The crowd went _______ when they saw the famous star. They were crazy!
A. painful B. sensitive C. wild D. confident
Cell phones _______ by more and more teens and many new functions _______ to them nowadays.
A. are using, have added B. is used, are adding
C. are being used, have been added D. being used, were added
--- The couple _______ after 10 years’ marriage.
--- What a pity. Their child may suffer a lot from this.
A. broke out B. broke down C. broke up D. broke into
--- I need some fresh air, so I’m going out for a walk.
--- _________.
A. Have fun B. With pleasure C. You’d better not D. It’s none of my business
高中毕业在即，你将作为学生代表在金华一中2010届毕业生典礼上发言。请按以下要点写一篇发言稿。
1．感谢老师教会我们如何学习和做人；
2．感谢母校提供良好的生活、学习环境；
3．同学将来都能回报母校、回报社会。
注意：1．词数：100词左右，发言稿的开头和结尾为写好，不计入词数。
2．可适当增加细。以使行文连贯。
3．参考词汇：乐观optimistic；回报reward
Good morning, dear teacher and students. I am greatly honoured to stand here on behalf of all the graduates to make a speech at the graduation ceremony.
Thank you for your listening.
第二节：阅读下面几段文字，为它们从A到F中选出适当的标题。注意：有一个标题是多余的。
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A. The most common problem is a “wandering” mind B. Selective listening is also a mental barrier C. Listening isn’t an easy skill to master D. Attitudes can also interfere with good listening E. Noise and background music makes listening more difficult F. Listening is also related to the level of the listener’s knowledge |
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Listening is not as easy as someone thought. Even good listeners may recall only fifty percent of what they hear. Retention, the ability to remember and recall information, decreases about twenty to twenty – five percent after a few days. So no matter how well you listen in class, you’re always going to have to refresh your memory before a test! Unfortunately, many people have poor listening habits, and little listening training. To improve your listening skills, it’s important to understand what causes poor listening.
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If you find it difficult to concentrate solely on what a speaker is saying, there’s good reason. The mind processes information much faster than a speaker can speak. The brain can process over 500 words per minute, while the average speaker talks as a rate of 124 to 250 words per minute. That means the mind can hear what’s being said and can think about something else at the same time.
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If you have a negative idea about the speaker or the topic, you’ll find it difficult to listen attentively. Hostile or captive audiences often have more difficultly listening than do favorable or voluntary ones.
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If a speaker speaks “above the heads” of an audience, people find it difficult to concentrate. Speakers who use unfamiliar words or who use incomplete explanations make it more difficult to listen. Speakers who “speak down” to audiences, failing to acknowledge what the audience already knows, also create mental blocks.
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When people listen selectively, they simply block out what they don’t want to hear. For instance, many people have habits that are dangerous to their health, like smoking. However, they often choose to block out what a speaker says about health risks. They may listen to a speech and think that the speaker’s message applies to other people, not them. In other words, they hear what they want to hear and ignore what they don’t want to hear.
