Do you want to become better at making small talk with new people? Do you want to become better at networking with others? Nothing will improve your networking ability and your ability to make a successful conversation with other people rather than your curiosity(好奇心) about them.

When you are curious about other people, you will want to discover some of the interesting ways that they are similar to you. When you are curious about them, you’ll also be interested to discover the ways in which they think differently and live differently from you.

When you have curiosity about others, you will be much less self-conscious and your conversations will work a lot better. Instead of worrying yourself, “What can I say next that won’t sound stupid?”, you will be focused on learning more about the other person.

Making small talk with strangers can be tricky. We’ve all heard the advice that we should pick something out of our immediate environment and use that as a main point to start our small talk with the other person.

It’s true that this can be a great starting point for a conversation. However, when you focus too much on discussing things like the weather in your city, you can bring the conversation to a painful end very quickly. The other person will sense that you are trying to make a conversation, but that you have no interest in really getting to know him or her.

How can you keep small talk from becoming boring?

One way is to watch the other person for clues.(线索）.The clues they will give you about what is really interesting to them. When you get these clues, use them to start making the conversation a bit more about their life, their opinions, and their experiences.

After you have had a couple of minutes to break the ice, try looking for ways to make the conversation a little bit more personal. Ask the other person for his or her opinion about something that is a bit more personal but not extremely so. The first few minutes of talking to someone new will not be the best time to ask the other person his or her opinion on religious（宗教的） or political（政治的） matters. However, he or she might be happy to discuss his or her favorite team or musical band.

1.In Paragraph 1, the writer mainly wants to tell us that___________.

A. curiosity can help us make a good talk

B. it’s hard to make a talk with new people

C. curiosity helps us know new people quickly

D. it’s hard to make a successful talk with others

2.The underlined word “self-conscious” in Paragraph 3 probably means_____.

A. self-centered B. self-controlled C. serious D. nervous

3.While carrying on a conversation, we should_____.

A. think about what won’t sound stupid

B. show our interests to the other person

C. try to learn more about the other person

D. discuss things like the weather in the city

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. The way of starting small talk.

B. Improving our small talk with curiosity.

C. The importance of small talk in our life.

D. Improving our relationship through small talk.

About 800 years ago, a Chinese man named Wang Hu made the world's first rocket, but unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970 that China sent its first satellite Dongfanghong-1to space successfully.

To celebrate the first big success for the country's space development, April 24 is now China's Space Day, which started this year. While celebrating, China also announced(宣布）new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space.

A space station is like a home for astronauts in space. Astronauts live and work on a space station and spaceships can even park there. China plans to finish building its space station in 2022.

According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, by that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job. Astronauts are needed more than ever before. They need to be able to finish more tasks. So far, China has been choosing astronauts mainly from pilots. In the future astronauts will also be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts.

Another plan is about Mars. In order to search Mars, China will send a probe（探测器）first to Mars around 2020. It will land there and even bring back things from the Mars.

It's such a big plan! Only by doing this can China say it has truly started the exploration of deep space. And the exploration will help us understand how the universe changes.

1.Who made the world's first rocket?

2.When is China’s Space Day?

3.What does China plan to do in 2022?

4.What will China do first to search the Mars?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

假如你是李华，你们学校将要举办迎新年庆祝活动。你打算邀请你们班的交换生David和你们一起参加。请用英语写一封邮件，告诉他活动的时间和地点，庆祝活动时你们会做些什么，并就才艺展示给他提点建议。

提示词语：have a party, sing ,dance, play games, tell stories ,on time ,prepare

提示问题：

When and where are you going to have the party ?

What are you going to do in the party?

What do you advise David to prepare for the party?

Dear David,

How is it going?

I’m writing to tell you something about the party. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Dear David,

How is it going?

I’m writing to tell you something about the party. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

榜样的力量是无穷的。在我们身边有许许多多的榜样，勤劳的工人伯伯，辛勤的老师，热情的同学，慈爱的父母......。某英文网站正在开展以“我身边的榜样”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你身边的榜样是谁，他（她）具有什么样的品质，你从他（她）身上学到了什么。

提示词语：kind, helpful, warm-hearted ,hard-working, set a good example

提示问题：

Who is your role model?

What traits(品质）does your role model have? Please give one or two examples.

What have you learned from him/her?

Everyone has a role model. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

背诵本单元单词，默写以下25个重点单词，并用红笔批改订正。

1.节目_____

2.键盘_________

3.主机 ___________

4.显示屏_______

5.导游 _________

6.收到__________

7.非洲_________

8.举世闻名的_______

9.贸易 _______

10.岛屿__________

11.几个，数个_____

12.底部 ______

13.高兴，乐意______

14.剧本________

15.网站__________

16.亚洲___________

17.做梦_______

18.挑选__________

19.护照________

20.海岸__________

21.澳大利亚的____

22.放松 _____

23.介意__________

24.女王_______

25.英镑__________

背诵Unit3短语纸，默写以下20个短语或句子，并用红笔批改订正。

1.在网上搜索信息 ________________________

2.用电脑收发电子邮件 ________________________

3.许多大公司和国际银行_________________

4.看着大玻璃球在黑暗中落下 ___________________

5.选择另一个欧洲城市然后开始你的网上旅行 _________________________

6.进行买卖的活动_______________________

7.梦想着不用护照环游世界________________

8.通过进行一个网上旅行实现你的梦想____________________________________

9.在澳大利亚的东北海岸_____________________

10.与我们的季节相反________________

11.请你做某事介意吗？______________________

12.去亚洲和非洲旅行________________

13.预定票和旅馆/订餐_________________________

14.许多宫殿和城堡___________________

15.在日常交流中用英语_____________________

16.页面底部的返回图标________________

17.在你去之前为之做好准备______________________

18.….到此为止，就讲这么多___________________________

19.学到（了解）许多有关世界文化的知识_______________

20.百老汇自20世纪初以来便以它的剧院闻名。___________

The TV _____ on Channel Six are about films.

A. experiences B. performances C. problems D. programmes

I’m sorry you’ve missed the train. It ten minutes ago.

A. left B. has left C. has been away D. has been left

---Excuse me, when you the girl over there?

---Last year in Beijing. And I her for about one year.

A. have known; have known B. did know; knew

C. did know; have known D. have known; knew

–Do you mind telling me how to restart the computer?

–______. It’s simple. Just press the button here.

A. Yes, I do B. Surely C. Of course D. No, not at all