nèi)，不得在試卷上作任何標(biāo)記。

2.第一部分選擇題每小題選出答案后，需將答案寫在試卷指定的括號(hào)內(nèi)，第二部分非選擇題答案寫在試卷題目指定的

位置上。

3.考生必須保證答題卡的整潔?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，請(qǐng)將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。

第一部分（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

1.Dayslater,mybrothercalledtosayhewasailright,butsaywherehewas.

A.mustn'tB.shouldn'tC.wouldn'tD.mightn't

2.—Nancy,whatclassesareyoutakingthisterm?

一IwanttotaketwoEnglishcourses,ormaybeSpanish.

A.Whafsup?B.It9snoneofyourbusiness.C.Pvenoidea.D.Vmnotsureyet.

3.Afteralongabsence,Iwentbacktocollege,topickupwhereI'dleftoff.

A.hopingB.hope

C.tohopeD.hoped

4.—Peter,youseeminhighspirits.

—1havebeenofferedapart-timejobintheKFC.

A.Sowhat?B.Nowonder.

C.Nodoubt.D.Guesswhat.

5.Afterthefire,wouldotherwisebeaculturalcenterisnowreducedtoapileofashes.

A.thatB.it

C.whatD.which

6.Itwasthebeliefhecouldfindhis"root"inAfricamadeAlexdecidetogotoGambia.

A.that;whereB.where;that

C.that;thatD.how;which

7.Keepupyourspiritsevenifyoufailhundredsoftimes.

A.mustB.need

C.mayD.should

8.—MrJohnson,IhavesomethingIwouldliketotroubleyouwith.

—,JusttellmewhatIcando.

A.YouhavemywordB.Don*tgivemethat

C.YoucansaythatagainD.Don'tstandonceremony

9.Youshouldfirstexploreyourtalentsandgettoknowyourselfsoastomakealistofyouthinkyourreal

interestslie.

A.thatB.what

whereD.how

10.TheChinesegovernmenthasbegunacampaigntothecrazyhousingmarket.

A.calmB.destroy

C.occupyD.reflect

11.Theathletes,especiallythewinners,shouldremainmodestrapidprogresstheyhavemade.

A.whateverB.however

C.howmuchD.nomatter

12.Bobwastryingtothatheknewthefamoussingerwhowouldperforminourcity.

A.letoutB.layout

C.figureoutD.makeout

13.Everythingisamazing.Thankyouall.Wewithoutyourhelp.

A.can'tmakeitB.mustn'thavemade

C.won'tmakeD.couldn91havemadeit

14.—Sir,I'mlatebecausemycarbrokedownontheway.

—.Fvehadenoughofyourexcuses.

A.CutitoutB.SuityourselfC.Youcan'tbeseriousD.Itmakessense

15.Bob'slecturescoveredafairlywiderangeandIcan'tsumupwhathesaysinafewsentences.

A.coveredB.conveyedC.consideredD.commanded

16.-Alison,Pmsorry.Ican'tcometotheweddingwithyoutomorrowmorning.—?

-Mygrandmawasseverelyill,soIhavetostayinthehospitaltolookafterher.

A.HowisitB.HowcomeC.SowhatD.Whafstheproblem

17.—Aretherepairsfinishedyet?

—Yes,theywhenIcamebackhome.

A.wouldbecompletedB.wouldcomplete

C.hadcompletedD.hadbeencompleted

18.Someexpertsfearthattoo-earlytocomputerswillhaveharmfulconsequencesforchildren'sdevelopment.

A.exposureB.extension

C.exhibitionD.expansion

19.…CanyoucomeonMondayofTtiesday?

?一Pmafraiddayispossible.

A.eitherB.neither

C.someD.any

20.anyonephoneduringtheboardmeeting,pleasetellthemIambusy.

A.ShouldB.WillC.MayD.Can

第二部分閱讀理解（滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

21.（6分）Scientistssayweareallbornwithaknackformathematics.Everytimewescanthecafeteriaforatable

thatwillfitallofourfriends,we'reexercisingtheancientestimationcenterinourbrain.

StanislasDehaenewasthefirstresearchertoshowthatthispartofthebrainexists.In1989,hemetMr.Nwhohad

sufferedaseriousbraininjury.Mr.Ncouldn'trecognizethenumber5,oradd2and2.Buthestillknewthatthereare

“about50minutes”inanhour.Dehaenedrewanimportantconclusionfromhiscase:theremustbetwoseparate

mathematicalareasinourbrains.Oneareaisresponsibleforthemathwelearninschool,andtheotherjudges

approximateamounts.

