[1]Listening is one of the most important skills we can ever learn and an essential part of communication; not only does it help you to build close relations with other people, it’s also away of showing respect for others, When people feel respected, it’s very easy to build long, happy relationships , We all know people who are really had listeners, They love the sound of their own voices so much that you can’t get a chance to speak ,What’s important is active listening; paying attention, and then demonstrating your understanding of a conversation by repeating key points in your responses, People just want to feel like they are understood, Here are some ways to improve you listening skills.
[2]never talk over people
This shows a real lack of respect ,By talking over someone what you’re basically saying is “I don’t care what you’re saying—what I have to say is more important”.
[3]Don’t finish other people’s sentences.
I used to do this a lot thinking I was helpfully finishing people’s sentences for them, Wrong, Research has shown by doing this you are discouraging the other person because you are taking control of the conversation, so bite you tongue !
[4]Paraphrase（改述）
If you want to show that you have really understood someone, then paraphrasing is a great too1, All you have to do is repeat back to someone what they have just said , before you comment yourself, Here’s an example：“So Barney ,what I’m hearing is that results are the number one objective for you fight now and we need to find some fast solutions for you?”
[5]Listen actively
Focus on active listening instead of passive listening , The difference is that active listening means you engage and respond to the other person based on what they have said while passive listening is simply the act of listening
[6]Maintain eye contact
By looking at the other person in the eye , you are proving that you’ re interested in what they’re saying , This also keeps you focused and less distracted (思想不集中的)
1.What is main idea of the passage?(no more than 10 words)
2.Why is listening an essential part of communication?(no more than 15 words)
3.What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 mean in English?
4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words to complete the sentence(no more than 10 words)
5.What does the writer advocate to do for your listening skills according to the text?(no more than 3 words for each)
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Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten,and ,as is conventional, I wished her every success ,But part of me didn’t.
I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process, Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do , First –time success is usually a fluke （侥幸）,First-time failure ,by contrast,is expected ;it is the natural order of things Failure is how we learn.
In Africa they describe a good cook as “she who has broken many bots”,If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to break a lot of pots ,probably you know a lot about cooking ,I once had dinner with a group of cooks and they spent a lot of time comparing knife wounds and burn scars ,They Knew how much their failures gave them.
I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column, Each week I am aware that one column I write lill be my sores , I don’t set out to write it ; I try my best every day. I have learned to cherish that column ,A good column usually means that I am discussing a familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as someons else but in fancy way.
Ny younger daughter is a trapeze artist（杂技荡秋千演员），She spent three years putting together a show and she did it successfully for years ,There was no reason for her to change it-but she did anyway, She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was boued; and if she was bored ,there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress
My granddaughter is a perfectionist She will feel her failures ,and I will want to comfort her, But I sill also ,I hope ,remind her of what she learned ,and how she can do better next time ,I hope I can tell her ,though ,that it’s not the end of the world ,Indeed, with juck ,it is the beginning.
1.Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?
A．Success is boring though beneficial
B．She would learn more from failure
C．It is impossible to do everything successfully
D．He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships
2.What’s the author’s attitude toward his daughter changing her show/
A．Negative B．Worried C．Positive D．Excited
3.The author develops the article mainly by
A．giving examples
B．following the time order
C．comparing different opinions
D．analyxing cause and effect
4.The writer talks about his own experience to show that
A．we cannot depend on luck to live a good life
B．we shoule try every possible way to avoid failure
C．past failures prevented him from taking risks in writing
D．the thought of failure will make you work even harder
5.Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A．Learn from failure
B．How to be a good cook
C．My daughter and granddaughter
D．A good column makes a good writer
Up, Up, and Away!
An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster（簇）of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record
Fearless Trappe , from North Carolina, stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the leon International Balloon Festivel in Mexico more than a week ago.
The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer ,He aims to complete the 2,500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium（氦气）ballooms
The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat ,in case he meeds to ditch (在海中迫降)into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure
He sill fly at between 18,000 feet and 25,000 feet , beating his previous world altitude record of 21,600 feet ,and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed.
The adventurer Trappe ,who holes records for crossing the Alps, flying the most cluster balloons, and the longest distance , has opent his entire carreer ,building up to this ambitious plan.
“I didn’t wake up one day and think：‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic, ’”he said “he said Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight ,I’ve been training for a long time”
1.The adventurer flew across the English Channel to
A．test the balloons
B．launch a house
C．shoot a hit movie
D．prepare for breaking a record
2.To finish the journey ,he will fly a distance of
A．2500 miles B．18,000 feet C．25,000 feet D．230 miles
3.About the ambitious journey ,which is NIT mentioned in the passage?
A．When he will fly B．How high he sill fly
C．How far he will fly D．How long it will take him
4.How many world records does Jonathan hold?
A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five
5.What does he last paragraph imply?
A．Trappe can’t sleep worrying about the adventure
B．Trappe was born to set world records
C．Trappe always keeps his ambition in mind
D．Trappe never thought of crossing the Ataantic before
A Swedish man aws dug out alive after being snowed in car on a forest track for rwo months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday, The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday , Fedruary 17, Too weak to say more than a rew wouds, He was found not far from the city of UImea in the north of Sweden by snowmobilers who thought they had come across a ruined car until they dug their way to a window and wawmovement inside.
The man ,who was lying in the back seat in a sleeping bag ,said he had been in the car since December 19.
“Just incredible that he’s alive considering that he had no food,but also since it’s been ,really cold for some time after Christmas,” a rescue team member told regional daily Vasterbottens - Kuriren ,which broke the news.
