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thy. But these are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain~ The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one's country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child's character as what is learned by experience~ The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils' time is spent in classrooms, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. (16) If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

When we play tennis we have to______.

A．use, first, our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles

B．make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time

C．use mainly the arms and legs to hit

D．use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back

thy. But there are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one's country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child's character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils' time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

When we play tennis we have to ______.

A．use, first, our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles

B．make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time

C．use mainly the arms and legs to hit the ball

D．use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back

An effective way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Life itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience, over time. Start by saying to yourself, Okay, for the next five minutes I won’t allow myself to be bothered by anything. I'll be patient. What you’ll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it's only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself.

Once you reach little milestones five minutes of successful patience you’ll begin to see that you do, indeed, have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person.

Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn't life or death but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure. It's really not worth all that. Whether you’re needing to deal with children, your boss, or a difficult person or situation if you don’t want to sweathe small stuff, improving your patience level isa great way to start.

(1)The best title for this selection is ________.

A、The Art of Patience

B、Patience and Perspective

C、Become More Patient

D、The Effective Ways to Patience

(2)Which of the following is not TRUE？

A、Creating actual practice periods is the only effective way to deepen patience.

B、Our intention may strengthen our capacity for patience.

C、Success feeds on patience.

D、We can deepen our patience by practice.

(3)According to the passage, if we want to be patient, ________.

A、we should have 5-minute practice everyday

B、we should reach little milestones—five minutes of successful patience first

C、we could create actual practice periods and practice

D、We should be perspective

(4)With patience, ________.

A、we will see a difficult situation as death

B、we will see a difficulty situation as a minor obstacle

C、we can deal with children, your boss, or a difficult person or situation easily

D、we would never be hurt

(5)Without patience, when we see the same difficult situation, _______.

A、we will cry

B、we regard it as a major emergency

C、we will sweat

D、we will improve our patience level

Be GratefulWhether you are a waiter （wait) or a doctor, your job is about serving others

Be Grateful

Whether you are a waiter (wait) or a doctor, your job is about serving others and making their life better, We have all __41__ (have) experiences where someone __42__(work) in their job has lifted us up and made a __43__(different) to our day or brought us down and made our day worse. We have all met __44__ (real) wonderful people cleaning floors. We have also met people who are not so wonderful but have __45__ (amaze) jobs. So whatever you do, be grateful. This doesn't mean you have to stay in a job you don't like, but it __46__ (help) you develop a more positive attitude. You may not like your job, but you can enjoy being with your __47__ (colleague). This is something to be __48__ (thank) for. When yon practice __49__ (grateful) it allows you to develop a more useful outlook and be __50__ (happy) at your work.

A.don’t speak

B.not to speak

C.not speak

I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen.

Spring cleaning.

I'll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today's busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.

"Honey, what' say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow？" I say.

"Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over？" my husband answers.

But I tell my family, spring cleaning can 't wait. The temperatures has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our. winter's hibernation (冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding "Awake and be clean!".

Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring's first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素) our bodies produce when it's dark. When spring's light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we've been hibernating in for four months.

I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring's arrival. I speak to them about life's greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from the bathtub, which hasn't been properly cleaned since the first snowfall.

"I'll do it," says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home.

"You will？ Wow!" I exclaim.

Maybe after all these years, he's finally grasped the concept. Maybe he's expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he's going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he's being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer.

No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning.

"Awake and be clean!" I say.

According to the passage, ". . . spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp" means that spring cleaning______.

A．is no longer an easy practice to understand

B．is no longer part of modern family life

C．requires more family members to be involved

D．calls for more complicated skills and knowledge

day. To create means”to bring into being, to cause to exist”---something each of us does daily.

We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sense to become aware of our world. This nmay be as simple as being aware of colour and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

A second part of creativity is an ability to see realationships among things. If we believe the expression,” There is nothing new under the sun, ” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way is the camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph. A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results,.To think up a new concept is one thing; to put idea to work is another.

1. Which of th following activities is NOT a creativre one according to the passage？

A. To prepare a meal.

B. To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.

C. To buy some books from a bookstore.

D. To”write” a letter with the computer.

2. The auther holds that_____.

A. creativity is of highly demanded.

B. creativity is connected with a deep insight to some extent.

C. creativity is to create something new and concrete.

D. to practise and practice is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity.

3. ‘’There is nothing new under the sun.” (par.3)really implies that____.

