阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to _____ others' thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to ____others to vote for the person of your choice or to describe the ____ you want your hair cut ...the key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well.
Another ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man. Tell them all you know,and they'll be ____ by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.
Finally,talking gives you the ___ to release(释放) energy in a way that listening can't. When you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to ___your excitement with others by talking about it, ____ keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.
____ it is true that talking does have many advantages,it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you'll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to __ others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others ____ you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it's hard to be persuasive while you're listening, but your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____. Listening is often reciprocal(互惠的). “You get what you give.”
A.guess B.control C.disturb D.tease
A.insist B.advise C.persuade D.suggest
A.idea B.plan C.means D.way
A.habit B.energy C.power D.ability
A.obvious B.easy C.new D.special
A.catch B.gain C.remain D.declare
A.successful B.simple C.wise D.stupid
A.affected B.moved C.instructed D.impressed
A.fruitless B.homeless C.worthless D.senseless
A.pleasure B.course C.opportunity D.duty
A.in trouble B.in danger C.in debt D.in silence
A.reduce B.extend C.deepen D.widen
A.control B.share C.enjoy D.remove
A.or B.so C.for D.though
A.as B.When C.Since D.While
A.suppose B.aware C.realize D.imagine
A.fail B.cure C.hurt D.help
A.appreciate B.listen to C.envy D.support
A.kindness B.favour C.willingness D.concern
A.by turns B.in return C.in turn D.in order
This is about keeping a secret - one I don’t even know myself.
Today two girls came into my life with a . Yes, there were probably at least fifty other people around me, but what they had to wasn’t what I today.
I was trying to decide what I was going to have for dinner in the produce section I could hear two girls laughing and whispering.
One of the girls asked me how to choose the right cantaloupe (哈密瓜). I what little knowledge I had about placing two thumbs near the and pressing on it to see how it was. I spoke about the color and smell around that core. I took the time to help them one.
I really felt like I knew what I was about and because they asked me, I felt good about helping.
They were and I went about my business. Suddenly one of the girls walked up to me and said, "Can you keep a ?" A bit confused and stunned, I replied, "I believe I ." Then she toward me with her two hands cupped together as if she was going to me something.
"Now it’s yours, " she said she placed her hands in mine and smiled and walked away.
There was nothing in her hands.
There was nothing in mine, although, I felt like I was holding something. Apparently it was a secret. The girls disappeared into the next aisle and I never either one again.
Okay, some of you are just shrugging this off as some game. Perhaps they even made a fool of me without me realizing it.
I guess it’s the easiest secret to because I don’t know what it is.
A.gift B.message C.purpose D.question
A.recommend B.introduce C.serve D.offer
A.learn B.enjoy C.need D.seek
A.bowl B.spoon C.plate D.vegetable
A.when B.if C.whether D.although
A.shared B.gathered C.recalled D.regretted
A.top B.core C.bottom D.side
A.solid B.soft C.ripe D.big
A.remove B.weigh C.cut D.find
A.talking B.worrying C.concerning D.hesitating
A.beautiful B.grateful C.sincere D.serious
A.family B.business C.diary D.secret
A.should B.must C.can D.may
A.waved B.moved C.signed D.gestured
A.hand B.sell C.send D.require
A.since B.before C.while D.as
A.frankly B.heavily C.skeptically D.strangely
A.trusted B.cheated C.saw D.helped
A.excellent B.popular C.easy D.foolish
A.keep B.sell C.discover D.steal
"How did you do it, Dad? How have you to not take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he a situation that, in the past, would have him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up the drinking would begin again.
"I had this little poem that I recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's reply to my 18-year-old question. "The words were an instant relief and constant to me that things were never so that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound words immediately became part of my daily as well.
About a month after this talk with my father, I a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily affirmations (誓词)with one affirmation for each day of the year.
It has been my experience that when you get with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the that lists your own birthday.
I opened the book to November 10 to what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I did a double-take and tears of and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (安详)Prayer:
God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.
A.prepared B.promised C.managed D.performed
A.courage B.opportunity C.inspiration D.reason
A.began B.avoided C.permitted D.quit
A.got away with B.got into C.got down to D.got through
A.forbade B.started C.attracted D.caused
A.for fear B.for sure C.so that D.otherwise
A.should B.might C.would D.had to
A.unanswered B.unasked C.unexpected D.unwelcome
A.prayer B.performer C.inspector D.reminder
A.rough B.severe C.tough D.urgent
A.created B.explained C.spared D.shared
A.schedule B.routine C.habits D.customs
A.mistook B.posted C.accepted D.received
A.copied B.presented C.listed D.printed
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.date B.page C.matters D.problems
A.doubtedly B.eventually C.patiently D.hurriedly
A.see B.recite C.repeat D.forecast
A.sadness B.loneliness C.disbelief D.belief
A.exact B.correct C.almost D.much
On a cold winter evening, I was walking home, tired and hungry, when suddenly came screams(呼喊声) from behind some tress. , I slowed down to listen, and that what I was hearing were the sounds of a fight. A woman was being not far from where I stood.
