17.Traditionally,business people would get to know each other over a round of golf.But road cycling is fast catching up as the preferred way of networking recently.
"When you play golf with somebody you have to decide if you‟re going to beat them,or let them beat you,"says Peter Murray,a chairman of the NLA centre."If they‟re your customers and you don‟t want to beat them,sometimes you might have to make some kind of cheating in order to lose.That seems to me not a good way of doing things."
Group cycling,and especially long-distance riding,is a shared experience,Mr Murray says.Riders often work together and help each other out,taking turns to be at the front so that the riders in their group can save almost a third of the effort needed to travel at the same speed.
How someone rides a bike can give you a real insight into what a person is like,says Jean-Jacques Lorraine,founding director of Morrow Lorraine,a team member of Cycle to Cannes."Some riders are very single-minded,others more collaborative; some are skillful,others an open book.""If I walk into a meeting and somebody says„I‟ve done Cycle to Cannes‟,it‟s a done deal really,"says Mr Lorraine.
Mr Mottram,CEO of Rapha,believes it is easier to get to know people by cycling than in other situations."T here is an easy environment about conversations on a bike."Mr Lorraine makes the point more directly:"I feel open and honest to others.I often find I‟m saying things on a bike which I wouldn‟t normally say,and equally I‟ve been confided (吐露秘密) in when I wasn‟t expecting it."
Why do cycle rides lend riders so well to networking?"Getting a quick lunch or drink after work doesn‟t give you long enough to get to know someone,"Mr.Murray says.He believes long rides get people together."A younger rider can be cycling along with a boss and help him in some way and you get a reversal of the relationship.This changes the relationship when they are off the ride too."
Perhaps the main reason why cycling is a good way to network is that it‟s a passion (激情) and a way of life."Getting out on the bike is what we‟re all dreaming of doing while we‟re sitting at our computers,"says Mr Mottram.And a shared passion is a fantastic way to start any relationship.

52.We can infer from Paragraph 2 thatD.
A.golf is a sport full of cheating
B.cycling is less popular than golf
C.deciding on winners in golf is hard
D.golf might also have disadvantages
53.In Paragraph 4,Mr Lorraine thinks thatD.
A.getting a quick lunch after work helps get people together
B.telling what a person is really like by cycling is a way of life
C.riders need to volunteer to be at the front to save their energy
D.it‟s much easier for people to make a deal if they are all riders
54.Which of the following is TRUE about cycling?B
A.Businessmen used to prefer cycling to golf.
B.Cycling is a good way to get to know people.
C.Group cycling is always a long-distance riding.
D.It‟s not acceptable for the riders to talk on the bike.
55.What could be the best title of the passage?C
A.Advantages and Disadvantages of Cycling.
B.Two Good Ways of Networking.
C.Cycling Is the New Golf.
D.Cycling Develops Fast.

分析 文章大意:
傳統(tǒng)上,商業(yè)人士將通過(guò)一輪高爾夫球互相了解.但是道路循環(huán)正在迅速趕超,成為最近網(wǎng)絡(luò)時(shí)代的首選.
"當(dāng)你和某人打高爾夫球時(shí),你必須決定是否"打敗他們,或讓他們打敗你,"NLA中心主席Peter Murray說(shuō),"如果他們是你的客戶,你不想要打敗他們,有時(shí)候你可能需要做某種故意的行為來(lái)欺騙他們,目的只是為了輸.在我看來(lái)似乎不是一個(gè)好的做事方式.
集團(tuán)騎自行車,尤其是長(zhǎng)途騎行,是一個(gè)共享的經(jīng)驗(yàn),默里說(shuō).車手經(jīng)常一起工作,互相幫助,輪流在前面,使車隊(duì)的車手可以節(jié)省幾乎三分之一的努力,為了以同樣的速度行進(jìn).
如何從騎自行車來(lái)看出一個(gè)人是什么樣的人呢?讓-雅克洛林,莫羅洛林創(chuàng)始主任,循環(huán)到戛納的團(tuán)隊(duì)成員"一些車手是非常單一的,其他人更多的合作;一些是熟練的,另一些是生疏的.""如果我走進(jìn)一次會(huì)議,有人說(shuō)"我對(duì)戛納做了循環(huán)",那么才是"真的做了交易",Lorraine先生說(shuō).
Rapha首席執(zhí)行官M(fèi)ottram認(rèn)為,騎自行車比其他情況更容易了解人們."對(duì)于談話,自行車提供了一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的環(huán)境."Lorraine先生更直接地說(shuō):"我感到開(kāi)放,我經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)我在一輛自行車上說(shuō)的東西,是我通常不會(huì)說(shuō)的,而且我也會(huì)在不經(jīng)意間泄露秘密,顯然我平時(shí)不會(huì)這樣做.
為什么周期騎車給騎手帶來(lái)了如此好的社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)?"工作后快速吃午飯或喝酒不能給你足夠長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間去認(rèn)識(shí)某人,"穆雷說(shuō).他認(rèn)為長(zhǎng)途騎行能把人們聚在一起."年輕人騎手可以與老板一起騎自行車,并以某種方式幫助他,你會(huì)得到一個(gè)逆轉(zhuǎn)的關(guān)系.這改變了他們下車時(shí)的關(guān)系.
也許,騎自行車是一個(gè)很好的社交方式主要是原因它的激情和生活方式.騎自行車出去是我們的夢(mèng)想,而我們整天做的是坐在我們的電腦前面,"Mottram說(shuō),"一個(gè)共同的激情是一個(gè)很好建立關(guān)系的方式.

解答 52.D,推理判斷題,第二段講述了打高爾夫中存在的弊端,同時(shí)此處也是為了引出"cycling",所以此處并不是一味的批評(píng)高爾夫,而是想引出一個(gè)更加有效地交友方式,所以選擇D.
53.D,推理判斷題,文中關(guān)于ABC選項(xiàng)的論述分別出現(xiàn)在文章第5,6,2段,根據(jù)題意,答案限定在第四段,在第四段中""If I walk into a meeting and somebody says„I‟ve done Cycle to Cannes‟,it‟s a done deal really,""表明都是rider的話,做決定會(huì)很簡(jiǎn)單,所以選擇D.
54.B,推理判斷題,由文中"business people would get to know each other over a round of golf",暫時(shí)高爾夫會(huì)是商人的最愛(ài),而cycling只是"fast catching up"很快的趕超,但還不能與高爾夫相比,A錯(cuò)誤;由文章中最后一段"And a shared passion is a fantastic way to start any relationship"可知,騎行帶有激情,且激情往往是構(gòu)建一段友情的開(kāi)始,B正確;文章只是用吃個(gè)飯時(shí)間短"Getting a quick lunch or drink after work doesn‟t give you long enough to get to know someone"來(lái)說(shuō)明騎行時(shí)間長(zhǎng),但并沒(méi)有提到距離,所以C錯(cuò)誤;由"I often find I‟m saying things on a bike which I wouldn‟t normally say"可知,在車上說(shuō)話很正常.
55.C,主旨大意題.穩(wěn)重主要講騎行的好處,并且其作用優(yōu)于高爾夫,可知答案為C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文主要是說(shuō)騎行對(duì)于交友比高爾夫高效.題目涉及推理判斷和主旨大意題,要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行合理地分析才能得出正確答案,切記不能亂猜,一定做到有理有據(jù).

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