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劍橋雅思閱讀6原文(test3)

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

A The Lumiere Brothers opened their Cinematographe, at 14 Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, to 100 paying customers over 100 years ago, on December 8, 1895. Before the eyes of the stunned, thrilled audience, photographs came to life and moved across a flat screen.

B So ordinary and routine has this become to us that it takes a determined leap of the imagination to grasp the impact of those first moving images. But it is worth trying, for to understand the initial shock of those images is to understand the extraordinary power and magic of cinema, the unique, hypnotic quality that has made film the most dynamic, effective art form of the 20th century.

C One of the Lumiere Brothers’ earliest films was a 30-second piece which showed a section of a railway platform flooded with sunshine. A train appears and heads straight for the camera. And that is all that happens. Yet the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, one of the greatest of all film artists, described the film as a ‘work of genius’. ‘As the train approached,’ wrote Tarkovsky, ‘panic started in the theatre: people jumped and ran away. That was the moment when cinema was born. The frightened audience could not accept that they were watching a mere picture. Pictures were still, only reality moved; this must, therefore, be reality. In their confusion, they feared that a real train was about to crush them.’

D Early cinema audiences often experienced the same confusion. In time, the idea of film became familiar, the magic was accepted — but it never stopped being magic. Film has never lost its unique power to embrace its audiences and transport them to a different world. For Tarkovsky, the key to that magic was the way in which cinema created a dynamic image of the real flow of events. A still picture could only imply the existence of time, while time in a novel passed at the whim of the reader. But in cinema, the real, objective flow of time was captured.

E One effect of this realism was to educate the world about itself. For cinema makes the world smaller. Long before people travelled to America or anywhere else, they knew what other places looked like; they knew how other people worked and lived. Overwhelmingly, the lives recorded — at least in film fiction — have been American. From the earliest days of the industry, Hollywood has dominated the world film market. American imagery — the cars, the cities, the cowboys — became the primary imagery of film. Film carried American life and values around the globe.

F And, thanks to film, future generations will know the 20th century more intimately than any other period. We can only imagine what life was like in the 14th century or in classical Greece. But the life of the modern world has been recorded on film in massive, encyclopedic detail. We shall be known better than any preceding generations.

G The ‘star’ was another natural consequence of cinema. The cinema star was effectively born in 1910. Film personalities have such an immediate presence that, inevitably, they become super-real. Because we watch them so closely and because everybody in the world seems to know who they are, they appear more real to us than we do ourselves. The star as magnified human self is one of cinema’s most strange and enduring legacies.

H Cinema has also given a new lease of life to the idea of the story. When the Lumiere Brothers and other pioneers began showing off this new invention, it was by no means obvious how it would be used. All that mattered at first was the wonder of movement. Indeed, some said that, once this novelty had worn off, cinema would fade away. It was no more than a passing gimmick, a fairground attraction.

I Cinema might, for example, have become primarily a documentary form. Or it might have developed like television — as a strange, noisy transfer of music, information and narrative. But what happened was that it became, overwhelmingly, a medium for telling stories. Originally these were conceived as short stories — early producers doubted the ability of audiences to concentrate for more than the length of a reel. Then, in 1912, an Italian 2-hour film was hugely successful, and Hollywood settled upon the novel-length narrative that remains the dominant cinematic convention of today.

J And it has all happened so quickly. Almost unbelievably, it is a mere 100 years since that train arrived and the audience screamed and fled, convinced by the dangerous reality of what they saw, and, perhaps, suddenly aware that the world could never be the same again — that, maybe, it could be better, brighter, more astonishing, more real than reality.

Questions 1-5

Reading Passage 1 has ten paragraphs, A-J.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-J, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.

1 the location of the first cinema

2 how cinema came to focus on stories

3 the speed with which cinema has changed

4 how cinema teaches us about other cultures

5 the attraction of actors in films

Questions 6-9

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

6 It is important to understand how the first audiences reacted to the cinema.

7 The Lumiere Brothers’ film about the train was one of the greatest films ever made.

8 Cinema presents a biased view of other countries.

9 Storylines were important in very early cinema.

Questions 10-13

Choose the correct letter, A B, C to D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet.

10 The writer refers to the film of the train in order to demonstrate

A the simplicity of early films.

B the impact of early films.

C how short early films were.

D how imaginative early films were.

11 In Tarkovsky’s opinion, the attraction of the cinema is that it

A aims to impress its audience.

B tells stories better than books.

C illustrates the passing of time.

D describes familiar events.

12 When cinema first began, people thought that

A it would always tell stories.

B it should be used in fairgrounds.

C its audiences were unappreciative.

D its future was uncertain.

13 What is the best title for this passage?

A The rise of the cinema star

B Cinema and novels compared

C The domination of Hollywood

D The power of the big screen

READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-27, which are based on Reading Passage 2 on the following pages.

Questions 14-18

Reading Passage 2 contains six Key Points.

Choose the correct heading for Key Points TWO to SIX from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

List of Headings

i Ensure the reward system is fair

ii Match rewards to individuals

iii Ensure targets are realistic

iv Link rewards to achievement

v Encourage managers to take more responsibility

vi Recognise changes in employees’ performance over time

vii Establish targets and give feedback

viii Ensure employees are suited to their jobs

Example Answer

Key Point One Viii

14 Key Point Two

15 Key Point Three

16 Key Point Four

17 Key Point Five

18 Key Point Six

Motivating Employees under

Adverse Conditions

THE CHALLENGE

It is a great deal easier to motivate employees in a growing organisation than a declining one. When organisations are expanding and adding personnel, promotional opportunities, pay rises, and the excitement of being associated with a dynamic organisation create feelings of optimism. Management is able to use the growth to entice and encourage employees. When an organisation is shrinking, the best and most mobile workers are prone to leave voluntarily. Unfortunately, they are the ones the organisation can least afford to lose — those with the highest skills and experience. The minor employees remain because their job options are limited.

