【正文】 nt. As the world bees smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is being essential to expand our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions .Hire Advantage At a time when hiring qualified people is being more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid biases(偏愛(ài)) from the process have a distinct advantage .My pany, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots . A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make . “During my Mindsets coaching session ,I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets .The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the pany .When the real estate market began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we were able to stay in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”Blinded by GenderDale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce . “Through one of the sessions ,I discovered my personal bias ,” he recalls . “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person , and being open to differences .” In his case , the blindness was not about culture but rather gender .“I had a management position open in my department 。 just as muscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and 54 after only a few weeks of journal writing . Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and 55 lives . They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step 56 to fluency , eloquence (雄辯), and mand of language .A) closer I) painfulB) daily J) performanceC) emotional K) professionD) enhance L) remarkablyE) enormous M) requireF) especially N) sensitiveG) hinder O) urgeH) missionSection BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. The January fashion show, called FutureFashion , exemplified how far green design has e. Organized by the New Yorkbased nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their lines. The designers who undertake green fashion still face many challenges. Scott Hahn, cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses allorganic cotton, says highquality sustainable materials can still be tough to fine . “Most designers with existing labels are finding there aren’t parable fabrics that can just replace what you’re doing and shat your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and nonorganic cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few ecofriendly equivalents. Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the influential trade show Designers amp。 the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, 71 among the young ,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 72 minicars and luxury foreign brands are still popular ,everything in between is 73 .Last years sales fell percent, percent 74 you don’t count the minicar market . There have been 75 oneyear drops in other nations :sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 76 a tax increase . But experts say Japan is77 in that sales have been decreasing steadily 78 time. Since 1990, yearly newcar sales have fallen from million to million units in 2007.Part V Cloze (15 minutes)67. A) profit C) ine B) payment D) budget68. A) mostly C) occasionally B) partially D) rarely69. A) Therefore C) Otherwise B) Besides D) Consequently70. A) drift C) current B) tide D) trend71. A) remarkably C) specially B) essentially D )particularly72. A) While C) When B) Because D) Since73. A) surging C) slipping B) stretching D) shaking74. A) unless C) as B) if D) after75. A) lower C) broader B) slighter D) larger76. A) liable to C) thanks to B) in terms of D) in view of77. A) unique C) mysterious B) similar D) strange78. A) over C) on B) against D) behind Alarmed by this state of 79 , the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) 80 a prehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 81 wealth gap, demographic(人口結(jié)構(gòu)的) changes and 82 lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their 83 longer , replace their cars with smaller ones 84 give up car ownership altogether .JAMA85 a further sales decline of percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer , further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is 86 .79. A) mess C) growth B) boom D) decay80. A) proceeded C) launched B)relieved D) revised81. A