Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36  first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to 37  her. At last his wife   38  to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.

“But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones   39  her. “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it   40  be dangerous. ”“I don’t care.” said his wife. “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator (电冰箱)which did not need   41  and many other things which would make the trip comfortable, and went off to the__42 of Africa.

The first morning, 43  Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he  44  his wife a bell and explained to her, “If you fell in 45 and you need me ,  46 this bell and I’ll come at once.”

After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned   47   to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“   48   ” said his wife, “I was only   49  the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang   50   .

Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m   51 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his  __52 , but soon he heard the   53  once more. This time, when he got back to his   54  , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with  55 running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used correctly!”

1.A. And                B. But              C. For              D. So

2.A. leave              B. miss             C. marry            D. care

3.A. allowed            B. permitted        C. satisfied        D. agreed

4.A. told               B. advised          C. persuaded        D. warned

5.A. may                B. ought            C. can’t           D. shall

6.A. money              B. electricity      C. force            D. power

7.A. south              B. middle           C. east             D. west

8.A. while              B. until            C. before           D. after

9.A. gave               B. sent             C. lent             D. bought

10.A. hurry             B. surprise         C. safety           D. danger

11.A. hit        B. knock                   C. beat             D. ring

12.A. again      B. back                    C. quickly          D. home

13.A. Something  B. Nothing                 C. No               D. None

14.A. ringing     B. trying                 C. using            D. testing

15.A. again      B. once                    C. across           D. away

16.A. happy      B. sorry                   C. tired            D. all right

17.A. wife       B. tent                    C. trip             D. hunting

18.A. cry        B. shot                    C. bell             D. shout

19.A. garden     B. house                   C. camp             D. office

20.A. water      B. tears                   C. blood            D. sweat

 

It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn’t it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we’ve never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introduced to her or him.

Something that most of us don’t take notice of is how we stand or walk. Let’s say you are going for a job interview. Within seconds you have already said a lot about yourself by the way you walk. The majority of us walk around everyday without paying any attention to what we are saying even though we are not uttering a word. There is a lot that can be said about body language from the clothes you wear to the gestures you make.

I took notice of this topic recently as I recalled something about changing my posture to improve my level of confidence. I was about to venture on a new project, which would take me out of my comfort zone. My gremlins (小精灵) were having a field day with me uttering all kinds of reasons why I couldn’t do a good job with this new opportunity. I tucked in my tummy (收缩肚子) , put my shoulders back , held my head high , and took a walk. Soon thereafter, I felt so much better. I approached the project with new possibility. Wow, what a difference ! Try it !

The ability to capture your audience when you walk into a room is sure to start you off on the right foot when going on an interview. Non-verbal signals have five times the impact of verbal (言语的)signals. So you can count on losing your audience when you walk in with head down dragging your feet regardless how much you try to change it.

1.In the first paragraph the author intends to tell us         .

A.we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover

B.a person’s appearance can be misread

C.the first impression really means a lot

D.we should focus more on a person’s qualities

2.The author approached his project with new possibility after        .

A.his gremlins stopped talking

B.he got rid of all his negative thoughts

C.he walked out of his comfort zone

D.he changed his posture to improve his confidence

3.According to the author , when we go for a job interview , we       .

A.shouldn’t say a lot about ourselves

B.shouldn’t walk with our head high up

C.should pay enough attention to our body language and gesture

D.should only pay attention to the way we walk within the first few seconds

4.The author probably believes that        .

A.non-verbal signals are more important than verbal signals

B.non-verbal signals are not so easy to catch

C.we mainly rely on verbal signals during an interview

D.we shouldn’t pay too much attention to our non-verbal signals

5.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.How to prepare for a job interview

B.The way we walk says a lot about us.

C.How to read a person from the way he walks.

D.How complicated body language is.

 

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