Morale also suffers during decline. People fear they may be the next to be made redundant. Productivity often suffers, as employees spend their time sharing rumours and providing one another with moral support rather than focusing on their jobs. For those whose jobs are secure, pay increases are rarely possible. Pay cuts, unheard of during times of growth, may even be imposed. The challenge to management is how to motivate employees under such retrenchment conditions. The ways of meeting this challenge can be broadly divided into six Key Points, which are outlined below.

KEY POINT ONE

There is an abundance of evidence to support the motivational benefits that result from carefully matching people to jobs. For example, if the job is running a small business or an autonomous unit within a larger business, high achievers should be sought. However, if the job to be filled is a managerial post in a large bureaucratic organisation, a candidate who has a high need for power and a low need for affiliation should be selected. Accordingly, high achievers should not be put into jobs that are inconsistent with their needs. High achievers will do best when the job provides moderately challenging goals and where there is independence and feedback. However, it should be remembered that not everybody is motivated by jobs that are high in independence, variety and responsibility.

KEY POINT TWO

The literature on goal-setting theory suggests that managers should ensure that all employees have specific goals and receive comments on how well they are doing in those goals. For those with high achievement needs, typically a minority in any organisation, the existence of external goals is less important because high achievers are already internally motivated. The next factor to be determined is whether the goals should be assigned by a manager or collectively set in conjunction with the employees. The answer to that depends on perceptions of goal acceptance and the organisation’s culture. If resistance to goals is expected, the use of participation in goal-setting should increase acceptance. If participation is inconsistent with the culture, however, goals should be assigned. If participation and the culture are incongruous, employees are likely to perceive the participation process as manipulative and be negatively affected by it.

KEY POINT THREE

Regardless of whether goals are achievable or well within management’s perceptions of the employee’s ability, if employees see them as unachievable they will reduce their effort. Managers must be sure, therefore, that employees feel confident that their efforts can lead to performance goals. For managers, this means that employees must have the capability of doing the job and must regard the appraisal process as valid.

KEY POINT FOUR

Since employees have different needs, what acts as a reinforcement for one may not for another. Managers could use their knowledge of each employee to personalise the rewards over which they have control. Some of the more obvious rewards that managers allocate include pay, promotions, autonomy, job scope and depth, and the opportunity to participate in goal-setting and decision-making.

KEY POINT FIVE

Managers need to make rewards contingent on performance. To reward factors other than performance will only reinforce those other factors. Key rewards such as pay increases and promotions or advancements should be allocated for the attainment of the employee’s specific goals. Consistent with maximising the impact of rewards, managers should look for ways to increase their visibility. Eliminating the secrecy surrounding pay by openly communicating everyone’s remuneration, publicising performance bonuses and allocating annual salary increases in a lump sum rather than spreading them out over an entire year are examples of actions that will make rewards more visible and potentially more motivating.

KEY POINT SIX

The way rewards are distributed should be transparent so that employees perceive that rewards or outcomes are equitable and equal to the inputs given. On a simplistic level, experience, abilities, effort and other obvious inputs should explain differences in pay, responsibility and other obvious outcomes. The problem, however, is complicated by the existence of dozens of inputs and outcomes and by the fact that employee groups place different degrees of importance on them. For instance, a study comparing clerical and production workers identified nearly twenty inputs and outcomes. The clerical workers considered factors such as quality of work performed and job knowledge near the top of their list, but these were at the bottom of the production workers’ list. Similarly, production workers thought that the most important inputs were intelligence and personal involvement with task accomplishment, two factors that were quite low in the importance ratings of the clerks. There were also important, though less dramatic, differences on the outcome side. For example, production workers rated advancement very highly, whereas clerical workers rated advancement in the lower third of their list. Such findings suggest that one person’s equity is another’s inequity, so an ideal should probably weigh different inputs and outcomes according to employee group.

Questions 19-24

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 27?

In boxes 19-24 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

19 A shrinking organization tends to lose its less skilled employees rather than its more skilled employees.

20 It is easier to manage a small business than a large business.

21 High achievers are well suited to team work.

22 Some employees can feel manipulated when asked to participate in goal-setting.

23 The staff appraisal process should be designed by employees.

24 Employees’ earnings should be disclosed to everyone within the organization.

Questions 25-27

Look at the following groups of workers (Questions 25-27) and the list of descriptions below.

Match each group with the correct description, A-E.

Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 25-27 on your answer sheet.

25 high achievers

26 clerical workers

27 production workers

List of Descriptions

A They judge promotion to be important.

B They have less need of external goals.

C They think that the quality of their work is important.

D They resist goals which are imposed.

E They have limited job options.

READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

The Search for the Anti-aging Pill

In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way

As researchers on aging noted recently, no treatment on the market today has been proved to slow human aging — the build-up of molecular and cellular damage that increases vulnerability to infirmity as we grow older. But one intervention, consumption of a low-calorie_et nutritionally balanced diet, works incredibly well in a broad range of animals, increasing longevity and prolonging good health. Those findings suggest that caloric restriction could delay aging and increase longevity in humans, too.

