8．One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius Caesar．"Brutus was not an honorable man，"he said．"He was a traitor（叛徒）．And he murdered someone in cold blood．"The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him．He made a bad decision，they said-at least as it was presented by Shakespeare-to take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar．And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind，Caesar was nevertheless his superior．"You have to endeavor，"the executives said，"our policy is to obey the chain of command．"
During the last few years，business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare's wisdom for profitable ends．None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman，well-known advisers to the White House，who started up a training company called"Movers and Shakespeares"．They are amateur Shakespeare scholars and Shakespeare lovers，and they have combined their passion and their high level contacts into a management training business．They conduct between 30and 40workshops annually，focusing on half a dozen different plays，mostly for corporations，but also for government agencies．
The workshops all take the same form，focusing on a single play as a kind of case study，and using individual scenes as specific lessons．In Julius Caesar，sly provocation（狡詐的挑唆） of Brutus to take up arms against the what was a basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organism．
Although neither of the Adelmans is academically trained in literature，the programmes，contain plenty of Shakespeare tradition and background．Their workshop on Henry V，for example，includes a helpful explanation of Henry's winning strategy at the Battle of Agincourt．But they do come to the text with a few biases （偏向）：their reading of Henry V minimizes his misuse of power．Instead，they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunity and becomes a masterful leader．And at the workshop on Caesar，Mr．Adelmans had little good to say about Brutus，saying"the noblest Roman of them all"couldn't make his mind up about things．
Many of the participants pointed to very specific elements in the play that they felt related Caesar's pride，which led to his murder，and Brutus's mistakes in leading the after the murder，they said，raise vital questions for anyone serving as a business when and ho w do you resist the boss？
36．According to paragraph 1，what did all the executives think of Brutus？A
A．Cruel．B．Superior．C．Honorable．D．Bade
37．According to the passage，the Adelmans set up"Movers and Shakespeares"toB．
A．help executives to understand Shakespeare's plays better
B．give advice on leadership by analyzing Shakespeare's plays
C．provide case studies of Shakespeare's plays in literature workshops
D．guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare's plays．
38．Why do the Adelmans conduct a workshop on Henry V？A
A．To highlight the importance of catching opportunities．
B．To encourage masterful leaders to plan strategies to win．
C．To illustrate the harm of prejudices in management．
D．To warn executives against power misuse．
39．It can be inferred from the passage thatD．
A．the Adelmans'programme proves biased as the roles of characters are maximized．
B．executives feel bored with too many specific elements of Shakespeare's plays．
C．the Adelmans will make more profits if they are professional scholars．
D．Shakespeare has played an important role in the management field．
40．The best title for the passage isD．
A．Shakespeare's plays：Executives reconsider corporate culture
B．Shakespeare's plays：An essential key to business success
C．Shakespeare's plays：a lesson for business motivation
D．Shakespeare's plays：Dramatic training brings dramatic results．
分析 文章介紹了莎士比亞戲劇在商業管理方面的運用．
解答 36．A 細節理解題．根據第一段描述所用的一些詞語"not an honorable man 不是一個受敬仰的人"，"traitor 叛徒"，"in cold blood 冷血"等可以得出答案為cruel 殘忍的．Superior 意為較高的（級別、地位）； 較好的（在質量等方面）； 較多的（數量）； 上等的； rude 意為粗魯的．
37．B 細節理解題． 根據第二段的一些用詞"well-known advisers to the White House 著名的白宮顧問"，"management training business 管理訓練商業"，可以知道答案是與leadership 管理有關．其中leadership（領導）和management 是同義詞．
38．A 細節理解題．根據"Instead，they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunity and becomes a masterful leader．相反，他們強調年輕人的故事．這些年輕人能夠抓住機會以及成為有能力的領導"可以知道答案是強調抓住機會的重要性．其中highlight強調和emphasize 是同義詞，seizes opportunity 和catch opportunities 是同義詞．所以答案選A．
39．D語意推測題．A選項提到的內容在剛才講亨利五世小說研讀工坊時提到過（第四段），但語意已經被改的面目全非，說莎翁小說研讀工坊的項目有失偏頗，因為主人公已經被無限放大．與原文嚴重不符．B選項指出工坊的企業家學員們對莎翁戲劇中的很多內容感到厭煩，這與原文不符．假若發現厭煩，就沒有必要參加此研修班了．C選項指出如果Adelmans夫婦是專業學者，或許能夠賺更多錢．這點原文中沒有暗示．可以排除．D選項提到莎士比亞在管理領域起了重要作用．綜上所述，只有D選項符合題意．故D為最佳選項．
40．D主旨大意題．需要總結一下莎士比亞戲劇在本文中究竟是什么．A．莎翁戲劇讓企管人員重新思考企業文化．B．莎翁戲劇是商業成功的關鍵秘訣，過分夸大了戲劇的作用．C．莎翁戲劇為企業激勵上了一課，涵蓋面略窄．D．莎翁戲劇：戲劇訓練帶來戲劇化的結果，dramatic用詞巧妙，雙關．綜合考慮，D為最佳選項．
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