Sowhatdoesthebrain'sestimationcenterdoforus?HarvardUniversityresearcherElizabethSpelkehasspenta

lotoftimeposingmathproblemstopreschoolers.Whenheasks5-year-oldstosolveaproblemlike21+30,theycan'tdo

it.Buthehasalsoaskedthemquestionssuchas,“Sarahhas21candlesandgets30more.Johnhas34candles.Whohas

morecandles?”Itturnsoutpreschoolersaregreatatsolvingquestionslikethat.Beforethey'velearnedhowtodomath

withnumeralsandsymbols,theirbrains9approximationcentersarealreadyhardatwork.

Afterwelearnsymbolicmath,dowestillhaveanyuseforourinbornmathsense?JustinHalberdaatJohns

HopkinsUniversitygaveusananswerinhisstudy.Hechallengedagroupof14-year-oldswithanapproximationtest:

Thekidsstaredatacomputerscreenandsawgroupsofyellowandbluedotsflashby,tooquicklytocount.Thenthey

hadtosaywhethertherehadbeenmorebluedotsoryellowdots.Theresearchersfoundthatmostwereabletoanswer

correctlywhentherewere25yellowdotsand10blueones.Whenthegroupswerecloserinsize,11yellowdotsand10

blueones,fewerkidsansweredcorrectly.

Thebigsurpriseinthisstudycamewhentheresearchercomparedthekids9approximationtestscorestotheir

scoresonstandardizedmathtests.Hefoundthatkidswhodidbetterontheflashingdottesthadbetterstandardized

testscores,andviceversa（反之亦然）.Itseemsthat,farfrombeingirrelevant,yourmathsensemightpredictyour

abilityatformalmath.

1、Fromthefirsttwostudies,wecanlearnthatestimationcenter?

A.isdividedintotwoseparatemathematicalareas

B.canhelpfigureoutnumeralsandsymbolsproblems

C.functionsindependentlyinbothkids'andadults9brains

D.worksbetterwhensymbolicpartsareinjuredorundergrown

2、WhatmostsurprisedJustininthestudyof14-year-olds?

A.Thevarietyofmathabilitiesindifferentstudents.

B.Thelinkbetweentechnologyskillsandestimationskills.

C.Thedifficultyofthetaskasthenumberofdotsincreased.

D.Theconnectionbetweenestimationskillsandformalmathability.

3、Whatcouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.BornwithaSenseofMath

B.GobeyondWhatYouCanLearn

C.SymbolicMathandEstimationMath

D.OurBrain-aBornMathematician

22.(8分)Bigmessagingappsabroad

WhileWeChatisChina'sbiggestmobilemessagingapp,therearemanyequivalentappsinother

countriesthatoffersimilarfeatures.

WhatsApp(US)

Users:morethan300million

Platforms:Android,iOS,WindowsPhone,BlackBerry

Features:Textchat,push-to-talk,filesharing,locationsharing

Withmorethan300millionactiveusers,WhatsAppisoneofWeChafsbiggestcompetitors.Developedby

twoex-Yahooemployeesin2009,WhatsApporiginallyfocusedontextchat,butonAug.6italsostarted

push-to-talkservice.Ifsnotedforitsaccessibility,easeofuseandtheabsenceofadverts.Theserviceisfreefor

thefirstyear,afterwhich$0.99(6.06yuan)ischargedforaone-yearsubscription.

KakaoTalk(SouthKorea)

Users:morethan100million

Platforms:Android,iOS,WindowsPhone,BlackBerryandBada(anoperatingsystemdevelopedby

Samsung)

Features:Textchat,groupchat,push-to-talk,groupcalls,行l(wèi)esharing

Withmorethan100millionusersinmorethan230countries,KakaoTalkisamulti-platformtexting

applicbtionthatallowsuserstosendandreceivemessagesforfree.WithKakaoTalk,userscanmessageeach

otherone-on-oneoringroupchatswithunlimitednumbersoffriends.Youcanalsochoosefrommorethan

250animatedemoticonsandsharethemwithfriends.

Line(Japan)

Users:morethan200million

Platforms:Android,iOS,WindowsPhone,BlackBerryandPC

Features:Textchat,groupchat,push-to-talk,filesharing,locationsharing,gaming,stickers

Linetopsthelistofthemostdownloadedfreeappsin52countries.Apartfromtextandvoice

messaging,Lineprovidesitsuserswithmorethan250originalstickersandemoticonstobuyfromitsown

shop.Inthefirstquarterof2013alone,itmade$17millionjustfromstickers.Thepopularappalsoallows

friendstobattleeachotherintheLINEGame.

