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I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems . With high academic standards and a competitive , I don’t just like losing and I also can’t it. I need to beat the students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my , saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I then I am lost. Today I was sitting in class trying to the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen while still glancing at my study sheet . When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and . And then I found myself wishing she would be so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good . You’re so easy to talk to. ”I froze. I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to . I passed the test excellently despite my of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what to me most? What I have is all about my personal and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy. 1.A. usualB. helpless C. unfortunateD. natural 2.A. spiritB. sport C. schoolD. market 3.A. takeB. recommend C. standD. help 4. A. ordinaryB. top C. handsomeD. strong 5.A. strengthB. appearance C. gradesD. tricks 6.A. inventB. expect C. copyD. hide 7.A. saveB. spend C. collectD. cost 8.A. WhenB. AfterC. BecauseD. Before 9. A. rudelyB. bitterly C. excitedlyD. politely 10. A. in no timeB. on time C. for a long timeD. now and then 11.A. refusedB. worked C. agreedD. waited 12. A. quietB. gentle C. prettyD. safe 13. A. talkerB. listener C. lecturerD. teacher 14.A. angrilyB. carelessly C. disappointedlyD. gladly 15. A. alarmB. gather C. participateD. shout 16.A. fearB. joy C. worryD. possession 17. A. given upB. focused on C. complained ofD. dreamed of 18. A. happensB. matters C. appealsD. devotes 19. A. successB. failure C. depressionD. health 20.A. alwaysB. everC. muchD. never
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Beware of those who use the truth to deceive(欺骗). When someone tells you something that is , but leaves out important information that should be , he can create a false impression. For example, someone might say, “I just a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and it in for one hundred dollars!” This guy is a winner, ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big ! He didn’t say anything that was , but he deliberately left out some important . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically , but they are just as not . Untrustworthy candidates in campaigns often use this tactic(手段). Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, the state lost one million jobs and three million jobs. Then she another term. One of her opponents runs an ad , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!”That’s true. , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of million jobs. ” Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the . An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples. ”It to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation. This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well. 1.A. falseB. true C. interestingD. boring 2.A. includedB. contained C. ignoredD. referred 3.A. lostB. found C. donatedD. won 4.A. changedB. took C. turnedD. made 5.A. rightB. wellC. reallyD. though 6.A. booksB. papers C. ticketsD. balls 7.A. winnerB. loser C. fighterD. thinker 8.A. trueB. real C. doubtfulD. false 9.A. detailsB. information C. mistakesD. errors 10.A. storiesB. truth C. messagesD. lies 11. A. pleasantB. exciting C. honestD. clever 12.A. politicalB. commercial C. personalD. public 13.A. stoppedB. found C. avoidedD. gained 14.A. seeksB. gets C. achievesD. searches 15.A. writingB. telling C. sayingD. speaking 16.A. OtherwiseB. However C. MeanwhileD. Because 17. A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four 18.A. forB. to C. againstD. in 19.A. wordsB. facts C. dataD. truth 20.A. failsB. tries C. managesD. plans
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