專八閱讀理解精讀訓(xùn)練附答案和解析 第5篇:Meditation in Indonesian Businesse

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　　Meditation in Indonesian Businesse

　　It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men,neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into theboardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat downat a long table. But instead of consulting files orhearing reports, they closed their eyes and began to meditate, consulting the spirits of ancientJavanese kings. Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is noexception. One of the meditators said his weekly meditation sessions are aimed mainly atbringing the peace of mind that makes for good decision-making. But the insight gained frommystic communication with spirits of wise kings has also helped boost the profits of his fivecompanies.

　　Mysticism and profits have come together since the 13th century introduction of Islam toIndonesia by Indian Moslem merchants. Those devout traders, called `Wali Ullah'or `thoseclose to God,'

　　energetically spread both trade and religion by adapting their appeals to the native mysticismof Java.

　　Legends attribute magic power of foreknowledge to the Wali Ullah. These powers werebelieved to be gained through meditation and fasting.

　　Businessman Hadisiko said his group fasts and meditates all night every Thursday to becomecloser to God and to contact the spirits of the great men of the past. `If we want to employsomeone at the managerial level, we meditate together and often the message comes that thisman can't hole onto money or he is untrustworthy. Or maybe the spirits will tell us he shouldbe hired.'Hadiziko hastened to add that his companies also hold modern personnelmanagement systems and that formal qualifications are essential for a candidate even to beconsidered. Perspective investments also are considered through mystic meditation. `With themind relaxed and open, it is easier to be objective in judging the risk of a new venture.Meditation and contact with the wisdom of the old leaders sharpens your own insight andintuition. Then you have to apply that intuition to the information you have and work hard tobe successful.'Mystic meditation helped reverse a business slide his companies experiencedin the mid-1980. Operating with normal business procedures, he lost more than$3 millions inthat year alone.

　　Meditation brought back his peace of mind. Putting the right persons in the right jobs andgaining confidence in his business decisions were the keys to a turning around that hasbrought expansion and profitability. The mysticism in Handspike' s boardroom is part of agrowing movement in Indonesia called Kebatinan一the'search for the inner self.' One of hismanagers, Yusuf Soemado, who studied business administration at Harvard University,compared the idea of mystic management to western system of positive thinking. `Willpowerand subconscious mind are recognized as important factors in business. Such approaches aspsycho-cybernetics, Carnegie's think and growth rates, or the power of positive thinking arewestern attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contact through meditation,' hesaid.

　　【閱讀練習(xí)題】

　　1.What is the most important factor in their doing business?

　　[A] Mysticism.

　　[B]Religion.

　　[C] Meditation.

　　}D} Investment.

　　2.Whom do they consult?

　　[A] The spirits of ancient Javanese kings.

　　[B]Wali Ullah.

　　[C] Old Kings.

　　[D] Carnegie.

　　3.Why did Hadisike hasten to add'his companies also hold modern personnelmanagement

　　systems'?

　　[A] He thought Mysticism was not so good as expected.

　　[b]To show they too focused on qualifications.

　　[C] To show they hired qualified persons.

　　[D] To show the possibility of combination of the scientific management with religion.

　　4.According to the passage, the function of the meditation is

　　[A] to gain profit from the god.

　　[B]to gain peace of mind to make decision.

　　[C] to gain foreknowledge.

　　[D] to gain objective conclusion.

　　5.What does'operating with normal business procedures'refer to?

　　[A] Adopting the western way of doing business.

　　[B]Ordinary way of doing business without meditation and fasting.

　　[C] Contact with God.

　　[D] Putting right persons in the right jobs.

　　【答案詳解】

　　1.C沉思。這在第一斷已有說明。

　　A.神秘主義。是個總的概念，籠罩生活各方面。而不是具體的做法和重要因素。B.宗教。D.投資。

　　2.A爪哇古代帝土之精靈。答案在第一段。

　　B. Wali Ullah是指印度穆斯林商人。這些虔誠的商人叫做Wali Ullah或者成為接近主的人。傳說神話也把先知的力量歸功于Wali Ullah o C.老帝土。D.卡耐基，1835-1919是生于蘇格蘭的美國鋼鐵工業(yè)家和慈善家。他有一套管理企業(yè)的辦法，稱為卡耐基思想(管理法)。

　　3.B他們也重視資歷、才能。這在第三段中第二行起，商人Hadisiko講話清楚說明“如果我們要雇傭管理人員，我們就一起沉思，常常會有這種信息來臨:這個人不能管理錢財或者他不可靠。也可能神靈告訴我們應(yīng)當(dāng)雇傭他。接著他匆忙補充說他的公司也采用現(xiàn)代人事管理系統(tǒng)，即要考慮雇傭的人員最根本的條件仍是正式資歷”。

　　A.他認為神秘主義不像想象中那么好。C.表明他們雇傭人才。上下文說明，他所以補充是說明他們也重視資格。D.表明科學(xué)管理和宗教結(jié)合的可能性。Hadisike語中沒有這種意思。但不能說他們雇傭人才不管宗教。

　　4.B得到冷靜頭腦來決策。這在第三段后半部分講到。“遠景的投資也是通過神秘的沉思加以考慮。有著放松和開放的頭腦，易于客觀地判斷新投資的風(fēng)險。沉思和過去領(lǐng)袖的接觸會是你的洞察力和感官變得敏銳。“第一段第五行”其中一位沉思者說每星期的沉思會主要目標(biāo)是帶來一個平靜的頭腦，作出好決策。”

　　A.從上帝那里得到利潤。C.取得先知。不對，先知的能力歸于Wali Ullah o D.得到客觀的結(jié)論。文內(nèi)只提到，頭腦放松容易客觀地判斷投資風(fēng)險與否，并不是客觀的結(jié)論。

　　5.B沒有沉思和齋戒的常規(guī)作生意。見第三段中，神秘的沉思幫助扭轉(zhuǎn)公司生意滑坡而正常買賣步驟，這一年就損失了300萬美元。這兩句對比的話說明B項內(nèi)容。A.采用西方買賣方式(交易方式)。文內(nèi)沒有點明正常就是西方方式。C.和上帝接觸。D.知人善任。