Unfortunately, for maximum benefit, people would probably have to reduce their caloric intake by roughly thirty per cent, equivalent to dropping from 2,500 calories a day to 1,750. Few mortals could stick to that harsh a regimen, especially for years on end. But what if someone could create a pill that mimicked the physiological effects of eating less without actually forcing people to eat less? Could such a ‘caloric-restriction mimetic’, as we call it, enable people to stay healthy longer, postponing age-related disorders (such as diabetes, arteriosclerosis, heart disease and cancer) until very late in life? Scientists first posed this question in the mid-1990s, after researchers came upon a chemical agent that in rodents seemed to reproduce many of caloric restriction’s benefits. No compound that would safely achieve the same feat in people has been found yet, but the search has been informative and has fanned hope that caloric-restriction (CR) mimetics can indeed be developed eventually.

The benefits of caloric restriction

The hunt for CR mimetics grew out of a desire to better understand caloric restriction’s many effects on the body. Scientists first recognized the value of the practice more than 60 years ago, when they found that rats fed a low-calorie diet lived longer on average than free-feeding rats and also had a reduced incidence of conditions that become increasingly common in old age. What is more, some of the treated animals survived longer than the oldest-living animals in the control group, which means that the maximum lifespan (the oldest attainable age), not merely the normal lifespan, increased. Various interventions, such as infection-fighting drugs, can increase a population’s average survival time, but only approaches that slow the body’s rate of aging will increase the maximum lifespan.

The rat findings have been replicated many times and extended to creatures ranging from yeast to fruit flies, worms, fish, spiders, mice and hamsters. Until fairly recently, the studies were limited to short-lived creatures genetically distant from humans. But caloric-restriction projects underway in two species more closely related to humans — rhesus and squirrel monkeys — have made scientists optimistic that CR mimetics could help people.

calorie: a measure of the energy value of food

The monkey projects demonstrate that, compared with control animals that eat normally, caloric-restricted monkeys have lower body temperatures and levels of the pancreatic hormone insulin, and they retain more youthful levels of certain hormones that tend to fall with age.

The caloric-restricted animals also look better on indicators of risk for age-related diseases. For example, they have lower blood pressure and triglyceride levels (signifying a decreased likelihood of heart disease), and they have more normal blood glucose levels (pointing to a reduced risk for diabetes, which is marked by unusually high blood glucose levels). Further, it has recently been shown that rhesus monkeys kept on caloric-restricted diets for an extended time (nearly 15 years) have less chronic disease. They and the other monkeys must be followed still longer, however, to know whether low-calorie intake can increase both average and maximum life spans in monkeys. Unlike the multitude of elixirs being touted as the latest anti-aging cure, CR mimetics would alter fundamental processes that underlie aging. We aim to develop compounds that fool cells into activating maintenance and repair.

How a prototype caloric-restriction mimetic works

The best-studied candidate for a caloric-restriction mimetic, 2DG (2-deoxy-D-glucose), works by interfering with the way cells process glucose. It has proved toxic at some doses in animals and so cannot be used in humans. But it has demonstrated that chemicals can replicate the effects of caloric restriction; the trick is finding the right one.

Cells use the glucose from food to generate ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecule that powers many activities in the body. By limiting food intake, caloric restriction minimizes the amount of glucose entering cells and decreases ATP generation. When 2DG is administered to animals that eat normally, glucose reaches cells in abundance but the drug prevents most of it from being processed and thus reduces ATP synthesis. Researchers have proposed several explanations for why interruption of glucose processing and ATP production might retard aging. One possibility relates to the ATP-making machinery’s emission of free radicals, which are thought to contribute to aging and to such age-related diseases as cancer by damaging cells. Reduced operation of the machinery should limit their production and thereby constrain the damage. Another hypothesis suggests that decreased processing of glucose could indicate to cells that food is scarce (even if it isn’t) and induce them to shift into an anti-aging mode that emphasizes preservation of the organism over such ‘luxuries’ as growth and reproduction.

Questions 28-32

Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 28-32 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

28 Studies show drugs available today can delay the process of growing old.

29 There is scientific evidence that eating fewer calories may extend human life.

30 Not many people are likely to find a caloric-restricted diet attractive.

31 Diet-related diseases are common in older people.

32 In experiments, rats who ate what they wanted led shorter liver than rats on a low-calorie diet.

Questions 33-37

Classify the following descriptions as relating to

A caloric-restricted monkeys

B control monkeys

C neither caloric-restricted monkeys nor control monkeys

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 33-37 on your answer sheet.

33 Monkeys were less likely to become diabetic.

34 Monkeys experienced more chronic disease.

35 Monkeys have been shown to experience a longer than average life span.

36 Monkeys enjoyed a reduced chance of heart disease.

37 Monkeys produced greater quantities of insulin.

Questions 38-40

Complete the flow-chart below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 38-40 on your answer sheet.

How a caloric-restriction mimetic works

CR mimetic

Less processed

Production of ATP is decreased

Theory 1: Theory 2:

Cells less damaged by disease because Cells focus on use

fewer emitted food is in short supply

　　劍橋雅思閱讀6原文參考譯文(test3)

PASSAGE 1 參考譯文：

A 一百多年前，在1895年12月8日，呂米埃兄弟在巴黎嘉布欣大道14號向100名買票人場的觀衆放映了他們製作的電影。在目瞪口呆、驚恐顫抖的觀衆面前，一張張照片活動起來並在平面的銀幕上穿梭而過。

B 看電影對於我們來說是司空見慣的事，所以要理解這些活動的畫面最初產生的影響，想象力非得來次巨大的飛躍不可。然而這值得一試，因爲理解了這些影像最初帶來的震撼，就可以理解電影非同尋常的力量和魔力，理解爲什麼電影具有獨特而迷人的品質。正是這種品質，使電影成爲20世紀最具有活力和感染力的藝術形式。

