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When I was about 10 one day, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, “You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street.” That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.

At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the café and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的) they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.

I’ve become vice-president, but that hasn’t changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.

The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

A.The Power of Being Talkative

B.My Mother’s Influence on Me

C.The Power of Saying hello

D.My Way to Become Vice-President

2. It is implied in the first paragraph that____.

A.the writer didn’t know Mr. Lee

B.the writer didn’t say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion

C.the writer didn’t get along well with his mother

D.the writer’s mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met

3. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A.The writer didn’t say hello to everyone in the company.

B.The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.

C.The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.

D.The president of the company actually didn’t like the writer at all.

4. For the writer, saying hello to others_______.

A.is a way to get what he wants

B.has become a habit and a way of life.

C.is a way to show respect for his mother

D.is important in making him remembered.

5. According to paragraph 3, in the writer’s opinion, speaking to others can______.

A.make our world much better

B.make people much happier every day.

C.help people understand each other better

D.help people work much better

 

You speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.

When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

1.People communicate ________.

A.with words only                    B.in many different ways

C.in letters and drawings            D.with smiles, tears and hands

2.Signs can carry as many _________ as words.

A.questions       B.examples       C.tears and smiles      D.messages

3.Which of the following is not talked in the passage as which can help us communicate?

A.books and magazines    B.TV and films C.newspapers           D.radio

4.Communication is important because it can help people to ______.

A.understand the world and other people better around us.

B.teach each other to speak, write, read and draw.

C.know what other people are thinking about

D.learn about mountains,blue sea and other things.

5.The best title(题目)for this short passage is _________.

A.Signs Carry Messages                 B.The important Communication

C.Words, Signs and Drawing              D.Ways of Communication.

 

One is not born able to speak a language.One is born able to make a noise.I have heard babies cry in America and in China.I can't tell any difference.But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.

   I believe a common problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English.They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, Then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English.After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally.You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study.Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?

    My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak.There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English.Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.

1.The cries of American and Chinese babies are ________.

A.different B.the same   C.not like each other    D.like each other

2.The underlined sentence ( in Paragraph 2 ) means that ________.

A.some teachers didn't teach students to think in English

B.teachers never gave the students the way of learning English

C.students didn't remember the way teachers taught them

D.teachers didn't want their students to think in English

3.The underlined word “they” ( in Paragraph 2 ) refers to “________”.

A.Chinese students                                                    B.English students       

C.Chinese teachers                                                    D.English teachers

4.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A.You must think in English all the time.

B.If you translate a sentence into Chinese, you should think about the meaning of the sentence in Chinese carefully first.

C.After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally.

D.The best way of learning English is to live in America.

 

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