江苏省南京市、盐城市2018届高三第一次模拟考试 英语 upon which your project depends. The types of risks you identify will depend on the specifics of your work.

Once you have a list of risks, evaluate each one in two scales:

Likelihood. Force yourself to honestly assess how likely each risk is.

Impact. Then think about how much damage could occur under each situation.

Now it?s time to draft a second, more-detailed list. Go back through your initial list and consider how you might make each potential negative outcome less likely to occur, and also how you might minimize the damage to your project if one does happen. In project-management term, this step is known as risk mitigation. A mitigation is anything that makes a risk less likely to spoil your overall goal.

Once you have drafted your list of mitigations, the final step is to go down that list and think about which ones are “worth it”. Look at all the information you?ve gathered about your risks and mitigations, and make a call about what it makes sense to do. You probably have more intuition in this area than you realize, because most of us instinctively do risk-mitigation calculations in the nonwork areas of our lives. For instance, every time you decide whether or not to buy a guarantee on a new electronic toy, you?re doing this calculation in your head.

You have probably been intuitively doing some sort of risk analysis in your work life, too. Moving to a more explicit analysis (but one that is more qualitative than quantitative-unless you like to play with numbers) can encourage you to acknowledge when you?re making overly optimistic assumptions. And this gives you a better chance to make plans that will withstand the failure of at least a couple of those assumptions.

Bringing your risk analysis out from the field of intuition can also help you overcome a tendency to overly ignore risk. It is easier to go ahead and take a big risk when you know that you have mitigations in place and a backup plan if things go wrong.

Thinking about risk can be a big scary, but really, ignoring risk is the riskiest behavior of all.

江苏省南京市、盐城市2018届高三第一次模拟考试 英语 Don’t Avoid Risk-Manage It Passage outline Introduction Risk is 71. Supporting details whatever we do. way. Risk is beneficial to us if we cope with it in a 72. Admit the risks and make a list of 73. While evaluating them, make 74. Steps to manage risks errors. for likelihood and impact. Consider how to avoid the negative outcome to the greatest 75. 78. of risk 79. and prevent your project from being 76. should are that you will make more realistic analysis assumptions. Meanwhile, a backup plan will be made for you to 80. up to 71.

【答案】unavoidable/inevitable

【解析】句意转换，定位原文第一段第一句话“Everything we do in life involves risk.”译为“我们生活 中做的每一件事情都关乎风险。”可得知“风险是无法避免的。” 72.

【答案】strategic

【解析】词性转换，定位原文第二段第二三行“if we think strategically about risk, we can use it to…coming through difficult situation with our goals intact.”译为“如果我们战略性的思考风险，我们就 可以利用风险来增加克服困难的可能性，并完美地实现目标。”可得知“如果我们战略性地处理风险， 风险就可有利于我们。” 73.

【答案】potential/possible

【解析】句意转换，定位原文第三段三四行“But try to identify common risks---like the departure of a key colleague for new job or the failure of a new technique upon which your project depends.” 译为“试图确认 普遍的危险，比如一个关键员工要离职或者项目所依赖的新科技失败”。可得知这些风险都是可能或 潜在的危险，即“确认风险并列出可能的/潜在的风险。” 74. 【答案】allowance(s)

江苏省南京市、盐城市2018届高三第一次模拟考试 英语 【解析】句意转换，定位原文第四段“Once you have a list of risks, evaluate each one on two scales.”译 为“一旦你列出了风险清单，从两个方面（即可能性和影响性）来评估每一个潜在风险。”make allowance(s) for“考虑到，估计到（如再决策或计划时）”，即“当你评估风险时，考虑一下可能性和 影响性。” 75.

【答案】degree/extent

【解析】句意转换，对应原文第五段第二三行“consider how you might make each potential negative outcome less likely to occur, and also how you might minimize the damage to your project if one does happen.”译为“考虑如何最大限度地避免每一个潜在负面结果的发生，同时也思考一下如果负面结果 发生了，如何最大限度地减少该风险对于项目地损害。” 可得知 “考虑最大程度地避免负面结果。” 76.

【答案】damaged/spoiled

【解析】词性转换，定位到原文的句子“…and also how you might minimize the damage to your project if one does happen.”和表格句进行比较找到核心词：damage，表格句前面有 being 为被动句，答案 damaged 或 spoiled。 77.

【答案】deserve

【解析】细节理解，对应细节“Look at all the information you’ve gathered about your risks and mitigations, and make a call about what it makes sense to do. You probably have more intuition in this area than you realize…”可以概括出你要在你行动前好好思考这么做是否值得。根据表格中句意，此处可以填 deserve。 78.

【答案】Benefits/Advantages

【解析】概括题，对应细节 1“Moving to a more explicit analysis can encourage you to acknowledge when you’re making overly optimistic assumptions.”和细节 2“Bringing your risk analysis out from the field of intuition can also help you overcome a tendency to overly ignore risk.”可知这一部分在讲 risk analysis 的 好处，故答案为：Benefits 或 Advantages，注意首字母要大写。 79.

【答案】Chances

【解析】原词题，定位到原文句子“And this gives you a better chance to make plans that will withstand the failure of at least a couple of those assumptions.” 和表格句进行比较找到核心词：chances，答案 Chances，注意首字母大写。 80. 【答案】face/stand

江苏省南京市、盐城市2018届高三第一次模拟考试 英语 【解析】词意转换，定位到细节 1“It is easier to go ahead and take a big risk when you know that you have mitigations in place and a backup plan if things go wrong.”和细节 2 “…that will withstand the failure…” 可以得出“经得住失败”，表格中转化成词组，可以填：face 或 stand。

【点评】本篇任务型阅读难度中等，考察了对细节的理解能力以及概括能力以及一些固定搭配。学 生只需准确定位并且注意找到核心句后再结合表格句进行分析写出单词的正确词性和形式即可。本 篇的难点在于长难句分析会相对影响做题速度和解题信心，但其实也都是些纸老虎，并不影响理解。 考生平时学习时要注重搭配在句子中的实际使用，而不只是机械地记忆，多总结概括性词汇，语言 学习重在理解。

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