Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is, we can try to do it ourselves.
How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they'll help people feel relaxed and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, "At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It's a common question, but it will get things going." From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.   
Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn't. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he's really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it's time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the moment of parting. If you're saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, "I've really enjoyed meeting you." If you want to see that person again, don't keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they've known you half their life.
【小题1】Asking questions might be a quite good and suitable way _______.

A．for you to make more and more new friends

B．to begin your business talks

C．to get the conversation going smoothly

D．for you to make a deep and lasting impression on others

【小题2】After having asked somebody a question, it'll be polite of you to _______.

A．make clear what kind of person he is

B．listen to his reply attentively

C．wait quietly and patiently for his answer

D．go on asking him more questions

【小题3】Generally speaking, good talkers are persons who _______.

A．are good at making any topic interesting

B．never talk too much or too little

C．always speak in a gentle way

D．know how and when they should change the topic of the talk

【小题4】If you really want to meet someone again, _______.

A．you may take him as your lifelong true friend

B．it seems necessary for you to let him know it

C．it's proper for you to give him a second handshake

D．it'll be helpful for you to have further understanding of him

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Last month in New Zealand, three dogs learned how to drives cars. T 1.   it sounds like April Foolery, it’s real. These dogs are driving cars. They are just sitting in the cars looking   l 2.  they are driving ; they are, in f 3. , operating the moving vehicles--- first training cars and then Minis. Their f 4.  are working the gas and brake(刹车), their paws are handling the steering wheel(方向盘) and their eyes are scanning the road for bunnies(可爱的女郎).

First, researchers put the dogs through driving school in s 5.  built wooden training cars for eight weeks; then they tested the dogs in modified(改装) Minis.

“We train the dogs to do v 6.  actions,” said Mark Vette, the animal trainer who was teaching the dogs. Touch is the first thing and then we teach them to touch the different objects w 7. right paw and left paw. “They’ve all come through at this point and they’re all going really w 8. ,” he said.

“The dogs have a 9.  amazing things in eight short weeks of training,” Mark said. “Which really s 10. that, with the right environment, how much potential(潜力) all dogs have as family pets”

 

The Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角)is in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the USA. During the past 60 years, more than 1,000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives. It is known as “The Triangle of Death”for its strange seawater and sudden storms. What’s the strangest is the light of the seawater, which looks so bright that it can be seen even from an outer spaceship.
　　At 2:00p.m. on Dec. 5, 1945, five planes took off in fine weather from the airport of Florida, on a training task. Two hours later, the leader in the sky radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also disappeared.
　　One of the largest ship that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship, 500meters long. The weather was good, and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”. No broken ships or dead bodies have been found so far.
　　No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese scientists were there to see what it was really like in 1995, but nothing has been heard of them ever since.
【小题1】 What is the passage mainly about?

A．How the Bermuda Triangle ate up the planes and ships.

B．Why many of the planes and ships have disappeared.

C．Strange accidents happened in the Bermuda Triangle, no one can tell why

D．When the Bermuda Triangle was formed very strangely.

【小题2】 How many planes had lost in December 1945?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Seven.

D．Eight.

【小题3】 What does the underline word “radioed” mean?

A．Wrote sound message using a radio.

B．Listened to sound message using a radio.

C．Sent sound message using a radio.

D．Received sound message using a radio.

【小题4】 Why was the leader in the plane lost?

A．He met with terrible weather.

B．He was losing the right direction.

C．Airport didn’t give him an answer.

D．The reasons are still unknown.

【小题5】 What about the group of Japanese scientists who went to Bermuda?

A．They have also disappeared very strangely.

B．They have not heard of anything important.

C．They are still working hard in Bermuda.

D．They’ve come back, knowing nothing about it.

Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company’s stock (股票) price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills’ school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school’s 420 students learn about economic(经济学). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1^st grade and 5^th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投资).
Then in 6^th grade, they put what they’ve learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.
After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1^st grade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash.
In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. “We bought stock just at the right time,” she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. “It was a good buy,” says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day.
The school’s two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits(利润).
【小题1】 At Bills’ school, students can’t       .

A．learn the basics of economics	B．learn how to invest money
C．get a chance to make money	D．share all the money they make

【小题2】 Who manages the $20,000 in the class?

A．The teachers.	B．The school.
C．The students.	D．The parents.

【小题3】Google stock the kids bought has reached more than ______ at present.

A．$500	B．$400
C．$10,000	D．$20,000

【小题4】According to Paragraph 5, we know that       .

A．Bills’ class bought the Apple stock after the iphone came out

B．it was a mistake for the class to buy Google stock

C．the students get some investing experience in the school

D．the class bought the two kinds of stocks at the same time

【小题5】 What’s the passage mainly about?

A．How students make money in the US.

B．Students learn economics and investing at school.

C．Myles Gage hopes to be a banker one day.

D．What US students hope to do after graduation.

_____ they are very tired, they feel happy because they’ve finally finished their project.

A. So            B. Although      C. If          D. But