要建立良好的人际关系，不仅要善于表达，更要学会倾听。请你根据下面给出的提示，写一篇以“Being a Good Listener”为题的文章，字数100字左右。
倾听的重要性：能互相尊重，增进理解，建立良好的人际关系。
谁来倾听：家长倾听孩子：能够理解孩子，消除代沟；
老师倾听学生：满足学生需求；
同学相互倾听：增进友谊，互帮互学。
怎样倾听：尊重他人，不要打断别人谈话；包容不同意见。
增进理【解析】
promote understanding
人际关系：interpersonal relationship
消除代沟：narrow the generation gap 满足需求：meet one’s needs
包容：be open-minded to sth.
Being a Good Listener
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此题要求改正所给句子中的错误，按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行写出该词，也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
A boy and his father were having walk in the 1._________
country when it suddenly began to rain very hardly. 2._________
They do not have their umbrellas with them, and there 3._________
had nowhere to hide themselves from the rain, so 4._________
he soon got wet. While they were walking home through 5._________
the rain, the boy was thinking for a long time. Then at 6._________
last he turned to his father and said to him, “Why did 7._________
it rain, father? It isn’t nice, isn’t it?” “No, it isn’t very 8._________
nice, but it’s much useful, Tom!” answered his father. 9._________
“It rains to make the fruits and the vegetables to grow for us.” 10._________
根据句子所给汉语注释,写出各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）。
1.You can eat by _________ (蘸进) them in a little bowl of special sauce.
2.The government made agreements with Native American _________ (首领).
3.Smoking is strictly _________ (禁止) in the school.
4.It was _________ (贪吃，贪心) of them to eat up all the candy.
5.Water _________ (吸收) a lot of heat without big changes in temperature.
6.They have _________ (克服) many difficulties over the past few years.
7.We have already made an ___________ (安排) for our vacation.
8.They were all _________ (在船上) the ship last night.
9.They decorated the house _________ (不顾，不理) of cost.
10.Who will be responsible for the soldiers’ food _________ (供应品)？
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出最佳选项。
Mike: Hello. ____1.____.
Bill: Yes, it is.
Mike: ____2.____.
Bill: What time do you need a taxi, sir?
Mike: My flight leaves at 2:30 this afternoon but I’d like to arrive at the station before 1:30. _ ___3.____.
Bill: From here? Where do you live?
Mike: Oh, I’m sorry. Live at 553 Mile End Street.
Bill: Let me see. 553 Mile End Street. I’d say that it would take about half an hour. We’ll pick you up at 1:00. _ ___4.____.
Mike: Yes, that will be fine. The driver will help me with my bag, won’t he?
Bill: ____5.____. He will help you.
A. Yes, the driver is young and kind-hearted.
B. I need a taxi to the airport, please.
C. Do you have anything else to declare?
D. Is it OK with you?
E. How long is the ride from here?
F. How much do you know about our city?
G. Is this the Banks Taxi Service?
For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships travelling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such message.
Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years of Earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to "listen" for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise.
Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like Earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution (进化) of life. Based on the inhabitable (可居住的) planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
1.According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?
A. 5 billion B. 10 billion C. 15 billion D. 200 billion
2.The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about __________.
A. how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
B. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
C. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
D. When scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
3.The underlined word “monitor” in Paragraph two means “__________”.
A. find B. follow C. check D. form
4.Which of the following is TRUE based on the information in the passage?
A. The earth is the oldest planet in our galaxy.
B. All scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.
C. Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.
D. Scientists will give up the search for signs of life on other planets.
How the iron of tomorrow (the first Self Cleaning Iron) can change your lifestyle today?
General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself every time you empty it. How? With a push of a magic blue button.
The magic blue button
The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked “Self Clean”. Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.
Less chance of brown spots
Sure, the Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots (those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes) because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean quickly each time you press that magic blue button.
Steam better longer
Common sense tells you that if you’ve got an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long, period of time. In other words, it steams better longer. That’s another joy of owning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.
What does it mean to you
Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle by giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better homemaker, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from General Electric.
1.This passage is mainly about __________.
A. an introduction to the General Electric
B. an operating instruction of the Self Cleaning Iron
C. an advertisement of the Self Cleaning Iron
D. a description of the change of lifestyle
2.This iron can clean itself by __________.
A. emptying itself B. washing out mineral deposits
C. blocking up mineral deposits D. giving off more steam
3.According to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?
A. It is made by General Electric.
B. The iron will not produce mineral deposits.
C. Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.
D. There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.
4.The Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because __________.
A. you can run your house better B. you don’t have to run after the kids
C. you can use it while you are working D. we want you to be a better house maker
