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A (2015·云南昆明实验中学质检)Ricardo Semler became boss of his father’s business Semco in Brazil at the age of 21. Ricardo worked like a(n) __1__ man，from 7：30 am to midnight every day.One afternoon，while he was visiting a factory in New York，he __2__.The doctor told him if he __3__ like that，he would find a new home in hospital.Semler got the __4__.He changed the way he __5__.In fact，he changed the ways his __6__ worked，too. He let his workers take more __7__ so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong.He __8__ them to set their own salaries，__9__ their own working hours and he cut all the jobs that he thought were __10__，like receptionists and secretaries. He changed the office：__11__ walls，they have plants at Semco，so bosses can’t __12__ themselves away from everyone else.And the workers are __13__ to decorate their workspace as they want. It sounds perfect，but does it __14__？The answer is in the __15__：in the last six years，Semco’s revenues(收入) have __16__ from $35 million to $212 million.The company has gone from eight hundred employees to 3,000.Why? Semler says it’s because of “peer pressure” which makes employees work __17__ for everyone else.If someone isn’t doing his job __18__，the other workers will not allow the __19__ to continue.In other words，Ricardo treats his workers like adults rather than children，and expects them to act like responsible __20__.And they do. | 