C 呂米埃兄弟的早期電影作品之一是一部30秒長的短片，表現了一段沐浴在陽光下的火車月臺的場景。一輛火車出現了，並且直衝鏡頭開來。這就是電影的全部。然而，傑出的電影藝術家俄羅斯導演安德列·塔科夫斯基卻稱其爲“天才之作”。他寫道：“隨着火車不斷駛近，影院裏呈現出一片慌恐的景象：人們跳離座位，四散而逃。就在這一刻，電影宣告誕生。恐懼的觀衆無法相信他們看到的僅僅是一幅圖畫。圖畫是靜止的，只有現實中的事物纔會運動;因此，這一定是現實。在疑惑迷茫之中，觀衆擔心一列真正的火車將會把他們軋得粉身碎骨。”

D 早期的電影觀衆們經常會有同樣的迷茫。隨着時間的推移，電影這一概念爲人們所熟知，電影的魔力也廣爲人們接受，但電影的魔力並沒有因此而消失。電影不斷地以其獨特的力量去感染觀衆並將他們帶人一個不同尋常的世界。對塔科夫斯基而言，魔力的關鍵在於電影所創造的表現方式是以動態的影像來反映真實事件的進展。靜止的圖畫僅僅暗示了時間的存在，而小說中的時間則在讀者的幻想中不斷延伸。然而，電影卻捕捉了真實而客觀的時間流動。

E 這種現實性的作用之一是使世界去了解自身。因爲電影將世界縮小。早在人們到美國或其他地方旅行之前，他們就已經欣賞過目的地的風光，也領略過當地人的工作與生活方式。至少在虛構的電影世界中，記錄的絕大多數是美國人的生活。從電影業發展初期至今，好萊塢一直佔據着世界電影市場的統治地位。汽車、城市和牛仔這些美國形象已經成爲電影中的主要形象。電影將美國人的生活方式和價值觀念傳播到了全世界。

F同時，正是由於電影的幫助，相對於其他時代，我們的後代將對20世紀瞭解得更爲清楚。對於14世紀或者古希臘的生活狀況，我們只能想象。但現代世界的生活方式已經被電影事無鉅細地大量記錄下來。後人對我們這一代的瞭解將會比對任何前人的瞭解更加透徹。

G“影星”是電影帶來的另一個產物。實際上，影星這一概念出現於1910年。電影人物觸手可及，這使他們必然顯得無比真實。對於我們而言，影星們似乎比我們自身更爲真實，因此我們可以如此近距離地觀察他們，而縣好像世界上的每個人都認識他們。作爲人類自身的放大，影星是電影留下的最不可思議而又最持久的影響。

H 電影也賦予小說故事新的生命。當呂米埃兄弟和其他先驅者初次展示電影這項新發明時，他們根本不淸楚該怎樣應用它。最初重要的只是影像能活動。的確，有些人就斷言，一旦新奇感消失，電影就會逐漸淡出人們的視線。它只不過是一種暫時流行的小玩意兒，或是露天市場上的“雜耍”而已。

I 例如，電影原本可能變成一種以紀錄片爲主的形式，或者可能像電視那樣發展，成爲傳輸音樂、信息和故事的怪異而喧鬧的工具。然而，事實是，電影已經成爲一種敘事的主要媒介。最初講述的都是短小的故事，因爲早期製作者們懷疑觀衆頂多只能集中精力去看完一卷膠片。後來，一部長達兩個小時的意大利電影在1912年獲得了巨大的成功，從此好萊塢電影就開始採用這種新的敘事長度。至今，這一形式依然在電影界保持着慣例式的統治地位。

J 而這一切都發生得如此迅速。令人幾乎難以置信的是，距離那輛火車到站時，觀衆們認爲所看到的是危險的現實而尖叫不止、四散奔逃的景象，只不過一百年的時間。或許，人們意識到世界已經發生了徹底的改變，而且可能會變得比現實更加美好、光明、驚人和真實。

TEST 3 PASSAGE 2 參考譯文：

Motivating Employees under Adverse Conditions

在逆境中激勵員工挑戰

THE CHALLENGE

挑戰

在不斷壯大的企業中激勵員工要比在日益衰落的企業中容易得多。當企業擴大經營和增加員工人數時，晉升機會增多，薪酬提高，而且加人一家充滿活力的企業所帶來的振奮感也會產生樂觀向上的情緒。管理層能夠利用企業的發展來吸引和鼓舞員工。當企業衰退時，流動性最強的優秀員工就會主動離開。不幸的是，這些才能出衆、經驗豐富的員工正是企業最不能失去的人才。表現平庸的員工堅持留下，因爲可供他們選擇的職位有限。

員工的士氣在企業衰退期也會下降。人們擔心自己或許就是下一個被解僱的人。生產率通常有所下降，因爲員工寧願將時間花費在傳播謠言和相互提供精神支持上，也不願意專注於工作。對工作穩定的人而言，加薪幾乎是不可能的。在企業發展時期聞所未聞的減薪，此時甚至也會強制實施。管理層所面對的挑戰是如何在企業衰退期激勵員工。迎接這一挑戰的方法可以大致分爲下列六個關鍵點。

KEY POINT ONE

關鍵點一

大量證據表明，切實做到人盡其才能夠激發工作動力。例如，小型企業或大型企業中自主單位的經營者，應當由業績傑出者擔任。但是，如果空缺的是大型官僚機構的管理職位，則應當選擇對權力需求髙而對關係需求低的人選。相應地，不能爲業績傑出者安排與其需求不一致的工作。只有當職位能夠提供具有一定挑戰性的目標，具有獨立性，並提供反饋時，他們纔會全力以赴地工作。然而，我們應當牢記並不是每個人都會被獨立性強、形式多樣和責任要求高的工作所激勵。

