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Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the important thing in her life but, to tell you the
(true), she took lesson for years, practised every day,
in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got
(loud).
Her teacher finally gave and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about to say after the performance. She knew it
be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings
. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her former pupil.
“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll be better than you were tonight.”
Section C (12 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
When kids in parts of the world want to play, they often make soccer balls out of trash tied together with string. “ the areas used for playing fields are often rough and rocky, millions of real balls go flat (变瘪)
24 hours,” says Tim Jahnigen, a California businessman. Determined to solve this problem,
created an indestructible ball called the One World Futbol.
The ball is made of special material, ethylene-vinyl acetate foam. It’s lightweight, it’s flexible, and—
important—it holds its shape.
The One World Futbol needs no pump won’t wear out, even on rough surfaces. When tested,
withstood (经受住) being crushed by a car, and even being chewed on by a lion.
Although it costs more to produce a typical soccer ball, Jahnigen estimates the One World Futbol can last 30 years. So far, it’s been given to kids in 143 countries. (154 words)
Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious
The everyday signs of conscientiousness (认真尽责)—being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一丝不苟的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.
Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time.
Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (缓冲) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.
There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers’ evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict.
But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.
When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自发性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.
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[1] Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”
[2]But money _________. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.
[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.
[4] In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.
[5] Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3.
________________________________________________________________________________________What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family (no more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)
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Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state of activity”. In other words, whether you, re
Seeking life-long satisfaction or a few moments of good cheer, you’ve got to move forward. We’ve interviewed the experts and found five steps to take toward a sunny mood（心情）：
Over a 30-year period, University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 120, 000 people how income, education, political participation volunteer activities and close relationships affected their happiness. Reported Newsweek, s Sharon Begley on the findings, “The highest levels of happiness are found with the most stable and satisfying relationships. ”
Singing aloud, talking to a stranger, raising your hand: all may increase a feeling of happiness, according to a study from Wake Forest University. Participants（参与者）followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.
The editors of forbes. Com gave $5 or $20 to 46 strangers by chance. Half the group was told to spend the money on themselves, while the other half was told to spend it on others. Those who’d shared the wealth felt much happier at the end of the day than those who’d spent it on themselves. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $5 or $20, suggesting that it, s not how much money you spend, but how you spend it, that inspires the spirit.
Studies from the Positive Psychology Center showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude.
Drinking water really can help keep you cheerful. A small 2012 study from the University of Connecticut suggested that even slight dehydration（脱水） affected the moods of its female participants.
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You will move |
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·The |
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·You can gain happiness by singing aloud or talking to others |
| ·Spend money on others |
·Your spirit will be inspired by |
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·Your attitude would be improved when you fix your attention on good things. |
| ·Drink water |
·If a woman takes in enough water,her |
| Conclusion |
Happiness can be found if all |
任务型读写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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Researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy(感情移入)，the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time. Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
But there is 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. Humans learn by example---and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. 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, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. Good social skills---including empathy—are a kind of “emotional(情感的) intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
What’s the best way to develop empathy? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking. In addition, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, be a member of a club or a team, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
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◆Being vital for social ◆Making ◆ ◆Indicating you can be a good leader |
| ◆To be a good ◆To work as a volunteer ◆To |
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After achieving a 9 percent GDP growth, hosting a successful Olympic Games and carrying out its first space walk in the year of 2008, you'd think China would be happy. _________. That, at least, is the opinion of a new book written by a group of Chinese authors.
China Is Not Happy was published in March, 2009. It is a follow-up to the 1996 work China Can Say No, a bestseller that complained about the influence of the West, and the US in particular on China. Thirteen years later, the authors of China Is Not Happy list their dissatisfaction with how China is being treated in the world today.
They argue that China needs to use its growing power and economic resources to build its own position of preeminence（卓越）．"From looking at the history of human civilization, we are most qualified to lead this world." the book says.
