Directions: There is a passage with 10 blanks. Please read it carefully and select one word from the word bank below to fill in each blank appropriately. role、expression、suggest、pick up、construction、attending、predict、similar、especially、control、awkward、 borrow、naturally、current、present Real life, unlike Reel life (镜头人生)，has no script. You can't 1._______ when you will be called upon to speak. But this doesn't mean you can't prepare in advance for your 2. . When you are meeting someone for the first time or are 3. a meeting, you should prepare ideas for topics. Conversational readiness helps put you, and others, at ease by eliminating 4. silences. It doesn't take long - you can think on the drive to the airport what you want to say when you pick up your district manager. Also, the more you do it, the more 5. it comes. When you later face a 6. situation, you may even be able to 7. a few lines from an old script. How do you find things to talk about? Read at least one newspaper a day and several magazines a month to keep up with 8. events. It's an 9. good idea to read the local newspapers of any cities you visit. Observe the world around you. A traffic jam, new buildings under 10. and the opening of an art exhibition are all possible topics.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 　　Until a relatively short time ago traveling abroad was limited to rich tourists and wealthy businesspeople．Flying abroad was not common for the average person．In time however plane travel became safer more convenient and less expensive．As a result people of different backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure and businesspeople fly to one country for a breakfast or lunch conference and then fly to another country for a dinner meeting． 　　With the world becoming smaller many young adults make the decision to study in foreign universities．It is an exciting challenging experience to live in a foreign country．Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate; but of course it is not easy to change from one culture to another．One faces many difficulties． 　　The student who studies in a foreign country leaves behind a familiar loving comfortable environment．Back home he has his family friends and acquaintances．He knows the language politics money food social customs and so forth．He knows all the unclear aspects of his native culture such as body language and bargaining practices etc．in short he knows “the system” in his native country．Then one day he leaves all this behind and suddenly finds himself in a place where everyone and everything is strange perhaps even confusing．All this strangeness is a major surprise to a person's self-confidence．This sudden change often leads to a reaction called culture shock． 　　Foreigners experience different degrees of culture shock．The symptoms range from being ill at ease to being seriously depressed．Feeling homesick unhappy and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock．It is easy to understand that the endless frustrations of the early days in a new country would produce dissatisfaction and perhaps even hostility(敌意)．People are always at ease in a familiar environment．A mature realistic person experiences mild temporary symptoms; the insecure newcomer suffers more seriously from a culture shock． 　　During the unavoidable period of adjustment the international student tends to complain about everything in the new environment．In fact the student is likely to exaggerate(夸大)the problems．When the student meets another miserable person from the same country he will pour out his unhappy feelings．Together they can complain in their native language．Although this complaining provides temporary satisfaction it certainly does not help him adapt to a new society．Being negative will never get rid of the feelings of frustrations．The mature person understands that a positive attitude determination and flexibility are important in making the change successful．A sense of humor is a big help． (1) Nowadays flying abroad is ________． [　　] A． limited to rich tourists and wealthy businesspeople B． more convenient but less safe C． common for the average person D． not common for the average person (2) “The system” in the third paragraph includes the following except ________． [　　] A． social customs B． bargaining practices C． politics D． foreign culture (3) Culture shock affects foreigners ________． [　　] A． in just the same way B． in the same degree C． in quite similar ways D． in different degrees (4) Endless frustrations of the early days in a new country would create ________． [　　] A． dissatisfaction B． discomfort C． hostility D． all of the above (5) The following are important in fighting culture shock except ________． [　　] A． determination B． a positive attitude C． a sense of humor D． hostility

我父母是否接受我们的选择会带来很大的差别。（make a difference）Whether my parents accept our choice will make a big difference.

