There are so many possible hobbies.Choose one-or possibly ____1 one-that suits you.A hobby should be something that when you get up in the morning on your day ____2,you will be able to
say,Great,today I can enjoy my hobby,"or"I can't wait to get home ____3 work,because my hobby is waiting for me!"You should be so absorbed when doing your hobby that you may even losetrack of time.A hobby can bring tremendous joy and satisfaction to the young or old.Start out ____4 making a list of all the possible hobbies you even think you would be interested in.Search your mind back to when you were younger too.Maybe your drawing or painting was hung in the hall at your grammar school _____5 it was so good or possibly you remember doing your own tune up on your car and how proud you were.At this point you just want to list a lot ofpossibilities,no matter how odd they may seem.
First, know your goals.If you don't know where you're going, you're likely to end up anywhere,or even nowhere.The action plan should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timed(SMART).It will take you toward the completion of that goal.
Next, list the necessary strategies that will be used to realize the goals.Be clear about very important events, and also any hidden difficulties you may meet.Break large tasks into smaller ones.Set deadlines for each task.Without clear deadlines, some tasks may never get completed.
Thirdly, follow your plan and don't stop until it's finished.Once your plan is made and shared with the team, the next step is simple: take daily action and make sure that everyone is doing their part.
Finally, change the date if you must, but never give up on the goals.Sometimes unexpected situations and events can appear and prevent you from finishing the tasks on time.If this happens, do not be discouraged –change your plan and continue working to meet your goals.
1.Whether you need to have a clear action plan depends on what kind of project you do.()
2.SMART stands for “suitable, measurable, achievable, relevant, timed”.()
3.When making an action plan, you'd better take possible difficulties into consideration.()
4.Don't change your plan even if some unexpected events happen.()
5.This passage is mainly about how to make a good action plan.()
Then you place them in order of importance.The most important should be on top of the list.Once you are clear on your standards, you may get some idea of how your future boss operates by the way the interview is conducted.For example, did it start and finish on time? How formal or informal was the room?
When the interview gets to the "Do you have any questions?" stage, you might like to ask some questions.With well-prepared questions, you can develop a very good idea of your future boss's management style.
36、Many people leave an organization because ______.
A.the boss doesn't like the employees
B.they don't like the boss
C.the organization is not good
D.the organization is not important
37、If you place your questions in order of importance, you ______.
A.put the least important first
B.put the longest question first
C.put the most important last
D.put the most important first
38、You can judge your future boss by the following EXCEPT ______.
A.whether the interview started on time
B.whether the interview room was formal
C.whether the boss played funny jokes
D.whether the interview finished on time
39、From this passage we get to know ______.
A.the interviewee can ask any question to the interviewer
B.the interviewer asks many difficult questions to the interviewee
C.the interviewer asks questions first
D.the interviewee asks questions first
40、The best title for this passage might be ______.
A.How to Get Along with Your New Boss
B.How to Ask Your New Boss Questions
C.How to Select Your New Boss
D.How to Prepare for Interview
It doesn’t have to be that bad.Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech-making.First of all, it is important to plan.Find out everything you can about your subject.And, at the same time, find out as much as you can about your audience.Who are they? Why are they coming to hear you speak? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech.
Ask yourself the purpose of your speech.What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? There are many possible speaking roles, and each one has its own special characteristics.Don’t spoil your speech by confusing one speaking role with another.
When you are making your speech, try to relax.Speak slowly and clearly and look at people in your audience.Use simple vocabulary and expressions whenever possible.Pause for a few seconds now and then to give your audience a chance to think about what you have said.
If you follow these steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking.
1.According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT true?()
A.We may make mistakes when making a public speech
B.Most of us don’t know how to make a good public speech
C.We may think that we can never make a good speech
D.Every one of us hopes to have the chance to speak in public
2.What does “put yourself in their shoes” in paragraph2 mean?()
A.Be sure to wear nice clothing when you give your speech
B.Try on their shoes to see if they fit you
C.Take your shoes off when making your speech
D.Try to imagine how they think and feel about your speech
3.What if you confuse one speaking role with another?()
A.You will spoil yourself
B.Your speech will become a complete success
C.You will ruin your speech and make it a failure
D.You will spoil your audience.
