Question

【题目】Real Solutions（解决方法） to Problems

Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and eager to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems

One day, the team was called for a _________in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding various_________. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons

The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and blow it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective(各自的)balloons _________so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out. All tried, but not everyone was _______. Five balloons blew out due to pressure（压力）.

Those who failed to mark their names on the balloons were _______ out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were _______ and then put into a room, here and there.

The engineers were told to pick the balloon with his or her name on, All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to _______ the right one. The second level of the game was over.

Then came the final level. the engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to person named on the balloon. Within a couple of minutes, all balloons _______ the hands of the respective engineers.

The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life,sharing and helping others give us real solutions to problems.

【1】A. game B. show C. concert D. party

【2】A. purposes B. suggestions C. thoughts D. plans

【3】A. quietly B. carefully C. secretly D. clearly

【4】A. honest B. ready C. patient D. successful

【5】A. checked B. helped C. ruled D. cleaned

【6】A. collected B. weighed C. tied D. cleaned

【7】A. mark B. hide C. number D. find

【8】A. freed B. reached C. lifted D. hit

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【解析】

本文主要讲述的是关于协作的事情。游戏一：30名工程师，在气球上签名，结果5人被淘汰。游戏二：然后把成功签上名的气球放到一个房间里，先让25名工程师找带有自己名字的气球，结果很少成功；游戏三：让工程师们挑选任何一个气球，并把它送给签在气球上名字的人。结果几分钟内，所有气球都到达了各自的工程师手中。这个故事告诉我们：一件事我们或许做起来很难，但是如果和别人一起做，相互帮助，就会事半功倍。

【1】句意：有一天，三十名工程师被要求在大厅里参加游戏。考查名词辨析。A. game游戏；B. show表演；C. concert音乐会；D. party聚会。下文提到The second level of the game was over游戏结束，故选A。

【2】句意：他们很惊讶，都走到大厅里，抱着各种各样的想法。考查名词辨析。A. purposes目的；B. suggestions建议；C. thoughts想法；D. plans计划。根据all reached the hall holding various带着各种 _______ 来到这里，前面提到惊奇，所以是每个人有各自的想法。故选C。

【3】句意：然后要求他们在各自的气球上仔细地写上自己的名字，这样气球就不会爆了。考查形容词辨析。A. quietly轻轻的；B. carefully仔细的；C. secretly秘密的；D. clearly清楚的。根据the balloons wouldn't blow out不能打破气球，所以是轻轻的。故选A。

【4】句意：大家都试过了，但不是每个人都成功了。考查形容词辨析。A. honest诚实的； B. ready准备好的；C. patient有耐心的；D. successful成功的。根据 Five balloons blew out due to pressure气球坏了5个，可知并不是所有人都成功了。故选D。

【5】句意：那些没有在气球上签名的人被排除在比赛之外。考查动词辨析。 A. checked检查； B. helped帮助；C. ruled规则；D. cleaned清晰。根据Those who failed to mark their names on the balloons 失败的人，所以是出局，rule out排除；故选C。

【6】句意：所有带着名字的气球都被收集起来，然后放在一个房间里，到处都是。考查动词辨析。A. collected收集；B. weighed称重；C. tied打结；D. cleaned打扫。根据then put into a room, here and there将气球放在房子里，所以是先把所有的气球收集起来。故选A。

【7】句意：已经快15分钟了，但是没有人能找到带有自己名字的气球。考查动词辨析。A. mark标记；B. hide躲藏；C. number计数；D. find找到。根据right one正确的那个人，由此推测是找到那个人。故选D。

【8】句意：几分钟内，所有气球都到达了各自的工程师手中。考查动词辨析。A. freed释放； B. reached到达；C. lifted 举起；D. hit打击。根据the hands of the respective engineers气球上名字对应的人，由此可知是交给那个人。故选B。