9.选词填空选择题A____dinner was arranged after the ceremony.A. formalB. invitedC. formD. inviting

判断题Nerve tissue conducts impulses throughout the body.A. 对B. 错

Smokers, you aren't looking so good on the inside. In a new ad campaign by the Cancer Society of Finland, the "Tobacco Body," goes beyond the images of black lungs we often saw as kids--instead, these new in-depth shots are dark, graphic and very real.Designed by Finland-based ad agency 358, the interactive (交互式的) ad is to let users see the images of a man and woman, one with a smoker's body and one without. Designed as a tool for teachers to target teenagers, the pictures show how different a smoker's outer and inner body looks. And it's not always a pretty picture--smokers, defined as at least one cigarette a week, are more likely to develop diseased lungs, rotten teeth and damaged livers, according to the Cancer Society of Finland.Strict regulations have prohibited tobacco advertising in many areas for years. Going even further, Australia recently banned tobacco companies from using logos at all and replaced cigarette boxes with graphic images similar to the ones in these ads. The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has announced that students who smoke will not be allowed to continue their studies.According to the passage, a smoker is defined as _______.A. someone whose body doesn't look good on the insideB. someone who consumes at least one cigarette a weekC. someone who has smoked at least one cigarette in his/her lifeD. someone who has diseased lungs, rotten teeth and damaged livers

Our parents are always a bit concerned __________ our health.a. aboutb. withc. tod. for

The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive "attachment" period from birth to three may scar a child’s personality and predispose to emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby’s work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it entails, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion. Firstly, anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoni, the father and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone―far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents, caretakers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial. Thirdly, in the last decade there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, and they have uniformly reported that day care had a neutral or slightly positive effect on children’s development, but tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue. But Bowlby’s analysis raises the possibility that early day car has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children fewer than three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of childcare at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut, though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants.Which of the following statements is NOT an argument against Bowlby’s theory A．Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children’s development.B．Day care is safe, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many nursery schools.C．Separation from parents for very young children is common in some traditional societies.D．Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal wit

Until a relatively short time ago, traveling abroad was limited to rich tourists and wealthy businesspeople. Flying abroad was not common for the average person. In time, however, plane travel became safer, more convenient, and less expensive. As a result, people of different backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure and businesspeople fly to one country for a breakfast or lunch conference, and then fly to another country for a dinner meeting. With the world becoming smaller, many young adults make the decision to study in foreign universities. It is an exciting, challenging experience to live in a foreign country. Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate; but, of course, it is not easy to change from one culture to another. One faces many difficulties. The student who studies in a foreign country leaves behind a familiar, loving, comfortable environment. Back home, he has his family, friends, and acquaintances. He knows the language, politics, money, food, social customs, and so forth. He knows all the unclear aspects of his native culture, such as body language, and bargaining practices, etc. in short, he knows “the system” in his native country. Then one day he leaves all this behind and suddenly finds himself in a place where everyone and everything is strange, perhaps even confusing. All this strangeness is a major surprise to a person’s self-confidence. This sudden change often leads to a reaction called culture shock. Foreigners experience different degrees of culture shock. The symptoms range from being ill at ease to being seriously depressed. Feeling homesick, unhappy, and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock. It is easy to understand that the endless frustrations of the early days in a new country would produce dissatisfaction, and perhaps even hostility. People are always at ease in a familiar environment. A mature, realistic person experiences mild, temporary symptoms; the insecure newcomer suffers more seriously from a culture shock. During the inevitable period of adjustment, the international student tends to complain about everything in the new environment. In fact, the student is likely to exaggerate the problems. When the student meets another miserable person from the same country, he will pour out his unhappy feelings. Together they can complain in their native language. Although this complaining provides temporary satisfaction, it certainly does not help him adapt to a new society. Being negative will never get rid of the feelings of frustrations. The mature person understands that a positive attitude, determination, and flexibility are important in making the change successful. A sense of humor is a big help.1. Nowadays, flying abroad is ___ ____. A. limited to rich tourists and wealthy businesspeople B. more convenient but less safe C. common for the average person D. not common for the average person 2. “The system” in the third paragraph includes the following except _________. A. social customs B. bargaining practices C. politics D. foreign culture 3. Culture shock affects foreigners _________. A. in just the same way B. in the same degree C. in quite similar ways D. in different degrees 4. Endless frustrations of the early days in a new country would create _________. A. dissatisfaction B. discomfort C. hostility D. all of the above 5. The following are important in fighting culture shock except _________. A. determination B. a positive attitude C. a sense of humor D. hostility

Their economy has declined, while ours, ____ has expanded.A. similarlyB. by contrast.C. on the other handD. otherwise