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After a very busy afternoon, as I walked into my hous
e, I heard the phone ringing. It was my friend Lydia, upset over an argument with her husband. My usual approach is to offer advice, but this time, extremely tired from chores, I simply pulled off my coat, sat down in a chair and listened to my friend's f
rustration and sadness. Without the disturbance of judgment or the desire to comfort her, I stayed totally quiet while she talked. Eventually Lydia's depression eased and we said our goodbyes. The next day she phoned to thank me. "I'm so grateful for the way you helped me through this," she said.
At first I was surprised. After all, I had done nothing except be there for her. But after I had my own venting(发泄的) experience with another friend later that evening, I realized that my focused silence had some value. In fact, most relationship experts agree that talk is cheap; it's listening that's rare and valuable. It allows you not only to hear what the other person is saying, but also to have a clear understanding of her thoughts and feelings. And for the speaker, that level of understanding translates into concern and respect.
Unfortunately, listening isn't as easy as it sounds. Thanks to schedules filled with family and work, multitasking has become the barrier(障碍) to listening. My tiredness may have been the only thing stopping me from folding laundry or checking my e-mail while Lydia talked that afternoon.
Another barrier to listening is our listening system: Most of us take in only about half of what's being said during a conversation, according to the International Listening Association. Research shows that we speak at 125 to 150 words per minute, yet think at 500 words a minute. Therefore, because we think much more quickly than we speak, it is easy for us to lose our concentration when listening to speakers.
While it can be hard to focus at times, it's a skill worth developing. With a little practice — employing some techniques— you can become a better listener.
【小题1】 In Paragraph 2, the author mainly talks abou
t ____.
| A．the importance of listening | B．the importance of venting anger |
| C．her own listening experience | D．her own venting experience |
| A．we think much more quickly than we speak |
| B．we can only understand about half of what we hear |
| C．there is not much thinking time available while we are listening |
D．we lose our concentration easily while we are listen ing |
| A．Why listening is valuable. | B．What we should do while listening |
| C．How to become a good listener | D．How to stop drifting off while listening. |
The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had 1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influence from 3 town. .
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life Because 6 was the index（指数） of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation.
8 ，over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it. ” People 9 without pressure and could do 10 they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t care 11 the students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 12 sipping coffee and doing nothing. 13 the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had slightest thought of moving 14 , either for themselves or for the town. The computer they used were 15 models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life 17 ?” But, just be- fore life in the two towns completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, 18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 19 walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town people 20 to realize the truth — There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don’t go to extremes.
1．A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
2．A．keep out B．look out C．work out D．give out
3．A．another B．any C．other D．the other
4．A．gave B．took C．offered D．brought
5．A．loud B．louder C．loudest D．loudly
6．A．health B．healthy C．wealth D．wealthy
7．A．busy B．lazy C．easy D．hard
8．A．Meanwhile B．At that time C．At one time D．Once in a while
9．A．got up B．grew up C．set up D．brought up
10．A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
11．A．what B．who C．where D．whether
12．A．all way B．all night C．all way long D．all day long
13．A．Thanks to B．Because C．As a result D．According to
14．A．backward B．forward C．upward D．downward
15．A．new B．old C．right D．advanced
16．A．work B．money C．drugs D．books
17．A．for B．at C．in D．to
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19．A．pulled down B．put down C．went down D．wrote down
20．A．went B．returned C．happened D．came
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| The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had 1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influence from 3 town. In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There were violent competitions in every aspect of life. Because 6 was the index (指数) of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation. 8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was "As long as you like it, do it." People 9 without pressure and could do 10 they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn't care 11 the students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 12 sipping coffee and doing nothing. 13 the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had slightest thought of moving 14 , either for themselves or for the town. The computer they used were 15 models from Pressure. Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, "What is life 17 ?" But, just before life in the two towns completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, 18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 19 walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town people 20 to realize the truth-There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don't go to extremes. | ||||
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Traveling on the Information Superhighway
In the early 1990s, few people outside of governments and universities had ever heard the term internet. The World Wide Web was in its infancy（初期）, Back then if you said to someone, “Send me an e-mail with directions to your house.” All you would have received is a puzzled look . Technology has come a long way since those days. Today, the Internet connects millions of computers around the globe, making a worldwide exchange of information possible.