“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own ,and I regretted having suddenly decided to take a new way home that night. “ I’m hurt too? Shouldn’t I just to the nearest phone and call the police?..” But already the girl’s were growing weaker. I knew it was time for me to act fast because I could not the life of this unknown woman, it meant risking my own life.
I am not a man. I didn’t know where I found the and physical strength(体力), but once I had finally to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we fought for a few minutes the man jumped up and escaped.
heavily,I stood up and came up to the girl, who was crying behind a tree. In the ,I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly her shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a distance.
“It’s OK,” I said . “The man ran away. You’re safe now. ”There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and . “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest , Katherine.
A.Excited B.Frightened C.Interested D.Disappointed
A.knew B.understood C.realized D.imagined
A.attacked B.beaten C.robbed D.caught
A.money B.safety C.future D.family
A.What for B.So what C.What about D.What if
A.move B.walk C.run D.go
A.cries B.noises C.cheers D.sounds
A.save B.ignore C.change D.decide
A.although B.because C.as D.but
A.kind B.powerful C.mean D.brave
A.courage B.belief C.attitude D.hope
A.agreed B.planed C.promised D.decided
A.took B.dropped C.pulled D.got
A.unless B.after C.since D.until
A.Walking B.Drinking C.Breathing D.Fighting
A.daylight B.afternoon C.darkness D.midnight
A.feel B.see C.guess D.find
A.angrily B.softly C.loudly D.happily
A.shame B.peace C.pain D.surprise
A.son B.daughter C.grandson D.cousin
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite because there is a short cut(捷径)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the . So I always try to through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white .
She was short and and had white hair. She was walking as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.
She slowly placed her walking stick the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand. She bent down and the rubbish. She clearly found it and it took her a while. She some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then walking. It all took her great effort(努力).
There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does about it. I was moved to this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it ! I haven’t been able to thinking about that all day.
I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
A.hard B.early C.easily D.late
A.rubbish B.boxes C.bottles D.paper
A.walk B.pass C.go D.rush
A.so B.until C.when D.because
A.back B.act C.mark D.color
A.bike B.stick C.dog D.umbrella
A.weak B.rich C.clever D.sad
A.quickly B.happily C.angrily D.slowly
A.at midnight B.at noon C.at last D.at first
A.in B.around C.against D.under
A.searched for B.threw away C.reached for D.looked at
A.unable B.difficult C.different D.impossible
A.picked up B.dropped down C.put in D.lifted up
A.warm B.help C.support D.hide
A.continued B.started C.enjoyed D.remembered
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.feel B.see C.have D.let
A.busy B.beautiful C.dirty D.clean
A.keep B.stop C.mind D.regret
A.Wall B.Desk C.ground D.classroom
I know you are going to miss me , but I don’t think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you because I’m not around to say I LOVE YOU . I’ll you every day, mom and I will love you even more each day . Some day we will see each other again.
I want you to a little boy , you won’t be so .He can have my room and my old things to play with . If you decide to get a instead , she probably wouldn’t like the things as we boys do , so you have to buy her and stuff that girls like .
Don’t be when you think about me .This is really a great place .Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and me around some good places . The angels are so ,and I love to watch them fly . I got to sit on God’s knee and talk to him like I was somebody . I told God that I wanted to you a letter and tell you good-bye and everything , but I knew that wasn’t . God secretly handed me some paper and his own personal pen to write to you this letter with . I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that is going to drop this off to you .Oh , by the way Mom , nobody else can see what is written on this paper but you . To everyone else , it is just a blank sheet of paper .
I almost to let you know-now I don’t any more because the cancer is all gone. I’m glad because I needn’t stand that pain any more . God himself couldn’t stand to see me suffer the either , so he sent The Angel of Mercy to get me .
A.tell B.miss C.hear D.see
A.accept B.receive C.get D.adapt
A.scared B.upset C.lonely D.exhausted
A.girl B.boy C.man D.woman
A.robots B.papers C.cars D.dolls
A.sad B.worried C.angry D.glad
A.looked B.turned C.went D.showed
A.unkind B.friendly C.ugly D.generous
A.necessary B.strange C.important D.impossible
A.write B.hear C.get D.receive
A.asked B.forbidden C.allowed D.required
A.card B.email C.parcel D.letter
A.forgot B.remembered C.memorized D.knew
A.injure B.damage C.hurt D.harm
A.hunger B.love C.thirst D.pain