I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention and especially if its given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Just take them in. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.
When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾), until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too timid to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power to connect and to heal than the most well-intentioned(善意的)words.
1.When we communicate with others we had better ________________.
A. listen more B. understand more
C. speak more D. look here and there
2. If we interrupt what someone is saying,________________.
A. they may think we are too rude to them
B. they must be very angry with us
C. they may know we dont care about them
D. they must stop and listen to us
3.Passing a person who is crying a tissue perhaps means_______________
A. stopping them from crying any more
B. Stopping them from saying anything
C. advising them to have a rest
D. helping them to accept the sadness
4.It is very difficult for us to learn to listen because _______________
A. we may know the answer
B. we have an interesting topic
C. parents teach us to speak
D. it goes against what we have been taught
5. What is probably the best title for this article?
A. Listening and talking
B. Listen, just listen
C. Listening is not easy to learn
D. How to comfort others
The meaning of the word "volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means "one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta（加尔各答）. The following is her story.
"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks."
"I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world."
1.According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.
A. is willing to help those in need without pay
B. can afford to travel to different places
C. has a strong wish to be successful
D. has made a lot of money in life
2.Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.
A. after she met Mother Teresa
B. after she finished high school
C. when she was touring Calcutta
D. when she was working in a hospital
3.Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?
A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.
B. She had already had some experience.
C. She was asked by Mother Teresa.
D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresas example.
4.What is Tracys new idea (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?
A. Going abroad to help the sick.
B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home.
C. Doing simple things to help the poor.
D. Improving oneself through helping others.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to Be a Volunteer.
B. The Life of Volunteer in India.
C. A Different Meaning of Volunteer.
D. Inspiration from Mother Teresa
ETL International English Summer Camp
Volunteer Wanted
EIL was founded in Britain in 1936 with the fundamental aim of international understanding“Learn to live together by living together”.
Requirements: Over 16; good knowledge of English; outgoing; working well with children between 7-12
Activities; Language study, outdoor recreation and travel
Campers; Students from different countries
Camp site; Mount Wuyi, Fujian
Time: July 26-August 9
Application deadline; July 15,2014
If interested, please e-mail to info@eiuk.org
假设你是李华，这则广告引起了你的兴趣，请用英文写一封自荐信。要点如下：
1.对夏令营主题的理解；2.根据招聘要求自我介绍；3.参加夏令营的目的。
注意：1.信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；2.词数120左右。
Dear Sir,
I’m Li Hua from Fujian.
I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours Sincerely ,
Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Mr White,
I am writing tell you a piece of good news. Last week our school hold a Spoken English Competition. I stood out in the competition and won a first place. In my view, it is your kind help which has helped me gain the achievement. During your spare time, you often spent such much time helping me with your spoken English that I made rapid progress. In the competition, I followed your advices on how to behave, which led to my success. I’m grateful to you for your help and decide that I will make up more efforts and try to make great progress in the future.
I’m looking forward to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Mum: (putting on her coat) I'm going to have to go down to the shop for more bread.
Alan: Why?
Mum: I'm not sure what 1. (happen). I made some sandwiches earlier and left them on the table 2. I went to answer the phone. But someone must have taken them because they're 3. (go).
Alan: Oh, it must have been Dad. I'm sure he was in the kitchen 4. (early).
Mum: No, he went off to his tennis match before I finished 5. (make) them, so he couldn't have done it. 6. , he couldn't carry a plate of sandwiches as well as all his tennis stuff, so I'm sure 7. wasn't him.
Alan: (opening the fridge door) Well, it wasn't me. But Mum, look! Are these your sandwiches here on the bottom shelf of 8. fridge?
Mum: Are they there? Oh, my goodness. I 9. (put) them in there when the phone rang. Oh, dear. I really must be losing my 10. . Now, why did I put on my coat?
One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts（郊区）of town, they for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their . One of the boys limped（跛行）．Looking more closely, my father’s bos that the boy had a clubfoot（畸形足）．He stepped out of the car and the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was .The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
The man and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he and do your best to get his parents to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their .
It didn’t take long for my father to Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. , they looked at each other. When my father they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).
Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a to send someone to Jimmy’s home to the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.
His parents watched in as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
The benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people they don’t know who did it.
1.A. waited B. paid C. prepared D. stopped
2.A. car B. town C. office D. restaurant
3.A. thought B. observed C. doubted D. worried
4.A. took care of B. got hold of C. hung out with D. caught up with
5.A. delighted B. satisfied C. interested D. relaxed
6.A. laughed B. apologized C. returned D. nodded
7.A. plays B. studies C. lives D. stays
8.A. determinationB. permission C. help D. plan
9.A. chat B. ride C. meeting D. holiday
10.A. build B. decorate C. paint D. find
11.A. patiently B. briefly C. proudly D. calmly
12.A. Confused B. Excited C. Ashamed D. Tired
13.A. visited B. finished C. refused D. left
14.A. purpose B. decision C. request D. promise
15.A. warn B. remind C. argue D. convince
16.A. hotel B. hospital C. school D. store
17.A. anger B. fear C. amazement D. disappointment
18.A. agree B. admit C. prove D. believe
19.A. secret B. polite C. humorous D. cautious
20.A. until B. when C. unless D. whom
