Certainly people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you’ve 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 (技巧) that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they will help you put people at ease, and make friends with them quickly.

First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy they are, will answer a question. One well-known businessman says. “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did this 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 they answer will let you know how far you can go.

Second, once good talkers have asked questions they listen for the answer. 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 (专心地).

Real listening means certain things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation (对话). If someone sticks to (坚持) one topic (话题), you can take it as a fact that he’ll be really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones (语调) 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 occasion (场合) of parting. If you’re saying goodbye, 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 secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.

64. You’ll like to stay with certain people because ________.

       A. they know how to get along with others  

       B. you can often get much help from them

       C. they are always glad to do anything for you

       D. they will never get you into trouble

65. Asking questions might be quite a good way ________.

       A. for you to make more and more new friends

       B. to begin your business talks

       C. to get the conversation going well

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

66. After having asked somebody a question, it’ll be polite of you to ________.

       A. make clear what kink of person he is

       B. listen to his answer attentively

       C. wait quietly and patiently for his answer

       D. talk with others

67. 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

We certainly know that our universe exists, but this knowledge alone has not satisfied human’s long search for further understanding. Our curiosity has led us to question our place in this universe and even the place of the universe itself. Throughout (贯穿) time we have asked ourselves these questions: How did our universe begin? How old is our universe? How did matter come to exist? Obviously, these are not simple questions. Throughout our brief history on this planet much time and effort has been spent looking for some clue (线索). Yet, after all this energy has been used up, much of what we know is still only speculation (推测).

However, we have come a long way from the beginnings of the study of cosmology and the origins of the universe. Through the understandings of modern science, we have been able to provide firm theories for some of the answers that we once called speculation. True to the nature of science, most of these answers have only led to more interesting and complex (复杂的) questions. 

 It will be impossible to deal with all of the questions about the creation of everything that we know as reality in this short passage, but an attempt will be made to deal with certain basic questions of our being. It will be important to keep in mind that all of this information is often being questioned and reevaluated (再评估) in order to understand the universe more clearly. For our purposes, through an examination of what is known about the Big Bang itself and the age of the universe, we believe that we can begin to answer several of these key questions.

63. We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.

A. human beings needn’t have tried to know about the universe

B. human beings have no ability to know about the universe at all

C. Curiosity has helped human beings to know the universe well

D. It is difficult for human beings to know the universe very well

64. According to the passage, ________ helps people answer some complex questions.

A. curiosity        B. science        C. speculation        D. history

65. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. We will find the answers to all the questions about the universe soon.

B. Much work needs to be done to know more about the universe.

C. Some of the speculations about the universe have proved true.

D. The Big Bang is a very important theory to know about the universe.

    A certain student passed all his examinations．Then he went to college to continue his   1   ．There he put down his name for a course in geography．but after the first   2   ，he did not go to it any more．

    The geography lecturer   3   that this student was always   4   and thought that the student had changed to another course，so he was   5   when he saw the boy’s name on the   6   of students who want to take the geography   7   at the end of this year．

    The lecturer had prepared a   8   examination paper，which followed his lectures very closely，and he was   9   to see how this student would answer the questions．He   10   that the boy’s answers would be very bad，but when they   11   him soon after the exam and he examined them   12   ，he was able to find only one small mistake in them．   13   this surprised him very much，he examined the paper again and again but was   14   not able to find more than that one small mistake so he   15   for the student to question him about his work．

    When the student came into the room and sat down，the lecturer said to him，“I   16   that you came to my first lecture and you have been absent from all the others．But now I have examined your   17    very carefully and I have been able to find one small mistake in it．I am   18   to know your explanation for that．”

    “Oh，I am very   19   about that mistake。” answered the student．“After the examination，I realized what I ought to have   20   ．I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused(搞乱) by your first lecture．”

1．A．classes

B．studies

C．researches

D．work

2．A．week

B．lecture

C．time

D．sight

3．A．heard

B．noticed

C．wondered

D．believed

4．A．absent

B．late

C．lazy

D．careless

5．A．surprised

B．angry

C．pleased

D．regretful

6．A．exam papers

B．list

C．desk

D．letters

7．A．subject

B．test

C．cotes

D．course

8．A．simple

B．difficult

C．secret

D．strange

9．A．sure

B．worried

C．glad

D．eager

10．A．hoped

B．discovered

C．expected

D．checked

11．A．showed

B．gave

C．handed

D．reached

12．A．hurriedly

B．carefully

C．anxiously

D．quickly

13．A．So

B．But

C．Though

D．As

14．A．still

B．certainly

C．even

D．luckily

15．A．eared

B．searched

C．sent

D．looked

16．A．promise

B．know

C．advice

D．guess

17．A．lessons

B．paper

C．notebook

D．exercises

18．A．disappointment

B．easy

C．satisfied

D．curious

19．A．sorry

B．sad

C．nervous

D．worried

20．A．done

B．made

C．written

D．got

    The geography lecturer   3   that this student was always   4   and thought that the student had changed to another course，so he was   5   when he saw the boy’s name on the   6   of students who want to take the geography   7   at the end of this year．

    The lecturer had prepared a   8   examination paper，which followed his lectures very closely，and he was   9   to see how this student would answer the questions．He   10   that the boy’s answers would be very bad，but when they   11   him soon after the exam and he examined them   12   ，he was able to find only one small mistake in them．   13   this surprised him very much，he examined the paper again and again but was   14   not able to find more than that one small mistake so he   15   for the student to question him about his work．

    When the student came into the room and sat down，the lecturer said to him，“I   16   that you came to my first lecture and you have been absent from all the others．But now I have examined your   17    very carefully and I have been able to find one small mistake in it．I am   18   to know your explanation for that．”

    “Oh，I am very   19   about that mistake。” answered the student．“After the examination，I realized what I ought to have   20   ．I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused(搞乱) by your first lecture．”

1．A．classes

B．studies

C．researches

D．work

2．A．week

B．lecture

C．time

D．sight

3．A．heard

B．noticed

C．wondered

D．believed

4．A．absent

B．late

C．lazy

D．careless

5．A．surprised

B．angry

C．pleased

D．regretful

6．A．exam papers

B．list

C．desk

D．letters

7．A．subject

B．test

C．cotes

D．course

8．A．simple

B．difficult

C．secret

D．strange

9．A．sure

B．worried

C．glad

D．eager

10．A．hoped

B．discovered

C．expected

D．checked

11．A．showed

B．gave

C．handed

D．reached

12．A．hurriedly

B．carefully

C．anxiously

D．quickly

13．A．So

B．But

C．Though

D．As

14．A．still

B．certainly

C．even

D．luckily

15．A．eared

B．searched

C．sent

D．looked

16．A．promise

B．know

C．advice

D．guess

17．A．lessons

B．paper

C．notebook

D．exercises

18．A．disappointment

B．easy

C．satisfied

D．curious

19．A．sorry

B．sad

C．nervous

D．worried

20．A．done

B．made

C．written

D．got

—Will you please repeat your idea?

—Certainly. But I think it certain you ________ your attention.

1. A.
   don't pay
2. B.
   didn't pay
3. C.
   weren't paying
4. D.
   aren't paying