Handwriting can make or break the first impression . If your handwriting is difficult for others to read, you will sometimes feel embarrassed._1___. It needs lot of practice to improve your handwriting.
___2___. Try each of them out on a piece of paper by signing your name .Find out which type of pen you can write best with. You may be amazed at the change in your handwriting just by changing to another pen.
__3__. Do not just do what feels comfortable because that is just your old bad habit coming back into play. Try to hold the pen lightly and don’t press too hard.
Use your chosen pen to write Os on some pieces of lined paper .Write until you have filled up all the lines. Be careful with each O that you write.__4____.
Practice writing Os as much as possible . Remember , practice makes perfect .You may practice for weeks or months if you need to.__5___.
As your handwriting shows signs of improvement ,  go ahead and keep on practicing by writing more words.

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In many parts of the world, cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them.  1  But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program.  2  That will mean much saving, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car in the future will drive itself.  3  Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says, cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices(装置) to regulate(调节) the distance between one car and another.  4  computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people.
By 2010, Dr. David Davis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen.  5  Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.” says Davis. “but all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount,  and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”

Curiosity is an important characteristic of a genius（天才）. You can’t find an intellectual giant who is not a curious person.
【小题1】 This is necessary if you are to have a curious mind. Some things you know and believe might be wrong, and you should be prepared to accept things you don’t know or you don’t quite agree on.
【小题2】  If you just accept the world as it is, you will certainly lose your “ curiosity”. Try to discover what is beneath(在…下面) the surfaces of things around you.
Ask questions from time to time. A sure way to discover what is beneath the surface is by
asking questions: What is that? Why does it make that way? How does it work? And so on. 【小题3】 
See learning as something that is fun. If you see learning as a burden, it will just make the
burden heavier. But if you can find learning interesting, it will open another door. 【小题4】 
Read different kinds of reading materials. Don’t spend too much time on just one
subject. 【小题5】 It will introduce you to other possibilities that may interest you.

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Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so．“Health is the greatest wealth,” wise people say. __【小题1】___
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor．
The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. __【小题2】___The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．
__【小题3】___
An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．__【小题4】__In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day．
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office．__【小题5】__He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age”

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Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. _【小题1】__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. _【小题2】_
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. 【小题3】__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. _【小题4】_ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.
What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __【小题5】__
To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
  1  One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of the person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club.  2  Pets ,clothes, pop music or dancing groups , sports, making things? The list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you .  3  All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.
__4____You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That will keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book . And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little \big brothers or sisters. The best clubs are always secret.
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5 Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself ? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are , get clubbing . Once you get started you will think of loads of more interesting things to do .
A  That is easy.
B  Enjoy your own club.
C  Invite a designer to join you.
D  What are you interest in ?
E  Some vacation is just around the corner.
F  Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G  Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.

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根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
John: Tom, would you please read this letter of application I’ve just written?   6  I really want to get a job.
Tom: It looks fine to me. But I have one suggestion.
John: Good! I’m interested in your advice.
Tom:  7  You should include more information about your work experience.
John: Good idea, Tom. What do you think about the second part?
Tom:  8
John: You are right. I’ll change it. How do you feel about the last part of the letter?
Tom: Very good.  9
John: I agree.  10  Do you think the end is all right?
Tom: Oh, yes, Jack. But personally I believe a business letter should end with “very truly yours”, not “sincerely”.

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If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? 1  But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"
  2  Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to get help from reading．
Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you．  3 Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity．  4  Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading．  5 Go and get a book!

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