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Ⅰ.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节　完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 I work for a company that has cut a lot of staff in the past year.I was employed as the Director of New Business Development. As business__1__，I employed a young man with whom I’d__2__for several years at my previous company to be my staff leader，as his knowledge and experience was__3__.He was employed at a rate of $10 per hour，which was__4__lower than the pay，$16.50，he had previously been paid at our__5__company，but with the__6__that he would receive a pay increase in 3 months. 3 months later，when the young man was given the promised__7__，the manager came to me__8__.“Jen，that boy has more__9__than anyone I’ve ever worked with.”He__10__the many hours the boy had worked off the clock and his__11__to the company.“The boy thanked me，and said that he__12__the acknowledgment(承认)very much，then said，‘Nate works really hard and is really struggling.Earning more money would make a lot of__13__to him.I know you can’t give everyone who deserves it a raise，so please give mine to Nate.He needs it more than I do.’I couldn’t__14__，and I gave the raise to Nate.” For a person of the boy’s age，with nothing but the clothes on his back，to give to someone with even less was__15__. 【解题导语】　一个对公司贡献很大的员工并没有要求公司履行三个月后给他涨工资的承诺，因为他理解公司大量裁员、资金紧张的状况，因此主动要求把给自己涨的那部分分给更需要钱的人。 1．A.reduced　　　　　　B．finished C．changed D．grew 解析：选D。根据上文“I work for a company that has cut a lot of staff in the past year.”可知，作者所在的公司曾一度大量裁员。及下文“...I employed a young man...”可知，现在又雇佣一个新员工。由此可推知，公司的事业应该有所起色。 2．A.searched B．lived C．worked D．admired 解析：选C。根据下文中“...at my previous company...”可推知，这个年轻人是曾经与作者工作过几年的同事。 3．A.invaluable B．common C．limited D．unbelievable 解析：选A。根据上文“I employed a young man...to be my staff leader，as his knowledge and experience was...”可知，作者任命以前的同事为主管是因为同事的知识和经验非常有价值。 4．A.much B．little C．ever D．never 解析：选A。根据上下文可知，这个同事现在的工资是每小时10美元，原来的工资是每小时16.5美元，很显然现在的工资要远远低于原来的。 5．A.future B．former C．present D．large 解析：选