4.While making a speech, you are NOT supposed to _______.
A.speak slowly and clearly
B.look at people in your audience
C.use simple vocabulary and expression whenever possible
D.be serious
5.What is the passage mainly about?()
A.The pleasure in making a public speech
B.One should always make a short speech
C.How to overcome your tension
D.How to improve your speaking ability
Do you know how to study better and make your study more effective(有效的)?We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long().This is very good, but it doesn’t () a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise.Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places.It’s good for your study.
When you return () your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒)and you’ll learn more ()study better.Psychologists(心理学家) () that learning takes place this way.Here take English learning () an example.First you make a lot of progress and feel happy.Then your language study seems ()the same.So you will think you’re learning ()and you may give up.This can last for days or even weeks, yet you needn’t give up.At some point your language study will again take another big ().You’ll see that you really have been learning all along.If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and () .Don’t give up along the way.Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.
(1)A.days
B.time
C.hours
D.weeks
(2)A.help
B.give
C.make
D.take
(3)A.after
B.for
C.at
D.to
(4)A.yet
B.and
C.or
D.but
(5)A.have found
B.have taught
C.told
D.said
(6)A.with
B.for
C.as
D.to
(7)A.to have
B.to make
C.to take
D.to stay
(8)A.something
B.anything
C.nothing
D.everything
(9)A.work
B.jump
C.walk
D.result
(10)A.hard
B.common
C.interesting
D.possible
Trees should only be pruned (修剪, 整枝) when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and, fortunately, the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way. First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus causing wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventing the free movement of air. One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but it is a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as possible. It is essential to make the wound on the tree which has been pruned smooth and clean for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference from the leaves and it is. too very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed. If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly.
Pruning is probably usually done to______.
A.make the small branches thicker
B.get rid of the small branches
C.improve the shape of the tree
D.make the tree grow taller
A second reason for writing a letter of complaint to a vendor is to seek redress.You may not wish to pursue the matter so far as to take legal action, but you may wish to give the vendor the opportunity of making good.Most vendors value your business and their reputation sufficiently to replace defective goods, resupply work that did not meet specifications, or refund money when necessary.No vendor likes to do so, but your carefully worded letter of complaint may motivate him to do so.
When you write a letter of complaint, you'd better keep these TIPS in mind: First, be courteous though firm.You will not win a vendor's cooperation by anger.Secondly, be reasonable.Show logically and factually that the fault lies with the vendor or his claims.The vendor should be impressed with your fairness and quiet grasp of the facts in the matter.Thirdly, be specific about what is wrong.Be equally specific about what you want done about it.Lastly, tell how you have been hurt or inconvenienced by the problem.This strengthens your argument for redress.
1.How many pieces of advice does the author list to voice your dissatisfaction?
A.Two B.Three C.Four D.Five
2.What is the best way the author thinks to seek redress?
A.to take legal actionB.to let the vendor make good voluntarily
C.to urge the vendor to make goodD.to quarrel with the vendor
3.What does the word “TIPS”(Para.3, Line 1) refer to?
A.money for personal service B.pieces of advice
C.thin end of something D.rubbish can
4.Which one is NOT true according to the passage?
A.You are seldom satisfied with the products you bought.
B.You'd better word your dissatisfaction firmly and politely.
C.The vendor can also benefit from your complaint.
D.You write a letter to get compensation.
5.What's the main purpose of you writing a letter of complaint?
A.to break off a deal B.to lower the vendor's reputation
C.to get compensation D.to give vent to your anger
This involves a change of attitude in many ways. Although the process has been going on since you went to middle school, the biggest change is going to take place. Now, instead of taking several subjects, you have chosen one major subject because you find it interesting and worth exploring further. The choice was yours. You also have the goal of getting a degree . The degree and the stages you have to pass through to achieve it give you motivation, even though it may become weak from time to time, and not all parts of the course will be exciting; a sure way to lose interest is to do too little work. It is a law of diminishing returns - the less work you do, the less interest you will have and the more bored you will become. So, regular work is needed to keep up your interest as well as to keep pace with new work.
Another change is in the relationship with teachers. This may well have changed during middle school and high school, but now the whole context is different. You are no longer forced to slay in school all day, and apart from your class time, you organize your own time and place for studying. You are there to study (an active process) rather than to be taught (passive). Your teachers may or may not urge you, but they do want you to share their interest in the subject and they want you to succeed.
