Unit 5 Theme parks reading课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Ricardo Semler became boss of his father's business Semco in Brazil at the age of 21. Ricardo worked like a(n) __1__ man, from 7：30 am to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he __2__. The doctor told him if he __3__ like that, he would find a new home in hospital. Semler got the __4__. He changed the way he __5__. In fact, he changed the ways his __6__ worked, too.

　　He let his workers take more __7__ so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He __8__ them to set their own salaries, __9__ their own working hours and he cut all the jobs he thought were __10__， like receptionists and secretaries.

　　He changed the office: __11__ walls, they have plants at Semco, so bosses can't __12__ themselves away from everyone else. And the workers are __13__ to decorate their workspace as they want.

　　It sounds perfect, but does it __14__？ The answer is in the __15__： in the last six years, Semco's revenues (收入) have __16__ from $35 million to $212 million. The company has gone from eight hundred employees to 3,000. Why?

　　Semler says it's because of "peer pressure" which makes employees work __17__ for everyone else. If someone isn't doing his job __18__， the other workers will not allow the __19__ to continue. In other words, Ricardo treats his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible __20__. And they do.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作为老板，只有让团队中的每个人都能自觉主动地承担责任，形成我为人人，人人为我的氛围，才能提高团队的工作效率。这正是Semler之所以成功的经验。

　　1．A.interesting　　　　　　　 B．independent

　　C．mad D．great

　　解析：选C　根据空格后的"from 7：30 am to midnight every day"可知，他拼命工作。故选C，意为"疯狂的"。

　　2．A.fell down B．gave up

　　C．went out D．got off

　　解析：选A　根据下句"The doctor told him"可知，他病倒了。故选A，意为"倒下"。

　　3．A.changed B．continued

C．dropped D．went