1、Comparedwiththeothertwoapps9whichofthefollowingfeaturesmakesLinestandout?

A.Groupmobilegames.B.Freeemoticons.

C.Freedownloadoftheapp.D.Textandgroupchat.

2、WhichofthestatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.UserscanalwayssendandreceivemessagesforfreewithWhatsApp.

B.Userscansharefileswithanyofthethreeapps.

C.KakaoTalkfreesusersfromunwantedadvertisjments.

D.Lineranksfirstinthelistofthemostdownloadedappsin52countries.

3、Inwhichpartofthenewspapermaythisarticlebefound?

A.Advertisement.B.EconomyandFinance.

C.Entertainment.D.ScienceandTechnology.

23.（8分）Areportsaysolderadultswhotesttheirmindswithincreasinglydifficultprojectshavebettermental

abilitythanthosewhodolessdemandingactivities.

Tokeepourbrainssharpasweage,weareoftentoldtokeepourmindsactive.Astheoldsayinggoes,“Useitor

loseit."But,thereisverylittlescientificevidencetosupportthan.

DeniseParkisheadoftheuniversity'sCenterfor?VitalLongevity.Shedesignedastudyinwhichsheandher

ternplaced221healthyagingandolderadultsintooneofthreegroups.

“Weaskedpeopletolearnnewthings,likequiltingorphotography.Weaskedotherpeopletojustdofunthings

likebeinginasocialgroupfunctionbutwerenotlikelytohaveaverylargeeffect.”

Thesubjectstookpartintheirassignedactivitiesfor15hoursaweekoverthreemonths.Attheendofthattime,

theresearchersfoundthattheadultswholearnednewskills,suchasdigitalphotography,showedthegreatest

improvementsonmemorytests.

Noimprovementswereseenintheresultsofthoseinthesocialgroupthatdidactivitiestogetherlikegoingonfield

trips.Therewerealsonoimprovementsamongthethirdgroupthatlistenedtoclassicalmusicordidcrosswordpuzzles.

DeniseParkbelievesonereasonforimprovedmemoryintheactivelearninggroupisthatitsmemberswerebeing

pushedtolearnnewskills.Theothergroupstookpartinwhatshecallreceptiveactivities.Learningnewskillsmaynot

cureage-relatedmentaldecline.But,Ms.Parkthinksbeingmentallyactiveslowsdowntheprocess.

DeniseParksaysthelatestinformationshowsthattheimprovementslastedforatleastayear.Sheandherteam

plantodolongerfollow-upstudieswithallthreegroups.Shealsoisinterestedinlearningwhethertakingpartin

demandingmentalactivitiesdelaysthedevelopmentofconditionslikeAlzheimer'sdisease.

1、Whatmaythesocialgroupbeaskedtodo?

A.Learntotakephotos.

B.Listentomusicathome.

C.Gohikingtogether.

D.Dothedishes.

2、WhatdidDeniseParkandherteamfind?

A.Doingmoreexercisecanhelpslowdownourage-relatedmentaldecline.

B.Havingarelaxinglifeisbeneficialtokeepingourmindssharp.

C.Keepingourmindsactiveisassociatedwithourhealth.

D.Learningnewskillsmayhelptokeepourmindsactive.

3、Ifyouwanttokeepyourbrainsharpyoucould.

A.goswimmingwithyourfriends.

B.playchesswithyourfamily.

C.learnhowtorepairthecomputer.

D.docrosswordpuzzlesonline

4、Thetextislikelytobeselectedfromabookof.

A.medicineB.education

C.agingD.science

24.（8分）

FreeOnlineCreativeWritingWorkshop

SuitableforthestudentsofallLevels

Dreamofwritingpoetry,shortstories,ornovels?Everwatchedamovieoraplayandfeltthedesiretowritea

scriptofyourown?Ifso,takeourcourseonline.Notonlywillwebringyoutechniquesallformsofcreativewritingneed

most,wewillalsotouchonthechallengesandtechniquesthatmakeyourwritinguniquewhilegettingyourbrain—and

yourhand-moving.

Lesson1:SmallSteps

Asastudentofthiscourse,andasacreativewriter;youwillbewriting.Decidewhereyourwordswillgo.Willyou

writelonghandorwillyoutypeyourwordsonakeyboard?

