题目内容
【题目】用模块一Units1-2所学的新单词的恰当形式填空。
【1】He didn't realize visitors were ____________ (要求) not to take photos in the museum until then.
【2】The family ____________ (遭受) heavy losses in the Second World War.
【3】They were told to wear ____________ (正式的) clothes to attend the meeting.
【4】He i____________ all the ' No Smoking' signs and lit up a cigarette.
【5】He spoke English with a strong African ____________(口音).
【6】Although Bill and Jill d____________ on most things, they are best friends.
【7】If you have difficulties in English reading, one important thing you must do is to increase your v____________.
【8】I would be g____________ if you could give me some advice.
【9】People ____________ (在场的) in the party were all shocked at the news.
【10】Besides his n____________ language, the super star can speak 7 foreign languages.
【答案】
【1】requested
【2】suffered
【3】official
【4】ignored
【5】accent
【6】disagree
【7】vocabulary
【8】grateful
【9】present
【10】native
【解析】
【1】考查动词。句意:直到那时, 他才知道游客在博物馆里不允许拍照。结合句意和中文提示可推出该词是'request'要求,主语visitors和request之间是被动关系,故用被动语态,即were done。故填requested。
【2】考查动词。句意:在二战中这个家庭遭受了惨重的损失。分析句子结构可知,此处是句子谓语动词,结合句意和汉语提示可推出是'suffer'遭受,又由in the Second World War判断该句为一般过去时,故填suffered。
【3】考查形容词。句意:他们被告知要穿着正装来参加会议。此处应填形容词修饰名词clothes,再结合句意和汉语提示可推出是'official'正式的/官方的,故填official。
【4】考查动词。句意:他忽视了所有的禁烟标志,然后点燃了一根香烟。分析句子结构可知,此处是句子谓语动词,结合句意和首字母提示可推出是'ignore'忽略,由lit判断为一般过去时,故填ignored。
【5】考查名词。句意:他说英语带着强烈的非洲口音。此处应填名词作为with的宾语,结合句意和汉语提示可推出是'accent'口音,此处表示一种口音,故用单数形式,故填accent。
【6】考查动词。句意:尽管比尔和吉尔在很多事情上有不同意见,但他们是好朋友。分析句子结构可知,此处是从句谓语动词,结合句意和首字母提示可推出是'disagree'不同意,由are判断为一般现在时,故填disagree。
【7】考查名词。句意:如果你在英语阅读方面有问题,一个重要的事情是你必须提高你的词汇量。此处应填名词作为increase的宾语,再结合句意和首字母提示可推出是'vocabulary'词汇,此处是泛指词汇整体,故不可数。故填vocabulary。
【8】考查形容词。句意:如果你能给我一些建议,我将非常感激。分析句子结构可知,此处应填形容词作表语,再结合句意和首字母提示可推出是'grateful'感激的,故填grateful。
【9】考查形容词。句意:所以出席派对的人都对这个消息感到震惊。此处应填形容词作为people的后置定语,再结合句意和汉语提示可推出是'present'在场的,故填present。
【10】考查形容词。句意:除了母语,这个超级明星能说7国外语。此处应填形容词作定语修饰名词language,再结合句意和首字母提示可推处是'native'本国的,故填native。
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Today and every day we are the targets of salespeople, marketers, advertisers, fundraisers and politicians trying to persuade us to buy something, do something or think a certain way. Over the years, they’ve learned a lot about which features to build into a communication to increase its success. But, by concentrating on the message itself, they’ve missed a crucial component of the process. Research done in the last 15 years shows that the best persuasion is achieved through good presuasion: the practice of arranging for people to agree with a message before they know what’s in it.
Presuasion works by focusing people’s preliminary(开始的) attention on a selected concept—let’s say softness—which encourages them to overvalue related opportunities that immediately follow. In one study, visitors to an online sofa store were sent to a site that illustrated either soft clouds or small coins in the background of its landing page. Those who saw the soft clouds were more likely to prefer soft, comfortable sofas for purchase, whereas those who saw the small amounts of money preferred inexpensive models.
A following study showed the primitiveness of the presuasive mechanism. Subjects became three times more likely to help a researcher who “accidentally” dropped some items if, immediately before, they’d been exposed to images of figures standing together in a friendly pose. If this tripling of helpfulness doesn’t seem remarkable enough, consider that the subjects were 18 months old — hardly able to reason or review or reflect.
Long before scientists started studying the process, a few notable communicators had an intuitive understanding of it.
In February 2015, the financial investor Warren Buffett had a problem. It was 50 years since he had taken control of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., guiding it to amazing levels of value, along with his brilliant partner Charlie Munger. Many investors were worried that, because Buffett and Munger were getting older, these levels couldn’t be maintained in the future, perhaps making it time to sell Berkshire stock.
To respond to these concerns, Buffett wrote a letter to shareholders in which he described various reasons for confidence in Berkshire’s continuing profitability. But, before the description of strengths, he declared with characteristic sincerity that what he was about to state was ‘what I would say to my family today if they asked me about Berkshire’s future.” The result was a flood of favorable reaction to the letter as well as a per-share increase for the year of nearly five times that of the S&P.
With considerable success, practitioners of social influence have always placed persuasive prods(刺激)—small gifts, emotional draw, last-chance opportunities—inside their appeals. Perhaps because of that success, they’ve mostly missed an accompanying truth. For maximum impact, it’s not only what you do; it’s also what you do just before you do what you do.
Passage outline | Supporting details |
A 【1】 in communication | People often fail to realize that the secret to 【2】 people over doesn’t lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before it is delivered. |
Meaning of pre-suasion | It’s a practice where people are made to 【3】 to a message before it is conveyed. |
Studies about pre-suasion | ●When it comes to buying sofas, customers’ 【4】 is related to the background he saw before. ●Having received some 【5】 to friendly pictures, subjects are ore likely to do others a 【6】. |
A typical 【7】 | ●Despite Berkshire’s success, investors intended to sell the stock, 【8】 continuing profitability. ●In the letter 【9】 to the concerns, Buffett got what he would say to his family across to investors, for which he got all credit. |
Conclusion | Practitioners should keep in mind that pre-suasion can enhance the power of 【10】. |