A.① A. Ourluck.

B.② B. Ourdesire

C.③ C. Ourability.

D.④ D. Ouridentity.

69. What is to blameif we fail to create infinities?

70. Who is thebook Thefault in our starsmainlyintendedfor? A. Patientswith terminaldiseases. B. Kids wishing fora bright future. C. Adults recallingtheirgolden days.

D. Teenagers withsomelifeexperience.

第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的 单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上，每个空格只填一个单词。 Everythingwedoinvolvesrisk.Inourprofessionallives,tryingtoavoidriskisitselfarisk:worktoocautiously,andweriskmissingthechancetogrowandshine,andourcareersmaysufferforit.

Wecannotavoidriskyetwe often avoidthinkingabout it. That is ashame,because ifwethinkstrategicallyaboutrisk, wecan useit

toincreaseourchancesofcomingthroughdifficultsituationswithourgoalsintact.Ratherthanpretendingriskdoesn?texist,whynotlearn tomanageit to ourown benefit?

Thefirststep:Acknowledgetherisksyourprojectsface.Startbywritingalistofthethings thatcangowrong.Thatmaysoundgloomy,butit?s essential.Yourlistneedto

beverythorough,andprobablynevercanbe.Buttrytoidentifycommonrisks-likethedepartureofakeycolleagueforanewjoborthefailureofanewtechniqueuponwhichyourprojectdepends. Thetypesofrisksyou identifywill depend on the specifics ofyour work.

Onceyou havealist ofrisks, evaluate each onein two scales: ? Likelihood.Forceyourself to honestlyassess how likelyeach risk is.

? Impact.Then think about how much damagecouldoccur under each situation.

Nowit?

stimetodraftasecond,more-detailedlist.Gobackthroughyourinitiallistandconsiderhowyoumightmakeeachpotentialnegativeoutcomelesslikelytooccur,andalsohowyoumightminimizethedamagetoyourprojectifonedoeshappen.Inproject-managementterm,thisstepisknownasriskmitigation.Amitigationisanythingthatmakes arisk less likelyto spoilyour overallgoal.

Onceyouhavedraftedyourlistofmitigations,thefinalstepistogodownthatlistandthink aboutwhichonesare“worthit”.Lookatallthe informationyou?

vegatheredaboutyourrisksandmitigations,andmakeacallaboutwhatitmakessensetodo.Youprobablyhavemoreintuitionin thisareathanyourealize,becausemostofusinstinctively

dorisk-mitigationcalculationsinthenonworkareasofourlives.Forinstance,every timeyoudecidewhetherornottobuya guaranteeon anewelectronictoy,you?redoingthiscalculation in yourhead.

Youhaveprobablybeenintuitivelydoingsomesortofriskanalysisinyourworklife,too.Movingtoamoreexplicitanalysis(butonethatismorequalitativethanquantitative-unlessyouliketoplaywithnumbers)canencourageyoutoacknowledgewhenyou?

remakingoverlyoptimisticassumptions.Andthisgivesyouabetterchancetomakeplansthatwill withstand the failure ofatleastacoupleofthose assumptions.

Bringingyourriskanalysisoutfromthefieldofintuitioncanalsohelpyouovercomeatendency tooverly ignorerisk.Itiseasiertogoaheadandtakeabigriskwhenyouknowthatyou have mitigations in place andabackup planifthingsgowrong.

Thinking aboutriskcanbeabig scary,butreally,ignoringriskistheriskiestbehavior of all.

Don’tAvoid Risk-Manage It

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??Risk is 71. Introduction

Whileevaluatingthem,make74. ?? Stepsto managerisks

lihoodandimpact.

Considerhowtoavoidthenegativeoutcometothegreatest ??75. 79. andpreventyourprojectfrombeing76. should it happen. arethatyou will makemore

forlikeway.

errors.Supportingdetails

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??Risk is beneficialto us if we copewith it in a 72. ??Admittherisksandmakealistof73.

Takeadvantageofyourintuitiontodecidewhichrisks77.

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realisticassumptions.Meanwhile, a backup planwillbemadeforyou to

第五部分书面表达（满分25分） 81.请认真阅读下面有关公告图书馆的文字及相关图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

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