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In business, there's a speed difference: It's the difference between how important a firm's leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.
In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. Whats more, the firms that "slowed down to speed up "improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.
How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what "slower "and "faster"mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly) and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, high performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn't develop team spirit among their employer, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come from the top. (www.nmet168.com)
57. What does the underlined part "gain an edge" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Increase the speed. B. Get an advantage.
C. Reach the limit. D. Set a goal.
58. The underlined part "the laws of business physics" in Paragraph 3 means _________.
A. spending more time and performing worse
B. spending more time and performing better
C. spending less time and performing worse
D. spending less time and performing better
59. What can we learn from the text?
A. How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.
B. How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.
C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.
D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.
60. Which could be the last title for the text?
A. Improve quality? Serve better.
B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.
C. Reduce time? Move faster.
D. Need speed? Slow down.
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
—Good evening. Grandma's Restaurant. May I help you?
—Good evening. _________61_________
—Thank you. May I have your name, Miss?
—Mary Brown.
—_________62_________
—I'd like to order the "Free Matching Dinner for 2".
—Yes, you may choose two soups, two drinks and four main courses from the menu.
—_________63_________
—Are you ready? What Kind of soup do you want?
—Chicken soup and tomato soup.
—_________64_________
—I'd like a plate of noodles, two chicken wings. some beef and a bowl of rice.
—_________65_________
—Just a coke and some green tea, please.
—May I have your address, please?
—Sure, 6A. Kingston Court
, Belair Cardens, Shatin.
—Okay, your food will be delivered in half an hour. Thanks for calling.
A. May I book a table in your restaurant for tonight?
B. I would like to order some food for dinner.
C. Miss Brown, please tell me your order.
D. How about your main courses?
E. Would you like some drinks
F. Okay. Let me see.
G. And your drinks?
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共50分）
注意事项：
必须使用0.5毫米黑色墨迹签字笔在答题卡上题目所指是的答案区域内作答。答在试题卷上无效。
第三部分 写作（共两节 满分50分）
一、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个沟（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词。并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改
Tom was having much troubles getting up in the 66. _________
Morning and was always late with work.. His boss wanted to 67. _________
fire him if he didn’t start coming on time, but he went to 68. _________
the doctor for a help. The doctor gave him some 69. _________
medicine and told him to take them before he went to bed. 70. _________
The man did is told and slept really well, wake up before 71. _________
the alarm had even gone off. He had time for a properly 72. _________
breakfast and was still the first reach the factory. "Boss," he 73. _________
said, "that medicine really works!" I'm pleasing to hear 74. _________
it," said his boss," but where were you yesterday?" 75. _________
二、书面表达（满分35分）
最近，某中学生英文报开设了“After-class Activities”的栏目，请你根据以下提示，为该栏目写一篇英文稿件，并鼓励同学们积极参加课外活动。
你校开展课外活动的情况；
你参加过的课外活动及给你带来的益处；
为同学选择课外活动提出建议；
为学校开展课外活动提出建议。
注意：
词数100左右；
文中不得提及人名、校名及地名；
稿件的开头以为你写好（不计入总词数）。
After-class Activities
Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in high schools. ______________________________________________________
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