Lesson1Video

★CompleteAssignment:AnIntroduction

★Complete:Assignment1:StartingSmall

★CompleteExam:Lesson1:SmallSteps

Lesson2:GettingOutofYourOwnWay

Ifyoulongtowritecreatively,butyouhaveahardtimegettingstarted,youarenotalone.Therearefarmore

peopleintheworldwhowishtheywerewritersthanthosewhoactuallywrite.

Lesson2Video

★Review2Articles:BeingHeldBackbyYourFearofWriting?

OnlineWritingGroupsandWritingCommunities

★Complete:Assignment2:CombattingFear

★CompleteExam:Lesson2:GettingOutofYourOwnWay

Studentrecommendations

“Greatjob.IespeciallyenjoyedtheopportunitytolearnaboutandtrysomewritingexperiencesI'dneverthoughtI

mightlike/9-DotS.

“Thewritingassignmentsandtheinstructorfeedbackweremosthelpful.Ihavetakentwoclassesfromthisinstructor,

andIlearnedagreatdealinboth?9-KarenR.

“Thecoursehadmanysuggestedactivitiesandexercises.ThemoreoftheseIdidthebetterexperienceIhadwitheach

lesson.w-MelT.

383、Whatisthepassagedesignedfor?

A.Introducingsomewritingskillstochildren.

B.Attractingmorestudentstoattendthecourse.

C.Persuadingstudentstowritemorecreatively.

D.Arousingthechildren'senthusiasminliterature.

1、WhatproblemcanLesson2helppeopletosolve?

A.Writinglonghand.B.Finishingassignments.

C.Beingafraidofwriting.D.Beingtooshytojoingroups.

2、Thestudentrecommendationsmakethecoursemore?

A.convincingB.challenging

C.recognizableD.practical

25.（10分）WhenIwasakidinthe1960s.myparentshadacountrystoreinthesmalltownofFrankfort,Maine.No

neighboringhousescouldbeseenFromourplace9andnewsalesmenwerealwaysamazedattheamountofbusinesswe

did.Dad'smottowas,uWeselleverything/9Ifhedidn'thavesomethinginstore,hewouldpickitupforcustomerson

hisweeklytriptoBangor.

OnetimeDadwasinBangorgettingshoesforsomeoneatashoefactory,Hesawbigboxesfullofshoesandasked

aboutthem.Theywerethemates（一雙鞋中的一只）tofaultyshoesthathadbeenthrownaway.Helookedthroughthe

boxesandrealizedthattherewereusablebrand-newshoesinthere.Heofferedthemanagerfivecentsashoe,Dadmade

thedealandgotthemanagertoreserveanyfutureboxesforhim.

OfcourseMon,hisbusinesspartner,wasmorepractical,andherfirstreactionwas,“Butwhatareyougoingtodo

withthem?”Dadboughtanoldschoolbus.Hecleaneditup,removedtheseatsandplacedbigcontainersdownboth

sitesoftheaisle（通道）.Whenallwasready,thewholeFamilyhelpedtoputtheshoesinplace.Atfirst,itlookedlikewe

hadplentyofroomonthebus,butDadkeptbringinghomemoreboxes.

TherewasnosignontheShoeBus.tTheonlyadvertisingDaddidwastoplaceapieceofpaperbesidethestoreexit

thatread“Shoes$1apair.nWhenfolksaskedaboutthedeal,theylearneditwasn'tthateasybecausetheyhadtofind

theirownpairs.Theattractionwasacombinationofgettingagooddealonaqualitypairofshoesandthethrillofthe

hunt.

TothisdayIstillrunintopeoplewhotalkaboutthefuntheyhadsearchingforpairsinDad*sShoeBus.

1、Theauthor'sparentsrantheirstorewellbecause

A.theyalwayshadenoughsuppliesinstore

B.theywonthegreatsupportofnewsalesmen

C.theyopeneditinaverycrowdedneighborhood

D.theydidalltheycouldtomeettheircustomers*need

2^WhydidthecustomersthinkitfunshapingintheShoeBus?

A.Therewerefreebusridesofferedonthem.

B.'Theycouldreceivebettercustomerservice.

C.Theycouldmatchpairsofshoesbythemselves.

D.Therewasawidevarietyofshoestochoosefrom.

3、Whatcanwelearnabouttheauthor'sfatherfromthetext?

A.Hehadagoodnoseforbusiness.