A. we can seldom create new things

B. a new thing is only a tale.

C. a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things.

D. we can scarcely see really new things in the world.

4. What does the auther think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice？

A. It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.

B. To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.

C. One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

D. A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

5. The best title for this passage is_____.

A. Hoe to Cultivate One’s Creativity

B. What is Creativity

C. The Importance of Creativity

D. Creativity—a Not Farway Thing

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Zhang: Mr． George, we are pleased to have the opportunity to meet you here in our company． After you have seen the presentations in our show room, would you tell me which particular items are really of interest to you？

George: I had studied your catalogue before I saw your presentations in the show room． We are interested in your silk dresses． I think there will be a prospective market for some of them in AmericA．Here is a list of our requirements, for which I hope to have your lowest offer, CIF New York．

Zhang: Thank you for your inquiry． Could you please let us know the quantity you require so that we can make the offers？

George: I'll do that． Meanwhile, would you give me an indicative price？

Zhang: SurE．Here are our FOB price lists． All prices in the lists are subject to our final confirmation． You will find the prices are reasonable．

George: What about the commission？

Zhang: Usually, our principle does not allow any commission．

George: From European suppliers, in the regular practice, we usually get a 3 to 5 percent commission for imports． You know, we do business on commission basis． Moreover, a commission will help us to promote sales．

Zhang: Well, if the order is really large enough, we may take the commission into consideration． I think it will be better to consult this when you order the goods．

George: OK． Then I will write down the quantity for each item on the enquiry list． Can you tell me when we can have your offer？

Zhang: Tomorrow morning． Could we meet again tomorrow afternoon for further details？

George: Fine．

worker. It is common corporate practice to phase out full-time employees and hire temporary workers to take on more workload in less time. When facing a pressing deadline, a corporation may pay $15～$20 per hour for a temp worker, but the temp worker will only see $7 or $8 of that money. The rest goes to temp agency, which is usually a corporate chain, such as Kelly Services, that blatantly makes its profits off other people's labor. This increases profits of the corporations because they can increase a workload, get rid of the employee when they're finished, and not worry about paying benefits or unemployment for that employee. I have had to work with temps a few times in my current position, and the workers only want one thing - a full-time job with benefits. We really wanted to hire one temp I was working with, but we could not offer her a full-time job because it would have been a breach in our contract with the temp agency that employed her. To hire a temp full-time, we would have had to pay the agency over a thousand dollars. Through this practice and policy, the temp agency locks its temporary workers into a horrible new form. of servitude form. which the worker cannot break free.

Furthermore, corporate powers push workers to take on bigger workloads, work longer hours, and accept less benefits by instilling a paranoia in their workforce. The capitalist bosses assume dishonesty, disloyalty, and laziness amongst workers, and they breed a sense of guilt and fear through their assumptions. Where guilt doesn't seep in, bitterness, anger, and depression take over, the highest priorities of Big Business are to increase profits and limit liabilities. Personal relations and human needs are last on their list of priorities. So what we see is a huge mass of people who are alienated, disempowered, overworked, mentally and physically ill and who spend the vast majority of their time and energy on their basic survival. They are denied a chance to really "love", because they are forced to make profits for the capitalists in power.

Which of the following can NOT be listed as a reason for corporations' hiring temporary workers and phasing out full-time employees？

A．Corporations intend to leave more workload to temporary workers.

B．Temp workers are generally well-trained and can achieve high efficiency.

C．Corporations can reduce their production cost by employing temp workers.

D．Corporations can benefit a great deal from keeping a small full-time work force.

Hot today， isn‘t it？" one might say. "You said it." another replies.

Why do we talk so much about the weather？ When we meet new people， we don‘t begin by telling them our life story. We start with small talk， a polite conversation about something like traffic or weather.

Research suggests that small talk can build new friendships. When we begin conversations with new people， we want to feel comfortable， and so do they. We use small talk to find common interests. Once we have a common interest， a friendship can begin.

Small talk even helps people get hired. In order to impress at a job interview， you need to bond with the interviewer right away. Proper small talk can make that first impression get you the job.

So， how can you make small talk lead to a new friendship or job？ First off， find common ground. Select something around you that you share with the other person.

Next， keep the conversation going. Compliment （赞美） the other person to make him or her feel comfortable， and ask questions to show interest.

Third， keep eye contact （接触）. When you look people in the eye， they feel you appreciate what they are saying. It makes you appear honest and builds trust.

Naturally， shy people might not have enough confidence to start up conversations with strangers. Talking to someone you don‘t know is not the easiest thing to do! Some experts say with more practice， small talk does get easier.

Some people avoid small talk because they dislike discussing things like traffic or weather. For them， they are just too small. However， when you think about it， small talk is anything but small. In fact， it is actually a very big deal!

Title Small Talk: A Big （76）____

Introduction

We are likely to make small talk when we （77）____ meet people.

（78）____

？ Small talk can help people form. （79）____ friendships.

？ Small talk can also help people Ret a （80）____.

Advice

？ Find some topics （81）____ with the other person.

？ Keep the talk going by making compliments and （82）____ questions. ？ Keep eye contact in conversation to build （83）____.

？ （84）____ more in order to make small talk easier.

Conclusion

Small talk really （85）____ a lot to us.