Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is, we can try to do it ourselves.
How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help people feel relaxed and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.
Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what type of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the moment of saying goodbye. If you’re saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
1.Asking questions might be a quite good and suitable way _______.
A. for you to make new friends
B. to begin your business talks
C. to get the conversation going smoothly
D. for you to impress others with your questions
2.After having asked somebody a question, it’ll be polite of you to _______.
A. make clear what kind of person he is
B. listen to his or her reply carefully
C. sit quietly without saying anything
D. go on asking him more questions
3. Generally speaking, good talkers are persons who _______.
A. know how to change the topic properly
B. are good at making any topic interesting
C. always speak in a gentle way
D. never talk too much or too little
4. If you really want to meet someone again, _______.
A. you may take him as your lifelong true friend
B. it seems necessary for you to let him know it
C. you are sure to have further understanding of him
D. it’s proper for you to give him a second handshake
When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that you have been very lucky if you see one, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!
1. Which thing is said to be the oldest good luck tradition?
A. A falling leaf. B. A foot of a rabbit.
C. A shooting star. D. A wish from friends.
2. According to Paragraph 3, we know that ______.
A. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night.
B. shooting stars can often be seen by people
C. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star.
D. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star.
3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.
A. the leaves fall in autumn.
B. there are so many leaves to catch.
C. they want to have a whole year of good luck.
D. the leaves can bring them a lucky month.
4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to (指) ______.
A. leaves B. people
C. trees D. years
Sunshine School Picnic Notice
Dear Parents
The school is planning a picnic for Grade 9 students. They will have an exciting experience on a nearby farm at the foot of South Mountain. Six experienced teachers will be there to take care of the children. Parents need to pay 50 yuan for the picnic. Let us know if you want your children to go for the picnic by 21st June 2015.
Important information:
Parents will drop and pick up the children from Sunshine School Date: Sunday, 21st June 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m.一5:00 pm Lunch: It will be offered by the schoo1 Dress: Comfortable dress and sports shoes Things to be carried: Water bottle & towel |
1.Where will they have the picnic?
A. In a park. B. At school.
C. On a farm. D. On a mountain.
2. How long will the picnic take?
A. 4 hours. B. 5 hours.
C. 8 hours. D. 9 hours.
3.What can we learn from the notice?
A. No teacher will go for the picnic.
B. Parents don’t need to pay for the picnic.
C. Children will have a class after the picnic.
D. Water bottles can be taken during the picnic.
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test.”
Many students jumped up to the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last .” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students . The teacher then began to hand out the . There were only three sentences typed on the paper, “Congratulations! You have just an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.”
I never had a teacher like that, I think it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who are not in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education or from events in their lives, and have become people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you that you have some limits. However, there is you can’t do or learn or be.
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we face and conquer but ourselves.”
1.A. luckily B. terribly C. quietly D. hard
2.A. offer B. pass C. show D. take
3.A. praise B. fight C. thank D. attack
4.A. chance B. trouble C. test D. idea
5.A. left B. remained C. came D. arrived
6.A. results B. presents C. papers D. books
7.A. given B. sent C. discovered D. received
8.A. and B. but C. or D. so
9.A. confident B. strict C. interested D. pleased
10.A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. special
11.A. broken out B. dreamed of C. learned from D. cared about
12.A. ruder B. cuter C. worse D. better
13.A. them B. you C. ourselves D. myself
14.A. decide B. realize C. forget D. imagine
15.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
--- If I work hard at my lessons from now on. Can I do well in them?
--- Sure. .
A. All rivers run into sea B. Every day is not Sunday
C. Better late than never D. Many hands make light work
--- Could you tell me ?
--- I’m not sure. Maybe next week.
A. where shall we have a class trip
B. where we shall have a class trip
C. when shall we have a class trip
D. when we shall have a class trip
