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Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 1..

Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.

First of all,good talkers ask questions. 2.. One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question，but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. 3. .

Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers .This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. 4.. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.

Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying goodbye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” 5.. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.

A. Real listening at least means some things.

B. You can become a popular person.

C. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question.

D. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.

E. If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret.

F. It’s polite to listen to others with a smile.

G. These people have something in common.

完形填空。

I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more ______ the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “______ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, ______, chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs（耳塞）or blindfolds（眼罩）.

Just sitting in the wheelchair was a ______ experience. I had never considered before how ______ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my ______ made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not ______. Then I wondered where to put my ______. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into ______. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ______ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的）______ .

I tried to find a ______ position and thought it might be restful, ______ kind of nice, to be ______ around for a while. Looking around, I ______ I would have to handle the thing myself? My hands started to ache as I ______ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ______ of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) ______ task.

My wheelchair experiment was soon ______. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the ______, both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.

1.A. curious about B. interested in C. aware of D. careful with

2.A. cure B. prevent C. adopt D. analyze

3.A. instead B. strangely C.as usual D. like me

4.A. learning B. working C. satisfying D. relaxing

5.A. convenient B. awkward C. boring D. exciting

6.A. height B. force C. skill D. weight

7.A. locked B. repaired C. powered D. grasped

8.A. hands B. feet C. keys D. handles

9.A. place B. action C. play D. effect

10.A. operation B. communication C. transportation D. production

11.A. exploration B. education C. experiment D. entertainment

12.A. flexible B. safe C. starting D. comfortable

13.A. yet B. just C. still D. even

14.A. shown B. pushed C. driven D. guided

15.A. realized B. suggested C. agreed D. admitted

16.A. lifted B. turned C. pressed D. seized

17.A. path B. position C. direction D. way

18.A. easy B. heavy C. major D. extra

19.A. forgotten B. repeated C. conducted D. finished

20.A. weaknesses B. challenges C. anxieties D. illnesses

语法填空。

I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking 1. nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then, 2. Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man 3. (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I 4. (see) many like him before.

But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad 5. (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing 6. (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing 7. he had.

“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.

“He bought 8.,” she replied.

“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t 9. only important things. We need happiness, too.”

“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. 10. it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Have a nice day！” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression.When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me.I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.

“Have a nice day.Next！” The version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door.The words came out in the same tone (腔调) with a fixed procedure.They_are_spoken_at_me,_not_to_me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else's is the management's attempt to increase business.

The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other.Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting.As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end.Sometimes the expression saves us when we don't know what to say.“Oh, you just had a tooth out? I'm terribly sorry, but have a nice day.”

The expression can be pleasant.If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart­warming because someone you don't know has tried to be nice to you.

Although the use of the expression is insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting.The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day.But in a strange and comfortable way, it's nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don't care all that much.While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken.The point is that people say it all the time when they like.

1.How does the author understand Maxie's words?

A．Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.

B．Maxie really wishes the author a good day.

C．Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.

D．Maxie really worries about the author's security.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The salesgirl is rude.

B．The salesgirl is bored.

C．The salesgirl cares about me.

D．The salesgirl says the words as a routine.

3.By saying “Have a nice day”， a stranger may _______.

A．try to be polite to you

B．express respect to you

C．give his blessing to you

D．share his pleasure with you

4.According to the last paragraph, people say“Have a nice day” _________.

A．sincerely B．as thanks

C．as a habit D．encouragingly

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A．Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom

B．Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture

C．Have a Nice Day—a Heart­warming Greeting

D．Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation

阅读理解。

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona.He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.

My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children.As a child I loved him.He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A's and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was.Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father's friends for lunch at an outdoor café.We talked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son's funny facial expressions.Gone was my father's critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules.Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?

The next day Dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood.Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment.After so many years, I'm at last seeing another side of my father.And in doing so, I'm delighted with my_new_friend.My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

1.Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?

A.He was silent most of the time.

B.He was too proud of himself.

C.He did not love his children.

D.He expected too much of her.

2.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel _________.

A.nervous B．sorry

C.tired D．safe

3.With whom did the author and her son have lunch at the outdoor café？

A.Her father.

B.One of her father's friends.

C.Her friend.

D.Her father and one of her father's friends.

4.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

A.More critical.

B.More talkative.

C.Gentle and friendly.

D.Strict and hard­working.

5.The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to _________.

A.the author's son

B.the author's father

C.the friend of the author's father

D.the café owner

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Public Speaking Training

·Get a coach

1. ，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you.

·Focus on positives

Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well. 2., so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn't do.

· 3.

If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about.

4.. As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.

·You are a special person not a clone

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 5.. Your training course should help you bring out your

personality, not try to turn you into someone you're not.

A. You aren't like anybody else

B. You already do lots of things well

C. Turn your back on too many rules

D. Check the rules about dos and don'ts

E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough

F .The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep

G. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse

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⒉ 地点：学生俱乐部

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⒋ 要求：备小礼物

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Hi, Susan,

We’re throwing a surprise party for Xiaoming’s birthday.

There came a point in his life____ he had to think about seriously about his future.

A. what B. that

C. when D. which

Words don’t have the power to hurt you, _______ the person who said them means a lot to you.

A. if B. unless

C. until D. whether

Children’s brains cannot develop properly _________ they lack protein.

A. because B. since

C. when D. unless