KEY POINT TWO

關鍵點二

目標設定理論的相關文獻提出，管理者們必須確保所有的員工都有明確的目標並且能夠在實現該目標的過程中獲得評價。追求卓越成就的人是所有企業中具有代表性的少數羣體，對於他們而言，外部目標的存在並不十分重要，因爲業績傑出者已具有極強的內在動機。下一個要決定的因素是目標應由管理者指定，還是應由全體員工共同設定。答案取決於人們對目標的接受程度和企業文化。如果有可能出現對目標的抵制，在設定S標時鼓勵員工參與就會提高接受的程度。然而，如果這種參與和企業文化相矛盾，則應當指定目標。如果參與和企業文化不一致，員工則有可能認爲自己在參與過程中被操縱，並且受到負面影響。

KEY POINT THREE

關鍵點三

無論目標是否能夠實現，也無論目標是否在管理層認定的員工能力範圍之內，只要員工們認爲無法實現目標，他們就不會那麼努力。因此，管理者必須確保員工相信他們的努力會使績效目標實現。對於管理者而言，這意味着員工必須能夠勝任工作，而且必須承認(績效)評估流程的有效性。

KEY POINT FOUR

關鍵點四

由於員工們有不同的需求，所以對一個人產生強化效果的事物對於另一個人而言未必適用。在其控制範圍內，管理者可以根據對不同員工的瞭解給予他們相應的獎勵。管理者們可給予員工的獎勵主要包括薪酬、晉升、自主權、業務範圍和深度，以及參與目標設定和決策的機會。

KEY POINT FIVE

關鍵點五

管理者需要將獎勵與績效掛鉤。除工作表現之外，對於其他方面的獎勵只會使這些方面得到加強。諸如加薪和晉升這樣的主要獎勵應在員工實現特定目標後給予。與最大化獎勵效果相一致，管理者應當設法增加獎勵的公開性。例如，通過公示員工工資數目來消除薪酬的保密狀態;公佈績效獎金數額;一次性支付年薪的增加額，而不是將其在全年中分別發放;這些方法可以增加獎勵的公開性和潛在激勵性。

KEY POINT SIX

關鍵點六

獎勵的分配方式必須透明，使員工認識到獎勵或成果是公平並且與特定投人相對等的。簡而言之，經驗、才能，努力及其他主要的投人應當體現在薪酬、職責和其他主要產出的差異方面。然而，問題之所以複雜，不僅是因爲投人與產出有多種形式，而且還因爲各員工羣體對它們的重視程度不同。比如，一項究在比較行政工作人員和生產工人之後，確定了近二十種投人與產出的形式。行政工作人員基本上最重視所做工作的質量和業務知識等因素，但這正是生產工人們最不重視的。同樣，生產工人們認爲最重要的投人是才智和任務完成過程中的個人參與，而這兩個因素在行政工作人員的重要性等級排名中則十分靠後。產出方面也有一些同樣重要但不很明顯的差異。例如，生產工人認爲晉升非常重要，但行政工作人員卻將晉升排到了重要性列表中的後三位。上述發現表明，一個人認爲是公平的事物對於另一個人而言可能是不公平的。因此，理想的方式或許應當針對不同員工羣體權衡不同的投人與產出。

TEST 3 PASSAGE 3 參考譯文：

The Search for the Anti-aging Pill

In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way

尋找抗衰老藥

在政府實驗室等地，科學家們正在尋找能夠延長生命和保持青春活力的藥物。有關熱量限制的研究爲我們指明瞭出路。

衰老問題的研究者們最近指出，目前市面上還沒有任何療法證明可以延緩人類衰老。衰老是一種隨着年齡增長，人體內分子與細胞損傷的累積導致人越來越虛弱的現象。然而，有一種干預措施對許多動物都十分有效，那就是低熱量且營養均衡的飲食，它會延長實驗動物的壽命並維繫健康。這些研究結果表明，限制熱量的攝取可能也會延緩衰老，延長人類的壽命。

不幸的是，若想達到最佳效果，人們大概需要減少約30%卡路里的攝人量，相當於從每天2500大卡降低到1750大卡。很少有人能夠堅持這樣嚴格的養生之道，尤其是年復一年這樣做。但能不能製造出一種藥來模擬限食的生理效應，而又不需要強迫人們少吃東西呢?這種被我們稱爲“限食擬藥”的藥片是否能讓人們長久保持健康，延緩老年疾病(比如糖尿病、動脈硬化症、心臟病及癌症)的發生，直到更老的時候?科學家們早在20世紀90年代中期就提出了這個問題，此前研究者們偶然發現了一種化學藥劑，該藥劑似乎可以在齧齒動物身上產生限制熱量攝取的許多好處。至今我們還沒有發現能夠安全應用到人類身上並達到同樣功效的藥物，但研究經驗助燃了希望之火，令我們相信，限食擬藥終究會研製出來的。

The benefits of caloric restriction

限制能量攝入的好處

尋找限食擬藥的動機是我們想更多地瞭解限制熱量攝取對身體的影響。科學家們早在60多年前就已經認識到限制熱量攝人的益處。當時，他們發現被餵食低熱量食物的鼠類平均壽命長於自由攝取食物的鼠類，而且也更少患鼠類衰老時的常見病。除此之外，食用低熱食物的鼠類活得比對照組中最老的鼠類還要長，這表明不僅是平均壽命，連最大壽命(可活的最大年齡)也增加了。儘管抗感染藥物等各種干預方法也可以增加種羣的平均壽命，但只有通過降低身體衰老速率才能增加最大壽命。

