Happiness and success often come to those______are good at recognizing their own strengths.

   A. whom                 B. who                         C. what                        D. which

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，不仅要善于言表、更要学会倾听。请你根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为“Being a Good Listener”的英文演讲稿。

注意：

对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

词数120左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

Good afternoon, everyone!

       The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”.

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___________________________Thank you for your listening.

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I hardly remember my grandmother. She used to holding me on her knees and sing old songs. I was only four when she passes away. She is just a distant memory for me now.

I remember my grandfather very much. He was tall, with broad shoulder and a beard that turned from black toward gray over the years. He had a deep voice, which set himself apart from others in our small town, he was strong and powerful. In a fact, he even scared my classmates away during they came over to play or do homework with me. However, he was the gentlest man I have never known.

Forgiveness

To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.

______71_______ Try the following steps:

Calm yourself. ______72_______ You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.

Don’t wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. ______73_______ Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.

Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.

_____74_______ If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender’s point of view.

Don’t forget to forgive yourself. _____75______ But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you don’t do it.

A.     Why should you forgive?                         

B.      How should you start to forgive?

C.     Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.

D.     Try to see things from your offender’s angle.

E.      For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge.

F.      To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique.

G.     If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.

“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

       The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.

       Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it has been annoying.

       We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering ‘a bug’ in his invented record player.”

68. We learn from Paragraph 1 that ___________.

A.     Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug

B.      George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug

C.     the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth century

D.     both Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century

69. What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?

       A. Explanation.           B. Finding.           C. Origin.             D. Fault.

70. The passage is mainly concerned with__________.

A. the misunderstanding of the word bug  B. the development of the word bug

 C. the public views of the word bug          D. the special characteristics of the word bug

LONDON --- A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors - which were based on a kind of golf ball finder - to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people," Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. "you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt."

The detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

"I never had any bad results from customers," he said.

64. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

   A. He sold bombs.               B. He caused death of people.

   C. He made detectors.            D. He cheated in business.

65. According to the judge, what McCormick had done _______.

   A. increased the cost of safeguarding

   B. lowered people's guard against danger

   C. changed people's idea of social security

   D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

66. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

   A. They have not been sold to Africa.

   B. They have caused many serious problems.

   C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

   D. They don't function on the basis of science.

67. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _______.

   A. sold the equipment at a low price

   B. was well-known in most countries

   C. did not think he had committed the crime

   D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

Below is a selection from a popular science book.

60. What is the color of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin?

A. Blue        B. Light yellow       C. Red                D. Dark reddish purple

61. Why do some old people look a little shrunken as they age?

   A. Because their spine is in active use.

   B. Because they are more easily affected by gravity.

   C. Because they keep growing backwards.

   D. Because their spine becomes more bent.

62. Which of the following statements about our brain is true?

   A. In the long run, our brain probably works harder than our heart.

   B. When our brain senses the spinning, we will feel dizzy.

   C. The brains of the other mammals are as complex as those of humans.

   D. Our feelings and emotions come from the most developed area in our brain.

63. What is the main purpose of the selection?

   A. To give advice on how to stay healthy.

   B. To provide information about our body.

   C. To challenge new findings in medical research.

   D. To report the latest discoveries in medical science.

Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.

Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (油腻物) on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.

“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.

56. Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?
A. He was out of work                                      B. He was bored with his job 
C. He wanted a higher position                         D. He hoped to find a better boss

57. What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?
A. A friend’s car had a flat tyre                         B. a wild man was pushing a car
C. a terrible accident happened                        D. an old man’s car broke down

58. Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?
A. He was also to be interviewed                       B. He needed a traveling companion
C. He always helped people in need                   D. He was thankful to Jimmy

59. How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?
A. He was sorry for the other applicants
B. There was no hope for him to get the job 
C. He regretted helping the old man 
D. The interviewer was very rude

My father left for our native place on Thursday. In fact, he had never traveled by __36__ before, so I just took this opportunity to let him __37__ his first flight. __38__ being asked to book a ticket by train, I got him a ticket on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the ticket to him, he was surprised. The __39__ was very apparent on his face as we waited for the time of the __40__. Just like a schoolboy, he was __41__ himself on that day, using the trolley (手推车) for his luggage and asking for a window seat. He was __42__ enjoying himself and I, too, watching him experience all these things with __43__. As he was about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and __44__ me. He became very __45__ for what I had done meant a great deal to him. I told him there was no need to thank me.

Later, I __46__ my life. As a child, how many dreams had our parents made come true? Without __47__ the financial situation, we asked for dresses, toys, outings, etc. They tried to __48__ all our needs. Did we ever say thanks for all they had done for us? Today __49__ it comes to our children, we always think we should give them the best. But we tend to __50__ that our parents have sacrificed a lot to see us happy, so it is our __51__ to make sure their dreams are realized.

Old age is like a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same __52__ needs to be given to our parents. I want to say sorry for making my father __53__ so long for this small dream to be realized.

Just the fact that they are old does not mean that they will have to __54__ everything and keep sacrificing. They have __55__, too.

Take care of your parents. They are precious.

36. A. bus　　             B. train　　　            C. ship　　　          D. air

37. A. catch                 B. miss                     C. experience               D. change

38. A. In spite of          B. Because of              C. In case of              D. Instead of

39. A. pride               B. excitement              C. admiration           D. ambition

40. A. appointment      B. dream                         C. travel                    D. show

41. A. encouraging              B. warning               C. teaching                  D. preparing

42. A. thoroughly         B. slowly                   C. immediately            D. suddenly

43. A. anger                 B. joy                          C. shyness                    D. curiosity

44. A. helped               B. patted                            C. thanked                  D. praised

45. A. honest                B. childish               C. nervous                   D. emotional

46. A. looked for          B. looked down upon C. looked into                     D. looked back on

47. A. understanding   B. describing            C. solving                    D. improving

48. A. avoid                 B. meet                        C. record                     D. check

49. A. unless                B. because                C. when                       D. though

50. A. learn                  B. express                    C. promise                   D. forget

51. A. ability                B. responsibility        C. freedom                  D. fortune

52. A. song                   B. advice                         C. attention                 D. thing

53. A. struggle             B. wait                     C. rest                         D. stand

54. A. hand in                     B. pick up                C. pay off                    D. give up

55. A. wishes                B. jobs                      C. plans                       D. suggestions

 -- I didn't realize how popular the restaurant was until I made a reservation the other day.

-- I beg your pardon, but when __________?

A. was you realized it                    B. it was that you realized it

C. you realized it                        D. was it that you realized it