When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him. Most other people will only get about half of your attention.

You may think that this is OK, because if you don’t really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don’t give him your full attention? Consider two things. First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation. If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander（走神）as you speak to him. But maybe you don’t realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you. Do you think he will do that if he feels you don’t really care about speaking to him? This doesn’t mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him. Five or ten minutes of real attentive（专心的）conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention.

Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation. You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100% attention. The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing. You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good.

1.The author’s opinion is made believable mainly by ________.

 A using figures     B. giving examples     C. asking questions     D. description

2.The second paragraph mainly tells you that ________.

A. you should be interested in everyone at a party

B. you can refuse to talk to someone you don’t like at a party

C. you should focus on whoever you are talking to

D. you should be patient with everyone at a party

3.A person who has a low-level job probably ________.

A. would like to talk to you 

B. is well worth focusing on

C. wants to make friends with you

D. is the one you’re looking for

4.If your wife wants to talk to you when you are busy, you should ________.

A. decide what to do according to the situation

B. go on with what you are doing

C. stop doing anything immediately

D. finish what you are doing with her

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Always be friendly to others at a party.

B. It is important for you to be active at a party.

C. You should respect your wife at any time.   

D. Improve your communication skills by focusing on others

When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him. Most other people will only get about half of your attention.
You may think that this is OK, because if you don’t really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don’t give him your full attention? Consider two things. First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation. If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander（走神）as you speak to him. But maybe you don’t realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you. Do you think he will do that if he feels you don’t really care about speaking to him? This doesn’t mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him. Five or ten minutes of real attentive（专心的）conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention.
Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation. You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100% attention. The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing. You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good.
【小题1】The author’s opinion is made believable mainly by ________.
A using figures    B. giving examples    C. asking questions     D. description
【小题2】The second paragraph mainly tells you that ________.

　　If you met her at a party, you would notice how attractive she is. If you only heard her soft voice, you would want her as a considerate friend.

　　But if you came across her work, you would be surprised to discover that Yu Hongyan（于红岩）is the efficient（能干的）general manager of the Zhaodaola Internet Co Ltd，a major player on the Internet.

　　Yu, who prefers to be called Ruby, is the founder of Zhaodaola, the Website devoted to the fashionable（流行的）lifestyles of city women.

　　Yu describes herself as a witness to the growth of the Internet in China.

　　When her father encouraged her to major in the computer at college in 1979, Yu did not suspect（怀疑）what computers would mean to her own life. They bored her, and she tried to remove interest in them.

　　“It's difficult for me to give up something once I start,” she said.“My motto（座右铭）is ' stick to something and you will accomplish it. '”

　　And she did． Since its founding, Zhaodaola has become one of the most popular sites among city women. More than 500,000 visit it every day.

　　The site is“purple and pink”.“Purple” refers to problems concerning men and women , including sexual education.“Pink” refers to the romantic side of white-collar life.

　　“I want women to speak up about their real selves on our website,” Yu aid.“I want them to be braver and more independent.”

　　Yu has lived abroad for the past 16 years. She speaks as a woman familiar with the ways women in other countries think and live.

    “I want to show that Net surfing is not hard for women. Just do it. You'll find interesting things there.”she promised.

(1) From the passage，we can see Yu Hongyan is a woman of ______.

[　　]

A．self-importance

B．strong-will and self-confidence

C．self-respect

D．self-consideration

(2) The romantic side of white-collar life in paragraph 8 means ______.

[　　]

A．the romantic side of tile life of the office workers

B．the romantic side of the life of the office workers wearing white-collar shirts

C．the romantic side of the life of the office managers

D．the romantic side of the life of city women

(3) Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

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A．At First Bored with Computer, but Yu Mastered it Then.

B．Efficiency Has No Gender（性别）

C．City Women Have More to Say than City Men

D．Purple and Pink

(4) The underlined word“accomplish” probably means ______.

[　　]

A．succeed in doing

B．fail to do

C．give up

When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I’d expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment.

But one evening the silence was broken: I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.

The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner who’s moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. It was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father’s best friend.

From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.

It’s now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.

1. When the author first saw the cat, she_____________.

   A. was very happy                  B. felt sympathy for him

   C. didn’t know what to do         D. was angry with his crying

2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph implies that the author___________.

   A. needed something to fill the empty apartment

   B. was too busy and tired to keep a cat

   C. loved to stay alone in the apartment

   D. needed something to take care of to kill time

3. The cat rescued the author by ____________.

  A. making her feel better in her hard times

  B. giving her courage to go on with her life

   C. helping her tidy the department

  D. telling her what life is

4. We can learn form the passage that _________.

   A. Willis was named after his previous owner

   B. Willis didn’t like staying in the apartment

  C. the author and Willis were both homeless

  D. time passed quickly after the author adopted Willis

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

   A. A little cat                         B. A painful experience

   C. How to take care of animals          D. What I got from a little cat

She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors.

    A 17-year old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters and sometimes sleeping in her car-today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga.，just outside of Atlanta.

    Chelsea Fearce, who held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1，900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night.

    "I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. "I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore, she told WSBTV.

    Fearce，one of five children, grew up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one. "You're worried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it, You eat what you can, when you can.”

    To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be ad- mitted into college halfway through her high school career. She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-"med（医学预科），"Don't give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,”Fearce said.

1.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. So Many Homeless Students in America

B. How Does a Homeless Student Live in Society?

C. The Hardship of  Fearce and Her Family in America

D. Homeless Teen Graduates as a Speaker of High School Class

2.How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?

A. By the car light.        B. By her cellphone.

C. By lights out of shelters.  D. By moonlight.

3.When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will＿__．

A. have graduated earlier from high school than normal

B. be a 17-year-old student from a poor family

C. have a home without sleeping in her car or shelters

D. have raised enough money to go to college

4.From the passage, we can learn that＿__．

A. SAT is easy for the students of high schools

B. Fearce's parents have six children to support

C. Fearce often had to struggle with starvation

D. Fearce gave a speech at a ceremony of Spelman College

5.What can we learn from Fearce's experience?

A. Knowledge can change your fate.

B. Don't give up, and tomorrow will be better.

C. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

D. He that will not work shall not eat.