In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language.   

A. the; a     B. a; a   C. the; the        D. a; the   

Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing ________ a stepping-stone to future success.

A. to                     B. for                    C. as                            D. by

It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite, it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.  

I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers’ opinions. One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we’re often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down. Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work. .  

Different from popular belief ,we do not usually think in the works and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas （known as “mentalese”）, and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language . But while mentalese contains our  thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry （织锦），writing can only be composed one thread at a time . Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple. It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produces new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.  

When people write as if some strict critics （批评家） are looking over their shoulder , they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start. Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem. When writing we should have two different minds. At the first stage, we should see every idea, as well as the words we use to express it ,as wonderful and worth putting down . It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.  

What do we learn from the text about those famous writers? 

A. They often regret writing poor works 

B. Some of them write surprisingly much.  

C. Many of them hate reading their own works 

D. They are happy to review the publishers’ opinions.  

What do people generally believe about the way human minds work? 

A. People think in words and sentences.  

B. Human ideas are translated into symbols 

C. People think by connecting threads of ideas.  

D. Human thoughts are expressed through pictures. 

What can we conclude from the text? 

A. Most people believe we think in symbols.  

B. Loving our own writing is scientifically reasonable.  

C. The writers and critics can never reach an agreement.  

D. Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work.  

Use your head. Nothing taught by others can have the same effect on you as _____ is learned by yourself.  

    A. what        B. those         C. that        D. the one

Although Tom agreed with her on most points, here was one _____ which he was unwilling to give in.

   A. on           B. in         C. to            D. with 

The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouraged __________ there for a sightseeing.

us from going     B. us to go     C. our going     D. our to go

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，不仅要善于言表、更要学会倾听。请你根据下面所提供的几个方面的信息，写一篇为 “Being a Good Listener”的英文演讲稿。

   1、为何倾听： 表示尊重，增进理解，建立良好的人际关系……

   2、谁来倾听：家长倾听孩子， 理解孩子，消除代沟，……老师倾听学生，了解学生，满足需求，……同学相互倾听，增进友谊，互帮互学，……

   3、怎样倾听：（请考生联系自己拟定内容，列举两至三点。）

   注意：对所给要点，不要逐一简单翻译陈述，可以适当发挥。

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Good afternoon, everyone!

     The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”.____________________________

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Thanks for your listening!

John was dismissed last week because of his____attitude towards his job.

A．informal    B．casual    C．determined     D．earnest

The incomes of skilled workers went up. ____ , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A. Moreover    B. Therefore    C. Meanwhile    D. Otherwise

John is very lazy. He falls ______ behind in his studies.

A. very                  B. far                C. more              D. still