Questionnaire(调查表,问卷)
 Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.
1. When you don 't understand something, you ask questions.                □
2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.                         □
3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you. □
4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know.        □
5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.                            □
6. You always see and talk to different people.                                □
7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.                    □
8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages. □
9.You talk a lot about yourself.                                               □
10. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.                  □
11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.           □
12.Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much.          □
 SCORE(打分数) NOW!
Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.
Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.
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18—24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You'll probably succeed in learning al1 kinds of interesting things. Good for you!
10--16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.
0- 8  About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, "No man is an island. "This is still useful today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.
【小题1】If you say "YES" to all these questions , you'll get ____ points.

A.12B.16C.20D.24
【小题2】When you score 22 points, you are _____.
A.shy and nervousB.silent and serious
C.open and friendlyD.brave and strong
【小题3】"No man is an island." in the text probably means that _____.
A.the famous writer was very clever
B.everything is the same as 400 years ago
C.you will feel happy if on an island
D.you can not live alone in the world

Questionnaire(调查表,问卷)

 Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

1. When you don 't understand something, you ask questions.                 □

2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.                          □

3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you. □

4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know.         □

5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.                             □

6. You always see and talk to different people.                                 □

7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.                     □

8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages. □

9.You talk a lot about yourself.                                                □

10. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.                   □

11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.            □

12.Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much.           □

 SCORE(打分数) NOW!

Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.

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18—24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You'll probably succeed in learning al1 kinds of interesting things. Good for you!

10--16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.

0- 8  About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, "No man is an island. "This is still useful today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say "YES" to all these questions , you'll get ____ points.

    A. 12               B. 16               C. 20               D. 24

2.When you score 22 points, you are _____.

A. shy and nervous   B. silent and serious  

C. open and friendly  D.brave and strong

3."No man is an island." in the text probably means that _____.

     A. the famous writer was very clever

     B. everything is the same as 400 years ago

     C. you will feel happy if on an island

     D. you can not live alone in the world

 

There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.

 This was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment (片段).

This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought,which brings us to the cellphone.

The most common complaint about cellphones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But more damaging may be the cellphone’s disruption (中断) of our thoughts.

 We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cellphones, and this is by and large a healthy, protective development. “I didn’t hear it ring” or “I didn’t realize my phone had shut off” are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach.

The notion of being unreachable is not a new concept – we have “Do Not Disturb” signs on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cellphones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?

The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication. Until the recent mass deployment (使用) of cellphones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the globe. We came to take it for granted.

But cellphones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves. Now time alone, or a conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished. Even cellphone devotees, myself usually included, can’t help at times wanting to throw their phone away, or curse the day they were invented.

   But we don’t and won’t, and there really is no need. All that’s required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it. In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt (轻视) for the rings of our own phones. Given the ease of making and receiving cellphone calls, if we don’t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later.

A cellphone call deserves no greater priority (优先考虑的事) than a random (随机的) word from the person next to us. Though the call on my cellphone may be the one–in–a–million from Steven Spielberg–who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and I’m better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the slice of pizza I’ll eat for lunch.

1.What is the point of the anecdote(轶事,趣闻) about the poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?

A. To direct readers’ attention to the main topic.

B. To show how important inspiration is to a poet.

C. To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cellphone.

D. To encourage readers to read the works of this poet.

2.What does the writer think about people telling “white lies” about their cellphones?

A. It is a way of signaling that you don’t like the caller.

B. It is natural to tell lies about small things.

C. It is basically a good way to protect one’s privacy.

D. We should feel guilty when we can’t tell the truth.

3.According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cellphones?

A. People get annoyed by the cellphone rings that they fail to notice anything else.

B. People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cellphones.

C. Cellphones interrupt people’s private time.

D. With cellphones it is no longer possible to be unreachable.

4.What does the last paragraph suggest?

A. A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention.

B.Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author’s novel.

C. You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cellphone.

D. Never let cellphones interfere too much with your life.

 

Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say,“My spoken English is poor.”  1.I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. 2. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.

   3. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn't matter.   4.

The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.

Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor.  5.  

A. The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.

B. They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time.

C. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary.

D. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.

E. However, their spoken English does not have to remain“poor”![来源:Zxxk.Com]

F. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes.

G. The second reason lies in the reluctance of using what has just been learned.

 

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