—I ________ (失败) to pass the English test yesterday.
—Try harder and you will make it next time.
Our country encourages the _________ (发展) of small businesses.
Come and help ________ (自己) to some chicken, boys!
He sat down and eat ________ (安静).
"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly greeting that people in the United States use. 1. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks, "How are you?" expects to hear the answer "Fine," even if the person isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. 2.
3. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?" the other person may be thinking, "No, I don't. I think you are wrong." It isn't polite to disagree very strongly, so he might say, "I am not so sure." This is a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations over the phone end when one person says, "I've got to go now," or the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse such as "Someone is at door," or "Something is burning on the stove." 4. The person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse is polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an opinion, or ending a conversation, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. 5. and it's part of the game of language.
A.Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean.
B.It's very good not to tell the truth to our family.
C.However, "How are you?" is also an unusual question.
D.The excuse may be real, or not.
E.They are simply other ways of saying "hello" or "hi".
F.If you disagree with others, they will hate you.
G.It is an important way people try to be nice to each other
When Tom was growing up, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him doing too much housework. But when Tom was an adult, he had more job satisfaction, a better marriage (婚姻) and was healthier. Most of all, he was far happier.
These are the findings of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 teenage boys from Boston. The study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more worthwhile lives than those who had not. "Boys who worked in the home or community gained the ability to do things well and came to feel they were useful members of society," said George Vaillant, the psychologist (心理学家) who made the discovery. "And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them."
Vaillant's study followed these males in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Vaillant, the researchers compared the men's mental-health (心理健康) scores with their boyhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problem.
The relationship between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp. Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with different people, five times as likely to be well paid and 16 times less likely to have been out of job. The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.
1.What do we knew about Tom?
A.He got little love from his parents.
B.He enjoyed his career and marriage.
C.He had few friends in his childhood.
D.He was disliked by others when young.
2.Vaillant's word, in Paragraph 2 serve as ________.
A.a description of personal values and social values
B.an explanation why some boys grew into happy men
C.an example for parents' expectations of their children
D.an analysis of the relationship between work and ability
3.Vaillant's team got their findings by ________.
A.studying the men's mental health
B.recording the boys' effort in school
C.comparing different sets of scores
D.deciding the men's problem-solving ability
4.What does the underlined word "sharp" mean in Paragraph 4?
A.严厉的 B.敏锐的 C.稳定的 D.明显的
