2015年4月电大远程网络教育大学英语B统考题库完型填空

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Susan Cleveland is the young president of a candy company in the city of Chicago.( 苏珊克利夫兰是芝加哥市里一家糖果公司的年轻总裁。) Her father began the company in the 1960's. He died three years ago. Now, the company belongs to Susan.

Susan, however, did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. She just finished the college. The employees became even more concerned during Susan's first months on the job. Mr. Cleveland had been a __21__ leader. But Susan permitted many employees to make their own __22__. One employee said, \always told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash. But the company did well. What does a \？A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash to walk our pet dogs. The leash keeps the dog from __23__ away or getting into trouble.

Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her under close control. The person can't make many decisions for himself or herself. Ms. Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. __24__, she encourages them to get better ways to do business. For example, her secretary proposed an idea. She said the company should offer a sum of money as a prize to the best student in the high school near the factory. The winner could use the prize money to study at a university. Mr. Cleveland appreciated the idea. After the prize was announced, people who lived in the area of the factory began to buy __25__ of the company's candy. Local newspapers wrote about the competition. Business improved.

Ms. Cleveland made her secretary the company's first Director of Public Relations. The former secretary was very pleased. 21. A.decisions B.Instead C.more D.strong E.running 答案：D 22. A.decisions B.Instead C.more D.strong E.running 答案：A 23. A.decisions B.Instead

C.more D.strong E.running 答案：E 24. A.decisions B.Instead C.more D.strong E.running 答案：B 25. A.decisions B.Instead C.more D.strong E.running 答案：C

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11、Many Chinese students don't pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice speaking English in class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language 1 in everyday life. A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table.

When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers 2 it and took them out again in order to express that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English.

The waiter soon brought a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. The man tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make 3 understood. Finally another man came in. He spoke English clearly and fluently. In a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table 4 him.

So you see a man often goes hungry if he doesn't 5 a foreign language. (1)、 A：into B：freely

C：before D：himself E：master 答案：B

(2)、 A：into B：freely C：before D：himself E：master 答案：A

(3)、 A：into B：freely C：before D：himself E：master 答案：D

(4)、 A：into B：freely C：before D：himself E：master 答案：C

(5)、 A：into B：freely C：before D：himself

E：master

答案：E

12、 It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work. But it is not as easy as it appeals at first __1__ to introduce equal pay for equal work.

Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the __2__; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot. In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this __3__ is called piece-work. But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take

differences in skill into __4__. This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the __5__ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough.

(1)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account 答案：B

(2)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account 答案：A (3)、 A：other B：sight