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talk can also lead to important business relationships, but it takes confidence, preparation and practice. Do it
well, and people will feel relaxed with you and enjoy your company. So how can you learn the art of small
talk?
Before you go to a business convention (正式会议) or other social situation, prepare three things that you
can talk about. They can be something in the news, a good movie or a popular sports team"s recent win. Then
you have a topic to start with when you meet a new person. Also, don"t wait for someone to approach you.
Look for someone who is standing alone, and start a conversation. Try a simple statement that you share
something in common:"The food looks delicious." Or There sure are a lot of people here." Then introduce
yourself, "Hi, I"m Helen. (Hold out your hand for a handshake.) I just moved here, and I love this weather."
After you start a conversation, keep it going. Instead of asking questions that can be answered with a yes
or no, ask open-ended questions like,"What do you think of the meeting?" It"s time to move on once you"ve
made a good impression. Be bright (smart and cheerful), be brief (don"t talk too long), and be gone (there are
more people to meet).
Use a goodbye line. To someone you enjoyed meeting at a gathering, say,"I really must be going, but it
was really nice to meet you. Here"s my card." If they hand you their card, be sure to show interest in it. Read
it over briefly, and then put it in your pocket to show that it is valued.
Making small talk will open doors to meeting many interesting people. When you show an interest in others,
they become interested in talking to you. Listening carefully and remembering a fascinating (迷人的) bit of
information about each person will come in use if you meet again.
B. What"s good about small talk.
C. The importance of business conversations.
D. How to make small talk.
B. is a key to making new friends
C. doesn"t need any practice
D. always makes people feel at home with strangers
B. introduce
C. like
D. teach
B. most people like talking about food in small talk
C. personal cards are necessary in small talk
D. people can get much useful information in small talk
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All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who never eat meat.
These people are called vegetarians. To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very
strange thing. But they won"t eat meat for several different reasons.
First, vegetarians have a big health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern world is
too much food, especially in the form of animal fats. Medical study suggests that animal fats, including
butter, quicken the development of cholesterol (胆固醇) in the human body. Too much cholesterol seems
to be part of the cause of heart disease. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol. Too much animal
fats also seem to lead to certain kinds of cancer, and vegetarians have less these cancers than people who
eat a lot of meat. Overall, studies comparing the health of vegetarians and meat-eaters show that the
meat-eaters are twice as likely to die of heart disease as vegetarians are.
Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians. Another reason is religion (宗教).
Eating of meat is never allowed in some religions. The largest of these is the Hindu religion, which has about
600 million believers in the world. Although not all Hindus are vegetarian, many are, and there are many
believers of other religions, such as Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat.
Many vegetarians do not eat meat simply because they do not like the taste of it. They have no religious
or other reasons; they just do not like meat. Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating
meat is the health advantages that were given above. Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat
because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food. They believe that life, all life, is valuable and
that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources of food.
B. they are too kind to put the idea of killing animals
C. they live in areas where meat supply is short
D. they shouldn"t eat meat because of religious belief
B. Heart disease and cancer are caused by too much vegetables.
C. There are twice as many meat-eaters as vegetarians who die of cancer.
D. There are fewer health problems in modern society nowadays.
B. vegetarians eat meat on some special occasions
C. most vegetarians believe that life without meat is happy
D. all vegetarians have reasons for their not eating meat
"unfriend". Is that true? In fact, "unfriend" is often used on social networking (社交的) websites. It has
become so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2009 word of the year.
If you are a member of a social networking website such as QQ, My Space or Face book, you can
add a new friend be sending someone a friend request (请求). If you later fall out with that person, what
can you do? You can hit the "unfriend" button (操作框) and remove him or her from your friend list. That
means you won"t talk, exchange information, or see each other"s updates on the website any more.
Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to
year. They chose words that are popular and have important culture meanings.
Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford"s dictionary program, said the word "unfriend" is popular now and
may stay popular for a long time. People understand its meaning in the online social networking context, and
also "accept" it as a modern verb. So it makes an interesting choice for the Word of the year.
How to use the word? You can say "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Face book after we had a
fight" or "I unfriend Alice on My Space when she does something bad to me".
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
B. send a person a friend request
C. send messages to a person
D. share information with a person
B. 迷恋
C. 与某人交友
D. 爱上某人
B. it has important culture meaning
C. it is a good way to solve problems between friends
D. it is understood and accepted by many people
B. you can unfriend someone you don"t like on the social networking website
C. how to use the word "unfriend"
D. why the word "unfriend" became the most popular word in 2009
on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning 2 they are used together? The definition (定义) of
homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.
Now think for a minute 3 SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA,
would the definition 4 SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 5 . Seasick
means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are 6 , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, 7 you want to be is at sea.
Have you ever 8 a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn"t mean that something is wrong with a
person"s heart. People are heartsick when they are 9 deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.
And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and 10 . Perhaps you may write definitions
for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.
| ( )1. A. word ( )2. A. how ( )3. A. for ( )4. A. get ( )5. A. right ( )6. A. homesick ( )7. A. the first place ( )8. A. thought over ( )9. A. hurt ( )10. A. hobby | B. phrase B. why B. from B. fit B. wrong B. heartsick B. the last place B. thought out B. hit B. height | C. sentence C. when C. about C. read C. same C. seasick C. the only place C. heard from C. loved C. heaven | D. passage D. where D. like D. have D. different D. carsick D. the safe place D. heard of D. moved D. handbag |
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| Almost everyone knows about the Chupa Chups, the lollipop＊. And people often talk about its interesting advertisements. Do you know, however, it was invented more than half a century ago by a man called Bernat? In the early 1950s, Bernat worked for an apple jam＊ factory. After he came up with the idea of making lollipops, the people who offered money to the company left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and named it Chupa Chups. He built the machines and sold candy on a wooden stick for one peseta＊ each. Bernat got the idea of a "candy with a stick" from a mother who complained a lot as her child got dirty hands when eating candy. Bernat felt that at that time, candy was not designed with the main customers- children-in mind. Later, shopkeepers were told to put the lollipops near the cash register＊ where children could reach easily, instead of behind it. The Chupa Chups company was a success. In five years, Bernat"s lollipops were being sold at 300,000 to other countries. When they were first created, the lollipop sticks were made of wood, but then they were changed to plastic sticks because there was too little wood in Spain. After the end of the Francisco Franco dictatorship＊ (1939-1975), the company went international. In the 1970s the colorful lollipops appeared in Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Australia. In the 1980s it went to the European and North American markets, and in the 1990s to most Asian countries. In China they were made by Tatagum in Panyu, near Guangzhou. As of 2003, 4 billion lollipops a year were sold to 150 countries. The company has 2000 workers, makes 90% of its sales abroad, and has a turnover＊ of €500,000,000. In 1991, Bernat"s son Xavier took over the "Chupa Chups" and made his father enjoy the rest of his life. | |||
| 1. Who was the lollipop invented by? | |||
| A. Bernat. B. Xavier. C. Some kids. D. A mother. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined phrase take over in the first and fifth paragraphs mean? | |||
| A. 毁坏 B. 接管 C. 背叛 D. 收拾 | |||
| 3. Why does the writer use so many numbers in paragraph 4? | |||
| A. Because the writer likes Chupa Chups very much. B. Because the writer wants to tell us that he has been to many countries. C. Because the writer wants to show that the Chupa Chups company was a success. D. Because the writer wants to tell us people all over the world know about Chupa Chups. | |||
| 4. What"s the best title for this article? | |||
| A. Kids Love Chupa Chups B. A Clever Man Called Bernat C. How The Lollipop Was Invented D. The History Of Chupa Chups | |||
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| Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos (标识). Here"re logos for China"s seven important traditional festivals. |