鼠類的實驗結果已經重複過多次，而且對酵母菌、果蠅、蠕蟲、魚、蜘蛛、小鼠及倉鼠的實驗也都有同樣的結果。迄今，這類研究針對的都只是與人類基因相去甚遠的短命生物，然而，正在進行中的研究採用了恆河猴與松鼠猴這兩種更接近人類的物種做實驗對象，這使科學家們樂觀地相信限食擬藥可以幫助人類。

對這些猴類的研究證實，比起正常飲食的對照組動物，限制熱量攝人組猴子的體溫和胰島素濃度都較低，而且某些隨年齡增長而降低的荷爾蒙在他們體內仍維持在年輕時的水平。

在與衰老有關的疾病風險指數方面，這些熱量攝人受限的動物看起來也更加健康。例如，它們的血壓與甘油三酸酷含量都比較低(表示得心臟病的可能性較小)，血糖濃度也比較正常(表示得糖尿病的風險較低，糖尿病的特徵是高於常規的血糖濃度)。此外，有關研究最近指出，長期限制熱量攝人(將近15年)的恆河猴患慢性病的機率也較低。但想要知道限制熱量攝人是否會延長猴類的平均壽命和最長壽命，我們還必須對這些恆河猴以及其他猴類做更長時間的跟蹤研究。與衆多被吹捧爲最新抗衰老療法的長生不老藥不同，限食擬藥會改變衰老的基本進程。我們的目標是研製出能夠欺騙細胞進人保養與修復狀態的藥物。

How a prototype caloric-restriction mimetic works

限食擬藥如何完成任務

研究得最多、也是最有可能的限食擬藥是2DG(2-去氧-D-葡萄糖)，它是通過影響細胞中葡萄糖的代謝過程而發揮作用的。實驗發現，達到某一劑量時，2DG會對動物產生毒性，所以無法應用到人類身上。儘管如此，這表明有些化學藥物的確可以模擬熱量攝人受限的效果;關鍵在於如何找到合適的藥物。

細胞利用食物中的葡萄糖製造ATP(三磷酸腺苷)，該分子爲身體的許多活動提供能量。通過限制食物的攝取量，可使進人細胞的葡萄糖降到最低，因此減少ATP的生成量。當食量正常的實驗動物服用2DG時，葡萄糖大量進人細胞，但2DG會阻止大部分葡萄糖的代謝，因而降低ATP的合成量。研?a href="">咳嗽碧岢雋思鋼炙搗ǎ饈臀裁捶漣鹹煙譴揮階TP合成可以延級衰老。其中一種說法與ATP生成過程中自由基的釋放有關，人們認爲自由基會損傷細胞，因此導致衰老以及像癌症這類與衰老有關的疾病。減少ATP生成機制的運作次數可以限制自由基的數量，從而減少細胞受到的傷害。另一種假設認爲，葡萄糖代謝的降低讓細胞以爲食物不足(即使事實並非如此)，而促使細胞進人抗衰老的狀態，這種狀態着重的是機體本身的維持，而不是生長或繁殖這類“奢侈活動”。

　　劍橋雅思閱讀6原文解析(test3)

Passage 1

Question 1

答案： A

關鍵詞：location/ first cinema

定位原文: A段第1句“The Lumière Brothers opened…”

解題思路: 呂米埃兄弟在巴黎嘉布欣大道14號放映了他們製作的電影……，正確答案爲A。

Question 2

答案：I

關鍵詞：focus on stories

定位原文: I段第3句“But what happened…”

解題思路: 然而，事實上，電影已經成爲一種敘事的媒介。正確答案是I。

Question 3

答案： J

關鍵詞：speed…has changed

定位原文: J段第1句“And it has…”

解題思路: 電影的發展是如此迅速。對應J選項。

Question 4

答案：E

關鍵詞：teaches…other cultures

定位原文: E段第3句“Long before people…”

解題思路: 早在人們到美國或其他地方旅行之前，他們就已經欣賞過目的地的風光，也領略過當地人的工作與生活方式，答案是E。

Question 5

答案：G

關鍵詞：attraction of actors

定位原文: G段第1句“The ‘star’ was…”

解題思路: 明星是電影隨之帶來的另一個自然產物。這句話和題幹表達的意思一致。

Question 6

答案：YES

關鍵詞：first audiences reacted to the cinema

定位原文: B段第2句“But it is worth trying…”

解題思路: worth 與 important 屬於同義表達。

Question 7

答案： NOT GIVEN

關鍵詞：train, the greatest films

定位原文: C段第3句“…described the film…”

解題思路: 相關定位處只是說到俄羅斯導演形容電影是天才的作品，並沒有評價呂米埃兄弟的作品如何，這個屬於未知信息。

Question 8

答案： NOT GIVEN

關鍵詞：other countries

定位原文: D段第3句“Film has never…” E段第2句“For cinema makes the world smaller…”

解題思路: 定位區域只是說電影把人們帶到了不同的世界，讓世界變得更小。題幹說展現了偏見，完全與之沒有聯繫。題幹信息在文中並沒有出現。

Question 9

答案：NO

關鍵詞：very early cinema

定位原文: I 段的第1、2、3句“Cinema might, for example…”

解題思路: 定位句的意思是：例如，電影原本可能變成一種以紀錄片爲主的形式，或者可能像電視那樣發展，成爲傳輸音樂、信息和故事的怪異而喧鬧的工具。然而，事實是，電影已經成爲一種敘事的主要媒介。題目卻說電影的故事情節在早期的電影裏非常重要。原文強調其工具手段的意義，題目強調情節的重要性，顯然不一致。

Question 10

答案：B

關鍵詞：film of the train

定位原文: C段第4句“As the train…”

