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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 thembeat you,” says Peter Murray, a chairman of the NLA centre. “If they‟re your customers and youdon‟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 ridesget people together. “A younger rider can be cycling along with a boss and help him in some wayand you get a reversal of the relationship. This changes the relationship when they are off theride too.”
Perhaps the main reason why cycling is a good way to network is that it‟s a passion (激情) and away 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.
【1】We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ______.
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
【2】In Paragraph 4, Mr Lorraine thinks that ______.
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
【3】Which of the following is TRUE about cycling?
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.
【4】What could be the best title of the passage?
A. Advantages and Disadvantages of Cycling.
B. Two Good Ways of Networking.
C. Cycling Is the New Golf.
D. Cycling Develops Fast.
【1】D
【2】D
【3】B
【4】C
试题分析:本文讲的是高尔夫球的交际方式不能正确的去了解一个人,而骑自行车是可以的,所以骑自行车可以算作新的高尔夫。
【1】D细节理解题 第二段说的是打高尔夫球,如果不想赢可用欺骗的手段丢球。所以高尔夫球是有缺陷的。故选D .
【2】D细节理解题 根据这句话 I‟ve done Cycle to Cannes‟ , it‟s a done deal really,” says Mr Lorraine.可推测答案是D。
【3】B细节理解题 根据这句话How someone rides a bike can give you a real insight into what a person islike,可推测答案是B。
【4】C细节理解题 根据第一段But road cycling is fast catching up as the preferred way of networking recently. 这句话可知道答案是C。
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