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Q & A
Question: I have recently got a senior position within my company．One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting, I presented and then opened the floor to questions. 1. _ My first reaction was to answer defensively(防卫地;戒备地). Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way. But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?
Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers (同事) is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify (使……清楚) the message and strengthen key points． 2.__
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When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification.
● Buy time
When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately. Buy time by repeating the question in your own words. 4. These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．
● Suggest a private meeting.
A one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers． 5.
A．Show your true interest.
B．Restate the question with respect.
C．Some ideas can be quite concrete.
D．There were many difficult questions.
E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas.
F．You may also ask for clarification on the question.
G．Here are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting.
More than 30,000 people went to the White House on Monday for the 136th Easter Egg Roll (复活节滚彩蛋). President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the event by inviting thousands of kids to color and look for eggs. The theme(主题) of the day was “Hop Into Healthy, Swing Into Shape.” It was part of the First Lady s“Let' s Move!”program to reduce obesity rates (肥胖率) among American kids. Mrs. Obama spoke to young reporters about her goal(目标) to get children to eat right and keep moving.
“We are working to make sure that kids born today grow up healthy, learn how to have balanced meals, and get more physical activity into their lives,” she said.
Mrs. Obama said she wants children across the nation to understand that "exercise isn't just hard work, it' s play. If you're running around with your dog, you're getting exercise. If you walk up the stairs, that's exercise. But if you're sitting in front of the TV or on a computer game, you're not exercising.”
The First Lady said that for kids who have balanced meals most of the time, having a special snack, like chocolate, will not hurt. "And if you are active, you can splurge (挥霍) a little more," she said. Mrs. Obama’s favorite "splurge food" is French fries. But she balances her splurging by exercising almost every day. She loves to play tennis and she practices yoga.
“A lot of kids look up to(敬仰) athletes, and I think it's important for athletes to share their good habits,” Mrs. Obama said. "Kids aren' t just going to wake up and be LeBron James. He's practicing and eating right and working out and training. Our athletes can be really good messengers to kids who look up to them — they can say to kids, ‘If you really want to be like me, then you really do need to eat your vegetables.’”
1.The purpose of the “Let’s Move!” program is to ________.
A. help kids keep healthy
B. train more young reporters
C. encourage kids to eat more eggs
D. invite kids to visit the White House
2.In Mrs. Obama’s opinion, exercise ________.
A. can be fun to do
B. means hard work
C. should be done outdoors
D. requires special equipment
3.“Splurge food” is allowed to be eaten when ________.
A. you don' t hurt yourself
B. you have a special snack
C. you never eat French fries
D. you eat right and stay active
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. All kids want to be LeBron James.
B. It is very easy to form good habits.
C. Athletes can set a good example for kids.
D. Kids like the messages the athletes give them.
Hetty Robinson learnt all about money when very young. As a child, she read the financial (金融的) pages of the newspaper to her rich father. Her father died when Hetty was 30, and she inherited $1 million. When she herself died in 1916, she left almost $100 million to her two children.
Hetty made her money on the New York stock (股票) exchange. She was a financial genius. She made money so easily that people called her the Witch of Wall Street. But although she was one of the richest women in the world, she counted every cent and spent as little as possible. She didn’t own a house, because she didn’t want to pay taxes. So she and her children lived in cheap hotels. She spent almost nothing on clothes, and always wore the same long black dress. She washed it herself, but to save soap she only washed the bottom of the dress, where it touched the ground. Other people had their own offices, but Hetty used a desk in the bank where she kept her money, because it didn’t cost anything. She sat in the bank and ate her sandwiches while she bought and sold stocks and shares. If the bank complained, she just moved all her money to another bank.
Hetty’s family paid the price for her meanness. When she was 33 she married a millionaire, Edward Green, and they had two children. But Green lost all his money, so she left him. When her son, Ned, injured his knee, Hetty didn’t want to pay for a doctor, so she took him to a free hospital for poor people. Unfortunately the doctor knew Hetty was rich and he asked for money. Hetty refused and took the boy away. His leg got worse and two years later doctors removed it.
But eventually Ned got his revenge (报应). At the age of 81, Hetty had an argument with a shop assistant about the price of a bottle of milk. She became so angry that she had a heart attack and died. So Hetty’s meanness finally killed her. Ned inherited half his mother’s fortune, and he spent it all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery.
1.What fact can be learned about Hetty Robinson from the passage?
A. She was nice to her son.
C. She died from extreme anger.
B. She worked for a bank.
D. She came from a poor family.
2.Why was Hetty Robinson called the Witch of Wall Street?
A. She turned out to be the richest woman in New York.
B. She liked wearing the same long black dress every day.
C. She was fond of reading financial pages of the newspaper.
D. She made a large amount of money easily through stocks and shares.
3.Which of the following best describes Hetty Robinson?
A. Gifted but not generous.B. Wealthy and selfless.
C. Easy-going but selfish.D. Curious and lucky.
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. A Mean Genius
B. A Financial Success
C. A Lifelong Bad Luck
D. A Good Way to Earn Money
One day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, saying “My teacher let me give this letter to you.”
Not knowing what it was, Edison’s mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”
The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edison’s mother didn’t give up on her son. She taught him at home.
Many years after Edison’s mother died and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We won’t let him come to school any more.”
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he becomes the genius of the century.”
Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given upon you, you should have faith in yourself.
1.How did Edison’s mother probably feel when reading the letter?
A. relaxedB. sadC. proudD. calm
2.In the teacher’s opinion, Edison ________.
A. wasn’t hard to train
B. was really a genius
C. was too clever to teach
D. wasn’t a normal child
3.What did Edison’s mother do after knowing the teachers’ decision?
A. She asked him to invent things.
B. She sent him to another school.
C. She let him get educated at home.
D. She asked him to study by himself.
4.The passage is meant to show that ________.
A. teachers should love their students
B. parents know their children the best
C. we should have faith in others and ourselves
D. most children can be geniuses if encouraged
For teenagers, it's great fun to explore new places and it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But to make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles, the following tips may be helpful.
◆Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep the map following the direction you are traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.
◆Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass, a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies. Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The purpose of the activity is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
◆See if your school or a club organizes orienteering（越野识途比赛） activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B(and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. It enables you to be familiar with the use of maps and compass and gain some special skills. In some way, it’s not only good fun, but also a great way to keep fit.
1.When you sit beside the driver, you’d better ________.
A．look ahead to see where there is a gas station
B．move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable
C．keep looking at the map to find another place to go to
D．direct the driver when necessary
2.In the exploration, why do you need to wait for the slower friends?
A．To share the fun with him/her in exploration.
B．To tell him/her what’s going on with group members.
C．To avoid yourself or your friends getting lost.
D．To show them how fast you can go.
3.What does the whole passage talk about?
A．The fun of exploration.
B．What to bring for exploration.
C．How to prevent people getting lost in exploration.
D．The way to use a map in exploration.
假如你叫李华，你的朋友李明英语口语不好，他来信征求你的意见。请你给他写一封回信，提出以下的看法和建议：
1. 不要失去信心，不要怕出错，不要怕被别人嘲笑；
2. 争取在课内外尽可能多讲英语，孰能生巧；
3. 多与老师交流，找老师问学习方法；
4. 可以交个外国网友，通过网络用英语交流。
注意：
1. 词数：100左右
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Li Ming,
I’m glad to hear from you. Here are some suggestions on how to learn English.
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Yours,
Li Hua
