In our study of 343 businesses, 57the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating income over a three-year period.
58How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly) and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, 59higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look and learn. By contrast (相比而言)，performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time， paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come from the top.
57. What does the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Increase the speed.
B. Get an advantage.
C. Reach the limit.
D. Set a goal.
58. The underlined part “the laws of business physics”in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A. spending more time and performing worse.
B. spending more time and performing better
C. spending less time and performing worse
D. spending less time and performing better
59. What can we learn from the text?
A. How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.
B. How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.
C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.
D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.
60. Where could be the last title for the text?
A. Improve quality? Serve better.
B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.
C. Reduce time? Move faster.
D. Need speed? Slow down.
57. B 考查推理判断。根据第一段中“Companies fearful or losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.”和第二段中的“the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes ...” 可知那些害怕丢掉竞争优势的公司会一味的追求速度。
58. D 考查推理判断。根据第三段中第一句话可知那些“不遵循”(disobey)商业法则的公司比竞争者花的时间多(速度慢)却表现得更好，反过来商业法则应该是“花更少的时间(速度快)，做得更好”。
59. C 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中的“higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary”可知受战略速度指导的公司会实时的对公司的战略做出调整。根据第一段中的“The difference is important regardless of industry and company size.”可知公司行动的快慢，竞争力的大小与公司的大小和生产的东西无关，排除A、B项。
60. D 考查主旨大意。本文主要阐述了在商业竞争中并不是速度越快越好，相反那些速度慢的公司会根据情况实时调整战略往往会取的竞争的优势。故D项“我们真的需要速度吗?慢点吧!”符合题意。
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分)
—Good evening. Grandma’s Restaurant. May I help you?
—Good evening. 61
—Thank you. May I have your name, Miss?
—Mary Brown.
— 62
—I’d like to order the “Free Matching Dinner for 2”.
—Yes, you may choose two soups, two drinks and four main courses from the menu.
— 63
—Are you ready? What Kind of soup do you want?
—Chicken soup and tomato soup.
— 64
—I’d like a plate of noodles ,two chicken wings，some beef and a bowl of rice.
— 65
—Just a coke and some green tea, please.
—May I have your address, please?
—Sure, 6A Kingston Court, Belair Cardens, Shatin.
—Okay, your food will be delivered in half an hour. Thanks for calling.
A. May I book a table in your restaurant for tonight?
B. I would like to order some food for dinner.
C. Miss Brown, please tell me your order.
D. How about your main courses?
E. Would you like some drinks?
F. Okay. Let me see.
G. And your drinks?
61. B 根据第一句话提供的语境可知这是顾客打电话到餐馆订餐或订桌，及应从A、B项中选一个;再由下文“your food will be delivered in half an hour”可知餐馆会将食物送货到门所以可排除A。故选B。
62. C 根据下句客人说的是要点的食物可知此处应是餐馆接电话的人问要点什么食物;故选C。
63. F 餐馆给顾客提供了几样食物供顾客选择，所以下句应是顾客思索要点什么食物，故选F。
64. D 上文顾客点了汤了，下文顾客又说了主食，所以此处应该是餐馆接电话的人问要什么主食(main courses)，故选D
65. G 下文出现的是喝的饮料，故此应是问要什么喝的东西(drink)，故选G
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题 共50分)
第三部分 写作(共两节 满分50分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个沟(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正;
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词。并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改
Tom was having much troubles getting up in the
morning and was always late with work. His boss wanted to
fire him if he didn’t start coming on time, but he went to
the doctor for a help. The doctor gave him some
medicine and told him to take them before he went to bed.
The man did is told and slept really well, wake up before
the alarm had even gone off. He had time for a properly
breakfast and was still the first∧reach the factory. ”Boss,” he
said, “that medicine really works!” I’m pleasing to hear
it, ” said his boss, “but where were you yesterday?”66. trouble
67. for
68. so
69. a
70. it
71. waking
72. proper
73. to
74. pleased
75. √
66. 考查名词。trouble作抽象名词“麻烦“讲是不可数，没有复数。
67. 考查固定短语。 be late for为固定搭配
68. 考查连词。前后句是顺接关系，而非转折关系。
69. 考查冠词。抽象名词表泛指不加任何冠词。
70. 考查名词。medicine是不可数的。
71. 考查非谓语。此处作状语需要用非谓语动词形式。
72. 考查形容词。作定语需要形容词。
73. 考查不定式。先行词为序数词first用不定式作后置定语。
74. 考查形容词。pleasing“令人高兴的(事物)”;pleased“(人)高兴的”，说明人的特点应用-ed结尾的形容词。
第二节 书面表达
最近，某中学生英文报开设了“After-class Activities”的栏目，请你根据以下提示，为该栏目写一篇英文稿件，并鼓励同学们积极参加课外活动。
内容：
1. 你校开展课外活动的情况;
2. 你参加过的课外活动及给你带来的益处
3. 为同学选择课外活动提出建议
4. 为学校开展课外活动提出建议
注意：
1. 词数100左右;
2.文中不得提及人名、校名及地名‘
3. 稿件的开头以为你写好(不计入总词数)
作文点评：
延续提纲式作文，题材贴近学生的生活
书面表达的题目则是四川卷高考英语趋于稳定的象征。书面表达文已经连续三年考察提纲式作文，而且从题材上看来，2010年成人仪式发言稿，2009年介绍中国社交习俗，今年课外活动类题材更加贴近学生的生活,让每位考生在落笔的时候都能够有真实的体会。书面表达再次体现了四川卷对于审题的要求，围绕提纲展开。只要考生在构思的时候紧扣提纲来展开，这篇文章的难度是比较低的。
范文：
After-class Activities
Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in high schools. In our school, there are various kinds of activities, for example, arts and sports. We enjoy them very much. Playing football and reading stories are my favorites which do me lots of good. Besides building my body and enriching my knowledge, they also free me from the heavy work of study.