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单词拼写 1.After the song ended，all clapped and ________ (祈求) for another. 2.You misunderstood me yesterday，Mary. I wasn’t referring to you when I ________ (责备) someone for the accident. 3.Those who graduated from third－grade universities are in a very ________ (令人尴尬的) situation. 4.Just now the two boys were playing games and now they are ________ (吵架). 5.It is acceptable to manage all the possible conflicts in a friendly ________ (方式). 6.“As leaders，we cannot ________ (背叛) the people’s trust，” said Lin Hanmin，director of the administrative examination. 7.The mobile phone is ________ (敏感的) enough to pick up weak signals. 8.Candidates who fail to meet these requirements will not be ________ (进入) to the university.
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A warm smile，a quick hello，an offer of directions or perhaps maybe a place to stay. The kindness of strangers is one of my fondest experiences and memories from my travels. When arriving in Slovenia from Croatia just before dark，I made a line to my hotel on the map，thinking I could easily find it. After walking around in circles for what felt like hours，I approached(靠近) a bus driver and tried to explain where I was heading. After a few failed tries because of our different languages，he signaled to me to get on the bus and took me to my hotel free of charge. Once again，I got lost in Turkey. After almost running my rental car empty，luck would have it that I found a gas station and another kind person. The young cashier did not speak a word of English，but pulled his phone out and opened a translation app(应用软件). We managed to have a whole conversation of broken English/Turkish. I even wrote “tesekkür ederim”(thank you)and if his kindness hadn’t already melted(软化)my heart，his smile certainly did! And finally，my favorite act of kindness：My husband and I had just boarded a bus heading from Nice to Menton in France. A lady sitting across from us noted our accents and upon finding out that we had traveled all the way from New Zealand，stood up and offered us her window seat. We kindly refused. But she insisted，“There is nothing quite like watching the sunset over the ocean on the French Riviera”. Not only did her kindness take me by surprise，we got to see one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Strangers owe(欠) you nothing. Their acts of kindness show you that the world is an amazing place. So，enjoy the kindness of strangers and the unexpected human connections they bring. 1.Why did the author ask the driver for help? A.To get a free ride. B.To borrow some money. C.To help her find a place to live. D.To find out how to get to her hotel. 2.Which can best describe the conversation between the author and the cashier? A.Painful. B.Boring. C.Pleasant. D.Serious. 3.Why did the lady offer her seat to the author and her husband? A.She noticed they felt unwell. B.She found they were too tired. C.She would get off to watch the sunset. D.She wanted them to enjoy the window view. 4.What can we learn about the author? A.She enjoys helping strangers. B.She has toured some foreign places. C.She speaks many foreign languages. D.She likes making friends with strangers.
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The Art of Conversing In a world of 6. 5 billion opinionated people，arguments are sure to happen. 1. But arguments can often lead to positive change—if you argue correctly. Argue well 2. In a healthy argument，one’s own goal should be to make the problems clear, to communicate the upset behind the problems，and to really move toward a solution. The minimum goal should be to preserve (维护) the relationship well enough to keep communication alive. What not to do Nothing kills a healthy argument like a personal attack，and personal attacks are a big no－no if you want an argument to end positively. For example，while I was making a public speech，someone interrupted(打断) and then corrected me. 3. I completely lost my temper (脾气)，attacking that person directly and personally. Clearly I shouldn’t have done that. Don’t be afraid of the heat It’s true that personal problems must be left at the door. 4. Conflict (冲突) is acceptable in an argument as long as you stick to the subject. Attacking the other person is not useful. That kind of argument closes down the willingness on both sides to keep talking. 5. If you do find yourself in the thick of one，listening with an open mind can bring about a quick end to the argument and perhaps a positive solution. A. I later ended up in an argument. B. Many people see arguments as a bad part of life. C. Learning how to voice a different opinion works. D. Unpleasant arguments are just around the corner. E. But that doesn’t mean arguments won’t get heated. F. There certainly is such a thing as a “healthy argument”. G. By actively listening，many arguments can be avoided.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After 1.(settle) down at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in Manhattan to get something 2. (eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. 3. (final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him 4. a cafeteria worked. “Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At 5. other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.” “I soon 6. (learn) how everything works in America,”the grandfather told the friend. “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get everything you want as long as you are 7. (will) to pay the price. You can even get success, 8. you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.” You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do 9.(be) to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and 10.(satisfy) can’t be too far away.
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