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1、湖北省黄石市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（15）及答案MartinwasreturningtoworkinhisLondonofficeafterspendingtwoweekswithhisbrotherinNewYork.Hewascomingbackwithaheavyheart.Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofawonderfulholiday;itwasnotjustthatheinvariablysufferedbadlyfromjetlag;itwasthatMondaymorningsalwaysbeganwithateammeetingand
2、,overthemonths,hehadgrowntohatethem.Martinwasawarethatcolleaguesapproachedthesemeetingswithhiddenagendas;theyindulged(纵容)gameplaying;andheknewthatpeoplewerenotbeinghonestandopen.Themeetingsthemselveswerebadenough—therewasallthemoaningafterwardsatthemeetinglike“Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea,butIwas
3、n’tgoingtosay”.Asthismorning’smeetingbegan,Martinpreparedhimselffortheusualdullnessandboredom.But,asthemeetingprogressed,hebecameawareofastrangebackgroundnoise.Atfirst,hethoughtthathewasstillhearingtheenginenoisefromtheaircraftthathadbroughthimbacktoLondon.But,asheconcentratedonthenoise,itbecamea
4、littleclearer.Herealized—tohisamazement—thathecouldactuallyhearwhattheywerethinkingatthesametimeastheywerespeaking.Whatsurprisedhim,evenmorethantheacquisition(获得)ofthisstrangepower,wasthathediscoveredthatwhatpeopleweresayingwasnotreallywhattheywerethinking.Theywerenotmakingcleartheirreservations.
5、Theywerenotsupportingviewswhichtheythoughtmightbepopular.Theywerenotcontributingtheirnewinsights.Theywerenotvolunteeringtheirnewideas.Martinfounditimpossiblenottorespondtohisnewknowledge.Sohestartedtomakegentleinterventions,basedmoreonwhathecouldhearhiscolleaguesthinkingthanonwhathecouldhearthems
6、aying.“So,Johnareyoureallysaying…”“Susan,doyoureallythinkthat？”“Tom,haveyougotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward？”Theylookedathim,puzzled.Intruth,hefeltratherproudofhis_newlyacquired_talent.Asthemeetingprogressed,itwascleartohimthateachmemberofthemeetingwaslearninghowtohearthethoughtsoftheothers.T
7、hegameplayingstartedtofallaway;peoplestartedtospeakmoredirectly;viewsbecamebetterunderstood;theatmospherebecamemoreopenandtrusting.-9-Themeetingended.Aspeoplelefttheroom,Martinfoundthathecouldstillhearwhattheywerethink
