第二节：阅读下面61到65几段文字，为它们从A到F中选出适当的标题。注意：有一个标题是多余的。
| A．The most common problem is a “wandering” mind |
| B．Selective listening is also a mental barrier |
| C．Listening isn’t an easy skill to master |
| D．Attitudes can also interfere with good listening |
E．Noise and background music makes listening more difficult
F．Listening is also related to the level of the listener’s knowledge
1．__________________
Listening is not as easy as someone thought．Even good listeners may recall only fifty percent of what they hear．Retention, the ability to remember and recall information, decreases about twenty to twenty – five percent after a few days．So no matter how well you listen in class, you’re always going to have to refresh your memory before a test! Unfortunately, many people have poor listening habits, and little listening training．To improve your listening skills, it’s important to understand what causes poor listening．
2．__________________
If you find it difficult to concentrate solely on what a speaker is saying, there’s good reason．The mind processes information much faster than a speaker can speak．The brain can process over 500 words per minute, while the average speaker talks as a rate of 124 to 250 words per minute．That means the mind can hear what’s being said and can think about something else at the same time．
3．__________________
If you have a negative idea about the speaker or the topic, you’ll find it difficult to listen attentively．Hostile or captive audiences often have more difficultly listening than do favorable or voluntary ones．
4．__________________
If a speaker speaks “above the heads” of an audience, people find it difficult to concentrate．Speakers who use unfamiliar words or who use incomplete explanations make it more difficult to listen．Speakers who “speak down” to audiences, failing to acknowledge what the audience already knows, also create mental blocks．
5．__________________
When people listen selectively, they simply block out what they don’t want to hear．For instance, many people have habits that are dangerous to their health, like smoking．However, they often choose to block out what a speaker says about health risks．They may listen to a speech and think that the speaker’s message applies to other people, not them．In other words, they hear what they want to hear and ignore what they don’t want to hear．
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词填写在答题卡对应题号的横线上，注意单词的适当形式。
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some extra money by playing and singing in a pub(酒吧). The regulars(常客) there were very kind to us. They
we go to record our songs in a studio. We wondered if they were playing a
on us as they were often very humorous to each other.
, to our great surprise, everything was
and we made our record. Imagine our excitement when we heard it
on the radio for the first time! It was almost as
as later when we became millionaires. Now whenever we go to the pub, we play our songs and
drinks for the regulars. Although we are
, we still like to play in the familiar places.
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）括号内汉语提示；2）该词首字母提示；3）上下文语境提示, 在每个空格内填空入一个适当的英语单词使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确、形式符合英语表达习惯。
Dear Sirs,
My name is Wang Qing. I’m a boy of 18 years old. Right now I’m studying Anxi No.1 Senior High School, Fujian, China. I hope
to go to your university for further study after (毕业).
I’ve aachieved good scores in all my subjects, especially in
physics and I have (赢得)several prizes in the physics competitions.
I am really kon English and my listening, reading and writing in
English are excellent, too. I do (运动) in my spare time. I’m a
member of some clubs in my school, as the English Club and
the Physics Learning Group. I hope to sphysics in your university
because I have been very interested in it I was in the junior middle
school. I would be very gif I could get the chance!
With best wishes.
Yours,
Wang Qing
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(sit) around and feel sorry for themselves.
breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make
magnificent life. Opportunity is
the same way; it is everywhere. It is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success; it must
(seize) and acted upon in order to have value.
many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work that’s
(possible). Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. However, it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. You must make use of it. That’s not up to the opportunity; that’s up to you.
doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, but
matters is what you do with it.