Some activities, like discussing and reading, are basic to studying. Make sure that you are doing these efficiently.
Group discussions give you a chance to train yourself to speak and discuss more effectively.
Theywill fail in their purpose if you keep silent—and if you start off this way, the harder it will become to get out of the situation of being the non-speaking member of the group. In the future you are almost certainly going to have to be good at speaking, so get into the way of talking about your subject now. This is actually more fun than sitting being silently miserable because you are not saving anything. Nobody will think what you say is foolish. Everyone will be thankful not to face awkward silence.
55. When does a person start to study professionally?
A)The time when he starts a profession.
B)The time when he goes to university.
C)The time when he knows how to study.
D)The time when he goes to high school.
56. Which of the following is not unique to university?
A)Students have to choose one major subject.
B)The goal of study is to get a degree.
C)Students need to work hard.
D)Students organize their own time for studying.
57. University teachers().
A)don’t care about students’performance
B)hope students can share their interest in
C)force students to stay in school all day
D)know nothing about their students
58.Who does the underlined word”they”refer to?
A)University teachers.
B)Group discussions.
C)University students.
D)The topics of discussions.
Most of us have probably been angry with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps they said something you didn't like, or you felt they were unfair. Sometimes people can stay angry for years about a small problem. Time goes by, and good friendship may be lost.
When we are angry, however, we are usually the ones affected. Perhaps we have seen young children playing together. Sometimes they have disagreements, and decide not to talk to each other. However, this usually does not last for long. This is an important lesson for us to learn.
25、What is the writer?()
A.A shopkeeper
B.A doctor
C.A student
D.A dentist
26、What is the main idea of the passage?()
A.How to deal with problems
B.How to do at school
C.How to behave with families
D.How to talk to each other
27、What will happen if people stay angry for long according to the text?()
A.They feel unfair
B.They may get sick
C.Good friendship may be lost
D.They may miss each other
28、From the passage, we know an important lesson for us is()
A.playing together
B.learning to forget
C.staying angry
D.feeling unfair
Deer leave the high ground and come down from the mountains before a storm.If you see this, you can be sure that there will be a storm within two days.When you see large numbers of sea crabs on a sandy beach, it is time to leave.A change in air pressure over the water warns the crabs that a storm is coming.To escape the stormy sea pounding the shore, they leave the water and seek shelter on land.
Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many ways.For example, some birds become easily annoyed and will fight over a piece of bread.Other birds sing just before a storm.It seems they know they won't get another chance for an hour or two.Birds also seek shelter before a storm.You will sometimes see birds resting in trees or staying closely together on a wire near a building.This is a good storm signal.
Seabirds sit out a storm on land.Anytime you see seagulls sitting on the ground in large groups, reluctant to fly, it is not a very good day to go sailing.It is unusual to see large groups of birds flying overhead in the summertime.Watch for other weather signs if you see this.You should also stay alert if you see migrating birds flying in the wrong direction.These birds may be flying ahead of a storm.And if you can't see a bird anywhere, look out! They may have flown to a different place because a violent storm is coming in their direction.
1.What's the main idea of the passage?
A.How to pay close attention to important clues in nature.
B.How to become prepared for any kind of weather.
C.How to predict weather changes by wildlife.
D.What to do when we see the weather signs.
2.When a storm is surely coming in two days, ________.
A.some birds become easily annoyed and fight with each other
B.deer leave the high ground and come down from the mountains
C.large number of sea crabs move on a sandy beach
D.field mice come out of their holes and run around
3.What wildlife indicates particularly well that a storm is coming?
A.Seagulls.
B.Sea crabs.
C.Field mice.
D.Birds.
4.How can you know it's not a good day to go sailing?
A.Migrating birds are flying in the wrong direction.
B.You can't see a bird anywhere.
C.Seagulls are sitting on the ground in large groups.
D.Birds are flying overhead in the summertime.
5.What does the want to say?
A.Wildlife is a good helper to predict the weather.
B.Wildlife is more efficient in predicting the weather.
C.People need to find out about the weather change.
D.Get prepared before a violent storm is coming.