B?Hewascleverattransformingastore.

C.Hewaspatientwithcustomers

D.Hehadastrongpreferenceforbargains.

第三部分語(yǔ)言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、

C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng).

26.（30分）IdoalotofmanagementtrainingeachyearfortheCircleKCorporation,anationalchainofconvenience

stores.Amongthetopicsinourseminarsistheretention（留?。﹐fquality1Duringthese2Iaskedthe

participants,uWhathas3youtostaylongenoughtobecomeamanager?^^Minuteslateranewmanager4

thequestionandslowly,withhervoicealmostbreaking,said,“Itwasa$19baseballglove.”

Cynthiatoldthegroupthatshe5tookaCircleKclerkjob.Onhersecondorthirddaybehindthe6,she

receivedaphonecallfromhernine-year-oldson,Jessie.He7abaseballgloveforLittleLeague.She8that

asasinglemother,moneywas9.andherfirstcheckwouldhaveto10forpayingbills.Perhapsshecould

buyhisbaseballglovewithhersecondorthirdcheck.

WhenCynthia11forworkthenextmorning,Patricia,thestoremanager,askedhertocometotheoffice.Cynthia-

12ifshehaddonesomethingwrongorleftsomepartofherjob13fromthedaybefore.Shewas14and

confused.

Patricia15herabox."Ioverheardyoutalkingtoyoursonyesterday,wshesaid,"andIknowthatitis16to

explainthingstokids.ThisisabaseballgloveforJessie.Hemaynotunderstandhowimportantheis,eventhoughyou

havetopaybills17youcanbuygloves.Youknowwecan'tpaygoodpeoplelikeyouas18aswewouldlike

to;butwedo19,andIwantyoutoknowyouareimportanttous.“

People20morehowmuchanemployercaresthanhowmuchtheemployerpays.Animportantlessonfortheprice

ofaLittleLeaguebaseballglove.

1、A.goodsB.employersC.customersD.employees

2、A.discussionsB.testsC.preparationsD.trips

3、A.taughtB.causedC.urgedD.impressed

4、A.tookB.raisedC.repliedD.applauded

5、A.officiallyB.particularlyC.originallyD.normally

6、A.counterB.storeC.jobD.shelves

7^A.askedB.neededC.changedD.purchased

8、A.explainedB.arguedC.disagreedD.decided

9、A.tightB.impossibleC.troublesomeD.vital

10、A.prepareB.spendC.useD.go

11、A.arrivedB.leftC.reachedD.went

12、A.assumedB.wonderedC.realizedD.admitted

13、A.openB.finishedC.incompleteD.alone

14、A.delightedB.ashamedC.worriedD.disappointed

15、A.deliveredB.handedC.broughtD.served

16、A.convenientB.simpleC.complexD.hard

17、A.afterB.beforeC.becauseD.though

18、A.muchB.greatC.farD.many

19、A.appreciateB.valueC.careD.count

20^A.believeB.remindC.understandD.Remember

第二節(jié)（每小題L5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

27.（15分）Peoplearehavingadebateaboutwhether（develop）theeconomyorprotecttheenvironment.2^_Lin

Shuiqing,sopinion,3,isourdutytocutbackon4?（produce）andreducethequantitiesofthingswemakeandbuy

whileQianLiweithinksthatbusinessmenarenotgreedyandtheydon'thidefromtheir5,（responsible）,either.Asfaras

heisconcerned,thepeople6,（operate）thesefactoriesare7.（deep）concernedabouttheenvironment,andshould

8?（give）morecredit.As9?matteroffact,manypeoplearewillingtopayalittlehigherpriceforthings10.are

friendlytotheenvironment.

第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)短文改錯(cuò)（滿分10分）

28.（10分）假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有1（）處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，

每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（八），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1、每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2、只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Gettingridofthebadhabitofprocrastination（拖延癥）isnowmygoaloflife>Myfirststepwastosetsmalltargets

whatcanbereachedrealistically>Forexample,Iplantosetatimetableformystudy>Soafterschool,Iwillput

finishinghomeworkinthelastplace>Additionally,Iwillmakealistofmyimportanttaskincludingtheirduedatesbut

followmyschedulestrictlyNIwillavoidfindexcusesforputtingthemoff、Atsametime,Iwillaskformyfriendsand

parentstohelpme^Byachievingthissmalltargets,IhaveconfidentthatIwillovercomeprocrastination>