Ebbe Nyberg, duty officer at the Umea police , said police waw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time,“We sould not make up something like this, The rescue services were on site too and saw the same as us”,he told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
Umea University Hospital ,where the man is recovering after being rescued by police and a rescue team , said in a statement he was doing well considering the circumstances.
Doctors at the hospital said humans would normally be able to survive for about four weeks without food ,Besides eating snow , the man probably survived by going into a dormant-like（休息似的）state ,physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Knriren ,“He probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees which the body adjusted to ,Due to the low temperature ,not much energy was used up”
1.Who found the Swedish man in the snow?
A．Snowmobilers B．The police C．A rescue team D．Local people
2.“Police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time”implies that
A．police didn’t think it true
B．police were sure of the fact
C．police had some doubt on the fact
D．police had reasons to doubt the fact
3.The reason shy the man could survive was most probably that
A．he was only forty –five –year old B．he did not use any energy
C．he slept in the sleeping bag D．he was in a dormant-like state
4.Which is the correct order of the following evernts?
a、The Swedish man was stuck in the snow
b、He was went to Umea University Hospital
c、He was found by snowmobilers
d、He was recovering after treatment
e、He stayed in his car for nearly two months
f、He was dug out by people
A．eackfb B．aecfbd C．afcebd D．ecfadb
5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．A Traffic Accident B．A long Sleep in Winter
C．An Incredible Survival D．A Successful Rescue
We bought a second-hand house, and that afternoon I was in the workshop of the gqrage,I noticed a part of a carpet sticking out of the ceiling of an attic（阁楼）that was strange, I found a ladder and headed up.
I climbed into the attic, As my eyes adjusted to the dark , I saw a metal container, I opened the lid and was shocked by what I saw: several rolls of money tied up in orange string , I’ve found , like ＄800, Awesome!
But there was more than one box of money , I found another seven boxes full to the top, plus two big black bags full of cash, I won’t lie , My first thought was that this was a bleesing from God –the means to fix up this old house; or just to uxe to make life easier for our rwo young sons , who sere seven and four ,But I knew that the right thing was to return the money to the previous owners . So I called them and asked them to come.
They were shocked, of course, not only about the money but that I was returning it , They had recently got the house from their dad and said it must have been their dad who, had hidden the money, What made him do it? I thought about the hundreds of times he had bone to his shop, cut off a length of orange string ,and bound up a roll of money , I like to think he did it for his chileren .
There were balls of that ouange stuing still hanging on the wall of the workshop when we moved in ,I used them to tie up Christmas presents last year, for my kids , I hope it reminded them of the gift greater than money that my wife and I gave them by returning the money ,We did the right thing ,and our children will never forget that.
1.The story took place after
A．the author got the house from his dad
B．the author bought the house
C．the previous owners hid the money
D．the author’s dad sold the house
2.How many boxes of cash did the author discover in the attic?
A．One box B．Two boxes C．Seven boxes D．Eight boxes
3.What do we know about the money that the author found?
A．It would be used to fix the old house
B．It had been hidden in the house by thieves
C．No one was sure why it was lift in the house
D．It made the previous owners think of their mother
4.What did the author put on the outside of his children’s Christmas gifts?
A．A roll of money B．Balls
C．Tie-up orange string D．Metal containers
5.The text is mainly about a story of
A．honesty B．bravery
C．wisdom D．love
A couple were having a wedding All of their friends and family came to see the lovely 1 and all had a wonderful time. The bride was 2 in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome .Everyone could tell that the 3 they had for each other was true
A few months later ,the wife came to the husband with a 4 ,“Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit 5 with the other person ,Then ,we can tale about how we can 6 them and make our lives happier”The husband 7 ,So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other
The next morning ,at the breakfast table ,they decided they would go over their 8
“I’ll start ”said the wife ,She 9 her list , It had many items on it ,enough to fill three pages , As she started reading the list of the little annoyances ,she noticed 10 were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?”she asked “Nothing,”the husband replied ,“11 reading your list,”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three 12 to her hushand.
“Now, It’s your 13 and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,”she said happily
14 the husband stated，“I don’t have anything on my list , I shink you are 15 the way that you are , I don’t want you to change anything for me , I wouldn’t want to try and 16 anything about you.”
The wife , 17 by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his 18 of her,turned her head and wept.
In lire, there are enough times when we are disappointed. Depressed and annoyed , We don’t really have to go 19 them. We have a wonderful world that is rull of beauty ,light and promist Ehy not see the 20 things before us?
1. A．house B．decoration C．ceremony D．church
2. A．attractive B．nervous C．serious D．strict
3. A．manner B．love C．attitude D．behavior
4. A．preparation B．commitment C．shame D．suggestion
5. A．annoying B．exciting C．interesting D．puzzling
6. A．adopt B．possess C．fasten D．fix
7. A．agreed B．refused C．left D．listened
8. A．celebration B．dictation C．lists D．document
9. A．threw away B．took out C．cut out D．let out
10. A．waves B．tears C．lights D．blames
11. A．keep on B．put on C．call on D．blames
12. A．attacks B．items C．annoyances D．pages
13. A．duty B．business C．turn D．problem
14. A．Roughly B．Calmly C．Angrily D．Clumsily
15. A．outgoing B．careful C．perfect D．beautiful
16. A．predict B．advocate C．abuse D．change
17. A．touched B．disappointed C．shocked D．threatened
18. A．assistance B．guidance C．acceptance D．annoyance
19. A．taking away B．replying to C．talking about D．looking for
20. A．messy B．fantastic C．random D．relevant