The authors, single out the US for special scorn（轻蔑）. "The economic problem has shown the Chinese people that America does have problems, that what we've been saying is right," said one of the authors．
The book has become a bestseller in many Chinese bookstores．Yet much of the response to the book has been negative．Several reviews in the Chinese media have criticized the book's radical（激进的） opinions．The book is a way to "fish money from the pockets of the angry youth and angry elderly," wrote one critic in the China Youth Daily．Meanwhile, a well-known sociologist, Li Yinhe, has said that China needs patriotism（爱国主义）, but there is a limit．In her blog she wrote, "If we are to bully other countries, take the world's resources and try to lead it, we're going over the top．"List two great achievements that China made in 2008 based on the text．（Please answer within 15 words．）
____________________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words．（Please answer within 6 words．）
____________________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank to suit the meaning of the original sentence in the passage. (within 8 words)
Ancient China was advanced and it was Chinese who created developed civilization, so we Chinese ____________________________________________________________.What is the main idea of the last paragraph? （Please answer within l0 words．）
____________________________________________________________________________What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to? (Within 3 words)
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注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product；the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external（外在的）result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion，the student whose grades improve，the foreigner who learns a new language—these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast（对照），the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine，since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.The process is not the road itself，but the attitudes，feelings people have，and their caution or courage，as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties.In this process，the journey never really ends;there are always new ways to experience the world，new ideas to try，new challenges to accept.
In order to grow，to travel new roads，people need to have a willingness to take risks，to face the unknown，and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious？If so，then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we're shy and indecisive？Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate，to move slowly，and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we're not smart enough to deal with a new challenge？Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much，then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
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Easily identified and measured |
●The worker ●The students making ●The foreigner learning a new language |
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● ● Never really ends |
●People's attitudes，feelings and their caution or courage，as they are ●Being |
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●Too much self |
The Internet has become part of young people’s life. report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them get
(use) information on the Internet
use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it _
a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites
shouldn’t look at. So bad things may happen __
_ students spend too much time on the Internet.
__is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, _
uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice.
Some students also make ___(friend) on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face __
_ (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.
I used to be the messiest person alive．Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them．
Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen．Make a list of all of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done．
Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions of how to carry out your plans．
You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn’t work, you have way two and way three to lean back on．Therefore, different ways are needed at hand．It’s just a matter of being organized．Chances are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of those ways doesn’t work, one of the other ones will．
Committing yourself to finishing at least part if not all of your plan at once is also necessary．It will show that you not only have initiative to get things rolling, but that you are interested in the results obtained with making the move to get everything done．
If you make a commitment to finish before a specific time, make sure that you carry that out, and be sure to do everything in the way you said you would, within the time-frame you set for yourself．
Don’t try to tackle more things all at a time．All that does is delay your progress, distract you and make you lose your interest, motivation and energy．
Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible．You will only achieve this by sticking to the order of the plan and not deviating or trying to do more at a time．
Last but not least, you should never abandon things mid-project．It will only annoy everyone around you including yourself．Unfinished plans are a waste of time, energy and, in some cases, even money．
So, don’t be afraid of organization．The older we get, the more necessary it becomes to have the skills to follow through with confidence and to be able to carry through plans in an organized and manageable way．It pays to be organized, after all．
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| You shouldn’t be afraid of organization because it’s really worthwhile． |
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Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers．It's the quality of service that determines whether the customer remains with the company． However, many a time organizations don't focus on customer relationship management, and that's what makes customers angry, which is one of the reasons why companies lose their customers．So customer service is vital and you should know how to improve it．
First of all, you need to realize how important the customers are．It's they who are the boss, and it's because of them that you get your pay checks．So do take your customers seriously．
Finding out the needs of the customers is another important customer service tip．You need to ask the customers the right kind of questions and think of the possible solutions which you can provide．Understand how they feel according to a particular situation, their body language, tone of voice and words they speak．Never make assumptions and think that you know what the customer wants．
Making customers feel they are important is an excellent way to serve them better．Treat customers as individuals and the best way to do that is using their first name and finding ways of praising them in a sincere way．
In addition, there are some other skills which will help you in serving your customers better．For example, once you finish solving the problem for the customer, before, ending the call, always remember to ask if there is anything else you can do for them．' End the call with a "thank you"．If customers are angry, let them express their anger completely．Never interrupt or start speaking until they've finished．Once they've finished speaking, try to calm them down by apologizing．
In a word, always remember that if the customers remain happy, you'll be in business．
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The way companies behave towards their customers． |
| Importance |
The quality of service determines whether companies can their customers．For example, bad service can result in |
| ☆Take your customers seriously because they are your boss and the source of your income． ☆Recognize the needs of the customers． ◇Ask the customers the right kind of questions and offer to their problems． ◇Understand customers' ◇Never ☆Make customers feel they are important and treat them as individuals by using their first name and praising them ☆Other small skills: ◇Always ask if you can do anything else for the customer before ending the call and end the call with a "thank you"． ◇Don't ◇Calm the customer down by making an |
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the bravery of ten people had saved the life of another. John was studying in the room
he heard screaming. When he and his father rushed outside, a man ran from
scene. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been cut
(repeat) with a knife. She was lying in her front garden
(bleed) very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut
.
