One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius Caesar. “Brutus was not an honorable man,” he said. “He was a traitor（叛徒）. And he murdered someone in cold blood.” The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him. He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar. And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superior. “You have to endeavor,” the executives said, “our policy is to obey the chain of command.”
During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare’s wisdom for profitable ends. None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called “Movers and Shakespeares”. They are amateur Shakespeare scholars and Shakespeare lovers, and they have combined their passion and their high level contacts into a management training business. They conduct between 30 and 40 workshops annually, focusing on half a dozen different plays, mostly for corporations, but also for government agencies.
The workshops all take the same form, focusing on a single play as a kind of case study, and using individual scenes as specific lessons. In Julius Caesar , sly provocation（狡诈的挑唆） of Brutus to take up arms against the what was a basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organism.
Although neither of the Adelmans is academically trained in literature, the programmes, contain plenty of Shakespeare tradition and background. Their workshop on Henry V, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry’s winning strategy at the Battle of Agincourt. But they do come to the text with a few biases (偏向): their reading of Henry V minimizes his misuse of power. Instead, they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunity and becomes a masterful leader. And at the workshop on Caesar, Mr. Adelmans had little good to say about Brutus, saying “the noblest Roman of them all” couldn’t make his mind up about things.
Many of the participants pointed to very specific elements in the play that they felt related Caesar’s pride, which led to his murder, and Brutus’s mistakes in leading the  after the murder, they said, raise vital questions for anyone serving as a business when and ho w do you resist the boss?
【小题1】According to paragraph 1, what did all the executives think of Brutus?

A．Cruel.	B．Superior.
C．Honorable.	D．Bade

【小题2】According to the passage, the Adelmans set up “Movers and Shakespeares” to ________.

A．help executives to understand Shakespeare’s plays better

B．give advice on leadership by analyzing Shakespeare’s plays

C．provide case studies of Shakespeare’s plays in literature workshops

D．guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare’s plays.

【小题3】Why do the Adelmans conduct a workshop on Henry V?

A．To highlight the importance of catching opportunities.

B．To encourage masterful leaders to plan strategies to win.

C．To illustrate the harm of prejudices in management.

D．To warn executives against power misuse.

【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A．the Adelmans’ programme proves biased as the roles of characters are maximized.

B．executives feel bored with too many specific elements of Shakespeare’s plays.

C．the Adelmans will make more profits if they are professional scholars.

D．Shakespeare has played an important role in the management field.

【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____.

A．Shakespeare’s plays: Executives reconsider corporate culture

B．Shakespeare’s plays: An essential key to business success

C．Shakespeare’s plays: a lesson for business motivation

D．Shakespeare’s plays: Dramatic training brings dramatic results

语法填空

China's industrial output 【小题1】（expect）to rise by around 6.5 percent this year，marking the best performance since 2010，【小题2】 the Made in China 2025 strategy（策略）helps to raise productivity and revenue（税收）.

The increase is 0.5 percentage points 【小题3】（high）than the targeted growth，partly 【小题4】（drive）by strong efforts to increase the use of new technology at traditional enterprises（企业），Miao Wei said on Monday.

"The country's industrial economy has maintained steady and sound growth thanks 【小题5】 the Made in China 2025 strategy. It promoted the 【小题6】（combine）of manufacturing and new technologies such as 【小题7】 Internet，big data and cloud computing，"Miao added.

The ministry also predicted that the country's industrial output would be likely 【小题8】（grow）by around 6 percent next year，with revenue from the telecommunications，the Internet，and the software and information technology service 【小题9】（increase）by 50percent，30 percent and 13 percent，respectively.

According to Miao，the country will also publish policies on promoting the development of digital economy. Official data show that the country's digital economy added up to 22.58 trillion yuan last year，ranking second 【小题10】（global）and accounting for around 30 percent of national GDP.

   Golf is big business in America, with a total economy estimated at nearly 70 billion dollars. The U.S. is also the world’s biggest market for golf equipment, according to a report from Golf Datatech. The other top countries are Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Canada and China. But the industry is working on ways to make golf more appealing, especially to young Americans.

The CEO of the U. S. -based World Golf Foundation, Steve Mona, believes the current state of golf is healthy and stable. His group says about 20 million Americans regularly play the game. But Mona also sees the need for change, to get more people to discover and play golf. He said the industry has focused on ways to make the game faster, funnier and more playable.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Some golf courses have expanded fairways (球道) so golfers have less chance of losing balls in water or trees. Others move up the starting point for young or new players, so they are closer to the hole.

Some new courses also have fewer obstacles (障碍物) than those in the past, such as water ponds or sand traps. And the area near the hole is sometimes designed flatter, to keep the ball from rolling too much.

These changes could also attract adult golfers who want to play a faster, less difficult game. But with young people, Mona said it is important to get them interested at an early age.

Drive, Chip and Putting Championship

One program to do this is the Drive, Chip and Putting Championship, for girls and boys.

The name of the competition refers to golf’s three main skills. Driving is when a golfer hits the ball far at the start of the game. A chip is a much shorter shot, usually taken close to the hole. Putting refers to hitting the ball softly in the area near the hole, called the green.

Junior Golf Champions

Girls and boys from all 50 U. S. states compete in the championship. Organizers say the program has been one of the best ways to bring young people to golf. But Mona said it was not enough just to get people interested. “The challenge for us in the golf industry is that we have to change interest into trials,” he said. “And then change trials into actual participation in the game.”

Sam Schmitz is studying professional golf management at Eastern Kentucky University. He also believes speeding up the game will get more people to try golf. “For the younger generation, the biggest complaint about golf is how long it takes,” he said. A full game can last four hours.

【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．How golf can appeal to more people.	B．Why the U. S. is the country of golf.
C．Whether young people like playing golf.	D．How a child can he good at playing golf.

【小题2】Which of the following subtitles can be put in the blank of the passage?

A．Changeable Positions of the Fairways	B．Sharp Increase in the Obstacles
C．Modern Changes on the Courses	D．Increasing Popularity of Golf

【小题3】What is Sam’s attitude towards speeding up the game?

A．Doubtful.	B．Unconcerned.
C．Critical.	D．Favorable.

语法填空

The political leaders from eight of the world’s 【小题1】 (wealthy) nations will meet in Scotland this summer. It is going to be remembered as a historical meeting this year, as they will discuss the topic of Africa 【小题2】 detail. There are many problems for African people 【小题3】 (solve) , such as 【小题4】 (poor) , sex education and health care administration. People from all over the world have demanded that the leaders 【小题5】 (cancel) the debt of Africa’s poorest countries to help 【小题6】 escape the painful pasts.

At 12:45 UK time today, London 【小题7】 (announce) by the IOC in Singapore to be the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games. London had held the games twice 【小题8】 (success ) . Applications to host the games had also been made by the other four cities. In the end, London got the right to host the Games. It now has the distinction of being 【小题9】 first city to host the event three times. The good news made the crowds in London so 【小题10】 (delight) that they celebrated it everywhere: in pubs, homes and offices all over London.