第二節(jié)書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

29.（25分）近年來(lái)全球掀起了學(xué)漢語(yǔ)的熱潮，美國(guó)人Tony也是漢語(yǔ)愛(ài)好者，他想在網(wǎng)上招募一名漢語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)顧問(wèn)

（adviser）o假如你是李華，請(qǐng)你給Tony寫一封應(yīng)征信，要點(diǎn)如下：

1寫信目的；

2性格優(yōu)點(diǎn)（外向、熱情、友好等）；

3語(yǔ)言優(yōu)勢(shì)（懂英語(yǔ)、了解一些中外文化等）。

注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右；

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3.開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

DearTony,

Yourstruly,

LiHua

參考答案

第一部分（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

1、C

2、D

3、A

4、D

5、C

6、C

7、C

8、D

9、C

10、A

11、A

12、D

13、D

14、A

15、A

16、B

17、D

18、A

19、B

20、A

第二部分閱讀理解（滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

21、1、C

2、D

3、A

22>Whenit*sfiveo*clock,peopleleavetheiroffice.Thelengthoftheworkday,formanyworkers,isdeflned

bytime.Theyleavewhentheclocktellsthemthey*redone.

Thesedays,thetimeiseverywhere:notjustonclocksorwatches,butoncell-phonesandcomputers.Thatmay

beabadthing,particularlyatwork.Newresearchshowsonthatclock-basedworkscheduleshindermorale

andcreativity.

Clock-timersorganizetheirdaybyblocksofminutesandhours.Forexample:ameetingfrom9a.m.to10

a.m.,researchfrom10a.m.tonoon,etc.Ontheotherhand9task-timershavealistofthingstheywantto

accomplish.Theyworkdownthelist,eachtaskstartswhentheprevioustaskiscompleted.ltissaidthatallof

usemployamixofboththesetypesofplanning.

What,then,aretheeffectsofthinkingabouttimeinthesedifferentways?Doesonemakeusmore

productive?Betteratthetasksathand?Happier?InexperimentsconductedbyTamarAvnetand

Anne-LaureSellier,theyhadparticipintsorganizedifferentactivities-fromprojectplanning,holiday

shopping,toyoga-bytimeorto-dolisttomeasurehowtheyperformedunder“clocktime"vs"task

timen.Theyfoundclocktimerstobemoreefficientbutlesshappybecausetheyfeltlittlecontrolovertheir

lives.Tasktimersarehappierandmorecreative,butlessproductive.Theytendtoenjoythemomentwhen

somethinggoodishappening,andseizeopportunitiesthatcomeup.

Theresearchersarguethattask-basedorganizingtendstobeundervaluedandunder-supportedinthe

businessculture.Smartcompanies,theybelieve,willtrytobakemoretask-basedplanningintotheirstrategies.

Thismightbeasmallchangetothewayweviewworkandtheoffice,buttheresearchersarguethatit

challengesawidespreadcharacteristicoftheeconomy:workorganizedbyclocktime.Whilemostpeoplewill

stillprobablyneed,andbe,tosomeextent,clock-timers,task-basedtimingshouldbeusedwhenperforminga

jobthatrequiresmorecreativity.lt*11makethosetaskseasier,andthetask-doerswillbehappier.

4、Whatdoestheauthorthinkoftimedisplayedeverywhere?

A.Itmakeseverybodyawareoftime.

B.Itisaconvenienceforworkandlife.

C.Itmayhaveanegativeeffectoncreativework.

D.Itclearlyindicatesthefastpaceofmodernlife.

5、WhatdidTamarAvnetandAnne-LaureSellierfindintheirexperimentsaboutclock-timers?

A.Theyseizeopportunitiesastheycomeup.

B.Theyalwaysgettheirworkdoneintime.

C.Theyhavemorecontrolovertheirlives.

D.Theytendtobemoreproductive.

6、Whatdotheresearcherssayabouttoday'sbusinessculture?

A.Itdoesnotsupportthestrategiesadoptedbysmartcompanies.

B.Itdoesnotattachenoughimportancetotask-basedpractice.

C.Itplacesmoreemphasisonworkefficiencythanonworkers5lives.

D.Itaimstobringemployees*potentialandcreativityintofullplay.

7、Whatdotheresearcherssuggest?

A.Task-basedtimingispreferredfordoingcreativework.

B.Itisimportanttokeepabalancebetweenvvorkandlife.

C.Performingcreativejobstendstomakeworkershappier.

D.Ascientificstandardshouldbeadoptedinjobevaluation.

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