Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.

l  Recite and repeat in conversation.

When you hear a person's name, repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.

l  Ask the other person to recite and repeat.

You can let other people help you remember their names. After you've been introduced to someone, ask that person to spell the name and pronounce it correctly for you. Most people will be pleased by the effort you're making to learn their names.

l  Admit you don't know.

Admitting that you can't remember someone's name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them w ill feel sympathy if you say. "I'm working to remember names better. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it again?"

l  Use associations.

Link each person yon meet with one thing you find interesting or unusual. For example, you could make a mental note: "Vicki Cheng - tall, black hair." To reinforce your associations, write them on a small card as soon as possible.

l  Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.

When meeting a group of people, concentrate on remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.

l  Go early.

Consider going early to conferences, parties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show up on time. That's fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to others - an automatic review for you.

1.How will most people feel when you try hard to remember their names?

A. They will be moved.                   B. They will be annoyed.

C. They will be delighted.                D. They  will be discouraged.

2. If you can't remember someone's name, you may _______.  

A. tell him the truth                         B. tell him a white lie

C. ask him for pity                       D. ask others to help you

3.When you meet a group of people, it is better to remember ______

A. all their names                        B. a couple of names first

C. just their last names                      D. as many names as possible

4. What does the text mainly tell us?

A. Tips on an important social skill.         B. Importance of attending parties.

C. How to make use of associations.         D. How to recite and repeat names.

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Once upon a time there was a farmer who worked hard in the fields

every day. One day, w____ he was ploughing the fields, he heard a            

striking sound. He saw a _____ lying by the trunk. He                      

picked it_____ and found that it was a fat rabbit. He thought                   

to h_____," Since it is so easy to get a rabbit like that, why should I           

work so hard all day long?’! He t____ his hoe away and lay by the           

tree every day, _____ (梦想着) for more rabbits to come.                    

When he f____ realized his foolishness and returned to his                   

fields, he found that all his crops were ____ (死了). The story tells             

us that we should not wait for unexpected gains ____ chance.                   

Or, we should not hope to get ______(报酬) without hard work.              _

单词拼写（15分）

1. Since 1965, the m_________ leaf has been the centerpiece of the National Flag of Canada.

2. When the white liquid was m ________ with water, it became blue at once.

3. Wal-Mart has many chain stores all over the world and you may find one w______ a short

walk along a busy street in any big city.

4. There are seven c ______ in the world, of which Asia is the largest.

5. There are many tall trees in our city, some m ________ over 20 meters.

6. At daybreak, our ship entered Shanghai __________ ( 海港 ).

7. I like sitting on the top of the hill watching the fields in the ____________ (在远处 ).

8. Some people are t____________( 恐惧的) of heights, so they dare not climb high.

9. The news that there are some people who have died of A/ H1N1 has been ______(确认).

10. Our school lies in the suburbs, and many students like to go _________( 往市区) to buy what they need.

Despite rising education levels, Americans of every age are reading less and less for pleasure these days, according to an analysis by the National Endowment for the Arts. The decline(下降) could have bad effects as people tune out books, tune in popular culture and become less socially engaged.

"We've got a public culture which is almost entirely commercial(商业化)and novelty - driven (追新)," says NEA chairman Dana Gioia. "I think it's letting the nation down."

The study gathers years of data on Americans' reading habits and finds that, at every age group, we're reading less.

Most of the data have appeared in private, government and university surveys, but today's report is the first to combine them into a single portrait. It suggests that the demands of school, work and family and the decisive advantage of other forms of entertainment have caused the decline in reading for millions of Americans.

·Only 38% of adults in 2006 said they had spent time reading a book for pleasure.

·65% of college freshmen in 2005 said they read little or nothing for pleasure.

·30% of 13 - year - olds in 2004 said they read for fun "almost every day," down from 35% in 1984.

According to Gioia, a poet, they decline is probably the single most important social issue in the United States today. The findings should be a wake - up call to educators to change the way they teach literature at every level. It was once believed that if someone went to college, they would become a lifelong reader. What we're seeing right now is that we're no longer producing readers. We're producing B. A. s and M. A. s and Ph. D. s.

Cioia also wants main media to wake up to how they can promote good books in many ways. He notes that when a character in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral recited a few lines of W. H. Auden's poem Funeral Blues, the poet briefly became a best seller.

65.The underlined phrase "tune out" in the first paragraph probably means________.

A.close    B.publish C.prove   D.read

66.According to Dana Gioia, the change of Americans' reading habit________.

A.is positive and valuable      B.does harm to the nation

C.is caused only by popular culture      D.can make poets best sellers

67.Which of the following is NOT the cause for the change in reading habit?

A.Demands of getting a B. A., M. A. or Ph. D.

B.Demands of family, school and work.

C.The change in the way the literature is taught.

D.Advantages of the entertainment.

68.We can infer that the number of teenagers reading for pleasure reduced by________in 20 years.

A.30%    B.38%    C.65%    D.5%

1. Those people, who had w______________ the 7.23 Train Crash in Wenzhou, said they would never forget the horrible scenes.
2. Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber, who has a t________ for music, is said to be the richest teenager in Hollywood.
3. It’s reported that the famous HK star couple, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung, have got d___________ to end their unhappy marriage.
4. A___________ the plan means we have to give up what we have done and start things all over again.
5. When you cut down a tree, you can see its a____________ ring.
6. Where there is an escalator, there is a sign saying, “The elder and children should be a______________ by adults when taking the escalator(自动扶梯).”
7. When her husband died in the accident, she received many letters and calls of s_______.
8. “One World, one Dream” fully r____________ the universal values of the Olympic Spirit----Unity, Strength, Harmony and Participation.