It was John’s quick action and knowledge that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked many people bandages, but when nobody could put
hands on any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to dress the most severe injuries to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds
the police and the ambulance arrived.
“I’m proud of what I did, but I was just doing what I (teach),” John said.
On Oct. 6th, 2011, a piece of breaking news hit the world: Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple Company, (pass) away after years of battle against pancreatic cancer. I as well as many people
(be) sad at the news. We saw him make miracles again and again, and we hoped that he would always give us a surprise. We enjoy using an iPod to listen to music and we like to play games with
iPad. We love to communicate with our friends by iPhone.
seemed that Jobs always understood what we really wanted. So he could devote himself to his career by creating the amazing products constantly. But now he quietly left,
(leave) us a great pity.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Jobs a visionary (lead) and one of the greatest U.S. innovators. He said in a statement, "Steve was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and
(talent) enough to do it."
Steve Jobs’ family said in a statement, “Steve died (peace) today surrounded by his family. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those
share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time
grief.”
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One day, in spring, four lawyers were riding their horses along a country road.
There had been a storm, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping(滴) from the trees, and the grass was wet. As they were passing through a grove(树丛) of small trees, they heard a great fluttering(拍翅) over their heads and a weak chirping(唧唧声) in the grass.
“What is the matter here?” asked the first lawyer, whose name was Speed. “Oh, it’s only some birds!” said the second lawyer, whose name was Hardin. “The storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, and the mother bird must be very worried about them.”
“What a pity! They’ll die down there in the grass,” said the third lawyer.
“Oh, well! They’re noting but birds,” said Hardin. “Why should we bother?”
Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they forgot about the birds.
However, the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped. He got down from his horse and very gently put the little ones in his big warm hands. They did not seem frightened, but chirped softly, as if they knew they were safe. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was much higher than he could reach from the ground, so Lincoln climbed up the tree. He put the birds softly one by one into their warm little home.
Soon the other three lawyers stopped at a spring(泉) to give their horses water.
“Where’s Lincoln?” asked one.
All were surprised to find that Lincoln was not with them.
In a few minutes Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud.
“Hello, Abraham!” said Hardin. “Where have you been?”
“I stopped a minute to give those birds to their mother,” he answered.
Then all three of them laughed heartily
Then all three of them laughed heartily. They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless little birds.
“Gentlemen,” said Lincoln, “I would not sleep well tonight if I had left those helpless little birds on their own in the wet grass.”
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was then elected president. Next to Washington, he is regarded as one of the greatest American presidents.
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He showed 55 for the birds’ fate. |
He stopped, picked the birds up and found where they had fallen. With great difficulty he climbed up to the nest which was 56 up in the tree and put the birds back, but the others laughed at him. |
| The greatness of a 57 man lies not only in his achievements but in his noble mind. |
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Introduction to anger
Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we feel that we have not been given a fair treatment. The positive side of this negative emotion is that it has helped us to evolve as humans and cope in a better manner with our surroundings. However, it tends to become a problem when we fail to control it. Many a time it happens that your anger has hurt others or has spoiled one of your relationships for which you regret later. It has some bad effects on the health, too.
We should control anger so that it does not cause harm to us or to those around us whom we love. One of the best ways to control anger is to get help from others. If you feel that you are unable to manage your anger, it can make you more upset. So tell someone that is close to you, a friend or a family member, about your problem. When you discuss a matter with others, there is a better chance of finding a solution to your problem. Besides, there are no better stress relievers than humor. When you feel that it is because of stress that your anger is becoming unmanageable, you can use humor. It can help you look at difficult things in a lighter way and you will feel better about the things around you.
Anger tends to make us have a lot of negative thoughts. Therefore, we have to change the negative thoughts into positive ones. For this you have to first refuse all the negative thoughts that are in your mind one by one. This can be done with a lot of practice. Once you are successful in that, you have to maintain your focus only on the positive things of life.
Meditation (冥想) is an excellent anger management technique. In addition, what we do is disconnect ourselves from the outer world and focus all our attention into the inner world. This helps us develop a sense of controlling our thoughts that tend to cause anger.
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﹡Help us evolve as humans. ﹡Help us deal with our surroundings |
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Refuse all the negative thoughts and focus only on positive things. |
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Help us control our thoughts which tend to cause anger. |
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