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　　第二部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　When people around you agree with you, it improves your confidence and allows you to relax and feel comfortable. Unfortunately, that comfort usually keeps you away from achieving more success in your career, especially when you are in a leader position. So it feels nice to have people agree, but you need some regular conflicts, that is to say, to have people raise different views so that you can dig out the deeper truth and avoid suffering from being too much on just one side.
　　So do you often share your opinions on most subjects with people around you and encourage them to debate? It yes, set it as a tradition in your company or department. At first, it seems a challenge to create an environment where people are in free atmosphere to disagree and argue, but remember: from sharp conflicts come sound judgments, and from sound judgments come right decisions. That’s because most of the time you have to collect different opinions from different angles to help yourself identify your blind spots before you form the real brilliant ideas.
　　However, effective debates do not require angry quarrels and embarrassments. So you need to set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities, boundaries and rewards.
　　Rule No. 1: the goal of debating is not to win over others but to get to the truth that will allow you and your staff to move faster and better.
　　Rule No. 2: Fierce debating with strong emotion hurts feelings and does harm to teamwork. So repeatedly remind your staff, best with smiles and humors, that this is friendly opinion sharing time for a common goal instead of a battle between two enemies trying with full efforts to beat the other one down to earth.
　　Rule No. 3: All those involved in the debates shall get rewards when the goals are reached, thus they know ho much you appreciate their contribution. The more they feel appreciated, the more they’ll be willing to contribute their talents with full heart in the future.
　　21. What happens when your staff all agree with you?
　　A. It may improve your work effectively  B. It creates harmonious working atmosphere
　　C. You are likely to make more right decisions D. You may have problems in career advancing
　　22. It is important to carry on debates among your staff because you can ________.
　　A. go deeper in truth seerse          B. create a free atmosphere to debate
　　C. find sharp conflicts in debating            D. find people who support you
　　23. Which of the following is effective in avoiding blind debates?
　　A. Encouraging your staff to win over others B. Reminding your staff to wear smiles and be humorous
　　C. Announcing that it is opinion sharing instead of quarrels D. Rewarding those who appreciate your contribution
　　24. What is the best title of this passage?
　　A. Appreciate the Contribution of Your Staff   B. Seek Debates Actively for Advancement
　　C. Brilliant Ideas Come From Fierce Debates  D. Find Talented Staff from Free Debates
　　B
　　MOOCs, an acronym(缩写词)for “massive open online courses,” mark an important, possibly revolutionary, development in education. These courses are online, free of charge, and open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet connection. Moreover, they are mainly offered by elite universities like Standford, Berkeley, Harvard and Columbia.
　　The courses, like normal college courses, are arranged in order by difficulty, enabling students to progress from beginners to the advanced. The courses cover not only a broad range of technical subjects such as math and computer science, but also courses in the social sciences and the humanities.
　　Though MOOCs are not offered for credit and degree, many students enroll in(选课) the courses for real skills or knowledge which they can put to some practical use. Some students even form online study groups, or in-person groups with students who live nearby.
　　The format seems superior to the traditional school class. The average quality of the lecturer is much higher, because students do not have to stick with an ordinary lecturer.
　　Besides, students can roll back or forward—in short, they can go at their own learning speed, which they cannot do in a live lecture. And, of great importance, they do not have to travel anywhere to attend an online lecture. One can obtain a first-class American college education wherever he or she lives and however little money he or she has.
　　There is a problem of asestions of the lecturer in a class of ten thousand students, but some MOOCs have solved it by allowing students to post questions online for a vote, and only the most popular questions are put to the lecturer.
　　In a knowledge era, lifelong learning is not limited to a traditional classroom. Of course,