Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.
●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.
●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.
●Admit you don’t know.
Admitting that you can’t remember someone’s name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will 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?”
●Use associations.
Link each person you 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.
●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 first names. Last names can come later.
●Go early.
Consider going early to conferences, parties and classes. Sometime just a few people show up on time. There’re fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to other an automatic review for you.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. |
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 |
When you meet a group of people, it is better to remember ________.
| A．all their games | B．a couple of names first |
| C．just their last names | D．as many names as possible |
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. |
What does the underlined word “reinforce” mean?
| A．build | B．connect | C．form | D．strengthen |
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Day Camp includes six adventurous days of rock climbing, hiking, swimming, and canoeing in beautiful Bear Valley. Our focus is climbing but we use additional activities to keep things lively. Instructions and skill development are provided. No experience is required and all equipment is provided. On the last day parents are welcome to join us for a big lunch to hear all about the adventures of camp for nothing.
Overnight campers can get the full experience with family-style meals, evening activities and top accommodations (住宿) at the BaseCamp Lodge in Bear Valley. A typical schedule is that after Day Camp, campers get a short rest and snack before getting together for a hike or swim. Afterwards, a delicious meal is served as tales from the day are shared around the table.
Dates: July 22-28, 2013
Costs: $575 – Day Camp (6 days + lunches)
$975 – Overnight Camp (7 days, 6 nights & all meals)
Ages: 10-16 years oldBear Valley Teen Adventure Camp ________.
| A．is aimed at increasing teens’ confidence in their studies |
| B．requires participants to have all climbing abilities |
| C．focuses on protecting the natural environment |
| D．will provide campers with instructions |
According to the second paragraph, we learn that ________.
| A．Day Camp doesn’t provide equipment |
| B．parents can have lunch for free on the last day |
| C．Day Camp has no other activities besides climbing |
| D．Day Camp provides campers with a meal in the evening |
What can we learn about Overnight Camp?
| A．It requires parents to prepare meals for campers. |
| B．Campers can have a snack before Day Camp. |
| C．$975 only includes 7 days, 6 nights and 6 lunches. |
| D．Campers can share stories with others when having meals. |
Today, as I was relaxing at the beach, I couldn't help but eavesdrop（窃听，偷听） on a conversation four high school kids were having on the beach blanket next to me. Their conversation was about making a positive difference in the world. And it went something like this…
"It's impossible to make a difference unless you're a huge company or someone with lots of money and power," one of them said.
"Yeah man," another replied. "My mom keeps telling me to move mountains – to speak up and stand up for what I believe. But what I say and do doesn't even get noticed. I just keep answering to ‘the man’ and then I get slapped back（山谷回声） in place by him when I step out of line."
"Repression…" another snickered.
I smiled because I knew exactly how they felt. When I was their age, I was certain I was being repressed and couldn't possibly make a difference in this world. And I actually almost got fired from school once because I openly expressed how repressed(压抑) I felt in the middle of the principals’ office.
I Have A Dream.
Suddenly, one of the kids noticed me eavesdropping and smiling. He sat up, looked at me and said, "What? Do you disagree?" Then as he waited for a response, the other three kids turned around too.
Rather than arguing with them, I took an old receipt out of my wallet , tore it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. Then I crumbled the pieces into little paper balls and handed a different piece to each one of them.
"Look at the word on the paper I just gave you and don't show it to anyone else." The kids looked at the single word I had handed each of them and appeared confused. "You have two choices," I told them. "If your word inspired you to make a difference in this world, then hold onto it. If not, give it back to me so I can recycle the paper." They all returned their words.
I walked over quickly , sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket and laid out the four words that the students had returned to me so that the words combined to form the simple sentence, "I have a dream."
"Dude, that's Martin Luther King Jr.," one of the kids said.
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr." the kid snarled. "He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."
"Why do you think your teachers had you memorize his speech?" I asked.
"I don't really care!" the kid replied. His three friends shook their heads in agreement. "What does this have to do with us and our situation?"
"Your teachers asked you to memorize those words, just like thousands of teachers around the world have asked students to memorize those words, because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. Do you see where I'm going with this?"
"Man, I know exactly what you're trying to do and it's not going to work, alright?" the fourth kid said, who hadn't spoken a word until now. "We're not going to get all inspired and emotional about something some dude said thirty years ago. Our world is different now. And it's more screwed up than any us can even begin to imagine, and there's little you or I can do about it. We're too small, we're nobody."
Together
I smiled again because I once believed and used to say similar things. Then after holding the smile for a few seconds I said, "On their own, ‘I' or ‘have’ or ‘a’ or ‘dream’ are just words. Not very compelling or inspiring. But when you put them together in a certain order, they create a phrase that has been powerful enough to move millions of people to take action – action that changed laws, perceptions, and lives. You don't need to be inspired or emotional to agree with this, do you?"
The four kids shrugged and struggled to appear totally indifferent, but I could tell they were listening intently. "And what's true for words is also true for people," I continued. "One person without help from anyone else can't do much to make a big difference in this crazy world - or to overcome all of the various forms of repression that exist today. But when people get together and unite to form something more powerful and meaningful then themselves, the possibilities are endless.
Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.Why were the kids repressed?
| A．Because they were scolded by their teachers |
| B．Because they lacked confidence of making a difference in the world |
| C．Because they didn’t have lots of money or power. |
| D．Because one of them almost got expelled from school. |
What did the writer do when one of the kids noticed him eavesdropping?
| A．He argued with them. |
| B．He played a game with them. |
| C．He scooted over sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket . |
| D．He took an old receipt ,ripped it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．“I Have A Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King. |
| B．A national holiday was named after Martin Luther King to honor him. |
| C．Teachers asked kids to memorize Martin Luther King’s famous speech. |
| D．Martin Luther King made a difference because he is a man with power. |
Give a proper Chinese translation to explain the underlined sentence.
| A．车到山前必有路 | B．从我做起 |
| C．团结就是力量 | D．三人行,必有我师 |
Which of the following sentences is true according to the story.
| A．The kids and the writer are complaining about their life. |
| B．All of the four kids don’t believe they can change the world. |
| C．The word on the paper inspires the four kids. |
| D．The writer’s purpose is to tell them to a faith in the life. |
Which of the following can be the best title for the story?
| A．How adults persuade kids |
| B．How small people make a big difference |
| C．How young adults build up their confidence |
| D．How create a better world to live in |
You don't need to get in a time-traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way we shop．Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist．Let's see what's in store for your future shopping．
Try it on, virtually （虚拟的）．Want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you. Go and see the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of eyewear you're checking out on a picture of your face．But what if you want to buy something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body．You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experience．
Get a perfect, custom fit．Everyone's body is shaped differently．To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed．But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly．Some companies scan your body using High-tech to get the most accurate measurements, so they can make special clothes just for you．
High-tech shopping carts and checkout counters．High-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarkets．Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are currently under test．The cart can follow you along the aisles （通道）, controlled merely by your movement and your voice．In China, a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores' aisles．
In the United States, several supermarkets use a device called Scan It that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shop．While it's great not having to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldn't mind it if the store used Toshiba's new Object Recognition Scanner．The machine identifies a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code．What's the best title for this text?
| A．Ways for future shopping |
| B．Influence of new technology |
| C．Inventions to change habits |
| D．A new time-traveling machine |
According to Paragraph 2, The eBay Fashion iPhone app can _____．
| A．make vivid pictures of our face |
| B．help us sell more clothes online |
| C．create us a virtual dressing room |
| D．choose suitable eyeglasses for us |
Which of the following can get the most accurate shape of our body?
| A．Object Recognition Scanner． |
| B．The eBay Fashion iPhone app． |
| C．3D scanning technology． |
| D．Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts． |
The Object Recognition Scanner can identify a product more quickly by____．
| A．the customer's voice |
| B．its shape and color |
| C．the customer's movement |
| D．the bar code on it |
What can we infer from this text?
| A．Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future． |
| B．Buyers can use Scan It to go around the supermarket by themselves． |
| C．High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets． |
| D．The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true． |
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| A．Fully accepted qualities. |
| B．Fantastic African qualities. |
| C．Face – to – face associated quotations. |
| D．Frequently asked questions. |
In what way will the medicine take effect to its fullest?
| A．Take pills regularly and you are sure to achieve your absolute best shape. |
| B．Drinking more water daily will guarantee the pills to work efficiently. |
| C．A healthy diet, adequate water and more exercise will contribute. |
| D．High-calorie food and enough water are essential to make the pills work well. |
It can be learned from the passage that___________________. .
| A．the pills are unpopular with film stars |
| B．auto-rebilling and auto-reshipping are reliable business practices |
| C．Virginia Tech University doubted whether drinking water helps lose weight |
| D．the one-time-only transaction service ensures customers’ confidence |
How can we buy African Mango securely?
| A．We can place an order securely with the help of search engine. |
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| C．McAfee SECURE promises the security of your order. |
| D．Many web sites providing “free trials” service are considered to be secure. |
Dear Alcohol,
You’ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you’ve caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father’s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He’s addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn’t the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friendswere intrigued byyou. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “I’m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). “I’m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won’t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it’s all your fault.
I wish you’d walk out of my life forever. I don’t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you’ve caused. Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,AnonymousWhat is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?
| A．To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers |
| B．To describe the harm alcohol did to his family. |
| C．To show how much alcohol can hurt people. |
| D．To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people’s life. |
What did alcohol do to the author’s father?
| A．It made him crash into two other cars and took his life. |
| B．It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped. |
| C．It made him kill two other people when driving. |
| D．It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself. |
The underlined phrase “were intrigued by” is closest in meaning to ______.
| A．were familiar with | B．were interested in |
| C．were disappointed with | D．were satisfied with |
What is the tone of the article?
| A．Critical. | B．Doubtful. | C．Unconcerned. | D．Humorous. |
What is the main writing technique of the passage?
| A．Making something more noticeable than usual. |
| B．Representing something in the form of a person. |
| C．Describing something by listing its harmfulness. |
| D．Comparing one thing with another to make his point clear. |