解題思路: 塔科夫斯基寫道：“隨着火車不斷駛近，影院裏呈現出一片慌恐的景象：人們驚慌失措，四散而逃。就在這一刻，電影宣告誕生。驚恐的觀衆們無法相信他們看到的僅僅是一部電影……”這就是早起電影製造的效果。

Question 11

答案：C

關鍵詞：Tarkovsky/ the attraction of the cinema

定位原文: D段最後1句“But in cinema…”

解題思路: 然而，電影卻能夠捕捉真實而客觀的時間流動;C選項與其表達一致。

Question 12

答案： D

關鍵詞：first began

定位原文: H段第2到4句“When the…”

解題思路: 當呂米埃兄弟和其他先驅者首先展示電影這項新發明時，他們根本不清楚應當怎樣應用它。最初，重要的只是活動的影像。的確，有些人就斷言，一旦新奇感消失，電影就會逐漸淡出人們的視線。由此可見，起初人們對電影發展的未來並不明確。

Question 13

答案： D

關鍵詞：cinema/ flat screen

定位原文: 全篇主旨

解題思路：縱觀全文，都在大篇幅講電影，big screen代指電影。

Test 3 Passage 2

Question 14

答案：vii

關鍵詞：篇章匹配，無題幹定位詞

定位原文: KEY POINT TWO 第1句“The literature on…”

解題思路: 定位句有兩個關鍵詞：specific goals和comments on...，分別與vii中的targets和feedback爲同義表達轉換。

Question 15

答案：iii

關鍵詞：篇章匹配，無題幹定位詞

定位原文：KEY POINT THREE 第1句“Regardless of whether…”

解題思路: 本段第一句強調必須讓員工認爲目標可以實現，可以實現的就是現實的，iii的ensure targets are realistic 就是這個意思。

Question 16

答案：ii

關鍵詞：篇章匹配，無題幹定位詞

定位原文: KEY POINT FOUR第2句“Managers could use…”

解題思路: 在其控制範圍內，管理者可以根據對不同員工的瞭解來給予他們相應的獎勵。這裏關鍵是personalise the rewards (將獎勵個性化)，即針對不同人給予不同獎勵。也就是選項ii所說的 match rewards to individuals (將獎勵與個人掛鉤)。因此答案是ii。

Question 17

答案：iv

關鍵詞：篇章匹配，無題幹定位詞

定位原文: KEY POINT FIVE 第1句“Managers need to make rewards…”

解題思路: 管理者需要獎勵與績效掛鉤; ingent on 就是將……聯繫起來，achievement與performance屬於同義表達。

Question 18

答案： i

關鍵詞：篇章匹配，無題幹定位詞

定位原文: KEY POINT SIX 第1句“The way rewards…” 獎勵的分配方式必須透明，使員工認識到獎勵或成果是公平並且與特定投人相對等的。

解題思路: reward system就是有關reward問題的集合，包括reward的分配方式，也就是原文中的The way rewards are distributed，而且 fair和 equitable 是同義詞，都是“公平”的意思。所以答案是i。

Question 19

答案：NO

關鍵詞：shrinking organization

定位原文: CHALLENGE部分的第4句“When an organisation is shrinking…”

解題思路: 當企業衰退時，流動性最強的優秀員工就會主動離開。不幸的是，這些才能出衆、經驗豐富的員工正是企業最不能失去的人才。”由此可知，企業衰退時容易流失的是技能熟練的員工。

Question 20

答案： NOT GIVEN

關鍵詞：small business/ large business

定位原文: KEY POINT ONE 的第2和3句“For example, if the job…”

解題思路: 全文只在這兩句話中提到了small business和large business，由原文意思可見，作者並沒有比較二者管理的難易度，所以對該題幹句，應填NOT GIVEN。

Question 21

答案： NO

關鍵詞：high achievers

定位原文: KEY POINT ONE 的最後兩句“High achievers will…”

解題思路: 只有其職業能夠帶來具有一定挑戰性的目標、獨立性和反饋時，業績傑出者纔會全力以赴地工作。這裏“獨立性”是關鍵詞。而團隊工作往往意味着團隊內各個成員間相互依賴，所以題幹意思與原文意思截然相反。

Question 22

答案：YES

關鍵詞：participate / goal-setting

定位原文: KEY POINT TWO 的最後1句“If participation and…”

解題思路: 如果參與機制與企業文化不一致，員工則有可能認爲自己在參與過程中被操縱，並且受到負面影響。雖然題乾沒有寫出這個“如果”的條件，但是用了some，相當於限定了範圍。feel manipulated與perceive manipulative是同一個意思。所以此題干與原文意思一致。

Question 23

答案： NOT GIVEN

關鍵詞：appraisal process

定位原文: KEY POINT THREE 的最後1句“For managers…”

解題思路: 對於管理者而言，這意味着員工必須能夠勝任工作，而且必須承認(績效)評估流程的有效性。是全文唯一提及appraisal process的句子，可以看出並沒有題幹所表述的意思，所以答案是 NOT GIVEN。

Question 24

答案： YES

關鍵詞：employees’ earnings

定位原文: KEY POINT FIVE 的最後1句“ openly communicating everyone's remuneration, publicizing performance bonuses...”

