第二節(jié) (共5小題;每小題2分，共10分)

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

　　Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成)in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 46 Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?

　　47 They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.

　　To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(協(xié)調(diào))their actions. 48 In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, "There is no I in TEAM." 49

　　Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比賽), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.

　　50 . An A-team may require a balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.

　　A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.

　　B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent

　　C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.

　　D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.

　　E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.

　　F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.

　　G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

　　第三部分：書(shū)面表達(dá)(共兩節(jié)，35分)

　　第一節(jié) (15分)

　　假設(shè)你是紅星中學(xué)高三學(xué)生李華。你的英國(guó)好友Jim打算暑假期間來(lái)北京、天津和上海旅游，發(fā)來(lái)郵件詢問(wèn)相關(guān)信息。請(qǐng)你給他回復(fù)郵件，內(nèi)容包括：

　　1. 交通出行;

　　2. 必備衣物。

　　注意：

　　1. 詞數(shù)不少于50;

　　2. 開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

　　Dear Jim，

　　_________________________________________________

　　Yours,

　　Li Hua

　　(請(qǐng)務(wù)必將作文寫(xiě)在答題卡指定區(qū)域內(nèi))

　　第二節(jié)(20分)

　　假設(shè)你是紅星中學(xué)高三學(xué)生李華。你們班上周組織了一次以"勞動(dòng)最光榮"為主題的社會(huì)實(shí)踐活動(dòng)。請(qǐng)根據(jù)以上四幅圖的先后順序，寫(xiě)一篇英文周記，記述整個(gè)過(guò)程。

　　注意：詞數(shù)不少于60。

　　提示詞：西瓜watermelon

　　(請(qǐng)務(wù)必將作文寫(xiě)在答題卡指定區(qū)域內(nèi))