The Internet is often called the “information superhighway.” That’s because vast amounts of information travel over it. If you searched the word grasshopper, for instance, you would have thousands of sites to look at. Some sites would give information on these insects. Other sites would be companies with “grasshopper” in their names. Still other sites might want to sell you books about grasshoppers.
In addition to information, the Internet also offers one of the greatest inventions in communications, electronic mail, or e-mail for short. E-mail is the brainchild of a shrewd（精明的）man named Ray Tomlison. He developed the program and sent himself the first e-mail in 194. He isn’t sure, but he thinks his first message was QWERTYUIOP （ the top row of letters on a key-board）. As a result of Tomlinson’s invention of e-mail, the way in which the world communicates has changed.
Thanks to e-mail, you can communicate with a student in London and find out how his weather experiment is going. E-mail has also changed the speed with which we exchange information. In minutes, you can contact another person who shares your love of kites or stamps. Your aunt and uncle can send you pictures of their new puppy without ever leaving their home. If you are sick and can’t attend school, your teacher can e-mail you the assignments you have missed. You can even send e-mail to a grasshopper expert and ask questions for a research paper.
However, there is one big disadvantage when you use e-mail. Unlike a letter you send through the mail, e-mail is NOT private. It can be reviewed by anyone with access to your receiver’s computer. Your receiver could also forward it to other people—so be careful. Do not say anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t say in front of crowd!
| The internet | ||||
| The internet offers information to us. | The internet enables us to （1） in a new way. | |||
| We can （2） information throughout the world, because the internet can connect millions of computers. | The internet is often called the “information super high-way”, because vast amount of information travel over it. | Thanks to （3） , we can keep in touch with others wherever we are. | ||
| It has changed （4） of talking. Through it, we can talk with our students in London about the weather experiment. | It has also enables us to exchange information at （5） speed than traditional communicative methods. Within a short time, it lets us （6） mother person who has internet in （7） . It also helps us to send information without leaving home. | （8） the advantages, we should （9） when using it. Because it may not be （10） if someone has access to our receivers’ computer. | ||
We’re surrounded by chemistry in everyday life. Sometimes it is easy to see, like when your science teacher does a big experiment in class. At other times, it can be pretty hard to see everyday chemistry at work, but nearly everything you touch or use has some element of chemistry in it.
Something as simple as toothpaste contains at least three chemicals, if not more. It is the mixture of them and its chemical reaction that keeps your teeth clean. Other things you use every day are created by chemistry, such as hair products, shampoo and soap. Adding detergent (洗涤剂) to water involves chemistry. Without chemistry, we would never have known that we need soap to get the oil out of clothes or skin. Chemistry not only helps us make products for use, but it also helps us understand the world around us. Chemistry helps us understand what the ozone layer (臭氧层) is and how it protects us. Chemistry also gives us sunscreen to protect us from the sun. Thanks to chemistry, we know bleach (漂白剂) can’t be mixed with vinegar(醋), because it can produce poisonous gas.Without chemistry, we wouldn’t have fireworks displays on important days.
Chemistry plays a big role in food preparation. Cooking food causes it to go through a chemical change. That is why cooked food often tastes different from raw food. Baking is a great example of chemistry. Too much or too little of any ingredient（成分，尤指烹饪） makes a difference to the result of baking, for example, the dough (面团) won’t rise or the cake will be flat.
Chemistry isn’t something that just lives in a lab; it’s something that you meet hundreds of times every day. Knowing how chemistry works will give you a greater understanding of the science behind some of the simplest-looking things.
【小题1】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?
| A．Chemistry is easy to see around us. |
| B．Sometimes chemistry is hard to see around us. |
| C．How a science teacher does a big experiment. |
| D．Few things in everyday life contain chemistry. |
| A．cleaning teeth with toothpaste |
| B．washing hair with hair products |
| C．using soap to get the oil out of clothes |
| D．washing your face with water |
| A．harmful | B．healthy | C．fresh | D．pleasant |
| A．One can’t find chemistry when cooking food. |
| B．Chemistry plays an important part in food mak-ing. |
| C．That dough rises is nothing to do with chemistry. |
| D．A flat cake is the result of too many ingredients. |
| A．Chemistry Around the House |
| B．Chemistry in Science |
| C．Chemistry for Dinner |
| D．Chemistry in everyday life |
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