解題思路: openly communicating, publicise和disclose是同義表達，所以題乾的說法是正確的。

Question 25

答案： B

關鍵詞：high achievers

定位原文: KEY POINT TWO 的第2句“… the existence of external goals…”

解題思路: 因爲外部目標對業績傑出者並不十分重要，所以他們不大需要外部目標。所以正確答案爲B。

Question 26

答案： C

關鍵詞：clerical workers

定位原文: KEY POINT SIX 的第5句“The clerical workers…”

解題思路: 行政工作人員將工作表現質量和業務知識等因素排在名單前列。既然把quality of work排在前列，肯定認爲這點很重要，所以正確答案是C。

Question 27

答案：A

關鍵詞：production workers

定位原文：KEY POINT SIX 的倒數第2句“For example, production…”

解題思路：例如，生產工人認爲晉升非常重要。advancement 與 promotion 是同義表達，生產工人把這點排在很髙的位置，說明他們認爲這點很重要。

Test 3 Passage 3

Question 28

答案： NO

關鍵詞：drugs available today/ growing old

定位原文: 第1段第1句“As researchers on aging…”

解題思路: 衰老問題的研究者們最近指出，目前市面上還沒有任何療法證明可以延緩人類衰老。“任何療法”包含藥物，所以“目前沒有療法能延緩衰老”就意味着目前沒有藥物可以延緩衰老。

Question 29

答案：YES

關鍵詞： eating fewer calories/ extend human life

定位原文: 第1段最後1句“Those findings suggest…”

解題思路: 這些研究結果表明，限制熱量的攝取可能也會延緩衰老，延長人類壽命。” scientific evidence與findings是近義詞，所以符合題幹。

Question 30

答案：YES

關鍵詞： caloric-restricted

定位原文: 第2段第2句“Few mortals could…”

解題思路: 很少有人能夠堅持這樣嚴格的養生之道，喜歡的才能堅持，既然不能堅持，肯定是覺得不夠attractive。

Question 31

答案：NOT GIVEN

關鍵詞：diet-related diseases

定位原文: 無定位原文

解題思路: 原文沒有提到這個信息，所以是NOT GIVEN。

Question 32

答案：YES

關鍵詞：rats

定位原文: 第3段第2句“… rats fed a low-calorie diet lived…”

解題思路: 被餵食低熱量食物的鼠類平均壽命長於自由攝取食物的鼠類”，這裏關鍵是知道free-feeding與ate what they wanted是同義表達。

Question 33

答案：A

關鍵詞： less likely / diabetic

定位原文: 第6段第2句“ have more normal blood…( pointing to a reduced risk for diabetes)” 血糖濃度也比較正常(表示得糖尿病的風險較低)。

解題思路: 這句話闡述的是calorie-restricted animal的情況，也就是calorie- restricted monkeys的情況，所以正確答案是A。

Question 34

答案：B

關鍵詞：more chronic disease

定位原文: 第6段第3句“Further, it has recently…”

解題思路: 此外，有關研究最近指出，長期限制熱量攝人(將近15年)的恆河猴患慢性病的機率也較低。rhesus monkeys與control monkeys 比較，前者患慢性病機率低，也就是說後者患慢性病機率高。正確答案是B。

Question 35

答案： C

關鍵詞：a longer than average lifespan

定位原文: 第6段第4句: “They and other monkeys…” 但想要知道限制熱量攝人是否會延長猴類的平均壽命和最大壽命，我們還必須對這些恆河猴以及其他猴類做更長時間的跟蹤研究。

解題思路: They 指的是calorie-restricted mon?keys s other monkeys指的就是 control monkeys，原文既然說還需更多研究才能知道它們的壽命是否得到延長，也就是說兩類猴都還沒有表明壽命得到延長。正確答案是C。

Question 36

答案： A

關鍵詞：reduced chance of heart disease

定位原文: 第6段第2句“For example, they have lower blood pressure and triglyceride levels (signifying a decreased likelihood of heart disease )…” 例如，它們的血壓與甘油三酸酯含量都比較低(表示得心臟病的可能性較小)。

解題思路: 這句話闡述的是calorie-restricted animal的情況，也就是calorie- restricted monkeys的情況，所以正確答案是A。

Question 37

答案： B

關鍵詞：greater quantities of insulin

定位原文: 第5段(就1句話)“ared with control animals that eat normally, caloric-restricted monkeys have lower body temperatures and levels of the pancreatic hormone insulin.”比起正常飲食的對照組動物，限制熱量攝人組猴子的體溫和胰島素濃度都較低。

解題思路: 限制熱量攝入組的猴子比對照組猴子的胰島素濃度低，說明其胰島素分泌量少，故對照組的胰島素分泌較多。正確答案是B。

Question 38

答案：glucose

關鍵詞：production of ATP is decreased

定位原文: 第8段第2句“By limiting food intake, caloric restriction…” 通過限制食物的攝取量，可使進入細胞的葡萄糖降到最低，因此減少ATP的生成量。

解題思路: 通過 minimizes the amount of glucose 和 less … is processed 的同義轉換關係很快選出答案應該是glucose。

Question 39

答案： free radicals

關鍵詞：one possibility

定位原文: 第8段第5句“One possibility relates to the ATP-making…” 其中一種說法與ATP生成過程中自由基的釋放有關，人們認爲自由基會損傷細胞，因此引起衰老以及像癌症這類與衰老有關的疾病。

解題思路: 根據原文，free radicals促進 cancer之類的disease破壞細胞，所以free radicals越少，被疾病破壞的細胞就越少。即題目中給出的部分：cells less damaged by disease，所以答案爲free radicals。

Question 40

答案： preservation

關鍵詞： focus on

定位原文: 第8段最後1句“Another hypothesis suggests…” 另一種假設認爲，葡萄糖代謝的降低讓細胞以爲食物不足(即使事實並非如此)，而促使細胞進人抗衰老的狀態，這種狀態着重的是維持……

解題思路: emphasize與focus on屬於同義表達，scarce與in short supply屬於同義表達，所以對應答案爲preservation。

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